Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13


n sports angle saw two
real champions deliver
handsomely and a near
champion, although faltering a
bit, remain at the head of the
procession.
The champs in question were
Gallant Fox, ruling monarch Of
turfdom, which was booted to
a thrilling victory over Gallant
knight in the $4,000 classic
at Arlington Park by Earle
Sande before a throng of 65.-
900 race fans, and Robert Tyre
Jones, the golfing robot who
with recording-SmaShing SO on
the formidable Interlachen
course made a final rs stand up
to give him a 72-hole total Of
287 and the United States ma
tional open crown to add to the
British open and British am
ateur previously acquired this
year.
The prospective title-holders
were w. Perry Johnson's Ma
tionalS who, although they got
no better than an even break
in a bargain show with the
Tigers which opened a long
tour Of the West at Detroit,
nevertheless remained at the
top of the American League
heap in the bitter pennant bat
tie they are waging against the
Athletics.
None of the trio had a soft
assignment in the course of the
afternoon, but their hackers
were well satisfied, particular
ly those who patronized the
mutuel booths at the Chicago
track where 81 tickets on the
favorite paid 1884 although
he went to the past a 1-to-5
choice in the betting.
On the sun-baked links of
Minneapolis where a strong
wind aggravated the natural
aweSome hazards, the tribe of
Smith Jared almost as well as
that Of Jones, for although
Bobby Of the latter got the
glory, Macdonald of the former
collected the cash, although
not all of it, for another of the
SmithS-Horton by tag-did
not go unrewarded.
A timely tap that never ma
terialized with the bases loaded
and one out in the eighth in
ming thwarted Alvin Crowder's
sterling efforts to register his
sixth consecutive victory in the
opener of the twin bill at De-
troit, the General Succumbing,
81, although yielding only five
hits, but Fred Marberry's bid
for the same distinction also
fell short, for the Texan had
departed from the scene when
the GriffS got that Us verdict
in the nightcap, Brown getting
the credit.
Although he hit safely twice
in eight times up-once in each
conteSt-Myer slid out of the
300 class, the first of the Grit
fan infielders to lose this rat
ing since the club ouSted the
AS from their pace-setting
role a week ago tomorrow.
A MONG a small army Of dia-
"A mond hopefuls permitted
to work out with the Nationals
this year was Johnny Adams,
20, a red-headed highlander
who first attracted the atten-
ton of big league scouts when
performing with the University
of Richmond nine.
Beyond an expressed willing
ness to try and place Adams
with some class c or D minor
league club for polishing, the
Washington club officials dis
played little interest in him,
but agents of the New York
Giants evidently were more i'm
pressed, for he not only has
Joined the McGrawiteS, but has
a stipulation in his contract
that he will not be farmed out
this season, the verdict on him
to be rendered at training
camp next Spring.
Part of the answer may lie in
the difference between the
strength of the New York and
Washington curving corps,
where w. Johnson has a big
bulge.
McGRAW is a progressive
w type of pilot who over
looks few bets, but it has taken
a decade since the plan was
discontinued in New York for
him to see the possibilities of
the Ladies' day idea which for
many years has been a fixture
in this city as well as several
other major league towns, in
Guiding Boston, Cincinnati,
Chicago and st. Louis.
theoretically the admission,
gratis, Of fair fans one day a
week is supposed to convert
them to addictS willing to pay
real money to see the sport on
other days. However, that may