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B—6 _v _ WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 31, 1936.__ . ■■■ - - ———■———^^^^——————■—^^————^I—^^^^""""^————■—^——— L A McMahon Star Marathon Victor: U. S. Tennis Win Up to Doubles m _ - -- - - * SETS MARK IN WIN i Of A. A. U. CROWN Gets Olympic Berth by His 2:38:14Vs Race—Kelley Is Close Second. (Continued From First Page.) wished him well in the forthcoming Olympic championships at Berlin. So fast was the race—the fifth na tional marathon championship spon sored by The Star—that the first two finishers shattered the previous record for the arduous 26-mile 385-yard route, and the third man barely missed it, McMahon ran the distance in 2 hours 38 minutes 14 U seconds. The previous record, set by Dave Komonen of Canada in 1934, was 2 hours 43 minutes 26% seconds. McMahon's time is nearly seven minutes behind the Olympic record for the distance, but the record set In 1932 at Lo6 Angeles by Juan Zabala was made over an easier course than that traversed by the men w ho finished ’ yesterday. r Kelley finished 300 yards back of 'McMahon, with whom he had run '•shoulder to shoulder for 7 gruel .Ing miles through city traffic, in the ,time of 2 hours 40 minutes 7,10 seconds. Mel Porter of New York, who fin ished third in 2 hours 43 minutes 27 seconds, was but three-fifths of a second behind the old record for the A. A. U. marathon. Pace Too Hot for Dengis. pAR back in eighth place, worn down by the grueling pace of the fast race, was Pat Dengis, the Balti more airplane mechanic, who won the 1935 marathon. Dengis set the pace for the first 16 miles of the race, running well ahead of his field in record time for the first 5, 10 and 15 miles, and then, wearied by his pace setting effort, dropped back into fourth place. He barely lasted to stagger across the finish line and at one time—the ■wearisome jaunt up Capitol Hill—Pat glowed down to a walk. In fourth place was a colored en trant—Augustus Johnson of^the In terstate Sport Club of Portchester, N. Y. Strange stuff for a man about to run the marathon' distance was the lunch McMahon ate a few hours be fore the race started at Mount Ver non at 2 o'clock. He ate a steak smothered in onions and an hour after the race he tossed off two malted milk shakes. "Gee, I felt hungry,*’ he said. "But boy, how happy I am. Hope I can run well at Berlin.” “How do your feet feel?” some one asked him. The marathon is a test not only of nerve and muscle and intestinal fortitude, but also of feet. Many a marathoner has dropped out with his feet a mass of aching blis ters. "They feel fine.” grinned the personable man from Worcester. “They feel much better than they felt at Boston. I think the course is better and conditions are better than they were there.” McMahon finished second in the Boston marathon on April 19 to Tar ean Brown. Runs Heady Race. THE winner has been running dis 1 tance races only four years. He runs about one a year, but this year he decided to double. He was reg istered from the Ancient Order of Hibernians of Worcester, where he grained his muscles running up and down the hills that lie about that Interior Massachusetts city. For a comparatively immature Inarathon runner competing against •veterans like Porter, Les Pawson, fWhitey Michelson and John D. Sem ple, McMahon ran a heady race. Al ways up in the forefront of the pa rade of men who lay ’em one in front of the other, McMahon held j back his winning spurt until the race avas more than half over. At the 6-mile mark, down on the Arlington Boulevard, while Dengis was setting I the red-hot pace that burned him out, McMahon was lying back with a half dozen others, 150 yards behind Den Bis and Anthony J. Paskell of Lynn, Mass., who were running neck and peck in first place. At the tenth milestone, just north of Alexandria on the Mount Vernon Boulevard, he had worked his way up Into seventh place, with Dengis and Paskell still leading the parade. At the twelfth mile Dengis was running 200 yards in front of Paskell, with McMahon running fifth, back of Kelley. MWMUVU, ncucj IXgm uueu ■RUT as the leader wore himself out shortly after he passed over the Arlington Memorial Bridge and headed down Into the leafy coolness of East Potomac Park both Kelley and Mc Mahon passed him. Down around Hains Point they passed through lines of cheering holiday-makers, running shoulder to shoulder, grabbing an orange from an attendant here and • sponge filled with water there. Marathon runners do not drink wa ter. It’s bad for the tummy during a race. They sip a sponge or wet their mouths with orange juice. Water In any quantity makes them ill. Down there somewhere in Potomac Park Dengis had a recurrence of the kidney trouble which may have cost him the Boston marathon. He admitted after the race that his back hurt “terribly” shortly after he left the Memorial Bridge. Up west from Hains Point toward "the railroad bridge and north on Fourteenth street Kelley and McMahon ran literally shoulder to shoulder. They were setting a blistering pace and both knew it. But neither man weakened. Down into Constitution avenue, through lines of automobiles thrust aside by the police, they picked 'em up and laid ’em down, one behind the other, still shoulder to shoulder. Up the grueling two blocks of Capitol Hill they moved—slower now, for they were weakening—out to Seventh street (See MARATHON, Pag* •■) William McMahon, winner, receiving Evening Star Marathon trophy from Phil Merryman, N. B. C. engineer (right), and Jim McGrath, star sports announcer, on board a Dr. Hans Luther, German Ambassador. tandem bicycle, from which they broadcast the story of the race. *---—-—-—.. Johnny Kelley, unattached, of Arlington, Mass., who came in second, shaking hands with the winner. —Star Staff Photos, -: Dr. B. G. Chitwood of the Washington Track and Field Club, first District man to cross the line. ATHLETIC HERO DIES. PALO ALTO, Calif., May 30 (&).— Murray Cuddeback, 34, Stanford ath letic hero and assistant foot ball coach, died today after a long illness resulting from injuries received on a bunting trip. LAD RUNS FAST MILE. COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 30 04*).— Bob Curtis, tall blond from Shaw High school in Cleveland, ran the mile in 4:24.8 today, one-tenth of a second better than the national scholastic record, set in 1930 by Glenn Cunningham. Ill ■ I I League Statistics SIND AT. MAY 31. 1936. American RESULTS YESTERDAY. New York. 7—6: Washington. 1—1. 8t Louis S—5: Detroit. 3—0. Cleveland. 4—11: Chicago. 3—3. Philadelphia. 6—2; Boston. 4—6. ~ *1 Jf! G $?!« 9!3iSj< E ? O « !; 3 * S ? ft ~ § I 3 !fi ; 5 p 1 ! i : ° i g 1 1 ! 1 i NY I—I 41 61 21 61 21 61 41291131.6901 Bos I 31—I II 41 61 61 41 3126I17I.60SI 3*6 Cle! 01 31— I 41 31 41 31 71331171.6761 6 Pet I 21 II 61—I 41 61 31 21231301.6361 6Vb Wnl 21 61 21 21—1 01 61 41311221.4881 8*6 Chil 21 01 11 31 31—1 31 71191201.4871 8*6 Phil 31 31 II II 11 II—I 31131261.333!14Mi 9tLI 11 II 21 41 01 II 21—1111301.268117*6 L. II31171171201221201261301—I—I I GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Wash at Phils.. 2. No tames scheduled. Boston at New York. St. Louis at Detroit. Chicago at Cleve. National RESULTS YESTERDAY. Philadelphia. 5—9: Boston. 4—8. Brooklyn 9—3: New York. 6—0 Pittsburgh. 7—11: Chicago. 5—7. Cincinnati. 10—4: St. Louis. 1—7. e « 2 » S s = g § I g |g * I S Z s § § I = : I SI s=.ai*8: § a i : I l ! " a- ! e i & | i • g : ■ I i I I g ! ! i : 1 StLI—I 3 61 61 2 21 41 31261141.6501 NT II—I 31 21 31 41 71 61351161.6101 1*4 Pit 31 II—I 31 51 21 41 31811191.6351 5 Chll 31 II 21—I 51 31 21 81191701.4871 «»4 Clnl 31 21 41 51—1 ll SI 21191221.4631 7V» Boal 31 21 21 11 at—I 21'61181331.4621 3 Phil 01 31 11 81 SI 71—1 SI18I35I.419I Bkll 11 41 11 11 21 41 4 —1171251,405110 L. 11411 «UBi30lagj83l36l9B I—I—I I GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Pitts, at Chicago. No fames scheduled. Cin. at St. Louis. New York at Burn. Phils, at Boston. DRIVES IN 12 RUNS. Solomon L vine set s record in the Northeast Base Ball League yester day when his three home runs and a double drove in 12 runs during the game, which his Premier Senators took from the Orioles, 30-3. It was the thirteenth straight victory for the winners. Gives Washington a Chance for Even Break in Its May Campaign. EW YORK, May 30.—The Na tional* first extensive tour ing of the season will end tomorrow when the Wash ington ball club invades Philadelphia for a single game with the Athletics before heading homeward for a long home stand. With Jack Russell cm the slab, the Griffs will seek their seventh victory in eight games against the A s. On Monday they’ll rest from their re cent labors before entertaining the Western entries at Griffith Stadium. The second month of the season has found the Harrismen doing noth ing but run on a treadmill, but they still have a chance to finish their May campaigning with a record of 13 wins against as many defeats. The Nationals dropped five of their first seven games this month, but have won 10 of the last 18 to take away some of the sting, and despite today’s double defeat the prospects for the future are not exactly forbid ding. 8ince Whltehffi got back to pitching this month the veteran has won three and lost one. Jimmy de Shong has proved a consistent win ner and with a little help from Buck Newsom during the forthcoming home stand the club m*y go some where. First of the Western teams to In vade Washington next week will be the Browns, who visit for three games. The Tigers will drop in for a two-game set, and will be followed by tbe Indians and Whits Sox, who will play three tilts each. BOWMAN FOUND DEAD. WEST LONG BRANCH, N. J„ May 30 (if).—Chester A. Bowman, 34, Olympic sprint champion, 1334, and fanner Syracuse foot ball star, was found dead In his automobile late today. Estalella9 Weak Pinch-Hitter9 Optioned to Albany by Nats; Stadium Stops Stone at Bat By t Stiff Correspondent ot The Star. NEW YORK, May 30—The me teoric base ball rise ol young Bobby Estalella tailed off to day when President Clark Griffith announced his transfer to Al bany of the International League. Estalella, who rated on a par with Red Kress as 1935 s best hunk of sports page ‘'copy,” left the Nationals last night for Baltimore, where the Albany club will play a double-header tomorrow. The colorful little Cuban, who jumped from an Island sugar plantation to the big leagues, goes on option, and is subject to recall within 24 hours. Griffith let the diminutive slugger go on one condition, and that was that Owner Joe Cambria of Albany promise to play him regularly in the outfield. Griffith and Harris have given up all hope of Estalella acquir ing sufficient polish to play the in field, and they now hope that Bobby, wi(', proper schooling in the minors, will be able to return at the end of the season as a gardener. 'T'HE original front-office intention thia Spring was to carry Estalella on the club as a pinch-hitter if he could not win the third base job. Bobby s chances of playing third base were doomed almost from the time ,-1 Official Scores FIRST GAME. WASHINGTON. AB. R. H. O. A. E Powell. cl_......v 5 0 13 1 0 Lewis. :tb... 400051 Myer. 2b_ 1 0 0 7 2 0 Stone If_ 4 0 0 3 0 0 Trsvis. rf_ 4 0 1 0 0 0 Kuhel. lb_ 2 0 1 8 0 0 Kress, ss- ♦ « 1 1 2 0 Bolton, c_ 4 1 2 2 2 0 Whitehill. o_,. 1 0 o 0 1 0 •Miles_ 1 0 0 0 0 0 Weaver, p_ 000010 tHill _- 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals_31 ~ 6 24 14 1 •Batted for whitehlll In seventh Inning. tBatted for Weaver in ninth inning. NEW YORK. AB. R. H. O. A. E Crosettl. SS-— 5 2 2 1 0 0 Rolfe 3b_ 4 0 3 1 2 0 Di Miggio. If_ 4 0 1 5 0 0 Oehrlg lb_ 3 11«oo Chapman, ef- 4 0 2 2 0 1 Hoag. rf.. 4 0 o 0 p 0 Lesser!. 2b_ 3 2 2 0 1 0 Olenn. c_ 4 1 3 9 0 0 Pearson, p._._- 3 10 0 10 Tot ale_34 ~7 14 27 ~4 ~I Score by Innings: Washington _ono 010 000—1 New York_ 000 130 21x—7 Runs batted in—Gehrig. Powell. Crosettl 12). Ro.'fe (2). Di Magglo. Pearson. Two base hits—Bolton. Rolfe. Olenn. Home run—Gehrig. Stolen base—Crosettl. Sac rifices—Whitehill. Pearson. Double plays— Kress. Myer to Kuhel: Gehrig (unassisted). Left on bases—New York. 6; Washington. 9. Bases on balls—0(1 Pearson. 6: oft Whiteh‘U. 1; off Weaver 1. Struck out— By Pearson. 8: by Whitehlll. 1: by Weaver. 1. Hits—Off Whitehill. 9 in 6 Innings: off Weaver 5 In 2 Innings. Losing pitcher— Whitehlll. Umpires—Messrs. Morlarty. Basil and Kolls. Time—2:14. SECOND GAME. WASHINGTON. AB. R. H. O. A. E. Powell, cf_ 4 0 I) 1 O () Lewis. 3b_ 4 0 0 1 1 0 Myer. 2b_ 4 0 1 2 2 0 Stone. lf__ 3 0 0 3 0 0 Til Vis, rf_ 3 0 0 0 1 0 Kuhel. lb_ 2 119 2 0 Kress, as_ 3 0 0 1 4 0 Bolton c___ 3 0 0 8 0 0 Newsom, p__ 10 0 111 •Miles _ 1 0 0 o o n Marberry. p_- o o o o 1 0 tHill _-_ 100000 Appleton, p- 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals_29 ~I ~2 24 13 "T •Batted for Newsom in sixth inning. tBatted for Marberry in eighth Inning. NEW YORK. AB. R. H. 0. A. E. Crosettl. aa_ 4 112 3 0 Rolfe. 3b_—_ 4 0 0 1 0 0 DI Magglo. If_ 4 3 3 8 0 0 Gtehri" lb_-_ 3 12*00 Selkirk rf_ 4 12 10 0 Chapman, ef___ 4 1 3 4 0 0 Lazzerl. 2b_ 3 0 1 0 2 0 Glann. e-- 4 0 1 5 0 0 Ruffing, p_..... 4 0 0 0 4 0 Totals_34 12 27 ~9 ~0 Score by Innings: Washington - 000 010 poo—1 New York_ 000 410 lOx—6 Runs batted In—Oehrlg (2). Selkirk <2>. Lazier!. Kuhel. Crosettl. Two-base hits— Di Martlo (3). Chapman. Three-basa hit—Selkirk. Home runs—Selkirk. Kuhel. CrwittL Double plays—Kress. Myer to Kuhel: Newsom. Kuhel to Bolton. Lett on bases—New York. 6; Washington, 2. Bases ajatSyssa Eansffiii Manager Bucky Harris got a good look at Buddy Lewi* In Florida, and as a pinch-hitter Estalella was tried and found wanting. Apparently he is not the kind of a ball player who can climb out of a dugout and fre quently bang out base hits in a pinch hitting role. Esty started well with the Nationals. He walked the first time he pinch batted and tripled on his next trip, but outside of gathering another triple and three more walks in 13 trips to the plate he was a total loss. In his last six trips to the dish Bobby struck out four times. His batting record of two hits in nine trips gave Bobby an average of only .222. Albany is a “farm” team of the Nationals and Cambria is the discov erer of the bow-legged importation. Cambria picked him up in 1934 and the following year sent Bobby to his Harrisburg team of the New York Pennsvlvania League, where Esty bat ted .314 and led the league in home runs. He was brought to Washington near the close of last season and proved a sensation. Capital fans adopted him in such a fashion that when Lewis was placed on third base for a trial they openly demanded that Esty play. But that, of course, was before Buddy was given a fair chance. There have been no cries for Esta lella this year. JOHNNY STONE wasn't much at the tee, but the rangy outfielder did his share in the field today. His catch of Ben Chapman's drive against the left-field boxes in the second in ning of the twin-bill opener was a beaut. The Yankee Stadium seems to be Johnny’s jinx hitting grounds. He whiffed the first two times at bat in the opener and on his first try in the second game and spent the rest of the | day rolling or popping out. It was here Griffs’ Records BATTING. G Ab. R. H. 2b. 3b. Hr Rbi. Pet. Ltnke... ft l.'i 2 8 2 0 1 4 .482 Lewis_ 38 1ST 25 81 6 0 2 18 .365 : Kress_ 23 75 13 23 6 0 2 lo 2107 Millies 32 69 6 21 6 10 8 .304 Bolton 28 88 16 26 5 1 1 13 .295 Powell 43 l'O 31 56 9 4 1 28 .294 Reynolds 31 113 11 33 7 O 1 17 .292 Travis . 40 159 23 45 12 2 1 28 .283 Stone_28 02 20 26 6 4 3 18 .283 Kuhel_ 43 152 26 43 7 3 5 32 .283 Hill _ 29 103 17 29 8 2 O 11 .282 'Miles 14 41 6 11 1 1 O 3 .268 Appleton 10 23 2 6 O O O 3 .261 Myer 35 121 22 31 4 1 o 11 .256 Esiellalla 13 9 2 2 0 2 O 0 .222 De Shoni 8184 3 0 0 0 1 .167 Newsom 13 33 1 4 0 0 0 1 .121 Blueae 6 18 o 2 0 0 O 0 .111 Whttehill 5 11 2 1 O o 0 O .091 Weaver 8 1009000 .000 Marberry 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 o .000 Russell _ 15 12 200000 .000 PITCHING. G. H BB. SO IP. GS. CG W. L De Shon* 8 44 24 21 55% 7 5 5 2 Newsom 13 97 43 51 92 13 8 5 5 | Whitehiil 5 44 10 7 35% 5 13 2 Russell 15 47 21 6 40% 4 13 2 Appleton 10 64 28 24 62 7 4 3 3 | Weaver 8 17 11 1 15% 10 11 Marberry 3 2 2 2 6 O o 0 1 Linke _ 9 60 7 9 39% 5 114 •Coppola 6 15 12 2 14 O O 0 0 •Bokma 5 15 5 5 8% 1 o O 2 •Chase 1 2 4 1 2% 0 0 0 0 •Released that he fanned six straight times last year. s -— TTS too bad Bucky Harris couldn't | have grabbed Monte Pearson from i the Indians at the Winter trade mart, as he'd hoped. The Grifls could use , a hurler who wins eight of nine games. As it is. Pearson not only is turning out to be a winner for the Yanks, but he's licked the Nationals twice now, giving up only two runs in 18 innings. VICTORY BY BUDGE Struggle for Don to Beat Crawford—Allison Is No Match for Quist. BY BOB CAVAGNARO. * Associated Press Sports Writer. Philadelphia, May 30 — America's one and only hope In Davis Cup tennis play. Torch-top Donald Budge of Oakland, Calif., came through today with a stirring five-set triumph over the veteran Jack Crawford to give the United States an even break in the American rone final series against Australia. Rallying courageously after dissi pating a two-set advantage, the 21 year-old Pacific Coast star aroused himself to the cheers of a 6,500 ca pacity gallery at the Germantown Cricket Club and out-stayed the crafty and masterful Crawford, win ning 6—2, 6—3. 4—6, 1—6, 13—11. * Budge's conquest of the man ex perts figured he would beat in a breeze because of his youth and su perior stamina, nullified the antici pated triumph of Adrian Quist, Au stralian title holder, over Wilmer Allison of Austin. Tex., the American champion. Quist took the measure of Allison at 6—3, 5—7, 6—4, 6—1, in a match which found Allison 'way below his 1935 championship form. Doubles Held Toss-Up. The doubles contest tomorrow, scheduled to start at 2:30 pm. | (Eastern standard time), now ap pears to be a toss-up in view of the gruelling five-set match played by Budge and Crawford. In the tandem clash Budge is slated to play with his fellow-Califomian, Gene Mako, against Crawford and Quist. In view of the fact the Australians trimmed Budge and Mako on the way to the 1935 all-England championship they had been regarded as favorites. However, experts tonight called it an j even-money go. Shades of 1927, when France took the elusive and coveted cup from the United States on this club's same cen ter court, danced across the turf as Budge's game fell completely apart in the third and fourth sets. In the first two chapters Crawford was baffled by the towering Californian's speed, and although it wa- fisky business. Crawford obviously passed up the sets trying to figure a way to handle it. Crawford Soon Learns. % J^URING that time it seemed Budge was going to give Uncle Sam the tying point in straight sets and that it would be impossible for Craw ford to go extra innings because of the unabated swiftness of Budge's pace. Budge had Crawford running his legs off. However, Crawford apparently was not wasting his time, because he showed early in the third set he had found the way to tame his younger . rival’s thunderous drives. It was just 1 as simple as it sounds. Crawford stayed at his base line, only occasion ally going to the net. and with fluent, machine-like stroking sent back safely practically everything Budge delivered. The taming of Budge’s power rattled the Californian and Crawford’s flaw less steadyness forced Budge Into re peated errors. Crawford broke Budge’s service In the third game of the final set, taking a 2-1 lead, and It looked like superior (See BUDGE, Page 9.)_ „ paHAHNn HUARACHES . ,. m r«» : . 3.95 AW* Oxford KEDS . 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