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Fisher’s Pitching Just About Assures Central of Keeping Scholastic Crown
The
Sportlight
Manhunt Still Supreme
Thrill for Human Race
By GRANTLAND RICE,
Special Correspondent of The Star.
As another Memorial Day ap
proaches over here we still think
in terms of sport—the clash of the
Yankees and the Red Sox—the Sub
urban at Belmont—the wild charge
of the MacPhail-Durocher Dodgers,
among many other things.
That is the way it should be—
but isn’t. For the great man sport
of the world through the ages has
been the man hunt. This still seems
to be the supreme thrill of what
Bert Taylor once labeled “the so
called human race.”
Looking back exactly 22 years
from a French outpost, then manned
by American troops, I recall the
march of the war that was to end
all wars. I wonder how many in
that advance guard of Americans,
French and British could have fig
ured that 22 years later there would
be another war that might end all
civilization, as we happen to know
it?
Indianapolis Auto Race
Record Crowd Spot.
And when this war is over, how
long will it be before the next war
breaks out with even greater dev
astation? The Four Horsemen,
whose quarterback is Death, still
must keep riding. For in the scheme
of things, looking back 5,000 years,
man must keep hunting man.
The crowd spot, so far as the
record goes, still belongs to Capt.
Eddie Rickenbacker's 500-mile mo
tor test at Indianapolis.
A football and a fight crowd, one
at Chicago, the other in Philadel
phia, have been estimated around
120.000 spectators. There have been
many football crowds above 90,000.
But something over 150,000 have
looked at the big speedway of In
diana and with fair weather there
will be another major gathering to
see this next thriller, which has
averaged higher than any other
Bporting spectacle.
Sport is needed even more today
In this country than ever before. It
still Is the main physical builder
of the country’s younger people.
New York Holiday Games
Almost Crucial.
It also is needed for the relaxation
of those inclined to brood too much
through the storm that has struck
the world. Brooding is not an ef
fective method of developing ef
ficiency along any line.
The decrease in crowds has been
due more to bad weather than any
thing else.
This is a trifle too soon for the
word “crucial” to enter a pennant
race, with nearly four months left
on an open track. But mandarin
Joe Cronin and his Boston Sox
move into an important double
engagement on Thursday when they
face the Yankees in New York.
An even break would make little
difference, but a double mopup
for either team might have a vital
effect on morale.
The same thing happens when the
Dodgers and Giants meet in a
head-on collision.
The Dodgers already have proved
they are no fluke challengers while
the Giants have been well above their
early promise.
Van Guard of Golf Greats
On Way to Cleveland.
You’ll find proof here that base
ball has lost none of its attendance
pull with anything approaching
normal weather, which doesn’t call
for earmuffs and raincoats.
The two races so far have been
among the most interesting in
several years. It would be no sur
prise to see Thursday’s total attend
ance around the circuit close to a
one-day record as far as the tur
bulent multitude is concerned.
The vanguard of golf's greatest
14 now on its way to Cleveland for
the United States Open which breaks
out next week. The field must tackle
a 7,000-yard course which is strongly
fortified by every known form of
hazard.
Also, it will be the strongest field
along the line of quality and
quantity an Open has yet known.
I'm referring here to the parade of
headliners, who will battle it out,
to the higher general average of
all-around play.
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Four Tilts Tomorrow
In Montgomery Loop
Five league games feature the
sandlot baseball program for to
morrow with the Montgomery
County League’s eight clubs showing
the way with a full schedule. One
game is booked in the National City
League.
In the Montgomery circuit Ta
koma Tigers meet Kensington at
Four Comers; Four Corners is at
Colesville; Rockville at Friendship,
and Silver Spring at Bethesda.
The lone National City engage
ment pairs Miller Furniture with
Packard Washington on the South
Ellipse at 2:30.
Yank Greenbacks Take Tar Heel Stirnweiss From Reds
Big Dixie School Reported Seeking Sutherland; Hollywood Pitcher Is Lion Tamer
By EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associited press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK, May 29—Frank
Strafaci, ex-publinx champ, who
qualified for the National Open,
will withdraw in favor of Ben
Hogan, the Goodall winner, who
Just missed qualifying. The
American League clubs which
crammed that no-trading rule
down the Yanks’ throats are good
and sick of it already. Five are
simply itching to vote for repeal.
From the deep South comes a
report that one of the big dough
coaches down three is on the way
out with the good Doc Sutherland
moving in. What about Doc’s
three-year contract with the
Brooklyn Dodgers? If the Cubs
get Eddie Miller the Bees might
replace him with Mrs. Chet Ross,
who once played shortstop on a
girl softball nine.
Today’s guest star—Edward T.
Murphy, New York Sun: “Larry
MacPhail was so busy shopping
In American League districts for
outfielders, he was unable to ar
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Continues Fine Work
With 3-Hit, 4-to-0,
Win Over Western
Eastern, Tech Battling
For Right to Meet
Vikings Tuesday
By ROBERT HENRY.
Off the record, Central need have
little worry about winning its second
straight high baseball title, for with
a pitcher like Billy Fisher anywhere
near best form neither Tech nor
Eastern figures to have a chance
against the Vikings.
In six series games this year, the
sleepy-eyed hurler has pitched 50
innings, allowed 30 scattered hits,
fanned 50, given 11 walks and 14
runs. Two of the victories have been
shut outs. It’s a great record and
onp that is far superior to any op
ponent he might be called upon to
face next Tuesday, when either
Eastern or Tech will play Central
in the final game at Anacostia’s
field.
• Fisher allowed only three hits and
fanned 10 as Western was beaten,
4 to 0, yesterday at Griffith Stadium.
Battling at Anacostia.
Today Eastern was to line up
against Tech at Anacostia for the
honor of playing the defending
champions.
Probable starting pitchers were
Warren Erhardt for Eastern and
either Buddy Webb or Charley Green
for Tech. Each of these lads has
shown accasional brilliant form and
while they are not as consistent as
Fisher they are talented.
Central, of course, already holds
triumphs over Eastern and Tech.
Fisher beat them with little trouble,
although Tech managed to get more
runs off him than any other local
team—five in fact. Tech was the
only team to get a lead on Billy,
holding a 4-to-l edge in the fifth
inning. Benny Steiner fixed that
with a triple that drove in three
runs and then scored to put the
Vikings into the lead. Central won.
9 to 5, getting 17 hits off Webb and
Green!
In the Central-Eastern game
Fisher was in better form and let
the Lincoln Parkers down with five
hits and three runs while his mates
pounded three Eastemites, including
Erhardt, for 14 hits and 13 runs.
Fisher fanned 13 that day.
Central was up to its old tricks
yesterday. After tallying once in
the second Jack Ray's boys came
through with three runs in the
fourth, mainly through poor de
fensive play on Western's part.
Western threatened only in the
fifth but with men on second and
third and no outs, Fisher fanned
Teddy Bright and Carmel Nance
and forced Joe Withers to pop up.
Nance, Raider pitcher, gave six
hits, fanned two and walked three.
Western. AB.H. O. A. Central. AB.H. O. A.
Mitch 11,ss .1 0 2 4 Penlon,2b 4 113
Withers.ll 4 0 10 Lagos.c_. 4 2 10 1
Leach.lb, 3 14 0 Evans.cf- 4 0 0 0
Wrenn.cf. 3 15 1 Stelner.ss 2 1 « 1
Karas.3b 4 0 4 1 DiBlasi.3b 4 0 2 1
Mai key.rf 4 0 2 0 Mosser.lf 3 0 0 0
Oo krill.2b 4 12 2 Wh'lcn.lb 2 16 1
Bright.c . 3 0 4 2 Mandes.rf 3121
Nance.p— 3 0 0 1 Fisher.p. 3 0 0 3
Totals-31 3 24 11 Totals_29~6 27II
Western - 000 000 000—0
Central - 010 300 00*—4
Runs—Steiner. Lagos. Mosser. Di Blast.
Errors—Steiner. Wrenn. Malarkey. Dl Blast.
Runs batted in—Mandes. Whalen. Two
base hit—Steiner. Stolen bases—Steiner.
Lagos. Karas. Double play—Mandes to
Whalen to Steiner. Bases on balls—OH
Fisher, 2: oH Nance, 3. Struck out—By
E'sher. 10: by Nance. 2. Hit by pitcher—
By Fisher (Leach). Passed balls—Bright
(2). Umpire—Mr. Purdy. Time—2.T0.
Break Aids Roosevelt.
A long fly by Leftfielder Dick
Goodman, which Anacostia’s Left
flelder Penn lost in the sun and
which went for a home run with
two on, turned defeat into a 7-6
victory for Roosevelt, with the win
ners escaping the cellar at the ex
pense of the losers, who failed to
win a series game. It was a tough
decision for Art Faircloth to take,
for he yielded only half as many
hits as two Roosevelt pitchers, and
Goodman’s clout would have been
an easy out in any other field.
There was nothing tainted about
Shortstop Tom Robertson's home
run in the fifth or Les Wicklein’s
tij’o long triples, although the latter
got caught trying to stretch his sec
ond into a round-tripper.
Anaco’a. AB.R O A. Roose't. AB. H.O. A.
Sorest.ss . 4 2 3 2 Rober'a.is 4123
Leuk't.lb 4 2 10 0 Good n,If 4 110
Falrcl'h.p 5 4 2 3 Wickl'n.cf 4 2 0 0
Crawf’d.c 4 14 0 Perlo.c 4 16 2
Shaffer.ef 5 2 11 Mlch'n.Sb 4 112
Ande'n.3b 5 3 0 4 Fahey.2b 0 0 0 0
Gaither,rf 3 0 2 0 Rapp't,2b 3 0 6 1
Nolte.2b. 3 0 2 1 Wa«'n.2b 10 0 0
Penn.If 3 0 0 1 Biker,lb. 4 10 0
Bursess.lf 1 0 0 0 Kuhl.rf 2 0 0 0
•NunnaUy 1 0 0 0 Ver'n.p.rf 2 12 2
Marcl'o.p 110 0
Totals 38 14 24 12 Totals 33 8 27 10
‘Batted for Gaither In ninth.
Anacostla _ 200 121 000—8
Roosevelt __ 101 110 30*—7
Runs—Robertson. Goodman. Wlckleln,
Mlehaelson. Marcelllno. Vermillion (2),
Soressi. Leukhardt. Faircloth (2), Ander
son. Nolte. Errors—Goodman. Faher,
Rapport. Biker. Soresl. Faircloth. Runs
batted in—Wicklein (2), inker. Robertson,
Goodman (3). Faircloth (2). Soresl, Shaf
fer. Two-base hits—Leukhardt. Faircloth,
Crawford. Three-base hits—Wicklein (2),
Anderson. Home runs—Robertson. Gdod
man. Stolen bases—Ferlo, Soresl. Sac
rifice—Crawford. Double play—Mlehael
son to Rapport 10- Biker. Left on bases
—Roosevelt. 3: Anacostla, 10. Bases on
balls—Off Vermillion. 2: off Marcelllno. 1:
off Faircloth. 1. Struck out—By Ver
million. 2: by Marcelllno. 3: by Faircloth.
4. Hits—Off Vermillion. 10 for B runs In
4 S innints; off Marcelllno. 4 for 1 run
in 4 Vi innints. Hit by pitcher—Marcel
llno {Leukhardt). Wild pitches. Marcel
lino. Vermillion. Passed ball—Crawford.
Winning pitcher—Marcellino. Umpire—
Mr. McClure. Time—1:65.
range one of his carnivals for last
night’s game. No foot races were
scheduled and no one was to be
shot out of a cannon. Fact is,
Larry was down to two bands."
Craig Wood, whose record 264
in the Metropolitan Open has
everybody talking, wrote a maga
zine piece last January entitled
“This Is My Year.” When George
Stimwelss, the North Carolina
football star, joined up with the
Yanks he fooled a lot of people
including the Reds. The Reds ,
talked themselves hoarse, but
those Yankee greenbacks said
more in fewer words. Had Clyde
Smoll shown better against the
Brooklyns Monday,, the Phils
would have been willing to talk
turkey for one of their more
coveted flingers, Higbe or Mul
cahy. Her tennis coach says Alice
Marble is 30 points a game better
against man players than all the
other tennis gals, Including Helen
WiUs-Moody-Roark. Mebbe so.
Odditorium: Joe Vosmik is
scampering around the Brookly^
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TRIO OF TITLE HOLDERS—These players of Washington-Lee
High School’s Northern Virginia champions had a full share In
the fine record compiled by the Ballston nine this year. They
are Catcher Raymond “Shanty” Shepherd (above), First Base
man Bernie Good (top right) and Third Baseman Vinnle Kirch
ner (lower right). —Star Staff Photos.
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W.-L. Nine, Seeking 17th Win
In 26 Starts, Has Thrived
In Fine Pitching, Spirit
Although Washington-Lee High
School of Balls ton, Va„ is about to
end the toughest schedule of any
Metropolitan area schoolboy nine
the Little Generals already have won
the Northern Virginia champion
ship and today were to go after their
17th triumph in the season’s finale
against George Washington High.
The game was to be played at
Washington-Lee’s field and win or
lose the team will close one of its
most successful seasons.
Wenh the game with Fairfax was
over yesterday, which the Generals
won, 6 to 3, it marked their 25th
encounter since last month. Nine
of these have been lost, mostly to
District teams, but in Northern Vir
ginia title play they have triumphed
seven times. George Washington
was among the early victims and
also Fredericksburg, Episcopal and
Fairfax. Last year the title ended
in a tie among Washington-Lee,
Fredericksburg and George Wash
ington.
Rotates Its Pitchers.
Unlike most teams, which point
for certain games, Washington-Lee
rotates its hurlers, giving each a
chance to star. Substitute players
also see considerable action as the
coaches believe that baseball is a
sport to be enjoyed by the entire
squad.
When the season started Coach
Buck Richardson had nine regulars
from last year. All but two of these
will be back next season, when an
other crack squad is expected. Since
illness forced Richardson to stop
active coaching several weeks ago,
Elwood Clements has taken over.
Pitching and spirit have been
telling factors, as the hitting gen
erally has been below par and the
fleldng has not been the best.
Johnson, McNabb Top Hurlers.
Half of these triumphs have been
credited to "Big Ed” Johnson and
Rube McNabb. Johnson has lost
two and McNabb one. Johnson, a
200-pounder with a fast ball, has
hurled two. three-hit games, one
against Central, while Rube’s best
was a 4-to-2 win over the formidable
Fredericksburg nine. Andy Clem
ents, who gave six hits in seven
innlqgs to Fairfax yesterday, before
stepping out for Bo Bowbeer. also
has done good work. Bowbeer and
little Doswel Olsen have been used in
relief roles, and each has shown up
well.
One of the best players on the
team is “Shanty” Shepherd, catch
er, who starred yesterday with a
double that accounted for half of
the four runs he drove home. He
is the cleanup hitter.
The infield is composed of Bemie
Good, first baseman, who is leading
in batting with .350; Luther Tapp,
second sacker, who needs experience;
Johnny McPherson, shortstop, whose
fielding is far superior to his stick
work, and Vinnie Kirchner, third
baseman, who is a hard but incon
sistent hitter.
Johnson is one of those who won’t
gardens in a corset to protect his
injured side. Charley Moncrief,
who relief pitches for Hollywood
in the Coast League, tames
mountain lions on the side. The
Sulligent (Ala.) High gridders
have a pair of tackles coming up
who are identical twins. Each
stands 6.1, weighs 218, and their
teammates and coachers can’t tell
’em apart. Vincent Richards, the
tennis pro, got a real kick re
cently when a 13-year-old Mexi
can kid rode 13 miles on a bi
cycle to Phoenix, Ariz., to get
his autograph. The Little Rock
Southern Leaguers got nine hits
off Chattanooga the other day—
J '
be back next year and Kirchner is
winning his third letter, having
shone in football and basket ball.
Jim Roberson has done clever utility
work and has designs on a regular
job next year.
Has to Replace Outfield.
The outfield has been something
of a headache. At the start of the
season Jimmy French, Carol Alex
ander and Charley Payne appeared
formidable, but French, who is play
ing his last year, became ineligible
and shortly afterward Alexander and
Payne followed suit. Rushed into
service were Courtney Owens, Lary
McCann and Louie Wilson. Sur
prisingly enough all three performed
in fine style, especially Owens, who
like McCann has two more years.
Using a different line-up yester
day the Generals had little trouble
beating Fairfax. Pouncing on the
offerings of Bill Butler, the victors
scored three times in the first frame
for a lead they never lost.
Owens and Good each made two
hits while Butler led the hosts’ attack
with a single and a double.
W.-L. AB. H. O. A. Fairfax. AB. H. O. A.
Owens.cf 5 2 4 0 HoUIs.lf. 6 0 10
Tapp.ss 3 10 3 Birch.c 4 2 0 <»
Kirch'r.lf 2 110 Pearson.rf 3 12 2
Sheph'd.e 4 10 1 Dodson.lb 4 114 1
Good,lb 4 2 8 0 Butler.p 4 2 0 3
McC’n.Cb 4 13 2 Pollng.Sb 4 0 14
McP’n.Sb 4 12 2 Crouch.cf 3 0 4 1
Payne.rf 4 13 0 CohlU,2b 0 0 2 2
Cleme's.p 3 10 1 Horne.2b 4 0 3 0
Bowbeer,p 1 0 0 0 Brown.ss 3 0 0 4
Letherld 110 0
Totals 34 11 27 fl Totals 35 7 27 17
Letherland batted for Brown In ninth.
Washintton-Lee_ 301 001 100—«
Fairfax __ 000 120 000—3
Runs—Birch. Pearson. Dodson. Owens,
Tapp. Kirchner. 8hepherd. Good. Clements.
Errors—Tapn (2). McPherson 12). Birch,
Crouch. Runs batted in—Pearson (2),
Butler. Shepherd <4i, Good. McPherson.
Two-base hits—Shepherd. Pearson, Payne,
Letherland. Stolen bases—Good. Dodson.
2. Sacrifices—Crouch, Tapp. Left on
bases—Washington-Lee. 3; Pairfax. 7.
Bases on balls—Off Butler. 2: off Clements,
0; off Bowbeer. 1. Struck out—By Clem
ents. 4: by Bowbeer. 1: by Butler. 1. Hits—
Off Clements, fi for 3 runs In 7 Innings;
off Bowbeer. 1 for 0 runs In 2 Innings.
Balk—Butler. Passed baU—Butler. Win
ning pitcher—Clements. Losing pitcher—
Butler. Umpire—Mr. Jeffries.
12th Street 'Y' Races
Tomorrow Strong
In Home Talent
For the first time in four years,
local colored runners are expected
to provide keen competition for out
siders in the Twelfth Street Y. M.
C. A.’s 10th annual transcity run
on June 8. Both senior and Junior
runs will be held over 3% and 2t4
mile distances.
In addition to the recreational
centers, both the Bureau of Engrav
ing and Census Bureau are said to
possess formidable threats. The
strongest outside competition is ex
pected from Baltimore.
Awards will be given the first 10
runners to finish in both divisions,
with a team trophy offered in each.
Prizes also will be awarded the
first three Washington Juniors to
finish.
one by every player in the line-up.
We’ll pass.—Over the baseball
ticker trickled this item: “In
terstate League, Reading at Wil
mington, postponed account cir
cus.”
Old Reliable.
Count that day lost when missing
from the mound
Is baseball’s premier work horse,
“Hard Rock" Shoun.
In Jersey Mr. Craig R. Wood
Shoots golf that’s very, very good;
But when he starts to shoot the
open,
He’s just another guy that’s
hopin’.
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Challedon Is Sound,
Merely Given Rest,
Asserts Trainer
Being Prepared Slowly,
May Run in Brooklyn,
Schaefer Reports
■r the AitoeUtcd Frew.
NEW YORK, May 29—"Challedon
la sound aa a bell. There'* noth
ing wrong with him. It depends on
tfie horse himself when he will run
again."
So spoke Lou Schaefer, trainer of
William L. Brann’s “horse of 1939,"
at Belmont Park yesterday. Challe
don has not been to the races in
seven months. His last start was
November 1, when he defeated
Kayak 2d in the Pimlico Special,
and rumors have been heard ever
since last winter that something
must be wrong with the horse.
They began when Challedon passed
up the Widner Cup, winter classic
at Hialeah Park. Next he was sup
posed to be a candidate for Pim
lico's rich Dixie Handicap, but that,
too, fell through. Later word was
passed that “Chally” would make
his bow In the Suburban Handicap
tomorrow at Belmont, but still he
isn’t ready.
All Kinds Ramon.
The rumors had him suffering
everything from fallen fetlocks to
housemaid’s hooves. Clockers of
repute had said they didn’t think
Challedon would be fit for a hard
race until Saratoga In August. And
when an Intimate friend, Important
in racing, asked Owner Brann last
Saturday about his plans for the
4-year-old bay son of Challenger 3d
Laura Gal, Brann was noncommit
tal anrf uninformative.
But here's how Schaefer explained
the situation:
“Challedon finished up two sea
sons of hard campaigning with the
Pimlico Special last November. We
‘unwound’ him for only a month,
then began preparations for the
Widener Cup. But the bad weather
and frozen track at Columbia stop
ped that.
Will Not Be Rushed.
“He was Jogging during the win
ter, but is in training again now,
doing fine and breezing on the slow
side. He earned that good rest.
There isn’t a pimple on him. He
never was broken down. But we’re
not going to rush him.
“We're not pointing him for any
particular race. It all depends on
how long it will take him to get
ready—whether it’ll be June, July
or August I don’t know right now.
Yes, there is a possibility he’ll be
ready for the Brooklyn Handicap at
Aqueduct. It’s possible, but I can't
say yet.”
The Brooklyn, (20,000 added, at
a mile and a quarter (like the Sub
urban), is scheduled for June 29.
Howard Wins 9 of 10
Events to Outclass
Storer on Track
Howard University’s track team
outclassed that of Storer College
yesterday, 61-15, winning nine of the
10 events in a dual meet at the
Howard Stadium. The hosts also
won an exhibition pole vault.
Summaries:
ShotDut—Won by Payne (Howard): sec
ond. Barton i Howard): third, Marshall
(Howard); heltht. 38 feet.
Discus—Won by Payne (Howard): sec
ond. Bell (Howard): third. Napper
(Storer); distance. 104 feet 0 Inches.
220-yard dash—Won by Lloyd (How
ard): second. Monroe (Storer): third.
Dorier (Storer). Time. 0:22.
Mile run—Won by Coopock (Howard):
second, Hundley (Howard): third. K. Me
Leary (Howard). Time. 6:01
Javelin—Won by Moses iHoward): sec
ond. Payne (Howard): third. Randolph
(Howard). Distance. 141 feet.
100-yard dash—Won by A. Randolph
(Howard): second. J. Lloyd (Howard);
third. Dozier (Storer).
440-yard dash—Won by Bacon (How
ard): second. Harris (Storer); third. Scott
(Howard). Time. 0:80.
Broad Jump—Won by Powell (Storer):
second. Randolph (Howard); third. Fisher
(Storer); distance. 19 feet 101, inches.
Hi«h lumn—Tie between Watson and
Davis (Howard): second. Herman Bell
(Howard); helaht. 5 feet 6'/4 Inches.
Medley relay—Won by Howard (Scott.
RandolDh. Lloyd and Handley).
Exhibition pole vault—Hurt Goodwin
(Howard).
Two Games at Ballston
Two softball games are scheduled
tonight at Ballston Stadium with
Cooper’s Market hooking up with
Cameo Furniture in a Dixie League
game at 7:45 to launch the program.
Standard Linen meets International
Business Machine at 9 o'clock in a
Tri-State League game.
Major Leaders
By the Associated Press.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Batting—Finney, Boston. .38B; Rad
cliff. St.. Louis. .301.
Buns—Case. Washington. 32; Moses.
Philadelphia. 31.
_Runs batted In—Foxx. Boston. SO;
Walker. Washington. 30.
Hits — Radellff. St. Louis, 82:
Cramer. Boston. 81.
Doubles—Boudreau and Mack. Cleve
land. 13.
Triples—Finney, Boston, 8: five tied
with lour.
_Home runs—Foxx. Boston. 11;
Trosky. Cleveland. 10.
_ Stolen bases—Case. Washington. 14;
Walker. Washington. 6.
Pitching—Milnar. Cleveland, and
Newsom, Detroit. 8-1.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Batting—Dannlng. New Tork, .303;
Walker. Brooklyn. .386.
Runs—Mlge. St. Louis. 26; Werber.
Cincinnati. 24.
Runs batted In—Dannlng, New Tork,
81; Leiber. Chicago. 20.
Hits—Leiber. Chicago, and Dannlng,
New York. 43.
Doubles—Werber. Cincinnati. 10; sis
tied with 8.
Triples—Ross. Boston. 6; Camillt.
Brooklyn, and Vauchan. Pittsburgh. 4.
Home runs—Mlse. St. Louis, 12;
Danning. New York. 7.
Stolen bases—Frey. Cincinnati. 8;
Reese. Brooklyn. 4.
Pitching—Walters. Cincinnati. 7-0;
Melton, New York. 4-1.
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Mamakos, Sure He'll Lick Furr,
Perplexed by Overlin Deli
Stephano Marmaduke Mamakos
finds himself in a most unusual and
perplexing position today in the box
fight world. Stephano has an en
gagement with Phil Furr coming up
Monday night at Griffith Stadium
and before he has completed training
for the big stabbing party along
comes another challenge.
Ken Overlin, victor over Ceferino
Garcia for the New York and Bal
timore middleweight title, hurls a
deft flush into Stephano Marma
duke's poily teeth. "Take that,” he
cries, "and $1,000 if you beat me.”
Stephano is so surprised he can’t
even scowl like his agent has taught
him to do in such emergencies. He's
merely wondering what could make
Ken so angry with him. Marmaduke
is surprised because he never was
I better than a fourth-rater in his
palmiest days—the N. B. A.’s ratings
to the contrary notwithstanding, and
here’s a fellow supposed to be good
challenging him.
So Stephano goes on punching the
bag in his cozy National Guard
Armory gym, dreaming of all the
money he’s going to get for mussing
up Phil Furr's hair Monday night
at the ball park and wondering if
there is such a person as Overlin.
The word has been passed along
that Mamakos is a cinch against
Phillip Monday because Furr’s legs
are gone and he won't be able to
get away from Steve's boring-from
within tactics.
Girls in Time Trials
At Roller Derby Tilt
Time trials for girls will cofeature
the Roller Derby game at Riverside
8tadium tonight when the Wash
ington Pawnees and Chicago Aztecs
meet in the ninth game of their
series, now led by the Pawnees, 5-3.
The Aztecs won their third game
last night, 16-14. However, both
Bernice Abar and Vera McClelland
of the Pawnees and Aztecs, respec
tively, must pay $15 and $10 fines
for their pitched battles last night
before being allowed to take the
floor this evening.
During men’s time trials last night
Roy Go win of the Pawnees set a
world record for the quarter mile
when he skated the distance in 392
seconds, 3-10 second faster than the
old mark.
No-Hitter for Mathias
Frank Mathias, twirling for Gen
eral Accounting Office, turned in a
no-hit, no-run performance against
Panama Canal in a Departmental
League game as his mates won an
11-0 victory. Only 24 men faced
Mathias in the 8-inning fray. G. A.
O. nicked Geldstein for nine bingles,
clinching the game with three runs
in the second.
Brewers Regain Loop Lead
Heurich Brewers lead the Indus
trial League again by virtue of tbeir
3-2 victory over Cameo Furniture.
Mack Posnack’s single, scoring
Kaufman with the winning run in
the eighth, broke up a mound duel
between Ed Colliflower, the winner,
and Otis Printz. Alex Cabell hit a
homer for Heurich.
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Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Baseball.
Washington at New York,
2:15.
George Washington vs. Navy,
Annapolis, Md.
Eastern vs. Tech, interhigh
playoff, Anacostia Stadium, 3:30.
Washington-Lee vs. George
Washington, Balls ton, 3:30.
Tennis.
Interscholastic tournament,
Friends School, 3:30.
Central vs. Tech, interhigh
match, Potomac Park, 3:30.
Western vs. Roosevelt, inter
high match, Rock Creek, 3:30.
Landon vs. Devitt, Landon
courts, 3:30.
TOMORROW.
Baseball.
Washington at Philadelphia,
double-header, 12:30.
Golf.
Holiday tpurnaments, all clubs,
10:00.
Horse 8how.
Manor Hunt Show and Races,
Brooke Johns’ farm, Norbeck,
Md., 10:00 a.m.
Wrestling.
Turner’s Arana, 8:30.
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Today a year ago—Henry
Picard beat Paiil Runyan, 69-71,
in second playoff for Metropoli
tan Open golf championship.
Three years ago—Don Budge'
defeated Jack Crawford and
Bryan Grant beat Jack Brom
wich to give United 8tates 2-0
lead in North American zone
Davis Cup matches with Aus
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