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Washington, D. C., Saturday. May 13, 1944—A—12 •
Win, Lose or Draw
By GRANTLAND RICE.
Special Correspondent of The Star.
Cubs' failure Appears Unfathomable Mystery
One of the most attractive angles of sport is its number of un
explained and unfathomable mysteries. This happens to every sport,
a factor that helps to keep up public interest in the knowledge there
is no sure thing.
To me one of the inexplicable problems has been the case of the
Chicago Cubs. They were supposed to be a pretty fair aggregation
last year—and got nowhere. They were picked this season to be a
threatening factor back of the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati
Reds. Instead they hit the toboggan after taking their opening game
and lost 13 in a row before winning again.
Apparently Jimmy Wilson could do nothing with this complex
tangle. Charley Grimm, their new leader from old Cub days, is sure to
do better, but after such a start his main job will be to finish in the
first division. After all the Cubs have been important factors in base
ball for some 40 years.
Everyone knew’ that except for the St. Louis Csydinals the
major league teams would face a wild baseball year. But no one
could figure out, the collapse of the Cubs with a better looking lineup
than many of the others had.
The Cardinals and Reds appear to be the two better ball clubs
In the National, with the former still rated far ahead. But the Cubs
have better material than most of the others.
Presence of Fletcher Is Boon to Yankees
It is no news to tell you that the Yankees have had a great
mam.'Vr in Joe McCarthy. But they have had another lucky break
in havJV Art Fletcher.
I’vt Htnown Art since he came to McGraw as. a kid 35 years ago.
He was j\fine, fighting, hustling ballplayer for many years and he
could hav’tbeen one of the best managers if he had carded for the
top spot. I
Fitch'f was born in Collinsville, 111., 59 years ago. But you’d
never gue f his age watching him work from the bench to the coach- '
ing lines jtnd after taking a look at his lean, hawklike face.
Fletcher has all the so-called pep and flame that he had when
he reported to Dallas in 1908. He is the type that when you meet him
you know you’ve met a man.
McCarthy, while home recuperating, was lucky to have a lieu
tenant or a top sergeant who kept his platoon so close to top. Mc
Carthy and Fletcher make up one of the best combinations that
baseball has known when it comes to leadership from all angles.
More About Changing College Football Rules
We have a long, interesting letter from an old friend by the name
of Dana Bible, football coach at Texas, who isn’t very keen over our
comment on him, Bill Bingham and the Football Rules Committee
in general. Bible agrees with Bingham that no college rule changes
should be made until the war is over.
My anglS is if they feel that way about it why not abolish college
football for the duration? If a game is worth playing, it certainly is
worth playing under the best possible regulations. It would take very
little time and very little trouble in having a mail vote among the
Rules Committee and the leading coaches of the country to find what
the large majority want.
Bible is a fine coach and a fine fellow. We can’t get his angle
on this matter of rule changes when so many of his fellow coaches,
so many players and such a large part of the public feel otherwise.
He must know that the present kickoff setup is close to a grid
iron sacrilege. And there are many other needed changes that most
of the coaches, players and fans want.
It still is my prediction that there still will be changes in the
college rules for 1944, and if not there will be a private agreement
among many leading coaches to play the game as they think it should
be played.
(North American Newspaper Alliance.)
- I
Nellie Gasch and Agnes Collins
Roll 767 for Doubles Record
©corcmng tne ©liver spring maple
lanes last night with a score of 767,
Nellie Gasch and Agnes Collins of
Hyattsville marked up the highest
doubles set ever recorded in a Wash
ington Women's Duckpin Associa
tion tournament.
Not only did the spectacular sub
urban twosome establish an all-time
record for Class B, but with Nellie
firing 369 and Agnes 398, they topped
by 18 pins the Class A all-time mark
of 749 rolled two years ago at Ar
cadia by Julia Young and Lucile
Young. Sandwiching 151 between
strings of 115 and 103, Nellie chalked
up high game of the tournament
W'hile Agnes’ 398, made with con
sistent efforts of 137, 131 and 130,
also was high for the event.
Among the other duos to forge to
the front in the second night of the
women's 23d annual city champion
Women's City Pin
Tourney Scores
SINGLES.
Class B.
T. Frey_315
Class C.
K Layo*_304 D. Henry_206
V. Glove- 274 H. Jarrett_277
Class D.
M Bailev _ 252 E. Lustie 271
Anne Brown . 297 M. Vinton _ _ 290
R Goodman . 285 K. Dorman _ 276
B Fichthorn._ 2R6
Class E.
V. Williams_209
DOUBLES.
Class A.
Woottcn 312
Kendrick 343—655
Class B.
Push . 319 Saunders 326
Masson-. 30S—627 Hoge . 316—642
Gasch.-- 369
Collins_ 398—767
Class C.
Hines_310 Valdenar- 325
Hardv_ 301—611 Price .-- 325—650
Ward 319 May _ . 292
De Butts 258—5'77 Rhine... 270—562
Stokes _ 287
Simmers. 334—621
Class D.
Allen 279 Dickinson 307
Schw'man 265—544 Wyant . 293—600
Gray . 276 Lawton 315
Cannella 292—568 A Dorman 279—594
Clark 330 Geib 279
Greenw'd 264—594 Frederick 259—538
Class E.
Helms 261 Bartel 31.8
Clark 312—673 Payesko 314—632
Bcr.nett 275 Boucher 298
Babcock *190—565 Lyle _ 264-—562
Cattle 267
Goldberg 253—520
Class E.
Herbert 759
CNeal . - 275—534
teams.
Class C.
Fletcher s Cale (Independent'—
5o5 475 507—1.487
Internal Revenue (Independent)—
493 503 494—1 .491
Broadmoor Beauty Shop (Independent)—
505 528 493—1.52)
Hi-Skor Restaurant (Independent)—
485 554 507—1.54)
Class D,
Magullos Beauty Shop (Fort Davis)—
503 468 483—1.454
Feds (Federation) 498 489 507—1.494
Virginia Hardware (Rosslyn I—
446 473 485—1.404
Arlington Trust (Rosslyn)—
471 477 516—1.464
Westmont Apparel (Rosslyn)—
4 79 44! 474—1,394
Potomac Small Loan (Rosslyn)—
467 518 492—1,477
Holly Shop (Independent) —
491 531 467—1,49*1
Class E.
Fansdell (Federation) —
4 18 4 1 4 87 —1,38)
Casion Pinnette (Federation) —
444 471 483—1,39)
Amperes (Public Utilities).—
463 500 460—1,42.*
I>aper Lane 'Falkland'—
47! 487 426—1.384
Milton Comley (Independent'—
452 460 485—1.397
Label Trades (Federation)—
47') 430 458—1.30)
Class F.
Commandos (Federal Security)—
465 488 434—1.38!
Bar Maids (Federal Security)—
... „ . 445 495 479—1.411
Union Postal Clerks (Federation)—
„ 407 421 410—1,23)
Hi-Skorers (Federation)—
_457 455 436—1,34)
Boss of Tackle-Busters
Muskellunge is the boss tackle -
buster of Canadian lakes.
ships were Blanche Wootton and
Kitty Kendricks of Rosslyn in Class
A with 655, while Eurelia Bartel and
Julie Payesko of Federal Security
Agency gained first place in E with
632 and Donna Herbert and Daisy
O’Neal, another Federal Security
pair, took over the F lead with 534.
Mamie Payne's 330 and Helen
O’Dea’s 328 were the big blows as
Hi-Skor Restaurant gained first
place in C with 1,546 to top the
night's team scoring. Aided by Mae
Diehl’s 327, Broadmoor Beauty Shop
moved to second place in C with
1.526. Ruth Cole’s 334 aided the
Feds to gain fourth place in C with
1,494. The Bar Maids of Federal Se
curity Agency shot into first place
in F with 1,419.
Washington Ladies’ League rollers
will dominate the drives Monday
night after the tournament recesses
over the week end.
Pensive, Preakness Choice, Strives to Make Derby Win Stick
j
Benson's One-Hit Job
for Barons Marks
Schoolboy Day
As the high school baseball season
moves along, scores are becoming
less lopsided and the quality of the
fielding is beginning to match the
hitting skill schoolboy baseballers
invariably show. Yesterday's games:
Bethesda, 9; Tech, 0.
Top performance was Herby Ben
son's one-hit pitching against the
powerful Tech nine when Bethesda
Chevy Chase walloped the visiting
Maroons. 9-0. It was Herb’s fifth
victory of the year, as well as a fifth
straight for the surprising Barons.
Bethesda has another mound star
in George Myers, who hurled a no
hitter on Tuesday against Cotton
Smith of St. Albans.
Bethesda __ . 104 220 x—» 30
Tech - 000 000 0—0 1
Batteries,—Barnett. Liggett and Gal
loway; Benson and Chappell.
St. Albans, 6; Landon, 2.
The Saints, defeated this season
only by Bethesda in Myers’ no
hitter, won their seventh largely
through the efforts of Pitcher Der
rick Daniels. Daniels allowed four
hits and two walks while striking out
seven on the Landon diamond. In
the fifth he put the game on ice
with a long single that brought in
two runs.
St. Albans_ 23 0 030 O—fl 5
Landon _ 000 003 3—2 4
Batteries—Daniels and Magruder; Wat
son and Ellis.
Central, 4; Army War College, 2.
Carl Riddle of Central, who has
contributed some of the best short
stopping of the season, shared slug
ging honors with Left Fielder Bob
McHale when the Vikings went to
the War College to give the Strate
gists a 4-to-2 pasting. Riddle collect
ed a triple and a single in three
times up while McHale grabbed two
for three.
Central __ _ 001 010 2—4 9
Army War College 010 000 1—2 6
Batteries—Johnston. Fountain. Quinn
and Fyanes; Feldstein, Williams. Smith
and Coates.
Gongaza, 9; Mount Vernon, 5.
Joe O'Neill of Gonzaga had a per
fect day at the plate when the
Eagles won their fourth straight,
defeating Mount Vernon High, 9 to
5, on the Gonzaga field. O'Neill got
a pair of two-baggers and a brace of
singles out of four chances and the
Eagles scored in every inning but
the first and sixth.
Mount Vernon _ 100 040 0—5 3
Gonzaga ___ 042 130 x—9 13
Batteries—Williamson. Floranski and
Roberts; Brillmeyer and Carroll.
Two Big Pin Events
On Week-End Card
Week-end bowling competition will
feature the annual Washington City
mixed doubles at Arcadia tonight,
starting at 7 o’clock, while Lafayette
will be the scene of tomorrow’s big
attraction when the Capital’s leading
male bowlers open fire for the Metro
politan match-game championship.
Mixed doubles will compete in two
classes with A for bowlers with
combined averages of 215 to 230 and
B, 214 and under. Entrance fee is
51 a person plus the cost of games.
Thirty-two pinmen will lay $10
each on the line in the match-game
;vent. Action starts at 7:30.
Brewers, Cameos Vie
In Industrial Opener
Heurich Brewers, District sandlot
baseball champions last year, will
meet Cameo Furniture, 1943 run
nerup, at 5:15 today on the West
Ellipse diamond to open the 14th
consecutive season of the Indus
trial Baseball League.
Three service teams, Camp Springs
Army Air Base, Fort Myer and
Naval Receiving Station, round out
the five-team league.
Wilson Ends Western Streak ;
Roosevelt T rims Anacostia
lnterhi*h Baseball Standings.
Tech""--- )' SO''
CooifdEp-3 2 ’.loo
Roosevelt -j .7 S}!)
Central _ 3 5 ?!
wiison _:::- 7 1 «
Anacostia -Hi:, o 5 .000
Lazy man's way of explaining!
yesterday’s developments in school-!
boy baseball is to say that errors j
were responsible for the two vie-!
I tories scored. Western, still leading I
| the league today, took its first lick-1
; ing of the season when George Con- j
way, Raider third baseman, made
a wild throw to first allowing Pierce J
.Godfrey of Wilson to crPss the plate!
|and make the final score Wilson, 3; j
Western, 2. In the other series!
game, four Anacostia errors gave1
the decision to Roosevelt, 10-7. put
ting the Rough Riders in a four-way;
deadlock for second place, while the j
Indians sleep in the basement.
Tire big excitement of the day
came in the seventh inning of the!
game at Western. The score was
j 2-2. Wilson at bat. Two out. Pierce
! Godfrey on third. Up to bat comes;
Bill Boehne, hard-hitting Tiger;
right fielder. He smacks out a
j scorching grounder, and Third'
Baseman George Conw'ay scoops it
up and gets off a split-second throw
i to Brian Bell on first, but it’s a
j foot over Bell’s upstretched glove,
;and Godfrey trots in with the win
ding run.
Championship caliber of the West
Yale's Walker Like Dad
“Powerhouse” Paul Walker, sensa
tional freshman athlete at Yale, is
the son of Fred M. Walker of the
great Chicago grid teams in 1905-6.
Andersson's Dad Is Barber
School Teacher Arne Andersson,
Sweden’s crack runner who holds
the world s outdoor mile record, is
the son of a barber.
;rners was shown in the way they
•old Conway to forget it.
Wilson. AB, H. O A Western AB. H. O. A
H cock.If 3 o o 0 Castro.cf 3 1 J fl
Boehne.rf 3 fl 1 0 W'ker.2b 3 2 10
Ta ney, 1 b 3 0 10 0 Bissett.ss 3 113
Torrey.ss 3 0 l ;t Qould.p 3 117
Taylor,3b 3 O 1 2 Ch'n'ka.lf 3 0 10
Brown.2b 3 2 0 2 C'way.3b 3 0 11
N user.cf 3 1 2 O Bell.lb__ 3 0 7 1
MLney.c 3 10 0 Reed.c 2 1 ft 1
Dorsey.r> 2 0 0 0 Cav’gh.e 10 10
♦Godfrey i ji o o Ball’rd.rf 3 1 l o
Totals 27 4 2113 Totals 27 ~7 20 13
♦Batted for Dorsey in seventh inning,
Wilson -oon 000 3—3
Western - _ ioo OOl O—2
Runs — Brown. Neuhouser. Godfrey.
2,*S*er ' - > Errors—Conway. Wacker.
laylor. Twc-base hits—Castro, Brown <21
Base on balls—Off Gould. 1. Struck out
—By Gould, 6: by Dorsey. 5. Umpire—
Mr. Frazier.
Unlucky Indians Keep Trying.
Fact that Roosevelt beat a visiting
Anacostia team, 10-7, picking up the
winning tallies on Indian errors
doesn’t tell the story. The Ana
costians have been' extremely un
lucky this year, but they make up
largely in spirit what they lack in
material and experience. FW in
stance, Duke Mathieson, Indian
catches, charged with two fumbles
in the contest, managed to hit two
for four, and one of the hits was a
two-bagger.
revolt. AB H O A Ana lia AB H O A
Maier. Purdy.ss ° t •>
ss.p,:ib 4 3 11 Math’n.c 4 2 4 0
M geHi.lf 4 0 2 0 F'g'son.rf 3 14 0
Bhlow.lb .1 2 111 O Varnes.if 4 1 o o
John n.cf 4 2 0 1 Kent,3b 3 O n I
Ar oulos.c 4 3 8 0 Silvers.cf 3 I 2 0
Lr.2b.ss 4 0 0 2 Khne,2b 3 o 1 l
Biody 2b 2 0 0 1 F'bl m.lb 3 o fi o
Stouck.ss O o 0 o O'Hare.p 1 o 0 l
Alex r-3b 2 0 0 0 Svisher.p 2 0 <1 3
C pbell.rf 3 2 (I 0 “Birch 1 o 0 o
Cooley.rf o O O 0 ' u u u
G'os.3b,p 3 1 0 t)
Totals 33 13 21 11 Totals 30 7 18 8
•Batted for Kline in seventh inning.
Anacostia _ _ __ _ 202 100 2_ 7
Roosevelt . 230 041 x—-10
Runs—Purdy 13). Mathieson <3). Fergu
son. Maier »2), Bushiow <2), Johnson i2i,
Argyropoulos. Brody. Campbell. Glezos.
Errors—Mathieson (2), Varnes, Fineblum
Busnlow, Alexander. Two-base hits—
Mathieson. Glezos. Johnson <2). Three
basr nit—Maier Home run—Bushlow.
Bases on balls—Off Glezos. 4: off O Hare,
Struck out—By Glezos. ti. by O'Hare.
I : by Swisher, 3. by Maier. I Winning
Pitcher—Glezos. Losing pitcher—Swisher.
Umpire—Mr. Steele
Major League Statistics
SATURDAY, MAY 13, 19-11.
AMERICAN.
Results Yesterday.
St. Louie. 0; Washington. 4 (night >
Philadelphia, 4, Chicago, 2 (night).
Detroit, in. Mew York. 4.
Boston, 10: Cleveland. 3.
Standing of Clubs
W, L. Pet. GB
St. Louis . _ 14 7 .0117
[New York _ in 0 .025 lVa
Washington . _ 10 8 .550 «'/»
Cleveland _ .10 10 .500 .V/i
I Chicago _ . 0 10 .474 4
i Philadelphia _ 8 10 .444 4 Vi
1 Boston _ 7 11 .380 5 Vi
'.Detroit _ . 7 13 .350 0
Games Today. Games Tomorrow,
j Chi. at Wash. 8:30. Chic, at Wash. (2).
j St Louis at Phila St. L. at Phila. (2).
Cleve at New York. Cleve. at N Y. (21.
Detroit, at, Boston. Del at Boston (2)
NATIONAL.
Results Yesterday.
Boston. To: Pittsburgh. 3.
Philadelphia, 9: Chicago. 5
New York 5; Cincinnati. 3.
St. Louis. 7; Brooklyn, 2 (night).
Standing of Clubs.
, W. L. Pet, OB
St Louis _ 14 (i ,7oo
Philadelphia_ 11 ti 047 11,,
Cincinnati_ .11 7 .mi ■>
Brooklyn _ !t ft .500 jju
Pittsburgh_ H H .50(1 4
New York __ 0 11 450 5
Boston _ it 12 .470 5%
Chicago_ 2 14 .125 10
Games Today. Games Tomorrow.
Phtla at Chicago. Bklyn. at Chi (")
Boston at. Pitts. N Y. at Pitts cm
New York a) Cinei Bost. at Cinei (2)
Bklyn. at, St. Louis Phil, at, St. L CM.
A
ATTACK IS SNUFFED—Western High School’s first-inning uprising, which netted its initial run
yesterday, was hamstrung on the above play. It shows Center Fielder Jack Castro, trying to
score on Shortstop Jim Bissett’s infield bounder, being snuffed at the plate by Catcher Speed
McLarney of Wilson, who took Third Baseman Gene Taylor’s throw. The Tigers won, 3-2.
—Star Staff Photo.
King Pin Conquers
Spillway to Lead
District Loop
King Pin shooters today held a
one-game lead in the hectic District
League flag chase after trimming
the erstwhile tied Anacostia Spill
way quint, 2-1, last night at Col
onial Village. The defeat dropped
the losers into a second-place dead
lock with Lafayette as the latter
outfit took two games from Hyatts
ville.
With Bob Miciotto and Whip
Litchfield banging out respective
counts of 146 and 136, King Pin
won the first game, 630 to 575, and
the second, 614 to 586, as Miciotto
and Litchfield continued to shine
with 138 and 128. Spillway won the
final, 599 to 587.
Lafayette, led by Ed Cleary’s 405,
won the first two games from
Hyattsville, 627 to 582 and 620 to
607, but dropped the last on a roll
off after a 591 tie.
Other matches saw Lucky Strike
sweeping Brookland with Bub
Guethler's top set of 440, including
high game of 153, the big wallop.
Clarendon won the odd tilt from
Colonial Village, Temple nicked Ice
Palace for two and Hi-Skor tripped
Bethesda twice.
Bridle Trails to Hold
Another Team Tilt
Washington Bridle Trails Associ
ation will hold the second competi
tion between their teams represent
ing the north and south ends of
Rock Creek Park at 10:30 tomorrow
morning at Equitation Field.
The event will be judged on abil
ity of riders to manage their horses.
Participants will be required to lead
their steeds into the ring, mount
from ground, take a winding course
of eight jumps, then put their
horses to a well-collected trot.
Ribbons will be awarded the
winners.
John Shorey to Manage
Bannockburn Club
John C. Shorey, three-time win
ner years ago of the Bannockburn
Invitation tournament and conquer
or of Walker Cup Star George Voigt
on the Bannockburn course, returns
soon to the scene of his triumphs as
manager and professional at the
famous old club.
One of Shorey’s first acts will be
to change Bannockburn, now semi
public, into an outright country
club. Bannockburn will apply for a
return to membership in the Dis
trict Golf Association and a drive
for members will begin immediately.
Shorey, one of the District’s top
golfers who first hit the headlines
as captain of the golf team at
George Washington University and
went on to win triple victories in
the Woodmont Country Club and
Sherwood Forst invitationals, has
been trying to work out a deal with
the owners of the Maryland club for
some time.
Uniteds Wallop SPARS
In Girls' Softball Loop
United Typewriter girls’ softball
team drubbed the Coast Guard
SPARS, 6-0, yesterday at Ballston
Stadium, in their season's opener.
Marian Leary pitched a four-hitter
for the winners, and fanned six.
Kate Stevens swatted a homer with
two on.
Griffs' Records
Batting.
, , . G. AB. R. H. SB. SB. HR Rbi.Pct.
Lefebvre j 2 (I 2 « (i it o j non
Car uel 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 000
?u ka 5 3 (1 ~ ° " " 11 .001
LfVnc 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 o irvoo
Wolfl 4 10 .1 o o 0 o o .500
kr°rmM ~ 2 o l oo o o .500
Candinl ft 1> 3 4 2 o O i 444
Myall lx 70 ll 2x ;i 0 o 14 'Vos
Guerra. 7 10 4 7 1 no 3 'ok
Ferrell 11 4X 3 10 1 o o i '333
Torres, lx 77 !l 24 5 1 o 10 312
Case _ 12 54 ,10 1 0 n 4 ->i|
Spcnce ix ,5 14 21 4 o 5 11 -'HH
Oriir 15 50 x ]5 01-7 4
Sullivan ix 03 11 1.-, 3 o d 5 -m-.
Kuhel ix 0.3 13 15 .3 1 1 ri •;.,N
Powell 12 40 1 10 o o 0 0 ;’04
N gelmg 4 11 1 2o o o 1 i"«"
Wynn 0 17 o 1 o o o o o5fl
Haefner 3 7 o o o <1 (l n ,,1111
Valdes | 10 0 O 11 11 o omi
Ullrich 2 2 o It o n o o 000
Gomez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31OU
Pitching.
G H BB SO. IP. G S C G W 1,
Wolff 4 20 7 12 "4 3 , ?•
Ni’gling 1 20 17 11 30 4 '» S
L'nard 2 10 1 o 7 •’ o 7
H'fner, 3 20 4 7 27 3 3 «
wynn 0 .32 lx 0 33V, 5 3 •”
CsQuel 4 10 4 4 11% j o 1
Ullrich. 2 7 2 1 4% 0 0 o
Candim o 37 1 ; X 21 ■ , o o_0_
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Today's Preakness Field, Odds
By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, May 13.—The field for today’s 54th running of the
$50,000-added, mile and three-sixteenths Preakness Stakes at Pimlico,
with post positions, owners, jockeys and probable odds.
P.P. Horse. Owner. Jockey. Prob. Odds.
1— Stir Up_.Mrs. Payne Whitney Eddie Arcaro_ 3-1
2— Pensive...Warren Wright.Conn McCreary .. 2-1
3— Platter -George D. Widener-Johnny Longden . 5-2
4— Alorter -A. C. Ernst_George Woolf_ 20-1
5— Stymie -Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs_No boy__ 30-1
6— Gay Bit-Robert Bruce Livie_Jack Westrope... 10-1
7— Gramps Image.Mrs. A. J. Abel_Leonard Bowers.. 8-1
Wolff Faces Chisox in Opener;
Wynn a Flop as Griffmen Bow
By JOHN B. KELLER.
Jimmy Dykes brings his Chicago
White Sox into Griffith Stadium
tonight to open a three-game series
—a double-bill tomorrow will wind
up the set—and the Nats will go
back to their knuckle-ball brigade
for pitching in defense of their
third place in the American League.
Roger Wolff, the righthand but
terfly artist who took the measure
of the Chicagoans in three games
while losing only once to them as
a pitcher for Philadelphia’s Ath
letics last year, will take the slab
for the home side. Battling him
will be Bill Dietrich, an orthodox
hurler who got the edge over the
Nats in three games he chucked
to a decision in 1943.
The Nats’ knucklers, due to nu
merical superiority as much as
anything else perhaps, have kept
Os Bluege’s band in a fine contend
ing position in the race thus far
while their fastball reliance, Early
Wynn, after a superb start, has
found the going pretty tough.
In Philadelphia last week the A's
gave Wynn a great going over and
only a tremendous rally by the Nats
saved him from a bad beating. Last
night against the St. Louis Browns
Wynn wasn’t able to last an inning,
giving up five runs before Milo
Candini came on to get two out
! to retire the side.
Nats Fight Back Gamely.
The Nats put up a keen fight
in the face of such odds, but the
best they could do was hold the
Browns to a 6-to-4 score. This put
the St. Louis club back in coitf
mand in the league with the New
York Yankees, victims of the De
troit Tigers, slipping to second
place.
Five of the 15 hits registered by
the Browns were at Wynn's ex
pense. Unsteady at the outset,
Wynn walked Don Gutteridge, then
Milt Byrnes singled and George Mc
Quinn beat out a bunt to the pitcher
to crowd the bases.
Early managed to strike out Ver
non Stephens who had been such
a bother at bat the night before, but
ja run crossed when George Myatt
missed Gene Moore’s drive and Mark
Christman singled the second tally
home. Mike Kreevich’s one-baser
pushed over two more markers and
Frank Mancuso singled to score a
'fifth run.
I That brought Candini to the res
!cue and he did pretty well, despite
! three hits off him in the second in
ning, until the sixth when passes to
| Gutteridge and Byrnes, McQuinn’s
sacrifice and Stephens’ infield era
sure accounted for the Browns’ sixth
run.
muncriei saven uy suppuri.
A1 Carrasquel took over after Can
dini gave way to a pinch-batter in
jthe seventh and held the St. Louis
| club at bay, although he was nicked
Ifor three safeties.
The Nats never gave up after the
jbig start St. Louis got. but fate was
j against them when they had op
jportunities to catch up. Bob Mun
crief, the Browns' slabman, never
was any too steady, but whenever he
looked ready to be rushed to the
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shower his support came to his
rescue.
Ten hits were collected off him,
the first a home run shot into the
open stand back of left field by Bob
Ortiz after two were out in the first
round, but he gave only one pass and
the Nats needed the help of two
St. Louis errors to get as far as they
did.
Myatt’s walk, Ortiz’s single, which
Moore let go through to move Myatt
to third, and Stan Spence’s double
play smack got the Nats their second
run that came in the fourth round,
then it looked as though the home
side really would get into the game
in the fifth.
Mike Guerra got an infield hit to
start this frame and Candini singled
him to third with one out. Here
Jake Powell rifled a terrific liner to
left-center, but Byrnes crossed for a
spectacular one-hand catch that let
only Guerra score. Had the ball
gone through it easily would have
been a triple sending in another
run and putting Muncrief out of
action.
Stephens Checks Rally.
Again in the sixth the Nats had
Muncrief tottering when singles by
Spence and Joe Kuhel followed by
Stephens’ slip on Gil Torres’
grounder produced a fourth Wash
ington run, but neither Guerra nor
Johnny Sullivan could help.
Another score appeared in the
making in the seventh when Hillis
Layne, batting for Candini. opened
I tne inning with a single and Powell
also hit safely. Myatt sacrificed
then Ortiz slammed one that ap
peared a sure hit. But Stephens
made a whale qf a play on the drive
and held both runners to their bases
as he threw out the batter. That
was the finish for the Nats.
Bluege says he is sending Wynn
back to the hill against the White
Sox in one of tomorrow's engage
ments. Maybe he means to work
the pitcher back to winning form.
Two pinch hitters were used last
night by the losers and both came
through. Bill Lefebvre batted for
Carrasquel in the ninth and hit a
single longer than the one made by
Layne in the seventh.
Kuhel trapped Muncrief’s bunt in
the third to make a double play. He
retrieved the ball to tag out Man
cuso off first then tagged the bag
before the batter got there.
Probably the biggest check ever
received by the Browns for a series
here was picked up this time. The
three games drew 42.658.
Official Score
ST. LOUIS. AB K H O A it
Gutteridse, 2b 3 n ,,
Byrnes, if ... 4 T « is n n
McQuinn, 1b . ... 4 1 2 9 1 n
Stephens, ss _ 5 o 2 o k 1
Moore,rf 5 V T » n 1
Christman, .'ib I__” Alan V n
Kreevich. rf ... .. 5 0 2 6 0 0
Mancuso, e _ 3 o a ? r n
Muncrief, p . IT I 4 0 0 0 2 0
Tot»>5 _38 15 27 IT “
„ WASHINGTON. AB R H n A v
PowelUf 5 n' 1 ?' « Yi
Myau. 2b J 1
Ortiz, rf _ 4 " o i i
Spence, ct ... 4 1 T « 1 n
Kuhel. Jb_ 4 n - 5 *
Torres. 3b . 4 0 o 1 V n
Sullivan.C ss t /, > 5 «
B/p-r-"! 5 5 8 ? 8
?Lar^eqUe1' D -" ? 0 0 0 0 0
TLefebvre ‘ 111.111111 JJ J _0 0 0
Totals --30 4 10 27 8 ~1
•Batted for Candini in seventh
'Batted for Carrasquel in ninth.
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"el... Stolen base—Gutteridge. Sac
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8!ayi—Kohel lunassisted). McQuinn to
?ef?hooSht0 McQuinn. Myatt lo Sullivan
nr, I:1' Washington;
' renri.nl balls—Of! Wynn. 1: Muncrief.
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Track Is on Tap
For Big Race
By DONALD SANDERS,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
BALTIMORE, May 13—Pensive
today attempts to make his Ken
tucky Derby victory stick as he
faces six other 3-year-olds for the
richest Preakness Purse in history.
Warren Wright’s son of Hyperion,
which scored a surprise triumph by
his stretch drive at Louisville, went
out for the second leg of the triple
crown and a strong bid for divi
sional honors against four thor
oughbreds he whipped in the Derby
and two others.
A crowd of 35,000 or more was
expected to pack Pimlico for the
54th running of Maryland’s mast
famous contest for a blanket of
black-eyed Susans, the ancient
Woodlawn Vase and a winner’s
check for $60,710 out of a gross
value of $80,210.
The weather forecast was fair
and warm and the track was fast.
Post time was fixed at 4:05 p.m.
(EWT).
Pensive Slim Choice.
Pensive was a slight favorite in
the early wagering over George D.
Widener’s Platter, with Stir Up, the
beaten Derby favorite from Mrs.
Payne Whitney’s Greentree stable,
third choice. Platter passed up the
Derby.
Should Pensive justify the public
confidence and become the ninth
Derby winner to take the Preak
ness, it would be the second victory
in the race for Wright’s Calu
met Farm and Trainer Ben Jones,
who scored with Whirlaway in 1941.
A triumph for Platter would be
the second for Jockey Johnny Long
den, who was aboard Count Fleet
when Mrs. John D. Hertz’s speedy
colt romped home ahead of three
others last year. It would be the
first, however, for Widener and
Trainer Bert Mulholland.
Eddie Arcaro. who had no ex
case for Stir Up after the Derby,
was seeking his second Preakness
victory with the son of Stimulus,
for he was on Whirlaway when the
money - winning champion came
home first. Neither Mrs. Whitney
nor John M. Gaver, the Marylander
who trains her strings, ever had
won a Preakness.
Two Other Winners on Deck.
The only other Preakness win
ners among the principals for to
day’s renewal were George Woolf,
assigned the mount on A. C. Ernst’s
Alorter, and A. J. “Whitey” Abel,
trainer of his wife’s Gramps Image
—the only Maryland-bred colt
among the seven.
Abel, a former jockey, was aboard
Bostonian when he won the Preak
ness, but never had saddled a
winner.
Others named to go postward
were Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs’ Stymie,
trained by her husband, Hirsh Ja
cobs, and Gay Bit, the stretch run
ner from the Bobanet stables of
Baltimorean R. Bruce Livie. There
was no official jockey assignment
on Stymie, but Nick Jemas was ex
pected to be given the mount, with
Jack Westrope on Gay Bit.
Like Platter, Stymie did not
‘Start in the Derby.
Wilson Joins Western
In Outgolfing Colts
Golfers of Wilson and Western
High Schools are swapping con
gratulations on the job they’ve done
in pulling the Coolidge aces down a
few pegs. The Colts still lead the
field in the interhigh match stand
ings, but their sensational seven
match winning streak has been
broken by Western and the break
widened by Wilson.
Western took the Colts, 5 to 4, at
Woodmont on Tuesday and yester
day Wilson licked them by the same
score at Washington.
The results yesterday:
Wilson, 5; Coolidge, 4.
Gustin <W.) defeated Everett (C ). 1 up.
Bundy (W.l defeated Kuscb (C.), 4 and 3.
Best ball. Wilson, 4 and 3.
Weisberg (C ) defeated Mander (W ). I
up. Hooper (W > defeated Rabmeau (C.),
6 and 5. Best ball, Wilson, i up.
Sturges (C.) defeated Freedman iW), fi
and 5 Stahl (C.) defeated Wolff (W.J, 1
up. Best ball, Coolidge. 3 and 2.
—
Princeton Limits Grid
Play to Intramurals
By the Associated Press.
PRINCETON. N. J„ May 13.—
Princeton University, which al
ready had given up several inter
collegiate sports, now has aban
doned a formal football schedule in
favor of intramural competition.
Harold W. Dodds, president of
the university, said last night the
step was made necessary by “the
limited number of players who
would be available and because of
the wartime pressure of regular
college duties on instructional staffs
and undergraduates.”
The president further explained
| that “the severity of wartime sched
ule does not afford adequate time
| for training which is more than
| ever essential w'hen the extreme
youth and physical qualities of the
I material are taken into account.”
(Dodds said 18 was the average age
of the undergraduate student and
(Navy V-12 trainees averaged about
T9 years of age.
Princeton suspended football
schedules in 1917.
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Preakness on Air
(WRC) at 4 P.M.
Br the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, May 13.—Pacta
on today's 54th running of the
mile-and-three-sixteenths Preak
ness at Pimlico:
Probsble starters—Seven 3-rear
olds, five colt* and two seidinee.
Value—Gross value with eeven
starters. ffm.210: value to winner with
seven sterters. fflo.710,
_ Probable favorite—Warren Wrieht s
Pensive.
Time records—Stake record. 1:57.
eel br Alsab In 1942: track record.
1.5flJs. set br Rlverland In 194.1.
Conditions—Weather fair and hot:
track fast.
Probable crowd—35.000. _ _
Post time—First. 1 p m IX. W. T ):
Preaknes* post time. 4:05 p.m. <E.
Last' rear's wlnnar—Mrs. John D.
Herts's Count Fleet. _ _ _,
J Broadcast—WHC. 4 p.m. IX. W. T.l;
domestic network and br short wava to
the a rmed ’ services abroad.
Lanier of Cardinals
Wins Fifth in Row
To Top Majors
By JACK HAND,
Associated Pres* Sports Writer.
Max I^anler, the ‘‘hard luck guy"
of the 1943 World Series, today
ranks as the top pitcher of the
major leagues with a 5-game win
ning streak for the front running
St. Louis Cardinals.
Although Hank Borowy of the
Yankees also is undefeated, the
Cards’ chunky southpaw from Den
ton, N. C„ has won one more game
than the New York ace and rates
the top spot by allowing only six
runs and 30 hits in 45 innings. His
latest effort was a 7-2 decision last
night over his old "cousins” from
Brooklyn whom he has stopped 16
times in 23 tries durine his career
Things were different for Lanier
last fall when his wild pitch “hid”
from Catcher Walker Cooper in
plain sight of 68,000 Yankee Sta
dium fans to cost him the opening
series game. He also failed to win
his swcond series start.
Night Bail Holds Popularity.
After blanking Pittsburgh on
opening day, 2-0. the Carolina
curver twice topped Chicago, and
whipped Cincinnati before last
night’s seven-hitter against the
Dodgers.
Night bgjl continued to pull out
the crowds with 47,501 paying to
see the three after-dark engage
ments to an aggregate of 13,957 for
five daytime frays.
The St. Louis Brownies lashed
out with 15 hits, scoring five times
to flatten Early Wynn* In the first
inning, stopping Washington, 6-4,
behind Bob Muncrief. By the night
victory, Luke Sewell's persistent
crew went back into first place in
the American because the Yankees
were beaten by Detroit’s Hal New
houser, 10-4. Pinky Higgins helped
Hal become the first left-hander to
trim the champs this season by
belting a homer and two singles to
drive in five runs.
Newsom in His Glory.
Bobo Newsom was at his best be
fore a ‘ first night” attendance of
19,708 at Philadelphia and rationed
Chicago to five hits in hurling the
A’s to a 4-2 verdict.
Boston did Its part in boosting the
day’s big league hit total to 170 by
collecting 14 behind Tex Hughson in
a 10-3 slaughter of Cleveland.
Met Ott benched Duck Medwick
despite his .366 average and the New
York Giants squeezed past Cincin
nati. 5-3, using three pitchers.
Charley Schanz lifted the Phils
into second place by trimming Chi
cago with eight hits, 9-3, and the
Boston Braves reveled in their new
found batting punch by slugging
Pittsburgh, 10-3.
A's Release Lone Lefty
PHILADELPHIA, May 13 {&).—
The Philadelphia Athletics have re
leased Taimadge Abernathy, their
only left-handed pitcher, to Memphis
of the Southern Association.
Smith, St. Albans Ace,
Shelved by Illness
Cotton Smith, ail-round St. Al
bans athlete who pitched a no-hit
game against Georgetown Prep and
a one-hitter against St. Andrew’s
of Delaware, will be out of the line
up for the remainder of the season,
The Star learned today.
Smith is bedded at his home with
glandular fever, and while he has
recovered enough to expect to re
tuh^to classes next Wednesday, his
condition will bar his participation
in any sports for the remainder of
the term, according to A1 Wagner,
St. Albans coach.
Local schoolboy diamonds will
lose a lot of color through the ab
sence of the top-notcher, who is a
star at every sport he had tried. A
few Saturdays ago he won a match
in the opening rounds of the inter
scholastic tennis tournament at
Friends and later went on the St.
Albans diamond to pitch his mem
orable one-hit game against St.
Andrew’s.
Fights Last Night
By the Xn^ciated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS.—Bob Garner. ITS,
Louisville. Ky., outpointed Johnny Den
son. 188. Indianapolis (10). Rolland
Hopp, 100, Indianapolis, stopped Jack
Kelly. 1.77. Pittsburgh i.l).
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