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Evening star., 1934-05-11
.SOX ROOKIE TURNS
LAUGH ON ROGERS
Branded as Weak on Slow
Curves, Zeke Delivers
Barrage of HomerS.
BY EDWARD J. NEIL.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n IEW YORK, May. lit
M seems that Roge erS
v Hornsby, looking over the
a White Sox in his official
capacity as manager of the
Browns, saw something about
the way young Zeke Ronura
from Texas waited at a slow
curve that led him to believe
that there was the big White
SoX rockies hitting weakness.
So one night, while making a radio
speech from St. Louis, the Rajah
mentioned his discovery. Apparently
from what developed later, all the
pitchers in the league were listening
in. The White Sox, avid dial tWisters,
were incensed
If Hornsby gets wise to a thing
like that, Why doesn't he keep it to
himself?" one of the veterans de-
manded. This young fellow hasn't
done him any harm that he should
be setting the whole league onto
him"
But Zeke, whose nickname is a
contraction Of physique, said nothing
at all
Buck Newsome. of Hornsby's own
Browns, threw him a beautiful slow
curve. Zeke banged it into the
stands. Monte Pearson of the In
dians. another radio listener, fed him
a slow curve. The ball left the
premises Immediately. Most recently
in Washington, Earl Whitehill nicked
the edge of the plate and that was all
with lingering twister. That was
home run No. for Bonura.
Evening star., 1934-05-11
No Stranger to Mats.

DHILLIPs reported at the ball park
yesterday no stranger to most
of the Nationals He used to
catch Earl Whitehill when with the
Tigers several seasons ago and is
well known to all of the Washington
club who have been in the league the
past six years.
The catcher brought here for regu-
lar service while the Nationals top
notch receivers. Luke Sewell and Moe
Berg, are on the ailing list has an
ideal build for the position he plays.
He's a strapping man, but moves
about nimbly despite his bulk. Phil
lips looks to be just the catcher to
block the runner off the plate. strong
enough to withstand the punishment
an aggressive backstopper frequently
has to take.
He can peg that ball, too. During
practice yesterday he gave a splendid
demonstration of his ability to throw
Manager Cronin and all the Nation
ais took great interest in his fielding
and throwing drill, naturally, and all
were much impressed by Phillips per-
formance. Those who had seen him
before opined that the arm is as good
as ever and when he was with the
Tigers and the Yankees Phillips was
noted for the speed and accuracy
with which he heaved to the bases.
Although not noted as hitter,
Phillips managed to sting the ball
right we'll in batting practice He
l..
vigor
Phillips is only borrowed" from
the LookoutS, according to Griffith.
But should he come through in good
fashion in this emergency another
catcher may have to be found for the
Washington farm.
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Zeke Says He Likes EN-.

"CAY, I don't know what the yellin's
- about" said Zeke placidly today.
Il like slow curves, always have.
If they Just keep throwing them at
me I'll do all right in this league"
BontJa. 25 years old, feet tall
and weighing 2o5 pounds. is the pet
of the ball club from the new man.
ager peppery Jimmy DYKES. all the
way down the roster. With only five
years of professional experience in
the Southern and Texas Leagues be-
hind him, Zeke's hitting is staying
right up around 300.
Il never had much trouble hitting"
he saws. These major league pitchers
are smarter than the fellows down in
Texas. They don't give YOU as many
good balls to hit at. But they've got
to give you some, haven't they?"
Zeke's so good-natured the practical
jokers on the White Sex are having
field day with the young first base
man. He was talking to Louis Com
iskey in the lobby of a Washington
hotel after game the other day,
giggling over some joke as loudly as
most huskies laugh outright He had
got only one hit that afternoon. line
triple to the farthest corner of the
park
So one of the athletes walked up
and fixed Zeke with a sneer and
stare.
"Sk!dding already" he barked Got
a handle hit today. that's all"
Zeke all but broke into tears.
"Aw. you're picking on me" he
protested in defense of a wallop that
went 450 feet. THAT was a right
hard hit ball"
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Rogers figuring ;. probably will
be when the pitching smooths out
-. it's ball club that'll hit most
Of the time may be able to
tell more about it after we've fin
ished this SERIES
Rain kept the Rajah from get
ting line on the Nationals yes
terday the storm that had
been gathering since early after
noon broke over Griffith Stadium
just two minutes before play was
to have started it broke with
sucn force and fury the ground
crew never had a chance to get
the canvas over the infleld
and it wasn't long before the jumps
called off everything.
Fair fans were hopeful of better
weather this afternoon :. for the
second Ladies day of the season
-. and perhaps a Stewart-H -Hadley
hill battle that might break
that second place tie with the
Athletics In the Nationals
favor. ]. B. Z.
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Alex Puts Plenty en- Pitches.

"VYyHY, he was pitching in splen-
" did manner before long. We
had him in for relief terms
two or three times and he gave a
great account of himself. Alex put
plenty on his pitches" declared Phil
lips "and he told us after each time
out he felt no tWinge whatever in the
elbow that had been operated on.
Il was tickled to learn about that
shut-out game he pitched against New
Orleans the other day." Phillips said
with a laugh Il just knew the old
timer was right. They'll find he is.
too, when they get him up here
again"
Clark Griffith says he's likely to ex-
erciSe the Washington clubs 24-hour
option on McColl at almost any time.
The Nationals prexy has great re-
spect for the veterans pitching know
ledge as well as arm and is confident
McCol would make an excellent relief
hurler for his club and also be capable
of taking a starting turn now and
then to give the regular curvers some
extra rest
Therell have to be some changes
made in the Washington roster by
next Tuesday, the day each American
League club must prune its playing
list to %. Don't be surprised if Nc
Coll is around to accompany the Ma
tionals on their first Western swing
of the season on which they will en-
bark May Is.
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Use VARIETY of Missiles.

CIGARS. cigarettes, scraps of pa
u per, rolled-up newspapers, pro-
grams and even a shoe were
aimed at the ingenious Mr.. Dusek
by the ired customers. Frequent ex-
aminations into the depts of Rudy's
tights by Bortnick revealed nothing.
but the mat was strewn with peanuts
which were seen flying from Rudy's
hands from time to time Finally
Zeller must have figured rassling is
nutty racket for, eyes smarting and
red, he was thrown with a loud bang.
The presence Of police prevented
possible riot. One cash customer
slugged Dusek in the eye with a
rolled-up felt hat as he left the ring
and then, pale and shaky, sought his
seat as Dusek emitted a low growl in
the approved Tarzan manner. The
act was the nuts, anyway you looked
at it.
Completely paled by the Dusek-
Zeller affair was the feature" which
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Hornsby Sees Chance for Dark Horse in Flag Race
Hsh

well, we have been somewhat of
there" admits the aggressive
leader so have the other
clubs. for that matter with
the possible exception of Cleve-
land but I'm confident we'll
soon have enough pitching to carry
us along right well your club
(meaning the Nationally hasn't
been so hot that way what's
wrong with them?"
The query was passed up
where're the tough spots in the
league? You're asking me-"
Rogers shot back >. they're all
tough at times look at what
the White Sox did to you in their
last game here but some must
be better than others out in
the Western part of the league I
like that Detroit club better
thar Cleveland :"
Hold up a minute didn't the
Indians give you good lacing? -.
and didn't you get the edge on the
Tigers? -. Admitted" Rogers
Evening star., 1934-05-11
LIVING UP
TO ADVANCE DOPE
Lively Ball, Short Fence
Spelling Homers That
Boost League Lead.
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


Associated Press Sports Writer.
r. VENTS of the past two days
r have confirmed sundry
l. surmises that this years
edition of the Chicago
Cubs was built around the new
and livelier National League ball
and the short right field at
Wrigley Field.
A strong wind blowing toward the
right-field stands made conditions just
right for the long hitters of the Cubs
and Brooklyn Dodgers the last two
DAYS, and 13 home runs have been
the net result. Brooklyn got a little
the better of the home-run rivalry,
but the Cubs won both games, pound
ing out a l2-to-8 decision yesterday.
although oufhit, 16 to IA. AS result,
Chicago stretched its league lead to
game and a half over three rivals.
While Lon Warneke was staggering
through to win the game which saw
Chuck Klein wallop his eighth homer.
Gabby Hartnett his sixth. and Tony
Cuccinello his second in two days,
Pittsburghs game with the Phillies
was rained out, and the Cardinals took
their second straight from the Giants,
S to 4. This combination gave the
Pirates second place, with New York
and St. Louis tied for third
Jim MONEYS relief pitching after
Bill Hallahan had been knocked out
in three rounds and some clever base
running by Pepper Martin and Joe
Medwick gave the Cardinals their
eleventh victory in IL games after
they had trailed by three runs at the
start. The Cincinnati Reds whipped
the fifth-place Braves, to 2, as ST
johnson held Boston to seven hits and
narrowly missed a shutout.
Evening star., 1934-05-11
TWIN BILLS SCHEDULED

CHICAGO, May II P,.-The Amer
ican League will start catching up on
postponed games June 2, according
to a list of Is double headers, an
nounced by President Will Harridge.
The schedule:
June 2-Boston at Washington.
June 5-Cleveland at Detroit; Phila-
delphia at Washington.
June 6-New York at Boston.
June 16-Cleveland at Washington;
Chicago at Philadelphia.
June l7-Detroit at New York; st.
Louis at Boston.
June 18-Chicago at Philadelphia.
July 2-Detroit at Cleveland.
July 28-Boston at Washington.
July 29-Cleveland at st. Louis.
July 3l-Detroit at Cleveland; Bos-
ton at New York.
August Chicago at st. Louis.
Evening star., 1934-05-11
VET'SARM IN TRIM,
CATCHER REPORTS
Sure Alex Would Shine in
Big Loop-NeW Receiver
Impressive in Drill.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

BY JOHN b. KELLER.
DDIE PHILLIPS, the Ma
H tionals' new catcher who
arrived yesterday from
- New Orleans where he left
the Chattanooga club, brought
glowing reports of Alex McColl
and that pitchers doctored arm.
'"The Washington ball club
would make no mistake in
bringing the old boy back from
the Lookouts," declared Phillips.
Hes better than ever, / believe,
and I'm sure he could help this
ball club or any other in the big
leagues"
Phillips ought to be a good Judge
in base ball slightly more than IL sea-
sons and of them in the majors.
Il saw plenty of McColl the first half
of last season when I was in Atlanta
and he was with Chattanooga" Phil
lips went on. He had a lot OF
natural pitching ability and a great
head. too, that he had picked up in
his l9 years in professional base ball.
was not at all surprised when Wash
ington took him on. even though he
had been overlooked for so long be-
fore getting crack at the big leagues.
when he came back to Chatta-
nooga this Spring from the Washing
ton training camp, old Alex was bit
timid when it came to letting out the
arm he had repaired by a surgeon
last December" said Phillips. But
after few days of work with us his
confidence came back. And so did
his arm.
Evening star., 1934-05-11
likes to have his jaw broken, even in

likes to have his jaw broken, even in
fun.
The plight of Hjalmer Mogren
made a profound impression on other
sparring partners around the town.
They read about the case. or had it
read to them. They reflected. Jimmy
McLarnin was nice person and a
fine broth OF boy. but would it be
worth a fractured mandible to enjoy
his society? The sparring partners
thought not, and their reasoning was
fairly sound.
That's one of Pop Fosters problems.
Another will be to convince the cash
customers that James is the same old
McLarnin who hung on the wan OF
his cabin the pelts of Sid Terris,
Sammy Mandell, Billy Petrolle, Al
Singer and all the best of the little
men. Jimmy is good, of course, and
large number of cash customers
will come to see him anyway, as noted
above. But the crowd at the Ross
fight on May 28 will be bigger if the
public is convinced that James can
forget that years vacation and rock
Mr.. Ross to sleep.
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came back "but I still like the
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.

came back "but I still like the
Tigers more they've something
the Indians haven't defense
:. and when they get right, those
Tiger pitchers won't be much back
of the Indian staff :. if any"
What about the East? . well,
I've Cnly seen two Eastern clubs"
replied Hornsby those Red
Sox look much better than last
year . but they're not SO strong
as many still seem to think
the Yankees, of course, are power
full but at that respectable
pitching against them makes them
just another ball club I'm in
clined to believe they will find the
going not so easy when they get
out West the latter part of this
month why, we should have
licked 'em in three of the four
games we played in New York .
and we only took one T.. wait till
we get 'em out West"
Now about Washington
ought to be w there" was
Evening star., 1934-05-11
THE SPORTLICHT
BY GRANTLAND RICE

Beverly, 1881: has had two Gas in
championship matches; one of the
most consistent of all amateurs.
Lawson Little, Stanford. u S. A
Longest hitter on United States side
(hiS drive almost landed on Bobby
Jones and myself crossing fairWay at
Cincinnati more than 800 yards from
tee); beat Goodman the day Good
man beat Jones at Pebble Beach; Cali
fornia intercollegiate champion; pow
erfully built. slow. painstaking, care
full, bulldog competitor.
Jock Mclean, Great Britain-Best
of young British stars; Scotland's best
amateur; fine iron player with sound
swinging style.
III. Chandler Egan. Medford. Greg.
U. S. A.-One of the most amazing
Of all golfers: longer from tee and
much better player at so than he was
at 20, when he was amateur cham
pion; has scored 64 in last few weeks
over par II course; is natural swinger;
conqueror of Goodman in last amateur
Will d IL, dlOuIu AcCl' Ai4c oAiOUi-
ders, lean. gray-haired, quiet, pleas
ant; had to quit golf for Is years;
came back better than ever.
Hon. Michael Scott, Great Britain
Oldest internationalist ever registered;
amateur champion Of Great Britain
at Sc; consistently straight, fine iron
player, good putter; shy, retiring,
Continued on Page 2. Column g.
Evening star., 1934-05-11
NUTTY TRICK AIDS =
DUSEK TO VICTORY
GrindS GruberS in zeI|er'S
EyeS-CroWd Near Riot.
Mcmillan Winner.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.


RNrE ZELLER'S chances of
- becoming a top flight
raSsler aren't worth a
- nickel, it seems. At least
not if that nickel is invested
in a supply of salted squirrel
food.
Rude Rudolph Dusek of Omaha
bought a small interest in the Amer
ican peanut market last night at the
weekly cauliflower caucas at the
Washington Auditorium and today
once again was the stormy petrol of
local rassling. zeller's only come
back is "nuts!" and this comeback,
verbally, is not much.
Rated en- up-and-coming growler,
Zeller Was conceded a good chance of
upsetting the Nebraskan in the semi
Windup to the Jim McMillan-H Hans
Kampfer match and out of 10 of the
spectators would have liked to see him
do it. To the average Washington
rasSling bug a Dusek ranks second
only to Dillinger as a mean gent.
But Rudolph, it became evident to
all except poor Mr.. Benny Bortnick,
the plump umpire, had been f0oling
around with brain food. Science has
discovered a peanut will set the mind
working top speed for an hour, or
something, so it was not surprising
that Mr.. DuSek was struck with this
idea.
Rudolph stuffed almost full cello
phane package of salted peanuts into
his long black tights before entering
the ring. Then the fun began. AS
the popular Mr.. Bortnick's eyes wan
dered to greet pal in the audience
occasionally. Dusek would reach in
his tights, pluck handful Of peanuts
and grind them into Ernie's eyes at
close range. Amid such blinking
Ernie would howl. The crowd smelled
a mouse and rose TO its collective feet
in rage. Dusek releated the act
again and again.
Evening star., 1934-05-11
Rogers Hornsby, fiery manager of

Rogers Hornsby, fiery manager of
the Browns, sees a great chance
for some dark horse" club to sneak
under the wire a winner in this
years American League race
here with his outfit that is taking
on the Nationals for two games.
the pilct doesn't hesitate to speak
his mind about the flag fight
and he is confident his Brownies of
st. Louis will stir up lot of trouble
for all rivals before it is finished.
"The Browns are a much better
ball club than they were last year"
declares Rogers make no
mistake about that they're
better defensively they have
more power. and, above all,
they have more fight after all.
a ball club is no better than its
fighting qualities it may
have much talent. but that
talent is wasted if there is no fight
In q club"
How about the pitching? ..
Evening star., 1934-05-11

found Mcmillan qualifying for a
championship" match as a result of
tossing Hans Kampfer after "A min
utes. Two resounding elbow socks
to Hans chin and a few flying tackles
ended the German.
In other matches Andy Rascher
and Chief White Feather went to a
Commute draw; Henry Graber tossed
Marshall Blackstock in IL minutes
and Harry Fields threw Frank Bru-
novice in 21la minutes.
Evening star., 1934-05-11

t W o = m j n u t e
knockout, but the
new champ has
not been COM
pletely idle in
t he meantime.
He put in six
weeks of hard
work as soon as
the Ross match
was arranged.
op Fosters
first task, before
he lea DIS his
homicidal Vt a r d
to Atlantic City
for training. will
Evening star., 1934-05-11
wl1A JIMMIE ~
Ala ~nIs

be to recruit a few sparring partners.
This is not the easiest task in the
world Sometime ago James was sued
for $4,000 by one Hjalmer Mogren,
who explained that his jaw had been
broken by the McLarnin duke during
sparring session The jaw of
sparring partner sells for a good deal
less than $50,0C0 these days, but you
can see Hjalmer's point. No one
Evening star., 1934-05-11
Field Day for Gehrig.

r GU GEHRIG put on a one-man
show in the American Leagues
headline game. figuring in every
one of the Yankees scoring spurts
that brought them a 13-to-3 victory
over the Chicago White Sox. He
poled two home runs and two doubles
to drive in seven runs before retiring
after five innings.
Cleveland's Indians gave Boston a
six-run start in the first inning, then
came from behind to win, IL to 10,
when Earl Averill and Joe Vosmik
hit homers, each with two aboard. and
the Red Sox gave up seven unearned
runs through four errors.
The Athletics gained a 5-to-3 VIC
tory over Detroit on home runs by
Bob johnson and Pinky Higgins and
the four-hit pitching of Roy Mahaffey
and Alton Benton. Since the Wash
ington-St. Louis game was rained out,
the AS tied the Senators for second
place and Cleveland moved into fourth,
passing the Tigers and Red Sox.
Evening star., 1934-05-11
Homer Standing

B. the Associated Press
Home runs yesterday - Gehrig,
Yankees. 2; Goslin, Tigers, /; Higgins,
Athletics, 1; johnson, Athletics, y:
Averill, Indians, /; Vosmik, Indians, l;
Klein, Cubs, l. Hartnett, Cubs. L.;
w. Herman, Cubs, l; Frey. Dodgers.
l; Leslie, Dodgers, /; Cuccinello,
Dodgers, /.
The leaders-Klein. Cubs. 8; Ruth,
Yankees, Z; OFT, Giants, 6; Gehrig.
Yankees, 6; Hartnett, Cubs. 6.
League totals-National 109; Amer
lean, SO. Total, 202.
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Pushing Leather for Years.

FAMES ARCHIBALD M'LARNIN
has been pushing leather since
" he was 16, which is a matter of
II years ago. He caught the eye of
the gentry for the first time by beat
ing Pancho Villa while the Panch
still was fiyweight champion of the
world. Leach Cross was among those
Continued on Page 2, Column So
Evening star., 1934-05-11
A Second Gehrig?"

TUST before yesterdays ball game
u with the Yankees, Al Simmons,
recovering rapidly from being hit
on the head with a ball in Washing
ton, lauded him as a ''right-handed
Lou Gehrig"
Whereupon Gehrig hit two duobles
and two home runs in four times up
before retiring because of cold.
Zeke got a lone single.
Maybe I'm wrong" admitted
Aloysius, maybe I'm wrong"
Evening star., 1934-05-11

TT GENERALLY was agreed that
i Pop Foster, prejudiced though he
might very we'll be, was right about
James condition. He appears pretty
good. A year has elapsed since James
snatched the welterweight diadem
from the snow-white brow of Young
Corbett with
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FROM THE PRESS BOX
BY JOHN LARDNER.

James Archibald McIarnn the mayhem merchant
James really public
his living paralyzng the chins of his lowmn but the
il will miles flash
Evening star., 1934-05-11
oH Fit to Aid C Phillips Hornby Airs Bum Steer B0nura
Stars Yesterday
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASsoclateu FreSS
O'Dell Hale, Indians-Led attack
on Boston with two doubles and
single
Silas johnson, Reds-Struck out
six, gave seven hits in beating Braves
Lou Gehrig, Yankees-Hit two
tomers and two doubles for perfect
day against Chicago; batted in seven
runs.
Pepper Martin, Cardinals-Scored
one run, batted in two and stole base
in triumph over Giants
Roy Mahaffey and Alton Benton,
Athletics-Limited Tigers to four hits.
Chuck Klein, Cubs-Clouted eighth
homer and two singles against
Brooklyn.
Evening star., 1934-05-11
HORNSBY BROADCASTS.

Rogers Hornsby, manager of the st.
Louis Browns. will be guest speaker on
the program to be broadcast tonight
at tbs o'clock over Station WJSV
He will discuss the outlook m the
American League race.
Evening star., 1934-05-11
Cyril James Hastings TolIey, Great

Britain Heavy
set. pow e r + u !,
slashing hitter
one of the long
est; hard-fght
ing match play
er; during the
war drove a Brit
ish tank a mile
through the Ger
man lines a n d
opened fire at
close range on a
German h e a d.
quarters; wound
ed and CAPTURED.
Evening star., 1934-05-11
Walker Cup Pen Shots.

YOHHNY GOODMAN. Omaha,
U. S. A-Bounded to fame in
1929 at Pebble Beach by win
~ ming the first three holes from
Bobby Jones and then defend
ing a one-hole lead with four consec-
utive pars under pressure Beat three
United States Walker Cup stars in a
row at Baltimore, 1882; won United
State open at Chicago, 1888; quiet.
pleasant, light, young; not long. but
straight: exceptionally good just off
and on the green. always a stout
hearted competitor.
Evening star., 1934-05-11

EX-British amateur champion car
ried Bobby Jones to nineteenth
hole at St Andrews, 1890: erratic. but
capable of brilliant golf on his better
days.
Francis Ouimet, Boston, U. S. A
Projected bomb into golfng world in
1918 by beating Harry Vardon and
Ted Ray in open play-of at Brook
line; won his first United States
amateur in 1914 and his last in 1881:
one of the most popular members of
the worlds vast sporting colony; cool.
smart, game; chief golfing fault a
tendency to lock his left side and
start hooking; always dangerous
against any competitor; has played
in every Walker Cup match to date.
Roger Wethered, Great Britain
tall and lean and quiet-ex-British
amateur champion-loSt 1920 British
open by stepping on his ball, losing
stroke-forced Francis Ouimet to sink
18-foot putt to get halved match in
last Walker Cup ST. Andrews party.
Long hitter and good iron player.
Gus MOreland, Dallas. u. S. A
Best golfer ever sent from the South
west-tan, slender, dark, pleasant
and cheerful; came close to winning
medal in his first amateur start at
Evening star., 1934-05-11

Beverly. 1881; has had two Gas in
championship matches; one of the
most consistent of all amateurs.
Evening star., 1934-05-11
Pop Foster Was Right.

possible and to stand there staring.
Evening star., 1934-05-11
Major League Statistics
FRIDAY, MAY IL, 1884.

st. Louis-Washington. rain,
New York, 13; Chicago, 3.
Cleveland. IL: Boston. 10.
Philadelphia, 5; Detroit. 3.