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Evening star., 1934-06-16
Three U. S. Craft Eligible.

THREE are eligible for the expen-
sive honor: Weetamoe, the Nor
gan entry of 1880. now owned by
Frederick Prince of Boston; Yankee,
skippered by Charles Francis Adams,
erstwhile Secretary of the Navy, and
Rainbow, built recently by Harold S.
Vanderbilt and his associates. VAN
derbilt is her skipper. as he was of
Enterprise four years ago, when he
turned back Sir Thomas Upton S
fifth green challenger
Yankees skipper found his son,
Charles Francis. jr.. was this day TAX
ing a wife and that he was expected
to attend the ceremony. So. even
though Weetamoe, Rainbow and Ger
aid Lambert's Vanitie were ready to
face the starting line, the test of the
relative merits of the cup defense
candidates remained in allegiance.
Vanitie is ineligible because Of
changes in the rules, but Lambert.
who likes to hear the wind howl
through the rigging, is going along
with Vanitie as a trial horse.
Evening star., 1934-06-16

double-play at hand {. but Boken
after taking the throw from Cham
berlin that forced Manush kept right
on over the second sack and toward
the Chicago dugout never made
a move to throw to first thought
he had made the third out and
Cronin later scored.
Crowder looked great in the first
inning fired a third strike by
each of the three betters to face him
E. and Simmons swung for a third
one at the outset of the second ses-
sion but it took a swell stop of
Boken's drive back of the middle base
by Myer to prevent the White Sox
getting five hits in a row in their
second turn .. Boken came through
with a nifty scoop of Kuhel's hot one
in the third it cost the Nationals
a run.
It was a fine dragged bunt that got
Myer a single in the fourth &.
Jones, of balance, never had a chance
Evening star., 1934-06-16
Gene Tunney's Slant.
TALKED with Gene Tunney several

r TALKED with Gene Tunney several
hours after the fight. "He is one
of the most amazing fighters I
have ever seem" Tunney said. lone
of the most amazing human beings.
The speed he carried in either right
or left was almost beyond belief for
a full swing 1t was like rattle
snake striking. Another feature was
his GOODNESS and poise-the way he
paced himself and timed his gait and
his punches. He Is just natural
fighter and Cameras height and bulk
were made for him"
The dazzling speed Of Baer's
two big fists was something to
watch. He almost fought him.
self out in the first three
rounds knocking Carnera down
just as Dempsey did at
Toledo Is years ago.
But, when he saw he was firing,
he began to coast for a new assault.
He grinned-sneered- on short
dance - faxed wobbly knees - and
kept gliding out of range as the
baff1ed Camera chased him.
1t was not until the tenth round,
after a good rest, that Max decided
he was fresh enough to start new
offensive Il might have got him in
the fourth" he said, but 1 couldn't
afford to run that risk. He was harder
to hurt-gamer-than I thought he
would be. I knew he couldn't hurt
me- Why fire all my ammunition
when 1 didn't have to? That's why
decided to take my time-and be sure
of the job when knew l was ready
to 60"
That also explains why Baer
fought In SpurtS. His attack car
ried so much venomous speed and
fury that it couldn't be carried on
for any great length of time.
Only Cameras fine condition kept
him afloat-after the knockdowns and
the sprawling falls when both crashed
to the floor. The ex-champion took
a terrific beating before the end came
and gave everything he had Out
side of the knockdowns, any number
of Baer's failing, crashing punches
left him rocking and swaying like a
big tree in the path of tornado.
The lesson that Jack Dempsey had
started teaching three years ago had
come to its climax. After that first
round it was almost certainty that
the heavyweight game had new
champion-a fighter who will be hard
for any man to beat for some time yet
for an indefinite period if he cares
to keep in shape.
For Max Baer is great fighting
| man-not a boxer in any sense of
the word-a quick, powerful, wiry
young giant who can use either
hand as a hammering club-and
who, in turn, can't be hurt.
He can pitch and he can catch
That type is hard to take and handle
in any league. For, in addition, he i.
cool and smart-cunning as fox.
Back of that sneering, malicious
grin a fighting brain is usually al
work.
! Copyright. 1894 BY the North American
| Newspaper Alliance. 1nc.)
Evening star., 1934-06-16
White Sox Set Gotham Rivals May Pilot
THE SPORTLIGHT
BY GRANTLAND RICE

n YEw YORK, June 16.-Just what
brand of human being Is
VI Max Baer-new heavyweight
i champion of the world-the
strangest champion that ever
wore a crown?
This new champion has drawn full
praise not only from his pal, Jack
Dempsey, but also from Gene Tunney,
who was astonished-not only by the
flashing speed Of Baer's two fists. but
also by the smart, cool way in which
he paced himself after the third
round, conserving his strength and
holding his fire until he was ready
for the final and winning assault.
Here are some brief angles on
the most amazing competitor
ever have known in sport-which
includes 80 years of looking on
over 100000 miles of knocking
around-and some 10000 speci-
mems to inspect.
My first meeting with Baer came
the morning after Tommy Loughran
had kept left glove in his face for
10 rounds.
I was having breakfast with Jack
Dempsey when Baer came in with
Gus Wilson, his trainer.
Max was dressed for a wedding or
an afternoon reception-a high col
lar, cutaway coat and striped trousers
Wilson complained bitterly to
Dempsey that Max spent most of
his training time in telephone booth
talking to some girl.
The more Wilson complained the
louder Max laughed.
Dempsey took off his coat. Take
off your coat and that high collar,
he said to Baer.
For an hour that morning he
showed Baer more stuff than l ever
had seen in a ring. He gave Max
one of the greatest boxing lessons and
one of the worst beatings Baer ever
has known.
And Baer took it all-listening and
learning-with a few sudden yelps
when Jack drove a left or right to
his chin or his ribs.
Dempsey hit me harder than
any man l have ever faced"
Baer told me later. He almost
paralyzed me with two of those
punches. could hardly breathe.
had no idea any one could hit
like that"
But the helpless clown of the
night before never got sore. He
listened and learned.
Evening star., 1934-06-16
YACHT RACE TEST
Of CONSTRUCTION
U. S. Boat to Be Naval
Type, While British Pat
terms Aerodynamics.
BY the Associated Press.

n NEWPORT, R. /, June 16.--
nj WouldDe defenders OF
" the Americas Cup met
4 today for their first trial
with the understanding that,
whichever yacht opposes the
British challenger, the cup races
will pit tried naval con-
struction against aerodynamics.
Word has come to the course off
Brentons Reef Lightship that T. o.
M. Sopworth, the aircraft builder, has
not been satisfied with applying his
knowledge to the Endeavour's canvas,
but has also insisted on incorporating
streamlining in the hull of the chal-
lenger.
In constructing flying machines,
the blunt end is the front end, and
Sopworth sees the air only as rela-
lively lighter medium than the water
Until the starting gun for the first
30-mile elimination race sounded,
somewhere around noon, Eastern
Standard time. no one knew how
many cup candidates would start.
Evening star., 1934-06-16
'CARTHY, TERRY
SEEN AS CHOICES
Leagues to Rotate Pilots.
Teams Likely to Differ
Greatly From 1888.
BY FRANCIS ]. POWERS.


~HICAGO, June 16.-Who1l
4 manage the American
I and National League
- teams in the all-star
game at the Polo Grounds on
July 10? John McGraw and
Connie Mack had the honor in
the first all-star game. last
Summer.
McGraw has passed on and Mack
doesn't want the assignment again.
NY guess is that Joe Mccarthy Of the
Yankees and Bill Terry of the Giants
will be chosen by their respective
leagues.
Terry as manager Of the world
champions will be a natural. His
only rival would be Bill McKechnie,
and they hardly would bring the
Brave boss into Terrys own town and
park. Terry is almost certain to be
the National Leagues choice for first
base and would handle both jobs
nicely.
Mccarthy is second in the Ameri-
can League in point of service with
one club. Bucky Harris has been
managing in the American longer
than Mccarthy, but has been moving
around. Since it will be New York
crowd at the game. the chance TO
see Mccarthy and Terry as opponents
would be a good side attraction. SO
l believe it will be Joe and Bill.
1t is the intention of the two
leagues. l an told, to rotate the
honor of managing the all-star teams
from year to year. Next year the
game will be played in an American
League park, Cleveland most likely.
and in that case the assignment would
go to Walter johnson. provided he
still is leading the Tribe. And SO on,
until all of the big league managers
have had their turn.
Evening star., 1934-06-16
D CRAMER, collegiate pitcher,

I'D CRAMER, collegiate pitcher,
- now is with the Nationals &.
but only for training the
IL southpaw from Temple Uni
versity blew in yesterday +.
pudgy and putting q. he is way out
of condition -. Ed is to stick around
for week or two of good, hard drill
ing and if he gets himself in
shape Clark Griffith will endeavor to
find a spot in the minors for him.
Two games today opening a
five-tilt series with the Indians
one that offers the Nationals an
opportunity to make third place at
least Thomas and Burke are
Cronin's overnight pitching selections
for the double matinee.
Boken was good to his old pals
yesterday virtually presented
them with a run in the seventh
one was out and Manush on first
base when Cronin grounded to the
White Sox shortstop =. there was
Evening star., 1934-06-16
Gehringer Is Still Sure Pick.

TINE lineup of the two star teams
should differ greatly from last
year. Jimmy Dykes of the White
Sox played third base in 1888, but it
is hard to see how the Chicago man
ager can be picked over Higgins Of
the Athletics this time. On this sea-
sons performance, Bill Knickerbocker.
the Cleveland sho-tstop, rates over
Joe Cronin of Washington. Geh-
ringer of the Tigers will have no
opposition for second base. but it will
be a toSs-up between Gehrig and
Foxx, with the Yankee probably get
ting the most votes.
Dickey and Ferrell probably will
again top Cochrane for the catching
duties, but Al Simmons is the only one
OF the outflelders who played in the
1888 game likely to be selected again;
unless Ruth is named for sentimental
reasons. Joe Vosmik of Cleveland
and Heinie Manush of Washington
are two likely to be chosen.
"Goofy" Gomez of the Yankees Is
certain to be one of the American
Leagues pitchers, the same as last
Summer. Cleveland and Detroit
likely will supply the two others II
the selection is made on the basis
of current performances.
If the National League wants to
win the game it could name Carl
Hubbel of the Giants, Dizzy" Dean
of the Cards and Lonnie warneke or
Guy Bush of the Cubs and be fairly
safe. Hubbell and Dean are almost
sure to be nominated for the team.
but the Cubs might lose out in the
balloting. Hartnett, the Chicago
catcher, would be the proper man
to complete the battery. He is doing
the best job Of any National League
catcher and deserves the honor.
Evening star., 1934-06-16
Homer Standing
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Home runs yesterday-Bonura, White
Sox, /; Rice, Indians, /; Averill, In
dians, l.; Coleman, Athletics, l. Hig-
gins, Athletics, /; Cronin, Senators, /;
Burns, Browns, 1; Suhr, Pirates, /;
Jurges, Cubs. /; Cuyler, Cubs. /;
Camilli, Phillies, /; v. Davis, Car
dinals, J..
The leaders-Bonura, White Sox,
II: Gehrig, Yankees, Is; Klein, Cubs
16; OFT, Giants, Is; Foxx, Athletics,
II; johnson, Athletics. Il; Collins,
Cardinals, II.
League totals-American, 265; Ma
tional, 259. TOTAL, 524.
Evening star., 1934-06-16
GEHR|NGER ADDS
TO BATTING LEAD
Boosts Mark 10 Points in
Week-MedWick Increases
Margin in N. L.
By the Associated Press.

N YEW YORK, June 10
nj Charley Gehringer, the
4 tinued to set a fast pace
for his American League rivals
during the past week.
In the seven days which ended with
yesterdays games Gehringer hit an
even 500 with 10 hits in 20 times up,
and hoisted his average from 400 to
.410, a gain of So points In two weeks.
The close race for National League
honors found Joe Medwick of st. Louis
ahead as he continued to hit at a
good clip, while the co-leader of last
week, Sam Leslie of Brooklyn, dropped
back to fourth place. During the week
Medwick lifted his mark from 1855 tc
1873. while Leslie dropped from 1855
to 1853.
The leading 10 regulars in each
major league follow:
Evening star., 1934-06-16
Terry. Frisch Stand Out.

TERRY and Frisch are quite GER
tain to be chosen for first and
second base, but there will be
a scramble for the other inf1eld posi-
tions. Bill Jurges of the Cubs, Arky
Vaughn of the Pirates and Bill Ur-
banski of the Braves are dividing
the votes for shortstop, with Pep
per" Martin and pie" Traynor COM
peting for third base. "Chuck" Klein
of the Cubs likely will draw one
outfield post and 1 cannot see how
Mel OFT of the Giants can be kept
out of another. Joe Medwick of the
Cards and Paul Waner of the Pirates
are two who will get strong con-
sideration for the other garden posi-
ton.
According to Will Harridge. the
American League president, the 1888
all-star game was a tremendous
stimulant to base ball interest in all
parts of the country and attend
ance in the major leagues picked
up Immediately after the contest.
The majors now realize the value Of
the game and intend devoting more
attention to it in the future.
Evening star., 1934-06-16
VETERANS NETMEN WIN
Defeat Federal Emergency Team
in League, 4 to /.

Veterans Administration racketers
downed the Federal Emergency Re-
lief Administration combination, Al,
yesterday in the Departmental Tennis
League.
Summaries:
Erana and Silva ". Az defeated Ross
and Krickbaum, 7-5. 3+6. "a Duncan
and Wasserman. SE6. 6-5: Johnson and
weiss (v. Al defeated Mcpherson and
Mcdowell 6-1, Cd; Hager and Hall
". A. defeated Beyis and Voight 6-4,
- Kelsey and Pratt ". A. defeated
Geigler and Gross 81 6-3
Evening star., 1934-06-16

on the subject Of Baer's condition.
Baer knew he was coming. His con-
dition may have been good or bad at
the time, but he probably thought 1t
was good He decided to put on an
act.
In the sparring ring Max ducked
a wild swing and preended to go
punchy, as the boys say, his knees
buckling and his head rolling from
side to side. Brown knows burlesque
when he sees it, but he didn't care
for the gesture or for Baer's behavior
and condition generally. He said he
thought the fight should be postponed
a month.
Evening star., 1934-06-16

Runs batted in-Cronin "a. Jones.
Chamberlin. Travis 81, Haas. KuheL Sim
-Cronin. Travis. Three-base hfts-Dykes.
Simmons. Home runs-Cronin. Bonura.
Stolen hases.Travis, Cronin. Sacrifice
Bonura. Left on bases-Chicago, 4;
washington. 2. First base on bails-on
By Teyirg.. L: by Crowder, S. Hits-On
Jones, IL in 2 innings; OF HeyinS' in
lA innings. wild pitches-Crowder
Jones. Losing pitcher--fievine. Umnires
-Messrs. Ormsby, Kolls and Donneiiy'
Evening star., 1934-06-16

I "Can you stand up for 10
rounds?" / asked him. Baer
laughed. II hope I don't have
to-" he answered, "but II have
to I'll be out there still swing
ing"
After one of his workouts at Asbury
Park, he turned and asked, How do
I look?"
Terrible" I said. Max laughed
again. Don't judge me by this sort
of work." he said, Il can't box. The
only way I can fight Is to throw
punches and put everything have
into every wallop. I can't do that
against sparring partners. 1t will be
all different when ! face Carnera.
It was.
Evening star., 1934-06-16
One Menace Eliminated.


in Corn Griffin's corner. he had
two heavyweight menaces. Hamas was
his No. l boy and Griffin was the
runuer-up. Now. Mr.. Harvey's supply
Of menaces is down to the normal
number of one again. Young Griffin, a
sad-faced lad from Georgia, Florida
and both the Carolinas, eliminated
himself from the menace category to
the satisfaction Of every one present.
Corn Is the fighter who has his
name and address tattooed on
his arm in mellow tints. In
OF der to exhibit the tattooing, Of
which he is justly proud, he kept
his arms down in the crowds
line of vision.
This gesture left his jaw completely
exposed to the night air and the fists
Of James j. Braddock, who had been
called from the tomb to prove tina.
Corn was a menace.
Mr.. Braddock failed to prove any
thing of the sort. He couldn't resist
fondling Corn's ample jaw, with the
result that Charley Harvey must fall
back on Steve Hamas to deprive Max
Baer of the title.
Steve might beat Baer to the punch
and knock him cold" reasoned the
moarners and amateur matchmakers
He might go in and outslug the
bum"
There is something vaguely
improbable about this hypothe-
sis. Baer is hard to outsluE.
But. Just at present, Steve is the
logical choice, and there Is no
point in spelling a wake with
quibbles.
(Copyright. 1894. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1934-06-16
Money Due to Flow In.

THE question of how often he will
fight is the second important
item in the larruper's pop
ularity campaign. Every champion
Is subject to this rule. Baer can
draw a million dollars through the
turnstiles in two or three fights, II
Evening star., 1934-06-16

AdonlS, Butcher Boy, Docn-
invar Madcap. Ounce, Clown, Killer
and several dozen other assorted names
some of them a trifle unf1attering,
but none of them calculated to inJure
his standing at the box Office.
He's the best box Office champion
since Dempsey. His dizziness is his
chief asset, next to the right-hand
punch which he fetches up from his
ankles or loops from his hip in that
attractive and businesslike manner.
Part of the dizziness is manufactured
and distributed for the benefit of the
press. Part of it is genuine, a COM
pound of freshness, comic confidence
and ham acting which can make Max
Baer a tremendously popular cham
pion or sour him completely with the
public.
The chances are in his favor. He
has fairly shrewd set of handlers.
He says he is going to fight at regular
intervals. He probably will make an
other motion picture soon and little
skilled supervision in Hollywood can
do more for him than any amount Of
uncontrolled clowning in restaurants
and training camps.
Evening star., 1934-06-16
Repeats Act for Brown.

THE fight was fought on sched-
i ule and Baer repeated the act.
In the ninth round. when Car
nera made a wild and futile shove
with his right duke, Max buckled the
knees and rolled the head again. The
gesture was directed at Brown and
Max accompanied 1t with lyric:
Gee, I'm in terrible shape"
This Is not the most profitable sort
of clowning. because it led some of
the customers to say:
"Baer is Baer, and Leon Enrol is
Leon Enrol, and each of them should
stick to his racket"
Most of the time. though, Max's
clowning is more effective and in
somewhat better taste. He's been at
1t since his boyhood days on the hog
ranch in California. Transferred to
the celluloid Of Hollywood, or refined
and groomed for radio audiences, 1t
becomes a negotiable asset that will
bring clusters of fans to the ticket
windows whenever Max puts on his
homicidal mittens and fights.
Evening star., 1934-06-16
G. P. o. DEFEATS P. o.

Unable to score after the third
inning, the Post ONCE nine bowed to
the G. P. o. team In To game yes
terday in the Colored Departmental
League.
Evening star., 1934-06-16
F. PETROLLE IS BEATEN.

TROY, N. Y, June 16.-Frankie
Petrolle, Schenectady welterweight
dropped a l0-round decision here last
night to Tommy Romano, Water
vliet, N. Y.
Evening star., 1934-06-16
Two Angles to Dizziness.

THERE are two sides to the Baer
i dafiness. His first picture, "The
Prizefighter and the Lady,"
brought out the more likeable side. It
wasn't a great commercial success, but
it exhibited Max to thousands of peo-
pie in the role of a pleasant. erratic,
fearless young slugger with nice face
and heart of gold. The portrait was
accurate enough, but 1t took shrewd
direction to bring it out.
Maxwell isn't so good when he di-
rects himself. There was the episode,
now famous, of Bill Brown and "the
boy is in terrible shape" Brown is
wise and honest, and he went down
to Asbury Park with his mind open
Evening star., 1934-06-16
JOE HITS ACROSS
14RUNS, SCORES9
Socks at .588 Clip to Head
Nat Attack That Sweeps
Four-Game Series.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

TOE CRONTN at last has
cleared his batting eye and
the Washington bali club
~ looks in a fair way to go
places that mean something in
this flaming American League
fight.
After a sluggish six weeks at
the plate the young manager
is swinging with old-time vigor
and when Cronin packs his
punch the Nationals are tough
to take.
With Joe larruping the leather at
a great rate, the holdover champions
cleaned up in the four-game White
Sox series to assume a position in
the circuit standings befitting lot
that won last years pennant.
Fourth now and only three games
behind the leaders, the Nationals owe
plenty to Cronin for his remarkable
squirt at bat.
He made the White SoX series vir-
tually a one-man show as he socked
savagely to all gardens of Griffith
Stadium. In each of the four engage
ments he was a prime factor in the
Nationals success. Cronin provided
the finest offensive display put on by
an individual in base ball here in
years.
Evening star., 1934-06-16

Maxwell might be handled by a
ruffian with a punch.
This Neusel would go in there
swinging and keep him plenty
worried"
Nav, Neusel is too open and he
hasn't got finishing punch. Steve
Hamas is the guy for the job"
OF the two candidates, HamaS prob
ably is the better bet against Daffy
Maxwell. He fights from a crouch
and is not very easy to hit. He has
a weapon which might be described
as finishing punch. He is willing
to take punishment, and he has dem
onstrated now and again that his
capacity for absorbing blows is far
from negligible.
Evening star., 1934-06-16
Punch Tells in Series Final.

TTE PACKED the main punch
II throughout the series wind-up
yesterday, in which the White
Sox we're nosed out. to 7, getting a
home run, double and single in his
first three trips to the plate. All told,
Joe drove in four runs and scored as
many.
However, Buddy Myer and Cecil
Travis contributed much to the Wash
ington attack. With three singles
and pass Myer put himself in posi-
ton to be driven home three times
by Cronin and once by Travis. The
rookie Travis helped himself to a
double and three singles to score his
boss twice and to shove over the
decisive tally after two were out in
the ninth.
Each side got 13 hits. The Ma
tionals swatted Sam Jones sufficiently
to build up a three-run lead in the
seTen innings he toiled. But Al Crow
der fooled and f1ddled around after q
flashy start and in the last three
rounds the White Sox collected four
runs to tie.
Evening star., 1934-06-16
National
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.

Cincinnati. 2; New York, 1.
Brooklyn g; Pittsburgh. 4.
Boston 10; st. Louis. 4.
Philadelphia, 4; Chicago, Go innings)
Evening star., 1934-06-16
GriffS Regain Lead,

n EYERS bunted single, Cronin'S
,lN two-bagger and a wild pitch
by Jones with a single by
Travis following meant two more
markers for the Nationals in the third.
The White Sox got back one of these
runs in the fifth with singles by Jones
and Haas and Bonura's long loft.
The Nationals, though, got two more
In this inning. Myers infield hit
opened the attack, then after two
were out, Cronin, Traves and Kuhel
singled in succession. Both sides
scored in the seventh. Uhalt's bunt
and Simmons triple produced the
Chicago counter In the Washington
half, Cronin forced Manush for the
second out, stole his way to the middle
base and raced home when Travis
doubled.
In the White Sox eighth, Chamber
lin went from first to third when
Madjeski singled after one was out,
then scored as Lyons pinch -batted
into a force play. In the next round
came Bonura's homer that forced the
Nationals into their ninth batting
turn.