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, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1940.
Finest Open Golf Field in , Years Stages Bitter Stretch Battle for Crown
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Win, Lose or Draw
By FRANCIS E. STAN,
Star Staff Correspondent.
Sammy Snead ... At Spring Mill and Canterbury
CLEVELAND, June 8.—As these lines were written, the calendar for
Samuel Jackson Snead was flipped back a year. Here today the ex-caddy
from Hot Springs. Va., found himself in another dogfight for the National
Open Golf championship. As the final 36 holes started he found him
pelf in a three-way tie for the lead with two other fine shot makers and
with more first-class contenders literally breathing on his neck.
But because Samuel Jackson Snead almost generally is accepted as
the smoothest-swinging and longest-hitting accurate golfer in the busi
ness, he was being regarded as the favorite among Canterbury's hills and
dales this morning and this takes us back a year to the Spring Mill
course on the other side of Philadelphia.
Brother Snead then, as now, was running at the head of the pack.
He warded off the usual late charges and needed only two pars on the
last two holes to win. But he buried the seventy-first hole and, as you
may recall, he wound up with an incredible 8 on the seventy-second.
It was interesting the way the experts speculated on Sambo's
future. Some guessed that Snead was finished as a competitor. This
seemed to be the most popular conviction. And, remembering the
crushed, dazed look on Snead's face and his numbed shuffle to the club
house, it sounded highly reasonable.
He Came Back to Win the Miami Open
Another angle was that Brother Sam didn't have the imagination
to permit that ghastly 8 to haunt him and after the first 36 holes in this
Open it would seem this angle was closer to the truth. For Sammy, after
hiding away for some months, gradually returned to the wars and looked
like the Snead of old last December when he won the Miami $10,000 Open.
But, of course, Snead hasn't finished the last 36 holes in this Open.
Not as this is written anyway. So far he has shot a remarkable 67 and a
74 and he was tied with Lawson Little and Horton Smith, both of whom
he figured to beat, for the lead. In other words, Snead was right where
he was a year ago in Philadelphia—out in front, rated over the rest of
the field and with the final two nerve-racking rounds to go.
As it looked today, while the 66 survivors of the original field of
nearly 170 were poised for the stretch run, Snead faced no easy test in
his bid for redemption. The two golfers with whom he is tied and the
fourth man. Frank Walsh, may not be the best in the business now, but
they are sound shot makers and only two strokes back of Sambo. In the
slot, where many prefer to be on the final day, was Ben Hogan, co
favorite with Sneaa when the tourney began.
Only Demaret, of Big Favorites, Fell by Wayside
Again the National Open, like any other sustained fair test, has
proved that form counts. Of the six golfers who were regarded as
standouts before play began—Snead, Hogan, Craig Wood, Byron Nelson,
Ralph Guldahl and Jimmy Demaret—only the latter is out of the run
ning. Demaret withdrew yesterday—although he undoubtedly could
have qualified fot the final 3fi holes had he kept plugging. But the
Texan knew he couldn't spot fellows like Snead. Guldahl and Hogan any
where from nine to a dozen strokes and win. so he quit.
Nearly all of the leaders who today had chances to win belonged
near the top. It follows that none is precisely a duffer. WTalsh never
has won anything important, but he is a fair sort of a golfer. Sam
Parks, tied with Hogan, won the Open in 1935 but. withal, he was a dark
horse. There are some others who were long shots—fellows like Jock
Hutchinson, jr.: Lloyd Mangrum. Andy Gibson, Jim Ferrier, etc.—but by
find large the contenders were the big leaguers.
Smith and Little belong, so do Henry Picard, Jug McSpaden, Dick
Metz, Tommy Armour and the rest.. In short, Snead shook off very few
of the top-notch golfers he knew he had to lick when the battle of
Canterbury started.
So that's the way it looked as the early firing on the final day began.
It again was Snead against the field, as it w-as a year ago, and whether
it was to develop later into another Snead-against himself adventure
remained to be seen. It's hard to imagine a fellow with so little imagina
tion that those eight horrific strokes at Spring Mill would be completely
forgotten.
—
Travis Sparkles on Ailing
Prop to Help Leonard
Notch Seventh Win
By BURTON HAWKINS.
Somewhat akin to your next meal,
Cecil Travis isn't likely to be ap
preciated until lie's absent. The
Washington shortstop, lacking the
color or spark necessary to attract
more than passing attention, never
theless has stamped.himself as a
valuable chattel to the Nats.
There have been occasions when
Washington fans have yearned to
View the spectacle of an aroused
Travis, a seething Cecil, who by
bellowing indignities into an um
pire's mask would give some indi
cation he really owned interest in
developments.
By now, though, fans have learned
they can't expect that any more
than they would fathom Hitler
swimming over here to request
Roosevelt's advice on his next move.
Mr. Travis simply refuses to be
come irked outwardly, but in his
silent style the guy's a fighter.
Travis returned to Washington's
line-up yesterday after an absence
of 11 days due to a severely gashed
leg. Protecting a deep wound, the
result of being spiked by the Ath
letics’ Wally Moses, is a strip of
fiber supported by a generous ap
plication of tape.
Wound Still Hasn’t Healed.
Perhaps he still shouldn’t be play
ing. The wound hasn't healed, and
he worked out only two days, lightly
on each occasion, before resuming
his status as a regular. Although
he contributed an error on the first
ball smashed in his direction, he
also produced one of the finest plays
of his career in addition to smash
ing a single and triple.
It was in the fourth inning when
Travis streaked far back of second
base for Mike Tresh's grounder,
spearing the ball and flipping it
backhand fashion in the same mo
tion to Second Baseman Jimmy
Bloodworth. Travis’ toss forced
Eric McNair at second, and Blood
worth's throw to Zeke Bonura com
pleted the double play. It'll be
snowing in August when that ladies’
day crowd of 9.000 wil be privileged
to vie'w a more beautiful play.
In the seventh inning, with the
score locked at 1-1, Travis lashed
a tremendous triple to the center
field corner. Ordiarily he would
have scored standing on that smash,
but his damaged leg slowed him
considerably. It didn’t matter, how
ever, for Bloodworth followed with
a sharp single to center to score
him.
What did matter was the fact
that Travis again demonstrated
he’ll give his best, ailing or other
wise, and appear apologetic in the
process. He won’t whoop and holler
or rant and rave, but in his quiet
fashion he'll give Manager Bucky
Harris everything he's capable of
giving.
Cecil Recuperates Rapidly.
Travis has a happy habit of
bouncing back miraculously after
being hospitalized. Last year after
being stricken with sieges of in
fluenza and grippe he regained his
i strength and became a brilliant
shortstop the last month of the
season.
On a previous occasion Thornton
Lee sent him to the hospital with
an erratic fast ball which collided
with Travis’ head. Ten days later
Travis returned to the line-up
against the same pitcher and col
lected five hits in as many trips to
the plate.
His return works a hardship on
Rookie Jimmy Pofahl, who now
must fidget on the bench, but with
Travis hitting at a .346 clip and
Pofahl swinging at a .228 pace, it
seemingly won't cause the club to
suffer.
In the meantime Dutch Leonard
possesses his seventh victory of the
season, achieved through the ju
dicious spacing of nine White Sox
hits yesterday as the Nats bumped
Chicago, 3-2. in the opener of a
three-game series.
Ken Chase Today's Pitcher.
Dutch, who walked only one and
fanned four, was presented sturdy
opposition by Jack Knott, who lim
ited the Nats to eight hits.
Washington, which had taken the
lead when Travis and Bloodworth
collaborated, produced what proved
to be the winning run in the eighth,
when George Case walked, moved
to second on Buddy Lewis’ sacrifice,
to third on Johnny Welaj's infield
out and across on Gerald Walker’s
! looping double to right.
Leonard survived a ninth-inning
rally by Chicago which manufac
tured one run.
Ken Chase, who whipped Cleve
land in his last start, was to toil
for the Nats today as they sought
to inherit fifth place, with Bill
Dietrich nominated to pitch for
Chicago.
Bunched Scores
Give 20 Stars
Title Chance
Gibson of Baltimore
In Running; Three
D. C. Pros Out
By WALTER McCALLUM.
Star Staff Correspondent.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. June 8.—A
bitter, bruising battle down to the
final putt stretched ahead of at
least two score of competitors in the
National Open golf championship
today, with a pot of gold that might
run as high as $30,000 assured the
winner, on top of the $1,000 check
that is his immediate payoff.
Not in many years of Open cham
pionship history have the scores
been so bunched as they were at
Canterbury today as at least 20 men,
all within five or six shots of the trio
of leaders at the halfway mark,
sought to drive and putt their way
clear of the pace and move out in
front over the final lap this after
noon. Gone from the tournament
scene were such modern luminaries
as Jimmy Demaret, the 30-year-old
Texan with a million-dollar grin,
one of the pre-tournament favorites,
and blond Clayton Heafner. Both
withdrew yesterday after discour
aging performances.
Up at the forefront of the proces
sion, with 36 holes to go. were three
of golf's finest shotmakers. Sam
Snead, long ago installed as the
people’s betting choice in this cham
pionship; 32-year-old Horton Smith,
a veteran of these title jousts, and
broad-shouldered Lawson Little
were tied for the lead with 141 for
two rounds over the par 72 Canter
bury course. The championship
might lie among these three. Or it
might fall to phlegmatic Frank
Walsh, a son of the Ould Sod. at
142. or to Sam Parks or Benny
Hogan, at 143, or to any one of the
flock of other men whose halfway
scores stretched back to 149 Cham
pionship precedent and tradition
virtually tosses out any competitor
more than eight strokes back at the
halfway point.
Gibson in at 146.
Still in there pitching, in a spot
where a couple of great rounds
might win him the title, was Andy
Gibson of Baltimore, the Scotchman
from a public course, who won the
Maryland Open championship of
1938, Andy put together rounds of
71 and 75 for 146, and definitely has
a chance, if not to win, to get well
up in the money. The three Wash
ington entrants all are out. Gen
Larkin of Woodmont, with 78—78—
156. missed qualifying for the last
day by three strokes. Lew Worsham
of Burning Tree, with 78—81—159.
missed by six strokes, and George
Diffenbaugh of Kenwood, disgusted
with his game, picked up early in
the second round, i
Sam Snead, the belting hillbilly
from Hot Springs, Va„ playing in 1
his fifth Open championship, was
the favorite, but Little, making his !
first big bid for the title, and Horton
Smith, one, of the few remaining
leaders of the Jones era, were no
easy men to shake off. Smith, his
flawless putting touch keeping him i
in front, harked back to exactly 10
years ago today at Minneapolis,
where he led the pack at the. half- j
way mark with 140, one stroke less
than his total today. At 32, tall
Horton is a veteran and one who
can win. Only once in two days has
that silky putting touch deserted
him. That happened on the seven
teenth hole yesterday, where he
missed a tricky 3-footer. They all
miss those, however. Little would
have a clear title to the lead enter
ing the last round had he held a
2-footer on the eighteenth yesterday, i
And Snead blew a 3-footer at the
seventeenth for a buzzard 5, his only
double bogey of the tournament
so far.
Hogan Two Shots Back.
Form is running true in this open
as it seldom has done before.
Grouped in there all within six
shots of the lead are Byron Nelson,
the defending champion; four for
mer champions and a flock of the
men who have proved their links
mettle in man-to-man combat from
coast to coast. Little Benny Hogan,
still jittery from an attack of flu, is
only two shots back, with 143.
The whole thing is as wide open
as an Oklahoma bam door. One
thing is sure, as it always is at these
championships: By the middle of
the afternoon at least a dozen
gents will have the championship
all tucked away and will toss it
blithely away. The fellow who can
keep his head cool and his putter
hot while the others are blowing
it away will be the new champion.
It always happens that way. Or it
might be that another Tony Manero
can come steaming down the stretch,
holing putts from any and all
(See MeCALLUM, Pa g e A -17.1
BOTH HAVE TROUBLES—“Smiling Jimmy” Demaret (left), big
winter money golf winner, blew up with an atrocious 81 in the '
second round of the Open golf championship yesterday, but was
still smiling as he tore up his card and tossed the pieces into the
air. At right Walter Hagen wandered into the dandelions on the
fifth hole, but got out (arrow shows ball) and contrived to qualify
for the final grind today with a 152, just one shot under the line.
—A. P. Wirephoto.
Baseball Crown Win
Gels Cenlraliles
Free Nat Game
Students to Be Guests
Of Griffith Monday;
Letters Awarded
Central High School students
down to the last boy and girl will
turn out Monday morning for the
big assembly and rally to celebrate
the Vikings’ second successive base
ball championship and the fourth
since Coach Jack Ray took over nine
years ago.
There will be a double incentive
for all students to show up at school
Monday morning, for not only will
they attend the victory celebration
but they also will receive tickets to
Monday's baseball game at Griffith
Stadium between the Nationals and
St. Louis Browns. The students—
2.500 strong—will be guests of Clark
Griffith and the Washington club
for the afternoon's game and will
be dismissed half an hour early so
they may attend the contest. It's a
big day for Central.
Griffith himself will be on hand
Monday morning to issue the invi
tations. He also will present to the
school a plaque emblematic of the
high school baseball championship.
Meanwhile, Central's schoolboy
athletes are sporting new letters re
ceived at yesterday's athletic assem
bly. Forty-seven were awarded for
five spring sports with George Nor
ris, member of the Graduate ‘'C'’
Club and president of the Central
Alumni Association, making the
presentations. Members of the
championship baseball team were
given gold baseballs and those on
the championship track team re
ceived gold track shoes.
This rewarded were:
Baseball—Zello Lagos. William Fisher.
John Whalen. Patrick Fenlon. Sam Di
Blasi. Benjamin Steiner. Richard Mosser.
Harold Evans. Kenneth Mandes and
Charles Kligman.
Track—Bruce Aaron. Steve Adams. John
Bredbenner. Arthur Brasse. Mike Denikos.
Mike Dunn. Bill Edgprton. Albert Hayden,
Emil Jettmar. James Kurz. Russell Lamar.
George Lavinder. Dan Magnuson. Don
Murphy. Clayton Norris. Jim Porter. For
est Roberts. Jack Samperton. Hubert
Tucker. Bob White, and Jim Zuppa.
Swimming—Julian Rocha. Henry Craw
ford. Bill McKefway. Louis La Fever. Har
old Esten and Phil Thompson.
Golf—Don Murphy. William Sturaes.
James Anderson. Bernard Park and Robert
Kennedy.
Tennis—James McCarthy. Benjamin
Rubin, Joseph Woodson and Jack Crowell.
PIEDMONT LEAGUE.
Richmond. 7: Portsmouth. 2.
Durham. 4: Winston-Salem. 2.
Rocky Mount. 9: Norfolk. 2.
Charlotte. 5; Asheville. 4.
Walsh, 37, Is Bucking Age Jinx
In National Open Golf Quest;
Record Scorer 'Unlucky'
By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, June 8—Canterbury
tales:
Bucking precedent and the law of
averages at the National Open golf ,
tournament is Frank Walsh. Rum- ,
son. N. J., veteran, whose 69 yes- j
terday gave him a 142 total—only 1
a stroke off the pace. Walsh is 37.
The only man older than 34 ever to
win the championship was Ted Ray,
an Englishman, who turned the trick
at 43.
Mortie Dutra, the Royal Oak. j
Mich., pro. believes in keeping the i
gallery "on its toes." Pitching beau
tifully to within 2 feet of the pin on
the 13th green yesterday, he turned
after a moment and asked: "Where,
please, is the applause?" He got it.
Bruce Coltart of Haddonfield. 1
N. J., who entered today's list of!
final qualifiers by the skin of his !
teeth after collecting the lowest
nine-hole score of the tourney,
strangely is complaining about that
4-under-par 32. Had he not missed
two comparatively easy putts, he
would have broken all existing nine
hole records for the Open.
Chick Harbert of Battle Creek,
Mich., who believes in doing the
proper thing at the proper time,
went wading yesterday in the middle
of his round. Driving his 10th tee
shot into a creek, he promptly took
off a shoe, waded in with one foot
and smacked his ball back to dry
land.
The National Open is vying with
the war for front-page attention in
Cleveland newspapers these days.
With stories repertorial and ana
lytical, being written by dozens of
widely know'n golf writers, the col
umn of Bill Marton, caddie No. 73.
is easily one of the most enlight
ening.
Enrique Bertolino of Buenos Aires,
competing in the tournament with
his fellow townsman, Martin Pose,
is having trouble with the North;
American way. He purchased a $2
book of tickets for use at the re
freshment tents, found himself
seized by inspiration upon passing
a slot machine in the locker rojm
and complained bitterly in his na
tive tongue upon learning the
tickets could not be changed back
to nickels.
Official Score
CHICAGO. AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Kennedy, .'lb _ 4 0 1 2 2 1
Kuhel. lb_4 0 18 10
Kreevich. cf_ 4 0 0 3 0 0
Wrieht. rf _4 12 110
Appling, ss _ 4 1 2 4 2 0!
Rosenthal. If _ 4 0 1 3 0 0
McNair. 2b_ 4 0 2 2 1 0
Tresh. c_ 3 0 0 1 1 0
Knott, p _ 2 0 0 0 2 0
•Silvestri _ 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals _34 2 0 24 10 1
WASHINGTON. AB. R. H. O. A. E
Case, rf __ 3 1 0 3 0 0
Lewis, 3b _ 3 0 0 1 3 0
Welaj. cf _ 4 0 2 4 0 0
Walker. If _ 4 0 2 2 0 0
Bonura, lb _ 3 0 0 10 1 0
Travis, ss 4 1 2 0 2 1
Bloodworth. 2b _ 3 0 1 2 3 0
Ferrell, e _ 3 0 1 4 2 0
Leonard, p _3 10 13 0
Totals _ 30 3 8 27 14 1
•Batted for Knott In ninth.
Chicago ____ 000 001 001—2
Washington _ 001 000 llx—3
Runs batted in—Welaj. Appling. Blood
worth. Walker. Tresh. Two-base hits—
Walker. Three-base hits—Appling. Travis.
Sacrifices—Knott, Lewis. Double play—
Travis to Bloodworth to Bonura. Left on
bases—Chicago. 7: Washington. 8. Fir«t
base on balls—Off Knott. 2: off Leonard.
1. Struck out—By Knott. 1: by Leonard.
4 Passed ball—Ferrell. Umpires—Mc
Gowan. Quinn and Pipgras. Time—1:64.
Attendance. P.OOO.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Staunton. 8: Salem. 2.
Lynchburg. 8: Harrisonburg. 8.
Ott Out of Giants' Cleanup Spot First Time in 15 Years
Dean Given Classic Farewell; Cocoa Kid Can Talk to Himself in Six Languages
By EDDIE BRIETZ.
Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK. June 8—Man
aging the Cardinals is getting to
be tougher and more uncertain
than coaching football at Florida
U. Joe Louis and Mrs. Joe are
wondering if it will be a little
champ or champerine in the fall.
Hottest baseball spot in the re
public this week end is Cincy.
Dodgers and Redios play seven
games in the next nine days and
when they're over you'll have a
pretty fair working idea where
that bunting’s going to fly. Pay
check's “comeback" proved one
thing, anyway—Johnny actually
can raise his hands, which cus
tomers at the Louis fight doubted.
What's this! For the first time
in 15 years. Mel Ott is missing
from the Giants’ clean-up posi
tion.
Air lanes humor—During his
«
very good broadcast of the Conn
Lesnevich fight, Mr. Sam Taub
unloaded this one: “Conn is
standing his ground in the center
of the ring while circling to his
right.” (Let’s see you do it, Sam).
Not to be outdone, the co-com
mentator (a Mr. Stem) con
tributed this gem: “... It is very
warm in Detroit tonight . . . but
that’s not unusual, for summer
is approaching.” Gentlemen,
gentlemen!
Headline headliners — When
Dizzy Dean departed for Tulsa
and points West, the Chicago
Daily News sped him on his way
with this headline quotation from
Mr. Shakespeare’s “Henry VIII”:
“Farewell, a long farweil to all
my greatness.” A bit more to
the pernt, the Chicago Times
passed it up with “Dizzy spell
ended.”
Selected shorts—Golfer Charles
G. Eberhardt of Tampa knows
i
how the old chick felt. The
National Open’s official roster
fails to list him either as a pro
or an amateur. Thus he becomes
the only unclassified golfer in the
field. Exclusive, hey? High
Breeze and Blensign are getting
the raves in 2-year-old racing
circles, but don’t overlook a colt
named Clarksville. He’s won four
consecutive races with the great
est of ease and may make it five
in the big race at Lincoln Fields
today. Joe Louis flew to Wash
ington to see his sister graduate
from Howard University. Alf
Letoumer, the French six-day
bike star, has been ordered to
join his regiment. He sails in a
week, leaving his wife and 3-year
old child here.
Today’s guest star—Lynn C.
Doyle, Philadelphia Evening Bul
letin: "Cocoa Kid, the fighter,
speaks six languages. . . . Won’t
i
he have fun when he reaches
the time of life when fighters
start talking to themselves?”
Oh, No?
So there’s nothing new under
the sun?
Well, ho wabout Demaret’s 81?
Ragtime News Review.
The Cards gave poor Ray Blades
the air;
Campolo was half killed by Baer;
The Giants demoted Melvin Ott
As keeper of the clean-up spot;
Demaret shot an 81
(Which any duller could have
done)
And Sammy Snead burned up
the course
While birdies sang their fool
selves hoarse.
That's all the news that's fit to
print,
And so we end this little stint.
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Major Statistics
SATURDAY, June 8, 1940.
AMERICAN
R«»ult, Yesterday.
Washington. 3; Chicago. 2.
New York. 5; Cleveland, 4.
Detroit. 7: Boston. 1.
Philadelphia. 3; St. Louis, 2.
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GAMES TODAY GAMES TOMORROW.
Chi. at Wash.. 3:00. Chi at Wash.. 3:00.
Cleve at N. Y. cieve. at New York.
Detroit at Boston. Detroit at Boston.
St. Louis at Phila. St Louis at Phila.
NATIONAL
Results Yesterday.
Brooklyn. 4: Cincinnati, 2.
St. Louis. .*1; New York, 2.
Chicago. 5; Boston, ,‘t.
Pittsburgh, 10; Philadelphia. 4.
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GAMES TODAY GAMES TOMORROW.
Brooklyn at Cincl. B klyn at Clncl. (2).
N. Y. at St. L. (2). N. Y. at St. L. (2).
Phila. at Pitts. Phila. at Pitts. (2).
Boston at Chlnggo. Boston at Chi. (2).
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Wilkes-Barre. 6: Elmira, 3.
Springfield. 4: Binghamton, 2.
Albany. 6: Hartford. 4.
Only games.
80UTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Columbia. 1; Columbus. A (11 Innings).
Augusta. 8: Spartanburg. 0.
Macon. 12: Jacksonville. 5.
Savannah. 7—2; Oreenville, 6—8.
EASTERN SHORE LEAGUE.
Cambridge, 5: Pederalsburi. 1.
Pocomoke. 8; Eastsn. T.
Centrevtlle. 8: Salisbury. 1.
Milford. 6; Dover. 3.
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Big Slump in Averages
Drops Batting Aces
In Both Leagues
Hayes is 59 Points Off
And Danning Drops 30
As Figures Fade
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 8—It takes
just one glance at the averages of
the major league batting leaders
this week to see that they found op
posing pitchers in good form and
bad humor.
Lou Finnve, the Boston Red Sox's
outfielder who has been skyrocket
ing all spring, fizzled from a .396
mark to a more commonplace .368
and wound up just two points ahead
of the St. Louis Browns' Rip Rad
cliff. who last Saturday had a
stratospheric .393.
But their drop was nothing as
compared to the 59-point collapse
of Frank Hayes of the Philadelphia
Athletics from .392 to .333.
The National Leaguers had the
same trouble, except that they didn't
have as far to fall. Harry banning
of the New York Giants continued
to face the senior circuit sluggers,
but his average subsided 30 points
from .382 to .352. Dixie Walker of
the Dodgers, who was second last
week at .354, slipped to a modest
.333.
The 10 leading hitters in each
league:
American League.
Player. Club. G. AB R. H. Pet.
Finney. Boston_36 163 26 HO arts
RadclllT. St. Louts_41 164 20 fid .366
Wright. Chicago _ 45 IS.) 29 65 .355
Cramer. Boston _40 181 25 63 .348
Travis. Washington-- 3.3 127 18 44 .346
Appling. Chicago_ 45 172 24 59 .336
McCosky. Detroit_ 36 149 31 50 .336
Foxx. Boaton_ 40 149 35 50 .336
William*. Boston_ 40 156 36 52 .3.33
Hayes. Philadelphia-- 37 126 20 42 .333
National League.
Danning, New York-- 37 145 22 51 .352
Gustine. Pittsburgh-- 27 92 12 32 .348
Moore. New York_ 34 135 29 46 .341
Gleeson. Chicago_ 27 98 16 33 .337
Walker. Brooklyn_ 29 102 16 34 .3.33
Nicholson. Chicago 30 112 17 37 .330
Lombardi. Cincinnati 38 135 20 44 .326
Ross. Boston _ 36 136 24 44 .324
Van Robays. Pittsb’gh 27 102 9 33 .324
Leiber. Chicago _ 42 161 23 52 .323
V
Longshots Grab
Roles in Drama
Of Pressure
'Name' Linksmen Fall
As Little and Smith
Challenge Snead
By EARL HILLIGAN.
Associated Press Sports Writer.
CLEVELAND, June 8. — They
“mobbed” the payoff window today
in the drama of pressure, failure
and victory that is golf's biggest
gamble—the National Open cham
pionship.
Promising what may be the great
est finish in the history of a tourna
ment well marked by heartbreak
and disappointment to favorites and
the sudden rush of longshots to
fame, 21 of the game's finest stars
were within a six-stroke leadership
bracket as the final 36-hole stretch
drive started at Canterbury course.
Deadlocked for the 36-hole lead
at 141 strokes were two top power
players, “Slamming Sam” Snead
and Lawson Little; and one of golf's
style artists, suave Horton Smith,
one-time “Joplin Ghost” and boy
wonder of the sport. Their battle
toward the game's biggest crown—
with almost a score of others ready
to take advantage of any slip—car
ried the prospect of as colorful a
free-for-all as the event ever has
known.
nmu, cam comer sneaa.
Snead, who lost his grasp on the
title a year ago with a disastrous
eighth, turned in a 2-over-par card
of 39-35—74 yesterday to add to his
Thursday round of 67, five under
regulation figures.
Canterbury's tricky winds, dor
mant two days, roared over the fair
ways during a rain squall which
sent Sam reeling at the sixth hole.
He took 1 over par there and 3
over for the out nine. Coming
home, he picked up three strokes on
six holes, then ran into trouble at
thp short 17th going 2 over par.
The broad-shouldered Little, work
ing on an opening 72, came in with
a 3-under-par card of 36—33—69,
playing the kind of golf which won
him the British and American ama
teur titles in 1934 and 1935.
Smith, tall Chicago professional,
had nines of 36—36 to match par
as against his first-round 69. On
the eighteenth Smith missed by an
inch a 9-foot putt which would have
given him the lead and a slight
edge toward capturing a title neither
he, Snead or Little ever has won.
Walsh Stroke Off Pace.
Frank Walsh, veteran Rumson
(N. J.) professional, was just a stroke
off the pace at 142, going around
yesterday in 69. Sam Parks, jr.,
Pittsburgh, and Ben Hogan, Dublin,
Tex., were bracketed at 143. Parks,
1935 winner, had a second-round 74.
Hogan a 73. Ralph Guldahl, two
time Open champion, was at 144
and in position to turn loose the
finishes which saw him win in 1937
and 1938. Also in the 144 division
were Len Dodson. E. J. (Dutch)
Harrison and Vic Ghezzi.
Former Champion Gene Sarazen
had 145, along with Jock Hutchison,
jr.; Lloyd Mangrum and Craig
Wood. Defending Champion Byron
Nelson, whose 37—37—74 yesterday
gave him a 146 total, had the com
pany of Jim Foulis, Henry Picard,
P. G. A. titlist; Harold McSpaden,
Leland Gibson, Ed Oliver and An
drew Gibson.
Jim Demaret of Houston. Tex.,
big gun of the winter tour, ballooned
to a 41 going out after a first-round
74 and then withdrew without
turning in his card. Jim Ferrier,
Australian champion, was low
scoring amateur, getting a 74 yes
terday for a 147 aggregate. Sixty
| six scorers of 153 and ties qualified
j for the final round.
Western Boys' Club Loop
Seeking More Teams
Applications from teams desiring
to enter the second half, which
starts during the next two weeks,
are being accepted by the western
division of the Boys’ Club of Wash
ington Baseball League.
Paul Casassa is taking entries for
the two classes, from 14 years of
age and under and 16 and under,
at the Boys’ Club, Twenty-eighth
and M streets, Michigan 2122.
Track Marks Are Threatened
At Princeton Despite
Ace Miters' Absence
B> the Associated Press.
PRINCETON, N. J„ June 8 —The
kings of the mile were missing but
the seventh annual Princeton Uni
versity invitation track festival still
carried in its seven well-balanced
races today threats to several world
marks.
For the first time since he inaug
urated the carnival with a world
record 4:06.7 mile in 1934, Glenn
Cunningham won't compete. Ab
sent also was Cunningham's succes
sor as the greatest of milers, the ail
ing Chuck Fenske.
Thus the mile, usually the fea
tured race on this star-studded pro
gram, became just another event
while attention focused on Fred
Wolcott's assault on »both the 120
high and the 220 low hurdle marks
and Greg Rice's attempt to smash
Don Lash’s 8:58.3 2-mile outdoor
record set on the Palmer Stadium
track in the rain in 1936.
Lash, an Indiana State policeman,
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AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK
Tomorrow—Chicago—3:00 P.M.
faces Rice in the 2-mile while Wr* -
cott should meet substantial op ■
position from Boyce Gatewood rA
Texas and Marsh Farmer of Texas
Tech.
The 440 brings together the out
standing quarter-milers of the land.
Charley Belcher from Georgia Tech,
who has the year's best time of 46.7,
races Lee Orr of Washington State,
Johnny Quigley. Manhattan fresh
man who won the event last year
as a schoolboy, among others.
Blaine Rideout is favorite in the
mile. Last year Blaine caused an
international "incident” when he
"bumped” England's Wooderson on
the homestretch. His twin brother
Wayne is entered in the 2-mile.
The other events were the 480
shuttle hurdles relay between quar
tets from Texas and Yale and the
half mile with an evenly matched
field.
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