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Evening star., 1935-08-17
Major Leaders
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American League.
By the Associated Press.

American League.
Leading batterS-Myer, Senators,
.349; Cramer, Athletics; Vosmick, In
dians, .345.
Runs-Greenberg Tigers, 90: Geh-
ringer, Tigers, 81.
Runs batted in-Greenberg, Tigers,
1872: Goslin, Tigers, S5.
Hits - Cramer, Athletics, 156;
Greenberg, Tigers, 154.
Doubles-Greenberg, Tigers, 3S;
VoSmik. Indians, 33.
Triples-VoSmik, Indians, Is; Stone,
Senators; Cronin, Red Sox, IL.
Home runs-Greenberg, Tigers, 81;
FoXX, Athletics, %.
Stolen bases-Werber, Red Sox, %;
Almada, Red Sox, Is.
Pitchers-Allen, Yankees, 11-3;
Bridges, Tigers, 1877.
National League.
Leading batters-Vaughan. Pirates,
1897; Medwick, Cardinals, 1872.
Runs-Medwick, Cardinals, %:
Martin, Cardinals, 80.
Runs batted in-Berger, Braves,
SO; Medwick, Cardinals, 80.
Hits-Medwick, Cardinals, 1862;
Terry. Giants; Herman, Cubs, 155.
Doubles-Herman, Cubs, 40; Med
wick, Cardinals, 35.
Triples-Goodman, Reds, IS; Suhr,
Pirates, II.
Home runs-Berger, Braves, 26;
OFT, Giants, "a.
Stolen baSes-Martin, Cardinals,
Is; Galan. Cubs, 13.
Pitchers-Castleman. Giants, 1l-3:
J. Dean, Cardinals, 20-7.
Evening star., 1935-08-17
Bookies Moaning Low, but Still Trying in Chicago
Police Turn on Heat Former

there to pick up so cents or a dol
lar as a bet on some good thing,
issuing a ticket.
Around race time, they drive to
the rear of a nearby store where
they get the results either by tele-
phone or a service loud speaker"
Most Of them, however, have gone
into semi-retirement, turning the
business over to their helpers, who
work for the house" by taking bets
on the street. They circulate
around, but their "pickings" are
pretty slim.
Two gambling ships, anchored o
mile or so out in Lake Michigan,
were under police observation.
Evening star., 1935-08-17
THE SPORTZICHT
Ruth Finds Golf, Fishing So Much Fun
He Has Spurned 100000 This Summer.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

hooker AS a rule, he is quite straight
and long enough-up with the good
hitters.
His big hands also have a delicate
touch on short pitches and around
the greens.
My putting has been off lately"
he said, because I've played so many
different courses with different types
of greens-some fast and some slow.
His Blow Shot.
Anyway" the Babe continued.
I've invented a new shot in golf
It's the blow shot. I'll tell you how
that happened. In one match I had
a 50-yard pitch to play and the ball
hung on the lip of the cup. While
was waiting and hoping it would
drop in, some girl in the gallery hol-
Tered out, Blow it in, Babe So
I did, and it dropped.
II can play a lot better golf
when 1 have gallery. 1 sup
pose that comes from the old
base ball crowds.
THE bigger the crowd the harder
I worked to try to please. If 1 have
a gallery in golf it helps me to con-
centrate. And I've found that's one
Of the biggest things in golf-think-
ing of the right way to swing, and
nothing else. Most golfers take too
much for granted. They'll correct a
fault and expect the swing to take
care of itself. I pay lot of attention
to a smooth backswing-and then not
rushing the downswing. That's big
help"
1t might be interesting to note that
the Babe is taking care of himself
and still is at his old playing weight
-230 pounds-which is 20 pounds
under his displacement the year he
struck off 60 home runs. And his
big grin is broader than ever.
Copyright. 1885. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. IncO
Evening star., 1935-08-17

The shutdown. which the bookie
first thought was another momen-
tary heat wave" came in April
when States Attorney Thomas j.
Courtney commanded Capt. Daniel
Gilbert, a hard boiled detective, to
raid and smash every Joint" in
town. Capt. Gilbert plunged into
his task relentlessly and he hasn't
stopped yet.
An estimated 5000 bookies were
closed-and kept closed-tossing
$4,000 sheet writer's, cashiers. black
board and door men out OF work.
Defeated In every attempt to
"get" to the States attorney and
Capt. Gilbert, and losers In the
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fight to legalize bookies-a measure
that passed the Illinois State Leg
islature, only to be vetoed by Gov.
Henry Horner-the bookies now are
offering curb service to the horse
minded public that won't or can't
go to the races.
This Is how it works:
Bookie Joe and a companion
park their automobile in the vicin-
ity of their old neighborhood
CLUB" and wait until q familiar
figure approaches. He Is mailed"
on the spot. takes a peek at the
odds and the form sheets and
makes his wager. The bookies con-
tinue their tour, stopping here and
Evening star., 1935-08-17

| )LEVELAND, August 17.-With
bow to the potential Prov
Y ess Of Buck Newsom it looks
~ as though Washington's S
pitching is case of as Earl Whitehill
goes. so goes the Nationals slabbing.
In the midst of comeback, White
hill won his third straight start to
break nine-game winning streak Of
!. Detroit's Tigers in the opener of the
recent series and apparently Bump
Hadley is taking Earl's winning form
as cue. Anyway the husky right
handler seems to be doing a good job
of keeping step with his southpaw
contemporary and teammate.
In downing the Tigers yesterday,
to l. Hadley pitched by far his best
game of the season. Only four hits
were the Bengals able to get off his
slantS and only twice was Hadley in
any kind of trouble. In seven of the
nine innings only three batters faced
Bump.
1t was the second straight victory
for Hadley. who. incidentally, has gone
CAlC 4OQIC AL 44Lo 1doO IWO C31OI
THE Griffs show little respect for
regulations. They'll lose to Sec
ond-rate pitchers and has-beens, but
nine out Of ten times, it seems, they
rise to belt out the pitchers on top.
Elden Auker, for instance, was leading
the American League in percentage
with IL wins and losses. He lasted
three ee-and-one-third innings against
the Nationals.
Irked by adverse newspaper COM
ment in Detroit. Manager Bucky Har-
ris sent the Griffs into yesterdays
battle with one terse suggestion:
Let's knock h-ll outa these Tigers
Let's get about 16 hits"
The Washington hit total was ex-
actly 16. Harris took quite an edi-
torial beating in Detroit. First he
saw himself fired as manager and
yesterday he discovered the following
excerpt in morning newspaper:
"* He eddie Linke) has every
thing that it needs to be a swell
pitcher except experience. 1t wasn't
that he wasn't good. The kid tried
to be too good and that's what beat
him. A smart manager, instead of
Bucky Harris, or wise catcher would
have given him a bit of advice.
"* Smart pitchers don't bear
down with nobody on and two out
The kid will learn, but 7 doubt when
he will under Harris. I never did
like those remote-control managers" :"
The queer part of it is that the idol
lied Detroit champions are the same
gents Harris brought up, developed
and turned over to Cochrane in 1884.
Bucky brought up Rowe, White, Auker,
Bridges, Fox, Greenberg, Owen and
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ler Gains Batting Lead With Speed Tigers Yanks Come Close Quarters
FROM THE PRESS BOX
Dean Not the Only Dizzy in Cards
Outfit as Harlem Heat Gets to 'Em.
BY JOHN LARDNER,

N YEw YORK, August 17.-Witt
nj Frisch in Darkest Harlem; or
VI The Gas House Boys Abroad;
New York is q hot town,
said Pepper Martin. "They call st.
Louis a hot town. This Is the real hot
town. This is where you feel the
heat"
Shut up," said Joe Medwick.
Its so hot you get fever when
you lift your arm to th'ow," continued
Mr.. Martin. Talk about heat in st.
Louis. You get plenty of it here"
Shut up said Medwick.
What do you know about
hot weather." asked Dizzy
Dean, the -lOving rover.
wait till l tell you about how
hot it gets where l come from"
Where do you come from Diz?"
Yeah, Diz, where was you born?"
why was he born?" said Leo Du-
rocher.
Il bet you wisht you could hit like
Hallahan, Dr. said Mr.. Martin.
There's fella that can hit. If you
had Hallahan's strength you could hit
'em out Of the infleld. If you could
hit you'd be maybe some good to this
club. You can't pitch"
"Diz can't pitch a lick" said Jimmy
Collins.
"Diz can't chaw tbacca," said Mr.
Martin. He don't get no action in
his jaw. Lemme show you"
Mr.. Martin demonstrated. Mr.
Durocher turned his shirt right side
out and began to put it on.
Fighting With His Face.
IT OOK at Durocher," said Dizzy
Dean, ignoring Mr. Martin. Look
at the muscles on that boy. He's
tougher'n Max Baer. He sure is
beautiful to look at"
'Durocher has an awful punch" "
said Collins. Did you see him step
into that Mancuso yesterday"
He mighta killed that little fella
if he hit him"
He like to kill him anyway, just
making faces" said Dizzy. "Durocher
fights with his face. You like to kill
somebody some day making faces,
Cab. Why don't you fight with them
Evening star., 1935-08-17
.RUTH'S GOLF HURT
BY CAMERA GUYS
Score of IS BotherS Babe,
but He Attracts Crowd.
Ted Luther Leads.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
0LEVELAND, August l7.-Ted
4 Luther of Youngstown, Ohio,
I led the field in the S3,500
~ open golf tournament here
today, but Babe Ruth attracted most
of the spectators.
Ruth had a little difficulty with
some of his shots in the opening
round yesterday and wound up with
a score of 65. while Luther finished
with a 60. The Babe was a little dis
tressed by his score, but not enough
to discourage his hopes for today.
Those movie camera guys certainly
got me lot of Is" he said. Then he
went into a bunker to pose for few
more shots for the movies.
Ruth Cards 42-43.
RUTH played with Tommy Armour
~ Of Detroit, who scored a "a and
Billy Burke of Cleveland, who made a
II. Ruth finished the first nine in AZ
and came back with 43.
Luther is the former Pittsburgh star
who became pro at Mahoning Valley,
Youngstown, this year. He defeated
Burke in a play-of for the Ohio open
title recently.
Walter Hagen helped Ruth in draw
ing to the Acacia Country Club,
where the tournament is being held,
one of the largest golf crowds ever
brought together In Cleveland-ap-
proximately $500 persons. Hagen
shot the course in 36-37-73, even
par.
Jake Fassezke of Jackson, Mich,
started today's round in second place.
He finished in 50 yesterday. Eight
other players got under the par 70.
Mangrum Hits IL.
TIED at II were T. Johnson of De-
= catur, Ill; Clarence Clark of
Bloomfield, N. j.; Ray Mangrum of
Pittsburgh, Mel Carpenter of Colum-
bus, Ohio; Burke and Ed Dudley of
Philadelphia Bill Livie of Hudson,
Ohio, and John Revolta of Milwaukee,
Western open champion, tied at 72.
In the 73 grouping with Hagen were
Orville White of st. Louis, Henry
Picard of Hershey, Pa, and Denny
Shute of Chicago. Abe Espinosa of
Chicago shot "a along with Armour,
Walter Kozak of New York. Vincent
Eldred of Pittsburgh and Ed Brooks
of Barstow, Fla.
Evening star., 1935-08-17
BY PAUL NICHOLSON,
Associated Press Sports Writer,

~HICAGO, August IT,
Bookie Joe is moaning low,
but still trying in Chicago.
~ His business of taking
bets from Is cents upward on
horses, once estimated as one of
Chicago's largest industries with a
daily cash turnover of IS 1000 900,
has been shut down by order Of the
States attorneys Office for almost
five months. Only sneak pickings"
here and there by touring bookies
in automobiles, q couple Of gam
bling ships and q few dingy rooms
with boarded windows remain.
Evening star., 1935-08-17
Buddy Is Like Cobb.

THIS observation might be based on
any one of several things. There
is home-townishness for instance, but
how about the law of averages? Hasn't
the blacksmith armed champion ruled
long enough? Or better still, recent
averages? A week ago Myer was eight
points back of Vosmik. Today he is
out in front.
In this gain is included an angle
an angle that must not be overlooked; !;
an angle that is finding the old guard
of base ball roofing more or less
openly for Myer.
For Is years the Slugger has ruled
American League batsmen. Gehrig,
Foxx and Dale Alexander-they dent
ed fences to win the last three bat
ting titles. Simmons (two years.
FonSeca, GoSlin, Heilmann, ManuSh,
Heilman again, Ruth, again Heilmann,
Sisler and then Heilmann and Sisler
in the years before that.
Then it's 1918 and the champion
Is Ty Cobb. He could come close to
knocking over an upright pop bottle
in any field during batting practice.
He would drive a clumsy-footed pitch
er crazy with bunts.
Today Buddy Myer makes his bid.
He's no Cobb, but at least he's the
nearest thing to Ty to make bid for
the American League championship
in Is years.
Evening star., 1935-08-17
Sports Program
For Local Fans

TODAY.
Base Ball.
Washington at Cleveland. 3.
Horse Show.
Riding and Hunt Club meet,
Meadowbrook Saddle Club. East
West Highway, starting at 1:3o.
Tennis.
Emb assy tournament, 2435
Massachusetts, avenue.
Chiselers' tournament, Potomac
Park.
Final rounds boys playground
Junior and senior doubles cham
pionships, Chevy Chase Play
ground.
Evening star., 1935-08-17
Has Chance for Record.

IF BRIDGES can win five more
games before September 80 he will
have new record for his career, since
his best previous mark was % VIC
tories established last season.
The Yank- Tiger series probably will
set a four-game attendance record at
Navin Field, club officials said. and
might virtually clinch the American
League flag for the Tigers. All reserved
seats for the series were sold days ago,
and complete sell-outs for the en-
counters today and tomorrow are as
sured.
The parks high attendance mark
thus far this season was established
in the recent four-game series with
the White Sox when 100000 fans
clicked the turnstiles.
Evening star., 1935-08-17
Mat Matches

BY the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI.-Bin Kief. 174, Gin
cinnati, defeated Joe Montana, IT'S
Camden, N. j., in one fall.
NORTH BERGEN, N. J.-Ed Meske,
215, defeated Frank Brunowicz, 216
Poland, one fall; Ralph Garibaldi
1913, st. Louis, defeated Ivan YAK
turoff, ais, Russia, one fall.
Evening star., 1935-08-17
80 |NF|ELD TAPS
TURNED INTO HITS
Make Difference Between
.279 and .349-Buddy Is
tikened to Cobb.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.


~ LEVELAND, August 17.-Like
an echo from the distant past
Buddy Myers bat continues
to beat steady tune.
No, it isn't the terrific ''wham" OF
Lou Gehrig, who won the American
League batting championship last year.
Nor do Buddy'S base hits crack out
like those of Jimmy FoXX, the 1888
champ. Nor Dale Alexanders in 1882
Go way back, Sisler in 1922? More
like it. How about 19l8-and Ty Cobb?
That's it.
Yes, that's it. Leading in the race
for the most coveted individual honor
in base ball, the doughty Washington
field captain today carries the fight to
his nearest rival, Joe Vosmik of the
Indians. For six games Myer and
Vosrnik will battle it out, toe-to-toe,
and probably will feature the Ma
tionals' extra length series here.
The favorite? If you like a fence
buster, take VoSmik. But unless all
signs are screwy, Myer, with the fastest
getaway in the league, seems destined
to bring back batting laurels to the
scientific hitter
Evening star., 1935-08-17

The second was a liner between the
right and center fielders, which helped
in the manufacture Of a 6-to-0 lead.
The final score was 8 to 1, with
Bump Hadley pitching four-hit ball
and the Grtffs winning as they
pleased.
Evening star., 1935-08-17
Homer Standing

| BY the Associated Press.
Home runs yesterday-Averill, In.
dams, /; Cuccinello, Dodgers, 1;
Bucher, Dodgers, /; Hack, Cubs, /;
Kampouris, Reds, /.
The leaders-Greenberg, Tigers, 81 ;
Berger, Braves, 26; OFT, Giants, "a.
League totals-National, 522; Amer
lean, 604.
Evening star., 1935-08-17
CURRENT SERIES
MAY SWITCH TIDE
Dizzy Dean First Pitcher
to Win 20 Games-Cain
Sets Whiff Mark.
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

w YHILE the Giants and Car
hI dinals wind up their still
Wv highly important series to-
day, a new crucial" battle
gets under way, involving the Detroit
Tigers and their leading challengers,
the New York Yankees.
The clash in the American League,
where the Tigers hold a six-game lead,
hardly can compare with the National
League battle. in which the Cards
scored a stirring 1-to-0 triumph be-
hind Dizzy Dean yesterday to keep the
excitement at high pitch, but should
either the Yanks or Tigers win the
series decisively, it may prove to be
the turning point in the pennant race.
The Cardinal triumph not only
evened the series in preparation for
today's final struggle, but it reduced
New York's lead again to three games
and gave st. Louis more definite
hold on second place, as Chicago drop
ped 2-to-1 decision to Brooklyn.
Dean Leads in Victories.
FOR the elder Dean, who seems to
reserve his best pitching for the
pinches, it was a highly gratifying
personal triumph. Not only did he
beat the Giants for the first time this
season, but he shut them out with
three puny hits and became the first
pitcher of the year in either league to
win 20 victories.
Hal Schumacher, who elbowed for
the Giants, also pitched a three-hit
Shutout up to the ninth inning, when
Pepper Martin took things in hand
and scored the only run. Pepper teed
off with a single, stole second, ad-
vanced to third when Manager
Frankie Frisch beat cut a single and
then breezed home when Joe Med
wick hosted a long fly out to center.
The Cubs lost a mound duel be-
tween George Earnshaw and Charley
Root when Jimmy Bucher opened the
home half Of the ninth with homer.
Both the Tigers and Yankees took
ickingS in preparation for their i'm
portant meetings. Detroit went down
to before Washington when Bump
Hadley held the league leaders to
four blows. The Yanks came out on
the short end of an 8-to-5 score at
Cleveland.
Johnny ALLEN got himself tossed
out of the game for arguing with
Umpire Harry Geisel when the Yanks
were leading 80 in the third. Pat
Malone was nicked for four tallies,
including Earl Averill's homer with
two on. When New York went ahead
again, two errors by Jack Saltzgaver,
walk and a wild pitch by Malone
and a pinch hit by Ralph Wine
garner gave Cleveland three more
runs and the game.
Chicago'S White Sox ended their
seven-game losing streak when young
Vernon Kennedy outlasted Wes Fer
rell to win 14-inning struggle with
the Bost- n Red Sox, tc 3. with Sugar
Cain whiting 13 of his former team
mates, the Browns trimmed the Ath-
letics. to q 1t was the best strike
out feat in the American League this
season.
After winning three straight games
to equal their high mark for the year,
the Braves turned around and dropped
double-header to Cincinnati, 8 to l
and 4 to 3.
Evening star., 1935-08-17
International.

Rochester. so; Baltimore, Ia.
Toronto, S; Albany, 4.
Montreal, S; Newark, 4.
Buffalo, 8; Syracuse, l.
Pacific Coast.
Missions, 5; Oakland, 2.
Portland, 3: Hollywood, I.
San Francisco, S; Los Angeles, /.
Evening star., 1935-08-17

Runs batted in-Powell CD Hadley.
base .hits-Kress f2]. Stone: Mver. Travis.
sCien basestone MgsT Pon6Ie
Myer to Kress to Kuhel ~. Left on bases
Wa shineton. IA: Detroit g.. First base
on balls--of Auker. 1: on Sullivan. l; Of
Hadley, 2. Hits-Of Auker. 8 in 31s in
nings; of Sullivan, 3 in ga innings; of
Hogsett. in 2 innings. Losing pitcher.
Auker Umpires-Messrs. Moriarty and
owens. Time-1:56.
Evening star., 1935-08-17

beautiful muscles? You fight with
your face"
Like Johnny King" said Roth.
rock.
Like who?"
"Kling, the old ketcher."
"Oh," said Dizzy. Him"
''Diz don't know nothin'." said Col
Inns. He don't know who Ruth is
this Ruth"
Ruth" said Dizzy. Hes
playing golf now in some toor-
ment. A coupla practice rounds.
could play like that, too. Ruth
amt got controE I can control
that golf ball."
you don't need control for gawf
Diz," said Mr.. Martin.
''Diz is thinking about something
else"
Hes thinking about tennis"
He amt thinking about pitching
He can't control no pitch"
"DiZ can't pitch lick said Jimmy
Collins.
They Listen to Frisch.
Mr.. frankie Frisch. the Gashouse
leader, ambled across the club
house, looking tired and gray. He
sat down in a corner and said moth
ing.
Who win that series last year?"
demanded Dizzy.
What series?" said Mr.. Martin.
THAT world series"
"Was you in world series last year
Dig"
Il thought you just come up from
Houston" said Collins.
II guess that's where Diz is going
back to. next couple of days" said
Durocher.
'If 60 back to Houston,
thisll be a hell Of a club" said
Dizzy.
Frisch got up from the bench he
was sitting on.
"All right" he said. Listen"
And the Gashouse boys listend
They can talk and listen both. They
can do everything, very thoroughly
That's why the Gashouse boys are sc
hard to beat.
Copyright. 1895 BY the North American
Newspaper Alliance. 1nc)
Evening star., 1935-08-17
Beats Out 80 Tans.

MYER today leads the batting pa
" rade with an average of .349 for
los games. He has been to bat 427
times and has made 149 hits. OF
these hits 103 have been singles-one-
basers to all fields and to the infield
There must be emphasis on "to the
1nfield." A perusal of the score book
neceSSitates that. Exactly 80 OF
Myers hits this season either have
been dragged bunts or hits to in
fielders who are too deep to throw
out Myer.
Ten years of campaigning have
taken something out of Myers speed
but not much. He takes a back seat
to Moses and Powell, White and Chap
man, Hill and Miles when it comes to
running from first to third base. But
Buddy still is one Of the fastest, if not
the fastest, of the American Leaguers
in getting down to first base.
Buddy's closest rivals for the batting
crown are Vosmik and Hank Green
berg. Vosmik is second in hitting
doubles and triples, Greenberg leads
both leagues in home runs. But in
the box score they are only hits. look
ing no different in cold type than
Myers dragged bunt past Pitcher So
and-SO.
Evening star., 1935-08-17
Whitehiu's Victories appear
To Pep Other Criff Pitchers;
Harris Is Planned In Detroit

I the rest and turned them over to
Mickey. All Harris lacked while man
ager of Detroit was a catcher and
Cochrane filled that gap.
Bucky. incidentally, still Is having
headaches over the cleanup hitting
job. Since he shifted Hei lie Manush
to that post during the Tiger series
Heinie has gotten only one hit in 10
times at bat. Yesterday Heinie left
four runners stranded on third base.
No wonder the Washington left-on-
bases total was a.
With a pair Of double headers
scheduled with the Indians today and
tomorrow and another brace of twin
bills slated for st. Louis, Cliff Bolton
and Sam Holbrook are in for lot of
work.
His dead" fingers failing to re-
spond to treatment, Jack Redmond
left for Washington yesterday, leav-
ing Bolton and Holbrook to do all the
catching. 1t !as a tough break for
Redmor.d inasmuch as he was due to
get a chance during the next couple
of weeks.
Alan Strange has taken Redmond's
placc in the bull pen.
THE number of spectators to watch
the four-game Washington Detroit
series was $500. The White Sox, who
met the Tigers in a four-game set pre-
ceding the GriffS' invasion, played be-
fore 100000 customers and lost every
game. The Yanks, who invade today.
will attract 1875 900, according to con-
Se.-VatiVe estimates. Every seat in the
park except the bleachers has been
sold for today and tomorrow in De-
troit.
Hank Greenberg tried to buy two
tickets for tomorrow's game with the
Yanks and was turned down by the
Detroit box office which hired two
special employees to mail back re-
quests and money for reservations
for the Yank series Heinie Man
rish thinks Phil Hensiek has enough
stuff" to stick in the big leagues ..
4sAOAC ADO01 34CAAoACh "AA DS AAOWAA W.
morrow when he faces the Indians in
his debut as a major league starter
:. The Albany recruit and Ed Linke
will pitch the Sabbath double header
Whitehill and Newsom were to
toll today with Earl seeking his
fourth win In q row.
Powell is celebrating his demo
ton" from fourth in the batting order
He got q single, double and a
triple yesterday. F. E. S.