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Evening star., 1936-05-02

A N OLD gentleman whom we
~ shall call Clark Griffith,
~ probably because that is his
n name, strikes this department
as still ranking Observation-Disclosures
over his contemporaries when it comes
to getting more value, pound for
pound, in exchanging slabs of base
ball beef.
OF course, Griff had this reputation
years ago when he made a habit OF
palming off worn-out ball players
for guys who would come to Wash
ington and play their heads off. There
was Stanley Coveleskie in 1925, you
remember, and Dutch Reuther.
As recently as 1888 he cor
rallied a gang of players in
whom he saw one final big
year-Fred Schultz, Walter
Stewart, Goose Goslin, ct al
and they responded by winning
pcnnant.
But of late, even as the echo Of
the S250000 sale of Joe Cronin was
dying away, it was suggested that the
Old Fox, now in the ripe old age OF
Sc, was losing some Of his cunning.
For one thing, it was pointed out,
Griff has fallen far behind in organ
izing a scouting system and smooth,
reaching farm" system.
Evening star., 1936-05-02
Rewards Will Come Tonight.

4 ND that's the way it goes. You
try to make somebody rich and
he tells you in so many words that he
is satisfied with his room and bath in
the poor house. Some time this eve-
ming Mr.. Dempsey will reap the con-
sequences Of betting on a thing like
Brevity. And I will reap the conse-
quences Of betting on Grand Slam.
And Mr.. Dempsey probably will be
buying himself a huge steak dinner,
while I scratch vainly in my pants
pocket for the price of a stick of gum.
The time has come to give you some
authentic dope on this horse race. 1t
is the sixty-second Kentucky Derby.
1t was sixth on the list of races at
Churchill Downs this afternoon. The
sponsors expected a crowd of $4,000,
which meant $4,000 up to starting
time. The track was uncertain, for
the weather man was betting on rain.
Evening star., 1936-05-02
Chase Tagged Good Prospect.

THE release of Chase comes as no
surprise. The 20-year-old south
paw, Who was to leave today for Chat
tanooga, has earned the unstinted
praise of Griffith and Harris alike as
a prospect. Pitching regularly for an
other year in the Southern Association
is in reality, break for the kid. He's
too wild and green to play in the big
show. Down in the bushes, where he
may learn to harness his great speed
and nifty curve ball. Chase may bios
som into a good-looking pitcher by the
end of this season.
Griffith is not prepared to name the
other pitcher who will leave the club
under his present plan. Weaver, the
most experienced of the trio that in
cludes Bokina and Coppola, so far
hasn't been able to show much stuff,
but Harris and Griff are living in
hopes that before long he will come
up with it once more.
Bokina is inexperienced but he has
q good pitching head, fighting spirit
. and nice change of pace. Coppola
hasn't had his speed of a year ago,
probably due to his recent sore arm,
but there is chance that he may
regain it.
The only stipulation that Griff
made today, in disclosing his plan to
cut the Nationals down to the 23-
player limit by carrying only eight
hurlers, is that it may be off in the
event a deal is swung. He denies
that any deal is pending, but it would
not be surprising if Grif swung a
trade shortly, possibly with the st.
Louis Browns, who were to wind-up
their two-game series here today.
Evening star., 1936-05-02
Brevity Best, Experts Hold
Like Widener Colt in Derby Even in Mud, but
Look to Grand Slam i'm Sloppy Going.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
r OUISVILLE, KY, May a.
Here's the way the experts
figure the top flight" for
- the sixty-second Kentucky
Derby shape up, with prospects Of
a heavy track prime factor:
Brevity - Prefers fast footing,
doesn't like it too sticky" but can
run we'll enough to win in mud.
Grand Slam-Probably best bet
of lot in sloppy going.
Granville-Should be in money
under any conditions with stretch
rush.
Indian Broom-Fast in any 60
Ing. but rated strictly sprinter.
Evening star., 1936-05-02
READY To GAMBLE
ON EIGHT HURLERS
Griffith Holds More Work
Would Benefit HiIlmen.
Browns SWamped.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.


r YNCLE CLARK GRIFFITH'S
somewhat unfathomable Ma
tionals, awaking today to find
themselves back in the first
division when they're supposed to be
submerged by lack of pitching quality
also discovered that their pitching
quantity is not so big and may shrink
even more.
In other words, the Washington ball
club which now embraces only nine
pitchers as a result of Rookie Kendall
Chase's release to Chattanooga, may
battle through the 1886 American
League campaign with staff even
smaller President Griffith. in an
nouncing the optioning of Chase, also
declared that unless a deal for pitcher
is swung before the player limit dead
line of May IS he will, in recommend
ing the release of still another hurler,
gamble on an eight-man staff.
First" stated Griff, II want to keep
all the regular players I can and by
regulars I mean fellows like Kress,
Estalella and so forth The Washing
ton team can better afford to lop off
another pitcher, even if it means carry
ing only eight, than to let go of a good
reserve. Our club is built on power.
youth, speed and reserve strength
rather than pitching.
Only Few Slabbers Producing.
WHAT pitching we're getting-and
It's been pretty good, TOBIAS
been coming from very few fellows
Newsom, De Shong, Appleton. Linke,
etc. Outside of them, Whitehill and
Russell, We don't figure to win many
games with the rest"
If Griffith carries out his present
plan, the Washington pitching staff
will be one of, if not the smallest il.
the major leagues. Certainly it will
be one of the smallest in modern
Washington base ball history, although
some years ago, when Walter johnson
was in his heyday, the Nationals made
a long Western trip with only six
hurlers.
But, as Griff points out. Manager
Bucky Harris may expect a good battle
only when Newsom, Whitehill. De
Shong, Appleton, Linke or Russell Is
working. The rest-Monte Weaver,
Joe Bokina and Henry Coppola-are
rated doubtful by the Washington club
president and from this trio the head
OF one may be Topped off.
Personally" added Griffith, Il be :
lieve it will help the pitching staff to
work more often. Those fellows can
stand it, especially in view of the fact
that so far Che knocked wood, we
haven't missed playing single game
because of rain or wet grounds or any
thing. Never in my days in base ball
have I seen such wonderful weather
luck and this, of course, means that
we won't have many double headers
later in the season like most of the
other clubs. Fewer double headers,
then, means that we'll need fewer
pitchers"
Evening star., 1936-05-02

Coldstream-Likes mud, but has
run best on dry tracks.
Bold Venture-Fast improving
and rated real chance to win in
mud.
Sangreal-Will carry on alone
for Milky Way Farms, if track is
too slippery for stablemate, The
Fighter.
Blen Joi and Banister-Longest
shots to carry E. r. Bradley colorS
in years, with Banister unlikely to
start In mud.
Gold Seeker-Filly with liking
for mud. but conceded little chance
in a race won only once In 81 years
by o representative Of her sex.
Evening star., 1936-05-02
EXPERTS" DINNER
UP TO GRAND SLAM
Many Found Satisfied With
Room, Bath in Poor House
as He Gave Tip.
BY JOHN LARDNER.

OUISVILLE, KY, May 1.-Two
hours after he arrived in this
city of tall women and beauti-
- full juleps, your correspondent
had the winner of the Kentucky
Derby. Knowing the name of the
Derby winner gives fellow a feeling
Of warmth and generosity All aglow.
your correspondent looked around for
some nice guy to pass it along to. His
eye fell on Mr.. Jack Dempsey, for
merly a fair sort Of fighter.
Jack" said your correspondent, Il
have the winner of the Derby. Put
your shirt-especially that one you
have on, if you can get rid of ton
fine, gumbo, soupy, muddy sort of
horse named Grand Slam"
Mr.. Dempsey stared absentmindedly
at your agent.
"Huh?" he said.
I'm giving you the winner. Grand
Slam"
Mr.. Dempsey looked family puzzled.
Then his face, famous all over the
world for its mobility, took on an ex-
preston of dawning intelligence.
oh" said Mr. Dempsey. You
want tip on the Derby. Play Brevity.
kid. Brevity is the hoSs."
Evening star., 1936-05-02
WILSON SCORES AGAIN
High School Nine Is 9-3 Victor
Over Montgomery-Blair.

Capitalizing on nine alien errors,
Woodrow Wilson High Schools base
ball team trimmed Montgomery Blair
High tossers, 9-3, yesterday at Silver
Spring to record its second victory of
the season.
Dunnington and Stevens, with four
and three hits, respectively, paced the
winning plate attack. Montgomery
Blair established some sort of record
by leaving Is stranded on the bases.
Evening star., 1936-05-02

HOgsett RumOr Cools.
DESPITE Grifiths denials, Elon
Hogsett may have been near
National until he relieved Jim Walkup
yesterday in the l7-to-l rout of the
Browns
But when the Nationals, with
seven left-handers facing the
Indian southpaw, banged out
IL hits in five innings it's very
likely that Griff cooled on him.
Hogsett still may be a National, but
it safely can be said he's not a near
Nat.
Evening star., 1936-05-02
HYATTsVILLE VS.. BERWYN.

HyattSville All-Stars soft-ball team
will clash with the Berwyn A. C. to-
morrow in a Prince Georges County
League game at Guide Field, Queens
Chapel road ard University drive, at
2:30 pm. George Rochi is expected
to pitch for the All-Stars.
Evening star., 1936-05-02
Griffs Blast Brownies, Ill

WITH another good pitcher or
~ two" declared Griffith. "I
wouldn't sell the pennant chances of
this club short. The boys have the
stun. As for grabbing pitcher, there
isn't any deal in sight, but we're
hoping to do something before the
trading deadline of June IS, anyway"
The Nationals current pitching. by
the way, still is doing very we'll
thanks. Day by day, in every way
it looks as though Griff and Bucky
swung a great trade when they
shipped Bump Hadley off to New
York last Winter in exchange for
young Jimmy De Shong.
Yesterday as the Nationals won
their third straight game by a lop-
sided count Of II to /, De Shong lin
tied the Browns to five hits, one of
which was very flukey. OF course, 1t
wasn't much of test for Jimmy in
O way, Washington having sewed up
the game in the first inning, but it
was test enough for a guy just up
from sick bed.
Jim Walkup, who opened on the
slab for the Browns, was no puzzle
for the Nationals. They scored seven
runs in the first inning, chased him
from the rubber in the next inning,
then continued the bombardment
against Elon Hogsett, recently pro-
cured from the Tigers.
The II runs of Is hits was by far
the biggest scoring splurge of the
year by the Nationals. The hits were
divided pretty evenly, with everybody
except De Shong getting at least one.
Dee Miles (what, again?). Buddy
Lewis and joey Kuhel each socked
three safeties.
Evening star., 1936-05-02
GROVES WIN TOPS
| STAR SLAB FEATS.
Tribe BIanked by Red Sox
Vet-Dodgers Shut Out
by Dizzy Dean.
BY SCOTTY RESTON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

THAT gangling old man from
Lonaconing, Md, 36-year- -old
Robert Moses Grove, is being
u discovered again. The boys
are busting off all the old superlatives
for him, unused since the last time
they discovered him. They are talking
about how fast he Is, and how much
wiser.
The figures may be little too cold
to speak about Mr.. Groves wisdom,
but they're eloquent enough. He has
pitched 1913 innings for the Red Sox
and he has given exactly one earned
run. He has given 81 hits in four
games, all of which he won.
He beat the Cleveland Indians yes
terday, giving up seven hits, walked
not single man and famed nine.
Bosox Cracking Hurlers.
WHILE they were beating the In
w dians. 60, the Red Sox moreover,
were getting 10 hits. This was a
particularly poor day at bat for the
team. Starting last Tuesday, they
have hit Is, 13, 18 and 10, for an
average of 1414. so it is little wonder
that the Red Sox are on top of the
pile.
The day was one on which nearly
every game was featured by fine
pitching performance. Dizzy Dean
pitched three-hit ball as the Cardi-
mails slugged out 1910 victory over
the Brooklyn Dodgers; Johnny Broaca,
finishing his first game in four starts,
held the Chicago White Sox to seven
hits as the Yankees won, 80, and
Jimmy De Shong of the Nationals
pitched five-hit ball as Washington
walloped the Browns, Ill.
Bees Get Fine Pitching.
WAYNE OSBORNE turned in seven
innings of high-class hurting as
! the Boston Bees defeated the Pirates,
GA. Lee GriSSom, left-hander, max
ing his first start for the Reds, pitched
| Cincinnati to 4-3 win over the
Phillies. Eldon Auker Of the Detroit
| Tigers won his own ball game when
he singled in the sixth to score the
winning run III 10 NIClOIy uNtI Illc
| Athletics and pitched eight-hit ball
| to boot.
Dean allowed the Dodgers lone
hit in the first inning and then set
| them down in order until the sixth.
when they succeeded in getting
another. The Cards, however, piled
up IA hits.
Gene Moore walloped two homers to
aid the Bees cause against the Pirates,
his second belt sailing over the left
field wall.
The Giants Cubs game was rained
| Ollt
Evening star., 1936-05-02
A Game Guy.

JIMMY DeSHONG has plenty of
ticker beating inside his uniform.
1t may be recalled that when he
pitched his two-hitter against the
Athletics a couple Of weeks ago it was
with high temperature and q case
Of laryngitis.
He went to bed almost imme-
diately after the game and
stayed nearly = week.
Yesterday In pitching a f1ve-hit VIC
tory over the Browns. Jimmy did SO
with the knowledge thatthis father was
Evening star., 1936-05-02
SEEKS SOFT.BALL FOES.

Arlington Presbyterian Church's
soft-ball team wants games with fast
local teams. Write Rev. Walter F.
Wolf at the church.
Evening star., 1936-05-02
Def FROM OCCOQUAN.

Occoquan Athletic Club soft ballers
desire games with local teams for Sat-
urdays. the games to be played at
Woodbridge, Va. Write T. v. Norman,
Lorton, Va.
Evening star., 1936-05-02
How Horses Shaned Up.


THAT took care Of the outstanding
customers. Now. as for the horses
themselves, here is what I heard about
town:
Brevity-The favorite Most i'm.
portant, Saturday horse. Almost all
his big victories were scored on Satur-
days, which counted more with the
local hardbootS than any kind of real
form.
Grand Slam-He likes the gumbo.
and the weather man said he would
get it.
Bradley entry-Four Bradley horses
have won the Derby in the past. That
was about said for Bien Joli and
Banister. Even the shrewd Col Brad
ley himself had given up on them.
Indian Broom-The wild long-shot-
ters bet on this animal. because every
once in while wild long shot comes
through.
Bold Venture-The smart long-shot-
ters bet on this one, because they'd
heard something
Granville-Just a form horse. ]
figured he'd fall down.
Gold Seeker and Seventh Heaven
The ladies, God bless EN-. The onlv
filly that ever won the Derby was
Regret, in 1915.
The fleld-They all eat oats.
Climbed Out on Limb.
ONCE year there is a contagious
mania in Louisville which leads
honest men to publish their gusses on
the Derby and then leave town till tha
whole thing blows over.
These were my guesses:
/. Grand Slam.
2. Bold Venture.
3. Brevity.
I'm afraid your own guess was Just
as good.
Evening star., 1936-05-02

RUNS batted in-stone CT KuheI a,
FqaTis Mle oWe s soIbts.s kksSS,S
Lewis. Min, sacrihce Dou-
shons to Travis to Kuhel. Left on bases
st; Louis. Z: Washington. T.. First base on
balls-,Of Wslkup. 3; of Deshons. 5; Of
Nicola, 2: by, peshonE; 5: Hits-on
Sn %.a; on Il Rossft, fsnn. - in nnis5 Oh
walkup umpiEss-Messrs Basil, Kolls
and Moriarty. TIme-2:oe. -
Evening star., 1936-05-02
Line on Spectators.

DRIOR to the race. I saw most OF
the horses. and some of the spec
tators This is the way the spectators
shaped up:
Babe Ruth-Was to weigh in at about
252 pounds. Believed he could get his
best results with spoon, brassie and
short iron. Said he didn't know noth-
ing about horses, but heard Brevty
well spoken Of.
Barney Ross-Was ready to go at 145
pounds on fast track Believed long
shot would win the Derby, but didn't
know which long shot. Said to HI
with that anyway. so long as the Cubs
win the National League pennant.
Clark Gable-Was to carry 165
pounds from the club house to the
betting windows and back. Owns
horse himself and said he hoped to sas
it win a race before he himself is old
enough to play Moses in The Ten
Commandments"
Mike Jacobs-Carried most Of his
weight in his pocket. Was here to
examine the 1885 crop Of suckers in
connection with the fight he is pro-
noting between Joe Louis and Max
Schmeling Said he would be glad to
stake any Of the boys who ran short
of change. and really looked glad. too.
One-Eyed Connelly-No comment.
Evening star., 1936-05-02
Travis a Double -pIay Demon.

Travis a Doubleday Demon.
CECIL TRAVIS may not be leading
the American League shortstops
in fielding. but the youngster is CIV
ing pretty good account of himself,
defensively. on at least one vital
phase. Whatever fielding weaknesses
he may have, double-play participa-
ton isn't one of them.
Yesterday. in the process Of
helping Jimmy DeShong turn
in the Nationals third straight
victory, Travis worked in two
Of the prettiest double plays
of the season.
They brought up his total, by the
way, to is double-plays in the Is
games played SO far by the Ma
tionals. He has figured in all except
six Of the double-plays credited to
the Washington club.
Evening star., 1936-05-02
Lucky Breaks for Browns.

Lucky Breaks for Browns.
p OGERS HORNSBY can thank a
bad move by the athletic Office
of Holy Cross for his very promising
rookie catcher, Frank Giuliani.
The youngster used to go to
Catholic University, where there
is no base ball team. He was
pretty good foot ball player,
too, but his heart was all in
base ball. He hurt shoulder
playing foot ball and il seemed
to scare Giuliani, who was
thinking of his base ball future.
So Giuliani negotiated a transfer
to Holy Cross, where he could play
base ball. Everything was all set until
he received letter from the Holy
Cross athletic Office, informing him
that if he expected help in working
his way through school he would have
to play foot ball in addition to base
ball.
Giuliani wanted no parts of
foot ball again. so he never went
to Holy Cross. Instead, he
Joined st. Paul of the Ameri-
can Association and promptly
stamped himself as a standout
rookie catcher
Evening star., 1936-05-02
De Shong Deal Looks Good.


THE answer to a charge of this
sort seems pretty well supplied
out on the ball field right now. May
be this is too early to start throwing
bouquets at Griff on these scores,
but it begins to looks as though he
pulled a fast one-again-when he
traded the veteran Bump Hadley to
the Yanks for young Jimmy De
Shong.
When Jimmy h cid the
Browns to five hits yesterday,
f'rinstance, 1t brought the
total of safe socks made off
his delivery in two full games
this season only to seven.
Previously he had held the
Athletics to two hits.
Nor did the Old Fox do so badly
when, by extensive juggling, he
wound up with Jesse Hill and Car
Reynolds in exchange for Heinie
Manush. And buying Pete Appleton
for a mere $500 wasn't the worst
move Of all time, either. If he can
maintain pace like this, Grif doesn't
need an extensive, expensive farm
system.
He seems to do all right in letting
the other club develop good ball
players whom he eventually lures
into Washington uniforms.
Evening star., 1936-05-02
Minor Leagues
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS

Newark. a; Toronto. 3.
Rochester. ]: Syracuse, 0.
Buffalo. 4; Baltimore, 3.
Montreal. 3; Albany. ..
Evening star., 1936-05-02
POI PQPP!NG3I }; p! y
VIII JffoM6!:!. 49, II s4
Hogsett Rumor CooIs.

in a Harrisburg, Pa, hospital for a
serious operation.
Evening star., 1936-05-02
LITTLE HOYAS ON TOP
Franklin, Powell Lead in 1873
Win From Charlotte Hall.

Paced by Franklin and Powell, each
Of whom collected three hits in five
trips to the plate, Georgetown Prep
buried Charlotte Halls base ball team,
1873, yesterday at Garrett Park.
Evening star., 1936-05-02
PACIFIC COAST.
Portland. /; San Diego. o.
Oakland. 4; Los Angeles. 2.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

Atlanta, 8; New Orleans. e.
Nashville 4; Birmingham 1.
Little Rock. s; Knoxville, g.
Chattanooga, 6: Memphis, ..
Evening star., 1936-05-02
AMERICAN AssoCIATIO!
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

st. Paul. II: Columbus, 3.
II: Minneapolis. o.
Z; Louisville, 4.
Evening star., 1936-05-02
League Statistics
SATURDAY, MAY ., 1886.
American
RESULTS YESTERDAY

WASHINGTON. II: st. Louis. /.
New York, 3: Chicago, 2.
Detroit, 4; philadelphia, 3.
Boston. 6; Cleveland, 0.
Evening star., 1936-05-02

OUISVILLE, KY, May 1.-TWO
hours after he arrived in this
city of tall women and beauti.
Evening star., 1936-05-02
GAMES TODAY GAMES TOMORROW

ST. L. at wash, 3:15 CIeve, at Wash.' 3.
Cleveland at Boston. Detroit at Boston:
Detroit at Phila, Chicago at Phila.
Evening star., 1936-12-04
CAPITAL is INCLUDED
IN NEW AIR SERVICE
Mail, Passenger and Express
Route to Include Baltimore,
Official Announces.

A new airmail, passenger and ex-
press service between Baltimore and
Washington and other points will be
ipaugurated today by American
Airlines, Inc, according to an an
nouncement by c. r. Smith, president
Of the air system. The addition of
Baltimore to the systems route fol-
lows partial completion of the COM
pany's $3,250,0oo re-equipment pro-
gram.
The first airliner, a 14-passenger
Douglass ship having a speed Of 200
miles an hour. will reach Baltimore
from Boston, New York and Phila-
delphia over the company's Southern
transcontinental route at 800 pm. to-
day en- route to washington, Gin
cinnati, Indianapolis and Chicago.
Along with the fast, direct service
made possible to and from the major
Eastern cities, Baltimore will be ac-
corded similar schedules to and from
Providence. Hartford. New Haven.
Buffalo, Louisville and the Southern
transcontinental points.
Evening star., 1936-12-04
36-Year Record
OfPerfeCt DriUin e
Marred by Fine
MOtOrm,an Assessed 50
by Judge McMahOn for
Passing Light.

A 36-year perfect driving record fell
in Trafdc Court today when Judge
John p. McMahon fined James B. Nc
Donald, street car motorman, 81 for
passing . red light.
The fine was assessed on the testi-
mony Of Policeman E. A. Horsley, who
told Judge McMahon he boarded Nc
Donalds car at Fourth and g streets
and rode beside him. Horsley said he
handed Mcdonald . ticket after he
allegedly passed the red light at Sixth
and G streets.
Mcdonald testified that Horsley
stood in such q manner as to obstruct
his view so he could not see the light
at the intersection
Mcdonald, who is IS years old and
lives in the 1400 block Of "A street
southeast, told the court he had been
operating an automobile In the Dis
trtct 20 years and operating q street
car So years, and had never been
asked ITO show my permit"
Judge Mcmahon in pronouncing
sentence said he regretted he had to
spoil such q fine record.