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From the
Press Box
Mediocre '19 Reds Beat
; Great Team in Series
By JOHN LARDNER,
Special Correspondent of The Star.
NEW YORK. Sept. 30 (N.A.N.A.).—
Continuing our discourse on the
World Series of 1919—the year of
Cincinnati’s last and only previ
ous pennant, the year of the great
swindle which bilked the Reds as
surely as it' bilked the public—the
National League race of that season
was interesting, but not too close.
The New York Giants made their
^ Anal challenge in September and
were beaten back. The Reds won
by nine games. The Chicago White
Sox, in a stronger league, loafed
home by three-and-one-half games,
but, as early as the middle of their
last Eastern trip. Chick Gandil, first
baseman, and Eddie Cicotte, pitcher,
were swapping ideas with a hanger
on and former pitcher named Sleepy
Bill Burns as to how the Sox could
-.maice a nine pocaei money out oi
r 'the World Series, over and, above
their share of the gate receipts.
The two teams were in strong con
trast. The Sox, champions in 1917,
were more brilliant than before—
great pitching, wicked hitting down
the line, nimble, faultless defense,
baseball brains, and the poise and
confidence of easy winners. They
snarled among themselves, the club
was packed with feuds, but on the
field they were ball players’ ball
players. They couldn't be licked,
and they knew it.
Reds Had Few Bright Stars
But No Bad Players.
The Reds, on the other hand, v/ere
a simple, homespun team with the
balance of mediocrity. They had a
few really good players. They had
no bad ones. The pitching, inher
ited by Pat Moran from Christy
Mathewson, was adequate for the
work of winning a penant in a sub
par National League.
Jake Daubert, a solid veteran, was
at first base. Maurice Rath and Bill
at third, could hit and field and he
had color, with his short frame, his
bottle bat and his square-away
Btance at the plate.
Ivy Wingo, an experienced catcher
who could hit in the pinches, han
dled the deliveries of Dutch Ruether,
Slim Sallee. Jimmy Ring. Ray Fisher
and Hod Eller. Adolf Luque was
■**With the club, but did not work in
the .series.
The outfield was a mixed trio. Ed
die Roush, in center, was the star
of the club and the toast of Cin
cinnati, great fielder and great hit
ter. Greasy Neale—now backfield
coach and chief strategist of the
Yale football forces—was an ade
quate fielder who hit a long ball
when he got hold of it. Louis Dun
can was the busher of the team. He
hit the ball well in 1919, and showed
speed and judgment defensively.
- Cincinnati's Support All (
Moral as Series Neared.
In .hrief, the Reds were just an
other ball club. As the pennant races
approached their end, the betting
was 3 or 4 to 1 in Chicago’s favor
and Cincinnati was getting a lot of
support—all moral. Suddenly, in the
last week of the season, the Red
money came pouring in. especially to
the big New York betting market.
a few days’ time the White Sox
were down to even money, and the
commissioners shied like skittish
horses at the sight of a $5 note.
There was something in the air.
When Cicotte, the shineball pitch
er. dealt hits off the top ot the
deck in the first game of the series,
and the Reds beat him. 9 to 1. some
edge in the betting went to Cincin
nati, though the odds for the rest of
the series still were about even
money, the honest public having
''great faith in the Sox.
Chicago lost the second game be
hind Lefty Williams, won the third
when Wee Dick Kerr pitched a shut
out—although Gandil told the
gamblers who fixed the series, “We
lost for bur two big pitchers, and
we’re not gonna win for no busher
like Kerr"—and, though the stand
ing in games was only two to one
in their favor, the Reds found them
selves 5-to-2 favorites. This was
because the small-time professional
gamblers in Chicago had heard of
the fix by now and were trying
desperately to get down on Cincin
nati.
Black Sox Win Tough Game
In Counter Betting Coup.
The series was killed as a betting
proposition by them, but the actual
fixers did pull one more coup—a
counterstroke—on the sixth game.
The Reds were leading by four games
to one in the 9-game series. Cincin
nati businessmen thought sure their
team had the great White Sox on
the run. They put up a reported
*60,000 on the result of the game.
The Sox, tipped off by Abe Attell
and his fellow-fixers, really worked
for that one. They won it the hard
way, in 10-innings, with Weaver,
Gandil, Felsch and Jackson scoring
Ironically, their task was made all
the harder by the fact that Dick
Kerr, strictly honest, was dazed and
Ineffective. In the fifth inning, he
tried to steal second base with Eddie
Collins already on the bag.
It's been the fate of the Reds tc
run up against two of the greatest
ball clubs of all time in their twc
widely separated World Series cam
paigns. One great club wasn’t trying
One will be. And in the end, defeat
hv t.he Vnnlrees will cotisfv the wild
est Red fan more deeply than the
sort of victory his team won in 1919
^ Wild Student Greeting
Given Winning Hoyas
Hoyas and saxas reverberated
through Union Station’s smoke
tinged concourse this morning a;
. Georgetown undergraduates wel
comed home the football team aftei
Its triumphant invasion of Phila
delphia last night.
Banners, blue and gray pennant;
and a wide assortment trf collegiat;
hats dotted the assembly. Thi
Georgetown band was out en mass;
and students staged imprompti
snake dances in the concourse.
A cavalcade of autos later wendee
j Its way .through Georgetown street
j to the college, where another wel
come awaited the squad.
a,
Team Spirit, Loyalty
Is High in Senior
Loop Champs
No Personal Jealousies,
Animosities Appear
On Cincinnati Club V
By GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 30.—Perhaps
the most important weapon the Cin
cinnati Reds will carry into the
World Series against the powerful
Yankees next week is an exception
ally strong team spirit.
This isn't the old salad dressing.
This club really is a harmonious
unit. The players are fond of each
other end of their quiet but strict
manager, Bill McKechnie. I don’t
recall having seen a ball team that
appeared to be so totally devoid oi
personal animosities and jealousies.
The other night, after Paul Der
ringer had pitched the clinching
victory over St. Louis, Bucky Wal
ters grabbed him around the neck
and said sincerely:
“Boy, all I hope is that I’m as good
a pitcher as you are some day.”
“Nnt.s ” T*>prHmrpr rpnlipri 44Rt.nr
that stuff. You're a greater pitcher
right now than I ever was.”
Personal Loyalty Strong.
So help me, they argued about 11
for 10 minutes—Walters, who had
pitched 27 victories and Derringer
who had just notched his 25th. Thej
didn't reach a decision, except U
agree that Junior Thompson was
going to be a better pitcher than
either of them.
It's this team spirit and feeling ol
personal loyalty that is likely tc
make the Reds a tougher outfit tc
beat than the odds of 3 to 1 againsl
them would indicate. It doesn't show
in the records, but it's there.
In a fairly close acquaintance with
the National League chaipps, I’ve
never heard one of them say any
thing really detrimental of another
They get along, and that is more un
usual than the average student ol
baseball might think. Though this
also is not in the records, McKech
nie traded away one player because
the fellow had a sour disposition.
Team First With Goodman.
Ival Goodman, the club's cracfc
right fielder, who blasted 30 home
runs last year and who led the
National League in triples both ir
1935 and 1936, confesses that he
quit trying to hit for distance this
season because he thought he coulc
help the club more by punching the
ball straightaway.
"I had a nice home run record Iasi
year," he explains, "but we finishec
fourth. All right, we won the pen
nant this time, and maybe I helpec
a little in spots.”
Harry Craft, the team's second
year center fielder, gives Goodmar
most of the credit for the reputatior
he’s gained as one of the best flj
hawks in the business. Their team
work can be pretty to watch.
ror instance: in tne deciding garni
Thursday, when Joe Medwick hi
that terrific double against the toj
of the centerfield wall, some 390 fee’
from the plate. It was the seventl
inning and the Reds were leadinf
by only one run. But Craft didn'
play it safe. He went right agains'
the fence and tried to spear tha’
agate.
Craft Depends on Pal.
It clanged against the board:
and came rocketing back as Medwlcl
turned second. How Goodman go'
there I don’t know, but he took tha'
ball on first bounce and peggec
Ducky out at third. That plai
probably saved the game and wor
the flag, as the next three Cards hii
safely. Asked why he took such £
hair-raising chance, Craft said
•'Why, I knew Goody would be then
to get it if I didn't.”
Some of Wally Berger's teammate:
were burned up today because £
sports writer had written disparag
ingly of the 34-year-old left fielder
They're that way about their own.
Tech Eleven on Mettle
Battling Episcopal
Tech High School, touted as hav
ing one of Washington's stronges
schoolboy elevens, journeys to Alex
andria today to play a strong Epis
copal team on Hotchkiss Field.
The game is the first of the sea
son for Tech, and the first under it
new coach. Artie Wondrack, whi
recently was appointed to fill a jol
resigned by Rusty Thompson.
While Episcopal already ha
shown its strength through a tri
ump over Eastern last Saturday, th
invaders are confident they have i
surprise in store for the Virginians
Don Cockrille, quarterback; Angeli
Catucci and Charley Green, half
backs, and Jim Miller, fullback, wer
to start for Tech. The game wa
scheduled for 2:30.
P. W. A. Colored Boxer
Is Turner. Prospect
Now that Anthony Kelley, colore<
light heavyweight messenger in thi
P. W. A. Information Service, ha
won his first professional bout by i
knockout he's looking for a chanc
to show his wares in Joe Turner’
Arena.
Kelley displayed a terrific lef
hook at Atlantic City Thursda;
night when he floored Jimmie Maci
of Philadelphia for the count of 1
after O minntoe tho tVtir/l rnitm
of a scheduled 4-round bout.
Interested P. W. A. officials wit!
sporting instinct believe the forme
Howard University boxer is a sur
comer. He reported back to wor]
yesterday with a wide grin but n
marks of combat.
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Baseball.
Washington at Philadelphia, 2.
Football.
Maryland vs. Hampden-Syd
ney. College Park, 2:30.
Western High vs. George
Washington High, Alexandria,
Va., 2:30.
Devitt Prep vs. Mercersburg,
i Mercersburg, Pa.
Tech vs. Episcopal at Alexan
i dria, 2:30.
Horse Show.
Knights of Columbus, Mead*
owbrook Saddle Club, 9:30.
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SCORE IS DECEPTIVE—That 3-2 tally by which Georgetown eked out its victory over Temple U.
at Philadelphia last night was remindful of the diamond, but it was football, and hard, clean
football at that. Here Halfback Andy Tdmasi of Temple (right) is shown being stopped without
gain in the third period bjfEnd Art I*mke of the Hoyas. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
Club Tourneys Give
Line on District's
Leading Golfers
Four Crowns Settled,
Two More at Stake
In Week-end Play
Within a few days all the men’s
golf championships around town
will be decided, and well have a
pretty good lineup on the top club
golfers of the year. Already four
title tournaments have been played
around towm this year. One more is
to be finished today, and still an
other—maybe two—will wind up to
morrow.
So far championships have been
won as follows: Washington, Ralph
S. Fowler: Chevy Chase, Page Hufty;
Beaver Dam, Joe Balestri' Kenwood,
John O. Bergelin.
The club championship at Colum
bia was due for decision today,
while at Congressional a successor
to Claude Rippy will be decided to
morrow.
Club Champs Esteemed.
Club titles relatively are unim
portant in the bigger scheme of golf
affairs and the major tournaments.
But you’ll find that club champions
generally are good enough to go far
in the big affairs except in the case
of the weaker clubs, where competi
fion i c rmt cn cfromr
One outstanding example of what
it takes to win club championships
, comes in the case of 19-year-old
Ralph Bogart, the young District
| champion. Ralph at present holds
the Army Navy Club title, which he
now is defending. He also is a favor
i ite to win the Indian Spring Club
crown, in which tourney he has
won one match. But in such a club
' as Indian Spring it's entirely possi
ble that the District champion may
be bumped off.
Spring Talent Bountiful.
Indian Spring today has a bunch
of golfers who can knock the ball
around in par or better almost any
time they start. You can't say the
same thing at most of the clubs.
The lad who wins the Indian Spring
title—and it can be Bogart—will
have gone through the toughest
bunch of golfers around this town.
Championships still to be decided,
in addition to Columbia and Con
gressional. are those at Manor, Army
Navy, Indian Spring, Argyle and
Capital. At the latter club Billy
Houghton was licked last week, and
a new champ may be crowned, un
less Bill Pendergast wins again.
Bill has won the title a time or two.
At Manor. Harry G. Pitt, eight times
the chimpion, was licked in the
opening round by Max Taylor, and
at Argyle, Dick Mothershead, the
; medalist and husband of the club
women’s champ, is billed as the
• favorite to win.
; 20 Years Ago
1 In The Star
i Billy Evans, one of the umpires
chosen to officiate in the World
: Series between Cincinnati and
i Chicago, figures the Reds have
. a 50-50 chance to beat the Amer
> lean League champions.
Jimmy Sullivan made such ai)
> impressive showing at quarter
i back for Georgetown University
last week he probably will hold
down the position for the re
mainder of the season. Sullivan
showed ability at running the
ball as well as calling signals.
Laural race track will feature
, the $5,000 Capital Handicap at
\ 6 furlongs on the opening card
tomorrow. The race promises
’ to attract many of the leading
\ sprinters in the country.
t Fights Last Night
r By the Associated Pres*.
1 8T. PAUL—Johnny Payehek. lflSVi,
1 Des Moines., outpointed Arne Anderson.
, ISfl'i. Sweden (10).
I PHILADELPHIA.—Billy Maher. 138,
Philadelphia, outpointed Jimmy Vauchn.
137>/j. Cleveland (10>.
1 WORCESTER. Mass.—Howell Kin*.
. ISO. Detroit, outpointed Lou Brouillara.
Brewers to Quit Pro League
If Bolstered Basket Team
Fails to Win This Year
By BURTON HAWKINS.
Professional basket ball on a slight
ly gaudier scale again will be pro
moted by Chris Heurich, jr., here
this year, but if it fails to gain fair
support the youthful promoter
frankly admits he will chuck the
whole business overboard.
It will be a more formidable out
fit than the club which finished last
in the American League last year,
for Heurich already has agreed to
financial terms for the purchase of
Jimmy Brown and Mac Posnack
from the Troy <N. Y.) Haymakers
and also is planning to employ
Mickey Schonfeld, former George
Washington University ace, as
trading bait for another star.
Posnack Likely Manager.
The deal which would bring Brown
and Posnack to the Brewers already
has been completed except for a
personal interview with the players
by General Manager McDonald, and
no hitch is anticipated from the
standpoint of salary. The deal is
for straight cash.
Posnak, who probably will be
named playing manager of the club,
is a guard who was a member of
the St. John's ’•wonder” quint of
several years ago. He moved to the
New York club when Troy took over
the Kingston franchise.
Brown, a forward, is a graduate of
Temple and has played with King
ston, Wilkes-Barre and Troy In pro
fessional circles in the last two
years.
The elusive, half-pint Schonfeld,
now living in New York, may bring
a crack performer in exchange.
Mickey paced the local outfit in reg
istering points last year and is a
colorful, aggressive player.
Other Squad Members.
Carroll Shore, one of the finest
scholastic players ever produced
here and later a member of George
town's team, will try for a job, while
Otts Zahn, Whitey Wilson, Ben
Goldfadden, George Freilicher and
Ralph Bennie will be retained from
last year's team. Bennies injured
knee, which threatened to termi
nate his sports career, has responded
to treatment and he will be carried
as the eighth man on the squad.
Heurich will continue to use the
brewery gymnasium as the site of
most home games, but plans to shift
more important tilts to the re
modeled Riverside Stadium across
the street. The Riverside plant,
which also will house Eastern Ama
teur League hockey, currently is
having its face lifted.
Di Maggio and Mize
Cinch Big League
Stick Crowns
Kreevich Ousts McQuinn
From A. L. Big Ten
With End at Hand
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Sept. 30.—Avterding
of the major league hitting cham
pionships to Joe Di Maggio of the
New York Yankees and Johnny
Mize of the St. Louis Cardinals now
is only a formality.
The two sluggers who have led
the American and National Leagues,
respectively, for many weeks coasted
into the final week end'of the base
ball campaign with insurmountable
margins.
Di Maggio's .382. while far be
neath his hoped-for .400, still was
24 points better than the mark of
Jimmie Foxx of the Boston Red Sox,
who was removed from competition
a month early by an appendectomy.
Mize’s mark of .352 was 14 points
above the .338 figure of his team
mate, Joe (Ducky-Wucky) Med
wick, who beat him out for the 1937
batting championship by a narrow
margin.
As the leagues prepared to draw
the 1939 curtains, the “big ten’’ hit
ters of each circuit marched with a
virtually solid front. There was not
a single change in personnel in the
National League, and the only one
in the American returned Mike
Kreevich of the Chicago White Sox
to membership and dropped George
McQuinn of the St. Louis Browns.
The 10 leaders in each league:
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
GAB R H Pet
Di Maggio. New York 118 455 106 174 .382
Foxx. Boston 125 467 131 167.358
Johnson. Philadelphia 140 540 115 184 .341
Keller, New York—.109 303 86 132.336
Trosky. Cleveland_ 122 448 00 140 .332
Rolfe. New York ___ 150 640 130 211 .3.30
Gehringer. Detroit __ 116 300 87 131 .328
Keltner. Cleveland 152 582 82 100 .327
Williams, Boston —.145 550 120 183.327
Kreevich. Chicago ..142 632 81 173.325
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Mize. 8t. Louis . 148 554 103 105.352
Medwick. St. Louis 148 502 07 200.338
McCormick. Cinci’nati 154 623 08 206 .331
Arnovich. Philadelphia 132 487 67 157 .324
P. Waner. Pittsburgh 124 452 61 146.323
Goodman. Cincinnati. 123*466 83 140 .320
Bonura. New York . 123 454 75 145.310
Danning. New York 133 513 70 163.318
Slaughter. St. Louis. 146 504 03 188.317
Hassett, Boston145 581 72 182.313
158,. Worcester, former welterweight
and middleweight champion (10>.
HOLLYWOOD. Calif.—Tony Chave*.
138. Los Angeles, outpointed Johnny
Rohrig, 138. New Jersey (10).
SAN FRANCISCO—Lloyd Marshall.
161 Va. Sacramento. Calif., outpointed
Teddy Yarosz. 168, Pittsburgh )10).
5 Widmer Bowls 182 for Record
In Federal Employes' Loop
August Widmer, little known as
a bowler, today stood in duckpin’s
spotlight by virtue of a 182 game
which tied Ralph Goldberg’s score
as a season record for league rolling.
Widmer’s whopper climaxed a 419
set last night at Convention Hall
to establish two all-time records for
the National Federation of Federal
Employes’ League.
A 107-average roller last season,
Widmer currently is setting a dizzy
pace in the Government loop with
128-3 for nine games. Eight marks
in a row, five spares and three
strikes, including a double-header,
gave the Veterans’ No. 2 team shoot
er his big string.
, Goldberg rolled Us mark In the
I
National Capital League at thfe
Lucky Strike.
The newly organized Chevy Chase
[ce Palace Saturday Night League
will usher in the season tonight,
ren teams will take the runways
under the direction of Manager
Charley Bell.
The Jimmy Wallace Sweepstakes
at Norfolk tonight will hold great
Interest for Washington fans. A
galaxy of the city’s leading shooters
will compete in the first Southern
tournament of the season. As tor
Clarke, No. 1 bowler of the country;
Joe Harrison, No. 4; Perce Wolfe
ind Andy Gleeson are among the
entrants.
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Tigers Tough Grid Foes,
Favored Terps Warned
With a stern warning from Coach
Prank Dobson not to woo disaster,
such as the opening game defeat by
Richmond last year which plunged
Maryland into one of its most fruit
less football campaigns, the Terps
today were to square off with a de
termined Hampden-Sydney eleven
at College Park at 2:30 o'clock.
While Maryland was rated a de
cided choice over the scrappy Tigers.
Hampden-Sydney nevertheless fig
ured to make an interesting engage
ment of it, with the Terps willing
to settle for a 2-touchdown margin.
Grissom Hits, Hurls
Mew N. L. Champs
ro Bigger Lead
McCormick Only Regular
In Starting Line-up;
Tribe Bags Twin Bill
By JUDSON BAILEY.
Auoeiited Press Sports Writer.
Amid all the jubilation of the Cin
cinnati Reds, somebody forgot to
shut off the Ignition.
With their National League pen
nant clinched Thursday, the Reds
played their scrub team against the
Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday and
won, 2-1.
That eccentric elbower, Lefty Lee
Grissom, scattered seven hits and
knocked home one of the Cincinnati
runs with a triple. It was the Reds’
Bixth straight victory in less than a
week against the Buccaneers, but
nobody cared.
McCormick Protects Record.
The only regular Red to start was
Prank (Buck) McCormick, ambitious
to acquire an endurance record.
He was relieved in the third, the first
time he has missed a single inning
at first base in two years.
The St. Louis Cardinals had a day
of idleness in which to lick their
wounds. Rain forced postponement
of their contest at Chicago and also
various other major league engage
ments.
In the only other National League
firing the Brooklyn Dodgers and
Boston Bees divided a double-head
er, assuring the Dodgers of a berth
in the first division and freezing
out the New York Giants.
Tom Early won the first game
for Boston, 2-1, on four-hit pitch
ing. He had a no-hitter until the
seventh. Seven-hit hurling by Hugh
Casey in the nightcap won, 7-1, for
the Dodgers, who were helped by
four Boston errors.
Tribe Takes Two.
Cleveland swept a double-header
from the Detroit Tigers, 4-3 and
3-0, in the sole American League
competition and took a firmer grip
on third place.
Mel Harder, who hit a home run
in the fourth, got credit for the
first victory, although Bob Feller
worked the last two innings. A1
Milnar pitched the shutout second
session, abbreviated to five innings
because of darkness.
K. of C. Horse Show
Opens With Ponies
Leading Way
The fifth annual Knights of Co
lumbus Horse Show got under way
this morning at the Meadowbrook
Saddle Club on the East-West high
way with several pony classes pre
ceding the regular horse events this
afternoon.
Features on the early program
were junior jumpers, lead line and
junior road hacks. The main at
tractions this afternoon were triple
bar, touch and out, departmental
costume class and A. S. P. C. A.
horsemanship event.
The judges were K. C. Johnson of
Norfolk, Va.; Otto Furr. Middleburg,
Va., and Maj. R. M. Steward Rich
ardson, Forrest Landing, Md.
The show will continue tomorrow
at 1 o'clock and close later in the
day with the hunter and jumper
championship awards.
Straight Off the Tee
D» WUTro u.,ni i .1 1 .... » ... .. ..
Maybe milk is the drink that wins
golf matches. Maybe the various
soft drinks and the tiger’s milk that
some of the boys use as their in
spirational medicine isn’t as good as
cow’s milk for a victory spurt. Or
maybe only Ed Merkle would- know
about that. • Ed, you know, is the
great disciple of milk as a winning
drink for men who would win on
the links. He won a quarter-final
match in the Columbia Country
Club championship with the aid of
one of our better dairies and now
Ed, again with the help of some
anonymous cow, who probably Is
chewing her cud in some nameless
pasture around town, is in the final
of the championship, where all he
has to do is to whip George F. Miller
to win the title at one of the bigger
country clubs around Washington.
It may be a sermon in a few words
for the lusty Scots who go in for
heavier stuff than milk to win golf
matches. Or maybe there’s some
thing to Merkle’s milk difet. We
wouldn’t know about that. But
there’s no question about the fact
that Ed plays better after a straight
drink of milk.
He had to play well to lick Luther
Steward, jr„ in the semi-final round
yesterday and he’ll need all the in
spiration he can get to lick Miller
today. Any golfing gent who whips
MTrnn Mon” MarHn F Mnflarthv
as Miller did yesterday, is no push
over, even for a guy who drinks
milk. Martin was the red-hot
favorite to win the crown. He was
runnerup last year, and in 1937 he
was runner up to Billy Shea for
the District championship at Co
lumbia, which may give you an idea
that he likes the course. But Miller
whipped him 3 and 2. '
Milk can win the Anal, but it will
take all the “oomph” Ed Merkle has
to do it. Here were the pairings in
the seven flights today; first flight
—George P. Miller vs. Ed Merkle;
second flight—Charles W. Hoover
vs. C. H. Severance; third fight—
Bond P. Goddes vs. Dolph R. El
more: fourth flight—W. W. Curtiss
vs. E. S. Thackerston; fifth flight
—David S. Hendrick vs. Dr. R. P.
Dunmire: sixth flight—John Redd
vs. William C. Gelong; seventh
flight—James L. Wright vs. Henry
Elliott.
Congressional Tourney Nears -End.
Over at nearby Congressional nine
flights of golfers were going through
the second round in their club title
tourney today, with more than a
chance that two Georgetown kids—
one an alumnus, end another still a
college boy—would meet in the Anal.
The two are Billy Dettweiler, now
a budding G-man, and Billy Shea,
the youngster who was licked in the
District championship final last
week. They are in opposite brackets
and with the brand of golf thej
h
oaivA/t A* c invumcd iu Hictft ill trie
final.
Here were the second round pair
ings in all flights:
First flight—Billy Dettweiler vs. Gene
EfAJmai?r. ®*rl McAleer vs. Larry Bernard.
Billy Shea vs. Pat Winkler. George O.
Neville vs. James A. Maloney.
Second flight—J. L. Vandergrift vs.
S; V. Anderson. J. F. McCarron vs. bye.
W. H. Wenzel vs. George De Witt. D. C.
Beclar vs. Jack Strait.
Third flight—Dave Hunt vs. H. C.
Smathers. Jack Nichols vs. George Hill.
Verne Simmons vs. Myron Daw, C. H.
Giroux vs. H. L. Cobb.
Fourth flight—Frank Murry vs. F. E.
Jonnson, W. E. Johnson vs. P. M Daven
port. P D. Morelock vs. C. B. Quarles.
J JL F»yi?e vs- Gillie Young
Fifth flight—H. D. Krafft vs. C R.
Sammons R. Tichnor vs. H. C. Foster,
Sv,-1,'; JCln,?r *5- J M- Davison. H. H.
Moffltr vs. w. T. Haves.
Sixth flight—S. McDonald vs B P
Cooper. W. P. Folger vs. C. E. Bush. W D
§S!0O<SlngerV' Sisler' TemnIe 8e«y vs. Dr.
Seventh flight—T. J Groom vs. E.
Petty, T. S Grape vs. H L. Post. L. R
Potts VS. W. Frederick. D. Weir vs M
Johnston.
Eighth flight—F. F. Leonard vs. A. C
r Ho',telLVE_L F- Mullin. F. M.
A D Waring J' P' Tracy’ H- BalMr vs
N‘ntt flight—E. E. Allwine vs. J. H.
Cook. J. L. Orr vs. J. Birica.
Parker Nolan, former club champ,
fell before Dettweiler in the first
round yesterday, dropping a final
hole decision. Dettweiler and Shea
loom as the finalists.
Washington Women End Season.
Over at Washington the women
wound up their club links season
mill. At— _ _J . * II •
cuv vi me linger contest,
won by Mrs. Wilda Martin, with
the fine score of 63. Mrs. J. s.
Connolly won in class B with 71,
and Mrs. Lloyd Dennis and Mrs. I.
Harr tied in class C with 81.
A "duffers” tourney was won by
Mrs. Welles Gray with a net of 77,
with Mrs. I. H. Farrar second at
net 81. The high gross award went
to Mrs. S. W. Hauser, while the net
prize went to Mrs. Henry G. Pratt
with 95—20—75.
The Washington Golf and Country
Club course will be open for practice
next Friday to entrants in the
Middle Atlantic women’s champion
ship, to start at the Virginia club
on October 9. Out-of-town entrants
will have course privileges Sunday
afternoon. The women of the Wash
ington club are making elaborate
preparations for the outstanding
links events of the season and prom
ise to make it one of the best mid
Atlantic tourneys held in this sector
in many years.
Over at Indian Spring, where a
Maryland State women’s tourney
will be held next Thursday, the word
has gone out that contestants are
urged to bring their caddies, since
many of the boys will be at Co
lumbia on that day. Entries for the
Maryland State tourney will close
with Mrs. K. S. Giles Tuesday after
noon, and early starting times are
recommended because many of the
women will want to go to Columbia
to see the Nelson-Picard match that
afternoon.
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League Statistics 1
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER SS, 1039. |
AMERICAN
Reran* YtiUrdar.
Cleveland. 4—3: Detroit, 3—0.
Chlcago-Bt. Lout*. rain. i
Other club* not echeduled. '
_ETAWDIWOS. I
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‘ IlHlf 1 g|
5 ! I, ® ! | | I ! £ I
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WYI— 7115'18ll311Bil8119l *1441.7051
BoallO1—lUi 81101131181161831611.591117
Cle I 71111—110110114118! 16l86166l.666l20Va
Chll 41141121—112114111 1171341671.5BB122
Detl 91121101101—U4111I14I801721.B261261A
Wnl 71 71 31 81 81—1111131641871.424142
Phil 41 41 41111111 81—>1131351961.364151
StLl .31 81 61 21 81 71 91—1411 tl.272186
L. I44iail«qia7l72l87l96l tl—I—I I
•Won 108. tLost 110. ,
GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMOBBOW. |
Wn. at Phlla.. 3:00. Wn. at Phlla.. 3:00. 1
Bos. at N. Y. <2). Boston at N. York. .
Chi. at 8t. L. (2). Chicago at St Louis. 1
Cleve. at Detroit. Cleve. at. Detroit.
NATIONAL
Besalta Yesterday. •
Bos on. 2—1; Brooklyn. 1—7.' ‘
Cincinnati. 2- Pittsburgh. 1. '
New York-PhlladelPhia. threatening ,
weather. <
St. Louls-Chleago. rain.
STANDINGS., I
QS|s«?3?3«rJjo ;
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S I s f s ! B I i : S |8
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c ; ! I " * \ E ; • ! i
i * I ■ i 1 ' i p > ■ 1 '
Ctnl—1111121121111181161191961661.6321_
StLIllI—1111131121141131171911591.6071 * :
ChlllOl 8j—1111111141161121821691.5431131^ :
BklUOl 91111—1121131121141817691,540114
N Villi 91111101—1111101141761731,510118^
Pit I 51 81 81 91111—Ii2ll4l67l84l,444i28'/g |
Bosl 6i 91 6'1QI 9! 91—1131621871.416132^
Phil 31 6U01 41 71 81 81—1451 tl.304149
L. 156^59169:69173! 84187! t|—j—l I
♦ Lost 103.
GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMOBBOW.
Clnci. at Pittsburgh. Clnci. at Pittsburgh.
St. L. at Chi. (2). 8t Louis at Chicago.
Phlla. at Bklyn. 12). Phlla. at Brooklyn.
New York at Boston. New York at Boston.
Hired for Five Years,
Cronin Assured of
Permanent Job
Joe Can Work for Him
For Keeps, Declares
Red Sox Magnate
Pw Accnri«t»ri Press.
BOSTON, Sept. 30.—After parry
ing queries about Joe Cronin's fu
ture for more than a year with the
reply that "he has nothing to worry
about,” Tom Yawkey, millionaire
owner of the Boston Red Sox, more
than made good his promise by
signing his player-manager to an
other five-year contract.
When the young magnate made
that important announcement in
offhand fashion last night, he also
said he had signed up four other
outstanding players, Jimmy Foxx,
Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr and Jim
Tabor, for the 1940 season.
Stresses Joe’s Loyalty.
Yawkey refused to comment on
his shortstop-manager’s renewal
terms or those for the others.
Cronin, purchased from Washing
ton for $150,000 and Lyn Lary in
1934, is reputed to have been draw
ing $27,000 a year since he took
the Red Sox helm. AS its pilot he
has seen his club finish fourth,
sixth, fifth and for this last season
as runners-up to the Yankees.
“I had said that I wouldn’t make
any announcement about our 1940
manager until the season ended,”
Yawkey said as he grinned widely.
"But the season ended, as far as I
was concerned, when we clinched
second place. Joe Cronin can stay
with the Red Sox as long as I’m
connected with them. He’s been
competent and loyal and maybe he
won’t be able to play shortstop for
ever or wish to continue as manager,
but there’ll always be a place for
him in my organization.”
Sees Grove Amicable.
After Yawkey concluded his en
thusiastic praise of Cronin he was
asked if he had signed Bob (Lefty)
Grove, his mo6t venerable and most
effective pitcher, for next season.
“No, Mosie hasn’t signed,” he
said with an uproarious laugh.
"One of these fall days, when were
hunting together, well sit down
and talk about his contract. He’ll
say, ‘Humph! Bring it out.’ And
that will be that.”
T Boys Are Joyful
Over Getting 128
Sports Awards
Members of the boys’ department
of the Y. M. C. A. today were dis
playing 128 athletic awards which
they received for competition In
various pastimes.
The awards were presented last
night by R. B. Morgan, boys’ physi
cal director. The affair was under
the direction of W. T. Pry, asso
ciate boys’ work director.
Included in the program .was
sharpshooting by R. W. Drabble.
stunts by members of Troop 100,
Boy Scouts: a whistling aet'by John
Mealy and a motion picture, “Cham
pions pf the Gridiron.” shown
through the courtesy of the Wash
ington Redskins. Those receiving
awards:
Athletic Deeathon—Summer, 1839.
Class A—Emil Schnellbacker. R. Poch.
Emmett Rogers. R. Johnson, w. Gingeras.
Calbot Meyer. R. Srnka. C. Manson. F.
Greenstreet. J. Mills.
Class B—M. Rankin. T. Bowman. J.
Srnka. J. Green. J. Hilton. Jacques Poirier.
Class C—A. Bolas. W. Taylor. W. John
son. Stanley Pant, Charlton Meyer. P. Ogle,
Jerry Rupkey. D. Woolf, N. Willis
_ Class D—L. Churchill. Victor Blue. J.
Demas. W. Davis.
Class E—John Bender. Homer Gilliam,
W. Ethredge. H. Demaree.
Spring Indoor baseball league cham
pions—J Bobeck, J. Camps, V. Kampfman.
•L. Jeffries. W. Morrell. V. Cole. A. Rojas.
H. Hooklns. H. Howe, D. Simons, H. Gil
liam. V. Blue.
Summer Indoor baseball league cham
pions—E. Ruddlck. R. Palrcloth. D. Paulos.
J. Camps. N. Willis. A. Pritchard. H. Hop
kins. A. Rojas. D. Simons, V. Blue, D. Lee
nov. D. Raymond.
Summer outdoor softball league cham
5Ions—R. Teunls. R. Dillon. R. Matchett.
. Hilton. J. McParland. J. Rupkey. M.
Rankin. E. Swlggard. T. Swlggard. C. Ricks.
R. Rupkey. O. Hill.
Peewee baseball team. Hawks—Richard
Franklin. W. Hilton. W. Willis, John Par
ham. J. Grady. D. Knight. J. Camps. W.
Morrell. P. Rooney. D. Shenk. D. Raymond.
Insect baseball team. Flashes—W. Jack
son. O. Cherr R. Gordon. D. Brewer. H
Mitchell.. J. Karas. L. Jeffries, E. Shoe
maker. V, Blue, H. Grady. C. Moell. H.
Gilliam.
■ Y. M. C. A. Junior Sunday School Base
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Sportlight)
-ase of Frisch Epic
)rama of Baseball
By GRANTLAND RICE.
8peel»I Correspondent of The 8tsr.
NEW YORK, Sept. 30 (N.AJIA).
-The case of Frank Frisch, the
'ordham Flash, one of the great ln
lelders of all time—one of the better
aanagers—shows you what can hap
pen when the dizzy roulette wheel •>
f sport starts spinning the wrong
ray.
Ill take you back to a soft, warm, “
noonlit night In Florida at Braden-"'
on a few years ago. Frisch and I ”
rere sitting on a bench, mainly 11s- - -
ening to the winds drifting through .• -
he palms, but Frisch In reality was - -
ltting on top of baseball’s world.
We began talking about the good
ireaks that had come his way.
There was Bill Delancey, the best ! '•
’oung catcher I ever saw In a major
eague—a keen, hard-boiled scrapper ’'
vno Knew ms stun at 21 or 22 with- ■
i dozen years on ahead. ,
There were Dizzy and Paul Dean. - ■
wo phenomenal pitchers with a long .
ipan ahead, good for 45 or 50 win
ling games a year between them. 1
There was Pepper Martin, as
trand a ball player as you’ll ever
lee in two lifetimes. ' f *
There was Leo Durocher, a great *
nfielder, a smart head and the win- -.7
ling type.
And this wasn't all. Frisch had
lis team set for the next five years
it least—maybe longer—good enough
d win pennants and world seriea
ivith only a slight share of the need- "
;d breaks.
Delancey's Illness Is First
Blow to Frisch's Hopes.
Three men broke up his dream—
three men who seemed to be more . „..
firmly set than any of the others—
three impregnables.
Bill Delancey was young, as strong
as an ox, as hardy as a full-grown
oak. He was the first to go. Tuber
culosis took him West, away from
the scene. He was through just as he
started—the type of ball player any
club or any manager would want.
That was the first hard blow.
At that time Dizzy Dean was 25
years old—6 feet 3—weight, 185
pounds, with an arm of steel. Paul
Dean was 23 years old—6 feet 3— *
weight, 192 pounds. Both had come, -
up the hard way. On that night in
Florida the two Deans had from
19 to 1 fi voorc loff
When you had Dizzy and Paul
pitching to Bill Delancev you had
the better part of a winning club. 5
Dizzy and Paul Come Down
With Same Ailments.
Just a short while after Bill
Delancey left the pasture Dizzy sud
denly caught a fatal kink in his
right shoulder. About the same time
Paul caught the same trouble.
Here were two men who before
this had won 49 games one season
and 47 the next—a total of 96 win
ning games in two years. Now. it
takes only a trifle over 90 victories
to win a pennant in any one season.
You can figure from this what "Me
and Paul" meant to a ball club.
But "Me and Paul" stepped Into
one of the great tragedies of sport.
Their two right arms suddenly went
deader than the last of the great *
auks. The old zip was gone. »:
Diz no longer could fog ’em by s«
the batter. He had to fall back on
a smart head and a stout heart,
pitching a game here and there— ,.
but far from the Dizzy that won 58
games in two years.
Paul, who seemed to be headed
for a 25-game season, took an even
deeper drop.
The two greatest brother arms in
baseball history suddenly were two- ~
limp, ordinary attachments hooked -
to the human body. The brand you
might see in the Fried Chicken
League, a long way from the Big
Tent.
No Reason Why He Should
Have Left Big Leagues.
It was this impact that caught ,
Frank Frisch on his way along
the glory road.
Later on Pepper Martin was hurt
and other things happened, but
the loss of Delancey and the two
Deans was more than any ball club j%;
could stand. It was worse than
taking Dickey, Di Maggio. Ruffing
and Rolfe away from the Yankees.^
On that night in Florida we re-- v
called that the two Dean3 had
turned in 92 victories for the two *
previous seasons, plus a World'-1 -
Series championship. Frisch could
look forward to 45 or 50 games a
year from this pair alone. He could'
figure in more than 200 winning f
games from the Deans within the -
next five years. *<
So you can see what happened
to Frank Frisch, all beyond his 5
reach, when the avalanche hit him. ’
Frisch was Just as good a mana
ger when his Cardinals took the '•*.
big dip as he was when they won ' '
a World Series. With Delancey and '*
the two Deans, all three young and
strong, ready to go the route, he
had more than a few pennants in '
easy reach. There was no reason *
at all why the Fordham Flash ever
should have been dropped from the
main show. He always belonged ‘
there.
But looking back to that moon
lit night in Florida I can see the
toughest break that ever flattened
out the manager of a ball club. And
the odds against such a break were ■
at least 100 to 1.
Auto Accident Injuries
Force Sarron to Retire
Word has been received here of
the retirement of Petey Sarron, for
mer world featherweight champion
and a popular figure in District rings
during the past decade. Sarron's
decision to quit the sport was in
fluenced by injuries sustained in an
auto accident.
Sarron achieved his greatest tri
umph in Washington, scoring a 15
round victory over Freddie Miller at
Griffith 8tadlum to gain the title.
Blue. L. Jeffrie*. K. Shoemaker. J. Lumpkin.
8. Moore. C. Noell.
Master polo award*—'John Bender. ‘Don
» 11*1*iohn Demai. 'Sonny
Petnsteln. 'William Johnson. Georse Clark..
Albert Rojas. David Paulos. Don. Raymond
Thomas Bowman. David Acer Jackie
SSJDi ks fiSTarts
De Woody, Victor Blue.
•Chairtploriship team.
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