Coach of Central’s Title Nine Urges New Series Plan After Near-Jolt by Eastern
Winner, 4-3, Suggests
Two Divisions With
3-Game Playoff
Says Team Really Wins
Honors Twice Under
Present System
High school baseball fans today
Still were discussing the pros and
• cons of the extra-inning battle
staged at Anacostia Stadium yester
day in which Central barely man
aged to defend its championship by
beating Eastern. 4 to 3, and accord
ing to Coacli Jack Ray of the vic
torious Vikings something should be
done about the present playoff plan.
Looking at the situation whereby
a team practically must win the title
twice, so to speak, before it can be
called champion. Ray believes that
a much better system could be used j
which would more clearly show
Which team is the best. As the game
was played yesterday Eastern, al
most. unanimously regarded as in
ferior to Central, nearly won. A vic
tory, of course, would have meant
that the Lincoln Parkers were
champions, but very few would have
considered them the better nine.
Season Nearly Ruined.
“I see it this wav," Ray said while
commenting on the 11-inning tilt
that had some 1.000 fans wild. “We
came very close to ruining a great
season on one play, the play that
gave Eastern its three runs in the
eighth inning. As it turned out, we
won, but it was too close for com
fort. We had beaten Eastern a few
weeks ago with ease and despite the
closeness of yesterday’s game I
think we have a much better team.
"A team that goes through the
regular series undefeated deserves
more than once chance to win the
championship. Eastern had two
chances, once in the first game with
Us and again yesterday. Suppose on
the day of the final game a coach's
best pitcher is out for one reason or
another. That leaves the coach in
a bad spot, although he knows he
has the better team. Tire way the
plan works now a fourth-place team
could catch the first ranking team I
on a bad day, and win the whole
business. In my opinion there
should be two divisions, and the
winners of each should play a two
out-of-three for the title. That way
both teams would have a chance to
display their best.”
Lower Clubs Benefited.
Last year the two division win
ners met in one final game for the
title. Central won that game from
Eastern, 6 to 2. In former years
the team finishing with the best
record was declared the winner.
There was no playoff unless two or
more teams had identical records. [
The present plan benefits greatly I
the team that finishes second, third j
and fourth. Tire first ranking team
must beat them in the regular series
and then repeat in the playoff
Yesterday's game had thrills
aplenty. Each side had chances to
win, although errors and poor play
contributed to each of these
chances. None of the runs were
earned and while Billy Fisher of
Central had an edge over Kenny
Curies and Warren Erhardt it was
Fisher's misplay in the eighth that
almost cost him victory. A wild
throw to first and a mlscue near the
plate of a return toss gave Eastern
its tallies. Fisher gave but one hit
until the eighth inning and was
tight in the pinches when players
he had walked threatened to score.
Steiner Plays Fine Game.
Benny Steiner, who with Fisher
has been the backbone of Central's
great season, helped his side with
numerous brilliant feats. He was
involved in two or the Viking's
three double plays that cut off
Eastern threats. Benny, who. like
Fisher, was playing his last game
for Central, also led his team at
bat with two hits.
Steiner scored the winning run
when Jimmy Nutwell threw wild to
first trying to nip Sam Di Blasi.
Chief CJuyon's strategy of start
ing the left-handed Curies almost
worked. Curies pitched a good
game against the highly touted
Viking sluggers and except for ner
vousness in the first frame when his
error gave Central a 2-run lead
might have won.
Erhardt, who had been driven
out by Central in the game several
weeks ago, finished the job and de
served a better fate. It was Er
hard't double that started the 3-run
Eastern rally in the eighth.
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Eastern _ 000 000 030 00—3
Central _ 200 000 010 01—4
Run;—Steiner. Lagos. Fenlon. KlUman.
Erhardt. Hite. Coppage Errors—Hoffman.
Walsh. Coppage. Nutwell. Di Blasi. Curies.
Whalen. Fisher (2>. Two-base hit—
Erhardt. Stolen bases—Steiner (2). Lagos. !
Fenlon Double plays-—Steiner to Fenlon
to Whalen: Lagos to Di Blasi: Fenlon to
Steiner to Whalen. Left on bases—Central.
13; Eastern. 7.
Ba*rs on balls—Off Fisher. 0: off Curies,
r> off Erhardt. 2. Struck out—By Fisher.
11 by Curies. by Erhardt. 2. Hits—
Off Curies. 4 in 7 innings: off Erhardt.
1 for 3 runs in 3l* innings. Hit by
Pitcher—By Erhardt (Fisher). Balk—
Curies Winning pitcher—Fisher. Losing
Pitcher—Erhardt Umpires—Messrs. Pur
tr and Watt. Time—2:20.
Yount to Little Rock
PITTSBURGH. June 5 (/PV—'The
Pittsburgh Pirates announced today
that Outfielder Flovd Yount, playing
under a Pirate option with the Ok
lahoma City club of the Texas
League, has been transferred under
the same option to Little Rock of
the Southern Association.
Sports Mirror
By th« Associated Press.
Today a year ago—Tommy
Bridges. Detroit Tigers, fanned 10
in winning 3-0 victory over New
York Yankees, first shutout of
champions in 1939.
Three years ago—War Admiral
■ easily won Belmont stakes with
record performance, becoming
fourth horse to wear “triple
crown” of Kentucky Derby. Preak
ness and Belmont.
Five years ago—Bahram, the
Aga Khan’s 5-4 favorite, won
156th running of English Derbv
by two lengths in 2:36 for mile
Bad one-half.
Young Leo Jarboe Will Gain
National Swimming Fame,
Southeast Pals Believe
Around the Southeast Branch,
Boys' Club of Washington, the kids
think young Leo Jarboe some day
will be swimming in important na
tional meets, breaking records and
winning bannerlines of publicity.
They think he'll make Johnny Weis
muller and Buster Crabb look like
a couple of broken-down side
wheelers when he reaches his prime,
because- right now Master Jarboe
appears the hottest, slickest thing
in water around here.
A 13-vear-old eighth-grade student
in Holy Comforter School, young
Jarboe recently placed fourth in the
12-13-vear-old group of the Boys'
Club of America 10th annual swim
ming competition. The club team
finished 15th. a decided improvement
over the previous year, when it was
24th, and most of the credit must
go to Jarboe. Tire national meet
is conducted on a private-test, let
ter-report basis. The teams swim
the various events in their own pools
and mail the times recorded to
headquarters, where places are de
cided by a complicated point-scor
ing system.
Just Misses National Mark.
Jarboe missed a new national rec
ord for the backstroke in the na
tional telegraphic meet conducted
by the Scranton (Pa.) Y. M: C. A.
by 1-10 second, but that was merely
another incident in his budding and
busy career. His trophy collection
is beginning to assume man-sized
proportions and from the looks of it
he'll have a sizable cache of silver
stored away when he decides to quit
swimming. i
Although he has only gotten Into
the swim, so to speak, in the last
year, he s a marked youngster when
he toes the starting line. Last
summer, for example, he won the
breast-stroke in the Baltimore Sun
meet. He was first in the breast
stroke and first in the free style in
his class in the city-wide boys club
meet. He repeated this latter per
formance in indoor competition, in
cidentally. Finally he won the
breast and free style in the D. C.
Playground Department meet.
Learned to Swim There.
Charley Reynolds, director of ath
letics at the Southeast club, is
mighty proud of Leo and one of his
staunchest supporters. Charley is
proudest of the fact that Leo
learned to swim in the club pool,
under the club coach.
“Leo owes everything he knows
about swimming to Max Rote, our
swimming coach,” Charley said.
"And I think Max is going to make
a truly great swimmer of the boy.”
Young Jarboe faithfully follows
the training program laid down by
Rote and never misses a day in the
water. He's keen and quick to pick
up little tracks. Of average height
and weight, Leo is a handsome
youngster with light brown hair,
brown eyes and a contagious smile.
He has personality plus. His hands
are large and ideally suited for
swimming and his feet are big, too.
But big dogs never hurt Weis
mueller or Crabb or any of the
other headliners, so Leo sees no
reason why they should hinder him.
Big Ten Stick Crown to Smith,
But McKinnon, Evers Shine
By the Associated Press. i
CHICAGO, June 5. — Walter
(Hoot) Evers and George McKin
non did a pretty thorough job of
sweeping honors in the hitting de
partment of the Big Ten baseball
campaign.
Third Baseman Bob Smith of
Wisconsin won the batting cham
pionship. but Evers and McKinnon
led in or shared all the other honors.
Smith collected 15 hits in 34 times
at bat for a .441 mark. McKinnon.
Northwestern shortstop, got the
most hits, 21, and shared the dou
ble-hitting lead with Fred Shinke
vich of Northwestern, each hitting
four. Northwestern and illinois tied
for the team title.
Evers, lanky sophomore outfielder
of Illinois, hit five triples, three
home runs, batted in 16 runs, had 37
total bases and scored 20 rims, tops
in all five departments.
John Pacotti of Illinois and Fred
Rosch of Northwestern topped the
pitchers with five victories each and
one defeat. Iowa's Harold Haub
won six games and lost two. both to
Northwestern. Haub completed his
career this spring with a record of
21 wins and 6 setbacks in three
years and 11 triumphs and 2 defeats
against all competition this season.
Graves to Run Sunday
In New York Meet
NEW YORK. June 5—Phil Graves,
Georgetown freshman star now rep
resenting the New York A. C.. and
Sanford Goldberg, the “Flying Fire
man” of the Millrose A. A., will head
the field for the Ohrbach mile, fea
ture of the twenty-seventh annual
meet the Ninety-second Street Y.
M. H. A. will hold at Macombs Dam
Park Sunday afternoon.
Army Medicos Defeated
Unable to fatham Powell’s offer
ings. Army Medicos bowed to St.
Elizabeth's, 9-2, in the Militia
League. Boyce and McFadden led
a 13-hit assault on Powell.
Dixon Stars on Mound
With "Lefty” Dixon holding the
foe to two hits and fanning 12,
Sacred Heart tossers blanked Port
Myer, 5-0, on the losers’ diamond.
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Kaysee, Only Western
A. A. Club to Lose,
Drops From Lead
By the Associated Press.
The Western clubs of the American
Association are off to a successful
start, generally speaking, in their
second invasion of the East, but this
doesn’t apply to Kansas City.
The Blues not only last their
initial game of the trip to Louisville,
but also fell out of the league lead
by a margin of two percentage
points.
Other 'Western clubs were vic
torious on foreign fields, Minneapolis
stepping into first place by its win
over Toledo.
Virtually unbeatable at home dur
ing the past two weeks, Kansas City
ran into a red-hot pitcher in Yank
Terry,27-year-old righthander. Terry
allowed only four hits in Louisville's
2-to-0 victory. He walked three and
struck out four.
Names Were Too Daffy
For Southern Hotel
When Babe Hamburger, Dodger
front office handy man, and Ben
Tincup, coach and scout, registered
at a hotel o na Southern trip the
clerk was going to call the cops.
With those names he thought they
were a couple of phonies.
Harvard Elects Donahue
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. June 1 dP).—
Donald A. Donahue, of Lawrence.
Harvard's outstanding hurdler, was
elected captain of next year's Crim
son varsity track team.
Fights Last Night
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK.—Pete Lello. 134. Gnry.
Ind, outpointed Victor Troise, 13ft.
New York (ft)
LOS ANGELES.—Richard Lemos.
135. Los Ansrles. and Nemo Llanes.
1*2ft. Mexico, drew (10).
By PAUL J. MILLER.
Thirteen games have been sub
mitted to Judges Harold M. Phillips,
H. R. Bigelow and H. Helms for
consideration for the $100 brilliancy
award offered by Messrs. Turover
and Wimsatt of this city.
Just who played the most brilliant
game in the recent United States
Chess Federation championship
congress in New York is open to
challenge. Kupchik, Adams, Seid
man—all submit games for both the
brilliancy award and the best
played game beginning with the
opening move, P-K4.
Bernstein, Littman, Hanauer, Re
shevsky and Shainswit also seek
the brilliancy award. For the best
P-K4 game the prize is $50.
Seidman versus Simonson is a
game that is offered for both
awards. What is your verdict?
rHII.IDOR DEFENSE.
White. Black, White. Black.
Seidman. Simonson. Seidman. Simonson.
1 P-K4 P-K4 20 P-QB3 PxP
2 KI-KH3 P-Q3 21 PxP QR-K
3 P-Q4 Kt -KB3 22 B-B3 B-Q'i
4 Kt-B.t QKI-Q2 23 KR-K R-K4
ft B-QB4 B-K2 24 P.xR PxR
ti Castles Castles 25 R-K P-B4
7 B-K.'i P-B3 2« B-K" P-Kft
8 Q-K3 F-QKt4 37 Q-Kt5 Q-K4
ft B-Q3 P-QR3 28 BxB BPxB
111 OR-Q Q-B7 2ft P-QB4 P-R3
1 1 Kt-KR4 PxP 30 Q-K3 P-Bn
17 BxQP P-B4 31 Q-Q2 P-Kft
13 Kt-Bft R-K 37 PxP Q-Kft
14 BxKt KtxB 31 K-B2 PxPch
lft KtxBch RxKt 34 QxP Q-R5ch
lft Q-Q3 P-Ktft 35 Q-Kt3 Q-Q5ch
17 Kt-Q5 KtxK' 3ft K-H R-Bch
18 PxKt P-B5 Resigns,
lft B-K2 B-Bl
Adams vs. Polland illustrates the
brilliant sacrifice of a rook. Here's
how:
SICILIAN DEFENSE.
White. Black. White. Black,
Adams. Polland. Adam*. Polland.
1 P-K4 P-QB4 20 P-Kt5 B-R8
2 Kt -KB3 P-Q3 21 K-Kt PxKt
3 P-Q4 K'-KB3 22 KxB PxP
4 Kt-B3 PxP 23 R-QKt PxP
ft K'.xP P-KK13 24 RxP Q-R2ch
ft B-K2 B-Kt7 25 K-Kt7 K'-K4
7 B-K3 Kt-B3 2ft Q-K14 Kt-B5ch
8 Q-Q2 Kt-KKtft 27 K-B K-B2
ft BxKt BxB 28 Q-B.'i K'-K4
lft P-B3 B-K3 2ft Q-K.'t Q-RSch
1 1 KtxB PxKt 30 R-Kt RxPch
12 B-Rft B-B3 31 KxR R-Bch
13 K>-K7 R-QB 32 K-02 Q-R7ch
14 C ftlesQR K’-KI 33 K-K QxP.ch
15 P-QKt .l P-QKt 4 34 K-B2 R-B7ch
lfl Kt-Q4 Q-Q2 35 K-Kt3 QxR
17 P-PKt4 Kt-B3 3fl Q-B4ch K-K
18 KtxKtP Q-Kt2 Resigns.
19 P-QR4 P-R3
For comparison with the United
States players’ brilliancies try this
game between K. Beyer of Denmark
and R. G. Wade of New Zealand.
The game was awarded the bril
liancy prize at the 49th chess congress
of New Zealand, held this past win
ter. Beyer, Danish expatriate, net
ted the prize. But it was J. B.
Dunlop who captured the New Zea
land title for the sixth time.
SICILIAN DEFENSE.
While. Black. White. Black
B'x'r Wade. Beyer. Wade.
1 P-K4 P-QB4 15 QR-B QR-B
2Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 1HQ-Q KR-Q
3 P-Q4 PxP. 17Q-K P-K5
4 KtxP Kt-KB3 18 PxP BxKP
5 Kt-QB3 P-Q3 19Q-B2 R-K
8B-K2 P-KKt3 20KI-B5 B-K4
l B-K3 B-Kt2 21QR-Q BxPch
8 Castle* Castle* 22 K-R B-Ktii
9 Kt-Kt3 B-K3 23 Q-BH Kt-Q
J’-S4 24B-KR8 B-K4
11 KtxP KtxKt 2ft KtxB BxQ
12 PxKt BxQP 2(1 KtxBch K-R
13 P-B.1 P-K4 27S-Kt7ch Resigns
14 Q-B2 Q-B2
Federal Trade Commission Chess
Club engages in a match with Fed
eral Security Chess Club tonight at
8 o'clock at Hotel Portland.
Dr. Arnold Steinbach welcomes
visitors.
In May issue of British Chess
Magazine I. Konig continues to de
j velop modern openings and expounds
at length on the Queen’s Indian.
| "Blighty" is the periodical read by
thousands of Tommies overseas.
Chess is a popular game with the
habitues of the Maginot Line.
During a recent illness Thomas E
Dewey, aspirant for the presidential
.Republican nomination, turned to
chess to while awav the lassitude
of convalescence.
(June 5, 1P40.)
INTERNATIONAL LEAGIE.
Newark. 7 Toronto. 1.
8vracuse. « Buffalo f».
Montreal. £ B'l’tlmorp. 4
Rochester at Jersey City, rain
Western Pro Teams
Okay 28 Officials,
13 of Them New
By th? Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 5.—Western divi
sion club owners of the National
Football League certified 28 officials
as qualified to work in the league
games this fall.
Of this total, 13 are new to Na
tional League officiating, including
three Big Ten officials—Lee Daniels,
Chicago; Fred Young, Bloomington.
111., and Frank Lane, Cincinnati.
The other newcomers are Lou
Gordon, Chicago policeman; Johnny
Sisk, Zud Schammel. Eddie O'Brien.
John Kelly, L. A. Tortorelli. all of
Chicago; Ronald Gibbs. Springfield,
111-: R- F. Firebough, Monticello, 111.:
C. R. Harrington, Cincinnati, and
Marshall Klevenow, Milwaukee.
Veteran officials re-certified were
Lafayette Abbott and Dave Reese,
Dayton, Ohio: Francis Bacon,
Marion, Ohio: George Brown, Cleve
land; Carl Brubaker, Bobby Kahn,
Irving Kupcinet and Edward Coch
rane, all of Chicago; Robert Karsch.
Toledo. Ohio: J. J. Ritter. Detroit;
Dan Tehan. Cincinnati: Ed Erdlitz.
Oshkosh, Wis., and Gunnar Elliott,
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Kensinqton Boy Honored
Fred B. Mizell. Kensington, Md..
received honorable mention for the
Baum mathematical prize at Get
tysburg College's commencement
exercises. Young Mizell held down
the regular second base role on the
baseball team and Is a member of
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity.
Accountants Stop Maritime
Three runs in the first Inning
paved the way for G. A. O.s 5-2
victory over Maritime Commission
in the Departmental League. B.
Mathias and Anderson led the at
tack. getting two hits each.
20 Years Ago
In The Star
Bill Snyder has won a starting
role on the Nats’ pitching staff.
He will alternate with Johnson,
Zachary and Erickson.
Robert L. Finkpnstaed of Co
lumbia Country Club was to plav
Donald Woodward in semifinal of
Middle Atlantic golf tournament
at Richmond.
Mike Lynch, Jim Montague and
Prank Efreneta, all District run
ners, are among 70 to compete in
the New York A. C. marathon at
Travers Island. N. Y.
Harry McMahon of Washing
ton has been elected captain of
both baseball and football at
Staunton Military Academy.
Maryland State lost its third
straight by bowing to Fordham,
18 to 2. Two more games are on
the Northern trip.
Dukes Lose 27 Athletes
PITTSBURGH, June 5 oPi.—
Twenty-seven Duquesne athletes
will be graduated tonight, includ
ing Carl Nery and Johnny Yurchey
in football. Capt, Bill Vance in
hockey and Johnny Kuharic. the
best hurler produced by the base
ball club.
Softball at Ballston
Standard Linen and I, B, M, will
settle the first-half flag race in the
Tri-State Softball League tonight
at Ballston. A preliminary game
at 7:45 between Cameo Furniture
and Tru Blu will precede the
Teature.
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