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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19
ALEXANDRIA CARDS
STAGING COMEBACK

ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 19.-Prob-
ably one of the most improved of the
amateur unlimited teams playing in
Northern Virginia and the District is
the Cardinal A. C. of Alexandria, said
to be the oldest sandlot nine in America
which is travelling at $3.50 pace now
after a faulty start.
Nine victories have been collected by
the Breenmen after they had dropped
an equal number in earlier competition.
Among the new talent added are
Buddy" Zimmerman, former ST. Mary S
Celtics outfielder, and Teddy Suther-
land, one of the foremost shortstopS in
this city.
The main detectives of the Cardinals
are the Northern Virginia and Alexan-
dria amateur titles. Toward the latter
end they already have defeated the
Hume Springs and Columbia Engine Co.
teams, but have suffered defeat at the
hands of Del Ray A. C.
Virginia White SoX will be met in a
battle at Bayliss Cross Roads tomorrow
at 3 o'clock in a game which will have
an important bearing on the Cards
fight for the Northern Virginia crown.
The players being relied upon by
President Sylvester Breen, in addition
to Zimmerman and Sutherland, are
Rowland, Judd Gardiner and Snellings,
pitchers; Watkins and Roland, catch
ers; Slower, first base; Beckman, second
base; Owens, third base; Mcdowell,
Berman, Lefty Allen and Madison, out
fielders.
The Cardinals are being coached by
Jimmy Quayle, former Dreadnaught A.
A. player, with Samuel B. DeVaughan
as business manager and Andy Ruocco,
captain.
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Sandlot Chiefs Likely to Ban
Padding for Post-Season PA,

greatly aided in winning the city cham
| pionship by Walter Hughes, who besides
| pitching. socked the ball at ST. clip.
Hughes was one of the players drafted
to strengthen the champs.
SLittle interest has been manifest In
the Morning Terminal League, which is
overshadowed by the Evening League,
but it may be one of the two loops that
will require a play-off series to deter
mine the winner.
Capital Traction, winner of the first
half, has not maintained its stride in
the second, the Railway Mail Clerks
being the leaders in this half. In fact,
the R. M. c. has practically clinched
the latter title, which will be in the
bag for keeps Monday if Capital Trac-
ton beats the $50 team, which it is ex-
pected to do.
While no definite date has been set
for the play-off series, it is expected to
be started before the regular schedule
is run off. Possibly it may begin some
time later next week.
While speaking of this city champion
ship. it might be added that league Of
flcials foresee record crowd this Au-
gust. Last year the Terminal "Y,
League was wellnigh filled to capacity,
and with sandlot base ball doubtless en-
JOylng one OF lCS biggest seasons, 1t APP
pears that the S. r. o. sign will be
hung out.
As usual, the temporary bleacher seats
from the Griffith Stadium will be bor-
rowed, canvas will drape the wire fence
to keep out the knot-hole fans, and fol-
lowers will settle back to watch their
favorites battle for weekday recog-
milton.
There is considerable talk about the
rabbit ball." ETC., throughout big league
circles. But our sandlotters are not far
behind. Despite the fact that the new
white pellets flung out to the pitchers
in the Terminal League bear the sigma
ture of E. S. Barnard, American League
prexy, they are derisively referred to as
being Five and ten cent balls"
Particular people, these sandlotters.
Out Mount Rainier way followers of
the Lindberg Juniors are predicting a
bright future for Johnny Owen, speed
ball pitcher, who has compiled an en-
viable record to date. In 40 innings
he has allowed 20 hits, bases on balls
and has whitfield SO batsmen.
He has been reached for but 10 hits
and one run in the last three games,
and is playing leading role in the sue
cess of the undefeated Lindys.
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JONES MAKES A "HIT"
AS BASE BALL GUEST

ATLANTA, Ga, July 10 [P).-Bobby
Jones broke into the base ball box
score yesterday with a hit, an assist
and no errors.
Jones' golfer, lawyer, bank director,
base ball magnate and collector of sill
yer cups, turned to his first love as
honor guest at the Atlanta Birming-
ham Bobby Jones day" game here
yesterday Bobby is vice president and
director of the local Southern Associa-
ton club.
While youngster Bobby had ambi-
| lions for career behind the bat, but
fast-riding foul tip which caught him
on the chin decided him in favor OF
the links game.
Bobby tossed out the first ball to
Catcher Polvogt as straight and true as
If he had pounded it down the fair
way with his driver. BronZed by the
fiery sunshine of Interlachen and
dressed in white suit, Jones received
| rousing ovation from several thou
sand fans as he marched down the
aisles to the directors box.
Bobby leaned oyer the railing and
shook hands with the ball players of
both teams as the crowd roared its APP
prevail.
He appeared closely interested in the
progress of the game and his eyes
Sparkled as the Crackers executed fast
plays on their route to 12-to-4 vic
tory.
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BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

LMOST unnoticed amid the
~ tumult and shouting over the
~ Brooklyn Chicago battle for first
place in the National League,
there is a stirring bit of base ball war
fare going on in the second division of
the circuit with Pittsburgh, Boston and
Cincinnati involved in a. three-way
struggle for the best position.
Pittsburgh's Pirates are on top, the
second division today, holding fifth
place by a half game margin by virtue
of Yesterdays 12-to-4 triumph over the
Boston Braves. Cincinnati. victorious
over the humble Phillies. Is to 6, still
are in seventh place, but only half
game behind the Braves.
Glenn Spencer pitched the Pirates
to their third straight victory in Boston,
allowing only nine hits, of which three
went to Welsh. Adam Generously, Pie
vided most of the backing, which came
in the form of 16 hits off Seibold
Farmhouse and Cunningham.
This trio made nine hits. scored
runs and batted in 9. The Reds and
PhillieS engaged in wild hitting affair,
in which the Phiflies scored 5 runs in
the fourth to gain a 6-6 tie and the
Reds duplicated the rally in the eighth
TO clinch the decision. Home runs were
the big feature, with Chuck Klein hit
ting his twenty-seventh for Philadelphia
and Heilmann, Strip and Meusel con-
Meeting for Cincinnati's four-baggers
Chicagos Cubs likewise used the
home-run route as they clipped Brook
lyn's lead to a single game by winning
the fourth clash of their crucial" series,
6 to 2. Hack Wilson, Clyde Beck and
Woody English clouted homers to &C
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LEB0URvEAU HOLDS
HITTING LEAD IN A. A.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 19.-Rattling of IL
safe hits in 90 times at bat during the
thirteenth week of the season, Bevo
Lebourveau, Toledo outfielder, brought
his average to 1892 to lead the Amer
lean Association battaing parade for
the third straight week.
Most of the leaders showed small
| gains for the week, Lebourveau adding
! 2 points to his mark of a week ago. but
he was 16 points in front of Connolly
OF Indianapolis, who was second at 1915.
Dutch Henline, Mud Hen catcher, who
was second a week ago, faded on "a
! point and sagged to seventh place. Fol-
lowing Lebourveau and Connolly were
Kuhel, Kansas City, .372; Simons.
Louisville, 1866; High. Minneapolis, 1862:
Barnhart, Indianapolis, 800; Henline,
Toledo, $50: Purdy, Columbus, 1852:
Mostl, Toledo. 1852, and Butler, Toledo,
.351.
Simons Of Louisville held two leader
| ships and shared another with three
rivals. He led in hits with 1877 and
| his total bases of 200 was good enough
to displace Jenkins of Milwaukee from
the position. With George Kuhel Of
Kansas City. Harry Riconda. another
| Blue, and Earl Smith of Columbus,
Simons divided the leadership in doubles
with 20. TWO other Colonies, Duo
Branom and Herman Layne. also were
pace-setters. Branom had propelled in
! 10 runs. while Layne continued as the
best base stealer with %.
Nick Cullop'S collection of home runs
| was swelled by three. giving him % for
the season and great chance of better
| ing the league record of AZ set by
Bunny Brief in 1921. sKuhel had IL
triples and Anderson of st. Paul led
the scoring with rs markers in 81 con-
tests.
st. Paul retained the team fielding
honors with the same mark as last
week, 1856, and Louisville remained sec
ond with 1854. also the same as last
week. st. Paul completed six more
double plays to bring its total TO 90,
and had made but 121 errors.
Nothing developed to threaten wiley
Moore's hold on the pitching leader
ship. The former New York Yankee,
who is throwing his sinker-ball and
new curve for st. Paul, was credited
with another victory to give him 10
for the season, against only four de-
feats. Ben lineup, whose relief pitch
ing has done more than a little to
keep Louisville at the top of the league.
added one victory and had string Of
10 straight. Bub Jonnard of Indian
apolis was well down the list in vic
tories, but still topped the competition
IN strikeouts with 81.
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been tried out without success by
the Giants manager, too. He wants
a real star to draw New York's i'm
mense Hebrew population to the
Rolo Grounds.
Perhaps Harry Rosenberg will fill
the bill He is young and will need
more seasoning, but now he belongs
to the Giants. Last Winter he was
driving truck for his father and
playing ball on Sundays. He played
in the Winter league and even after
he was signed up by Manager Kille-
fer of the Missions he continued to
drive his truck in the mornings until
he got to playing regularly. Killefer
tried him out as an infielder without
success, but when Walter Christen-
sen, one of the Missions regular out
fielders, fell down in his hitting, he
was stuck into the outfield where
he made good with a bang. Rosen-
berg batted 500 in his first 80 games,
and 1877 in his first SIS.
Dick Kinsella, veteran Giants
scout, put the okay on Harry, and so
the deal was closed for $3.50 cash
ana two players to be delivered in
the Spring, to be valued at $500
each
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Made rs Choice in $25, 900
Arlington Race When GAL
liant Fox Is Scratched.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
HICAGO, July 19.-The pick OF
the country,s handicap horses,
IL of them, were entered today
in the first running of Airing
ton Parks $4,000 added cup event-a
race of championship proportions.
E. r. Bradley's Blue Larkspur, last
seasons 3-year-eld champion, was Z
to-5 overnight favorite to win the mile
and a quarter test, but was assured OF
plenty of competition from the other 10
stars. Sun Beau, an Eastern favorite,
was quoted at to 1, while Toro, winner
of the American Derby, the Latonia
Derby and the Lincoln Handicap as a
3-year-old; Petee Wrack, Victorian, VIC
tor in the S1OO. 900 Auga Caliente Han
dicap, and Snowflake, the outstanding
f1lly of the season, had their share OF
followers.
The other entrants were Reveille Boy,
50-to-1 shot which won the American
Derby; Stars and Bars, Galahad, Maya
and Paul Bunyan.
Gallant Fox Out.
Blue Larkspur became the favorite
after Gallant Fox, undisputed champion
of 1880 3-year-olds, and MissStep, the
Lamar Stock Farm Stables popular
stake campaigner, wire withdrawn.
Jimmy Smith, who piloted Blue Lark
spur to victory in the Stars and Stripes
Handicap at Arlington Park July A, was
named to ride the Bradley horse today.
Eddie Ambrose had the mount on Toro,
and Eddie Steffen had Sun Beau. Willie
Fronk, who rode Reveille Boy in the
American Derby, was given the job of
riding Victorian, while Reveille Boy had
j. Leyland. j. Redding was named to
ride Stars and Bars, with L. Schaefer
on Snowflake, R. Morrison on Paul
Bunyan, Carl Meyer on Galahad, and
c. Quattlebaum on Petee Wrack.
The test was weight-for-age affair,
with Blue Larkspur. Toro, Sun Beau,
Stars and Bars, Victorian, Galahad,
Petee Wrack and Paul Bunyan, the
aged horses, carrying top weight of 126
pounds; Maya and Reveille Boy, 3-year-
olds, ia, and the FLY Snowflake, 100.
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APPLYING, WADDEY
| ON WAY TO FAME
Shortstop and 0utfieIder
Among Brightest Big
League Prospects.
BY FRANCIS J. POWERS.

lDHICAGO, July 10. There
III are couple of college kids
~ playing base ball down in
the Southern Association
who soon will be packing their
trunks and setting forth for the
big leagues. The old Dixie league
has sent a lot of great stars to
the big show, but none with more
promise, so the best base ball
minds of the South declare, than
Luke Appling, shortstop of the
Atlanta club, and Frank Waddey,
memphis outfielder.
-Appling came to Atlanta after finish
f1g the season with Oglethorpe Univer-
sity, and his play has been so brilliant
that the Crackers have crawled from
last place to a spot in the first division
and still are climbing. Luke Is a
slender youngster of medium height
with plenty of speed and lot of hitting
power in his shoulders. He is natural
player, and such men as Larry Gilbert
of New orleans and Bill Rodgers Of
Chattanooga rate him as one of the best
prospects ever developed in the South
ern Association.
Four Homers in One Game.
III Ills SeIIll-luldl game WIFI Oklt~
thorpe Appling grounded out to short
stop in his first time at bat and then
hit four home runs out of the park.
After that performance, Chip" Robert,
president of the Atlanta club, outbid
several big league and many minor
teams for the boys services. "Chip"
and the Atlanta club now stand to profit
on their venture to the extent OF SIS, Ooe
and maybe more, for that Is what It
will cost the big league club that gets
Appling. Luke is batting well over 800
and is the leading shortstop of the
league.
Waddey, the Memphis star. will be re-
membered as the old Georgia Tech end
and the man who downed Roy Riegels
at the goal line when the Californian
made his famous reverse run in the
Waddey from Knoxville of the Sally
League, where he was leading hitter,
and he quickly developed into one of
the outstanding players of the Southern
Association. He is a powerful hitter
and tremendously fast fielder, who is
left-handed all around.
Other Good Ones.
Mobile has a young pitcher named
Campbell who is going well with an
eighth-place team, and Memphis has q
catcher with the same handle who may
make some big league manager happy.
Handler of Little Rock is clever
catcher. while Billy Bancroft, former
Howard College star, is playing a lot Of
ball at second base for Birmingham.
Atlanta has conner in Hugh Startling,
from Alabama University. He's some
distance away, but has the earmarks.
New Orleans has several good young
sters but Cleveland has first call on all
Pelican Kids and they are on the
market.
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BY FRANCIS f. STAN.

- HOULD winners of the week day
leagues be allowed to strengthen
their teams SO 1-3 per cent for the
city series?
What annually proves to be source
of controversy at the final meeting of
the city series officials is this practice
of allowing the winners of each of the
week day leagues the choice of trio
of players belonging to any clubs that
finished other than first in the final
standings. This practice, which has
been fought against time and time
again, is likely to be, omitted this sea-
son.
Edward Conover, well known to local
sandlot fans as one of the most compe-
tent scorers in the city as well as an
earnest booster of sandlot ball. fails to
agree with this idea of examining for
the championship series. Conover's
chief objection to this is that it breeds
dissension among the teams, the
leagues and the fans as well.
"A player, who has participated in
perhaps 20 to 80 games during the
league season and who has worked hard
declares, suddenly finds himself shunt-
ed out of his clubs lineup when the
city series comes along. He is replaced
by player who starred with losing
team and who really has no right to
be il the series.
why should any team that is good
enough to win in its respective league
be allowed to add 80 1-3 per cent more
strength" is Conover'S query.
Another angle to this feature, which
annually brings wholesale objections as
well as hearty applause from some of
the weaker teams is this" he continued.
lone of the leagues (the Georgetown
church, has six teams entered in it..
Another (the Morning TerminaD has
but three. So where is the justice when
one winning team has the choice of
twice as many ball players as the
other?"
Conover. official scorer of the De-
partmental as we'll as the city series, in
tends to put this up to the meeting of
the directors of league series when the
meeting. which is scheduled to come
off in the near future, probably August
l, is held.
1t might be added that Pullman was
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MOUNT RAINIER TILT
WILL DECIDE LEADER

Mount Rainier and Dixie. Pig mines
will clash tomorrow afternoon on the
Mount Rainier field at 3 o'clock in a
game expected to have vital bearing on
the flag in the Prince Georges County
unlimited section Of the Capital City
League. 1t will be the final game of
the sections second-half series.
Mount Rainier now is topping the
loop, with seven wins and one defeat,
but the Pigs are only half game be-
hind, with seven victories and two
losses. In their first encounter this
season the Mounts were victorious.
Frank Maple, Bob Quigley and Lefty
Bob Lyons are available for mound duty
for Mount Rainier, while the Pigs
starting pitcher will be picked from
among Blackie Adair, Lefty Stevens
and Babe Clapper.
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ALEXANDRIA LEGION
TEAMS FOE NAMED

ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 19.-It has
been announced by ]. F. Wilson, dlrec-
tor of public recreation, that the Amer
lean Legion Junior will play the Char
lottesville (Va) Post on July % 1t
Richmond in the Virginia State finals
of the Nationwide series.
A fund now is being raised to send
the local players to the State Capital.
Del Ray Athletic Club has a tough
foe tomorrow in Phoenix Athletic Club
of Washington.
"Rube" Orem, former minor league
spitball twirler, is due to pitch for the
Martinsburg Fire Department against
st. Marys Celtics at Baggett's Parks at
3 o'clock.
Judge Donald Weems of Winchester,
Va, has been elected president OF the
Tri-State Golf Association, with Thomas
E. Sebrell, jr., of Alexandria vice pres
ident, and Archie Campbell OF Mar
tinsburg secretary-treasurer.
Red Robins continued their winning
streak in the insect division of the Play
grounds League, with an 18-to-3 deci-
sion over the Columbus.
The standing:
R Rsad RSRins 1899 SHsqmsa: ssa
White Sox took an 8-to-7 verdict from
! st. Johns yesterday in the midget sec
| ton of the Fairgrounds League, stretch
ing its string of triumphs to three.
The standing:
G Es5ts is ss3 s ST. Johns: SS5
The golf team of the Dahlgren (va)
Naval Station was to play the Belle Ha-
ven Country Club golfers here this
afternoon on the Belle Haven links.
Glover Athletic Club booked game
with the soldier team at Fort Hunt, Va,
for tomorrow at 230 o'clock.
Judge William S. Snow has gone to
the meeting of the Virginia Island and
Game Conservation Commission at
Richmond, Va.
Potterfields team defeated the Car
ter Motor Co., to 2, yesterday.
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He must also warn the runner OH
second base as to whether the
shortstop or second baseman is
cutting in to catch him.
Owing to the noise of big crowds
when base hit is made, word signs
are comparatively useless, as the
runner cannot hear the coacher.
So arm signs are used universally
in the big league.
The coacher at third also has to
relay hit and run. bunt and hit
signs from the manager to the bat
tiers when the manager is not coach
ing himself
I will take up these duties in an
other article in the near future.
Save this big league base ball
series, another will appear shortly.
Al Demaree has prepared a new
illustrated leafiet on Batting" which
he will gladly send to any reader re-
questing it. Address Al Demaree in
care of this paper and be sure to
tnclose a self-addreSsed. stamped
envelope.
tCopyrisht, ls3O)
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Three Teams in Hot Struggle
To Top Second Diuision IN N. L.

count for four Of Chicago's runs, while
Del B1SSOnette'S four-base blow was the
only real wallop of the five hits the
Robins made off the delivery of Sheriff
Fred Blake.
Brooklyn still has the advantage going
INTO the series final today even If the
CUBS win the last game, the Robins
VIII hold first place by a APPOINT margin
New York's Giants went long way
toward settling their dispute with St
Louis over third place by rallying for
flve runs in the ninth inning to win
the second in a row, 8 to z. The Giants
could not make much progress against
Bill Hallahan in the first eight frames
but they did good job of it in the
final. getting six singles.
The loWly ST. Louis Browns provided
the big thrill of the American League S
day as they blew a Seven-game losing
streak sky high at the expense of the
New York Yankees. The Browns start
ed hitting and scoring in the first in
ming and, refusing to be inundated by
the great Babe Ruth, who made his
thirty-third home run, or Lou Gehrig,
who clouted his twenty-f1fth, they didn't
stop until the eighth, rolling up a IA
to-6 score. incidentally they moved out
OF eighth place by a hree-point margin
over the Boston Red. Sox, who lost a
7-to-6 decision to Detroit as the Tigers
found Milton CASTOR for six of their
runs in the fourth inning.
The Philadelphia Athletics won their
eighth straight game by scoring ii runs
in two innings to defeat Chicago. Is TO
l. -Four home runs, two by Jimmy FoxX.
were tossed in among Philadelphia's Is
hits, and George Earnshaw allowed the
Sox only seven blows.
Washington got back in the winning
column to even the series with Cleve-
land, and remain three and one-half
games behind the Athletics, with an
8-to-6 victory
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eLops Timely Punch at Bat THO College Lads Star Dixie Loop
Coast League Joins /. L.
In Opposing Draft Plan

SAN FRANCISCO. July 10 DR.
Joining with officials of the Inter
national League. directors of the Pa
ciflc Coast League yesterday fatty
rejected proposed universal draft
sought by the majors.
Meeting in special session, repre-
Sentatives of the Glass AA circuit
adopted resolution opposing any
attempt of the National and Amer
lean Leagues to establish a new plan
of general selection of players.
They declared it in direct viola
ton of the modified draft agreement
now in effect.
The proposed agreement would
permit drafting of any player re-
CARELESS of experience, instead of
only those who have come down
from the big leagues.
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HOME RUN STANDING
Rx The Associated Press.

BY The Associated Press.
Home runs yesterday-Foxx, Athletics
%; Frisch, Cardinals %; Ruth.
Yankees; Gehrig, Yankees; Wilson
Cubs; Klein, Phillies; Grantham, Pr
rates; Comorosky. Pirates; Lindstrom,
Giants; Beck, Cubs; English, Cubs;
Heilmann, Reds; Meusel, Reds; Strip
Reds; Bisonnette, Robins; Cochrane,
Athletics; Boley, Athletics; Koenig
Tigers; Webb, Red Sox; Melillo, Browns;
Goslin, Browns; McManus, Tigers.
The leaders-Ruth, Yankees, 80;
Klein, PhflIies, 81: Berger, Braves, IS;
Wilson, Cubs, IS; Gehrig, Yankees, %;
Foxx Athletics, Is.
League totals-National 487; Ameri.
can, 398. Grand total-885.