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WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY MAY 22, 1937.
Lewis ’ Regained Punch Cheers Nats : Hurlers Lift Cubs and Bees
BUDDY MS .385
OVER 8-1IL1 SPAN
Promises to Aid Club Soon,
but His Homer, Single
Don’t Check Tribe.
BV FRANCIS E. STAN.
IN A QUIET sort of a way Buddy
Lewis has been going about the
business of building up an anemic,
run-down batting average, and,
in the process, showing that he
is not one of those first-year base
hall sensations who tail off as soon
as the pitchers get a real line on him.
Buddy's average today still is woe
fully low but, withal, a grand figure
compared to that owned 10 days ago.
It was as recently as 10 days ago,
too. that some critics were shaking
their heads when Lewis’ name was
brought up. The kid who batted
over .400 during the Spring of 1936
and who finished the season with a
creditable .293 average wasn't batting
the weight of his bat.
Even among the Nationals doubts
arose. During the first Western trip
Buddy rarely saw a fast ball, unless
the pitcher was wasting it. Word
apparently spread throughout the
league that Lewis couldn't hit slow
curves and he wasn't at the time.
But to judge by his hitting these days
it wasn't because he was particularly
susceptible to slow curves. He prob
ably just wasn't able to hit anything.
Ruddy Hits Tough Man.
B^nx is seeing—and hitting—fast
bails now. In the last eight
games the kid has batted at a
phenominal .385 clip and the Ameri
can League pitchers apparently have
revised their estimates of Buddy. The
Browns' hurlers, to name one group,
quit feeding him a strict diet of slow
curves and began to mix them up dur
ing iheir recent series.
Only once has he failed to hit over
that stretch of eight games and that
day he went. "5-for-0," as the boys
say. He made up for that by getting
four hits in a game against St. Louis
and in the rest he consistently has
made his two a day.
Nor have Buddy's hits—he's made
15 in his last 39 times at bat—been
run-of-the-mine hits. Two home runs
have bounced off his bat and four
others were doubles. Time after
time he has crossed up the opposing
Infield by dropping bunts and beating
them out. He is no "type hitter" . . .
no man who can be shaded too far
in any direction.
Maintaining his terrific batting pace,
Buddy banged another pair of signifi
cant hits yesterday as the Nats
dropped a 7-to-5 decision to the In
dians in the opener of a series that
was to conclude today. They were
significant because he got them off
Earl Whltehill, the old Nat southpaw,
who for years has reigned as the
hardest pitcher in the league for a
left-handed hitter tc hit.
Homer One of Year’s Longest.
rJpHE first time Buddy faced his old
teammate yesterday he banged a
hard shot between first and second.
There was no chance for Trosky or
Hale to field the ball, but it struck
Ben Chapman as he was running and
Chappie automatically was out. Lewis,
ef course, was given a hit. It would
have been a bingle, ruling or no
ruling.
Buddy faced Whitey again in the
fourth and led off with a home run
over the right field fence. Not many
homers are knocked out of Griffith
Stadium in that direction, but of those
that have been hit this season, none
was longer. It was a real blow.
Lewis did nothing else to distinguish
himself at bat., but Manager Bucky
Harris isn't worried about his 20-year
old sophomore any longer. At one
time this season Bucky dropped Lewis
from second place in the batting order
to sixth, but he never lost confidence
Jn him. That was evidenced when he
placed Lewis near the top again before
Buddy started to come around.
He Shong’s Streak Broken.
YUITH another ex-Nat pitching for
1 Cleveland in Lloyd Brown the
Griffs were to try to even the series
today. Incidentally, they were t-o use
an ex-Indian. Carl Fischer. In one
resppct both sides think alike. The
Indians have little respect for Fischer,
■whom they recently cut loose, and the
Nats don't think Brown is much of
a pitcher, although Lloyd beats them
cn an average of three times a year.
The Griffs' four-game winning
streak was gone today and so is
Jimmy De Shong's private four-game
winning streak. Both were snapped
as Whitehill and Joe Heving held the
Nats in the pinches while the Tribe
made merry with De Shong and Syd
Cohe*.
Cleveland took a 4-0 lead off De
Shong in the first four innings. In
their half of the fourth round the
Griffs reached Whitehill and cut the
score to 4-3 but De Shong was
knocked out of the box in the seventh,
when Cleveland scored two more runs,
nnd Cohen was1 tagged for another
run in the eighth.
With the score at 7-3 the Nats made
s brave bid to pull the game out of
the fire in the last two innings but
It wasn't enough.
Not that anything has been wrong
With the Washington attack lately but
starting today it was expected to be
Improved. Shortstop Cecil Travis,
who declares he is fully recovered
from his knee injury, was to return
to his post, relieving Ossie Bluege.
A. U. NETMEN WIN AGAIN
End Bright Season With Victory
Over Randolph-Macon, 8-1.
One of the brightest records it ever
made in any sport stood to American
University's credit today as the Eagles'
tennis team called it a season with 11
victories in 16 matches.
Victory No. 11 was chalked up yes
terday when Pandolph-Macon was
blasted, 8—1.
(Summaries:
Sinsles—Lee < At defeated Clark, 6—{.
5— n. Harris <A.i defeated Bell. 6—1.
6— 2: May (A ) defeated Hubbard. 5—7,
6—4. tl—9; Hudson <A.t defeated Bay
nard. 4—-0. 7—5. d—3: Winter <A.l de
feated Robelen. 0—1, 6—o; Sanders IR.
M i defeated Taylor. 0—4. 6—2.
Doubles—Harris and Lee iAl defeated
Clark and B-11 d—1. !i—7: May and Hud
son (At defeated Hubbard and Bayr.ard.
6—1. S—(1: Winter and Sarles (A > de
mted Robeler. and Balthis. 7—5, 6—3.
Inter-High School and College Athletes Perform on Two Track Fronts Here
WILBUR BARR
Of Central, winner of javelin
event, with heave of 159 feet
6 wches.
NIGHT PLAY TICKLES
SHORE LEAGUE FANS
Cambria, Salisbury Owner, Plans
to Enlarge Plant, as First
Game Draws 4,000.
By the Associated Press.
JUDGING by attendance at the first
night game of the Eastern Shore
League, a lot of fans are going to
I see base ball under the lights this
Summer.
And. judging by performances to
date in the young league, the fans
are going to see some good, hard base
j ball played in the revived Class D
loop.
Some 4.000 spectators jammed the
stands at Salisbury last night to see
Salisbury and Crisfield play in the
league's first night game. It was the
largest crowd of the season.
Joe Cambria. Baltimore owner of
the Salisbury club, was so encouraged
by the attendance that he said he
would increase the seating capacity
to accommodate from 500 to 1.000
additional fans.
COLONIALS BREAK EVEN
George Washington's tennis team
has ended the season with a 500 per
centage for 8 matches. Its fourth
defeat, and the one which prevented
it from closing the season with more
victories than losses, came yesterday
at the hands of Pittsburgh which
took a 7—2 verdict on the Columbia
Country Club courts.
The Colonials took only one of the
five singles and one of the two
doublrs. George Brasted gave them
the singles point with a 6—1, 6—4
defeat of Morgan while Surine and
Mintz went three sets to defeat Hart
man and Solow, 4—6, 6—0, 6—3.
Summaries:
Singles—Madden >P.1 defeated Surine.
5 • —•’ Bald I P. I defeated Stolar.
IT Brasted iG. W.) defeated
Paris. '6—0. ii—.7l7'4Har°m"n ' P.’i defeated
S&. 'fcr?y. ffcvv Bla,t ,P )
Doubles—Madden and Bald ip i de
feated Brasted and Faris H—4. n_ ;<•
Moean and Solow fP.I defeated CeDPOs
a2.d Btolar. t)—4. 6—8: Surine and Mintz
, ,, > oefeated Hartman and Solow.
4—15. b—H. b—3.
SHELTON TRAPS VICTOR
Missing only one target in 100. H.
H. Shelton, veteran trapshooter, yes
terday won the District of Columbia
handicap championship, the most
cherished title in local trapshooting
circles. Shelton made his lone mis.?
in the first 25 before running off 75
straight hits for a 99.
George A. Emmons was runner ud
I with 90.
Official Score
LarEE^ELAND’ \? f » O. A. E
i«.&.z:zz;;:;:8 1 ?f 8 8
| Trosky, )b. _ 3 1 A 5 0 £ £
'sellers. If._- 3 1 5 , £ £
Hale. Mb. _ 4 0 1 4 "
Pytlak. c. _’ 1 4 1 1 1 o £
Hushes 3b._ 4 O " 1 £ £
Whitehill. p-Z 3 10 0 1 £
Hevine, p.- 10 10 0 0
Totals -37 7 3127 13 0
WASHINGTON, AB. R. H, O. A. E
Chapman, cf. __ _ ;i n n j n
Sineton. rf. _II i I, i ft
Lewis, 3b. . _ _5 12 11 i
Knhel. lb. -5 n 1 8 0 0
Stone, rf -cf._4 1 1 1 o o
Simmons. If. .__ 3 1 o 1 n o
Myer. 2b. 4 1 3 4 4 1
Bluece. ss._3 0 1 .3 I „
Millies, c. - 4 0 2 8 3 0
De Shone, p._ 2 0 0 0 2 0
Cohen, p. - 1 0 0 0 0 0
•Travis - 1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals- 36 5 II 27 14 ~2
•Batted for Cohen in ninth.
Cleveland _. _ 200 200 ‘’10_7
WASHINGTON _ 000 300 011—5
Runs batted in — Averill. Solters,
Pytlak. Hughes. Lewis (2). Millies
<2). Heath i2>. Hale. Myer. Two
base hits — Pytlak. Hughes. Solters,
Myer Sineton. Three-base hits—Heath
i'll. Averill. Home run—Lewis. Sacrifice—
Salters. Double plays—Lary to Hale t.o
Trosky. Left on bases—Cleveland. 5;
Washington, 7. Bases on balls—Off White
hill. 3: off De Shong. 1. Struck out—By
Heving. l; by De Shong. 4: by Cohen, 1
Hits—Off De Shong. 8 in 6Vi innings: off
Cohen 3 in 22a innings: off Whitehill, 0
in 7 7a innings: off Heving 2 in lt3 In
nines. Winning pitcher—Whitehill Los
ing pitcher—De Shong. Umpires—Messrs.
McGowan. Moriarty and Quinn. Time, ,
~—o. |
Here’s an action shot of the high hurdles event in the fortieth annual scholastic meet at Central Stadium yesterday From
rif>M contestants, with their order of finish are Hal Kiessling of Eastern, first; Willis Smith of Tech, second;' Burrell
Hildebrand of Tech, third, and Joe Hahn of Central, fourth. _star Staff Photos
TAPED FEET LEAD
CENTRAL TO TITLE
Dollar Invested in Chacos’
“Pups’ Bears Dividends
in Track Meet.
i BY Bl'RTON' HAWKINS.
ONE dollar wisely invested by
Coach Hardy Pearce today
was regarded as an instru
mental factor in yanking
I Central to the public high school track
championship.
Louis Chacos. an angular lad who
l forged his brownish figure prominently
to the fore in Central's conquest, has,
among other things, flat feet. Pearce
risked one buck and had those tootsies
taped by an expert, bracing the weak
spots.
Whether that taping did the trick
or whether Chacos would have been
! the star of the meet regardless is
beside the point, however, for Central
has snapped Tech's four-year reign
and that, to its mind, is more im
portant.
Central emerged from its track
lethargy by scoring 74 points yes
terday at Central Stadium to trim
Tech, its nearest rival, by 19’- points.
Behind Tech's 54 !2 points came
Eastern, with 37: Roosevelt, with 32>2,
and Western, with 11.
C'hacos Leading Scorer.
JT WAS the dark, swarthy Chacos
who largely was responsible for
Central’s triumph. He personally ac
counted for 14:4 points through the
medium of firsts in the 100 and 220
yard dashes, third place in the discus
and running anchor on the winning
mile relay team which surprised by
beating Roosevelt.
The result of the mile relay was
placed squarely in the hands of
Chacos when Dan Hoadley handed
him the baton virtually in a dead
heat with Charley Hughes of Eastern
and Lawrence Richardson of Roose
velt. Dutch Kollmyer, Roosevelt
anchor man, shot into a brief lead
rounding the turn, but Chacos had
reserved some strength and passed
him in the far stretch. Lou held the
lead and won by a comfortable margin
as Kollmyer wilted under the terrific
p>ace.
Another surprise was afforded .spec
tators when the diminutive, curly
haired Emanuel Servator of Central
romped home first in the 440-yard
dash, beating back determined chal
lenges by Bob Kollmyer of Roosevelt,
Jim Farquharson of Western, Cleve
land Stauffer of Roosevelt and Wilbert
Lewis, ( another Rough Rider.
Blue Grabs Eight Firsts.
^ENTRAL captured 8 of the 14 first
places, with Eastern taking 3,
Tech 2 and Roosevelt 1. Tech amassed
the majority of its points merely by
placing, the 5-4-3-2-1 scoring system
employed, thus minimizing first places.
Eastern's victories were recorded by
Hal Kiessling in the 120-yard high
hurdles, Wally Engelhardt in the 880
yard run and Abe Cohen in the shot
put, while Tech grabbed top honors
through the efforts of Jake Fleischman
in the discus and Jack Belote in the
shot put.
Roosevelt, while finishing fourth,
definitely established itself as a future
threat. Coach Lynn Woodworth has
developed crack athletes with the
proper spirit and the team today had
the consolation of knowing it had
scored more point sthan Rough Rider
teams of the past.
iruman Lancaster of Roosevelt
overhauled the favored Charley Luck
ett of Tech on the third lap to win
the mile run by 5 yards in 4 minutes
and 42 seconds. Bernle Jackson of
Central finished second as Luckett
faltered on the final lap. Following
is the summary:
100-YARD DASH—Won by Lou Chacos
;C.>. second. Lester Thomas (T.i: third.
Louis Napoli (R.): fourth. Herb Sapper
stein (T.I; fifth, Val Machen (C.l. Time,
10.4.
410-YARD DASH—Won by Emanuel
Servator (C.), second. Bob Kollmyer (R.i;
tuihd Jim Farquharson (W.I: fourth,
Cleveland Stauffer (R.); fifth. Wilbur
Lewis (R.i. Time. 5:t,4.
30 HIGH HURDLES—Won by Hal
Kiessling iE.l. second. Willis Smith (T.i:
third. Burell Hildebrand <T.): fourth. Joe
Hahn (C.l; fifth. Lawrence Richardson
iRJ-„„T,the. 17.4.
DISCUS—Won by Jake Fleishman (T.).
second. Jim Farquharson (W.I: third, Lou
Chacos <C.): fourth. Jack Belote (T.i:
fifth. Norman Abelman (E.). Distance,
UR feet lti inches.
MILE RUN—Won by Truman Lancaster
(R.I. second. Bernard Jackson (C.l; third,
Charles Luckett (T.I: fourth. Bill Bireiy
(W.I: fifth. Ray Bruce (C.l. Time. 4:42.
220-YARD DASH—Won by Lou Chacos
(O.i. second. Louis Napoli (R.I; third,
Lester Thomas (T.); fourth, Herb Sapper
Young Feller On a Spot.
IT DEVELOPS that people who wagered that Bob Feller would win 15 or 20
games thus season are becoming resigned to disappointment and are
almost readv to pay off.
The 18-year-old Iowa farmboy still is considered a very unusual
; prospect but now it looks doubtful if he will pitch 15 games this year,
i touch less win that many. To date the heir apparent to the strikeout throne
has appeared in only two games and has worked a total of only six innings
He still complains very earnestly of a soreness in his throwing arm
i and while mast base ball people are inclined to sympathize with him the
j Berms of suspicion are beginning to spread. Maybe the Schoolboy Rowe
incident prompted the suspicion but at any rate Cleveland newspaper men
i traveling with the Indians are wondering if Bobby hasn't "got a little Rowe
i in him."
When he warms up, they say, bystanders are popeved with awe His
fast ball travels as swiftly as a trade rumor and his curve is what the boys
call a ball "rolling off the table." In*
! short, Feller never had more stuff
I than he has right now.
The kid steadfastly has com
plained of the soreness since he
pitched his first game against
the Browns shortly after the
season opened.
He went six innings that day and
didn't pitch again until early this
week, when he relieved in Boston.
He walked the first hitter and was
yanked.
Isn't Likely to Be "Dogging It.'*
JT IS reported that doctors who have
examined Feller were able to find
nothing. X-rays revealed nothing, al
though, in all fairness to the boy, they
i cannot show a muscular ailment,
which is all Feller claims.
It isn't likely, of course, that Feller
is "dogging it." At any rate, it isn't
: logical. Bob is a smart young man,
they say, and he probably realizes that
! his current salary, which is reported
; to be $10,500, is only a starter. If
he were able he would be pitching
• and fogging that fast ball by the
! hitter and working up a good, sub
. stantial argument a. to why the In
dians should pay him $20,000 or more
in 1938.
But he isn’t pitching and it
seems to be a part of human
nature to suspect things, and
now young Feller is on the spot.
So. too. is Steve O'Neill, whose mis
fortune it is to manage a ball team
in Cleveland. With Nation-wide at
tention focused on Feller as a result
of his sensational showing of last year,
and the subsequent investigation by
Judge Landis, nearly everybody devel
oped ideas as to how to bring Feller
along. Most of them thought that
O'Neill should baby the kid because
Feller, as a major leaguer, is a baby.
Sandlotters Think Nothin; of It.
'NEILL has done it so far. As soon
as Bob complained of soreness.
Steve yanked him and, except for that
Easton engagement, he hasn't used
him since. But whether he will con
tinue to do so is something else again.
If Feller has his stuff, as they say he
has, O'Neill may reach the point where
he will order Bob to pitch anyway.
The hue and cry against using
Feller too often strikes this depart
ment as a little silly, anyway. Down
on the Eclipse, in the shadow of the
Washington Monument, there are kid
pitchers who pitch nine inning games
two and three times a week, who pitch
double-headers, and who play the in
field or outfield when they're not
pitching.
They are not Fellers, to be
i ___
stein (T.); fifth, Val Machen (C.). Time,
“ 220-YARD HURDLES—Won bv Wilbur
Barr (C.l. second. Charles Hughes (E.i:
third. Vernon Graham (C.l: fourth, Stan
ley Brenner (C.l: fifth, tie between Willis
Smith (T.l and Ollle Atkinson (R.). Time,
28.4
JAVELIN—Won by Wilbur Barr (C.l,
second. Norman Baulsir (T.): third. Nor
man Abelman (E.i: fourth. Keith Kalllo
(T.l: fifth. Bob Harmon (C.l. Distance,
150 feet (>(', inches.
880-YARD RUN—Won by Wally Ensel
hardt (E.I. second. Irving Ornstein (C.l;
third. Truman Lancaster (R.l: fourth.
Charles Luckett (T.l: fifth, Bernard Jack
son (C.l. Time. 2:05.1.
SHOTPUT—Won by Abe Cohen (E.I
second, Jake Fleishman (T.l: third, Phil
Montgomery (E.I: fourth. Vince Lanzillotte
<C): fifth. Norman Abelman (E.i. Dis
tance. 48 feet 1 inch.
HIGH JUMP—Won by Dan Hoadley
'Cl. second. Buck Kiessling (E.i: third.
John Fanning (C.l: fourth. Harold Marks
(R.l: fifth. John Gilmore (T.l. Height,
o feet 103i inches.
POLE VAULT—-Won by Jack Beiote
'T.l. second. Paul Livingston (C.l: third.
Harry Moore (R.r fourth. David Baxter
(C.l: fifth. Fred Bach (T.l. Height, 10
feet fi inches.
BROAD JUMP—Won by Glen Ferguson
'C.l. second. Norman Baulsir (T.l: third.
Leslie Cooksey (E.I: fourth. Harold Speith
<E.): fifth. Buck Kiessling (E.i. Distance,
21 feet 3’y inches.
ONE-MILE RELAY—Won by Central
'Emanuel Servator. Paul Livingston. Dan
Hoadley and Lou Chacos). second, Roose
velt: third. Tech; fourth. Western. East
ern disqualified. Time. 3:35.
sure, but they give everything
they've got and the same energy
is extracted from their bodies.
Sure they have sore arms. They
hop into a car or a bus and the chill
evening breezes cool them after the
game. But the kids pitch out the
soreness the next day and think
nothing of it.
Some sore arms cannot be taken too
seriously. Take Rowe's, for instance.
The Schoolboy has been a pretty fair
sort of a pitcher for the last three
years but not a season or a month
passed but that he complained with
gusto of any number of aches and
, pains. In that respect Rowe had it
I all over Feller. The kid has stuck
I to one ailment, a sore fin. Rowe ran
the gamut and at one time or an
1 other he has been treated from sinus
to his t.g toe, which embraces a long
stretch of anatomy inasmuch as the
Schoolboy is 6 feet 4 inches tall.
Pettit Moaned, Led League.
V/fOST of the chief complainers of
base ball have been pitchers.
They say that Jim Bagby. who used
to pitch for the ClevelSnds, was an
artist at complaining. But Jim won
34 games one season and during the
campaign his more gullible listeners
thought the guy's pitching arm was
attached to his body by two frayed
pieces of piano wire.
Washington had a pitcher a
couple of years ago who did a
pretty fair job, too. You re
member Leon Pettit. He was a
little left-hander, and not too
young.
Pettit had fancy names for his va
rious aches. His teammates called
him “Fourth Lumbar Pettit” one year
and all he did was to lead the Ameri
can League relief pitchers.
Not all of the prize complainers,
however, were pitchers. There was.
of course. Catcher Clif Bolton. He was
perhaps the most mysterious of all.
Clif had the appearance of a wrestler—
an extremely healthy wrestler, too.
But he always was dying on his feet
and sometimes the opposing pitchers
wished he had died.
Bolton, however, always reached
a point. Then he would pack
up and go home and neglect to
tell any one, including his em
ployer.
I hope this hasn't sounded too much
like accusing Bob Feller pointblank of
being a complainer. This department
actually doesn't think he is the type.
His history, for one thing, is against
it. Bob was brought up on base ball,
according to whoever ghosted his ar
ticles, and he doesn’t impress you as
the type to achieve a certain degree
of success and then rest on his laurels.
It's just that people are making talk
and suspecting.
D. C. GOLFERS TO TOUR
They thought they had it all ar
ranged to hold the final of that Mary
land State Spring handicap tuorney
at Indian Spring tomorrow, did the
boys at Beaver Dam, who won the
Washington end of the affair.
But the State association today an
nounced the final match between
Beaver Dam and Rolling Road will be
played at Hillendale, instead of In
dian Spring. |
Tilts Average to .443, but
Lary, Hassett Are Week’s
Bigtime Stars.
Pv ih" Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 22—In spite
of Joe Cronin's return to the
top of the American League
and Ducky Medwick's con
tinued clouting in the National, the
big league hitting honors for this week
go to two other aspiring belters,
Cleveland's Lyn Lary and Brooklyn's
Buddy Hassett.
Cronin, returning from the hospital
list in midweek, waltzed into the
American League lead by getting 7
hits in 17 times at bat for a 443 sea
son average, replacing the St. Louis
Browns' Beau Bell, who slipped to a
second-place tie with Lary at .433.
Medwick fell 16 points to .443 dur
ing the week with eight hits in 21
chances.
Make Big Gains.
J.JASSETT, although appearing at
the plate only 14 official times,
made eight hits in those few chances
for a .571 average for the week, boost
ing him to a tie for third with his
rookie teammate, Gil Brack, at .376.
Larv, up 24 times, clouted 12 hits
for a .500 weekly average, raising his
season mark 24 points.
Standings of the first 10 in each
league:
AMERICAN I.EAGl'E.
G AB. R H Pet
Cronin Boston „ I >» Tit 14 3ft .443
Bell. St Louis_ 23 »7 IT 42 .4.33
Lary. Cleveland __ 20 BO 22 3B .433
Walker, Detroit _ 25 104 24 4t .3B4
Bonura Chicago 23 03 17 3ft .376
Myer Washington 22 To !l 27 .360
Vosmik, St. Louts 23 102 17 36 .353
Pytlak, Cleveland 20 6S 14 24 35.3
Cramer. Red Sox 21 01 17 32 .352
Clift, St. Louis 23 85 10 20 .341
NATIONAL I.EAGl’E.
G. AB R. H Pet
Medwick. S’ Louis 26 106 26 47 .443
Arnovich. Phila 26 103 15 4o .308
Hassett, Brooklyn 25 101 15 .38 .376
Brack. Brooklyn 23 03 20 3ft .37 6
Todd. Pittsburgh 25 06 14 36 ,375
Mize. St. Louis _ 10 74 14 27 .365
P. Waner. Pitts 2ft 00 21 36 364
Vaughan. Pitts 25 06 IT 34 .354
Jurges. Chicago 20 57 6 20 .351
Goodman, Cmc 24 87 18 30 .345
Lombardi, Cine 10 ftft 7 10 .345
CLARENDON NINE HOST.
Clarendon A. C.'s nine will play
Palls Church at the Ballston Stadium
at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
League Statistics
MAY 23. 1937.
AMERICAN.
_STANDING OF THE CU BS.
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Clei—I 01 21 !• 21 II 41 31121 81.6001 .
Phil OI—i 1| 41 4! 3! OI 11131 9!.5911 I
NYI 0| 31—1 21 21 2 31 21141101.583!
Detl 21 21 II—I II 4! 21 21141111,5001 >,j
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RESULTS YESTERDAY.
Cleveland, 7: Washington. 5.
New York. 4. St. Louis. .3 111 innings).
Detroit. 4: Boston. 2 (11 lnningsl.
Philadelphia. 4: Chicago, 3.
GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOM6RROW.
Clev. at Wash.. 3 Detroit at Wash . 3.
St. L. at New York. Cieve. at New York
Chicago at Phila Chicago at Boston.
Detroit at Boston. St. Louis at Phila.
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RESULTS YESTERDAY.
Chicago, 8; New York, 5.
Boston. 8: Pittsburgh. .1.
Cincinnati. 8: Philadelphia, 6.
St. Louis. 11; Brooklyn. 2.
GAMES TODAY. „ GAMES TOMORROW.
N. Y. at. Chicago. N Y. at Pittsburgh.
Bklyn. at St. Louis. Boston at Chicago.
Boston at Pittsburgh. Brooklyn at Cincl.
Htlla, at Cincinnati. Phila. at St. Louis.
JOSEPH BURNETT
Of Gallaudet, victor iii mile
race in dual meet with Amer
ican U.
LOUIS NOW THROWS
HIS FISTS IN PUBLIC
Pounding of Sparmates Will Be
Done in Open on Four-Days
a-Week Schedule.
By the Associated Press.
J^ENOSHA, Wis., May 22—Joe Louis,
in training at Lake Front Sta
dium for his bout June 22 in Chicago
with Heavyweight Champion Jim
Braddock, began ‘ bombing'' his spar
mates publicly today.
Louis was scheduled to work several
rounds before newspaper men and
. camera men. His co-managers, Julian
Black and John Roxborough. said he
probably would engage in 19 or 20
public exhibitions as part of his con
1 ditioning routine. Plans now call for
1 him to box Tuesdays, Thursdays, Sat
urdays and Sundays.
Members of the Illinois State Boxing
Commission were scheduled to watch
today's program, in which six spar
i ring partners were targets for Louis'
punches.
ST. ALBANS DIES HARD
Beaten, 7-2, by Western Netmen,
but Five Tilts Are Tight,
Despite the score. Western High’s
tennis team had its hands full de
j feating St Albans. 7—2, yesterday on
the St. Albans courts. Of the nine
1 matches, five either went the limit,
of three sets or were decided by deuce
score.
The feature match of the day went
to Miguel Nunez, Western are. who
after dropping a love set tq Freligh
in the No. 1 singles encounter, rallied
to win 9—7, 6—4.
Singles—Nunez iWl. defeated Freiigh
0—b. N—7, b—4: Burnside (W.i. defeated
Wilmpr. —b. b—b—1: Dalbv iW i
defeated Nixon, d—*.\ b—.4 Bonham iW *’
defeated Cowan, 7—5 7—5: McGee <W -
defeated Train, b—.4. b—1; Hilton tSr' 1
A.». defeated Wadden. 4—b. b—.4 j>—;
Doubles—Prelisth-Nixon (St. A), de
feated Nunez-Dalbv b—r.—Burn
side-McGee iW.i. defeated Wilmer-Train. i
—b. b—<>. d—.4: Wadden-Tansev tW.».
defeated Cowan-Hilton. b—.4, b—4.
Vie for Rah-Rah
Horseshoe Title
'Y'HE best horseshoe pitchers in
five Washington colleges today
were battling for the District in
tercollegiate championship on the
town courts of Brentwood, Md.
With several ‘'open-shoe” stars
among its entries, Maryland was
favored to triumph over George
town, Catholic University, Amer
ican University and George Wash
ington.
Temple Jarrell, former Terrapin, I
holds the rah-rah title, won in 1935,
but has graduated and is Ineligible
to defend it.
WINNING STREAKS
LAID TO PITCHING
American League Flag Race
Unchanged as Three Top
Clubs Triumph.
BY SID FEDER.
Associated Press Sports Writer.
IT TOOK Chicago's Cubs and Bos
ton's Bees a long time to find it
out, but they finally are convinced
that base ball never has produced
a suitable substitute for good pitching.
For the entire first month of the
season, both outfits fooled around
trying to buck the old belief, and both
got nowhere—fast. The experiment
ing Bees dropped to the National
League cellar. The Cubs, trying to
make up for pitching injuries by heavy
hitting, creaked into the second divi
sion.
Pitchers Get Going.
CUDDENLY, however, both ha'e
come to life simply by getting
throwers out t.hete on the hill who ran
bamboozle enemy batters. At the
moment, each boasts a four-gamr win
ning streak, chiefly be"ausc of top
flight flinging.
Th» Cubs, with Tex Carleton back
from the hospital and Roy Parmelce
and Bill Lee doing their duty, hate
jumped from fifth to third place, in
front of the Giants.
The Bees, with Danny MacFayden
finally clicking, and a couple of
rookies. Lou Fette and Jim Turner
producing, have climbed out of thp
cellar, and now are pressing Brooklyn's
baffling Dodgers for fifth place.
Bmgles C ome at Rich! Time.
AND the surPrising part is that
neither the Cubs nor Bees are
knocking down any fences. Chicago
has averaged around seven hits and
five runs per game in the current
streak. Boston has averaged about
four tuns and nine hits.
Boston pitching has yielded five
runs in four games and the cub huri
ers have given up nine runs in the
same number of starts.
Tne Cubs did the heaviest hittm-'
of their streak yesterday in walloping
the Giants, 8-5. but it was as much
the six-hit pitching of Clyde Shoun
and Bill Lee as their own 12 hits
that did it. The Bros, meantime, took
on the league-leading Pirate-. and
with Danny MacFayden muffling the
Burs with seven hits, came through
with a 6-3 win
While the National Prague stand
ings were shifting, the tight one-two
three race in the American loop con
tinued unchanged as Cleveland, th*
Athletics and the Yankees all finished
on top.
Two Games Go Overtime.
'y'HE Indians nosed out Washington,
1-5. with rallies in the late in
nings. The Athletics, pared by George
Caster’s four-hit hurling and Waliv
Moses* two-run homer, came from be
hind to belt the White Sox. 4-3. The
Yankees were carried to n innings
before topping the St. Louis Browns,
4-3, with Lou Gehrig connecting for
his third homer.
Another long-distanee affair found
the Tigers trouncing the Boston Red
Sox. 4-2. in II frames with the aid
of effective pitching by Rookie Gro~g=
Coffman and despite some equally fine
flinging by Lefty Grove.
Johnny Mize and Ducky Medwick
mauled Brooklyn pitching with homers
and led the Cardinals to an 11-2 win
over the Dodgers, while Spud Davis’
pinch single enabled the Reds to b?at
out the Phillies, 6-5.
■- •
BALL GAME FORFEITED
Fredericksburg. Leading W.-L,
Quits Field in Ninth.
Because Johnny Fenlon. former
George Washington athlete and no-y
coach of Fredericksburg High School,
ordered his base ball team off the
field when his pitcher became involved
in an argument with Umpire George
Watt in the ninth inning. Washing -
ton-Lce received an unexpected 3-0
victory yesterday.
Umpire Watt forfeited the game 'o
W.-L. when Fredericksburg walked off
the field, although they were leading
the Ballston team. 5-2. at the time.
Rannv Heflin was the pitcher to clam
with W’att.
WINS IN LAST INNING
Statistics’ 6-Run Rally Beats Dis
trict Commissioners.
Scoring six runs in the last Inning,
the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ bare
ball team defeated the D. C. Commis
sioners. 10-7, in a United States Go\
ernment League game yesterday.
The victory enabled Statistics to
continue to share first place with In
vestigation. Stevens. Buscher and
Brown all got two hits to pace the
winners.
———- •
PIF.DMONT.
Richmond. 0. Rocky Mount. 8.
Ashovillp, 4 Norfolk ’.
Durham. 10: Winstnn-Salpm. 8.
Book Wrong on Heavy Champ
Braddock Five-Time Winner Since Getting Title,
but in “Unofficial” Gvni Fights.
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By the Associated Press.
GRAND BEACH. Mich., May
22.—The record books say
Jim Braddock hasn’t had
a fight since he won the
■world heavyweight title from Max
Baer in 1935—but Trainer Robb
(Doc) Lippman says the record
books are "wrong.”
"Braddock had me get the
toughest heavyweights available.”
said Lippman as he watched Brad
dock spar in preparation for his
bout June 22 with Joe Louis in
Chicago. "He had five fights in
Stillman’s gym in New York.
Braddock paid his opponents good
purses and six-ounce gloves were
used. Maybe they weren’t official
me tehee, but they were reed fights.
"Four went the limit, with Jim
winning decisions. He won the
fifth with a fifth-round knockout.
So you see, when he knocks out
Louis next month, it will be his
sixth victory since beating Baer.”
Braddock was scheduled to box
six rounds today and eight on
Sunday.
BASE BALL 3T?»D
Washington vs. Cleveland
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