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Evening star., 1933-09-29
The Team Of Defense.


F you look over the batting averages
/ of the National League you will
find Manager Bill Terry Of the
= Giants in third place. back Of Klein
and Davis, the Philly punchers.
The next Giant you run across Is
Moore, down in twenty-seventh place.
And then you travel quite spell before
YOU find ODoul and OFT, ranking thirty
seventh and irty-eighth In the art OF
making base hits.
Only three Giants are listed in the
first so in National League rankings-
| and the club carries only one 800
hitter.
As Hughey Keogh once wrote OF the
old White Sox-the hltless WONDERS Oh
1906:
They've got the pitchers and
they've got the brains - 'butthe.
hellofitistheyain'thit
One of the old slogans OF sport is
that "a great offense is good defense
This is largely bunk. Let that great
offense meet a stout defense
in foot ball-the Giants in base ball
and see what happens.
The Giants won q pennant by de-
cisive margin with a great defense
and they are moving into this next
series with q great defense-headed by
| Carl Hubbell and plenty In the way OF
! support.
They are moving into this next series
with onlv one 800 hitter On the club
but in Terry, Critz, Ryan and Jackson
they have an infield that can back up
any pitching-a good defensive outf1eld
and probably better pitching, game
after game, than washington has
looked at all year.
There are American League
pdrtiSdns UIlo UilI laugh at this
statement. As it happens, am
not a partisan, having no sentt-
mental or financial interest in
either league.
But I don't believe the American
League will look at any better pitching
than Hubbell, Schumacher, Fftzsim-
mons and Parmelee can dish out:
These men would be pitchers in any
league-at any time. And after look
ing at world series games for nearly
80 years, 1t takes no expert to know
what pitching means.
Giant Pitching.
THE Giants must gamble on their
pitching-and the support they
= = will furnish this pitching.
If the old dope Is worth 10 cents q
hogshead, they are not going to put on
any violent upheaval against White
hill, Stewart and Crowder, the three
Senatorial aces.
Anything, Of course, can hap
pen In q short series, but We are
speaking now Of probabilities.
The Giants won flock Of games by
one run-and flock Of these were
10 or 2-1. Their pitchers were forced
to the limit-crowded into spots where
they had to deliver-or take haircut.
The Giants all season have been =
well-knit. compact club, which day
after day went out and did Job.
There was no particular flourish or
hullabaloo. saw both Giants and
Pirates play on the Pacific Coast last
Spring-and I couldn't figure the
Giants beating the speed, power and
pitching the Pirates had at that time.
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Counts abbg Conin u Gang Furnishing Apple
Prexy Harridge Names Griffs,
By Reason of Better Balance,
To Win in Six or Seven Tits

out with .efe-handed pitchers" he vol
unteered as someone mentioned Carl
Hubbell.
The records disclosed that 20
far this year. the Senators won "a
games from ports1defs and lost Is.
Lefty Grove OF the Athletics was the
most successful portsider against them,
winning four out Ct six. Russell Van
Alta Of the Yanks was the only other
lefty to get an advantage, beating the
champions three out Of five. Lefty
Gomez of the Yanks won only one out
Of four. Some Of the other records Of
won and lost were: Carl Fischer, IA;
Walberg. IL; Pennock, IL; Hogsett,
IL; Hebert, o.; Wells, o.; Lloyd
Brown, OIL: Weiland, 0-2, and Freitas,
o..
Eyes, sir, I take quite bit Of pride
In guessing ball games, and III pick
the Senators although I know they're
not going to meet a setup by long,
long way" Prexy Harridge concluded.
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Regular Job for Goose.

DLAYING the percentage" Cronin
has about decided to use the vet
eran Goose Goslin regularly in
right field, against right and left
handed pitching. instead of alternating
the Goose with Dave Harris, the No.
outfield substitute.
The Goose has a great faculty for
rising to the emergency" says Cronin.
when he is right, he can hit south.
paws as well as anything else. He is
the rare type of hitter who can break
up a ball game. He is the nearest
thing we have to the Foxx, Ruth and
Gehrig type of slugger."
Cronin also thinks Uell OF Harris
and ,DiH not hesitate to send the
Carolina Sheriff into action II
Goslin fails to dekver Nor is the
Senator manager overlooking the
possibility that Sam Rice may be
the man for an emergency. Rice
Dds star in the outfeld for the
Washington champions of 1924-25.
The Giants are well fixed with out
field reserves in lefty ODoul and Homer
Peel, but they are handicapped other
wise for any emergency operations.
Most of the inf1eld reserve strength al
ready has been called on by the re-
placement of Vergez by Jackson at third
base The Senators have hard-hitting
youngster, Bob Boken, for inf1eld duty,
and two able-bodied backstops in Boil
ton and Berg, if anything happens to
Luke SeWell
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BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR.,
Associated Press Sports Writey.

THE '"tune- games for the
world series are meaningless af-
fairs, but it's interesting to note
that CT the four prospective
world series starting pitchers who have
gene through the motions of preparing
for the big fray Carl Hubbsll alone has
had any success.
The Giants star southpaw came
through his trial brilliantly Wednesday.
The same afternoon his teammate. Hal
Schumacher, took trimming and yes
terday two of Washington's mound
mainstays, Wally Stewart and Al
Crowder. were pasted all around the
lot by the New York Yankees.
After spotting the Yanks huge lead
in the first, when Sammy Byrd started
things of with home run and wound
up the rally with a double. the Sen
ators put on an exhibition of clouting
against Russell Van Alta and Wiley
Moore that must have left some of the
Giants. who were in the stands, slightly
pop-eyed.
1t took them just three innings
to get those runs back and take
an 81 lead, and after Babe
Ruth's thirty second homer of
the year had knotted the count
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the difference between Kuhel and Bill
Terry Is 70 slight 1t means nothing.
r BELIEVE wen prove longer hitters
than the Giants. too. especially on
the big playing field in WaShing-
ton. We've far outclassed them At hit
ting doubles and triples this year, but
they have 1t on US in home runs.
Maybe that home-run edge the
Giants hold Is due to the type Of park
in which they have played most Of
their games.
The rather short right and
left field stands at the Polo
Grounds make fine targets for
Terry's Nightly hitters. Maybe
they'll be just ~ fine targets for
our clubs line hitters.
I'm not worrying about our batting
power for the series. As q club we've
led the American League all season at
batting. And we have a better batting
record than the Pirates. who head the
National League. Our club must have
power.
"HE records show we're better on
the bases than the Giants, too
I'm going by the records IN all
tQU, u0oetStAuo, because maven I seen
the new National League champions
play all year.
We've stolen nearly ttpice as
many bases as the Gi0nts
We've made almost 200 more
runs. That must mean more
sn.drtness on the bdsepdths as
ioeu ds great potper at bat.
Our ball club is speedy. The players
are fast on their feet, daring. heady
base runners, ready to take advantage
Of every chance to advance Several
Of our batters this year have been
wonders ct stretching singles into
doubles. And know ours is the fastest
ball club from first base to third on a
single in the American League.
Which ought to make 1t faster than
anything to be found in the National
League.
(CopyYight, 1933)
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respect them and will make no rash
predictions as to the ability OF the
Giants to score against them. but !
will say this. 1 don't think any OF
them are good enough to shut us out.
And any game wherein the Giants 90
any scoring at all. Hubbell and Scnu-
macher have winning cnance.
Crowder, Weaver. Whitehill and Stew
art have achieved only four shutouts
on our club had ten and Schumacher
seven.
Figures Mean Little.
r THINK it is silly to base any COM
parsons on the won and lost rec
Il ords compiled during the regular
season. The figures were accumulated
under different conditions ana against
different teams: they prove nothing be-
yond the fact that the big winners
were consistently effective workmen.
AS see it, the thing that counts Is
the how and why of the pitching-the
pitching styles-the methods and the
ories of the pitchers. Are they fast
ball pitchers, the variety type, soft
ballers or tricksters?
And that's where I give the
Giants starting trio, Hubbell, Fitz-
simmons and Schumacher, the
big edge. All three are strong
arm pitchers, all three possess .
trem Gus physical pitching
equipment. "Stuff" on the ball.
enough to overpower the batter.
and in a pinch to throw 1t by
him.
Hubbell is the greatest pitcher I've
ever seen. Nobody else in my time has
so completely dominated a ball game
as he has on repeated occasions this
year. That eighteen-inning game with
the Cardinals, for instance. They
couldn't have scored had 1t gone thirty
eight innings. His screw ball that day
just couldn't be hit.
Frankly, with all those shutouts and
low-hit virtually perfect ball games
fresh in mind, can't see how the
Senators can beat him. I'm positive
he'll win two games, and If the series
TIME Senator pitching technique Diff
II fers from our own. They're not
power pitchers: their trick Is to
outguess and outwit the batters. throw
them off stride with varied pitching
assortment. A good system, too. The
results prove that.
But I belieUe it 1Dill be less et-
fectipe against the Giants than it
has against some of the free
swinging American League teams.
Our batting style and tactics are
different; the dead" ball has
compelled the Giants and the
other National League teams to
change. Very feU OF the boys
Suing from the heels any more.
We've had to choke up to an extent,
shorten the batting swing to protect
ourselves against the power BALI
pitchers who have found the heavier,
less lively ball a tremendous weapon.
The winning pitchers in our leagA, you
know. have been the strong arm men
Hubbell, Schumacher, French, Dean,
Warneke and Brandt.
Their success, though, has worked
against the soft" ball and so-called
smart" pitchers. No longer swinging
from their heels, the batters aren't SO
easily fooled. aren't so often thrown of
stride. The Washington pitchers,
am sure, will note the difference next
week.
(Copyright 1897
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Goslin and Babe in Duel.

A LTHOUdH the Nationals generally
n aren't particularly interested in the
series here. Goose Goslin is press
ing all he knows how at the plate, he
and Babe Ruth having little argument
between them concerning their batting
marks for the season. Each is striving
to beat out the other. Getting three
hits in four times at bat yesterday. the
Goose pulled UP to tie with the Babe,
who cracked three in five trials.
Ruth went through the entire game,
quitting the right field post after three
innings to relieve Gehrig at first base.
As q first sacker, the Babe is
splendid batter. He can stop
sharp hits that come his way, but
isn't inclined to amble to the bag
after checking the ball.
For his failure to head for the sack
after coming up with Manush's hot one
in the fourth. Ruth was charged with
an error that led to the scoring Of
three Washington runs before the in
ming ended.
Byrd. due to get a regular post in
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I'm not depending
altogether er on
Washington's bat
ting ability to take
the series. There's
more than sheer
batting power In
our clubs stock.
However. m . n
for man III say We
should outclass the
Giants in attack.
Excepting J o e
Kuhel at first base,
every one Of the
hrst regulars Of our
lineup on record
has the better at
bat Of the Giant
OCCUPYING q SINH
liar Y,0sifion And
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CHESS TIE UNBR0KEN
Fine and Reshevsky Win Eighth
Round Matches at Detroit.

DETROIT September 20 R.-The
two-man tie between Samuel Reshevsky,
Detroit. and Reuben Fine of New York
for leadership in the Western Chess
Association tournament continues un-
broken with both winning their eighth
round matches last night.
Eighth-round results: Reshevsky de-
feated E. Opsahl. Detroit; Fine defeated
G. Eastman, Kalamazoo; E. Nicholson.
Detroit, defeated. w. F. Streeter, Cleve-
land; M. Fox, Montreal, drew with G..
g. Barnes, Minneapolis; A. G. Margolis.
Chicago, defeated M. Palmer. Detroit;
r. whitman, New York, defeated A. w.
Dake. Portland. Greg; 3. Factor. Chi
cago. W. L. Stolcenberg, Detroit, ad-
journed.
The leading scores: Fine and Re-
shevsky, I'll; Dake, 6h-1h; Stolcen-
berg, So: Willman, SIS; Factor,
BY
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Hubbell Only Series Pitcher.
To Click in Tune.Up Contests;
Giants See Criffs Slam Pill
in the fourth they put on . final
cpurt to forge ahead aGain.

Jimmie Foxx delivered two doubles
to bring his years total up to 200 hits,
but the Boston Red Sox came through
with a pair Of two-run rallies to beat
the Philadelphia Athletics, 4 to 3, In
the only other American League game
Of the day.
The Boston Braves. striving for q
first division berth in the National
League, pulled up closer to the st.
Louis Cardinals by defeating Brook
lyn's Dodgers, s to 1, In the first game
of a doub.e-header An exciting after
piece wound up in % tie when dark
ness halted the proceedings at the end
of the tenth.
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Ran for Stewart in NTH.
tBatted for CroWder in ninth

Manush is,. Schultz (2i. Ruth go. eMyerI.
Two-base hits-Van Alta, Byrd go. Sewen
Home runs-Byrd Ruth. Sacrihce-Lary
Double plays-Cronin to Myer to Kuhsl
Myer to Cronin to Kuhel. Left on bases
New York 8; Washington. IL. First base
on balls-of Van Alta 4: CT Stewart. 3;
off Moore, /; Of Crowder. 3. Struck out
Ry Yhn Attn Van by Asts in GH nnnss Of
Moore, 10 in 7 innings; of Stewart. 7 in
4 innings; of Crowder, : in innings
Winning pitcher-Moore. Losing pitcher
Crowder Umpires-Messrs. Dinneen. Sum-
mers and MCGOWAN. Time Of game-One
hour and 55 minutes.
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Will actually OOml-
nate the series,
throttle and over
power the Senator's
with a series Of
S uperb pitching
performances.
Naturally, I ex-
pect something Of
an argument on
that point. The
Senators present a
ng pitching
staff, too. Crowder,
Whitehill, Stewart
and Weaver are
winning pitchers;
the records qualify
them along with
the years top
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Both Have Great Huriers.

~ /ES. the Giant pitchers are great,
II but so are the Senator hurlers.
The Giants won with four good
pitchers; the Senators won with three
mAet OF the season until Monte Weaver
recovered form and gave them a
quartet"
Lets see how the Senators came
Evening star., 1933-09-29
EASTERN TO SHOW WARES
School Series Choice Will Play
Episcopal Tomorrow.

Eastern Highs foot ball squad, picked
this season by many to win its first
public high school foot ball title since
1897. will open its campaign tomorrow
on Episcopals field at 3:45 O'Clock.
Tech and Emerson also have engage
ments tomorrow, both on alien grid
irons. the former with Handley High
at Winchester. Va, and the latter with
Woodberry Forest at Orange. Va.
Western High was to open its cam
paign this afternoon, engaging Alex
andria High in the Western stadium at
$50 o'clock.
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Ruth Busy With FlaiI.

4 FTER Sam Byrd had opened the
~ Yankees f1rst-inning attack with
homer driven into the left-field
stand. the Babe singled to carry on the
scoring splurge. With two out in the
fourth frame, Ruth got to Walter Stew
art for his thirty-second home run of
the season, a prodigious wallop that
sent the ball high into the right field
bleachers and pulled the Yanks up to
q tie at Sail.
With long fly cleaned OF
Al Cro,Dder in the strth the Babe
got q runner home from third
base tDith the tally that knotted
the count TOR the second time in
the fray.
With two out in the eighth he socked
Crowder again, this time for single
that brought to the plate tie-shatter-
ing score assuring Yankee success.
In all the Yankees helped themselves
to IA safeties of Crowder and Stewart.
The latter pitched the first four in
nings Each pitcher yielded seven
Though he had q wild streak in the
first inning. Stewart would have Jared
better but for two-base muff of a fly
by Goose Goslin. This error, coming
after two were out, opened the way to
five unearned runs. That was the ball
game.
Evening star., 1933-09-29
BABE GEARTY EARNS
RECOGNITION AT c. u,
Beats Out Sniscak al Understudy
for Fullback 0liver-La Sale
to Bring Rooters.
ERALD BABE GEARrY. Catholic

CERALD BABE GEARTY, Catholic
II University's husky ball runner
who recently was shifted from a
half to fullback, has won himself q Job.
For the time being, at least, the
younger Gearty has ousted Johnny
Sniscak. strapping sophomore, as first
string reserve man to Tom Oliver, reg
ular fullback
Prospects that Gearty will crash to-
morrows game as an alternate for
Oliver were bright as the Cardinals
await the inaugural tomorrow with
La Sale
Some 300 La Sale students and team
followers will accompany their eleven
here for tomorrows game.
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Stars Yesterday
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Babe Ruth, Yankees-Clouted thirty
second homer and two singles against
Senators, driving In three runs.
Danny Taylor, Dodgers-Hit double
and single in first game against Braves
and scored tying run In second after
pinch triple.
Mel Almada, Red Sox-Led attack ON
Athletics with three singles and stolen
base.
Evening star., 1933-09-29

lean Leagus Champions.
THERE has been a lot said
and printed about our
i Washington clubs batting
superiority over the Giants
and much of it seems to be true.
According to the averages, we
must have more power than the
National League champions we'll
meet in the world series soon.
But IN such q short series, 1t IS hard
to tell Just what opportunity those bat
tiers who are supposed to have lot Of
power will have to drive In runs. So
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COMEDIES HUBBELL
AT LEAST z GAMES
Thinks Strong-Arm HurIers
: Will Dominate Series.
: Giants Choke Bats.
BY WILLIAM TERRY.

Manager, New York Giants, 1888 National
League Champions
TT seems to be public opinion
that this is to be a pitching
/ world series-that the title
battle starting at the Polo
Grounds on Tuesday will be sue
cession of well pitched games.
In full agreement with that opinion.
I see in it only support for my convic-
ton that the Giants will win the world
Evening star., 1933-09-29
BY . Staf Correspondent of The Star.
~EW WORK. SoDtemher 0Q-Onl

BY = Stan Correspondent Of The Star.
n YEW YORK, September 29.-Only
M marking time, the Nationals
" look upon these games with the
Yankees as nothing more than
batting drills which must be most dis
appointing to the flock of Giants look
ing over the tits In the big Bronx ball
plant.
A detail of National League cham
pions, including all the pitching staff
and headed by Manager Bill Terry,
watched proceedings yesterday. and
though they saw their future foemen
trounced. IL to 9, the rapping rampage
Of the Capital clubmen must have made
the New Workers realize what might be
in store for them in the big battles to
begin next week.
Fifteen hits ratified of the Washing
ton bats, all but one, singles. The left
handed Russ Van Alta was pounded
soundly in the first two rounds and be-
fore Cy Moore, right-hander. had
pitched two more the Nationals had
overcome q SeVen-run lead the YankS
had piled up in the first session.
It was q great display Of offen-
sive power and greater display
Of gameness by the American
League champions.
All this was offset, however, by the
batting prowess of none other than the
venerable Babe Ruth Almost single
handed the Big Bambino banged his
club to victory.
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Stewart Among CIouters.


CTEWART proved q hitting pitcher
- picking up two safeties in tw,
legal times at bat. Between tn
hits, Walter drew a pass. Manage
Cronin employed II players in the game
One was Bolton, who boosted his grea
pitch-batting record by socking singh
when he took Crowder's place at tn
plate in the ninth.
Bill Terry, Giant manager, came
around yesterday to congratulate
Cronin on the Washington rfctory
and also to inform the pilot that
the Polo Grounds pould be open
to the Nationals for practice at
10 o'clock Monday. Terry and
Cronin pere guest speakers on
Rudy Vdllee's Nationwide N. B. c.
broadcast program last night.
Terry told uhdt he thought the
Giants uould do, then introduced
Cronin, uho for the unlsteenth
time expressed his faith in his
Nationals to cop the big series.
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Homer Standing

BY the Associated Press.
Home Runs Yesterday.
Ruth, Yankees, 1; Byrd, Yankees, 1;
Outen, Brooklyn, /.
The Leaders.
Foxx, Athletics. 4s; Gehrig. Yankees,
80; Ruth, Yankees. 80; Klein, Phillies,
%; Berger, Braves. 26.
League Totals.
American. National.
Philadelphia lab New York -. 81
New York .141 Chicago ...... 81
St. Louis. -. So Brooklyn ...... 81
Washington ... SO Philadelphia .. SO
Detroit ....... Sc st. Louis ...... 81
Cleveland ..... so Boston 1900. SO
Boston ....... 40 Pittsburgh .....39
Chicago ...... A Cincinnati go. "a
Total ..610 Total ...... .446
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Giants Scouts See Nationals j
Clout, Little Else, as Cronins
Lose lh9 FroIic to Yankees

the Yankee outfield next season, had
great time with the Washington
pitching After opening the Yank first
round with a home run Sam got two
doubles in his next four trips to the
plate.
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Points to All-Star Game.

ssIN the all-star game at Comiskey
Park last July, they got a home
run with each ball. Now I'll admit
the National League ball has slightly
heavier cover but there isn't enough
difference to mention 1t.
"Pd be good copy II picked
the Giants to ,cin, but I won't,"
he chuckled.
And this is why. While I expect
the series to go at least six games,
maybe the limit, think the Senators
will win as they have one of the best
balanced teams to win a pennant in
many a year. They are better hitters
than the Giants; they are superior
fielders; they are better base runners
and hit into fewer double plays; they
have q better double play combination,
and they have spirit equally as high
as the Giants.
Evening star., 1933-09-29

ARLINGTONS SEEK GAME.
A game is wanted by the Arlington
A. c. nine for Sunday. Call Clarendon
32l.
Evening star., 1933-09-29
RIGGS A. c. WANTS TILT.

Riggs A. c. Is after Sunday game on
the Four Corners (Md.) diamond. Call
Silver Spring 340-M, between Z and 8
Evening star., 1933-09-29
BY PAUL NICHOLSON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

~ TnCAGO. September 2s-sure,
I VIII Harridge, scholarly look
ing president Of tho American
League. picks the Senators to
win the world series, but he's waving
q batch Of statistics instead Of nag
to back up his arguments
As he finished packing his suitcase
today for his trip to the big city and
the big show, he hauled out the offen-
sive and defensive records Of both
teams and started in.
Before get started" he interrupted
himself, I'D like to say that this talk
about the difference in the National
and American balls Is greatly exag-
gerated.
Klein Is leading the National
League in batting today at .372;
in our league, Foxx leads At 1857.
In the world series last year, one
home run was hit In the Yankee
Stadium with our ball; 10 homers
were hit at Wrigley Field with
the National League ball.
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EACH IS ADMIRER
OF OTHERS SPIRIT

CONTINUED From First Page)
Giants do. We will have to 60 at top
speed and play for the breaks from the
Evening star., 1933-09-29
SEES ADVANTAGE
IN BIG FIELD HERE
Suggests Enemy's Superior
Home Run Record Is Due
to Smaller Parks. ,.
nv JOE cRnNyN

Manager, Washington Senators, 1888 Amer
lean League Champions.
Evening star., 1933-09-29
League Races
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 20. 1888.
AMERICAN

New York. IL: Washington. O..
Boston. 4: Philadelphia. 3.
Other clubs not scheduled.
Evening star., 1933-09-29

(Copyright. 1933)
Evening star., 1933-09-29

GAMES TO-DAY. GAMES TOMoRRoW.
Wash at New York. Wash at New York.
Others not scheduled Boston at Phila
st. L. at ChicaGo.
CeYellnd At DRfYoit