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WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1938.
Initial Setback in New York Proves Problems Confront Pilot Harris
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Al Schacht, famous baseball clown, stages a mock fight with Tony Galento, heavyweight
boxer, who also does his share of clowning both in and out of the ring. Occasion was the
International League opener at Jersey City, in which the Skeeters beat the Canadians 6-5
Jack Rutherford (right, at wheel) shown at finish mark in the gold-cup hydroplane Juno,
in which he smashed his own world speed record with a mile run at 89.776 miles per hour at
Miami Beach. With him is S. Mortimer Auerbach. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
ose or
Di Maggio Made Bronx Bombers Great, Says Yank.
Even Without Joe Champs Look Same to Nats.
By FRANCIS E. STAN.
8t»ff Correspondent of The Star.
NEW YORK, April 23.—Even without Giuseppe Di Maggio, the Yankees'
looked painfully similar to the Bronx bombers of 1936 and 1937
to the Nats. Still, that 7-to-0 beating proves nothing. The Nats
of recent years never have been able to whip the Yanks, especially
In the big ballyard here. To find out how much Di Maggio really means
to the world champions it is obviously necessary to look deeper into the matter.
The Yankees' dressing room is a full story below the stadium proper,
which ought to be delving deep enough. The big clubhouse was nearly empty
before game time but here and there a bomber loitered and one said he was
willing to commit himself on how it feels to play ball without Di Maggio.
“It ain't for no publication using my name, though," he cautioned, grandly.
“Di Maggio made this ball club in the last couple years," he began. "Now,
Gehrig's a good hitter and a real tough hombre. Dickey is a swell catcher
and we've got a shortstop and pitchers and all that stuff. But the fact
remains we weren’t winning pennants until Di Mag came along and the
fact remains that we looked lousey in Boston early in the week. As a
matter of fact,” he confided, more softly, "we ain't liable to look so good
until that Eye-talian gets in the line-up to stay. That Washington game
don't mean much"—with a sniff that Mr. Clark Griffith would have re
sented—"we alius could beat the Wash'ngtons, anyway.”
Apparently the Di Maggio-less Yankees are unimportant to New York
as a whole. A pitifully unenthusiastic crowd of 25,000 turned out for the
champs' opener, while over in Brooklyn some 38,000 watched the Giants
and Dodgers. This was a blow to the Yanks' pride, having the Dodgers
out draw them. As a rule the Yanks usually call a 30,000 or 40,000 crowd
half again that much, to be sure their figures are higher than any National
league club in the neighborhood. But there was no use of even trying to
pull the wool over anybody's eyes on this opening day.
1 hey re Getting Lots of Lefties.
Getting back to Di Maggio. who arrived here today but not in shape
to play, exactly what does he mean to the Yanks? Couldn't the Yanks win
the pennant without him?
"We might," answered the volunteering bomber, "but it would be an
awful struggle. Look at it this way . . . Pretend you are a pitcher facing
the Yanks. With Joe in the line-up, you have three great hitters coming
to bat in a row . . . Di Maggio, Gehrig and Dickey. You can't be careless
with one pi?ch, or it might go sailing over the fence and there would go
your ball game.
■Without Di Mag the Yanks have Powell or Henrich or Hoag in his
place. They aint bad but they ain't no Di Maggios. None of these guys
is going to lam it outta sight consistently. So the pitcher goes to work
on them in stride and saves himself for Gehrig and Dickey, coming up.
Bee how easy it is?
' Then again,' he continued, as a fresh thought struck him, "were a
leetle bit top-heavy without Di Mag. Look at what's happened since the
season opened. We've played four games and broken even. The only
game we should have won was against Washington. Up in Boston the Red
Sox handed us a game.
"And loofcit at the pitchers we've been getting. Boston threw three
left-handers at us . . . McKain, Grove and Ostermueller. Then Washington
pitched Hogsett, another lefty. They wouldn't be saving those kinda pitchers
for us if Di Mag was ready. I still say that Eye-talian is the guy who
made this club the best and I don’t care w’hat he makes or demands I
He earns it.”
Simmons Says Lazzeri Will Be Missed.
Well, Di Maggio reported to the Yankees today and it is only a
question of time before he jumps into the line-up. But there is another
familiar face missing from among the bombers. How much are the cham
pions going to miss Tony Lazzeri, who for 12 years served as the brains
of the infield?
The Yanks, who know more about it than anybody else, say they
can t tell yet. Young Joe Gordon, heir to Lazzeri's throne, has not been
tested as yet. But for a pure baseball player's opinion, you can have the
word of A1 Simmons, who works for the Griffith A. C.
"There's the guy the Yanks really are going to miss,’' Simmons was
Baying today. "This Gordon kid looks flashy in the field but he isn't going
to hit like Tony. And don’t think that Lazzeri wasn't a pretty tough hitter.
"He dian't get his homers and triples every day, like Gehrig and
Di Maggio,” went on Al, "but every third day or so he walked up to the
plate and bashed Jiis big hit. And it always came with ducks on the pond,
too,” he concluded, meaning men on the bases.
Nats Aren’t Bad, but Are They Good?
The Nats now have looked at two of their seven rival American League
Clubs. They saw no difference in the Athletics.
Well, the Yanks have served warning. Last year the bombers whipped !
Washington in IS of 22 games. Offhand, they seem to pack too many |
guns for the Nats Somehow, Washington can't play ball In the Yankee
6tadium.
Earlier in the spring the Nats got a good look at the Detroit Tigers.
The clubs played four games and the Tigers won them all. That certainly is
ominous, say what you will about the importance of exhibition games.
Last year the Nats were pitiful against first division clubs. The record
reveals they won 31 games from New York, Detroit, Chicago and Cleveland
And they lost 57.
No. the Nats aren't bad. At least they're not that bad and you can't
condemn them for playing dead in their first game against a good ball
club. But the suspicion is that Bucky Harris’ outfit is in the middle. It
isn't good enough for the good clubs and it's too good for the bad ones.
Griffs’ Records
BATTING.
_ _ , G A.B. R. H.2b.3b Hr.Rbl.Pct.
W Ferrell .1 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .500
Travis ... 4 14 3 6 1 0 0 0.429
Mver - 4 13 3 5 1 1 0 4 .385
Almada .. 4 H 5 6 1 1 0 2,37o
Weaver ... 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0.250
Bonura 4 16 2 4 0 0 1 4 ."jn
Lewis 4 16 4 4 0 11 5.250
IV Ferrell 4 13 1 3 1 0 0 2 .231
Wright 4 18 3 4 0 1 0 3.222
Stone 4 16 2 2 0 0 0 0.125
Leonard 1 3 l o 0 0 0 O .ooo
Goslm . 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .ooo
Hogsett _ 1 2 0 00000 ooo
Appleton .1 o o ooooo .000
PITCHING.
_ ,1 9 ft bb.so. ip.gs.cg w. l.
W. Ferrell. 1 16 3 2 9 1 l l 0
Weaver 16 3 491110
Leonard 174391110
Hogsett .. 17 2 071001
Appleton. .1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
. International.
All games postponed, rain.
American Association.
Louisville. 5: Milwaukee. 2.
Minneapolis. 9: Columbus. 0.
St. Paul 3: Toledo. 2.
Kansas City. 3: Indianapolis. 2.
Southern Association.
Chattanooga. 9; Nashville. 4.
New Orleans. 5: Little Rock. 4.
Memphis-Birminaham. rain.
Atlanta-Knoxville. wet grounds.
Stars Yesterday
By the Associated Press.
Clint Brown, White Sox—Lim
ited to three hits in 52a innings of
relief pitching and won own game
by doubling and scoring in the
thirteenth.
Pep Young, Pirates—Drove in two
runs in 7-4 victory over Reds, hit
ting two singles.
Red Ruffing and Prank Crosetti,
Yankees—Ruffing blanked Senators
with four hits: Crosetti made three
hits and drove in three runs.
Enos Slaughter, Cardinals—
Tripled with bases full in ninth and
scored on error to give Cards 6-5
victory over Cubs.
Mel Harder, Indians—Held Tigers
to eight hits, fanned five and
started winning rally with double.
Harry Gumbert, Giants—Pitched
effectively in pinches, although
touched for nine hits, to give
Giants 3-2 decision over Dodgers.
The Chief Rates With Stagehand for Derby to Sande
Cunningham-Woodersen Race in London Looms—Phils' Mueller Is Tabbed as Rookie 'Find.'
By SID FEDER.
Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK. April 23.—Notes on
the cuff: Last man to find out about
Joe D1 Maggio's signing was Man
ager Joe McCarthy.... He was out
at his hotel at the time, and didn’t
get the news till hours later. . . .
Fred Apo6toli’s appendicitis may
keep him out of the ring till Sep
tember. . . . The Electrolysis Asso
ciates have a picture of Lou Gehrig
hanging in their Broadway offices
to show folks what “an ugly ap
pearance” a heary chest gives a
man. . . . Tsk. tsk.
Would it surprise you to know
Earle Sande rates The Chief (40-to
2 shot) as good as his stablemate.
Stagehand. 4-1 favorite, for the
Kentucky Derby? .. . And that one
member of the stable force already
has put a penny or two on The
Chief’s nose to waltz in?
The Cardinals, in crying need of
ball players of all sorts, just re
A
leased Johnny Cooney, who’s one
of the game’s best fielding out
fielders. . . . And whose lifetime
records show he struck out just 58
times in 13 years of big-time bat
ting . .. Glenn Cunningham is toy
ing with the idea of a South African
trip with a touring track team this
summer. . .. And if he does what’s
to prevent a stop-off in deah ole
Lunnon for that rumored race with
Sydney Woodersen. reported here
a couple of weeks back?
You should listen in on Mickey
Cochrane and Jimmy Dykes when
ever they meet. . . . The way they
needle each other has any comedy
stopped... . Mike Jacobs is figuring
on a sell-out for the Barney Ross
Henry Armstrong fuss next month,
even with the Garden Bowl ar
ranged to hold 70.000. . . . More
than $30,000 in reservations al
ready in the box office.
Tab Dutch Mueller, Phils’ second
seeker up from Houston, as one of
. r
the season’s rookie finds ... A tip
off, gals: If you’re around Buck
McCormick, the Reds’ first baseman,
and he makes a pass at your scalp,
think nothing of it ... He collects
hairpins, because he thinks each
one he finds means a base hit . . .
A1 Schacht probably won’t reach
the coast on his clowning around
this summer.
Jim McMillen, the old footballer,
is running for Lake County treas
urer in Illinois . . . Rogers Hornsby
likes the Yanks and Cubs for the
pennants ... Dr. James Stotter, the
beauty authority, will pay 10 bucks
for every usable anecdote you send
him on "good-looking or beautiful
athletes” . . . Does any one else
want first crack at Ernie Lombardi
or Goose Goslin?
Gabe Paul, the Reds' Boswell,
comes up with the word "base
ballically" in the new issue of the
i Reds’ news . . . Must have sat up
nights thinking of that one, Gabe
... Now it's Jim Londos vs. Bronko
Nagurski for Detroit In May . . .
What ever happened to the pro
posed Los Angeles get-together? ...
And what kind of arithmetic makes
’em think the thing’ll draw 50 O’s?
... Sir Walter Hagen and Trick
Shot Joe Kirkwood have hit Tokio
on their golf ramblings . . . Bill
McKallip, the Detroit pro footballer,
has hooked on as freshman coach
at Oregon State.
The suspension of Charley Kurt
singer goes down as one of the
sillier things of the season, if you
take the word of folk writing in ...
When Red Lucas clicked against
the Reds yesterday, he made it 11
wins against one defeat in his life
time pitching record opposite the
Rhinelanders . . . Now that Di
Maggio is in, seven American
League managers, who were leading
the cheering section, aog back
whistling in the dark again.
ROSS IS CONFIDENT
HE'LL RETAIN TITLE
Welter Champ Figures His
Straight Punching Will
Stop Armstrong.
Bv EARL MILLIGAN.
Associated Press Sports Writer,
CHICAGO. April 23.—The mistake
made by the boys who’ve been licked by
Henry Armstrong. Barney Ross said
today. Is that "they didn't stand up
and fight him.”
Ross will defend his world welter
weight boxing title against Armstrong
May 26, in Long Island Bowl, New
York. He predicted he mill stop the
Negro who now holds the world feath
erweight crown and is rated as one of
the hardest punchers, pound for pound,
the ring ever has known.
"I know any one has to be in shape
to beat a fellow like Armstrong and
I'll be in the best shape of my life for
this one,” Ross said. "I don't think
Armstrong ever has founght any one
good enough to make him look bad
and I’m certain I can do it m’hen m!e
meet.
Vn worried by Henry's Style.
"I've seen him fight twice and figure
that when some one stands up and
fights with him he won't look so good.
He's a swarmer, continually crowding
in on top of opponents, keeping them
from getting a chance to throw a
punch, but I've never run away from
any one yet and I’m not going to run
from Armstrong.
"Most of the kids he's met. and
knocked out, have been scared to
death. A straight puncher—and I'm a
straight puncher—figures to beat a
fellow who hooks or loops his punches,
and Armstrong loops his. That's why
I think I'll stop him. When he runs
into a few punches they're bound to
take something out of him, and I've
seen some highly rated fighters become
bewildered when they have to take
a few.”
The Armstrong fight will be the
first in Ross’ career in which he will
hold a weight advantage. The Chi
cago veteran, who repeatedly has
"given away” weight to opponents,
expects to W’eigh about 142 pounds,
with the California sensation coming
in at about 136.
Ross Gets Tune-up Monday.
Ross will meet Bobby Venner Mon
day night in a scheduled 10-round
tune-up at Des Moines, Iowa. Next
Wednesday he and Co-managers Sam
Plan and Art Winch will head for
New York, stopping there about two
days before going to Ferndale, N. Y.,
where Barney will round out training.
Pian believes the Armstrong-Ross
bout, which shapes up as one of the
finest “naturals" in recent ring his
tory. will draw a gate of $300,000.
The contest should go a long way to
ward settling countless arguments be
tween fans who lean toward the ter
rific-punching Armstrong type and
those who like boxers of Ross' recog
nized ability.
FOXHALLS SEEK FOES.
Foxhall peewee dlamonders are
anxious to obtain games with crack
teams in their division. Call Man
ager Billy Sommervllle at Emerson
5201.
Official Score
WASHINGTON. AB R. H O A E.
Almada. cl _ 3 0 n 2 n (I
Lewis. 3b _ 4 II (I 3 5 0
Wright, rf _ 4 0 1 0 0 0
Bonura. lb _ 3 0 I lo 2 0
Stone. If _ 3 o 0 l 0 l
Travis, as _ 3 0 2 2 2 0
Myer. 2b __ 2 O 0 2 4 0
R Ferrell c ..._ 3 o o 2 0 o
Hogsett, p _ 2 0 0 2 10
•Goslln _ 1 o 0 O o 0
Appleton, p _ 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totala 28 O 4 24 14 2
•Batted for Hogsett In eighth.
NEW YORK AB R H O A E.
Croaettl ss 4 (I 3 2 3 o
Rolfe 3b 4 1 o 2 1 II
Powell, rf _ __ .1 1 1 1 o o
Gehrig, lb _ 3 0 o 111 o O
Dickey, c -.. _ 4 1 1 3 II 0
Hoag cf 2 2 2 4 (I o
Selkirk. If _ 3 1 2 4 0 o
Gordon. 2b 4 1 0 1 4 II
Ruffing, p _ 4 0 0 0 2 O
Totala _ 33 7 0 27 10 0
Washington _ noo oOO 00(1—o
New York Old 120 (13x—7
Runs batted In—Selkirk. Gordon. Dickev.
Hoag Crosettl i3). Two-base hit—Crosettl.
Sacrifice—Rolfe. Double plays—Rolfe to
Gehrig Gordon to Crosetti to Gehrig.
Crosettl to Gordon to Gehrig Left on
bases—New York. 8: Washington. 4. Bases
on balls—Off Hogsett. 2; off Ruffing. 3: off
Appleton. 1. Struck out—By Ruffing. .3: by
Appleton. 1 Hits—Off Hogsett. 7 in 7
innings: off Appleton 2 in 1 inning Hit
by pitched ball—By Hogsett i Gehrig.
I Crosettii. Losing pitcher—Hogsett. Um
oires—Messrs. Quinn. Rue and Summers.
Time—1 Si
[
Even His Defeat in Kansas
Special Today Is Hinted
by Cunningham.
By the Associated Press.
LAWRENCE. Kans . April 23.—The
track was right and the weather pre
diction was right, but Glenn Cunning
ham indicated he was not quite right
to set a world record in the special
mile race which headlines the six
teenth annual Kansas relays this aft
! ernoon.
In fact, the loping Kansan hinted
that any of the other three entrants
; —Archie San Romani. Don Lash and
Gene Venzke—might lead the way to
the tape.
“It comes at a bad time—right be
tween the indoor and outdoor season,”
Gloomy Glenn said. “I’ve only worked
out outdoors three times since the
last indoor race. But Archie San Ro
mani.” he added hopefully, "is in fine
condition. He's been working hard for
three weeks.”
Fans Look for Record.
Fans, recalling Cunningham's usually
gloomy outlook before a race, took his
predictions with a grain of salt. If
Cunningham's meet record of 4:12.7
isn’t bettered, there will be general dis
appointment.
Athletes from 21 universities and 30
colleges were booked for the heavy
program of relay and special events.
Several records were tottering.
The decathlon, prelude to the meet
proper, got under way yesterday with
wiry Claude Kilday of Occidental Col
lege, Los Angeles, rolling up a substan
tial lead after five events. Defending
Champion Dick Kearns of the Univer
sity of Colorado slipped back to fifth
place with a point total far below his
mark at the corresponding period last
year.
The remaining five decathlon events
were scheduled to be completed before
the opening track event on the relays
program at 2 p.m.
OLD JINX IS SEN
IN GRIFFS’ 7-0 LOSS
New Batting Order Due Test
Today if Gomez Hurls
for Champs.
By FRANCIS E. STAN.
SiafT Correspondent of The Star.
NEW YORK. April 23.—Life during
his fifteenth consecutive season as a
major league manager had been
j pleasant for Buekv Harris until today.
But now, as his Nats smarted under
their first setback of the American
i league campaign. Harris wrestled
i with his first problems.
There was. first and foremost, that
matter of Rufus (the Redi Ruffing
holding the Griflmen to four hits as
the Yankees blasted them yesterday,
7 to 0. Of late the Nats had given
Harris cause to think they were pretty
good bombers in their own right.
Against the As they scored 24 runs
in three bell games.
But as soon as they run up against
pitching of slightly higher caliber,
the Nats folded like so many accor
dians. That hurt. Bucky carried a
grimace to bed with him last night
and awoke with another today as he
contemplated sending his club against
Lefty Gomez in the second game of
this series.
Hogsett Not Very Fast.
There was, too, a sense of disap
pointment felt by Harris in the debut
of Elon Hogsett, the mellowing left
hander the Nats acquired from the
Browns especially for service against
the Yankees and Indians. Now the
Chief wasn't bad. When he was lifted
for a pinch-hitter after seven innings
of toil, he had given only four runs
and seven hits.
But the Chief, somehow, didn't
seem to be as fast as Owner Clark
Griffith and Harris might have ex
pected. He baffled Lou Gehrig, who
hasn't been able to buy a base hit
so far; Joe Gordon and Ruffing. But
the other Yanks played hob with the
Chief. The veteran’s control was off
and he was pitching uphill most of
the afternoon.
There is a possibility that Harris
and Griff erred slightly in appraising
Hogsett. With the Browns, the big
southpaw was worked often . . . too
often, thought Bucky and Griff.
When they landed Chief in trade they
decided to rest him up and see if they
couldn’t help to bring back his hard
one. So far, Harris admits. Hogsett
hasn’t been able to recall his swift.
It may be that Hogsett needs more
work.
New Bat Order on Display.
That 7-to-0 beating yesterday re
called vivid memories of past futility
in the Yankee Stadium. After all,
Washington only won 2 of 11 games
in the big ball yard last year. That
record, in itself, was enough to doom
the Nats to the second division. They
have plenty of time to better their
record this year, of course, but the
Nats will feel better after they taste
the delights of victory here at least
once or twice.
xoaay was to be a mildly mo
mentous one in the lives of the Nats.
With Gomez almost certain of pitch
ing, Harris was to use his No. 2
batting order for the first time. He
was to yank Center Fielder Mel
Almada, Right Fielder Taft Wright
and Second Baseman Buddy Myer.
In their places were to be A1 Simmons,
Rookie George Case and the veteran
Ossie Bluege, all right-handed hitters.
Simmons, in fact, almost was played
yesterday in place of Stone, who has
been unable to get started this spring.
AI put on a batting show in practice
yesterday and unless Stone comes
around, the husky veteran may re
place long Jawn for a while, or until
Stoney promises to snap out of his
slump.
Double Plays Hurt Nats.
The details of yesterday are a little
too harrowing to bear much repeti
tion. The only time the Nats threat
ened to score was in the opening
inning, when Wright and Zeke
Bonura singled with two out. But
Stone bounced to Ruffing to end the
Inning and, thereafter, Washington
made only two hits in the last eight
frames. Three times the Nats hit
into double plays to spoil what ap
peared to be potential rallies spring
ing out of bases on balls.
The Yanks started their scoring in
the second frame when Dickey
singled with one out. Hoag walked
and Selkirk scored Dickey with a
single for a 1-0 lead. In the fourth
tha Yanks made it 3*0 when Hoag
Giants, Yanks Already Give
Signs of Settling Into
Championship Pace.
Bv HUGH S. FULLERTON. Jr.
Associated Press Sports Writer.
If you have been wondering about
that "subway" world senes that was
freely predicted for the 1938 baseball
season a week or so before it started,
the happenings of the past few days
haven't done any serious damage to
the prospects.
Although the competition in both
leagues may be keener than was fore
seen, the Yankees don't really look so
bad even though they have l06t three
of their first five games, and the
Giants have a new "big four" hurling
corps that appears ready to function
smoothly and effectively.
The Yanks still need Joe Di Maggio.
who is due to report today. They need
some hits from Lou Gehrig, who
hasn't connected yet. But they
showed they still have the old power ;
when they walloped Washington. 7 to
0, in their home opening yesterday.
Red Ruffing pitched a game that
could have won without much trouble,
giving only four hits. But the Yanks
tossed in a little extra when Frank
Crosettit made his third hit, a double
with the sacks crammed in the eighth.
It was the most effective hit in a
"clutch” they've seen yet.
Gumbert Clicks for Giants.
After having led off with Cliff Mel
ton, Hal Schumacher and Carl Hubbell.
the Giants completed their hurling
quartet by tossing in Harry Gumbert
to spoil an opening day for 31,154
Brooklyn fans. He was in plenty of
trouble, giving nine hits and six
walks, but the Giants won the game,
3 to 2. their third in four starts.
Doubles by Hank Danning and Dick
Bartell, surrounding Joe Moore's single,
produced the winning runs in the
eighth after the Dodgers had messed
up frequent scoring chances. Dolph
Camilli knocked in both Brooklyn runs
with a homer and double and Cookie
Lavagetto made three hits before going
out with a pulled muscle in the‘sixth.
In spite of the commendable efforts
of the New York clubs, the Pittsburgh
Pirates remained on top in the Na
tional League with their fourth
straight victory and Cleveland and
Chicago moved up to make it a four
way tie with Washington and Boston
in the American.
A record crowd of 54,500 in the en
larged Briggs Stadium saw Cleveland’s
Indians chalk up a 4-to-3 decision over
the Detroit Tigers as Mel Harder
pitched a fine game and started the
winning rally in the fifth with a
double. The chief consolation for the
home fans was that Schoolboy Rowe,
whose lame arm caused plenty of grief
last season, gave up only one hit in
five innings after relieving Tommy
Bridges.
Browns Extend White Sox.
The White Sox went 13 innings to
beat the Browns. 4-3, before 5,644
St. Louis customers. A double by
Pitcher Clint Brown, an infield out
and Rookie Henry Steinbacher's single
produced the winning tally. \
The Pirates gained a 7-to-4 decision
over Cincinnati's Reds, who have been
beaten on their last 19 appearances
at Forbes Field. Four runs on passes
to the Waner brothers and four
straight singles decided the game as
early as the third.
The St. Louis Cardinals got four in
the ninth to beat the Chicago Cubs,
6-5, and gain their first victory of the
season. Cub errors started and fin
ished the flurry. Bill Jurges, bobble
got Bill Lee into trouble and Enos
Slaughter cleared the bases with a
triple and then scored the winning
run when Bob Logan dropped a throw
at first.
Two games, the Phillies at Bdeton
and the Red Sox at Philadelphia, were
rained out, but the six games of the
second round of openings attracted a
total of nearly 152,000 fans.
walked with one down and Selkirk
singled him to third. On Gordon’s
long fly to Stone the run scored.
Two more runs came in the fifth
when Crosetti, Powell and Hoag made
hits and Gehrig was hit by a pitched
ball. These were all off Hogsett. In
the eighth, Pete Appleton made hia
first appearance and the Yanks
hopped on him. With the bases
loaded, Crosetti cleared them with
i double, it 7-0.
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Hogsetfs Failure Postpones
Mound Test for Lefty Chase;
Wright Demonstrates Courage
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
NEW YORK, April 23 —The rough
treatment given Chief Hogsett by the
Yankees probably cost Ken Chase his
chance to be a starting pitcher for a
while at least. If Hogsett had won
over the champs yesterday instead of
losing by 7-0, Manager Bucky Harris
had intended to start Chase tomor
row, operating on the theory the
Yanks couldn't hit a left-hander with
Joe Di Maggio out of the line-up.
Now it was to be Wes Ferrell versus
Goofy Gomez today, and Monte Wea
ver versus Monte Pearson, probably,
tomorrow.
President of the City Council New
bold Morris knows now how former
President Herbert Hoover felt in 1932
when he rode into a Philadelphia bell
park to be roundly booed. Morris, sub
stituting for Mayor Fiorella La Guardia
yesterday, helped in the flag-raising
ceremonies at Yankee Stadium and
also threw out the first ball. As he
started to enter the park, however,
Morris noted striking ball park guards
picketing at the entrances.
Rather than pass through the picket
lines he waited for Col. Jacob Ruppert,
owner of the Yanks, to do something.
The Colonel feverishly sought a com
promise and finally agreed to settle the
difficulty arbitrarily today in City
Hall. The picketers dispersed and
Morris entered the park.
The crowd was impatient over the
delay, however. $nd it was a semi
j comic entrance that Morris made. The
crowd booed him lustily, subsided only
during “The Star Spangled Banner"
and renewed their attack when Morris
walked to his box and poeed for pho
tographers. The game was 18 minutes
late in starting.
Young Joe Gordon, who fell heir
to Tony Lazzeri's second-base job,
really can field. The way he teamed
, with Frankie Crosetti in making a
double play out of Buddy Lewis’
smash in the sixth inning was some
thing to watch. They say he won't
; bat more than .250, however, and that
i he won't come close to driving across
the runs Lazzeri used to bat in.
The Yankees aren't sore at Joe Di
Maggio for holding out for what he
I could get. but some fans in New York
are peeved. Joe is likely to hear a few
boos himself when he makes his 1938
debut. He was due to arrive from
San Francisco today.
Round Man Wright is a most pre
sumptuous rookie. On opening day
in Washington he stepped to the plate
the first time and banged a solid sin
gle. It was his first major league
game.
Yesterday, looking at Yankee Sta
dium for the first time, Taft walked
upon his initial trip and socked an
other single, one of the four off Ruf
fing. He makes himself at home
quickly.
BOLSTERED ORIOLES
INT. LOOP THREATS
Crouse's Hustling Club Promises
Plenty Trouble for Newark
Champs This Year.
Ey thi Associated Press.
Rain washed out yesterday's Inter
national League program, but it failed
to wash out the inaugural day im
pression that Baltimore's Orioles are
going to make plenty trouble this sea
son for the championship Newark
Bears.
The Orioles, one of the few inde
pendent minor league clubs in base
ball. practically are set for the season,
while most of the other teams in
the circuit hopefully are awaiting the
first big prunings of the major league
rosters.
The Orioles got off to a bad start
last season, losing their first 10 games
and winning but 5 of the first 30.
Their heroic comeback to make the
playoffs under the leadership of Bucky
Crouse, who replaced Guy Sturdy as
manager now is history, but the hustle
and spirit of the veteran catcher in
stilled in his players still is plainly
visible.
The acquisition of Phil Weintroub,
Leo Norris and Nolen Richardson has
lent power and finesse to the infield.
With the popular Prank (Beauty) Mc
Gowan returned to his old Job in cen
terfleld, and with Ab Wright and
George (Pooch) Puceinelli, sluggers ex
traordinary, flanking him, the fences
in Oriole Park are in for plenty pound
ing.
League Statistics
HOW THEY STAND.
AMERICAN.
W. L. Pet. W. L. Pet.
Wash _ 3 1 .750 N. York 2 3 400
Boston. 3 1 .750 St. Louis 1 3 .250
Chicago 3 1 .750 Detroit 1 3 250
Clevel'd 3 1 .750 Phil'phia 0 3 .000
Results Yesterday.
New York, 7; Washington, 0.
Cleveland. 4: Detroit, 3.
Chicago, 4; St. Louis, 3.
Boston-Philadelphia, rain.
Games Today. Games Tomorrow.
Wash, at N. York. Wash, at N. York.
Boston at Phila. Boston at Phlla.
Cleve. at Detroit. Cleve. at Detroit.
Chicago at St. L. Chicago at St. L.
NATIONAL.
W. L. Pet. W. L. Pet.
Pittsb'gh 4 0 1.000 Boston 1 2 .333
N. York 3 1 .750 Phil'phia 1 2 .333
Chicago 2 2 .500 Cinci'tti 1 3 .350
Brooklyn 2 2 .500 St. Louis 1 3 .250
Results Yesterday.
Pittsburgh, 7; Cincinnati, 4.
New York. 3; Brooklyn. 2.
St. Louis. 6; Chicago, 5.
Phlladelphla-Boston, rain.
Gaines Today. Games Tomorrow.
St. L. at Chicago. St. L. at Chicago.
Phila. at Boston. Phlla. at Boston.
N. Y. at Brooklyn. N. Y. at Brooklyn.
Cine, at Pittsb'gh. Cine, at Pittsb'gh.
Texas.
Beaumont. 0: San Antonio. >.
Tulsa. 2: Fort Worth. I.
Oklahoma City. .V Dallas. 1.
Shreveport. 3: Houaton. O.
Diz Ain't Worth It, Says Daf
Sees No $178,000 Difference Between Them, but Admits,
That as Sore-Armed Brothers They 'Come High.' /
Bj the Associated Press.
HOUSTON, Tex.. April 23 — Paul
Dean, who did all right in his only
Texas League start this season—ex
cept he had a little trouble getting
the other side out—admitted with
characteristic Dean modesty to
day that these Dean boys come
high, especially for a sore-arm
bunch.
“That 185,000 smackers and a
fourth of a dozen players for Ole
Diz was okay," Paul said, “but it
ain’t right. You know darned well
he isn’t worth $178,000 more than
I am.
“Even at that these Dean boys
come pretty high, though, especi
ally for a bunch of sore-arm guys,”
he drawled. "But don’t let ’em kid
you that there’s anything wrong
with Dizzy’s arm. It's his legs.
He just hasn't rounded into shape
yet. He will. He isn’t through.
“If Dizzy has a big year with the
a
Cubs he sure ought to be able/to
cash in on it better with Chicago."
the minor league pttchin' .Dean
figured aloud. "He’s done pretty
well up there already, hasi/t he?"
Paul is having his fling at a
comeback with the CardsyKouston
farm. In his only start, Haul lasted
seven innings against /Beaumont
and left the box trallMg by one
run, but Houston salvaged the
game. 6-5. J
"He had plenty of/stuil, but his
arm got tired," Ira wntth, Houston
manager, explained/ "He'll do bet
ter next time." /
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