Evening star., 1934-08-19


long as the Nationals aren't packing
'em In with ordinary base ball (some
OF 1t very ordinary, Mr.. Griffith f1g-
ures maybe the first set Of flowing
soup strainers in modern base ball
will do that very thing.
90, IN q way it may be decided by
y the onlookers. If today's crowd
exceeds the usual Sunday gath
ering for tiff with last-place club,
Mr.. Benson may find whiskers are
just as compulsory on the House of
Grifith team as on that Of the House
Of David.
As a matter Of fact, II the park
h packed, the idea might well be
carried still farther-even to The
point where the rest of the hire
linEs may be instructed to spend
the Winter growing a set Of alfalfa
for next season.
Mr.. GRIFFITH claims the kale
lN1 hiding Benson's mandibles
shouldn't handicap him on the
slab and the boss seems quite correct.
As a matter of fact it is possible
Allen Wilbur lacks imagination,
otherwise why should be now be
hankering for shave The posSibili-
ties of a bearded pitcher are un-
limited,
Why couldn't Benson be the first
incoming pitcher to the majors to
sidestep the ban on spitballs by
merely dipping his hirsute decoration
into a handy pail of water between
innings and rubbing the ball on the
whiSkers?
Or, why couldn't he Secrete such
things as a pairing knife in the chin
bushes Ito make helpful cuts on the
balD, chewing gum, axle grease, steel
wool, or even little Johnny Kerr with
instructions to peer through the
foliage from time to time to warn
Of an impending steal.
We've got a million more sug-
gestions, Griff, all free for a
stamped, self f-addressed envelope.
Quick, Watson, the needle!
VXIEEK'S most important devel-
w opment: A name" is all
that's necessary to draw out
a fistic crowd In Washington.
Kid Chocolate, so said five local
newspapers as far as a week before
his scrap with Andre Sarilla, was all
washed up." OF Sarilla little was
said because little was known, but it
generally was suspected Andre would
prove a punching bag, which suspi-
cion was borne out.
But Chocolate used to be a great
fighter, that much was known by
all. Apparently that was enough.
In spite of the Sarilla drawback
and threatening weather until the
sun set Friday, the gate was more
than $4,000, second only to the Risko-
Brown gate, which had the tremen-
dous advantage of being the first
legalized local fight.
IF THE famed right fist of Benny
/ Bass collides with Petey Sarron's
jaw a week from tomorrow and
the hairy little Syrian nose dives for
the count Washington fight fans are
going to lose their favorite f1sticuffer
forever. He's going to stick around.
but as business man, not a fighter.
This is straight from Petey nim-
self and Sarron is one of the few
fighters who levels with everybody.
If Benny knocks me out" to quote
Sarron, I'm through with the fight
racket. I've never been kayoed or
even on the floor and when 1 am
then it's time to quit. I've got a little
money and I'll start a little business
II I quit boxing"
There's only a couple of things
Petey neglected to mention. There's
a beautiful little blonde gal In
Petey's life and he hopes to ankle
altarward soon.
The other is that he has no in
tention Of even slackening his fstic
pace If he whips Bass. He wants
return crack at Freddy Miller's
featherweight championship and
there Is good chance he'll get it
maybe here.