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The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-17
First Game Details

Substi u ions: Blake CD for Metzgar, Orme Q4 for Garn, Garn for Hollmann, Hollmann for Garn, Garn for Jensen; Martin for F. Paddock, Lee CD for Thomas, T.. Paddock for Martin, F. Paddock for
Evening star., 1934-08-02
Susko Much Travelled.

THE Red Sox liked the way this
Susko, who is left-handed all
around, went about his work
Boston management decided he was
entirely too green for q major berth
at the time and shipped him to Lynn.
But it kept him in tow. Lynn being
in a twilight league at that time,
Susko did all his playing in games
in the evenings. But he was out
every afternoon for a drill with the
major leaguers In nearby Boston.
The next Winter the Red Sox
turned him over to Mobile, which
then was their farm. So Susko OUT
fielded for the Gulls through three
seasons, then went to first base for
them. It seems that the regular Gull
first-sacker was put out of commits
sion early in the 1929 campaign and
Susko was assigned to the post He
did well enough to lead the Southern
Association afleld that year and has
been a first baseman ever since.
In 1880 he was transferred to Bir-
mingham, where he played three
seasons. Last year. Atlanta had him.
Pete played with both these clubs
against the Nationals in exhibition
games. Albany picked him up this
year, but it had other first sackers,
so Pete was packed OFF to Knoxville.
Now it looks as though this Albany
discard might be of great help to
the crippled Capital club.
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Rookie smaslks Homer.

90 THE Nationals started all over
again In the second session. Myer
walked and the rookie Susko
knocked the ball out OF the park and
Flohr from the hill. Manush hit the
relieving Laager's first pitch over the
right field wall and again the Ma
tlonals we're three up. With double
and three singles. though, the AS
Immediately offset two of these
tallies.
All was quiet then until the sixth
when the Capital clan fell upon
Lcager for two hits which mixed with
a pass and q double error by Warstler
produced two runs. But Cramer
opened the home seventh by getting
his second homer and when warstler
followed with walk Manager Cronin
ordered Russell to replace Weaver.
The Nationals went on to whang
wilshere for three hits in each of
the last two rounds with scoring re-
sulting from the clusters. The best
the AS could get of Russell, however,
was a run in the ninth from a long
single by Finney and a hunted one
by Warstler. And had Finney not
been permitted to romp to second
base unmolested after his hit there
would have been no score.
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Homers by Manush and Susko Play Strange Franks

and slapped it down to a single
then Warstler whistled one to-
ward right that might easily have
been a triple-had not Susko
dived and stopped it at the edge
of the grass.
Travis made a sparkling play in
the fifth at Foxx's expense
shared Jinlnly'S scorcher on the
first bounce with one hand-it
was bad day for James Double-X
after his 2uny single in the first
frame he couldn't do a thing with
the washington pitching-fnally
wound up BY swinging feebly at
one of RusSell's heayes for third
strike to end the seventh.
And volta play Cronin made in
the eighth-Coleman hit one al
most smack over Second-but in
some way Cronin got over to dig
the ball out Of the grassland get
his man.
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Cardinals. In the other We have the
Yankees in a wild scramble with De-
troit's Tigers, where anything can
happen down the late Summer
stretch. Giants and Yankees carry
the betting odds in their direction,
but. with two months left, you know
how many things can happen to run
the gravel train into the ditch.
One of the greatest OF all East
west meetings will be the polo classic
at Meadowbrook next month.
There was a time when Meadow
brook had to look to England and
the Argentine for its competition.
Last Summer Meadowbrook found
its share of polo competition from
the West in the famous Chicago
party, where the West finished on
top. The East now is in the midst
Of a heavy training campaign to
bring the basket of wild laurel from
California and Texas to Long Island.
You need a training campaign OF
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HAVE KNOCKEDS
| S0FAR THIS YEAR
OFT Gets Pair as Champs
Strengthen Lead With
Double Triumph.
BY HUGH s. FULLERTON, JR.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

TINE New York Giants, who
were accused of being
"hitless wonders" of win
n ming the world oAam-
pionship with nothing but the
strong arms Of four pitchers and
even of talking their way to the
title last season, have fashioned
a reply with their bats this sea-
son.
Bill Terry's reputedly weak-hitting
team has turned into an aggregation
Of home-run hitters, collecting 90 so
far.
Mel OFT, youthful leader Of the belt
ing brigade. slammed his twenty-fifth
and twenty-sixth homers yesterday to
tighten his grip on the National
League lead and TO help his club
strengthen its position at the top Of
the standing with double victory
over the Braves. The scores were
IL to 2 and 10 to 3.
Johnny Salveson, making his first
start since his return from Montreal.
and Carl Hubbell shared the pitching
burden Of the opener, while Hal
Schumacher. this years leader OF the
pitching big four" rang up his six
teenth triumph In the afterpiece, con-
tributing homer to his own cause.
The double triumph increased New
York's lead to four full games as the
third-place Cardinals, with Paul Dean
on the hill, bumped OF the second
place Cubs, to 0.
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narrowly missed beaning Right
Fielder Coleman. who was looking
the wrong way.
Manush's home run was a tre-
mendous clout--the ball went
soaring across Twentieth street on
a line-hit smack on porch roof
and bounced through window
into room thronged with folks
getting q free view Of the game.
Plohr, the collegiate right-hander
Mack picked to start for the AS
had tough time getting under
way-he made nine pitches to
walk Myer ana Susko, first two
batterS 70 face him-Myer fouled
of one-and lie did not pitch
called strike until his first service
to Weaver-ninth batter of the
inCtrg.
Myer got four walks-of the 10
issued by the Athletics hurlers-
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was handed passes the first three
times he stepped to the plate
Weaver gave but one pass-that TO
warstler in the seventh-and it
got the Professor a trip to the
shower.
Two of the Nationals played on
howling puppies-Cronin came up
with a very sore ankle yesterday
morning-hurt it in Tuesdays
game, but did not think anything
of it at the time-then it went
bad on him-Rsissen took his re-
lief turn on the hill despite a
stone bruised foot that still has
him hmpIng-but there was
nothing wrong with his arm as
he took the AS in tow.
In the second inning fast wash
ington fielding reduced the length
of two Mack Smacks-Berry hit
one that was ticketed q double
until Cronin went back Of second
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Has All the Marks.

TTE GOT these two hits in five
II legal times at bat. He also
drew a pass. All told, Susko
figured In the making Of four Wash
ington runs. Two he toted across.
And he moved around that first base
as though he knew what it was all
about. In every way, Pete looked the
goods.
This Susko, who came to the Ma
tionals only yesterday from Knoxville
by way of purchase from Albany,
ought to know his game. He has
been around professional base ball
since 1925, although only 27 years old
right now.
As a youth Pete played around
Northern Ohio-he was born in the
Buckeye State and makes his home in
Akron-and as an outfielder ct
tracted the attention of the Cleve-
land club. In the Spring of '25 the
Indians had him two or three weeks
for looking-over, then recommended
him to the Red Sox.
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Pitching Curves
May Kink Spine
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
D1TTsBuRoH. August "A base
i ball player may have a curve
on the ball, says DR.. d. w.
Poupard Of a Pittsburgh chiro-
practic college-but he's also likely
to have a curve of the spine.
DR.. Poupard told the annual
convention of the National Cniro-
practors' Association last night:
Ball players, especially right
hand pitchers. may develop bafaing
curves of the ball, but they also
develop curves in their spines."
Other occupations such as those
of machine tender, manual laborer
and office worker were listed as
potentially dangerous because, DR..
Poupard said, such workers are apt
to adopt postures which lead to
unnatural bends and twists in the
spine.
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That Isn't All.

That Isn't All.
ONE Of the best of all the East
West duels viii be the amateur
golf championship at Brookline,
starting September 10.
The East has the defending cham
pion in George Dunlap of New York.
The East has Ouimet, young Char
ley Yates, intercollegiate champion;
Guilford, Noyes and Marston, among
other stars.
But the West carries the greater
number of guns in Lawson Little,
Gus Moreland, Johnny Goodman,
Johnny Fischer, Chandler Egan, zell
Eaton, Western champion; Rodney
Bliss, Emery, Lehman, Evans, West
land, Dawson and many more who
can play fine golf
The West today undoubtedly has
the edge in younger stars. 1t will be
all match play at Brookline, with l80
survivors, and this means rapid-fire
action from the first tee shot to the
last putt.
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ALL-STAR NINE OPENS
CAMPAIGN SATURDAY
To Invade Fredericksburg for Tilt
With Elks-List Other Strong
Independent Teams.
MYTH several luminaries OF Vast

MYTH several luminaries OF Vast
Wv seasons Western High School
team and other capable play
ers on their roster, the newly formed
Washington All-Stars base ball nine
will play its first game Saturday, en-
gaging the Fredericksburg (Va.) Elks
at Fredericksburg.
Among members of the Ali-Stars
squad are Jimmy Corcoran, Phil
Boundford, Eddie LoveleSs, Huck
wynne, Joe Crisaful, Howdy Preston,
Chic Darr, Tom Boggs, Art Lacey and
Harry Bohnke.
for the Stars, in addition to the Elks,
the Alexandria Eagles, Annapolis, A.
c., Heurich Brewers, Ballston A. c.,
Majestic Radio and the st. Mary's
Celtics.
Results:
G. P. O., 4; Aggies, 4 (tie, De-
partmental League).
G. P. o. Federals, 8; Weather Bu-
reau, (Federal League.
Center Market, 2; Sanico, (Na-
tional Capital League.
Senators, Il; Stones, Cast Wash
ington League.
Metropolitan Police, z; Second
Class Midsisipmen, 6.
No. 5 Precinct Boys Club Insects,
8; Boys Club Senators, 2.
st. Elizabeth's Hospital, z; Con-
gress Heights, 5.
Ninth Street Christian, 7; United
Brethren, 0 (Junior Church League) i.
These teams are after games:
Mount Vernon Cyclists. with un-
limited nine for Sunday. Call Metro
politan 235 during the day.
Georgetown A c., with out-of-town
nine for Sunday. Manager Al
Champion. West 2so8-w, after pm.
Coast Guard Headquarters, for Sat-
urday, with unlimited foe. National
6400, branch 217o, between am. and
pm.
Manor Park A. C. with junior mines
for Saturday and Sunday. Georgia
2550.
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CeIlarItes Win Two.

THE almost daily exchange Of FIRST
l. snd second places in the Amer
ican League by the Yankees and
Tigers took place on schedule as De-
troit walloped the Cleveland Indians,
10 to z, In free-swinging contest
which produced 81 hits, while the
Red Sox, with former Yankees In
the starring roles, downed the New
York club, to 4.
Down in the second division most
of the excitement came from the Reds,
who spotted Pittsburgh's Pirates q
3-run lead, then won, rs, ON Chick
Hafey's fourteenth homer plus a 4
run rally in the seventh. and by the
Senators, who battered out an 1l-7
decision over the Athletics in a slug
fest which produced five circuit blows,
two by Doc Cramer of the AS.
The cellar-dwelling White 6ox took
both ends Of q bargain bill from st.
Louis, 1915 and IA, 10 drop the
losers into sixth place behind WASH
ington. Brooklyn's Dodgers helted
out an s-tc-4 decision over the
Phillies.
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Mats Open to Training Offers
Still Likes Biloxi as Spring Base, However, Says
Criff in Reply to Bid From Miami, Fla.

this year would play no part in
any possible change in training
camps, though, Griffith declared,
denying lack of formidable Spring
opposition at far-removed Biloxi
had anything to do with the flop
OF the Cronin club. The team
just hasn't got it" was Griff's
stand
According to an Associated
Press dispatch the Miami commits
sion agreed 70 extend to the Ma
tionalS free use of Miami field and
the gate and concession receipts,
estimated to run between $4,000
and $4,000 for the Spring season.
Should Washington accept the
offer it would give Greater Miami
two major league training camps.
The New York Giants plan to re-
turn to Miami Beach for the
Spring warm-up.
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.HE Nationals are open t

-HE Nationals are open to
any offer for Spring
training site in 1885, but
the Miami City Commis-
Sions which yesterday
proffered its base ball facilities to
the Washington ball club, will
have to present q big induce
ment to get his club to abandon
Biloxi. Miss. it was announced
this morning by President Clark
Griffith.
Grifith, who has not yet re-
ceived the invitation dispatched
from Miami. declared he consid-
cred Biloxi "a better training site
than any spot in Florida" but
that If the Miami proposition Of
fered enough he seriously would
consider shifting from the Miss
iSSippi camp next Spring.
The failure of the Nationals
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JUST FRIENDS, SHE SAYS

Reports that she win step to the
altar this Fall with Manager Joe
Cronin of the Nationals are "all news
to me-" declared Miss Mildred Robert
son, niece OF President Clark Griffith,
today, spiking current rumors that the
couple will honeymoon on the Japan
ese transforming tour on which
Cronin win accompany other Ameri-
can League stars.
Miss Robertson, who serves as secre-
tary to her uncle, denied that she and
Cronin were anything but friends. "
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only one fateful
circumstance has
kept his Boston
Red Sox from
riding the crest
this season.
The reason, he
insists, is Robert
Moses Grove.
W hose 100000
sore arm has
meant a differ
ence Of at least
10 games so far
to the Red Sox.
Figure it out
for yourself, says
Bucky, I'VE had
axyar.Y ~aas1va 40
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expect Grove to win at least 20
games for us. He has won only four
and it's a question whether his arm
viii be in shape to start another game
before the middle of August. Yet we
are only nine games or thereabouts
back of the leaders, neither of which
has the stuff to make any runaway
Of the race this year. With Grove in
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SUSKO GETS BIG
START AS GR|FF
Hits Home Run and Smokey
Single, Draws Pass and
SparkIes Afield.
By stah Correspondent Of The Star.
LyTT AnET DEITh A,,U11St 2

~ PHILADELPHIA, August a.
- Peter John Susko-yep,
that's Pete, newest OF
4 Nationals - may have
other big days as he first bases
for the Capital club, but prob
ably none so big as that yester-
day when he crashed a major
league game for the first time
since the 1925 season.
The newcomer from Knoxville not
only starred around the initial station,
but he also provided the punch In the
form Of a home run that sent the
Nationals ahead to stay In tussle
they finally took from the Athletics.
Susko looked plenty good afield and
though he did his batting against
trio of collegiate pitchers Connie
Mack out Of the goodness of his heart
picked to shoot at the Nationals. the
new player looked very impressive at
the plate.
Every time he swung there was
vigor in his effort. Nothing half
hearted about the way Pete handles a
bat. He means business up there.
His home run was a rousing rap over
the right garden wall of Shibe Park.
His single was a solid slash TO center,
lightning liner.
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The Tennis Duel.

THE odds belong with Western
women in tennis Jacobs
and Carolin Babcock against
the field-in which the extremely able
young Sarah Palfrey of Boston is the
pick of the Atlantic.
Helen Jacobs she Id be the pick at
Forest Hills, when the battle of the
shorts" is on.
1t will be different later at Forest
Hills, where Fred Perry will be No. l
and where Sidney Wood and Frank
Shields have something on the pick
Of the West for change.
Lester Stoefen did his full share in
the Davis Cup run, but Stoefen is no
Red Mclaughlin nor little Bill Johns
ton in the singles game.
The West had all the better Of the
track and field and rowing argument.
The land where the sun goes down
Evening star., 1934-08-02
THE SPORTLICHT
by GRANTLAND RICE
EARL CoMBS-BALL PLAYER.

We talk of shotumdnship-dnd headline stuff
We speak of color and OF crood appeal,
And some OF it, perhaps, is partly bluff,
And OF 1T, beyond all argument, is real; q
BIT ao,u and then a iporknan hits the road,
Too little sung amid the 51mboree,
Who knoUs but one plain, simple tDorking code
To do his stuff from on through to e.
I lift an humble song to like this,
Earl Combs of Old Kentucky and the Y1nks- =
VINO, in a long career, has yet to miss
The hioh plateau 1bope the cTotDded ranks
Keen-eyed, stUitt- footed, gentle as child,
Stout-hedrted Uhen the pincheS come around,
He doesn't need the loud bGssoon gone Ttld
TO shoto the tody he hits and coDeTs ground
Year after year he's been around the front,
Giving in flu through eUery battle played,
The timely tripIe-or the IotOly bunt-
UnmindtuI of the croDn or GccolaGe-
His eye tDas on the bdll-not the Stag
That turned his charge into a crashing tdlt-
Cut dotpn the hit extra bag
What happens after doesn't count at ALL
Evening star., 1934-08-02

several teeth and his tonsrls, 70 seek
the root Of the trouble.
These hard-ball pitchers go fast
when they CO." suggested Babe Ruth,
tossing some cold water on Red Sox
hopes. They haven't got 80 much
left when the old hop disappears. I
wish him luck, but III be surprised II
Grove is ever q 20-game pitcher
again"
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East and West.

East and West.
%HE old American battle OF the
East and West now viii be
transferred to other fields.
l. The next few months will
give us more action in this
intersectional jubilee than any season
has known for years.
Just at present the East-West
scramble in the two major leagues is
unusually keen. In one circuit we
have the Giants facing the Cubs and
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played plenty of
stuff and told
Harris a afterward:
MY arm feels
better than Il has
In weeks. The
soreness is gone
and I think I'll
be ready to 60
soon"
No one Is more
a n xious than
Grove himself to
show a return to
form. He has
done everything
possible, includ-
ing parting with
Evening star., 1934-08-02
Bucky Harris Admits Red Sox
Are Out Of Flag Scramble;
Blames Flop of Bob Grove

shape and taking his regular turn,
don't think there's doubt he would
have is victories by now, which would
mean we would be right on top OF the
heap"
1t may take another year to settle
the great Grove mystery. The lean
southpaw pitched in batting drill at
the Yankee Stadium YESTERDAY. dis
Evening star., 1934-08-02
BY ALAN GOULD.
Associated Press Sports Editor.

n YEW YORK, August 2.--Bucky
M Harris admits, naturally with
some reluctance, that the bat
4 tie for the American League
pennant race rests between
the New York Yankees and Detroit
Tigers, but he also Is convinced that
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BY a stan Correspondent of The star.
\ HILADELPHIA, August 2
-Heinie ManuSh. absent

~ HILADELPHIA. August 2.
-Heinie Manush, absent
from several games. eele-
Il brated his return to the
Nationals starting lineup
with q great display of power
the major league batting leader
yesterday helped himself TO a
double and a single in addition 10
q healthy home rm--for a game
average of .6oo-and his game leg
did not appear to bother the big
Dutchman on detenSe-he hauled
down three hard chances in left
field.
Odd things those successive
homers hit by SuSko and Manush
In the second inning did-SuSko's
after clearing the right-iield bar
rier landed on top of 8 truck
speeding along Twentieth street
and bounded back into Shibe Park
Evening star., 1934-08-02

still has the edge in most Of the main
shows left-not overlooking foot ball,
where the intersectional division is
entirely different - where Stanford
from the Far West, Minnesota from
the Midwest, and Princeton from the
East are three Of the early standouts.
(Copyright 1884. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc-)
Evening star., 1934-08-02
SHOW THEySTlL
ARE B|GLEAGUERS
Hammer Three CoIlegians
for Fourteen Safeties in
III Victory.
BY JOHN ID. KELLER.
stan Correspondent Of The star.

PHILADELPHIA, August a.
- Though they have fallen
far from their lofty estate
of last season. the skid
ding Nationals brook no insult.
They'll take their beatings. but
the beatings must be dished out
by honest TO goodness big
leaguers.
When Connie Mack tried 70 palm
of collegiate pitching on them yes
terday. the holdover champions got on
their high horses and mercilessly rode
down the Athletics In a charge TO
an tot triumph.
They lanced each OF the three Mack
rockies recently withdrawn from coll
lege ranks with great glee and gusto.
Mort Flohr, left-hander, late Of Duke
University, they routed in the second
session. Ed Lager, big right-hander,
who up to last June flung for North
western, was we'll walloped before he
left afxr the sixth round. And Vernon
Wiltshire, southpaw Connie Mack
shared from Indiana, was handsomely
hammered down to the finish.
Griffs Get Ten Passes.
FOURTEEN hits bounced off the
washington war clubs. The
Mack moundsmen also con-
tributed 10 bases on balls and their
support kicked In with quartet OF
errors, Not in days had the Nationals
enjoyed such merry afternoon.
Just as well that they got all Of
that, however. Their own hurting
at least that part supplied by Monte
weaver-had no sparkle. Fourteen
hits also sprang from the Mack maces
and Weaver yielded all but two. Jack
Russell, who had rushed to the pro-
fessor's relief in the seventh, gave
up that pair In the ninth.
For two innings 1t was O free-for-
all, made so by four home-run ciouts
split between the contending clubs.
The Nationals got three passes and
as many singles the opening round for
three runs of Flohr But in their
first turn the AS got these runs back
with three hits. Cramer homered to
start the inning, ard after Foxx sin
gled Higgins also homered.
This home run by Higgins was
tricky affair. He rifled a liner to
short center that ordinarily would
have been nothing more than a single.
But the ball bounced high over the
head Of the charging Schultz and
rolled to the outfield depths. And
Higgins got TO the plate just ahead
Of Cronin's frantic relay OF Schulte's
return
Evening star., 1934-08-02

polo players as Cecil Smith, Rube
williams, Roark, Pedley and Boeseke.
This coming test will build up more
Nationwide polo interest than any
battle against the British ever brought
to life,
Evening star., 1934-08-02

Western Association
Ponca City, Is; Springfield. Z.
Hutchinson, IL; Muskogee, 2,
Joplin, S; BartleSville, 2.
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international.

international
Newark, ga: Montreal, So.
Albany, 4-6; Rochester, 3-s.
Syracuse, SCI; Buffalo, 2-21.
Baltimore, SIS; Toronto, ST..
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Southern Association.

Southern Ass0ciati0n-
New Orleans, SIS; Memphis, 2-6.
Knoxville, z; Atlanta, 3.
Chattanoga, Z: Nashville, s.
Little Rock, 6; Birmingham, 5.
Evening star., 1934-08-02

Runs batted in--Cronin f2). Kress.
SuKko CD Manush. Schultz t2). Bolton.
johnson Two-base hits--McHair. Manush
Home runs--cramer l2l Higgins Susko.
Manush Stolen base~~Myer. Sacrifice
Manush Double plays--Foxy funassist-
edl. Travis to Myer TO Susko f2l. Cronin
10 Myer 10 susko Left on bases--Wash-
ington Is PHILADELPHIA, 3. First base
LASER, S; Of wilshere, /. Struck out-By
Weaver 8. by FusseiI 2; BY Fiohr !; by
Wtishere f. Hits-On Weaver. 10 in q
z in innings OF Fiohr IN I inning
inone out In second: of LagEer, 3 in 5
innings of Wtlshere z in 3 innings. Win
ming pitcher-Weaver Losing pitcher
Flohr Umpires-Messrs. Geisel and
Ormsby Ttme-2.I5.
Evening star., 1934-08-02
GAMES TOMORROW

New York at Phila.
Cinci. at Chicago.
Pitts. at st. Louis.
Boston at Brooklyn.
Evening star., 1934-08-02
GAMES TODAY

New York at Boston.
Phila. at Brooklyn.
st. Louis at Chicago.
Pittsburgh at Qnci.
Evening star., 1934-08-02
WASHINGTON

"Batted for Berry n sixth.
fBntted for Lager in sixth.
fBRtted for wilShere in ninth.
Washington ,,....., $50 O02 0l2--i1
Philadelphia ....... $50 600 i01- z