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PART FOUR—SPORTS NEWS AND CLASSIFIED ADS
Sports News, 1-5 Classified Ads, 6-16 '
SIXTEEN PAGES._WASHINGTON, D. C., JULY 7, 1940.
Nats* Defense Collapses With Two Out in 9thf Letting Bosox Grab Game, 5-3
Win, Lose or Draw
By FRANCIS E. STAN.
A Voice Calling Up From the Cellar
Shhh, there’s a fellow wanting to say something but his voice is hard
to hear. Why, we do declare, it’s Uncle Clark Griffith! No wonder. You
see, he has to shout all the way up from the American League cellar . . .
We happened to shout with the old gent yesterday while the Na
tionals were devising another ingenious route to defeat. They made
three errors with two out in the ninth inning and managed to lose to
the Red Sox, 5 to 3. We mentioned, casually and charitably, that Wash
ington certainly fooled a lot of people down South last spring.
“Not me,” shouted Uncle Clark, all the way from the bottom of the
league. (You had to have very good ears to hear him. He wasn't any
louder than a pebble dropped into a deep well.)
"You mean,” we shouted back, “your boys were an eighth-place
club all along? Why Mister Gr-”
“No,” came a faint interruption, “I knew we were due for trouble.
I saw it coming. There are eight teams in the American League and
seven of ’em are improved. The Yankees are the only club that isn't
any better.”
Nothing's Going Right for the Qld Fox
As we said, Griff's voice was very faint and we went to painstaking
measures to record the following for posterity. Nimbly we began to
descend within easy hearing range . . . past the Indians, Tigers, Red Sox,
Yankees, White Sox, Browns, Athletics and, finally, into the cellar.
“You know,” we said, “it sounded from up there like you said the
only club that wasn't better than last year is the Yankees. Awfully long
distance for a conversation, huh?”
“That's exactly what I said,” Uncle Clark sniffed. "The Yankees
are the only club that isn't better than last year. If you are about to
cast aspersions on the Washington team, do so. But I say we're better
and so are the Browns and the A’s and all of the other clubs except,
as I say, the Yankees.”
Now Uncle Clark wasn't kidding. It's hard to kid in the face of
the tragedy which is heaping down upon his white-maned head. His
infield can't infield and his outfield can’t outfield. His catchers can't
catch and, of course, everybody knows about his pitchers. Men don't
kid in moments like these.
Pitchers, He Says, Now Swing Balance of Power
■'Here's what happened." Mister G. went on. “Over the winter, after
I passed that no-trading-by-a-pennant-winner rule, everybody went out
and strengthened their clubs. My Washington team is better than it
was a year ago. We've got Sid Hudson. We didn't have him in 1939.
We’ve got Gerald Walker. Some of the others, like Masterson and Early,
are coming along. Do you know what's happened in the American League?”
Normally, we suppose a fellow would say, right quick, that a dis
sension-ridden Cleveland club and a Detroit team, one with a washed
up National League shortstop (Dick Bartell), and the other with a
washed-up American League third baseman (Pinky Higgins), have about
turned the circuit upside down. But this wasn't the spot to say it and
*o we asked, naively, “No, what?”
“What’s happened,” announced Mr. Griffith, almost delightedly, “is
that at last the balance of power in the American League has turned
to pitching.” (Uncle Clark; as you may know, is the pitchers’ champion.
All because he used to be a pitcher, himself.)
“Let me point out something,” he went on. “This year, if there
was any way of giving any one team the top four pitchers in the league,
that team would win the pennant. If the Brqvns had Newsom, Feller,
Russo and, say, Leonard, they wmuld win the pennant. If we had those
four we could win. So could the A's and any other team in the league.”
When Griff Had a Southpaw Named Boehling
There may be several reactions to Mr. Griffith's outburst. In the
first place, pitching is supposed to be anywhere from (JO to 85 per cent of
the game. Some people may want to argue the point. In other words,
since when has there been a major league team so bad that the four
leading pitchers couldn’t pitch to a pennant?
Then, again, could Newsom, Leonard, Russo and Feller pitch a club
like the Mr. G.’s current Nats to a pennant? There is a question, too.
Washington once had Newsom but he was no ball of fire here. Leonard
is having trouble winning this season but last year he won 20 games.
Not even Feller could have pitched much better than Ken Chase did
yesterday until the ninth inning, when Ken's mates kicked it away.
Griff ought to know if this year’s team is better than last season's.
He points to Hudson and Walker, notably, and to Masterson and Early.
But at the same time Ferrell, Bonura, Travis, Lewis, Case. Leonard,
Chase. West, Gelbert and others are a year older, due to a remarkably
consistent turn of events, than they were in 1939.
“We're still a better team,” snorted the Old Fox, when this was put up
to him. I’ll bank on it and, say, by the way . .
“By the way?”
“Yeah, by the way, we’re getting Alex Carrasquel back from Jersey
City. You see, they didn’t want him but that doesn't mean a whole lot.
You see . .
“If Jersey City can’t use him, how can Washington?”
“Well,” sighed Uncle Clark, “a long time ago somebody asked me that
same question. I had a left-hander named Joe Boehling and I sent him
to the Southern League. He couldn't win and they turned him back. I
talked with him and danged if Boehling didn’t win nine games in a row
in the big leagues ..
Major Statistics
SUNDAY. JULY 7. 194(1
AMERICAN
Remits Yesterday.
Boston. 6; Washington. 3.
Detroit. 11—2: St. Louis. 2—0.
Philadelphia. 8; New York. 7 (10 ln
Rlnas).
Cleveland. 7: Chicago. 2.
STANDING OP THE CLUBS
3 SI? | 99 | | f S’, ? f
3 S I * 8 P I I § * I U
f “ t' I IS: i i I*
a i i » i Is 111 : s f
iii i |i » ° i i ! !
Trioi—I'fll 5 71 71 71 61 71451281.6161
Detl 51—1 41 71 61 91 41 81431271.6141 Vi.
Boal 51 "'5;—i 41 81 41 71 71401301.5711 3V,
Wl~4T3l 51—I 41 71 51 8|36133U5~22I 7
i-hll 51 41 31 51—1 61 6T"6|.-UI37l.456!li Va
jat.TJ 41 21 61 31 61—1 71 6 i 331431.434113 Va
Phil 61 41 41 51 31 41—1 3128i421.400115Va
WnT~3i~3l 31 21 41 61 81—1291451^92 16Va
L.-I28I27I30I33I37I43I42I45I—I—I I
GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW.
Boston at Wash. (None scheduled.)
(2—1st game 1:30)
N Y. at Phlla. (2).
BL^^at ‘ Detroit..
NATIONAL
Beralta Yesterday.
Brooklyn. 2: Boston. 0.
Cincinnati. 4: Chicago, 0. _,
Pittsburgh. 16—4: St. Louis. 8 3.
Philadelphia 8; New York. 2.
STANDING OP THE CLUBS
lilfflHnf (t
til®11*1 i i I r
i i i i i p I ! 1 !
tekU— 61 61 61 61 41 81 9145121 -682i
anl 61—I 71 81 61 91 51 41*612316621 1_
NY1 31 »l—I 61 71 71 81 61391271.6911 6
Chi I 41 31 31—1 61 61 91 81381361.614111
StLI 41 31 21 61—1 31 21 71271381.415117%
gjjj 21 II 41 61 61—1 41 51271391.409118
Boal II 31 21 21 41 61—1 61231391.371120
rtlll 11 ~41 3! 31 41 61 31—123144 .343I22V4
L..’211231271361381391391441—jj—1 I
GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW.
Cin. at Chicago. (None scheduled >
Pitts, at St. L. 12).
Bkl. at Boston (2).
Phlla. at N. Y. t2).
Sylvan Shores Victor
Billy Sullivan’s enviable reputa
tion as a hurler went into a tem
porary eclipse when he and his
Tru-Blu outfit were victimized, 6-3,
by Sylvan Shores.
I
Official Score
BOSTON AB. R. H. O. A. *
Di Maggio. ef-lf_ 4 2 5 8 1 0
Finney, rf_ 4 0 2 5 0 0
lb ,,-8 0 18 10
Williams. If_ 4 0 0 1 0 0
Tabor. 3b- 4 0 1 0 2 1
Doerr. 2b_ 4 0 1 5 2 0
Cronin, ss- 4 1 0 2 8 1
Desautels. e_ 2 0 0 2 1 0
•Glenn- 1 0 0 0 0 0
Peacock, e - 0 0 0 1 0 0
Galehouse, p_3 0 1110
♦Carey -1 1 1 0 o 0
Wilson, p- 0 0 0 0 1 0
Cramer, ef - 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals - 38 8 ~0 27 15 ~2
• Batted for Desautels In ninth,
t Batted for Galehouse in ninth.
WASHINGTON. AB. R. H. O. A £
Case, cf -5 117 0 1
Lewis- rf-4 114 0 0
Walker. If-4 10 10 0
Bonura, lb_* 0 2 7 0 0.
Travis. 3b -* 0 2 0 4 1
Myer 2b _* 0 1 3 2 1
Pofahl, ss _ 4 0 2 2 3 0
Ferrell, c- 3 0 0 3 2 0
Chase, p- 4 0 1 0 0 0
Totals - 36 3 10 27 11 ~3
S?stS? . -100 Ol>0 «04—5
Washington - 200 010 000—3
Runs batted in—Foxx, Travis (2). Ca
rey. Di Maggio (2). Two-base hit—Fin
ney Three-base hits—Finney. Di Maggio.
Stolen base—Wlaker. Sacrifices—Finney.
Ferrell. Double plays—Ferrell to Pofahl.
Di Maggio to Doerr. Cronin to Doerr to
Foxx. Left on bases—Boston, 7: Washing
ton, 10. Bases on balls—OfT Galehouse, 3;
off Chase. 2. Struck out—By Galehouse.
2; by Chase. 3; by Wilson. 1. Hits—Off
Galehouse, P in 8 innings: off Wilson, 1 in
1 inning. Wild pitch—Galehouse. Win
ning Pitcher—Galehouse.
Late Sports News
On Page B-2
r *
Four Unearned
Runs Cross on
Three Errors
Chase Mound Victim
As His Team Boots
Itself to Cellar
By BURTON HAWKINS.
Seemingly shocked at the pros
pect of capturing a contest, the Na
tionals wilted like an aged gardenia
after two were out in the ninth
inning yesterday at Griffith Sta
dium. inserting three errors and al
lowing Boston to produce four un
earned runs to register a 5-3 victory.
The Nationals neatly tumbled into
the clammy atmosphere of the
American League cellar again. For
82rj innings they feinted loose
jointed Ken Chase into believing he
was going to annex his first tri
umph in nearly a month, but it
seems the gestures were mislead
ing.
Leading, 3-1, entering the ninth,
the Nats mentally were enjoying
soothing showers in the clubhouse
when Chase retired Jim Tabor and
Bobby Doerr in order. Then, how
ever, distressing things materialized
in rapid succession.
Travis Starts Trouble.
Third Baseman Cecil Travis
knocked down Joe Cronin's smpsh,
but his wide throw pulled Zeke
Bonura off first base for Washing
ton's initial error. The second mis
cue followed in a few seconds, for
Second Baseman Buddy Myer jug
gled Pinch-hitter Joe Glenn's
grounder, and Cronin and Glenn
were safe.
Tom Carey batted for Pitcher
Denny Galehouse and whacked a
single to left, scoring Cronin and
moving Doc Cramer, who ran for
Glenn, to second. That set the stage
for bespectacled Dominic Di Magglo,
and the little outfielder did noth
ing to taint the family reputation.
Di Maggio drilled a triple to right,
scoring Cramer and Carey, and
Dominic scored when George Case
dropped Lou Finney's liner to center
to climax the Nats’ panicky display.
Nats Can’t Retaliate.
Thus humiliated, the Nats hadn't
the heart to delay the dinners of
3,500 spectators. Buddy Lewis beat
out a bunt down the third base
line in Washington's portion of the
ninth, but that represented the
Nats' only timid move toward re
taliation, for Case already had been
fanned and Bonura lined to Finney
to end th6 weird engagement.
Chase was hurling his most cred
itable game in several weeks when
the Nats chose to collapse. He had
checked the high-powered Red Sox
with seven hits and pitched shut
out ball after the first Inning until
the decision wag within one out of
being his.
The Red Sox produced that first
inning run when Di Maggio singled
to center, scooted to second on Fin
ney's sacrifice and scored on Jimmy
Foxx’s single past Bonura, but
Washington bounced back to grasp
the lead when it came to bat,
Nats Get Useless Lead.
Case thumped a sharp single to
center and Lewis walked. Gale
house disposed of Walker with a
liner to Ted Williams in left, but
Case and Lewis advanced on Bo
nura's infield out and scored as
Travis lashed a sizzling single to
center. i
That situation existed until the
fifth inning, when Washington
scored a run without benefit of a
hit. Walker was safe and darted
to second on Cronin’s wild throw
past Foxx at first. Gerald then stole
third and scored as Galehouse un
leashed a wild pitch.
Chase meanwhile was applying
the brakes when trouble loomed.
He issued walks to Gene Desautels
and Di Maggio in the third inning,
but escaped damage. Finney
launched the sixth with a double
to left, and after two were out Tabor
beat out a hit to Shortstop Jimmy
Pofahl, moving Finney to third.
Doerr flied to Case, though, to
stymie that threat.
Tough Loss for Chase.
In the eighth the pesky Finney
blasted a triple to center with one
out, but was stranded on third as
Foxx and Williams both flied to
Lewis.
Galehouse also was bumping into
difficulty, but a brace of double
plays erased Washington's scoring
gestures. In the third inning
Bonura and Travis singled in suc
cession, but Myer lined to Di Mag
gio, who whipped the ball to Doerr
to catch Bonuera off second.
The loss, no part of his own mak
ing, was Chase’s 11th and his fifth
in succession.
Harness Purses Are Large
SYRACUSE, N. Y„ July 6 OF).—
Purses with an estimated value of
$56,000, largest ever offered here,
will be divided among owners in
the grand circuit harness meeting
August 26-31.
THIEVERY PAYS—Gerald Walker, the Nats’ fleet left fielder,
hits the dirt to negotiate a steal of third base in the fifth inning
yesterday at Griffith Stadium. Walker scored without benefit
of a hit, reaching second as Joe Cronin threw wild past Jimmy
Fox, stealing third and scoring on a wild pitch. Third Baseman
Jim Tabor and Umpire Rommel also are shown.—A. P. Photo.
__ «
PROVIDES WINNING PUNCH—Pewee Reese, who hit home Gus Mancuso and later scored, to get
the eighth-inning runs for the Dodgers that beat the Bees in Boston yesterday, 2 to 0, kicked
up a lot of dust as he slid into third. —A. P. Wirephoto.
Travis Is Given All-Star Spot,
Replacing III Rolfe of Yanks;
Nats Regain Carrasquel
Washington's representation in the
annual All-Star game at St. Louis
on Tuesday was increased to two
yesterday as Joe Cronin, manager of
the American League team, selected
Third Baseman Cecil Travis to re
place New York's Red Rolfe, who
requested to be excused due to
illness.
Travis, currently hitting more than
.340, is believed to have an excellent
chance of starting in the engage
ment. Ken Keltner, Cleveland third
baseman, is his rival for the role.
Pitcher Dutch Leonard, the Nats’
original representative, and Travis
had planned to fly to St. Louis.
Leonard had made a reservation.
When President Clark Griffith learn
ed Travis was inquiring into plane
schedules, he snorted and ordered
both players to travel by train.
Immediately after today’s double
header with the Red Sox at Griffith
Stadium, Travis and Leonard will
head for St. Louis, together with
the Boston contingent of Manager
Joe Cronin, Jimmy Foxx, Lou Fin
ney, Doc Cramer, Ted Williams,
Coach Tom Daly, Batting Practice
Catcher Moe Berg and Trainer
Win Green.
Leonard's appearance in the All
Star game appears unlikely, inas
much as he is slated to pitch against
the Red Sox today.
Washington’s squad is ticketed to
be increased by one today, with
Pitcher Alejandro Carrasquel being
returned to the fold after failing to
impress with Jersey City of the In
ternational League. Carrasquel may
linger only briefly before 'his ex
pected shipment elsewhere, possibly
to the Nats’ Piedmont League farm
at Charlotte, N. C.
After today’s twin bill the Nats
will remain idle until Thursday,
when Detroit invades for a three
game series. Cleveland, Chicago and
St. Louis will follow the Tigers into
Griffith Stadium.
Travis, incidentally, now has hit
safely in his last liTgames and over
that stretch has batted .472. B. H.
Cameo Plays Woodridge
Cameo Furniture softball team,
w*nner 6f the Dixie Night League
title, will play the Woodridge A. C.
at Langdon Field today at 3 o’clock.
Tribe Fears Tigers Most, Avers Superstitious Vitt
Regards Holding Lead July 4 as 'Good Omen/ but Thinks Race Will Be Decided in Final Week
* i
By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, July 6.-01’ Os’
Vitt trundled out of the Cleve
land Indians’ Wigwam today with
his book of superstitions and
opined:
1. It was a “good omen, all
right,” for the Tribe to lead the
American League at the season's
halfway mark.
2. The Detroit Tigers are his
biggest worry in trying to pilot
Cleveland to its first pennant in
20 years, and
3. “I look for this race not to
be decided until the last week of
the season."
"I'm superstitious, all right,”
SI
declared the talkative Vitt, fa
miliarly known to the fans—
and sometimes to himself—as
• or os’.”
‘‘It’s a good omen to be in first
place July 4 and I’m not ashamed
to admit that.
“I believe in almost every su
perstition in the book. When I
see a white butterfly, I just know
that means good luck, that we’re
going to win. But that black
butterfly—how I hate to see that
one come around!
‘‘When a ladybug lights on me,
I know we’re going to win, and
SO per cent of the time it comes
out just as I thought.
“Why, I’ve seen a guy eat white
fish at noon,” continued Oscar.
“He’d win that afternoon, and
decide it was the white fish. And
he’d order white fish for a month
without stopping.”
And how, sir, about that pen
nant race?
“The club I really fear more
than any is Detroit. If Gehrin
ger and Bartell can hold up all
year they’re going to be pretty
tough. They have plenty of
power and good pitching.”
The Yankees and Boston?
"I don’t fear Boston like New
York, but they’re both in there.
X don’t care if New York is six
or eight games behind—I’d like
to leave them back about 25
games. But New York has too
good a ball club to collapse en
tirely.
“We try to win them from day
to day—let tomorrow take care
of itself. It's a long trail yet.
As soon as Mel Harder can get
in there and take his pitching
turn that’ll help us.
“The fourth pitcher on my
staff hasn’t been established all
year, and I always say around
70 per cent of a successful ball
club is its pitching. I can’t say
our hitting hu been keeping us
up there."
Dodgers Strike Late,
Top Bees, 2-0, for
Seventh in Row
By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, July 6.—Tot Pressnell
stretched the amazing Brooklyn
Dodgers’ winning streak to seven
games today with a superb 3-hit
performance that tamed the Bos
ton Bees, 2-0.
By holding the Bees without a
run, Pressnell extended the Bos
tonians’ string of scoreless innings
to 20. The losers had been previ
ously shut out in the last 11 innings
of yesterday’s 20-inning marathon,
which the Dodgers won, 6-2.
Pressnell gained his decision over
Dick Errickson in a tprrid pitching
battle. Errickson didn’t allow a run
until the eighth, when the Brooks
scored both their tallies.
The run-making happened like
this: Gus Mancuso walked and
Pressnell sacrificed him to second.
Peewee Reese singled to left, scor
ing Mancuso with the game's
first run.
Cookie Lavagetto singled to right,
(ending Reese to third and Dixie
Walker pumped another single to
right, scoring Reese, but Lavagetto
was out trying for third. Ducky
Medwick then ended the inning by
forcing Walker at second.
The Dodgers managed eight hits
off Errickson, who pitched a fine
game himself, but were able to bunch
their hits only in the eighth inning
to any purpose.
The paid attendance was 5,112.
Br'klyn. AB. H. O. A. Boston AB. A O. A.
Reese.ss. 4 2 2 2 Hassett.Xb 4 0 16 0
Lav’tto.Sb 4 1 2 4 81stl.3b .4123
Walker.rf 3 13 0 Moore,rf 4 0 11
Medw k.lf 4 0 3 0 Ross.lf __ .3 2 3 1
Camllll.lb 4 111 3 West.cf 3 0 10
Oilbert.cf 4 10 0 Rowell.2b 3 0 4 6
Cosc’r’t.2b 3 2 3 1 Miller.ss .3 0 0 3
Manc'co.c 3 0 0 0 Masi.c 3 0 0 0
Pressn'tp 2 0 3 1 Errlck’n.p 3 0 0 6
Totals 31 8 2711 Totals 30 ~3 27 20
Brooklyn_ 000 OOO 020—2
Boston_ 000 000 000—0
Runs—Reese. Mancuso. Error—Lavapet
to. Runs batted In—Reese. Walker. Two
base hits—Camllll. Coscarart. Ross. Sacri
fice—Pressnell. Double plays—Camllll (un
assisted), Miller. Rowelf and Hassett. Left
on bases—Brooklyn. 6: Boston. 3. Bases on
baUs—Off Errickson, 3. Umpires—Messrs.
Klem. Ballanfent and Campbell Time—
1:42. Attendance (actual)—5.112.
Indians' 6-Run Rally
In 5th Overcomes
White Sox, 7-3
Four Hits, Three Walks
Mixed in Big Inning;
Ump Chases Dykes
By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. July 6.—Held hit
less for four frames by bespectacled
Bill Dietrich, the Cleveland Indians
drove him from the mound in the
fifth with a six-run attack today and
coasted to a 7-to-3 victory over the
White Sox to keep their grip on
first place.
Mel Harder limited the Sox to
six hits in eight innings, but gave
up four straight In the ninth and
was succeeded by Johnny Allen.
Together the clubs turned in eight
double plays within one of the
major league record in a single
game. Each side contributed four,
Ray Mack starting three for the
Indians and making one unassisted.
Dykes AIs« Routed.
After Cleveland's rousing fifth
stanza, articulate Jimmy Dykes, Sox
pilot, was chased from the field by
Base Umpire Lou Rolls for heckling.
Hal Trosky doubled to start the
Tribe's scoring spree. Beau Bell
grounded out, but Trosky romped
in on a single by Ben Chapman,
who then stole second. In order,
Dietrich walked Ken Keltner,
Frankie Pytlak and Harder, forcing
Chapman home.
Lou Boudreau doubled, scoring
Keltner and Pytlak and Clint Brown
took Dietrich s placa. on the hill.
Roy Weatherly brought in Harder
and Boudreau with a single. The
inning ended when Mack hit into
a double play. Keltner doubled
Chapman home in the sixth for
Cleveland's seventh marker.
innoi Rally Late.
The Sox rallied in th4 ninth for
three rims on five hits, Mike Kree
vich singling and scoring on Joe
Kuhel s double. Kuhel came In on
Julius Solters’ single and Taft
Wright's one-base blow sent Harder
to the showers. Luke Appling forced
Wright as Solters counted.
wibh^h A? ?■ 9 A« £levfI'd AB- h. o A.
} 1 } ? Boud’u.ss 3 13 4
h.cf 4 2 4 0 We'th v 4 o a o
Kuhel.lb- 3 110 0 M«ckibCt 4 0 4 ?
SoLcrSilf .4 2 2 0 Troskv lh 1 q n
Wri?ht.rf 4 13 2 BeH.rf 4 1 o n
Tresn"c’8* 1 2 ? 2 Chyp’an.lf 4 13 0
Kerfdy 3b g?krc3b 2 J > =
Dietrich.p 10 0 1 Harder *. 2 10 0
Brown.p_^2 0 0 0 Allen.p__ 0 0 0 0
"Totsls 34 II 24 13 Totals 2»~8 2Tl3
rVvXnrt- 000 000 003—3
Cleveland - 000 061 OOx—7
Runs—Kreevich. Kuhel. Bolters. Boudreau
Trosky, Chapman (2). Keltner Pytlalc'
ChInm;nE:H?9rW<‘.?b JRuns batted In—
Chapman. Harder. Boudreau (2), Weather
Keltner. Kuhel. Solters. Ttvo-b»se
Boudreau. Keltner. Kuhel
Stolen bases—Chapman (2). Double plavs
Mack (unassisted). Mack to Boudreau to
Trosky (2). Mack to Trosky. Kennedy to
^bbnJ°i-5.uh! ' 'J£et?b,t0 Appling to Kuhel
(2) Wright to Kuhel. Left on bases—
Chicago S: Cleveland. 3. Bases on halls—
Off Dietrich, 5. Btruck out—By Harder °
by Allen. 1. Hits—Off Dietrich. 3 in’4'i
innings; off Brown. 5 in 3% Innings: off
Harder 1° ,nAVj innings; off Allen, l
* ,!nn,i"' ,Hlt bT pitcher—By Harder
^Kuhrt). Winning Pitcher—Harder. Losing
pitcher—Dietrich Umpires—Messrs. Orms
by. McGowan and Rolls. Time—2:0(1 At
»ThildVet^*ted,-9°00' plu‘ 8000
Leonard to Pitch
Against Grove
Seeking his tenth victory of
the campaign. Dutch Leonard
■will square off with Lefty Grove
in the first game of a Washing
ton-Boston double-header today
at Griffith Stadium. 1
Game time is 1:30.
Rene Monteagudo, who has
impressed in recent relief ap
pearances, will be entrusted with
the starting assignment in the
second game, with Emerson
Dickman slated to toil for the
Red Sox.
BASEBALL .3WS
DOUBLE HEADER
Washington vs. Boston
AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK I
Thursday—Detroit—8:15 F.M.
Feller, Walters
Likely to Begin
All-Star Firing
St. Louis to Throng
Its Ball Park for
Tilt Tuesday
By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, July 6—The rival
managers haven’t announced their
starting pitchers for the major
leagues’ eighth annual All-Star
baseball game here next Tuesday,
but it’s a good guess that Bobby
Feller of the Cleveland Indians will
oppose Bucky Walters of the Cin
cinnati Reds.
Feller, the youthful fireball hurler,
with 13 victories this season, and
Walters, the smooth, calculating
type, with 11 triumphs, would offer
a definite, contrasting appeal to
the fans. And from the manager's
point of view each has the ability
to hold the opposition in check.
Bob Was 1939 Hero.
Feller was acclaimed the 1939
hero of the All-Star game, with his
one-hit pitching'for three and two
thirds innings. He entered the fray
in the sixth, with one out and the
bases loaded with National Leaguers,
and retired them without a run.
The American League won, as it
has in five of the seven contests
played.
This game is the nearest thing to
a World Series St. Louis has had
since the Cardinals defeated Detroit
in 1934, and cheering baseball fol
lowers are expected to fill every
one of the approximately 33.000
seats at Sportsmans’ Park
Jimmy Foxx of the Boston Red
Sox is the only one of 50 players
selected to represent the two
leagues this year who has played
in all the other All-Star games.
He has made six hits in 15 times
at bat for a .400 record in All-Star
contests.
Miller Replaces Jurges.
With the substitution of Eddie
Miller of the Boston Bees for the in
jured Bill Jurges of the New Yorlc
Giants, the National League squad
will be:
Manager—Bill McKechnle of Cincinnati,
i Wtlt(rs< Paul DcrrinR^ f'ln*
Phui5L:in?(U,hTMuIcBhy Bnd Kirby HifSe,
HnhhSu PkL» v*rJT J‘LBnch- Chicago: Carl
Hubbell. New York; Whitlow Wyatt. Brook
-.Catchers—Harry Danning New York;
BrookWn°mbard1' Cinclnnatl- Babe Phelps,
Infleldera—John Mize. St Louis: Prank
LeoCDur£herC.nd‘Har/y La^Seno"^
_. Outfielders—Joe Medwick. Brooklyn: Joe
ltCd Mel Ott New York: Henry
Leiber. Chicago: Max West. Boston. Terry
Moore, St. Louis.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Manager—Joe Cronin. Boston.
Pitchers—Peller. A1 Milnar. Cleveland:
Buck Newsom. Tommy Bridges. Detroit:
Emil Leonard. Washington: Charles Ruf
fing and Monte Pearson New York
Catchers—Frank Hayes Philadelphia;
Bill Dickey, New York; Rollte Hemsley,
Cleveland.
Inflelders—Foxx. George McQutnn. 8*.
Louis: Joe Gordon New York; Cecil Travis
Washington: Ray Mack. Lou Boudreau ami
Ken Keltner Cleveland; Luke Appling,
Chicago.
Outfielders—Joe Di Maggio and Charley
Keller. New York: Lou Finney. Roger
Cramer and Ted Williams. Boston: Bob
Johnson. Philadelphia: Hank Greenberg.
Detroit.
On Monday afternoon both major leagues
will hold meetings and may hold a Joint
session Tuesday morning
If rain causes a postponement Tues
day. the game will be played at 0 a m.
(Central standard time) Wednesday.
Metropolitan Police
White House Pistol
Teams Sparkle
By the Associated Press.
BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT. July 6 —
Metropolitan Police of Washington,
D. C., came through this afternoon
at the Eastern regional rifle and
pistol matches with third place in
the .22 and .45 caliber pistol shoots
for four-man teams over the difficult
national match course.
Richard B. McMahill, W. B. Slacfe,
George M. Stewart and M. I. Bridges
posted scores of 260, 253, 252 and
225 to total 990 in the .45-caliber
match, which the United States In
fantry team from Camp Perry, Ohio,
won with 1.081. Another infantry
team from Fort Benning, Ga., was
second with 1,034.
Charles Layton replaced Bridges
for the .22-caliber shoot in which the
police scored 1,105. The winning lri
fantry team totaled 1.140 and the
second-place Pennsylvania motor
patrol team, 1,117.
The White House Police team of
John Cash, Earle Reynolds, Richard
Hallion and Edgar Warden was
third in the center fire match over
the national course with 1.113, one
point behind the second-place in
fantry team and eight points behind
the winning Pennsylvania motor
patrol team.
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