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Lewis9 Defense Startles Nats : Derby Crowd, Like Brevity, Loses I
IS STAR IN FIELD
Shines at Third as Well
as at Bat—*Wins Ended
by Tribe, Rain.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.
HEIR longest 1936 winning
streak finally brought to an
end in a fashion as sour as it
was unconvincing, the Na
tionals started from scratch again
today, but not without a few items to
offset, at least partially, the stigma of
the first shutout defeat of the Ameri
can League campaign and the drop to
fifth place that accompanied it.
Those who are in the mood to look
for a silver lining in the latest mo
ment of the Washington ball club's
darkness, as a matter of fact could
do far worse today than turn atten
tion to the young man who plays
third base for the Bucky Harris
piloted crew. The reference, ot
course, is to John Kelly (Buddy)
Lewis, and it is presented not with
out a reasonable amount of the old
black type to back it up.
The subject, long a big topic in
♦ he Nationals' club house, is brought
up chiefly because it seems high time
that cognizance was taken of the 19
year-old lad who already appears to
be fulfilling what probably were the
most extravagant prophesies made
about any Washington ball player
since they brushed the hayseed off
Walter Johnson shortly after the
Spanish War and sent him out to the
pitching peak.
Defensive Play Is Surprise.
'J'HE fair-haired boy of the war
correspondents in the Nationals’
training camp, Buddy was thrust
upon Washington diamond fans with
only one qualification. He'll throw
many a ball into the right-field pa
vilion, it was warned, but when he
takes his raps at the tee Buddy’ll
make up for it. Well, as the man
with the fat seegar and the old brown
derby would say it, let's look at the
record.
Hitting, which is supposed to be
Buddy's forte, has not been lacking.
Counting his production of one of the
three hits made off George Blaeholder
of the Indians yesterday in a game
rained out after five innings, Lewis
can show a .338 mark for 14 games.
This, in itself, is enough to mark the
kid for distinction. If, at 19, he can
swat 15 singles, 4 doubles and 3 triples
in 65 times at bat, what will he do
when he’s had a couple years of big
league base ball under his belt?
But what has been most surprising
to date has been the kid's play in the
field, where he is supposed to be a
question mark at least until he has
knocked around a bit in fast company.
No one, not even Manager Bucky Har
ris, has failed to lift an eyebrow over
Lewis’ defensive work.
He’s made errors—two to be spe
cific. But they’ve been a drop in the
bucket, comparatively, for Buddy
Lewis so far has given definite promise
of winding up the season as good a
defensive cog as any man in the
infield, including the redoubtable
Buddy Myer and the brilliant Joe
Kuhel.
Still looking at the record. Buddy,
counting a nifty play on Roy Hughes
in yesterday’s short and sad exhibition
has handled 32 assists and 11 putouts
In faultless fashion to drown out a
pair of misplays well spread out. He
isn’t, it appears, all he was cracked up
to be by the writing boys in Spring
training camp. He’s only better.
Double Plays Hurt Griffs.
'T'URNING attention back to the
1 Washington club as a whole, the
outlook is none the less bright despite
the Indians’ 3-to-0 victory in the rain
eurtailed fiasco which sent nearly
14,000 fans home with well-soaked
Spring outfits. It brought the Na
tionals’ four-game winning streak to
an end, but it was not an authentic
finis to a streak that had carried
the club into the first division.
Buck Newsom, who was charged
with his second loss of the campaign,
wasn’t himself in the five innings
played before yesterday’s cloudburst
descended, but still there was no rea
son to view the setback with alarm.
There was every indication, despite
the three-hit performance by the
ancient George Blaeholder, that the
Nationals would have been very much
in the running with any kind of bat
ting luck and without the rain clouds
that helped to break up a last-inning
rally.
Four times in the five innings the
Nationals started rallies that prom
ised to put them bac.. into the game.
The first three uprisings were quelled
by double plays turned in by a snappy
Cleveland defense and the last ended
in semi-darkness, when Pinch Hitter
Bobby Estalella, batting for Newsom,
whacked a high fly to center field,
where the veteran Earl Averill some
how managed to spot the 'hoist and
pull it down.
The Tribe carved out its lead in the
third and fifth frames. A walk to
Bill Knickerbocker, a double by Jimmy
Gleeson, a sacrifice by Sammy Hale
and Averill’s single made it 2 to 0
in the third round, while Knicker
bocker’s single and Averill’s double
(See BASE BALL, Page A-13.)"
Slap on Shoulder, “Nice Goin’”
Greeting Given Winning Rider
By Hirsch’s Trainer Daughter
BY MARY ELIZABETH PLUMMER,
Associated Press StaS Writer.
EW YORK, May 4.—Twenty
three-year-old Mary Hlrsch,
whose apprentice Jockey rode
Bold Venture to victory in the
sixty-second Kentucky Derby, wel
comed him back home with a slap on
the shoulder and the words, "Nice
goin'.”
Then the country's first licensed
girl trainer of race horses turned to
her father, Max Hirsch, who trained
the new Derby winner, and told him,
“You’re pretty good."
“Maybe I’ll get there some day too,
Dad,’’ said the slender, dark-haired
girl, who confidently expects to have
! a horse in the Kentucky Derby.
But her biggest ambition isn’t to
j win the Derby. It is just to “do well—
have good horses—make money. I
j want to succeed as a trainer.”
“She's as good as anybody in the
1 same, no kidding,” said Max Hirsch
of the daughter who greeted him at
Pennsylvania Station with a big hug
and a kiss.
“She's all business—no fooling.”
Meanwhile, Miss Hirsch was telling
Ira (Babe) Hanford, her apprentice,
who rode Bold Venture:
“If you get blown up over this, I’ll
i stick a pin in you.”
The little apprentice, whom Mary
Hirsch hired “sight unseen,” from
Omaha, Nebr., told how she tele
graphed him just before the Derby:
•‘Keep your cmn up. us jusi an
other race. Be cool. If you don’t win
you’re still a good rider. MARY.”
He was hoarding the telegram with
a sheaf that -included one from his
mother. Mrs. Clyde N. Moore of
Omaha, and one from his brother
Carl, who also is a jockey.
Miss Hirsch stayed at home from
the Derby to look after the 32 horses
her father Is training at Belmont
Park, while he went down with Bold
Venture.
She is training five horses herself
and has part of a stable in what she
calls ‘‘Gyp’s Alley" at Belmont. Her
father's office, she said, is in ‘‘Mil
lionaire’s row.”
She has been looking after his
horses, when he goes off to a big rac?,
for four years.
Mary hurried home from Belmont
Park Saturday and heard the race
broadcast over the radio in the dining
room of their big yellow frame house
at Queens Village, Long Island.
Hirsch said the outlook was favor
able for entering Bold Venture in the
Preakness.
Visitors at the Hirsch home found
Trainer Hirsch with his spectacles on
reading his paper. Jockey Hanford in
a game of ping-pong, and Trainer
Mary playing the piano. That, and
horses, are her favorite sports.
She warned Hanford to be up at
dawn for the workouts at Belmont.
Drowned
CLEVELAND. AB. R. H O. A. E.
Knickerbocker, ss_ 2 l 2 1 I O
Gleeson. rf _ - •'( 1 1 2 0 tl
Hale, ab _ 2 1 11 O O 0
Averill cf 2 (1 2 1 (1 (I
Trosky. 1b.... ... 3 II O 7 0 K
Vosmik. If_2 0 0 1 o o
Hughes 2b _. 2 0 0 2 .> It
Sullivan, c_ 2 0 1 1 n o
Blaeholder. p_-2 O 0 0 1 0
Totals 20 ~3 ~6 15 ~7 "o
WASHINGTON. AB. R. H. O A E.
Miles, rf _ ... 2 II II 1 0 I)
Lewis ab__2 0 10 10
Mver. 2b_—___2 0 o 3 a n
Travis, ss_ 2 0 0 2 0 1
Stone If _ 10 12 0 0
Powell, cf_. 1 O 0 2 0 0
Kuhel. lb_ 2 0 0 4 0 0
Bolton, c_1 II 0 0 0 0
Newsom p__toll 3 0
•Estalella _ 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals _ __ 15 0 a 15 8 1
•Hit for Newsom in fifth.
Cleveland ...... O O 2 0 1—3
Washington __ O II 0 0 0—0
Runs batted in—Gleeson. Averill 12).
Two-base hits—Gleeson. Averill. Sacri
fice—Hale Double olays—Hughes to
Knickerbocker to Trosky. Hughes to
Troskv Left on base—Cleveland 5;
Washington. 3. First base on balls—Off
Newsom 2: off Blaeholder. 3. Winning
pitcher—Blaeholder. Umpires—Messrs.
McGowan. Quinn and Ormsby. Time—
CAPITALISM
OF BIKE TRY-OUTS
]
Two Olympic Tests Slated
Here With U. S. Finals
Set for July 5.
WASHINGTON will be the
scene of two important
Olympic bicycle try-outs in
the next two months, the
national finals having been scheduled
for the Capital on July 5 in addition
to this section’s trials which will be
held here next Sunday.
One-fifth of next Sunday’s starters
| will qualify for the events at Newark,
I N. J.. in June, when nine sections of
| the United States will be represented.
I Prom the Newark competitions four
riders from each territory will gain
the right to compete here in the July
| finals.
Use Mount Vernon Course.
OR both events, tne 62 V*-mile
District course will be the Mount
Vernon Memorial Highway. the
cyclists starting from the Virginia
side of Arlington Memorial Bridge
and making two complete round trips
to Mount Vernon.
Ralph Jackson, the present District
champion; Edgar Beiber, former Dis
trict champion, and James Armando,
a member of the 1924 American
Olympic team, head the local delega
tion. Additional entrants include
Robert Kannon, Anthony Horner,
Harry Seigal, David Bowman, William
McDougall, Quenton Miller, William
; Cauffman, jr, Herbert Ferris, G. E.
Donn, Whilden Heinard, Claude Corr,
Ralph Stevens and Joseph SncufTer.
Other local amateurs desiring to
enter may register with any bicycle
shop in the city or Milton Sencindi
ver. local representative of the Ama
teur Bicycle League of America, at
Decatur 4220.
Minor Leagues
INTERNATIONAL
Toronto. 8-3; Albany. 1-3.
Montreal, 2-2; Syracuse. 0-0.
Rochester. 13: Baltimore. 0.
Buffalo. 10: Newark. 8.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Toledo. 9-3: Kansas City. 1-4.
Milwaukee. 12-3: Louisville, 8-10.
St. Paul, 8: Columbus 7.
Minneapolis. 11; Indianapolis. R.
GETS 1 ENTRIES
Stars From Great Stables
Will Seek Ribbons in
National Capital.
THE lure of $5,000 in cash awards
and trophies offered in the Na
tional Capital Horse Show has
attracted 601 entries from 81
! stables for the annual three-day meet
which opens on Friday at Bradley
Farms, opposite Congressional Country
Club.
From the Midwest, the North, the
Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, from
: Maryland and from the District of
Columbia will come the equine ring
stars of some of the United States’
leading exhibitors to do battle in the
1936 renewal of Washington's out
standing horse show fixture.
Heading the list is the famed Fi
renze Farm string of Mrs. M. Robert
Guggenheim, Capital and Babylon,
L. I., sportswoman, whose charges fin
ished as the country’s leading money,
trophy and ribbon winners in 1935,
while another powerful contender will
be the barn of Mrs. Ellsworth Augus
tus of Willough, Ohio, which ranked
seventh in the same respect.
Show Stars on List.
AMONG the Guggenheim horses
will be Firenze Red Tape, recog
nized by the American Horse Show
Association as the 1935 hunter cham
pion; Firenze Miss Coquette, Firenze
Clifton’s Beau, Firenze Dorette, Fi
renze Judge, Firenze Popover and Fi
renze Gaylady.
San Den, famous hunter sired by
the great Rock Sand of track fame,
is the ace of Mrs. Augustus’ string,
while another standout from the Ohio
barn is Sand Artist, champion of the
Keswick, Va„ show last week.
Other exhibitors who are expected
to be among the first flight at the
National Capital are Dr. Lewis M.
Allen of Winchester, Va.. who will
show four horses, including Royal
Wonder, 3-year-old champion of the
Virginia circuit last year; Helen Bed
ford, mistress of Winfromere Farm,
Green Farms, Conn.; Ray S. Shoe
maker of Harrisburg, Pa„ and Eliza
beth Treland of Cleveland, Ohio.
many inner Entries.
rpHE other stables will be:
Washington—Olga Alexander. Margaret
Cotter, Betty Couzens, Lyn Wilkins. Lind
say Crawford. Paulina Longworth. Mr. and
Mrs. W. Carlton Eacho. Barbara Gableman,
C. Emery Galliher. J. N. Greaar. jr.: Mary
Elizabeth Miles, Raymond H. Norton. Mr.
and Mrs. Vernon G. Owen, Mrs. Edith
Preece. Hubbert R. Quinter. U. S. Ran
dle, 3d: Dorothy Adair Guider. Mrs
Evelyn Walker Robert. Dr. Fred J. San
derson. Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Forrest
Sherman. A. J. Somerville, jr.: Elaine
Welms. Mary D. Jay. Paul B. Keyes. Lieut.
Comdr and Mrs. William Justice Lee,
Nancy Leiter. Lieut. Col. and Mrs. A. K. B.
Lyman. Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Charles B.
Lyman. Elaine McDowell and F. Moran
McConihe.
Virginia—Esther Allen and C. A. Wil
kinson. Quantico; Raymond Guest. Ann
Clay Bailey, Roger Bailey. Foxcroft Pony
Stud. Mrs D N. Lee and Louis Leith.
Miadleburg; George W. Casilear and Stan
ley Greene. 'Jd Leesburg; Robert Palmer.
Alexandria; Hal Poole. Jr.. McLean: Robert
and John Ritlcor Gallands; Anna Hed
rick Clarendon: Mrs. Cary Jackson. Kes
wick: Col. Kenyon A. Joyce. Maj. James
T. Duke. Maj. A. P. Thayer. Capt. Marlon
Carson. Capt. Frank B. Reybold. Capt.
Donald H. Galloway, Capt. W. G. Wyman.
Lieut. Frank S. Henry. Lieut. Henri Lueb
berman. Fort Myer Horse Show team.
Machine Gun Troops of the 3d and 10th
Cavalry. Troops B and F and Headauar
ters Troops. 3d Cavalry, of Fort Myer.
Maryland—Anne Hagner. Margaret Hill.
Fenton'M. Fadely. Marjorie McLeod and
Elizabeth Aiken Nolting. Bethesda: Charles
C. Carrico and J. T. Cook. Potomac: H. L.
Kuykendahl. Chevy Chase: Mr. and Mrs.
George Mahoney. Baltimore: Douglas Tay
lor Padgett Towson: Mr. and Mrs. George
P. Plummer and Edna Roth. Rockville.
Tribe Kissless for 3 Weeks
Osculation Ban Follows Campbell’s Second
Spinal Meningitis Attack.
THE Cleveland Indians, who
today were to face the Na
tionals in the second of
their three-game series at
Griffith Stadium, must struggle
along in the American League flag
chase during the next three weeks
without benefit of possibly inspi
• rational kisses from wives, sweet
hearts or kiddles.
Manager Steve O’Neil's players,
examined by the District Health
Department yesterday morning for
signs of the spinal meningitis germ
that laid Outfielder Bruce Camp
bell low for the second time, have
been told that under no circum
stances are they to kiss any one
lor three weeks. This edict was
r
issued in Boston last Friday when
the Boston Health Department
conducted an examination.
. The warning was issued not only
to the players on the Cleveland
* club, but also to the three news
papermen traveling with the team.
Pete Appleton of the Nationals
and Lloyd Brown of the Indians
were to be the opposing pitchers
in today’s game. Appleton form
erly a Cleveland hurler when he
toiled under the name of Jablo
nowskl was to seek his fourth
victory of the campaign. So far
he has not lost a game. Brown, like
Appleton, was to pitch against his
old mates. Lloyd formerly wore a
Washington uniform. F. E. S.
%
Keeords for Week
In Major Leagues
'T'HE standing for games in the two
major leagues through Sunday,
with games won and lost, runs, hits,
errors, opponents’ runs and home runs:
American League.
W. L. R. H. E. OR. HR.
New York_ 5 1 37 65 7 15 2
Boston .. 5 1 50 80 6 26 4
Washington ... 4 2 42 64 10 26 0
Philadelphia . 3 3 37 65 11 34 3
Detroit . 3 3 30 46 5 32 4
Cleveland__ 3 4 14 34 5 26 5
Chicago . 2 4 35 64 8 46 4
St. Louis_ 0 7 25 59 13 65 4
National League.
W. L. R. H. E. OR. HR
St. Louis_ 5 0 27 46 3 5 2
Pittsburgh .... 4 2 39 64 8 35 3
Chicago _3 2 17 55 6 18 2
Boston _... 3 2 17 48 5 19 3
Philadelphia . 3 3 38 71 13 35 3
Cincinnati „ — 2 4 20 48 7 26 1
New York_ 1 3 14 39 6 15 0
Brooklyn .0 * « 31 9 25 0
FANS RAPTURED
Yankee Rookie Hits Triple,
Two Singles—Red Hose
on Winning Spree.
BY ANDY CLARKE, _
Associated Press Sports Writer.
THE base ball world knows today
that Joe D1 Maggio of the
Yankees, the most publicized
rookie of the season. Is a base
ball player of the first water.
The black-haired, quiet lad who
came up from the Pacific Coast
heralded as the find of a decade, has
been accepted into base ball’s upper
crust after a debut that was as im
pressive as his lavish advance notices.
The Yankees sent him to the post
yesterday in the game against the
Browns after a burned foot had de
layed his appearance three weeks. He
came breezing In with the acclaim of
New York fandom after lashing out a
triple that might have been a homer,
and two singles. That the centerfleld
boards have been moved in the process
of remodeling the bleachers at the
Yankee Stadium probably robbed Joe
of a homer. His low drive bounced
off those boards and prevented him
from getting farther than third.
Gehrig, Chapman Overshadowed.
TPHE Yanks collected 17 hits as they
downed the Browns, 14-5, but the
fans overlooked the performances of
Lou Oehrlg and Ben Chapman, each of
whom punched out four safeties. They
were watching the kid from the coast.
The Yankees, however, have little on
the Red Sox moguls, who saw Wes
Ferrell pitch two-hit ball to shut out
the Detroit Tigers, 6-0. There are
those. Jimmy Dykes of the White Sox
and others, who contend the Red Sox
don't need high-class pitching, what
with the batting punch they are dis
playing. However, Ferrell and Lefty
Grove pitched sensational ball as the
Sox won five out of six games in the
week ending yesterday.
Frankie Frisch, the former Fordham
flash, who says he is feeling the force
of the years, paced his Cardinals to
a 6-2 victory over the Boston Bees.
It was the sixth straight victory • for
the gas house gang. Frisch had a
perfect day at bat, getting two sin
gles and a double.
Behringer Suspended.
'J'he Giants busted Into the win
column again by beating the Cin
cinnati Reds, 7 to 5, in an eleven-in
ning struggle which saw the score
i tied three times. General Manager
: Larry S. MacPhail of the Reds, who
! believes that a pitcher should work
! on the base paths, as well as on the
niound, suspended Paul Derringer, the
team’s leading flinger, for failing to
I slide home in the fifth after doubling
and going to third on Kiki Cuyler’s
single.
Van Lingle Mungo of the Dodgers
i was the victim of an eighth-inning
assault in which the Pirates got four
hits and as many runs to defeat
the Flatbushers 6 to 5. Bud Hafey
started the attack with a double.
The Chicago White Sox, going into
j the ninth inning on the short end
; of a 4-3 score, turned on an attack
climaxed by Zeke Bonura’s homer that
netted five runs and an 8-4 victors
over the Athletics.
The Phillies went to work on Mike
Kowalik in the twelfth frame to
score three runs and register an 8-5
triumph over the Cubs. It was the
fourth overtime game in the last five
starts for the Cubs.
Homer Standing
Ey the Associated Press.
Yesterday’s homers'—Vaughan. Pi
rates, 1; Norris, 'Phillies. 1; O’Dea,
Cubs, 1; Bonura, White Sox, 1; Piet,
White Sox, 1; Foxx, Red Sox, 1; R
Ferrell, Red Sox, 1; Pepper, Browns, 1
The leaders: Foxx, Red Sox, 6;
Trosky, Indians, 5; Ott, Giants, 4;
Klein, Cubs, 4; Norris, Phillies, 3;
Piet, White Sox, 3; Dickey, Yankees,
3; J. Moore, Phillies, 3; E. Moore,
Bees, 3; Goodman, Reds, 3; Hafey,
Pirates, 3: Gehrig, Yankees. 3; Puc
cinelli. Athletics, 3; .Vosmik, In
dians, 3.
League totals—National, TO; Amer
ican, 74; total, 144.
I 1 I
League Statistics
MONDAY. MAY 4, 1938.
American
RESULTS YESTERDAY
Cleveland, 3: Washington, 0 t6 in., rain)
New York. 14; St. Louis. 6.
Boston. 6: Detroit. 0.
Chicago. 8: Philadelphia. 4.
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Bos I—I 21 II II 31 31 31—1131 61,6841 ...
NY 1 31—I 31—I 41 II II 11121 61,6671 V
Cle I II 01—I II II 21—I 51101 71.5881 2
Pet! 01—|'ll—I II 3! 21 21 01 71.5031 2V
wn: II 21 01 21—'—I 41 21111 1)1.5501 2V
Chil O' II I' II—'—I II 21 61 91.4001 5
Phil 21 II—I O' 01 01—I 31 61111.3531 6
StLI—l 01 II 21 O' 01 01—1 31151.1671 9V
L ) 61 61 71 71 01 Dill'151—I—I I
GAMES TODAY GAMES TOMORROW
Clev. at Wash.. 3:15. Clev. at Wash.. 3:16.
Detroit at Boston. Detroit at Boston.
St. Louis at N. Y. St. Louis at N. Y.
Chicago at Phlla. Chicago at Phila.
National
RESULTS YESTERDAY
New York, 7; Cincinnati, 5 <11 ml.
Philadelphia. 8: Chicago. 5 <12 in.).
Pittsburgh. 6: Brooklyn, 6.
St. Louis. 6: Boston. 2.
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BtL!—I 21 'll 21—1 II II 21 91 SI.643TZT
NY I O'—I 01—I 2! II 31 31 91 61,6001 V
Chi' 21 II—I 21 O! 21—1 21 91 71.6631 1
Pittl II—I II—I 21 21 II II 81 71.5331 IV
Phil—I II II II— I II 31 21 01101,4791 2V
Clnl 2! 01 41 I' lk-l 01—I 81 01.4711 2V
BO,; 0; Q]—| II 21 21—1 II 61 91.4001 3V
Bkll 01 21 01 01 3'—I II—I 61111.3531 4V
L I 51 61 71 71101 91 01111—I—I I
GABIES TODAY GABIES TOMORROW
If. Y. at Cincinnati. N. Y. at cinctnnatL
Phlladelohla at Chi. Philadelphia at Chi.
Boston at St. Louis. Boston at St. Louts.
Brooklyn at Pitts. Brooklyn at Pitts.
SMALLEST BOATS
Five Sail Craft Damaged.
Sassy Wins Thriller,
Smythe at Helm.
BUCKING the storm Winds to
the finish, in contrast to their
larger competitors who were
forced to quit before the
races were over, the smallest boats of
the Potomac River Sailing Associa
tion came through with flying, though
rain-drenched, colors yesterday to
carry oil the honors in the season s
second race.
While more than 30 craft partici
pated in the four events of the day,
only five suffered any real damage,
two dragging into the seawall, one
overturning and two colliding Just
after the finish,
The’mast of Clayton E. Turney’s
Brangler II visa broken when it
crashed into H. C. Bush's Cricket,
badly smashing the latter's side, but
that was the heaviest loss of the day.
I Two of the craft in class B handi
cap suffered light damage—A. H.
Clephane’s Diffy dragging Into the
seawall and T. Maloney’s Tralee turn
ing over, after it had finished the
course.
Comets Surprise.
VfOST surprising of ail was the
showing of the comets, smallest
of the competing boats. Of the nine
started, six finished, and the nfp-and
tuck race between D. Verner Smythe's
Sassy and R, C. Cruit's Serena pro
vided the outstanding thrill of the
day. Serena led until the last two
\ laps, when the Sassy overtook her in
the home stretch.
| The storm hit the leading boats in
the comet class fust as they were
j rounding the bell buoy off Hains
' Point and the trailers in that class
I as well as in the class A and B han
I dicaps were trapped by the elements.
All victors in the season’s first race
a week ago duplicated yesterday, E.
D. Blount coming home first in the
| moth class. Ted Deboer in class A
and G. Farnsworth in class B.
Adrian Sizer and P. G. Tomlin com
I prised the Race Committee on Sizer's
! Adonis,
Moth Cla«j.
Start. 2:00‘«1 lap).
Elapsed Correci
Boat. time ed time Skipper
Harriet _1:07:00_E. D Blount
45 Flit-1:10:00_J. LittleDage
Firefly -1:14:00_Gtrtr. Sherman
D nald D’k . 1:24:00 _
Ihochu —1:33:00_T.H. Tremearne
Comet Clan.
Start. 2:10 (2 laps'.
Sassy _1:22:30 _D. V. Smvthe
Serena_1:23:00_R. c. Crult
Skip -1:28:40_R. C. Wagner
I Gwen _1:20:00_A. Pagan
Minx_1:35:10_D. H. Fowler
Barbara Myers
Scuttleb t -1:30:00_H. Kenway
Litl _D. N. F_H. H. Jacobs
Breesy _D. N. F._A. Dudley, jr.
Cygnet _D N. F_W. W. Diehl
Class A Handicap.
Start. 2:15 *2 laps'.
Sandpiper -1:32:30 54:35 T. C. Deboer
Lady Avon. 1:24:05 54:30 P. F. Edrinaton
! Brangler II_D. N. F._C. E Turney
| Zephyr _D. N F_J. Marsh
| Wildcat_D. N. F._J Brumbaugh
Bobcat _D. N, F._F TilD
Bucaneer -D. N. F._N. Elgin
Cricket —D N. F._H. C. Bush
Class B Handicap.
Start. 2:05 t2 laps'.
Peter Pan_-1:43:30 53:50 G. Farnsworth
Tralee _1:65:00 54:03 T. Maloney
Fliehty —1:47:00 55:3fl W. Preston
| Dusky D k-1:48:40 50:30 F Shore
Tern _1:50:00 58:18 R. T. Miller
Itittlwake .1:4K:30 60:41 B. C Drane
Dtfly _D. N. F._A. H Cleohaue
Hermes_D. N. F._ _ H. Niepold
Dick -D. N. F._T. Bennet
Stars Yesterday
By the Associated Press.
Earl Averill. Indians—Drove in two
i of his team's three runs in 3-0 victory
over Senators.
Joe Dimaggio, Yankees—Made sen
sational debut as a big leaguer, belting
a triple and two singles against
Browns.
Wes Ferrell, Red Sox—Shut out De
troit Tigers, 6-0, allowing but two hits.
Frankie Frisch, Cardinals—Paced
his team to victory over Bees with
double and two singles.
i
Griffs" Records
BATTING.
G. AB R. H. 2b. 3b. HR RBI. Pet
Chase - 11010000 1.00(
Stone— it 23 8 11 2 1 1 « ,47t
Linke— 5 0 14 10 12 .444
Miles— 72148010 3 .38]
Mver_ 20 87 14 lti 2 1 0 6 .231
Leals— 15 85 » 22 4 3 0 0 .331
Bolton, 17 51 10 17 2 1 1 8 .33:
Estalella 6 3 110100 .33:
Reyn'ds 17 63 6 21 3 0 1 10 .3.3;
Coppola 5 3 0 1 1 0 o o .33:
Travis- 20 77 12 25 8 1 0 15 .321
Powell- 20 80 17 25 4 2 1 14 .31;
App'ton 4 13 2 4 0 O O 2 .301
Millies- 8 17 1 5 1 1 0 1 .204
Kuhel_ 20 70 8 10 2 1 1 13 .271
Hill_ 14 50 0 16 4 1 O 4 .271
Whl’hill 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 .254
Newsom 6 16 1 3 0 0 O 1 .181
Blueee 518 0 2 O 0 O 0 .11
DeSh’n* 27100000 .004
Russell 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .004
Kress 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .004
Boklna 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .001
Weaver. 20000000 .004
PITCHING.
In’as G. Cmp.
G. H. BB. SO. Ptch.Std. G. W. L
Appleton. 4 22 13 15 31 4 3 3 i
DeShon* 2 7 12 8 18 2 2 2 4
Newsom— 6 36 21 17 44% 6 4 3:
Whltehlll 2 10 5 4 12 2 0 1:
■ Russell-- 8 8 3 2 10% 0 4) 1
Coppola-- 5 12 If* 1 13% 4* 4* 0 4
Chase - 12 4 1 2 Vs 0 o o I
Weaver _ 2 5 5 o 5 1 0 4).
Linke — 5 45 3 7 27 4 1 1
Boklna - 3 8 3 4 5 1 0 0
THE SPORTLIGHT
Combination of Jockey, Gridder, Boxer
Best Major Race Rider, Derby Reveals.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.
HE best way to win one of the
major races today is to be «
jockey, foot ball player, high
hurdler, boxer and ski jumper
combined.
The $100,000 Santa Anita feature
was a combination of blocking backs
and water polo players in action where
certain horses were bumped all over
the track before Top Row broke
through for the big money waiting.
In Saturday's Kentucky Derby Brev
ity was knocked to his knees and
Granville's jockey was tossed over
board before the race had passed the
warming-up stage.
Wayne Wright had to put on a
contortionist act to hold his seat on
Brevity. After the early bumping he
drew, Wright needed a motor cycle in
place of a horse. Brevity picked up
most of the open space, but the terrific
effort killed off his chance for a win
ning finish.
Each jockey knows in a big money
| race there is little chance for dis
qualification, even if he wes a ma
chine gun or a crow bar.
When a big race starts, the
hand should begin playing
"Anything Goes."
Bold Venture is a high-class thor
oughbred. but the general feeling is
that Brevity was in no sense over
ballyhooed. He still can run for a
| lot of people’s money.
But in rough-and-tumble racing
foi Important cash, the favorite rarely
gets the better break. He is always
the one to beat.
Some Pennant Checking.
* iV|OVING l®to the balmier ides cl
May it may be that some pen
j nant checking is due. For example
; it is fairly certain that Hank Green
i berg's tracked wrist is going to be n.,
no big help to Mickey Cochrane s
Tigers, now after their third flag.
Greenberg will be out a month ann
he will also need added time to get
going at his old speed. In 1934 and
1935 Greenberg rolled up 403 base
i hits, including a barrage of home
; runs, triples and doubles. In those
1 two years he drove In something like
300 runs, leading the league last
j season.
>0 ball rlub ran lose a playrr
of tbit type without feeling the
sting.
It will mean that much harder
fighting to keep in the race until
| Hammering Hank moves back to thy
j job.
The exceptional form shown by Bot
Grove makes the Red Sox even more
formidable. Grove and Ferrell should
be good for 45 or maybe 50 victories,
and Cronin expects at least 20 from
Ostermeuller. If these figures work
i out, the job of curbing the Red Sox
will keep Tigers, Yankees and Indians
hustling through the entire route, with
no stop-offs.
Frank Frisch this Spring looked loi
; a big year from Parmelee, and the ex
| Giant so far is carrying his full share
j There still are sound critics who are
j none too sure that Parmelee can hoic
j the pace all Summer.
But at the age of 29 hr may
be hitting a delayed stride.
Working with the two Deans, the
trio should be good for 65 ball games
I -
If a young fellow by the name o
| Van Lingle Mungo happened to bi
MONTGOMERY CARD
. HAS SCHOOLS BUSY
Eight Base Ball Tuss’es. Thre<
Golf Matches, Tennis. Track
Meets This Week.
| 17TGHT base ball games, three gol
engagements and single encounter
in tennis and track fill the prograrr
for schoolboy athletes in Montgom
ery County this week.
The links combination of Mont
gomery Blair High School was to in
augurate the program this aftemooi
by meeting Georgetown Prep on thi
latter’s course at Garrett Park. Othe
golfing battles of the week will brim
together Bethesda-Chevy Chase an(
Devitt at Columbia Country Club 01
Wednesday and Bethesda-Chev;
Chase and St. John's Saturday.
Four base ball games are listed to
morrow with Washington-Lee Higl
playing at Montgomery Blair, Wood
row Wilson at Bethesda-Chevy Chase
Damascus at Rockville and Sherwocx
High at Gaithersburg.
1 The diamond card the remainde
of the week lists Gaithersburg a
! Rockville, Charlotte Hall Militar;
; School at Montgomery Blair ant
! Bethesda-Chevy Chase at Washing
ton-Lee on Friday and Montgomer;
Blair at Mount St. Joseph’s, Saturday
The tennis match will be wagei
I between Bethesda-Chevy Chase am
! Gonzaga at Columbia Country Clu
Thursday, while Montgomery Blai
J meets Maryland University freshmei
at College Park in track on Satur
'• day.
____ - - ---4
working for one of the pennant con
tenders he would be another sniper on
his way to 30 victories before the first
frost.
Couldn't Stop Orin Pape.
Y^OU may not remember Orin Pape
of Iowa. When they gave him the
ball Pape kept on traveling. The back
that Big Ten tacklers couldn’t stop
refused to be subdued by a bandit's
gun. The bandit got Pape, but the
ex-Iowa back killed the bandit. Shot
through the stomach, Pape neverthe
less got the killer’s gun and got his
man. He. was one of the best of the
Hawkeye stars and Iowa had her share
of talent on the field where gameness
has been a leading feature.
I saw Fritz Crisler's Tigers in their
last Spring workout. Fritz refuses to
make any predictions about next Fall.
! but there was no harried or worried
J look on his face as he peered at
J Charley Toll, the two Whites, Sand
l bach, Ritter, Stoss, Montgomery, Cul
linan and some pretty good freshmen
j on their way up. Including Lynch and
j Taylor.
Toll, fi feet 5, weight 300,
ran be used at end, tackle nr
guard and hold his place with
the pick of the game. He is one
of the fastest starting big men
1 ever saw.
Any foot ball squad that has Toll,
Montgomery, Cullinan and White for
a nucleus has something—as Messrs.
Wieman, Martineau and Dickson will
tell you.
Tad Wieman, one of the best of all
line coaches anywhere or any time, is
willing to go on record that Mont
gomery is the finest all-arqgmd guard
! he ever saw. And it might be men
! iloned that Tad has seen and coached
i his share of stars.
Stopping Princeton Task.
. AT ANY rate, it is going to take
! ** quite a foot ball team to stop
! Princeton next Fall. It will be a team
that has both the material and the
coaching, which covers most of the
ground that means anything. The
one weakness may be in reserves,
where there will be no such display
as 1935 had to show.
In the meantime, Bert Bell, a former
' star and foot ball coach at Pennsyl
vania, will direct his Philadelphia
Eagles this Fall.
Bert Bell was the first real master
of the hidden ball play.
As roach of Penn's barkfield.
he had defenses baffled and
guessing all over the map.
The ball had a way of vanishing
after the manner of a will-o'-the-wisp
; The former Penn athlete expect to
bring back this deceptive attack tc
j his Eagles in the Fall, when he will
I have an improved line-up under his
charge. Bert Bell happens to be one
! of our smartest foot ball people, place
him where you will.
Gene Venzke, Penn's crack miler
I says that golf has been a big factor
in building up his legs. This depends
j on how good Gene is at golf. The
| average duffer covers more ground
| than a marathon runner, including
woods, brooks, fences, valleys and hills
j Cross-country running and steeple
| chasing are nothing in comparison.
’: tCopyrisht. 19M. by the North American
. j Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
Sports Program
For Loral Fans
TODAY.
Base Ball.
Cleveland vs. Washington, Grif
i fith Stadium. 3:15.
Duke vs. Maryland. College Park.
! Md., 4.
;! Devitt vs. Washington-Lee High.
| Ballston, Va., 3:45.
Dunbar vs. Douglas High at Bal
j timore, Md.
Boxing.
Davey Pine vs. Cowboy Howard
Scott, feature bout, 10 rounds,
; Turner's Arena. 8:30.
Tennis.
I Washington-Lee vs. Maryland,
i College Park, Md., 4.
St. John’s at Devitt, 3:30.
Gonzaga at uandon. 3:30.
St. Alban's at Friends. 3:30.
i TOMORROW.
Base Ball.
’ Cleveland vs. Washington, Grif
1 fith Stadium, 3:15.
Tech at Eastern (public high
school title series), 3:30.
L Georgetown Prep at Roosevelt.
[ 3:30.
George Washington High vs.
Maryland Prosh, College Park,
Md., 4.
: Episcopal at St. Albans, 3:45.
. Woodrow Wilson at Bethesda
} Chevy Chase, 3:45.
r Tennis.
, Washington-Lee at Geoigetow n. 3.
Golf.
Devitt vs. St. John's, 3:30.
Louisville Boosts Prices in |
Big Way—Post Mortem j
of Race Is Hazy.
BY JOHN LARDNER.
OUISVILLE. Ky., May |
They're saying that Brevity was is
the best horse in the Kentucky ^
Derby, and Mr. Maxie Hirsch * |
who trained the winning horse. Bold *
Venture, does not actually deny it.
"Maybe Brevity was the best horse.’’
said Mr. Hirsch as he swung a leg :
aboard the eastbound rattler. "Maybe,
he was. But they hung up my horse sj j
number on the board when the racei
was over, and that satisfies me," |
You know by this time that thej I
sleek chestnut colt named Bold Ven-j |
lure scored a most remarkable victory,
in the sixty-second edition of the blue
grass and julep classic. He won by 5
the length of his barrel nose over a f
, beast which was backed so stronglv !
that he would have paid only 80 cent * ■
for a dollar’s investment had he fin- sj
ished first. Brevity was supported
! right to the teeth. The crowd loved
him. And naturally the crowd was a |
1 bit vexed by the manner in which its
; favorite lost.
After 24 hours of investigation, f »
am prepared to give you some idea of
the scenario of the race, which re- s
suited in the suspension of three i
jockeys, including the winning ride:.
The big jam occurred soon after the
i start. Bold Venture, anxious to slip
through the middle and toward the
! rail, banged hard against Granville :
who promptly threw his rider, Jimmy
] Stout. Ira Hanford, up on Bold Ven- *
ture, says he remembers this very web
iwjiu tpmurf losi urouno. , ■
J DON'T remember which hot.-> |
it was we bumped against,” de- J
elares Ira. better known as Babe, “but §
I know that when we went over 1 |
had to swing Bold Venture wav to the ■
right to avoid his heels. We last
tome ground right there.”
Brevity, the favorite, seems to havp
been bumped by Mack Garner on
Sangreal, though the episode was
not seen clearly and Garner drew ro *
; suspension. Wayne Wright, Brevity's
| rider, when he conquered his bitter -
disappointment sufficiently to talk
about it, said that the great Widener
colt went almost to his knees, stag
gered. and lost a number of strides
getting back in the race,
j “And when you figure that we oily
| lost by one stride.” said Mr. Wright,
j “you can see what might have hap
! pened. The best horse lost. He s
the greatest horse I ever sat on ”
All this has a post-mortem flavor
about it, and I set it down only to *
keep the record straight. Brevity
won't have a chance to avenge him- 1
self on Bold Venture in the Baltimore
Preakness. which will be run May 16.
And Mr. Maxie Hirsch has not decid
ed yet whether he will send his Derbv
winner to the post in the second of
the great Spring classics.
"I'll put him in any race he's
ready for,” said Maxie, “but I won't
know about the Preakness for a few
days yet.” »
Some Derby Prices.
rpHIS peaceful city is settling down
to its normal pace again, now that *
the Derby's over, and its normal pace
is a slow walk. But how it does speed
up at Derby time! Maybe this ran- ■
dom price list tand I am not trying
to start anv crusade against petty
larceny, because it's all in the line of
business) will give you some idea:
I ham sandwich, $4.
5 ham sandwiches and 4 Scotch *
highballs, $22.
1 hotel room, overnight. $30.
1 lodging over the week end. $5n
1 Derby day round trip to the track,
by cab, $15.
Tip for 1 waiter pushing two tabic?
together at track restaurant, $20.
1 breakfast, item for item—orange
juice, 25 cents; coffee, 30 cents,
toast, 40 cents, and scrambled eggs.
55 rents.
1 breakfast at track. »2 50.
1 drink at track. SI.
Fvrn Forgives Grand Slam.
'J'O BE sure, the good burghers ofi »
Louisville run what might be
called a ‘‘specialty" town. Their spe
cialty comes but once a year and
pays dividends for only two days, so
the good burghers may be pardoned
for making plenty hay while the sun
! shines and while it doesn’t.
The good burghers seem to have
the right idea, because they get away
with it. There were 70,000 wild-eyed
clients at the race track, paying the
prices with a grin and betting a
million and a quarter dollars over
I and above that.
I hope you will not get the idea *
] from the price list cited above that
j your correspondent was one of ihf
gav dogs and bon vivaots who went
| around paying a dollar for a nip of i
I Scotch. ■
Your correspondent stayed sober. ^
; and picked two of the three place
I horses, and is highly pleased with
I life—so pleased that he can even for
give Grand Slam.
0
Wall Street Keeps Wood Out of Davis Cup Tennis
Net Star Getting Gravy—Houston Yanks Black Cat From Pound to End Losses.
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK, May 4.—Here is
a one - minute interview
with Benny Leonard, one
of the greatest ligtht
i weights of all time . . . Benny is
the latest to line up with Tony
Canzoneri against Jimmy McLar
nln . . . Says Jimmy has been idle
too long to come back against
such a tough little guy as Tony ...
; Doesn't look for a knockout, but
wouldn’t be surprised if Tony con
, nects with a sleep producer . . .
i Like a lot of other people, Benny
regards Canzoneri one of the finest
1 pieces of fighting machinery in the
■ ring today.
Add Coincidences.—Your agent
plucked Bold Venture out of the
hat in three separate dubby pools
. . . and cleaned up in a modest
a
way . . . Here's a true Dodger
for you: Sid Gautreaux, young
catcher, learned to play base ball
In an insane asylum . . . No, he
wasn’t a patient, but lived at the
East Louisiana State Hosplt;! in
1934 as a paid guest in order to be
eligible to reinforce the institu
tion's nine with his catching . . .
Sidney Wood would look mighty
good in the Davis Cup picture, but
Sid says the gravy in Wall Street
is too good to pass up.
The Rev. William Magee, S. J,
president of Marquette University,
Is convinced strange powers are
possessed by his foot ball players
. . . Father Magee popped in on
Spring practice the other day and
the gridders sang, “Hail, Alma
Mater” . . . Immediately a heavy
hailstorm broke and sent President
Magee scurrying to shelter ... By
A. . ‘
the way, that burn on Joe Di Mag
gio's dog was much worse than the
Yankee front office ever announced
. . . The Fort Worth Cats of the
Texas League sent to the dog and
cat pound for a black cat to sit
on the bench and help Fort Worth
end a 12-game losing streak.
Short and Snappy.—The pros
have put Henry Picard on the spot
by almost unanimously picking
him to win the national open . . .
In his two weeks here Max
Schmeling has seen 30 movies
... Ed (Strangler) Lewis says a
Rood wrestler can beat a boxer in
30 seconds . . . A1 Buck, boxing
expert of the Evening Post who re
rently spent a week meditating
on his Maine estate, was presented
a complimentary fishing license by
Gov. Louis J. Brann . . . “It’s good
a
I m any stream In any league, says
A1 . . . After looking at the Indians
for three days, New York fans
think what the club needs Is more
pep and lots of it . . . Colgate's ‘
1936 grid offense will be trickier
ever.
One of the reasons Jack Burns
didn’t go better with the Browns
is because Rogers Hornsby insisted
on picking the pitches for him . ..
Bums wanted to do his own pick
ing . . . Those pictures of Jimmy
McLarain dancing with the Mrs.
in the hot spots cheered the Can
zonerl followers . . . The Garden
may bring Joe Knight North to
fight John Henry Lewis . . . Philly
fight fans tossed a swell party for
Lou Jaffee, Evening Ledger boxing ,
expert, in celebration of his twenty- —
fifth anniversary as a newspaper
man.
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