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Quiet Return to First Division Presages Fifth Straight Title for Yankees
Win, Lose or Draw
By FRANCIS E. STAN.
A Magician Ready to Play Straight Man
Jimmy Risk was talking about competitive ability and allowing as how
he was getting a little tired of being only the Joe Kirkwood of horseshoe
pitching. He%ould like to be its Byron Nelson or Ralph Guldahl once, too.
Jimmy means that he’d like to be known as a shoe flipper who can
win the national championship. "They’ve given me a title, all right,” he
admits. “I’m the national trick-shot horseshoe pitcher. But I’m kinda
hankering to get in shape this summer and go after the plain national
championship.”
He is a skinny guy, 30 years old. from Montpelier, lnd„ who makes a
living doing tricks with regulation 2 4 -pound horseshoes and an iron stake.
He started pitching 18 years ago and because he is a businessman, too,
Jimmy decided to see if he could squeeze an income out of it. There were,
he decided, plenty of horseshoe pitchers who could throw ringers. “A good
pitcher.” he explains, “must throw between 85 and 90 per cent ringers.” So,
just to be different, he began doing tricks.
There are only three trick pitchers in the country, as far as he knows,
and he's the best. Ted Allen, the national champion, also is a trickster
and his closest competitor. The third is a woman. “She's good." Jimmy
admits, “but she throws only from 30 feet. We throw from 40 feet.”
Better on Hard Stunts Than on Easy Ones
What has happened to Mr. Risk—and you want to catch his act the
next time he goes through his paces—is that he established himself,
achieved the goal he wanted, and finds himself wanting to go back and
prove that he can throw competitively, too.
“I haven't been in a national tournament since 1935,” he says, “and
then I lost seven games. I lost four after getting 49 points (game is 50),
and another with 46 points. I don't know ... I guess I just wasn't geared
to competitive pitching. It's kinda stuck in my craw ever since and this
summer I'm going to take a month off from trick stuff and work on a
straight game.”
Jimmy staged a show in towrn the other day and has been in such de
mand since that he's staying for a couple of weeks. He throws ringers over
a blanket which hides the view of three stakes. “This is one of the easiest
things I do,” he claims, “because they give me a little glimpse of the three
6takes before I start pitching. My mind takes a picture of the stakes and
if I don't ring four of the six shots (he always shoots six in the bang-bang
fashion), I'm a flop.
“Maybe,” he says, “my trouble is all in concentration. I think I get
careless when I'm just shooting straight horseshoes. And I'm better on
my hard stunts than on my easy ones.”
Overhead Low and Profits Are High
There are between four and five million horseshoe pitchers in the
United States but Jimmy is the only one who knocks the ashes off a cigar
(held between the lips of some confident stooge>, rings cigarettes instead
of stakes, pitches through the legs of a stooge and through a hoop covered
With tissue paper, etc. As we said before, he learned all this by way of
making a living out of horseshoe pitching. He likes it better than chem
istry, which he studied.
As a trick-shotter the skinny guy with the high-heeled cowboy boots
manages to do all right. He's hot stuff during the rodeo campaign. He's
played in every State in the Union with the exception of Washington,
Oregon and Idaho. In Mexico he got as much attention as a ranking
toreador, although he reports the Mexicans themselves don’t do much
horseshoe pitching.
“I suspect,” he grins, ‘‘they're too lazy to bend over and pick 'em up.”
His overhead is negligible. He carries his own shoes, painted with
aluminum paint every other day, and two “boxes,” which are, in reality,
two big candlestick holders. Clay is packed 2 inches deep in each box,
with the stake standing in the center.
The boxes cost $8 apiece. A set of shoes is (2. That's all there is to
his equipment, which is packed in the trunk of a Ford coupe.
Nine Double-Ringers—and Three Points
He uses the one and three-quarter throw, meaning the shoe turns
one and three-quarters times from the time it leaves his hand to the
time it curls around the stake One of his harder and less appreciated
acts—he leaves it out when possible—is to fire a shoe, step fonvard, fire
another, step forward, etc. “People don't realize that while I’m getting
closer to the peg it’s really harder to ring the stake,” he says, “Tliat's
because of the difference in distance and in the turn of the shoe. Lots
of times I’ve rung the first five and missed the sixth—when I was within
a couple of feet of the stake.”
Some of the feats credited to the fellow are almost incredible. With
100 shoes it is possible to score 300 points if all shots are ringers. Risk has
scored 291. He has made 96 ringers in 100 tires, 46 double-ringers in 100
and 49 ringers in 50 shots. He has thrown 45 ringers in a row and 22
straight doubles. But he doesn’t win big tournaments.
“Not that I'm looking for any help,” he adds, “but the opponents
I’ve drawn for years seem to take a particular fancy to licking me. I’ve
lost to some fellows who didn't belong in a national tournament in the
first place . . . fellows who average about 60 or 65 per cent ringers.
Against me they’ve shot 85 per cent. They seem to figure that if they
can beat me they’ve done about all that is necessary and the next time
they shoot they're eliminated.
“They re two different games, shooting trick stuff and shooting lor
keeps, and now that I’ve got what I think is a pretty good act, I'm going
out to see about this competitive angle.”
Jimmy is dead serious about this experiment. He knows, too, what
It means. “In the last national tournament,” he recalls, “I shot nine
straight double-ringers—and got three points. The other fellow simply
shot eight in a row after me and that's how it goes today in horseshoe
pitching. The idea is to get your opponent ‘ringer dizzy’ until he cracks.”
In the meantime, Jimmy is putting on his act around town and it's
no risk as entertainment. It’s pretty close to being sure-fire.
Major League Statistics
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1040.
AMERICAN
Results Yesterday.
New York. 12-3: WahlnRton. 4-1.
Boston. 4: Philadelphia. 1.
Detroit. R: Cleveland. 5.
6t. Louis, 10-7; ChlcaRO, 9-3.
STANDING OP THE CLUBS
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Whl 11 II 21 21 21 21—1 61151201.4291 8
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GAMES TODAY
Wn. at N. Y.. 2:15
Boston at Phila.
Dstroit at Clevs.
Chicaco at St. L.
GAMES TOMORROW.
. W. at Phi. (2). 12:30.
Boston at N. Y. (2).
Chicago at Clev. <21.
St. Louis at Det. (2).
NATIONAL
Results Yesterday.
Brooklyn. 4: Philadelphia. 2.
Flttsbureh. 6; Cincinnati. 2.
St. Louis, fi: Chicaao. 0.
New York-Boston. rain.
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GAMES TODAI.
Phila. at Boston.
Clncl. at Pittsburgh.
St. L. at Chicago.
Only games scheduled
GAMES TOMORROW.
N. Y. at Bkln. (2).
Phila. at Bifiton (2).
Cincl. at Chicago (2).
Bt. L, at Pitta. <2).
Minor Leagues
By the Associated Press.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Columbus. IS: Greenville 7. .
Augusta. 2: Macon. 1 (13 innings).
Jacksonville. R: Columbus. 5
Savannah. 5: Spartanburg. 2.
EASTER?. SHORE LEAGUE.
Easton. 18-1: Federalsburg. 6-1 (sec
ond game six innings, tie >..
Pocomcke. 11-2: Cambridge, 5-6.
Salisbury. 7: Dover. 3.
Centrevllle. 2; Milford. 1.
PIEDMONT LEAGUE.
Asheville. 12; Richmond. 2.
Durham. 10—3: Portsmouth. 3—2.
Wtnston-8alem. 4: Rocky Mount. 1.
Norfolk. 6: Charlotte. 1.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Harrisonburg, 7; Staunton, 6 (10 in
f nings).
Lynchburg. 14; Salem. 2.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Rochester. 7; Buffalo, 5
Baltimore. 7: Syracuse. 1.
Jersey City. 7; Newark. 6. *
Only games.
, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
miedo. 2: Indianapolis. 1 (14 Innings).
SB. Paul 7; Milwaukee. 1.
pbuisvilie at Columbus, rain,
mans** city, 0; Minneapolis. 4.
Griffs' Records
Batting.
G. AB. R. B. 2b.3b.HR.Rbl. Pet.
Myer — 2 2010000 .500
Evans.. 5 10 142003 .400
Travis 82 123 17 42 11 2 0 15 .342
M't’gudo 3 3010000 .333
Early.. 15 25 4 8 1 1 0 0 .320
Walker- 35 153 24 48 9 2 2 30 .314
Lewis— 35 143 20 42 6 4 3 20 .294
Welal— 28 • 82 15 18 5 0 2 8 .290
Bonura- 27 107 18 30 5 2 0 18 .280
Ferrell- 28 91 9 25 4 0 0 8 .275
Case.— 35 148 32 40 7 1 2 10 .274
Bl'worth 35 140 12 35 6 2 4 27 .250
Gelbert 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250
Pofahl. 28 89 9 19 5 2 1 7 .213
Haynes- 6 lo 1 2 0 0 0 0 .200
Hudlin., 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200
West-- 12 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 .187
Mast.’son 6 8110000 .187
Leonard. 8 24 2 3 0 0 0 1 .125
Hudson. 11 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 .105
Chase 8 18 2 1 0 1 0 1 .056
Krsk as 6 5000000 .000
Jacobs -8 1000000 .000
Pitching.
G. H. BB. BO. IP G8. CG. W. L.
Hudlin 2 17 1 4 16*4 2 110
Masterson 6 12 14 13 17% 10 10
Leonard - 8 73 11 29 68 8763
Chase — 8 60 38 32 63% 8 3 3 6
Haynes .. 6 34 13 10 26 4 1 1 8
Hudson. 11 06 33 20 64 0 3 2 6
Gelbert . 14103 0000
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Knk’u— « 86 80 16 80% 8 0 0 1
Capture 9 Tilts
Out of 12 After
Loss Streak
Tackle Leaders Next;
Wasdell Off to Big
Start as Dodger
By JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
Without fanfare or fireworks the
New York Yankees have arrived
back in the first division of the
American League and apparently
have found finally the trail that
can lead to their coveted fifth con
secutive world championship.
The Yanks humbled the Wash
ington Senators, 12-4 and 3-1, in a
double-header yesterday to attain
six victories in their last seven
games—in fact, 9 victories in 12
games since that demoralizing 8
game losing streak.
Today New York is only 6'a games
out of first place and easily can be
riding the crest before the Fourth
of July. The Yanks will play three
games with the league-leading Bos
ton Red Sox tomorrow and Friday
and this series will determine
whether the advance is to be swift
or slow.
Red Sox Tighten Grip.
The Red Sox tightened their hold
on first place, at least temporarily, by
beating the Philadelphia Athletics,
4-1, in a night game after the sec
ond-place Cleveland Indians had
lost to Detroit, 8-5.
Boston got 6 of its 14 hits in the
last two frames to' break a 1-1 dead
lock that Dennis Galehouse and
Johnny Babich had pitched at each
other. Good relief pitching by A1
Benton enabled the Tigers to trim
the Indians after Cleveland jumped
on Hal Newhouser for four runs in
the third. Cleveland used five
pitchers.
The Yankees’ leap from sixth to
fourth place was made possible by
the Chicago White Sox drdpping
both ends of a doubleheader to the
St. Louis Browns, 10-9 and 7-5.
Both games were free-hitting affairs
with the two teams rolling up 50
hits, including seven home runs,
during the afternoon. George Mc
Quinn got two of the homers to help
win the first game for Vernon Ken
nedy.
The Cincinnati Reds, who have
cause to remember their last World
Series with the Bombers, dropped a
5-2 decision to Pittsburgh, their
first loss to the Pirates this year,
and slumped substantially into sec
ond place in the National League.
Max Butcher held the Reds to five
hits.
Cardinals Blank Bruins.
The Chicago Cubs, who likewise
still have memories of the Yanks,
were shut out by the St. Louis
Cardinals, 5-0, on the four-hit hurl
ing of Max Lanier. It was a score
less pitching duel until the Cardinals
unleashed their war clubs for four
runs in the sixth.
The Brooklyn Dodgers cut down
the Phillies, 4-2, for their fifth con
secutive victory, and Freddy Fitz
simmons’ fourth without defeat.
This w'as a night game.
While most managers are loath to
touch a winning combination, Man
ager Leo Durocher of the Dodgers
carried out the best Brooklyn! tradi
tions by starting a new right-fielder,
Jim Wasdell, who was batting .086
at the very bottom of the American
League when acquired from Wash
ington. Wasdell got two hits in four
trips to show what the Brooklyn
climate does to a fellow.
Official Scores
FIRST GAME.
WASHINGTON. AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Case, rf_ 5 0 0 1 0 0
Lewis. 3b_* 1 3 0 2 1
WelaJ. xf _ 6 2 1 2 0 0
Walker. If_5 13 3 10
Bonura. lb._ _ 3 0 1 9 0 0
Bloodworth. 2b_ 4 0 2 4 2 0
Pofahl. as._ 3 0 1 2 4 0
Ferrell, e.._ 4 0 0 3 1 0
Haynes, p_ 1 0 0 0 0 o
Hudson, p_2 0 1 0 1 0
•West _ 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals _ _ 36 ~4 12 24 II ”1
•Batted for Hudson in ninth.
NEW YORK. AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Crosetti. ss 3 2 0 4 4 0
Knickerbocker, 3b_4 1 3 0 1 0
Keller, rf _3 12 10 0
DiMaggio. cf_4 113 0 0
Dickey, c_ 6 1 2 3 0 0
Selkirk, If _ 4 2 2 5 1 1
Gordon. 2b _ 4 3 3 4 4 0
Dahlgren, lb_ 4 0 0 7 0 0
Russo, p _4 1 10 2 0
Murphy, p_ 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals _34 12 14 27 12 T
Washington _ 100 *001 020— 4
New York_ 142 100 13x—12
Runs batted in—Walker. Keller (2).
Gordon <31. Knickerbocker. Dickey (4>,
Bloodworth (2). Russo. Two-base hits—
Walker <2>, Selkirk. Gordon (2), Knicker
bocker. Pofahl. WelaJ. Home runs—Gordon.
.Dickey. Sacrifices—Knickerbocker, Gordon.
Double plays—Pofahl to Bloodworth to
Bonura. Knickerbocker to Gordon to Dahl
gren. Gordon to Crosetti to Dahlgren. Left
on bases—Washington. 9; New York, 7.
First base on balls—Off Haynes. 1: off
Russo, 3: off Hudson. 6: off Murphy. 1.
Sruck out—By Russo, 3; by Hudson, 3
Hits—Off Haynes, d in 2 innings: off
Hudson. 8 in 6 innings: off Russo. 11 in
7H innings: off Murphy. 1 in 13» Innings.
Hit by pitched ball—By Haynes (Crosetti).
Wild pitch—Haynes. Winning pitcher—
Russo. Losing pitcher—Haynes. Umpires
—Messrs. Ormsby, McGowan and Kolls.
Time—1:57.
SECOND GAME.
WASHINGTON. AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Case, rf- 4 0 1 2 0 0
Lewis, 3b_ 4 1 2 6 0 0
WelaJ, cf_ 4 0 0 3 0 0
Walker, If - 4 0 0 2 0 0
Bonura. lb_ _4 0 110 0
Bloodworth. 2b_ 4 0 1 0 0 0
Pofahl. ss_ 3 0 0 1 0 0
•West _ 1 0 0 0 0 0
Early, c _ 2 0 1 9 2 0
Monteagudo. p_3 0 10 10
Totals _ 33 "7 ~7 24 ~3 ~0
•Batted for Pofahl in ninth.
NEW YORK. AB. R. H. O. A. E
Crosetti. ss _ 4 1 2 2 2 0
Knickerbocker. 3b_3 0 0 2 1 0
Keller, rf —_ 4 1 3 4 0 0
DiMaggio. cf_3 113 0 0
Dickey, c_ 4 0 1 6 0 0
Selkirk. If _ 3 0 2 3 0 0
Gordon. 2b _ 3 0 0 1 3 0
DahlgTen, lb_ 4 0 0 6 0 0
Bruer, p- 3 0 0 0 1 0
Totals -31 3 9 27 ~7 ~0
Washington_000 100 000—1
New York- 201 000 00*—3
Runs batted in—Dickey. Selkirk. Lewis.
Two-base hits—Crosetti. Dickey. Three
base hits—Keller. Selkirk. Home run—
Lewis. Stolen base—Crosetti. Double play
—Knickerbocker to Gordon to Dahlgren.
Left on bases—New York. 8: Washington.
6. First base on balls—Off Monteagudo, 3;
off Breuer, 1. Struck out—By Breuer. 5:
by Monteagudo, 8. Hit by pitched ball—
By Monteagudo (Selkirk). Balk—Montea
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Terps to Have Large
Part in All-Star
Lacrosse Game
Coach Faber, 7 Players
In North-South Clash
At Baltimore June 14
University of Maryland's collegiate
championship lacrosse team will
furnish seven players and one of
the two coaches for the Southern
team that will meet a picked North
ern combination in the Baltimore
Stadium Friday night, June 14.
Jack Faber of the Terps and Avery
Blake of Swarthmore will coach the
Southern squad, of which Mark
Kelly, goalie: Leo Mueller. Jack
Mueller and Milton Mulitz, defense
men: Bill Cole, center, and Bill
Bond and Oscar Nevares, attack
players from Maryland, will be
members.
Will Gather June 10.
The Southern outfit will start
practice in Baltimore on June 10
and the Northern array, which will
be tutored by Bill Logan of Prince
ton, Reggie Root of Yale and Mor
ris Touchstone of Army, will pre
pare at Montclair, N. J.
In addition to Maryland. Navy,
Hopkins, Loyola, Pennsylvania,
Swarthmore, Duke, North Carolina,
Virginia, Washington and Lee,
Clemson and Washington and Jef
ferson will provide talent for the
Southern team.
Northern stickmen will be re
cruited from Harvard, Yale, Prince
ton, Dartmouth, Cornell, Colgate,
Penn State, Army, Syracuse, Ho
bart, Union, Massachusetts Tech,
Stevens. City College of New York,
New Hampshire, Rutgers and Wil
liams.
Moore, Cox in Charge.
William H. (Dinty) Moore of Navy
heads the Southern Committee and
it was he who named Faber and
Blake as mentors. Laurie Cox of
.Syracuse is chairman of the North
ern group.
Dr. G. Wilson Shaffer of Johns
Hopkins is in charge of business
arrangements in Baltimore 6nd will
be assisted by A. R. (Peck) Auer.
Popular admission prices will pre
vail, as those behind the guns are
anxious*to have the game appeal to
the general public as well as the
regular fans.
Softball Game Wanted
A softball game with some un
limited ten is wanted tomorrow
morning by Maryland Park. Call
Hillside 0778.
Zeke Won't Blame
War for Rain
By a Staff Correspondent M The Star.
NEW YORK, May 29.-“You
know,” said the Nats' outfielder,
Gerald Walker, to First Base
man Zeke Bonura, while winking
at several mates, “I believe ail
this bad weather we’ve been
bumping into has been caused
by the vibrations created by
bombs and artillery in that Eu
ropean war. It’s shaking down
the rain.”
Intrigued by the possibility,
Zeke mulled over the thought lor
a moment and then said, serious
ly, "Now, Gerald, I don’t think
■o.”
Monteagudo, Though Trimmed
By Yankees, Raises Bucky's
Hope for Better Hurling
By BURTON HAWKINS,
Star Stall Correspondent.
NEW YORK, May 29.—Frequently
having sampled the baseball toasts
of the rumba regions and con
tinually discovering the concoctions
loaded with lemon, Manager Bucky
Harris of the Nats should have
learned his lesson. Today, though,
he was intrigued with the possi
bilities of another Latin.
Pitcher Rene Monteagudo, the re
maining representative of a steady
stream of Latin American delegates
to the Washington team over a
span of the past several years, sud
denly has vaulted in the esteem of
the frantic Mr. Harris. Anything
bearing faint resemblance to a pass
able pitcher is likely to excite the
usually calm Bucky these days and
yesterday by Rene provided grounds
for hope.
Followers or Washington s mrea
hands are likely to exercise consid
erable restraint before becoming
too enthused over Monteagudo's
future. They recall, without taxing
their memories, the rise and fall of
such other Latin sons as Bobby Esta
lella, Roberto Ortiz, Gilberto Torres
and Alejandro Carrasquel, the bro
ken-English boys of the Nats in re
cent seasons.
Outfielder Estalella nudged Pied
mont League pitching for a gaudy
.380 average and off that was hailed
as the power plant needed by the
Nats. He failed to deliver and cur
rently is thumping minor league
pitching for Minneapolis. Bobby
was colorful and equipped with an
infectuous laugh but apparently
wasn’t designed for major league
baseball.
Carrasquel Sparkled and Sputtered.
Then there was Carrasquel, the
Venezuelan member of the Spanish
speaking tribe. He pitched three
successive brilliant games early last
year and then slid into oblivion
quicker than a French general.
Disturbed lest he cultivate pneu
monia from the breeze of base hits
past his ears, the Nats shipped him
to Jersey City.
Ortiz, tabbed as “faster than
Johnson,” ultimately proved him
self something of a caboose in any
comparison with the Big Train.
Launched as a pitcher, Ortiz now is
patrolling the outfield for Charlotte,
N. C„ where Torres also currently
is situated.
Remaining to fascinate fans is
squat, copper-colored Monteagudo,
who until yesterday owned the dis
tinction of being squat, copper
colored and Cuban. What he had
accomplished in previous pitch
ing assignments with Washington
was being discussed by his mates
in censored language.
Now, however, Monteagudo can
expand,his ample chest with jus
tifiable pride. He lost a decision,
which isn’t novel to Washington
pitchers, but he appeared polished
in dropping it, which is considered
quite an achievement.
Rene Impressive Against Yanks.
Recently recalled from Jersey City,
where the New York Giants fancied
his style and approached Prexy
Clark Griffith with a moderate offer
for his services, Rene started his
first game of the campaign for the
Nats in the nightcap of a double*
header here against the Yankees
and distinguished himself in losing,
3-1. The Yankees also captured the
first game. 12-4, in the process of
running the Nats’ losing streak to
three straight.
Monteagudo limited the climbing
Yankees to nine hits, fanned eight
and walked only three, one pass be
ing intentional. Barring a feeble
throw by Catcher Jake Early, which
allowed Frankie Crosetti to steal
second and touch off a two-run New
York uprising in the first, Rene
would have prolonged the engage
ment to extra innings.
He displayed stylish pitches, con
siderable courage and heartening
form after balking home a run,
yielding two hits, a walk and hitting
George Selkirk with one of his
curves in the first inning.
His performance earned him a
starting berth with Willis Hudlin,
Ken Chase and Dutch Leonard, who
was to face the Yankees in the last
of the four-game series here today.
It may be well to curb any enthu
siasm, though, pending develop
ments.
Chase May Hurl Tomorrow.
Chase, who lost a decision to the
Yankees here Monday, has volun
teered to hurl against the Athletics
at Philadelphia tomorrow in one
end of the scheduled double-header
and, things being what they are,
Harris probably will be forced to
employ him, despite Ken’s brief
two-day rest. Walter Masterson
will hurl the other game.
Harris was forced to insert Sid
Hudson, whom he was reserving for
a starting assignment, in a relief
role in the first game, after Joe
Haynes was blasted for six hits and
five runs in the first two innings.
The Yankees continued their as
sault on Hudson, collecting eight
hits and seven runs off him, pausing
only for the rain which twice de
layed the game a total of 50 minutes.
The Nats never were contenders
in the first game after the first
inning, when they held a 1-1 tie,
Marius Russo and Johnny Murphy
scattering their 12 hits. Joe Gor
don and Bill Dickey smashed home
runs for the Yankees.
New York produced two runs in
the first inning of the second game
and added another in the third on
Joe Di Maggio’s single, Dickey’s
double and Selkirk’s fly to Center
fielder Johnny Welaj. Buddy Lewis
reduced the score to its ultimate
proportions when he belted a home
run into the right-field bleachers,
leading off in the fourth inning.
Stars Yesterday
By the Associated Press.
Bill Dickey and Marvin Brcuer.
Yankees—Former batted In four runs
with homer and single in first came
and latter held Senators to seven scat
tered hits in nightcap.
Max Lanier. Cardinals—Shut out
Cubs on four hits. .
Max Butcher. Pirates—Pitched live
hit ball to get Pittsburgh’s first victory
over Reds this season.
A1 Benton, Tigers—His effective re
lief pitching enabled Detroit to take
second straight decision over Indians.
George McQulnn and John Berar
dlno, Browns—Former hit two home
runs In first game and had live hits
In nine chances during afternoon: lat
ter hit triple and doflble to lead, at
tack that won second game from
White Sox. __
Fred Fltxslmmons. Dodgers—Held
Phillies to six hits in night game to
get fourth victory without defeat.
Dennis Oalehouae. Red Sox—Held
Athletics to eight scattered hits and
oniy run against him wag scored on
error is first Inning. ,
*
Five Service Clashes,
Two at Annapolis,
Slated Saturday
Middies Hosts in Track
At 10 A.M. and in
Baseball at 2:30
Special Dispatjh to The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md.. May 29.—Navy,
which wall meet Army in track and
base ball here Saturday, while the
Midshipman lacrosse, tennis and
golf teams are at West Point for
annual battles, has spaced its home
events so that both may be seen
in their entirety.
The track meet, in which Army,
unbeaten in two years, will be the
favorite, will be held in Thompson
Stadium at 10 a.m., and the ball
game, which appears to be a toss
up. will be staged on Lawrence
Field at 2:30.
This will allow ample time be
tween action for an unhurried
luncheon.
The lacrosse match at West
Point should be a thriller, with
Navy probably rating a slight edge,
and the golf and tennis teams ap
pear well matched.
It is unlikely that either will win
more than three events and the
fight for that margin should be
keen.
A feature of the track meet will
be the meeting in the half mile of
the De Latour brothers, Lloyd of
Navy and Frank of Army, both of
whom are capable of doing at least
j 1:54.
Colonial Nine Tackles
Middies in Windup
George Washington's diamond
squad invaded Annapolis, Md„ this
afternoon to close its season In a
game with Navy at 2:30.
Although beaten twice by Mary
land and Georgetown the Colonials’
sophomore nine has had a successful
season and its had high hopes of
adding Navy to its string of victims.
Frank McGinnis, Jack Reddinger
and Toby Bright were available for
mound duty but Coach Ed Morris
planned to withhold his selection
until game time.
Cubs Sign Sandlotter
LOUISVILLE, Ky„ May 29 UP).—
Bud Maze, 20-year-old right-hand
sandlot league pitcher who has had j
brief experience In the Georgia- j
Florida League, has signed for a
trial with the Chicago Cubs. 1
Frankfort* Make* In par*
creamery batter.
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Lanrhr*—Keataarant Serrlee
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Italy and France
Prove Allies in
Auto Contest
Chinetti Makes Ardent
Effort to Repair Car
For Pilot Lebegue
By HAROLD HARRISON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 29—An
Italian mechanic worked frantically
today to get a French soldier’s speed
ster in shape to have a full 33-car
field for the 28th annual 500-mile
race at the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway tomorrow.
The 33-car field was complete but
one of them, an Italian Maserati
driven by Rene Lebegue, a French
man, threw a piston arm through
the crankshaft in a practice run
yesterday. After first saying the car
was ‘‘out of the race’’ Bernard Mus
nik, manager of the French team of
Lebegue and Rene Dreyfus, said the
car could be repaired and would be
in the race.
Luigi Chinetti is the Italian me
chanic who came to this country
with Lebegue and Dreyfus.
Last Year's Time Faster.
Thirty-six cars qualified for the
race but, since only 33 can start,
Dreyfus, Louis Durant of Herrington,
Kans., and Tony Willman of Mil
waukee, Wis.. were eliminated for
having the slowest speeds.
Billy Devore of St. John. Kans.,
and I^oyd Davis of Springfield, 111.,
won starting places yesterday.
Willman eliminated Durant and
then was displaced by Davis, who
qualified at 120.797 miles an hour.
Devore, driving the car in which
Wilbur Shaw of Indianapolis won
the race in 1937, took Dreyfus out
of the race by qualifying at 122.179
miles an hour.
The qualifying average speed this
year was a fraction under 123 miles
an hour. Last year it was 123.356.
Lebegue and Louis Tomei of Van
Nuys, Calif., were the only ones of
the 33 starters to qualify at less
than 120 miles an hour.
Two Former Winners In.
Two former winners—Shaw, victor
in 1937 and 1939, and Kelly Petillo
of Los Angeles, winner in 1935—art
in the starting field.
Shaw will have the middle posi
tion in the front row, Petillo the pole
in the fifth row. Rex Mays of Glen
dale, Calif., won the pole spot in the
first row with a speed of 127.850
miles an hour, but that was approx
imately three miles an hour under
Jimmy Snyder's pole position speed
a year ago.
Raul Riganti, the Argentine
champion, will be in the outside
position of the eighth row. He ia
driving a new Maserati.
The drivers were allowed approx
imately an hour for practice runs
late today and then the big speed
way plant will be cleared. The race
will begin promptly at 10 a.m. (C.
S. T.) tomorrow.
Generally fair weather was fore
cast.
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