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Mats One of Few AllArOund Title Clubs

field to compete with the Chicago
White Sox tor the big honor with
the betting strongly In favor Of the
Cubs. They had led the National
League both in fielding and in bat
ting. while the White Sox ranked
last in hitting with the average Of
.220. yet the "Hitless Wonders" cap
tured the world championship.
Pittsburgh. in 1909. led its circuit
in batting and in fielding and thusly
equipped stepped out and trimmed
the Detroit Tigers for world honors.
The only club in the history of the
pastin1e to win, in successive years.
the leadership In batting and field
ing was the AS of Philadelphia.
In 1910 and 1911. The team then
won both the big classics that fol-
lowed. In 1918, the Al again came
through as the champs Of their CTR
cult in batting and fielding and also
won the world championship. The
season Of 1914, the As repeated and
were all-round champions Of their
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league, but this didn't 60 As Of yore.
for the Boston Braves simply
mopped the earth with the men Of
Connie Mack
In 1928 and 1924, the New York
Giants stepped out to do battle for
world championship with recon-
f1endations As being the leading
club In both fielding and batting In
the National League, but lost In
both seasons to the Yanks and the
Nationals in their battles for prem
Ter honurs.
No team In either circuit since
1924 managed to win the batting
and fielding leadership and also the
pernAnt and this Is how washing
ton will enter the on-comins battle
-all-rourd champs. There IL no
denying the fact that, throughout
the regular seasons campaign. these
honors help . whole lot, but DO not
always act that way In the world
series. We can watch results In this
affair.
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Real Grind for Hurlers.

A BRISK three-day training stretch
~ for the American League cham
pions was to get under way in
Griffith Stadium this afternoon with a
drill starting at 130 o'clock Each
day there will be nearly two hours of
batting and some work afield for reg
ulars and reserves
There will be a grind for the Ma
tionals' pitchers. too. aside from the
workouts they will get in pitching to
the batters. Each and every member
of the hill staff will get plenty of leg
work under the careful direction Of
Trainer Mike Martin.
SO much depends on the condi-
ton Of a clubs hurlers in a short
series that those in charge of the
Washington club are bent on
having every member Of the
mound corps in the pink when
the bell rings for base balls an
rual classic in New York a week
from tomorrow.
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Giants Ball Hawk Figures to Be Better Defensively
but Falls Far Short of Criffman
Attacking Factor.
THE CENTER F1ELDERS.
FIELDING RECORDS.
BATTING RECORDS.

the season. At the time this was writ
ten ne was batting at 29S clip. 81
points higher than his series rival.
Davis. and has collected 27 two -ba ggei S,
8 triples and 5 home runs, while he
had batted home 81 counters and tai
lied 96 more.
A comparison of the batting figures
seems to give the Senators an edge IN
center field, but af1eld both men will
give a good account of their abilities.
1t Is the first time either man has
PLAYED in the Fall classic
This Is the sfrth of series OF
articles n,pdring rival players OF the
Nationals and Giants. forthcoming
1Uorld series contcstuntsJ
(Copyrisht 1897
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Tom Bridges, Hard.Luck Hurler,
Near NO-Hit Feat Fourth Time

run rally and win. to S. The Braves
had the last laugh. however. slan1f11ing
Glenn Spencer for five tallies in two
innings and winning FIVE e-frsme after
piece, to 2.
Like the Giants. the Brooklyn
Dodgers san their second game
cut to fire innings by darkness.
bbt they had time to beat the
Philifes ftpfce, 12-7 and So.
They scored 10 runs in the fourth
and fifth frames of the opener and
put on another four-run rally in the
third to take the second game
The Pittsburgh Pirates and st. Louis
Cardinals batted each others pitchers
around the lot to split a pair of So
decisions. but the Pirates had to 60
10 innings to beat Dizzy Dean In the
second game after the Cards late
rallies had given Tex Carleton his
seventeenth victory in the opener
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played in many less games
Schultz has been the regular center
gardener for the Senators all year.
while Davis alternated with Melvin OFT
early in the Summer when his bat
ting fell down after he had made quite
an auspicious start. stealing numerous
bases and batting home many needed
tallies.
Davis is batting 261 and has col
lectcd 20 two-baggers, triples. and 6
home runs, and boasts 10 stolen bases
After spending six seasons with tho
Browns. Fred Schultz became a Sena-
tor in the deal which brought Goose
Goslin and Walter Stewart along with
him in exchange for Lloyd Brown. Carl
Reynolds and Sam West He had fair
success with st. Louis. batting over 800
twice in six years, but with pennant
contender this year started off splen-
didly and kept up among the first five
hitters for the first three months o.
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Griff Knew His STUFF.

WYE are making . subetanti' :
" investment in order to pro-
duce a pennant- winnin.
club" remarked Grifith at the time he
was swinging his big deal with St. Louis
and Detroit. Il I'm satisfied We will get
what We want and beat the Yankees"
II he cared to. Grifith might add
now; Since we whipped the Yankees.
supposedly the most powerful club in
base ball, why shouldn't we beat the
Gisnts?'
That's the conclusion most base ball
sharps reach until thev consider the
Giant pitching staif. Then they begin
to hedge"
TUo dozen shutoats, plus as
many more games In tphich the
opposition ipns held to single
run. tell a rare tale OF pitching
effectiveness. That's mhy the
Giants do not fear the bio hffters
OF the Washington Club
This week. both championship teams
have an equal opportunity to rest their
stars. iron out the Charley Horses
discuss their strategy and mail tickets
to the home folks
Terry plans only one more assign
ment for each of his pitching aces.
Hubbell and Schumacher, definitely
slated to pitch the first and second
games in New York. probably will be
started in the double header this We'd
nesday with the Phillies Fitzsimmons
will be eroomed to hurl his knuck'er in
the third game. at Washington Octo-
Der S.
Cronin and Griffith have not disclosed
their pitching plans but it may be
Whitehill. Crowder and Stewart In that
order. with Monte Weaver starter only
in the event things go wrong with the
other three.
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by HUGH 3. FULLERTON,
Assoc ated Press Sports Writer.

"INAL returns on the ma jor league
~ base ball season won't be in
for another week, but young
Tommy Bridges of the Detroit
Tigers has clinched the crown as the
years hard luck guy without further
argument
Bridges one of the bright spots in an
otherwise discouraging season which
finally impelled Bucky Harris to resign
his post as Tiger manager Saturday,
has made four gallant efforts to add his
name to the list of no-hit pitching
notables and each time has failed by
the slimmest of margins
His troubles started last year when
a pinch hit by Dave Harris in the ninth
inning cost him a no-hit game against
Washington. Early this season he
hurled one-hit contests against st. Louis
and the Senators ana yesterday he
blanked the Browns again without .
blow for eight and one-third innings
UeIUTe OdIH Wcet, biic NhidA VA a
previous occasion. and Art Scharein
found him for singles Tommy's two
hit hurting brought the Tigers 2-1
victory in the first game of double
header and they went on to clean up
with So triumph in the afterpiece as
Carl Fischer allowed only five blows.
Red Sox Beat Yanks.
"HE Philadelphia Athletics romped
over Washingtohs American
League Senators, IL to 4. and the
Boston Red Sox beat the second-place
New York Yankees. 1913, in a game
which produced l8 hits, 9 errors and IS
walks.
The Chicago White Sox and Cleve-
land Indians divided a twin bill, COL
lecting total of so hits
The Sox won the o;;ener. 81.
on ninth inning run and the
Indians came hack to hammer
out a 1875 triumph, scoring half
their runs In the fifth. Earl
Averill hit a homer in each
game.
Chicago and Cincinnati let the pitch
ers have their say for the National
League as they divided pair of games
Charley Roots fiye-hit flinging led the
Cubs to 7-to-1 triumph in the opener
and Cincinnati won, to 0.
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>HE washington club will be
one of the few that led its
league batting and in field
ing to com pete for Il


worlds honors. The Nationals will
be the tenth club in the games his
tory to enter the big event as the
best hitting and fielding team In its
circuit. A team going in to do bat
tie for the championship Of the
world thusly equipped has the edge
so 1t would appear.
OF the nine clubs that, besides
winning the league championship.
led in batting and fielding five won
the worlds championship. Boston
Red Sox, in 1908. was the first team
to enter the arena to battle for 4
world championship that had led
their loop in batting and tn field
ing. The team won the big event.
The Chicago Cubs. In 1909, took the
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Stars Yesterday

BY the Associated Press.
Mickey Cochrane. Walloped
three doubles against Senators.
Blondy Ryan, Giants, and Randy
Moore, Braves-Made five hits apiece in
double. header.
Tommy Bridges and Carl Fischer,
Tigers limited Browns to two
hits in first game; latter pitched Ave
hit ball In second.
Forrest Jensen. Pirates-Led attack
on Cardinals with triple and two
doubles.
Earl Averill, Indians-Clouted homer
in each game against White 6ox.
Charley Root, Cubs. and Benny Frey,
Reds-Root held Reds to five hits in
opener; Frey blanked cubs with seven
in nightcAp.
Buck Walters. Red Sox-Drove In
three runs against Yankees with double
and single
Johnny Frederick and Owen Car
roll, Dcdgers-Frederick hit homer and
two singles In f1rst game; Carroll held
Phillics to four hits IN short second
clash.
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SANDLOT GRIDDER DIES

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, September IS
Np.-Anthony Gomela, 81, of West
Haven. is the first fatality of the 1898
foot ball season in Connecticut.
Gomela. a member of the Beaver A. c.
eleven Of New Haven. was carried I'M
conscious from a Stratford field in a
game with the Holy Name team of
Stratford yesterday with fractured
skull
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one OF the two sessions ne tOlled.
A many as IL hits were collected by
~ the Nationals. who never were in
the ball game. Six were cleaned
off Tim Mckeithan. a right-hand
recruit who started and worked four
rounds. These hits were good for
three tallies. Cronin's double and
Travis single produced a score in the
second inning. In the fourth two
more scores came from Travis double.
a pass to Bolton and a single by Myer.
But McKeithan was in hot
mater continually after pitching
fine first inning and after that
tDo-run fourth Connie Mock de-
cided to use his prize southpdT,
Bob Grore, the remainder of the
Udy.
Keen about saving the third place
they now hold. the AS. pressed by the
Indians, wanted this ball game.
Grove was nicked for five hits. but
only in his third round on the hill did
the Nationals find the plate Then sin
giles by Rice and Kuhel with two in
field retirements sandwiched between
got run.
nRIM had his troubles in his first
and last rounds although the two
runs scored off him in the last by
the AS were unearned Between these
rounds he pitched nicely The rookie
proved an able fielder, too. And he
had plenty on the ball as he wound up
the sixth inning by striking out the
dangerous Cochrane and the home-run
busting Foxx in succession.
But for a passed ball charged
to Bolton in the ninth. Chapman
would not have yielded q score.
He also struck cut Foxx in the
eighth inning. and A double play
was recorded when Cochrane
tried to steal as Jimmy swung for
the third one.
Cochrane and Travis were the big
hitters for their teams Mickey reeled
off three doubles before his strikeout In
the sixth. then drew a pass in the
eighth. Travis, the Washington recruit
got two singles. with a double between
them, the first three times up. then
skied to the left fielder the last time.
Cramer had a field day in center for
the AS. He made nine catches and had
to do deal of sprinting for most of
them.
Crontn started the regular
Washington lineup. creeping
n~1
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D. C. BOWLERS ON TOP.

Sunrise all-star bowlers. comprising
Espey. Newman, j. Harrison. Talbert
and Pacini scored over Lexington roll
ers of Baltimore. 3.055 to 2.849, Satur-
DAY on the Lucky Strike alleys in Bal
timore Harrison and Pacini also won
for Sunrise in doubles, scoring TAI to
672 for Pickus and Knoche of Lexing-
ton.
Evening star., 1933-09-25
BUFFALO WINS OPENER.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 25.-
Buffalo, champion of the International
League. won the opening game of the
little world series here yesterday from
Columbus. American Association stand
ard bearer. Z to 6. The two teams will
play again today.
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'Batted for Ctpwder in third

'Batted for Ctowder in third
phlladeiphia P, !, = ! % " o Ill
Runs batted in-Cochrane 81. McNsir
t.D. Travis. FoXx johnson 90. Higgins.
Finney. Myer 90. Grove. Kuhel. Two-base
hits-Cochrane t3l. johnson t"). Cronin,
Manush Travis. Grove McNar. Stolen
MSer. Left on Ssses-fhilsde Iphia' 6:
Washingtoh o. First base on balls-Of
Crowder /: off McKeithsn .; of Prim.. .;
Of Chapman, i. Struck out-By GrowdeE;
Crowder : in 3 innines of Prim. In 4
innings: of Chapman. in . innings of
McKeithan. 6 in 4 innirgs; of Grove. ; in
tby Crowder), Passed ball-Boiton Win
ming pitcher-Grove. Losing pitcher.
Crowder. Umpires-Messrs. MCGOWAN and
Summers
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h o " e v e r. came
through with his
greatest sc aso II
with the bat. and
certainly ov er-
sha dowed Davis
work with tie
Giants for this
year.
But Davis, is a
better player than
his PSI batting
mark shows. ana
defensively gives
the New Workers
an edge in center
field in the series.
He has sew n
points on Schultz
in the fielding rec
~.~fr t-,,k - - -
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shifted to the Nationals last Wnt,r IN deal deal that
and Carl Fischer pitchers to the Detroit CLUB
days in and about Cedar Rapids Whten nouigea
pitched Drifting
with the semi and getting plenty OF work
he pitched games IN WEEK. wmons up
header, and them all
" pitcher
the indians who took Earl to Bmnsnam C Cedar Rand . M
pitching convinced
managed by him could use the LETT hander ~
OF Birmingham
present style Of pitching though Earl sey 1T one
hurting particular
strength my which today feels
as did"
the Nationals to have around for this
Whihi victories than before MS
j. b. X
Of personality sketches Of the Grit
men base ball champion
TomorroU-Morte WeccerJ
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Homer Standing

BY the Associated Press
Home Runs Yesterday.
Averill. indians. 2: Gehringer, Tigers.
L. Greenberg. Tigers. l. Croeetti.
Yankees. I: Bocek White Sox. 1; Free-
erick. Dodgers. 1; Bottomley. Recs. /;
r. Herman. Cubs. | : MancuSo. Giants. l.
The Leaders.
Fpxx. Athletics. Al; Ruth. Yankees.
81; Gehrig. Yankees. 81; Klein, Fhillies,
20: Berger Braves. 26.
League Totals.
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BY AL MUNRO ELIAS.

w YHEN Bill Terry, Giant mana
~ ger traded Chick Fullis 70
" the Phils in part of the
four-cornered deal which
brought George "Kiddo" Davis to New
York. It looked as though Terry goV
the better of the transaction. Fuilis,
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WHO'S WHO
With
NATIONALS

THOUGH native Of Iowa, Whtehill is some
n thing of an Alabama base ball product. 1t
~ was with the Birmingham club Of the South
ern Association that the southpaw gsined
most of his professional pitching experience before
settling to a steady job on big time. .
Earl got his first Job with the Birmingham c.un
back in 90 but in only game for 1t that
year He spent most Of the season with Columbia OF
the South Atlantic League where he was on the slan
staff with Goose Gosin, now outheldng for the
Nationals.
He was back with Birmingham in '2l for the entire
campaign then for two seasons Earl moved nack and
getting a regular Job with the Tigers IN 1924
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Cronfn started the regular
Washington lineup. excepting
Bolton in the catching position
and Travis at third. but took
Goslin. Mannsh ana himself out
after fue innings had been played.
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touched for wallop and a score IN
one of the two sessions he toiled.
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Giants Resume Winning.

NEW YORK'S Giants won their first
~ game sinre they clinched the
National League title by scoring
four runs in the tenth inning of the
first game with Boston to beat q three
Evening star., 1933-09-25
Sentiment FAVORS
.SMALL-TOWN BOYS
Many Of Terry's Men Not
Even Listed in "Who's
Who" of Base Ball.
BY ALAN GOULD.
Associated Press Sports Editor.

n JEW YORK. September as
M From most any angle that
4 y you may consider the
world series proposition. the
rollicking Giants should be the
peoples choice" over the Sen
ators.
Metropolitan wise money may favor
the American League champions but
from Dolgeville, N Y, the home of
Hal Schumacher. to Meeke. Okla,
where Carl Owen Hubbell raises pecans
during the off-season. the hopes Of the
countryside will be largely With the
srnall-town boys who have made good in
the big city with the Giants.
who's who in Base Bail" Is cramn1ed
with the exploits Of all the Washington
regulars. ranging in big league service
from 8 to l3 years. but at least q half
dozen ccgs in the New York machine
were not conspicuous enough even to
be mentioned with the games blue
bloods" when the 1888 season started.
You won't find Shortstop "Blondy"
Ryan. Outflel0ers Joe Moore and Homer
Peel, or Pitchers Hal Schumacher. Row
Parmeiee and Herman Bell In the latest
edition of Who's Who but most Of
them will be located quite easily when
the battle starts at the Polo Grounds
a week from tomorrow
Feature Home. Grown Talent.
NTOST of the Giant regulars are
N "hcme e-breds" with the excep-
tion of Centerfilder Georee
Davis. acquired from the Phillies; Sec
ond Basenan Hughey Critz. who came
from Cincinnati and Gus Mancuso, the
backstop obtained from st. louis. the
lineup represents products of John
McOrawis development and Bill Terrvs
smart handling or encouragement. Hub
Dell. Fitasimmons. Schumacher. OFT,
Jackson and Terry himself have con
centrated their major league careers
With the Giants. Ryan and Moore are
two OF this years prize packages.
The Senators also we're reorsaniyed
for the 1893 campaign, but on vastly
different tasis.
Where Terry publiciy announced
and carried out policy Of re-
building with youth and en-
thusiasm. Clark Griffith went out
into the open market to engineer
series Of wholesale swaps for
Seasoned. certified base bail
talent.
The Giants were satisfied to mei
the great experiment and gamble witt,
relatively inexperienced or fresh talen.
but the Senators looked carefully At eli
labels and took no chances. In swing
ing trades for outfielders Fred Schultz
and Goose Goslin, pitchers Earl White
hill and Wally Stewart, and catche'
Luke Sewell last Winter. Griffith CO.
sidered he was running no risks
effect he banded over a resdy-ma
hand-picked aggregation to Mana
Joe Crunin
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League Races

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WESTBY

Mrs. Peter Miller entertained a
number of ladies at luncheon an
tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Bill Stageberg and Mrs 7.
erickson went to Noonan Tuesday.
Nels Thorpe and son StanIev
arrived Tuesday from Wvomino
ind Will start back on their re-
turn trip Saturday as thew intend
to make their home out there
Ed Ferguson shipped a car load
OF &C cattle Saturday to Chicago.
Inc funeral services of MYRTLE
Espeiund took place at the Luth-
eran church at Westbv Saturday
august Hultgren arrived home
saturday from the cities. He i
driving a new car. :
Inc ladies aid sale at the Tutb.
eran church drew !, large crowd .r u
They realized quite a sum of ca III
ana the lucky winners of the tw,
quits were Mr.. Fruind and Mrs
Bonnie Schultz. 49, >
George Friesleben entertained .
Saturday. - "ius iasO
Mrs. John Nelson attended the
ladies aid sale here Saturday eve We
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ANTELOPE
(Too late for last weell

(Too late for last week.
Jack Courtney had a. record
breaking crowd at his sale, Satur-
day, Sept. 30.
Aage Larsen is back from. Chi
cago where he wnet with two car
ldads of cattle. While in Chicago
mt took in the Worlds fair.
Mrs. E. Land came. back from
Minneapolis last week where she
had visited her daughter, Bergliot.
who is attending college there.
A surprise party was held last
Sunday in st. Johns church north
east of town in honor of Emma
Rowland and Mr.. Nordbo who were
married recently. The Young
couple received many beautiful
gifts. They will live near Conner
town where the groom has a farm,
Chas. Mclaughlin win shin four
carloads of cattle to Chicago This
week and eniov the worlds fair
while there.
Chris Lodahl his moved onto
the Berg Astrup farm vacated bv
J orents Lurd.
Kleis Larsen Is attending COLLEGE
at Dillon. Mont. this wear
The AnteloDe Flour mill Is QUITE
busy since the installation, of !
new engine by Carl Branden.
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American Warships
In Cuba

The presence of 80 American
warships in Cuban waters ia itself
ain act of war against the Cubsn
revolution. The collapse of the
World Economic Conference re-
Vealed only too clearly that the
great powers are unable and un-
willing to solve the basic interna-
tIonal problems by peaceful means
that they will resort to a new i'm
Perialist war in an attempt to d.
vert the attention of the masses
from their misery. and as the only
capitalist way out of the crisis.
The rapid rise of Fascism is
closely related to the increasing
war danger. Fascism means forced
labor, militarization, lower stan
dards of living, and the accentua-
ton of national hatreds and chau-
whist indictments as instruments
for the moral preparations for
war. 1t sets the people of one
country against the people of an
other country and exploits the in
ternal racial and national groups
within each country in order to
prevent them from uniting in
joint action to solve their common
problems.
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pE.,SE.RW

Mr.. and Mns. Jimmie Henderson
lett Tor Casper. WYo., Wednesday
on receipt OF word OF the serious
illness of Mrs. Hendersonis sister.
Mr.. and Mrs.. Ray Kallak left
for Clancy. Mont Sunday after
noon where they will spend some
time visiting.
The funeral of little Raymond
kallak was held last Thursday aft
ernoon. Rev.. Stowell officiated.
Hans Rasmussen of Plentywood
Is putting a coat of stucco on the
home of A. R. Rice this week.
Ray KaIAk has a crew construct
ing ar underground garage.
Ingemon Christensen has taken
over the Standard Oil Co. service
station lately operated by Viggo
Christensen.
Erik Lyngas enjoyed hunting
trip with a group from Plentywood
last week.
Mr.. Ingwalson of Crosby. N. d,
spent Monday around town look
ing up prospects for new cars.
Hans Tjomsos hls a crew put
ting IN heavy coat of gravel
around his store and garage. olso
a coat of sheet-iron on the GARAGE
this week.