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WASHINGTON, 1). (\, TUESDAY, .JULY 27, 1937._21_ *
Griffs Face Loop ?s6 ‘Hottest ” Club: Mack Sees Di Mag as Homer King
Outfit Opening Invasion by
West Here Wins 25 of
Last 36 Games.
BY FRANCIS E. STAX.
HE base ball fates have not. con
spired with the Nationals.
Home again after a so-so swing
of the West and winner only
over ihp Browns, thpy returned to
Griffith Stadium today to face, of
ill people, the Chicago White Sox.
The Nats have a four-game win
ning streak to throw up to the Sox
but this is a negligible badge of honor
in comparison to what the Pale Hose
boast. Hottest club in the American
league at the moment, the Sox. with
out. putting it into words, are gunning
for the pennant.
Manager Jimmy Dykes is sitting
back and saying little but the Sox's
record speaks for itself. Since June
17 the Happiness Boys have won 25
games and last only 11. They are
fresh from winning three of four
games from a Yankee team which the
Sox themselves tagged as "jittery."
The only game they dropped in the
week-end set with the world cham
pions was by a 12-11 score.
Not Talking Pennant Rut—
'J'HERE are several items to recom
mend the White Sox as a fine
ball club at the moment As a result
of their successful stand in Chicago
against the Yanks they are the only
teem In the league to combat the
rharr.ps. For the season to dal? they
have won eight of 14 starts. Dykes
Is not. talking pennant but when he
says "we'll makp trouble" he is guilty
of understatement.
Even the Yanks rannot challenge
the Sox's claim of being the league's
hottest team. Not only did the New
Yorks lose three of four games to
the Pale Hose but in that, series they
did nothing to refute the accusation
rf jitterness In that one series thev
made in errors and wpre it not for
the slugging Joe Di Maggio and Lou
Gehrig thev would have been a piti
ful sight to behold.
The Sox still are a fair distance
behind thp league leaders but not
hopelessly trailing Beating the Orift
man is an old habit of the Pale Hose.
Last year thev took in of 21 games
and this year they are ahead with
10 wins in 14 battles.
” *aver to Open Series.
'J'HE Sox invade with a line-up that
has undergone one major change
Since the last trip to Washington.
Tony Piet, has been replaced by Bozie
Berger, the former Tech High School
end University of Maryland star. Bo
re is playing a fine game afield but
hts hitting has not been good.
.Against the White Sox the Nats
Were to throw Monte Weaver in the
owner of the thrpe-game series. Monte
pitched ope of his best games this
eeason in winning over the Sox. Fp
won 8 2-to-l verdict, beating Monte
Rtratton In thp only game Stratton
ehould have lost this season. The
young Sox hurler actually has won
J4 and dropped four games, but errors
beat him in every game he dropped
except that against Weaver.
Both clubs arrived in the Capital
eo the same train last night—the Sox
coming East after a successful home
stand and the Nats returning home
efter a Western trip that would have
been downright sad except for four
wins in five starts against the Browns.
Indian* to Follow Sox.
T HOME again, the Griffs are ex
pected to show to better advan
tage. They have been weak sisters on
hbe roed all year, hut at home the
N«t* have fared fairly well, winning 19
»«d losing 24.
When the Sox complete their three
stand they will be followed into
the stadium by the Indians, who swept
ft series from the Nats In Cleveland
recently. Three-game sets with the
Browns *nd Tigers will follow and
then the Athletic.* will invade for still
•nether series.
Thereafter most of the Griffs' cam
Clgning will be on the road in the
st, and at home. Only one more
Western trip is scheduled.
■—--•-.
OOCOA ONE UP ON LUCAS
(Score* In Baltimore Bout—Each
Previously Had Won.
Baltimore. «Tuiy 27 </p).—Louis
fKidl Cocoa, 144, won the rubber bout,
frwn Johnny Lucas. 142, with a tech
rteal knockout in the eighth round
last night,.
The Cocoa victory gives the New
Haven boT-fighter two wins to one for
Lores. They had met twice before
*nd earh had won one decision.
Court Queens Start in Quest of Seabright Tennis Title
These fair racket j deleters, snapped yesterday at the open
ing of the annual net tournament at Scabright.' N. J . are, left
to right. Mrs. Bonnie Blank. Caroline Babcock. Jadiriga Jedr-e
joirska. Dorothy Andrus. Anne Page. Mrs. John Van Ryn, Alice
Marble and Edith Clarke, the latter a District luminary.
—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
TENNIS FANS WILD
OVER POLISH GIRL
Flock to See Jedrzejowska
Defeat Edith Clarke at
Sea Bright Meet.
B* the As*ori3f*rl press.
EA BRIGHT, N .1 . July 27.—
Jadwiga Jedrzetowska's family
need have no fear that nostalgia
will take the edge off the net
gamp of thp pprennial Polish woman's
singles champion.
After winning her first match on
American soil yesterday in the Sea
Bright Lawn Tennis and Cricket
Club's fiftieth annual tournament,
the husky 24-year-old Warsaw girl
revealed that her parents warned her
she would be “very lonely" in the
United States.
“People have been so nice to me
since my arrival here." Miss Jedrze
jowska said, “that I haven't had time
to be alone or to get homesick ”
This held true when the gallery
deserted 19 othpr courts to watch her
sweep aside Edith Clarke of Wash
ington with the loss of only one
came.
Fditb Clark* Easily R**t*n.
MISS CLARKE was willing but ut
terly outclassed by the almost
masculinp attack of the Polish girl
who holds three victories over Alice
Marble, top seeded in the woman's
field. The United States champion
anticipates her fourth meeting with
Miss Jedrzejowska this week.
The Polish star's appearance all
but overshadowed competition in the
men's division, where three seeded
players went down to defeat in a
day which produced some excellent
tennis.
Bobby Riggs of Los Angeles reached
the third round by defeating Henry
M. Culley of Santa Barbara, Calif.,
4—fi, 6—2, 6—2, and making good
on his selection m the first seeded
player.
Allison Carrie* on.
yyiLMER ALLISON, the former na
tional champion, who recently
annexed the Spring Lake and Long
wood tournament titles, Joined Rigg*
and 12 others in the round of 16
through two Impressive triumphs.
The Austin. Tex., veteran defeat
ed William Robertson of Pasadena,
Calif., 7—5, 6—2, and Robert Kam
rat.h, a fellow townsman. 6—3, 6—2.
Gregory S. Mangin of New York,
Charles Harris of West Palm Beach,
Fla . and Fumituru Nakano of Japan
seeded third, fifth and eighth, respec
tively—were toppled out of the tour
nament yesterday.
Sports Mirror
Br the Associated Press.
Today a year ago—Australia dou
Slf,* .teai£. Crawford and McGrath,
defeated British in Davis Cup doubles;
Charles Knapp, president, of Interna
tional League and Baltimore club. died.
Three years ago—Charles Dressen
named manager Cincinnati Reds, aur
reeding Boh O’Farrell; Hal Schumach
er wins fifteenth for Giants.
Five years ago—Jimmy Poxx hit
forty-first home run: Cleveland takes
double-header from Yankees, reducing
lead to / games.
Ma jor Leaders
By the Associated Press.
American league.
Batting—Gehrig Yankees, .380;
Travis. Senators. 37 2.
Runs—Di Maggio Yankees. 84.
Greenberg. Tigers. 82.
Runs batted in—Greenberg. Tigers,
PH. Di Maggio Yankees. On
Hits—Bell Browns, 128; Di Maggio,
Yankees. 124.
Doubles—Gehrig Yankees, and Bo
nura White Sox. 3 l.
Triples Kreev’- White Sox. 11:
Di Magcio, Yankt s, and Kuhel. Sen
ators. 10.
Home runs Di Maaeio Yankees, 27;
Foxx. Red Sox. Greenberg. Tigers, and
Troskv. Indians. 23.
Srolen bases—Chapman Red Sox.
2V Walker. Tigers, and Appling. White
Sox. 13
Pitching—Lawson. Tigers, J2-2,
Ruffing. Yankees. 12-3.
National league.
Batting- -Medwick. Cardinals. .4n5;
Hartnett Cubs .384.
Runs—Galan. Cubs. 77. Medwick.
Cardinals 75.
Runs batted in -Medwick Cardinals,
PH. Demaree. Cubs. H7
Hits—Medwick. Cardinals. 137, p.
Waner Pirates. 128
Doubles—Medwick. Cardinals. 35:
Bartell, Giants P. Waner. Pirates, and
Cuccinello. Bees. 23.
Triples — Vaughan. Pirates. ]0;
Handley, Pirates. P
Home runs—Medwick, Cardinals,
20 ott. Giants. IP.
Stolen bases -Galan C <bs. 15; Lav
agetto. Dodgers, and J. Martin. Car
dinals. 10.
Pitching Fette. Bee*. 13-3; Hubbell,
Giants. 14-5.
FINEST A. A. TALENT
IN CONTEST TONIGHT
Pick of Seven Association Clubs
Will Face Columbus Team
in Diamond Spectacle.
B* *he As»nrt«'*<i Pres*,
j ^jOLUMBUS, Ohio, July 27.—The top
hands of the American Association
gathered in Ohio's capital today, rpady
for the fourth annual all-star base
ball rodeo at Red Bird Stadium to
i night, in which the talent from seven
! clubs will oppose the Columbus team.
Five members of the loop-leading
! Minneapolis Millers appeared on the
starting line-up announced by Man
: ager Allan Sothoron of Milwaukee,
who will try to master-mind the All
Stars to victory.
Sothoron, however, said that In all
probability the entire squad of 18 All
Stars would get Into the fray. Man
ager Burt Shotton of the Red Birds,
who won the right to be host tonight
by leading the loop July IS, said he
l would throw 19 men into the contest.
The Rid Bird skipper also predicted
that 8 of his 19 would be pitchers, with
seven pitching for one Inning and one
tolling for two.
The invading talent, one the basis
of the season’s record, had quit* a
bulge in both pitching and batting.
HARRIS’ HITTING TELLS
G*ta Three Homers, Single as
Royals Beat Jersey City.
By th« A**ocl* tedfPr#»s.
Dave Harris, the slugging Montreal
outfielder, who is known to his team
mates as ‘'Sheriff," can pin a star
to his coat, all right.
Dave didn’t solve any mysteries last
night, but he solved the hurling of
two Jersey City Giant pitchers for
three home runs and a single. Just
about the top slugging turned in by
an International League player this
year.
The Sheriff's hitting accounted for
ail the runs in the Royals' 9-to-3 vic
tory over the Giants, for he drove
home five tallies and arorpd four.
"POPPJN
(»cor pin Peach.
HE threp most talked of hitters in thp American league today are Gehrig.
Di Maggio and Travis, and in some respects Cecil Travis of thp
Senators is the most interesting. Gehrig for vears has been taken for
granted. Ion is symbolic of power. Thick of body, legs and arms, he
has been driving base balls out nf ball parks sincp 192a. Di Maggio attracted
national attention last year as the top rookie of the season ... a marvelous
fielder. a sharp hitter and a superb thrower. This campaign has found Di
Maggio, who is rangy despite his 200 pounds, getting rilstanre to his drives
and excelling even his teammate, Gehrig, in the home run race.
Travis, a gangling, battle-srarred veteran at, 23. is brand new to
Nation-wide focus dpspite the fact that he cajne into thp American league
five years ago. He has none of the color of Gehrig nor thp finesse of Di
Maggio. Until this season Travis' talents were recognized chieflv bv ball
players. He was called a "good hitter” in the American League dugouts and
summarily dismissed.
Now Travis, after steadily batting something like .319. suddenly has
jumped into the race for the league batting championship. He literally
"sneaked" among the elite. While all eyes were concentrating on Gehng.
Fli Mfio-ain .Tart Rpll unH Opralri*!* - -
Walker, the Georgia boy kept banging
his singles until he currently Is only a
single percentage point behind Geh
rig's .375 average and a few stray
points ahead of Di Maggio.
Somehow It seems Washing
ton knows precious little of this
"dark horse" in the hatting race
... a hoy who remains In the
running without piquant ad
vantages held hv some hitter*.
Travis, f'rinstanrp. rarelv hits a long
bail. His hnmp run total4after in
years would not equal the output, of
Gehrig or Di Maggio In a single sea
son. He cannot bunt base hits, like
Buddy Myer did a couple years bark
when he ended the reign of sluggers
on the hitting throne.
Hits His Own Way.
■LIE WrAS sort of taken for granted
1 A when Clark Griffith brought him
up from Chattanooga and put him
on third base. He never distinguished
himself particularly as a third base
man, nor as an outfielder. Currently,
in hia placid way, he is battling the
intricacies connected with ahort
stopping.
Griffith said he was a hitter from
the first time he picked up a bat . . .
and he was right. But the Old Fox
msde one mistake. He strongly ad
vised that Travis, a left-handed hitter,
"puir his hits to right field.
The last two years found
Travis obediently following the
suggestion. He batted .319 and
then .318. He was just a good
hitter.
This year found Travis batting the
way he <Travisi wanted to bat. He
had tried to avail himself. In trying
to ‘‘pull” the ball, of Buc.ky Harris’
ability to read pitches. When Harris
tipped him that a fast ball was com
ing he attempted to get his bat around
in time to hit to right. In the end,
though, he sensed he was not hitting
1 as he should.
Doesn't Guess Pitches.
young man best explains It
himself. "Do I try to outguess the
pitcher?" he repeats, quizzically. "If
I did I'd get hit in the head every
lime at bat. Nn, I don't, try to guess
what kind of a pitch is coming. I
wouldn't want to know Burkv used
to call pitches for me but I couldn't
hit them.
"Some batters, like Hank Green
berg. like the pitches called But I
get too overanxious, or something. I
don't, swing until the last possible
second. That's why so many balls
go into left field."
To his teammates Travis is a won
der. He is not fast, as fleet ball play
ers go. and he never bunts. It is ppt
often that he beats out an infield Y, t.
The league's left fielders
shade him as they would a
right-handed hitter now. and he
is robbed of more hits than any
batter on the Washington flub.
But he still gets those binele*
Pitchers are afraid of him. but as
much from fear of physical injury
as by the consequences of any hit he
may make. Travis is one of those
batters whose best hits whistle
through the box, low and dangerous.
Lefties Don’t Bother Him.
rpRAVE5 i* no periodic reader of bat
ting averages. Most of the time
he has no idea what he Is hitting. All
he knows is that he likes to play hall
and, especially, likes to bat. Pressure
means little* to Cere and he is one of
those guys who doesn't know' the
meaning of fear. Left-handed pitch
ers?
“They don’t bother me any
more than right-handers when
I'm hitting,” modestly says the
Georgia boy. "When I'm not
hitting anybody can get me
out.”
Gehrig, Di Maggio and Travis.
This trio may battle it out down the
stretch fog the batting title. Lou.
the powerhouse, will make hits that
will sail into the stands or rifle off
the barriers for extra bases. Gehrig
can half-swing on a bad pitch and
drive it out of the playing field.
Di Maggio, smarter than he was
a year ago, picks on better pitches
now than he did in 1936. Once he
gets what he likes, a pair of the
strongest wrists in base ball go into
action. Like steel springs, they are
capable of reducing the longest major
league park—even the Griffith Sta
dium—into fair home-run grounds.
And Travis. Fielders know
that he ran hit only to a limited
area. They play fairly close for
him and are able to shade him
safely.
But the lean Nat stays in the run
ning. He Is getting his two singles
a day and the tip is out among the
GrifTmen that he Is not a candidate
to be sold short.
■-•-—.
COMPLETING GRID VOTE
Collegians to Meet Prog to Be An
nounced Tomorrotr.
CHICAGO, July 27 OF).—Final re
turns will be announced tomorrow in
the contest to select a group of col
legiate grid stars to oppose the Greer
Bay Packers at Soldier Field the night
of September 1.
Thousands of votes, cast before th«
contest deadline Sunday night, poured
in on officials today, affecting th«
standings of several candidates.
Fans now are voting on a coaching
staff for the collegiate squad, wdth
the mentor contest scheduled to end
August S.
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1.1 BAIL PLAYER
Joe Will Be Bigger Card
Than Ruth, Contends Vet,
Lauding Youngster.
BV CONNIE MACK.
PHILADELPHIA, July 27.—Joe
Di Maggio is the No. 1 ball
player of the majors. Naturally
he also is the top drawing
rard. and I feel, in time, he will at
tract as many—or more—fans than
did the unforgettable Babe Ruth. I
also feel Joe is destined to wipe out
some of the Babe's great records be
fore he finishes.
As an outfielder, Joe has no weak
nesses.
He's a regular falcon running down
fly balls and liners, a heavy and spec
tacular hitter, a lightning runner and
can throw a strike to the catcher from
a corner in the park.
I don't suppose Col. Jacob Rnppert
would take any player in either league
for Joe.
In every way Joe is a standout. Be
sides. he's a splendid youngster; not
the least turned by his success. The
best proof is he's a favorite with the
players.
Rest of Right-Hand Hitters.
TOE. to me, is the best right-handed
‘ hitter developed in many years.
He is a real menare to Ruth's homer
record of 60 made in 1927.
Jimmy Foxx. another right-hander,
had 58 in 1932, to be the nearest threa'
to Ruth's record, but since has tapered
down both in batting and homer hit
ting.
In fact. Foxx has left the job of
menacing Ruth's record to Di Maggio,
Greenberg. Troskv and Gehrig. I
feel Joe has the best chance and have
my reasons.
Greenberg is essentially a left
field hitter. Troskv doesn't hit a
1 homer a year to left. He's a dead
right-field slugger.
Gehrig hits nearly all his homers
to right. But I don't look for Lou
ever to equal his past homer totals
Still a grand hitter who gives me
headaches, he's putting on years
Di Maggio, unlike the other three.
1 can hit home runs to left, renter and
right. Barring injuries, he will hit
more homers than anybody in the
majors this year.
Round to Reach Record.
j pvEN if he doesn t catch Ruth's
record this year, he will later.
In his early 20s. he should be good
for 12 or more major seasons
Tall and willowy. Joe weighs close
to 200. yet he has terrific speed.
Most important, he has base ball
instinct, always doing the right thing.
I never saw him make the wrong
play and he has the fire in do his
greatest playing when the stakes are
biggest.
i In the 193k world series he made
some uncommon plavs. In the 1937
dream game h» marie a throw I've
alreadv mentioned as one of the
grpatpst I pvpr mw.
He nailed Whitehead, a fast run
ner. at the plate from deep right, field.
Whitehead was in there as a pinch
j runner, remember. But Joe tossed
1 him out when he tried to score from
second on Collins' single,
j Di Maggio was the only man on
| the field that day who could have
made that play.
^Copyright, 1937.)
JOHNSON’S 99 IS TOP
FOR SHEET CONTEST
Lead* His Team to Victory in
Prince de Ligne Shoot at
National Capital.
TAR DON JOHNSON. Fred Ramsdell
^ and Harry Walter* captured the
hotly contested Prince de Ligne three
msn team skeet competition at the
! National Capital Skeet Club, blasting
298 clay discs out of a possible 300.
Second place honors were annexed
by a team composed of Victor Frank.
Dirk Stuart and R. M. Watson, who
scored 293. while third place was
taken by A. R. Vance. Dr. Currey and
L. W. Smith with 287.
Dr. Johnson grabbed Individual
honors with a straight run of 75. fol
lowed by a run of 24, for 99, topping
a 98 by J^nlt and 96 by Walters, all
of which were considered exceptionally
high with strong winds sweeping the
field.
The preliminary event of 50 tsrgets
with .410-gauge guns was won by
Frank with 46. with Dick Stuart sec
ond with 44 and Walters and Vance
typing for third with 42.
NINES PLAY TONIGHT.
The Clarendon A. C. will stack up
against Naval Air Station diamonders
tonight at Ballston, Va., at 8 o’clock.
Griffs Records
BATTING.
O. AB R. H. 2b.3b.Hr.Rbl.Pet.
Travis_61234 33 87 1 1 5 2 31.373
Stone _ 80 315 40 102 20 10 3 51 .324
Alinada ... 34 144 26 45 8 3 2 7.313
Lewis _ 82 354 62 107 10 3 5 40.302
Kllhel _ 83 341 46 100 16 10 5 40.203
Bluege ... 38 121 12 34 4 2 112.281
Simmons . 63 261 30 72 13 5 6 40.276
Myer .. 71243 28 66 11 1 0 36.272
W.Ferrell . 26 45 3 12 2 o O 6.267
Weaver_ 17 43 5 11 0 0 O 5.256
8ington_ 41114 12 20 0 2 0 20.254
Millies . 20 83 10 21 4 0 0 11.253
Mihalir 27 76 8 10 1 2 0 6.250
R Ferrell 36 116 13 26 2 1 0 13.224
Unite _ 23 20 4 6 0 0 0 1 .207
Appleton 10 32 1 6 0 1 0 7.187
Cohen 10 7 1 1 0 0 O O .142
De Shon* . 22 M 4 5 0 0 0 2 .100
Chase ...4 70 00000 .000
Jacobi_4 1 0 00000.000
PITCHING.
O H BB. BO. IP 08 CO. W. I*
Linke . 22 103 35 38 88 3 0 2 1
De Shon* 22 160 78 56 153 20 12 10 8
Weaver 17 118 41 24 122 15 6 7 6
W.FerreUll 88 42 25 73 10 7 5 6
Chase . 4 27 7 7 18Va 2 0 11
Appleton 10 87 *6 >6 88% 8 3 3 8
Cohen _. 18 81 10 12 28H 0 0 0 2
Jacoba 4 5 51 6*4 0000
BASE BALL 3™°^
Washington vs. Chicago
AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK
Imitii* Ofcliaf. B:15 PJt.
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League Statistics
JULY 27. 1937.
AMERICAN.
RESULTS YESTERDAY.
Oppn Pat#.
_ STANDING OF THE CU BS.
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NY — 6 9 6I__9 7 101 9 50 27 .675
Chil 8 — J? I_5 lull J* 53 34 .009 _5 _
Pet! 6> 7!—! 71 71 0 5 9 50 33 .602 6
BosL2LWL6—1_6!_4 11 11 45 36 .556 U»
Cle 4 3 5 _7 —;_7 6 9 41 46 .566 14
Wn 3 _4 3 _5 6 10 4 35 46 .432 26
StLi_3.___.3i_ 3 4 2' 5 —' 7 27 57 .321 29»2
Phi I 5 5 0 5 4 4 24 58 .203 31 13
L 27 34 33 36 46 46 57 58 — —1 I
GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW.
Chi at. Wash . 3 15. Chi. at. Wash . 3 15
Detroit af Npw York. Dp’roit at. Nrw York.
CIpvp a’ Phila. CIpvp ar Phila
St. Louis at Boston. St. Louis at Bo.«’on.
NATIONAL.
RESULTS YESTERDAY.
Oppn Da'p.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
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sr 2 ~ r; S ^ r v o © £ ZK
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Chi —I 81 5 in 7 _0_6 2<i 64 31 3335
ny _ts — _s _!i _.*> _ it n : r,:i :i4 ,i>ii!i
Pit _tt _3 — Jt _7 _H 111 7 44 4(1 .574 _ !i' i
8iL _7 _6 _4 — _9 _7 _7 10 44 41 .51 s 111
Bo»_4 _5_7 _ti — !_«_7|_B 43 44 "484 17
Bkl _5 _3 _H _7 — _6 _5 35 45 .477 I S _
Cm 3 6i_li_4 _7 i_4 — _0 34 40 ,41n 10
Phi 5 4 7 II 7 5 5 — 34 54 71M'. 71'2
L_ai^ll 4ii 411441481491541—I—I
GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW.
New York at 8t L. New York at St L.
Bkln. at Chtraao. Bkln a' Chirago.
Phila. ar Pitts Phila at P nr
Boston at Cine. Bo>ton at Cine.
THREE ACE RACERS
INJURED BY STORM
Dawn Play. Mosawtre. Thanks
giving Hit by Lightning—One
Horse Killed, Others Hurt.
B- the Associated Press.
gARATOGA SPRINGS. N V. July
27.—Max Hirsrh's challpngp for
Saratoga's rirh stakps has hern weak
pnpd considerably as the result of a
freak electrical storm which yesterday
knocked out eight of his horses, three
of them highly regarded.
The storm, which killed W S Kil
mers little-known 2-year-old. Gino
Vive, felled Dawn Play from Robert
Kleburg's King Ranch. Mrs. Julia M.
Loft's Mosawtre. Mrs. Parker Coming's
Thanksgiving and five others.
Dawn Play, champion 3-year-old
filly of the year, won the Acorn and
Coaching Club Oaks at Belmont Park
before traveling West to take the
American Derby. Mosawtre Is highly
regarded among the 3-vear-olds. while
in Thanksgiving the veteran trainer
has a promising candidate for juvenile
| honors.
The lightning plaved queer tricks
in the barn, for it seemed to pick out
the outstanding horses The bolt first
hit. Dawn Play, skipped three stalls
and struck Thanksgiving and then
missed two more before knocking down
Mosawtre. The three, together with
Mrs. Comings 2-year-old Down East,
were unconscious for several hours.
Hirsch said it would be two or three
I days before he'll be able to determine
1 whether the shock will have any seri
ous effect on his horses.
BRUNT OF BATTLE
ON GIANTS. CHISOX
New Yorkers in Poor Trim
for Tour—Chicagos 0. K.
as They Head East.
BY BILL BOM.
Arrocia r?<i Pr*RS Sports Wrf’pr,
AS THE Giant.* opened a 13
game tour of the West and 'he
White Sox began a 12-game
swing through the East the
pressure today definitely was on these
second-place team.* in the major
league races.
The Giants, battling to regain first,
place and retain the pennant they
won last year, squared off against the
St. Louis Cardinals with a two-game
gap between them and the leading
Cubs. The Sox. striving manfully
for their first bunting since 1919,
opened a three-game series at Wash
ington with a fite-game chasm be
tween them and the top-riding Yank*.
It's debatable which of the two face3
the more formidable task.
Giants Badly Battered.
DILL TERRY'S troupe has a small
er margin to make up, but went
into the West with a badly patched
lie-up. Mickey Haslin. filling In at
shortstop for Demon Dick Kartell, has
committed fielding lapses that were
excusable, but hardly helpful, and
has come nowhere near equaling Kar
tell's ability to deliver timely hits.
Harry Danning has wielded a pn.
tent warclub as filler-inner for Catch
er Gus Mancuso, but thp ailing Man*
cu.so knows best how to Jockey the
Terry pitching staff.
That staff, once the Giant's pnda
and joy, is another sore point. Bol
stered somewhat by the drafting of
veteran Ben Cantwell from the .Jersey
City "farm." it has been weakened
by the illness of Slick Castleman and
the undependabilitv of Hal Schu
macher. That leavps only Carl Hub
bell and Cliff Melton as regular mem
bers of the "b:g four'' in good stand
ing. j
White Sox In Good Trim.
' j'HE White Sox. on the other hand,
are all sound of wind and limb,
and wetting unexpectedly good resubs
from a squad that has scarcely ar.y
"big names." Their principal problem
will be keeping up with the Yankees
while the latter are disporting on their
home grounds, where they are as nearly
invincible as any team can be with
out gening read out of the league.
In their Bronx bailiwick the cham
pions have won 27 games, tied 1 and
lost only 7—scoring 16 of those vic
tories against 5 defeats, in thPir
clashes with the four Western club*.
On the other side of the picture
thPre are factor* that, mar work t,)
the advantage of both the Giant* and
White Sox. Although the Cuh« ere
i bark under the leadership of Ohar'e
i Grimm, they haven't, done a* we!!
against the supposedly weaker Eas'ern
clubs at home as the Giant* have
I done on the road against the West
j And the Y'anks have been having
their share of pitching troubles with
a staff that, at the moment, doesn't
extend far beyond Lefty Gomez and
| Charley Ruffing.
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Broadway Roots as Belloise Battles for His Life
Feather Champ Down With Pneumonia—Belligerent Dodger Also Is Choir Singer.
BY EDDIE BRIETZ.
Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK, July 27.—Every
body along the main stem
is pulling hard for Mike
Belloise. featherweight
champion tin New York Statei,
who is fighting for his life in a
hospital here . . . pneumonia
. . . Three blood transfusions
haven't done much good . . .
When autograph hunters get too
annoying, Jimmy Dykes, manager
of those surprising White Sox,
merely drapes his right hand in
bandages and tells 'em it's sprained
... So far the gag has worked.
Death of Pass ’Em By at Empire
City starts you wondering why
they let half-blind race horses
run on New York tracks . . .
A dog bit the young son of Horace
Renegar, demon Tulane press
agent, the other day.
Jimmy Kelly, owner of one of
the hottest spots in Greenwich Vil
lage, will buy a yearling at Sara
toga next month and turn it over
T\
to old Bob Smith, who once sad
dled a nag named Cavalcade, for
schooling.
T. M. Pridgen, an old news
paper pal of this corner’s, busted
nut in four national magazines
this month . . . which is what
we call ringing the W. K. bell . . .
Race fans would like to see War
Admiral and Seabiscuit get to
gether . . . Hats off to Prof.
Jesse Haines. 44-year-old Cardinal
pitcher, who turned in a six-hitter
against the Dodgers the other
day ... No. 1 gambler of the
country right now is Mike Jacobs,
New York fight promoter.
A quarter there, a half here . . .
Caddying right now is a major
Industry . . . Golfers laid out
$65,000,000 in fees for bag carriers
last year ... Is it true that
Johnny Broaca, the bespectacled
pitcher, who jumped the Yanks,
fears blindness? . . . Lew Tendler,
once Benny Leonard's most bitter
ring foe. came up from Phlla
delphia to help Benny open his
new night spot.
Note to Yankee fans: The bat
Joe Di Maggio broke In Chicago
the other day was not his favorite
home run club . . . Joe Tumesa,
former Ryder Cup golfer, becomes
pro at the Rockville Country Club
at Rockville Center, Long Island,
today . . . President Sam Brea don
may laugh ’em ofT, but rumors
that Frankie Frisch is on his way
out still bob up.
The daddy of the race horse
Pasteurized was named Milkman
. . . Henry Cotton, who showed his
heels to the American stars in the
British open, probably is the great
est shot maker in golf today . . .
Bob Feller may not know it, but
he gives every pitch away—at least
to Earl Combs, Yankee coach.
Babe Phelps, the belligerent, fist
swinging catcher of the Dodgers,
sings in the church choir during
the Winter months . . . Brooklyn
fans say Rankle Frisch should put
a few more quarter^ in the gas
meter ... In St. Louis they believe
Dizzy Dean will be transferred to
the Giants next Winter .. . Shanty
Hogan stealing a base In the In
ternational League Saturday was
real news.
The past came back and hit Pat
Malone right in the eye ... A
Chicago concern is suing him for
an unpaid liquor bill . . . Ken
Smith, sports writer of the New
York Mirror, bought a new car
and decided to drive to St. Louis
. . . But he didn't know how to
And the Holland Tube from the
Polo Grounds . . . Result was, Bill
Terry had to take the Giants West
while Secretary Eddie Brannick
went along to show Smith and
three other New York base ball
writers (all natives) how to get
out of New York.
Gabby Hartnett has undergone a
change since becoming temporary
manager of the Cubs . . . Instead
of going out to dinner each night
with convivial companions, he now
dines alone In his hotel room.
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