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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05
II DEL RAY PLAYERS
ELIGIBLE FOR SERIES
List Of Dates Also Revised for
Championship Struggles in
Alexandria.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, August Sew
enteen players have been declared eli.
gible to perform with the Del RAY A.
G., latest entrant in the Alexandria un-
limited amateur diamond series. They
are Arthur Beach. Carlos McCullough.
Claude Nixon, Bubbles Yarter.
Hardy Ge1smere, Roland Frinks,
Vincent Curtiss, Eddie Won Deck, WI
HamS Curtiss, Dick Perry, Leon HAND
pa Cao <. C an .s roote. Young; Babe
Dick Kemper and Buddy" thinner
man were added to the Columbia list.
while Jack Hudson was permitted TO
transfer from the Colonial A. g. 10
nationwide Grocery Stores.
The revised schedule:
s5unsdsy--Nstion- Wide Grocery Stores vs.
vs. CARDINAL A. G.. Del Ray 4. 9. vs.. Car
AUGUST. ie-Eation-wide Grocery stores
rs rs. Cardinal A c.. Nstion-Wide Grocsry
August IS -Nation-WNids Grocery stores
ss c0 ss coon Gnfins comRsPy s caFdinsl
Vi Au SSShis ssoAANa3ion-wide grocery stores
stores vs, Del Ray e. coumsla d E0sins
comDany vs.. Colonial a;
psny Fs. Colonial A. q. Del nay 4. 9.
VS. ses Sa.6l,sl il6.i Ray 4 Q. v.. colum-
bia Engine Company. Del Ray A. C VS.
Cardinal A. c., Nationwide Grocery stores
bye, Colonial A. @, bye.
Robert P. whitestone has resigned as
president OF the Del Rays.
The third annual tennis tournament
Of the Public Recreation Department
has been scheduled for August 10.
Matches for boys. girls, men and wom-
en- are carded Entries will be- received
at the municipal swimming pool until
August 6.
Struggling for a place In the metro
politan area Of Washington diamond
chase. the Auth nine viii come here
Sunday for 3 o'clock engagement with
st. Mary's Celtics at Baggettss Park.
j. p. Wilson, superintendent Of pub
lie recreation, announced today that
local Fairgrounds would celebrate the
Nationwide Harvest day observance on
August II with o swimming meet ut
the municipal pool In the morning and
a pageant Ia the afternoon.
Goodies Owens has been elected
coach OF the Irouuois A. G. foot bah
team for the third consecutive season.
A meeting Of the candidates viii be
held tonight at 8 O'Clock ct his resi-
dence.
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Stars Yesterday

~ the Associated Press.
vic Frasier. White Scattered
Tigers nine hits To win. 5 to 1.
jess HAines, Cardinals Held Pirates
e. sever, hits and won. 10 T.
Vince Barton. Cubs Battered Red
hurting for two home runs and three
singles IN double.heasier, driving In fise
runs.
raw Benxe. rhtiIles. and While Eheg-
AeI Hravcs--F Former gave Brave slx
hits Ia firsf game latter scattered phil-
lies eight In second Tor even break on
Gay.
travis jackson. Giants CioHted home
Fssrs. tribe. double and two singles
anaiust Robins Ia nie-headef.
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CUBS START REBUILDING
Purchase Of Infieldsr Herman from
Louisville First Move.

CHICAGO, August s L49.-Tne I'M
ttial move in the Cubs reconstruction
program has been made with the pur-
chase of Infielder BIZ Herman from
Louisville Of the American Association.
Herman, 22-year-0ld second base-
man, with batting average that has
lowered around $50 all season, vas obs
tanned from Louisville ct price re-
ported TO have been $35. 900 and two
Cub scouts have orders TO take 3 look
at every promising yotlngster In the
minor leagues, and an exceptionally
large number OF rockies Is expected 10
get trip to Catalina Island next Feb-
ruary
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Armour Pressed
To Tie SchooIboy
HRANp RAPIDS. Mich. August )

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. August
- R9.-Tomny Armour, British
open and United states prUL
fessioral champion. sank q 45-foot
putt for an eagle on the eight
zenith hole to save himself from de-
feat by an 1s-year-old schoolboy
amateur.
That putt gave him tie with
Charles Kocisis of Detroit, the young
amateur in the Michigan open tour
nament, each having q score OF 2ss
for " holes, even par for the Cas-
cade coures. It gave Armour q 90
for the last round, duplicating his
earlier score and wipfng out the
start OF 10 in the first round Of the
tournament.
The veteran and the youth VIII
play 1t on In Is holes today.
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HITS AS ADVERTISED

Barton, Up From Coast, Wallops
Home Runs for Cubs.
CHICAGO, August P.--Vince
Barton, the young outfielder recalled
by the Cubs from Los Angeles. Is be-
ginning to fulfln his West Coast rep
utatton as a hitter of home runs.
Barton was slow in getting started
and was removed from the line-up.
Then Riggs Stephenson was injured
and Hack Wilson came up with / hit
In % times at bat, so Barton went
back to work
He peeled OF home run and q
single Monday. Yesterday he drove
out two homers and a single In the
second game of double header with
Cincinnati, after getting a pair Of
singles in the opener.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05

And there's nobody In the neighbor-
hood threatening his position at the
top of the pitching list just at the mo-
ment Grove is good pitcher at a
time when good pitchers are rare. john
son was rare twirier at time when
pitchers were good.
And I don't want comeback from
my pals up in Homecoming. This is no
poke at the gloomy Mr. Robert Moses
Grove You can't put the slam on a
moundsman who Is standing up there
moving everything down. 1t would
not work.
Remember that when Smoky Joe,
'Rube" Marquard, Mathewson, John
son and boys of that period were fitting
over the leather pineapple, it was not
full of rabbits, hop toads and triple
motors.
No, sir, baby, that ball was full of tin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05
LONG DR|VESM MARK
SANS RISE TO SEA
no of Al Hits That Bring "a.
Point Average Boost Ex-
tra-BaSe Blows.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

,TNHIS Sam West person can't
be kept out Of yarns about
the Washington ball club
these days. If it isn't great
fielding, it's great hitting that has
the fans raving about him. It's
Vests hitting now, his two per-
feet games at bat in the Nationals
last three engagements, that has
'em talking. In each he cracked
three doubles and q single in four
trips to the plate, and against
Philadelphia pitching, too. Re-
markable hitting, that.
But the West boosters appear to
have overlooked the fact that Sammy
in his last "a games has raised his
batting average from 800 to 1854 and
now ranks among the top-notch swat
tiers of the American League.
West has come along with q rush in
the "a games and done so despite an
enforced lay-off of several days be-
cause of sore left arm that inter-
fered with his swing at the plate.
Evidently the lay-of benefited the
arm greatly for there Is no indication
OF any weakness in his swing now.
THERE'S plenty Of power in his
a swing and with that power he has
made his streak remarkable for
extra-base hitting In the "a games
West stepped up to bat go times for Al
hits. And 20 of those hits were long
ones.
He cracked two home runs, i've
triples and Is doubles. Enough to
make the pitchers respect him greatly.
VESTS streak started after he went
hitless IN four times at bat against
George Earnshaw of the AS here on
July 5. Since Sammy has been held
Fitless in just four games. Lefty
Gray In two. And he missed his hit
in the opening game Of the recent
series with the Indians, although he had
an assortment Of poor pitching to
pick on.
10 boost his average to its present
dizzy height West batted during the
24-game streak at Alb clip. And
once those in charge Of the Nationals
were about to dispose Of Sam because
they thought him an unsatisfactory
batter.
TODAY the Nationals we're to as
III semble at Grifhth Stadium for q
drill, but tomorrow they are 10
get back to the more serious business
Of protecting their hold on second
place. The Red Sox are to be en-
countered in the first Of q series Of
three games that win wind up Sunday.
The set with the Boston club viii be
the last here for some time. Altar
heading for the West Sunday night the
Nationals win not show again In Grit
NTH Stadium until Sunday. August 30,
when the world champion Athletics
win make their final appearance Of the
season in the washington ball yard.
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Ruth's Home Run
Ends Exhibition

CPRINGFIELD. Mass, August
- (P).--More than 1000 fans saw
the New York Yankees and
Springfield OF the Eastern League
play an exhibition game yesterday.
The game ended In the Yankees
ninth, after Babe Ruth had hit hts
second home run, because there were
no more base balls and because the
youngsters by the hundreds en-
croached on the playing field, max
ing conditions impossible. The score
at the time was to s In favor Of
the Yankees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05

1t Is something at which to shoot,
but it Is no so-called modern mark
no. sir. walter johnson rung up 36
triumphs back In 1918.
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q rash of discon-
tent, bewilderrnent
and perple kitty
when he saw the
leather leap or the
bat, speak to the
umpire, turn a few
somersaults around
the home plate
and then hop on a
bicycle, before 1t
leaped the fence
and joined q XII
W a Is luncheon
meeting in the
next county.
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Homer Standing

BY the Associated Press.
Home Runs Yesterday
Barton, Cubs, 2; Klein. Philiies, i;
jackson, Giants. /.
The Leaders.
Gehrie, Yankees, 30: Ruth, Yankees,
20: Klein Phfliies. a: Foxx, Athletics,
81; Averila, Indians, 20: OFT. Giants, II:
Gosiin. Browns. II: Simmons. Att1iet-
les. II.
League Totals.
American. 500: National. 90. Total,
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MARKET MINES FACE.

Warm rivals were to meet this aft
ernoon when Northeast Terminal Mar
ket nine was TO face Southwest Terminal
Market club on Monument diamond No.
ut o'clock.
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WILL LEAD TWO TEAMS.

Penn State College went long way
10 select the captain In tennis and the
captain In soccer next year. The same
man holds both jobs. His name is Bob
McKunc and he's from south Africa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05
How About Waits Mark?
Grove Overooks Johnson in Shooting Got Bagbys Record
TOM DECREE.

cans and mortar when Jack Chess
bro hung up q mark Of Il wins
for season in 1904. and just as tough
in 1912, when ''Rube" Marquard made
it 10 straight wins before the boys pull
ed the ground from beneath him.
If one Of those ancient babies had
to use the present triple-motor pro-
duction he would have broken out into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05

ern hurler? II that BAH does not grab
flute and race for the fence when
1t is hit, the pitcher knows that the
batter has suddenly been stricken with
NAL de n1er or athletes feet.
So it is not fair shake to match up
the records of the ancient and the
modern hurler. And the change in
time took place in base bali when they
equipped the leather with wings. no
matter what the record books and the
experts tell you, sister.
Anyhow, there's Mr. Moses Grove out
after Jim Bagby's 81 wins and on q
fair way of doing it If MFR. McGillicuddy
will be so kind as to pick few spots
for the lean lambaster.
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And farther back than you want TO
remember "Hoss" Radbourne, the old
war horse of the mound, hung UP a
string of victories that sound like q
clearing house report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05

n n OSE GROVE of the Athletics
M Is cunning for Jim Bagbyis
pitching mark Of 81 games
for q season.
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iii hAAC1toi dAAu C&A
ried two pianos
across the stitch
ing.
When you look
UP Walter john
sons pitc h In g
achievements you
know that q boy
from Homecoming,
Md, has got to go
q long way up the
path before he can
topple the old mas
ter of the mound.
But Grove will
do until something
better comes alonr
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

But we won't go into that. When
"Hoss" was busting of batters the ball
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05
Standings in Major Circuits
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST s. 1881.
National League
Yesterdays RESrT.Tg.

/ New York. e-S. Brooklyn. s.7
Philadetphis. 3-2; Boston. I'D.
Chieagp, 4-7; Cincinnati. "a.
St. Louis. 7; Pittsburgh. /,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05

GAMES TO-DAY.
BklSn nt n. York.
Boston az phila.
Louis ct Pt3tsbE.
Einetn. at Glaicaso.
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CAMS TODAY.
N. II III Hnstsn az
Cleveland Ma NsRtfoat,
Others not sehs aulsd
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Scoring 9 runs In the eighth in
ming. the Oriole Peewees nosed out the
Joe Cronins yesterday, % to 20.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-11

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is this received with instant favor
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fit changing weather conditions. Furthermore, it's
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it fits any and the average purse. By sheer honest
inherent merit it wins and holds friends.
Sold at any Standard Oil Service Station and most garages
The Washington times., 1931-01-28
EAGLES-FRENCH
MEET MONDAY

The long-awaited Washington
Basketball League game, featuring
Skinker Eagles and French-R. F. P,
tied for the leadership, is to be
headlined at George Washington
University's gymnasium Monday
night.
Saks Company tossers have
challenged Jewish Community
Center to the supporting feature.
Both the Eagles and French'S
have won their first three starts
in league competition. They
will enter the contest on vir-
tually even terms.
Freddy Mesmer, Lester McMena-
min, Alex Cabell, Busy Brenrer,
Eddie CollifloWer and Heinie GU
biSch are few of the French
stars who are to stack up against
the District champions.
Skinker Brothers, as yet un-
beaten this season, have floored a
formidable lot of opponents. They
figure to encounter rouSing opposi-
ton from Fernch's, however, and
are facing the possibility of meet
ing defeat,
The Washington times., 1931-01-28

Capt. Joe Judge, of the Wash
ington club, was one of the princi
pals involved. Harry Child
Washington pitcher; Larry Wood
all, now of the Pacific Coast
League, and Earl Clark, Boston
Brave outfielder, also were throw,
ing in an occasional word. Joe
said:
81 guess the big feIlOw-Babe
Ruth-stands head and Shoul-
ders above the rest. 1 haven't
seen anyone who could hold a
candle to him.
THE Babes got everything
ability, punch, personality and
popularity"
Young Clark, in keeping with
his comparative youth, had main
tanned a steadfast silence while
Judge was speaking. But when
the popular veteran, many years
his senior, had concluded his
remarks, Washington's sandlot
graduate warmed up to the dis
cuSSlOn.
"Of course, Babe is in a class
by himself in many ways" he de
clared, but we've got little chap
on the Boston Braves who's
mighty picturesque-any way you
take him.
Hes been playing ball since
Hector was a pup. Yes, sir, this
Rabbit Maranville's a Knockout
Right" echoed Judge, land
then some"
The oldsters are still wonder
ing about the Rabbit" Clark con-
tinued. "At least, that's what
they tell me.
mot many years ago they
thought he was all washed up
The Washington times., 1931-01-28
Today's
Sportorial
BY KIRK MILLER

There should be quite re-
union of Notre Dame athletic
spirits about Washington tomor-
row when Knute Rockne comes
to our town to give some of
his characteristic pep talks to
salesmen of the automobile con-
Germ which he represents twixt
football and chemistry classes
at South Bend.
When Knute gets his head to-
gether with Tommy Mills.
Georgetown athletic director;
John Colrick, his assistant; Rip
Miller, Navy line coach, and
Arthur Bergman, Catholic Uni.
versity athletic director, there
will, indeed, be a gathering of
the clan that has helped put
the Irish we're they are.
While Rockne'S visit here is
designed principally as a bust
ness trip, his former co-workerS
now installed in Washington
and nearby colleges will be hard
on his heels to get him to di-
vide his time with them, Berg
man being especially anxious
to escort Knute through Catho-
lie University and have him
meet the faculty and student
body.
The Washington times., 1931-01-28
TANK STARS SET
FOR MEET

A large field has been entered
in the swimming meet to be held
Friday night at the Ambassador
Hotel pool. The first event will
be called at 8:15 o'clock. The
entry list follows:
MEN
Fancy Diving -four compulsory and
four opttonaD-Edward Strauss, Henry
Amos, NJ. l.. Burnside &C. w Univer-
sity); John Broaddus, Vincent Gomez
CIV. s. CD.
1oO-Yard Fee style (novice)-Alfred
Noble and John Carey (Swavely SchooD ;
William Monihan and Joseph Cunning
hame Catholic University); Oliver
Pagan, Henry Amos, NJ. L. Burnside,
Frank Bowman. Godfrey Creyke and
Clifford Shopmeyer George Washing
ton University; John Broaddus Walter
Nimro, H. w. Raymond (Washington
Swimming Club, and Sam Wissooker
(unattached).
1OO-Yard Breast Stroke (handcap)-
George Hellick (Swavely); Peter Kane
(Catholic University; Edward strauss,
Washington, and Constancio Alvarado
Washington Swimming Club.
1OO-Yard Backstroke (handicap)-
oliver Pagan, Ben Goldberg, Max Rote
George Washington, and Frank G.
LAWN Washington swimming Club.
14O-Yard Medley Relay-Alfred Noble,
John Carey, George Hellick (Swavely), ,;
Peter Kane. Frank Mullen, Joseph
Zeogwitz Catholic University: strauss
Rote Redmond, Klein, Goldberg,
Polkinhorn. Kennedy. Pagan, Thompson
George Washington) Frank Lawn
Henry Vedder, Constancio Alvarado. W.
H Raymond, Gomez. Broaddus (Wash-
ington Swimming Club.
22O-Yard Relay-George Washington
University team No. 1 Goldberg, Burn :
side. Redmond, Rote), team No:
strauss, Pagan. Thompson. Polkln l.
horn); Washington Swimming GU D.
team No l CVedder, LAWN, Gomez
Nimro). team No. (Broaddus' AIVa-
RADIO, Raymond.
WOMEN
Fancy Diving-LOis Bates LOIS Pres
ton, Onalene Lawrence, Leonora Tauoe
heile Whaler, Betty oMalley, Rita
Augustapher, Lois Preston.
1OO-Yard Backstroke (handicapl-
Louise Chilcotte, Leonora Taube Gun
attached); Lois Bates, Amirilla Smith,
Rita Augustapher, Onalene Lawrence
(W. S. c.; Hazel Davis, Mary Chad
wick Capitol Athletic Club.
The Washington times., 1931-01-28
G. US Winter Card

And, speaking of Catholic Uni
versity, we are reminded that
no college in Washington is
putting on a more pretentiouS
winter program of sports, run
ming the gamut from basketball
to boxing and including as well
a pretentious intramural pro-
gram. Thirty events in all, in
Guiding splendid freshman
basketball schedule, are on the
program, and the public is in
vited on an associate athletic
membership basis.
The three boxing events with
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology, st. Johns of Annapolis
and Temple University are
worth the price of this associate
membership.
Some of the best intercollegi-
ate boxing in this section has
been staged in the huge gym
nasium out at Brookland, and,
with Georgetown out of the box
ing orbit, the C. U. home
matches form the sole program
of this nature available in
Washington proper this winter.
The Washington times., 1931-01-28
SH|KAT To MEET
BILLY BARTUSH

Dick Shikat, former world
heavyweight champion, has been
matched with Billy Bartush, the
Lithuanian. for the main event
of Promoter Joe Turner's wrestling
show at the Washington Audi
torium on February 5.
Joe Freeman today announced
that Boris Demitroff, the Greek,
would be the opponent for Gus
Sonnenberg, former champion, at
the Strand Theater on Tuesday
night. Stanley Stasiak, the huge
Polish grappler, will engage Will
liam Demetral in the seminal
The Washington times., 1931-01-28
Football Attraction

Maryland is having boxing,
and many WashingtonianS go
out to College Park for the
sport. In fact, Maryland nit
men meet Washington and Lee
Saturday night, in conjunction
with a basketball game with Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute.
What WashingtonianS right
now are mostly interested in
about Maryland is the fact it is
to play Navy at Clark Griffith
Stadium october 10 in a foot
ball piece de resistance that
should fairly fill the arena.
This bureau has ever main
tained that Maryland owes this
city one or two major games
each autumn, if for no other
reason than it enrolls so many
local high-school students, who
later shine afield for the Ter
rapinS.
With a splendid athletic plant
of its own in Curly Byrd Sta
dium, the Marylanders are
prone to stage as many of the
home games as possible amid the
scenes of the other college
activity, and they can't be
blamed for making use of their
delightful athletic home.
However, with a huge popu-
lation so close as Washington
and with an improved schedule
as the years go by, Maryland
can we'll afford to annually ar
range one or two big games
for the National Capital, and
we are in hopes the time will
come when such will be the
case, despite the pleasant sur
roundings and hospitable ac-
commodations Maryland has
within it's own gates.
The Washington times., 1931-01-28
NOrthern-EdgLe
Tilt POSTPONED

Tonight's scheduled Washing
ton Basketball League game
bringing together Anacostia
Eagles and Northerns has been
postponed due to the inability to
secure a suitable gymnasium.
The game will be played late
this week or early next, President
Bill Flester intimates.
The Washington times., 1931-01-28

Pace too swift they were saying;
"A good old wagon breaking
down.
Now it's the Rabbits turn to
laugh. He's playing better ball
than he ever did, is probably the
National Leagues greatest draw
ing card and gets more fan mail
than ten-ninths of your movie
stars"
Still Sensational
Earl, check-up shows, IS
about 100 per cent right. So
right, in fact, that seven rival
National managers are beginning
to wonder what this durable lit
tie fellows made Of.
His bread-baSket catches still
knock 'em dead in the grand
stands, his flailing-opportunely
consistent-wrecked innumerable
ball games last year and his
pepper and fire in the dugout
are-in Observation-Disclosures as
sets.
Not so very long ago Rabbit
was considered the playbOy OF
the majors. Nothing bothered
MaranviIIe. He wasn't built
that way.
Since being snapped to the Bos-
ton Braves in 1929, however, Rao-
bit has done his best work. There
with a second division club
he has fairly sparkled. His con-
duct has been 100 per cent, his
reputation as a bad ACTOR forgot
ten and, all in all, the little chap
may well be credited with one OF
the most remarkable comebacks
in the annals of balloon.
The Washington times., 1931-01-28
Georgetown Quint
To Meet ArI7lu

Army's sensational basketball
team will be tested tonight when
Johnny Colrick's Georgetown Uni
versity tossers invade West Point.
AS yet the service team has not
tasted defeat. The Hoyas have
Jared not so fortunately, losing
several hair-line decisions.
The Washington times., 1931-01-28
OFFERS REFUSED

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. %.
Young Corbett's crack at Che vel
terweight title appeared to be a
long way off today. as Tommy
McGinty, Tommy Freeman's man
ager, refused the offers of local
promoters for the proposed bout.
The Washington times., 1931-01-28
SOx Pitching "Goat"
Released Outright
To Minneapolis

, CHICAGO, Jan. 28-Pitcher
Frank j. Henry has been re
leased outright to the Min
neapous American Association
club by the Chicago White Sox,
1t was announced today by
Secretary Louis Barbour of the
Sox.
Henry compiled a record of
two victories against II defeats
last season.