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Evening star., 1936-08-18
Win Game in First Inning.

7 EFTY GOMEZ, the forgotten
pitcher" of base ball. started the
New York throwing and lasted one
inning. When the smoke had cleared
after everybody in the lineup had
batted, Washington was ahead by to
o. The Mats won the game right there
for after this frame they spent Ne
afternoon fumbling so many oppor-
tunities that Rookie Kent Wicker, who
relieved Gomez, left IL men on the
bases.
Earl Whitehill who was credited
with his ninth victory Of the cam
paign, was something short of great.
The rotund southpaw was in trouble
constantly, New York getting two runs
In the second, another in the third and
q fourth run in the fifth inning. Earl
was wild, walking five men in his seven
innings and giving up eight hits.
Wicker, also a southpaw, was wild
but the Griffs found his change of
pace hard to hit, with the result that
1t always was a ball game. Twice
Wicker loaded the bases with only one
out. but the WaShingtons got only
total Of two runs, one in each of the
frames.
Evening star., 1936-08-18
Difficult to Figure.

CHARKEY, the 33-year-old fomer
champion, offers some angles Of
his own. He retired couple of years
ago with plenty of money and a de-
sire for peace and quiet after a ca
reer marked by strange ups and downs.
bad fights when he should have made
good ones and vice versa.
Now the faithful are wondering
whether he can stage a real come
back. His preliminary bouts have
not shown much one way or another.
Sharkey has endured the training
grind with somewhat better grace
than he used to and has worked him =
self into fine physical condition. He
is confident he can prove what he
always maintained-that Louis is no
great shakes as q fighter-and re-
gardless Of the IL years difference in
their ages he can whip any Negro
hOXer.
Evening star., 1936-08-18
the 33-year-old Sharkey dupli-
Gates Schmelinx's feat.

Gates SChmeIlnES feat.
Baer already has hit the comeback
trail. bowling over mediocre mittmen
nightly.
Levinsky. who also has been heart
ened by Louis defeat at the hands OF
the German, holds decision over
Sharkey, as does Tommy Loughran.
Primo Carnera, who knocked out
the robust COB. probably will recon-
slider his retirement II Sharkey wins
tonight.
And there are others-too many OF
them.
Evening star., 1936-08-18
Pepco Springs Upset.

CONTENDING teams in the Ma
tional Capital League we're
breathing new hope as Peoples Drug
Stores crack nine was trying to re-
cover from its first defeat, admin
istered yesterday. Pepco, which pre-
viously had won but one third of its
games, was the upsetter by a 1875
count.
The defeat left Peoples but one and
a half games ahead of Thompson's
Dairy, which did not play, and two
and a half games ahead of the idle
Chestnut Farms Chevy Chase Dairy.
In the only other league contest,
Washington Gas Light walloped Cen
ter Market. 1913. hauling that team
down into a tie for the cellar berth.
Top Slab Feats.
THREE pitchers applied the white
wash brush. Preston of Procure
ment Division turning in the most
impressive performance with two
hit shutout Of the Federals in the
Federal A. A. League, Procurement
winning, 1l-0.
Adair Of Mount Vernon. however.
shut out Metropolitan Baptist with
four hits as his mates pounded out a
40 decision in the Washington
Church League. while Hoffman OF
National Metropolitan blanked Amer
ican Security. 60. with five hits in
q Bankers League battle.
Evening star., 1936-08-18

big-league club wants a good man
ager, Rogers Hornsby probably Will
not be with the Browns next sea-
son.
Evening star., 1936-08-18

JOSEPH LOUIS BARROW,
OTHERWISE Joe Louis, 1phose
legend OF inUincibility began
over q year ago Dhen he
trimmed WdShington's Matte
Bro,Dn and later stopped Car
nerd, Bder, LeDinSky and Uz-
cudun, but ,Uho Dds battered
into q coma last June 19 by
Mar Schmelino.
Evening star., 1936-08-18
SEEKING
LEAGUE TITLE TIE
Have Yet to Beat MiIIers
in Industrial Set-Pepco
Surprises Peoples.

TIME second decision in four games
between the Heurich Brewery
Il and Miller Furniture mines was
- awaited today as those rivals
clashed in their series for the Indus
trial League championship. Two of
the games have ended in ties, with
Miller holding the lone victory.
Joe Freschi, Heurichs pitching ace,
was expected to be on the West El-
lipse mound when the teams started
play at 430 o'clock, with Joe Porter
hurting for the furniture lads. Mil
lers victory, the only one scored over
Heurichs in nine games between the
two this season, was by 6-3 score.
Evening star., 1936-09-07
Whitehill Wins No, II.

PARAMOUNT in their minds today
was the determination to break
b holiday jinx. Playing the Red Sox
In . double header on Labor day is
all very nice from a. financial stand
point, but somehow the Griffith A. c.
has not covered itself with glory on
holidays this season.
Still vivid in their memories is the
double defeat they sustained at the
stadium on July 4. when they were
running exactly as they are today
. game back of second place. Then,
too, the Red Soy flashed some warm
Ing yesterday in New York when they
grabbed double-header to emerge
from Gotham with three wins and a
tie for the series.
There was, OF cuorse, nothing
vitality wrong with the way the Griffs
behaved yesterday. Whitehill worked
one Of his best games, holding the
AS to seven hits. He won pulling
away but until the Griffs scored five
runs In the sixth and seventh innings
1t was quite duel between Earl and
Rookie Fred Gumpert.
Jess Hill touched of the game
winning streak in the nightcap after
the score had been tied at SIS Open
ing the sixth inning Jess tripled and
Joe Kuhel walked. Sington forced
Kuhel, scoring Hill, and singles by
Red Kress and Bluege sent Sington
across with the final run.
Evening star., 1936-09-07
Stars Yesterday
Dy the Associated Press.

Earl Whitehill and Jess Hill,
Senators-Former pitched six-hit
ball to down Athletics in twin-bil
opener; latter's triple featured
winning rally In rs nightcap VIC
tory.
Tommy Thompson, Bees-His
ninth-inning pinch homer with
two aboard downed Giants, 80.
Yves Ferrell and Lefty Grove,
Red Sox-Their pitching beat
Yanks in both ends of double
header.
Babe Herman and Ival Good
man, Reds-Former's homer and
three other hits led way to double
header win over Cardinals; Good
: man hit homer in nightcap.
Ted Lyons and Jack Hayes,
White Sox-Former,s eight-hit
pitching stopped Indians in first
game; Hayes three hits paced at
tack in nightcap.
Evening star., 1936-09-07
Lis Lives to Repent.

bee, the one time National now pitch
ing daily for Connie Mack.
Jake Powell, who was traded from
a club in the second division to the
Yankees, was promotion along COM
monplace lines.
So was that Of Bob Seeds,
.312 hitter with Montreal who
suddenly found himself with the
Yanks after Myril Hoag was
hurt.
Lisenbee, however, found himself
kicked upstairs and lives to regret
instead Of rejoice. Earlier in the sea-
son Nashville Of the Southern Asso-
citation let him 60 and he went to
Buffalo of the International League.
Liz wasn't good enough for
Buffalo, apparently, for the
Bisons released him outright
and Horace picked up = job
with Mack. The catch Is that
as Mackman he Is strictly on
trial and doing double duty.
With Buffalo he would have been a
member of a pennant- winning team
and in line to earn something like
$1,000 as his share Of the little
world series" cut.
Evening star., 1936-09-07
GREENTREE AFTER
MORE POLOG GLORY
Conqueror of TempIeton in
Waterbury Meet Before
Facing Argentines.
Bv the Associated Press.

bv me Associated Press.
n YEW YORK, September T.
While the spectators who
watched him lead his Green
L tree team to second straight
national open polo title Saturday are
wondering if there shouldn't be some
thing higher than a 10-goal rating
for Tommy Hitchcock, Tommy and
his teammates go out tomorrow to
seek another trophy before they clash
with Argentina in the series for the
Cup of the Americas.
Greentree won the right to play the
Argentines in the series which starts
September 19 by conquering the highly
rated Templeton quartet, lilo, in an
exciting overtime game Tomorrow
the winner and runner-up will play
their opening games in the Monty
Waterbury Cup tournament, which
opened yesterday with Roslyn's upset
victory over the Hurricanes.
Meet on Handicap Basis.
THE same teams which compete on
the fiat in the open meet annually
on handicap basis in the Waterbury
tourney.
Roslyn, showing smooth team play
a well-knit defense and one big scor-
ing burst, opened the event at Sands
Point yesterday by trouncing the pow
erful Hurricanes, Ill.
The remaining first-round matches
tomorrow send Greentree against Old
Westbury, which includes three Ar
gentine spares, and Templeton against
Aurora. Texas, the seventh entry. drew
a bye and will play the Templeton-
Aurora winner in Thursdays semi
finals.
The Argentines continued their prep
arations for the international series
by whipping Aurora, lis, in a prac-
tice match at Meadowbrook. Another
tune-up contest saw Old Westbury
down Texas, 9-6.
Evening star., 1936-09-07
Minor Leagues
International.

International.
Albany, Ill; Syracuse, 8E8.
Montreal, 80; Rochester, 60.
Toronto. 7; Buffalo. 6.
Newark. l3; Baltimore, 2.
American Association.
Toledo, 6-11; Columbus, O-13.
Louisville, 13-4; indianapolis, 5-8
Kansas City, 8E3: Milwaukee, is.
Minneapolis, Z: st. Paul, S.
Southern Association.
Nashville, "a: Atlanta, Ga.
Knoxville, Go: Chattanooga, "a
New Orleans, 12-5; Birmingham,
q.
Memphis, 2; Little Rock, /.
Pacific Coast.
Oakland, 8E12; Missions, 81.
Seattle. 7-2; San Francisco, @4.
San Diego, Isl; Sacramento. 80
Portland, 10-1; Los Angeles, 4-S.
Texas.
Tulsa, 4; Oklahoma City 8.
Fort Worth, S; Dallas, 2.
Houston, SIS; Beaumont, IL.
New York. k.Pennsylvania.
Allentown, 6; Trenton, S.
Elmira, 8; Hazelton, /.
Scranton, z; Wilkes-Barre, 2.
Williamsport, IA: Binghamton, 10.
Evening star., 1936-09-07
Kay Stammers British Net Beauty, Claimed by Cinema
Champion May Turn Gridiron Pro.
'anks Need Four Wins to Clinch Pennant-D

double shellacking by the blasted
Bees, the Giants hadn't lost two
in. q row since July is.
Al Frazin, the Garden announcer,
is pepper Of twin girls -. thereby
catching up with Neighbor Jack
Dempsey Some of the smart
Broadway money has shifted to
the Collitchers in tomorrow nights
All Star PRO game Reason: The
boys figger having tough game
under their belts will give the
Stars an edge s. Eleven Of Carl
Hubbell's 26 victories have been by
one-run margins &. Freddie Steele.
the new middleweight kingpin, isn't
invading the East yet because he
Evening star., 1936-09-07

Is too busy piling up a husky bank
roll on his own reservation :.
Can't blame him for that.
Bill McKechnie is Boston's No.
base ball citizen these days
"If it's true what they say about
Dixie" it shouldn't hurt Loyola Of
New Orleans to have Millard
(Dixie) Howell of Rose Bowl fame
around as assistant coach this sea-
son Glenn Morris, Olympic
decathlon champ, is flirting with a
pro foot ball offer Irwin 8. Cobb,
Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby have
entries in the international turtle
derby at Paducah. KY, today -.
Out ct st. Isnace, Mich, Herman
Evening star., 1936-09-07
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

N YEw YORK, September T.
M Carl Hubbell only wishes
VI he had Dizzy Deans speed
L Kay Stammers, the
British tennis pretty, Is about to
head for Hollywood and the movies
-. The Yanks have to win only four
more to clinch it Lou Ambers
will make the lightweights q
grand little champion, but he had
better stay away from Barney
Ross American pros say the
trouble with the British Walker
Cup players Il their swings are
TOO jeeky sss Until Saturdays
Evening star., 1936-09-07
ROCKVILLE AFTER FLAG

Clinching the second half champion
ship of the Montgomery County League
yesterday by trouncing the Takoma
Tigers, go and 81. Rockville dia-
monders will square off with Gathers
burg, first-half titlist, next Sunday in
the first of series of tits to determine
the loop champion.
Lefty Stevens and Fotch Matthias.
Rockville's ace moundsmen, throttled
the Takoma attack effectively as they
granted but five hits each. Rockville
batsmen cracked out 16 hits in the
first game and IA in the second.
Evening star., 1936-09-07
Captain in Fine Trim.

CAPT. FRANK KAvALIER, 1885,
pound fullback. is expected to
begin training in tiptop physical con-
dition. This peppery lad has been
working all Summer in an East st.
Louis slaughter house, toughening
himself by tossing beeves around
Another veteran reporting in great
condition is Ray Hanken, who has
been laboring in tractor factory in
Peoria. Hank" should develop into
one Of the greatest ends the Buff has
had in several years. No further It'd
ings have come from Mad Dog
Reeves. halfblack. being treated at his
home in Arkansas for rabies.
Joel McCurry, formerly of North
Carolina, is the new trainer, having
filled the position resigned by Roland
Logan, present Boston Red Sox
trainer.
Evening star., 1936-09-07
Times Use of Wilson.

TINY BOBBY WILSON, all-America
choice last year at Southern
Methodist, will 60 in "at the right
time" Bell said His running mates
in the alternate backfield include Stan
Pincura, Ohio State; Chuck Chesire,
U. S. L. A., and John Peterson of
Kansas.
Two gangling ends, Willie Geny of
Vanderbilt and Jim Lee Howell OF
Arkansas, will be flanked at the tack
les by Bob Reynolds, Stanford, and
Rannie Throgmorton of Vanderbilt
Guards will be Billy Stamps of South
ern Methodist and Dick Sklar Of
Kansas,
Evening star., 1936-09-07
BY PAUL NICHOLSON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n YEW YORK, September T.
M Down the sports trail for in.
" teresting pick-ups from Frank
4 G. Menke's intriguing all
sports magazine that makes its
debut with an October issue: Abnel
Mr. Menke, a sports writer who
never gets too tired to dig up strange
facts, claims Abner Doubleday didn't
originate base ball, that Cooperstown
wasn't the cradle Of the game at all
Base ball. says Menke. evolved from
combination Of English FOUNDERS and
English cricket. was divorced from
both, and had become separate and
distinct game long before the year
when Abner Is supposed to have in
vented 1t.
Dentist Invents Buzzer.
ELECTRIC horse the electric
- battery, or buzzer, that jockeys
sneak under the saddle-when they
can get away with ito make horses
run faster. was introduced by a
dentist. The first time 1t was used,
1t drove q 100-to-1-shot home winner.
The jockey explained the new-fangled
contrivance to the stewards, who
scratched their heads and then banned
it. Today use of the buzzer means
life suspension for the jockey.
Chances Chances against .
royal flush in draw poker are 649, 100
to l No one ever broke the bank
Of Monte Carlo, which once declared
q l,500 per cent dividend ). It's "ac-
cording to Hoyle" in poker. but Hoyle
died before poker was born. He was
an authority on whist Harky, q
4-year-old, took bookies for q SITS, 900
ride at Empire City in 1894.
Iron horse Goldsmith Maid was
the worlds most remarkable horse.
Claude was turf's greatest Marco Polo.
Goldsmith Maid runner, PAGER and
trotter, owned by Henry N. Smith
never raced until she was years old,
an age when normal thoroughbred
or trotter Is slowed to pathetic gait.
She stepped her fastest race when she
was 18 and was champ of them all
when retired at 20. She earned
$3e4, ZOO, died at % years, and was
buried In Fashion Stud Farm, Tren-
ton, N. J. Over her grave y . monu-
Evening star., 1936-09-07

Sports Program
For Local Fans

TODAY.
Base Ball.
Boston VS.. Washington. Grifith
Stadium, two games, 1880.
Tennis.
Finals, Army Navy Club wom-
ems Fall invitation tournament,
Arlington, Va.
WEDNESDAY.
Base Ball.
Washington at Detroit, Sis.
Boxing.
Olympic A. c. VS.. Richmond, Va,
amateurs, Duffy Stadium, Seat
Pleasant. Md, 8.
THURSDAY.
Base Ball.
Washington at Detroit, 3:15.
FRIDAY.
Base Ball.
Washington at Cleveland, Sis.
SATURDAY.
Base Ball.
Washington at Cleveland, 8.
Track
Interdepartmental meet, Cen.
trail High School Stadium, 2:30.
Evening star., 1936-09-07
BETHESDA IS LUCKY.

Despite the erratic fielding of his
mates, William Bort. granting but five
hits and tanning Is batsmen, hurled
Bethesda Post, American Legion, to a
6-5. thinning victory over the Wood
men of the World nine yesterday at
Anacostia.
Evening star., 1936-09-07
Official Scores

Runs batted in-Sington (2), Finney,
Mihalie go. Travis. Miles. Two-basc
Pnneys Stolen aV'S 6asesmexis hEesySase knhei
Stone, Miles. Double plays-Niemiec to
Newsome to Dean; Chapman to Miles
Travis to Mihalic to Kuhel; Mihalic to
dray1S deinb. to Kunel LETT on basesMphila,
balls--Of Whitehill, 4; on Gumpert, 5.
Struck out-By Whitehill. l. Hits-Of
in q innings. Losing pitcher-Gum-
pert. UmpIres-Messrs Ormsby, Basil
and MCGOWAN. Time-l:45,
Evening star., 1936-09-07
ColIegians Aggressive.

COACHES MATTY BELL and Leo
Outch) Meyer, who led Southern
Methodist and Texas Christian into
the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl last
New Year day, said their charges
would go through typical Southwest
aerial antics and make it an offensive
battle from the start"
Two years ago the Bears played the
collegians to q scoreless tie at Chi
cago. Last year they carried away q
SO victory.
Abe Mickal of Louisiana State Uni
versity will handle most of the col
legians' chucking chores, Coach Bell
said With him in the starting back
field will be John McCauley, Rice In
stitute, and Taldon Manton md Rex
Clark, Texas Christian.
Evening star., 1936-09-07
Harris Likes the Kid.

HARRIS thinks the Griffs picked
up q prize in Phebus, which is
something more than he's said OF
many rockies, including Fred Sington
and even Johnny Mihalic. sHe's
fast, for one thing" observed Bucky,
land he seems to know how to pitch.
It's a question now of the kid getting
better control.
II didn't take Phebus out Of the
game because I thought he was fin
ished for the day. On the contrary,
he probably would have finished as
strong as he started. They shouldn't
have made any runs off him and,
besides, even in his bad inning, he
struck out two OF the last three bat
ters. I only took him out because
we had two men on base and wanted
70 end the AS lead as quickly as
possible"
Regardless Of who was credited with
the game, Phebus or Weaver. the
whole day essentially was satisfac-
tory. In Phebus the Mats appear to
have . youngster who will help out
when the team goes West and in
chalking up the twin victories the
Griffs virtually are assured Of re-
manning in the second-place fight for
. few days at least.
Evening star., 1936-09-07
Burnett to Start for Pros.

DALE BURNETT, veteran back,
was listed as a starter. although
a cold kept him out of the final heavy
drill. In the backfield with him will
be Ed Danowski, Kink Richards and
Leland Shaffer. The linemen named
were Rose and Walt Singer. ends;
Bill Morgan and Len Grant, tackles;
John Dell Isola and either Bernie
Kaplan or Ewell Phillips, guards. ard
Mel Helm, center.
The All-Stars are expected to start
either Riley Smith Of Alabama or
Babe Levoir Of Minnesota at quarter
back, with Jay Berwanger, Chicago;
Joe Maniaci, Fordham, and Shendon
Beise, Minnesota, completing the
backfleld. In the line will be Wayne
Millner, Notre Dame, and Keith Top
ping, Stanford, ends; Dick Smith,
Minnesota. and Pete Lingua, Holy
Cross. tackles; Ed Michaels, Villanova,
and Jim Karcher, Ohio State, guards,
and Conner Jones, Ohio State, center.
Evening star., 1936-09-07
CO[LEG|ANSPLAN
AGGRESSIVE GAME
Coaches Say AII-Stars Will
Play Typical Southwest
Brand at Dallas.
BY the Associated Press.

~ ALIAS, Tex, September T.
The Centennial All Stars,
loaded with aerial trickery
- whispered to them by two
masters at the art, will try tonight
to score college foot balls first VIC
tory over PROFESSIONALISM this in
stance the Chicago Bears.
Sprinkled with all-America and Sec
tional stars, the collegians will de-
pend on passing wizardry and a
weather break in the Southwest's first
dream game" at the Texas Centen-
nial Exposition.
Evening star., 1936-09-07
Ferrell Il Versatile.

YVES FERRELL's pitching and hit
w ting and Jimmy Foxx's thirty
fourth homer brought in the opener
decision, and Lefty Groves four-hit
hurting job was good enough in the
nightcap.
The surging Washington Senators
moved into a tie for fourth place with
the Cleveland Indians by trouncing
the Athletics, who are earning their
"Apathetics" nickname easily, IL and
rs, with Earl Whitehill limiting the
Mackmen to six hits in the opener,
and the Mats pounding out IL hits for
the nightcap conquest.
For the second straight day the
Cubs were unable to get by the Pirates,
and, although outhitting the Bucs.
Is to 9, dropped a 5-4 game. The
Phillies came from way behind to
take the Dodgers, rs.
Evening star., 1936-09-07
Hopeful Of Newcomers.

P1xLEE, faced with many problems,
chief Of which Is the admittedly
impossible replacement of the great
Tuffy Leeman's, will waste no time
hustling his charges on the field for
intensive drills. The Colonial mentor
talks grimly Of the situation, but is
by no means overly pessimistic. He
recalls that better looking squads have
Topped and that greener groups have
far exceeded expectations after the
first six weeks.
Little is known Of the ability of
several Junior college transfers who
with less than a dozen 1885 frosh will
battle it out with the returning IL
letter winners for permanent assign
ments. Pixlee is hopeful, however,
that two or three of the newcomers
will become first-string performers.
Evening star., 1936-09-07
'POPP|NG@
OFF" ~'}i J tan::\: 49,
HubbeH Nearly Stayed in the Bushes.

the scene Of the 1928 Democratic
Convention it is conceivable that Hub.
bell still would be pitching in the
Texas League, wasting the greatest
hurting in base ball on minor league
club.
A Giant scout named Dick Kinsella
was delegate to the convention, and
when things became dull one after
noon he dropped into the ball park
to see Beaumont play Houston. Hub
bell pitched for Beaumont and was
good to so impress Kinsella that Carl
shortly afterward was in a Giant
uniform-a big-league pitcher from
the moment he reported to McGraw.
Lis Lives to Repent.
THERE have been so many story
book examples of ball players
being booted upstairs" this season,
but none with a twist quite like at
tached to the case of Horace Lisen-
Evening star., 1936-09-07
sBatted for Lisenbee in ninth inning.
tBatted for Phebus in nth inning.

TBatted TOT PhebuS IN NTH inning.
Philadelphia ----- 600 050 000|5
Washington - 112 012 00x-7
Chapman (2). Niemiec, Puccinelli (3).
Travis, Sington. Two-base hits-Chap-
man, Puccinelli. Three-base hit-Hill.
Stolen bases-Kuhel, Hill. Chapman. Dou-
BE plays~Niemiec to Newsome to Dean:
Blueee to Mihalic to Kuhel left on
bases-Philadelphia. Al; Washington; a.
3; on Lisenbee. 8; OF Phebus, a; on
weaver, /. Struck out-By Phebus, 8; by
Weaver. 1; by Bullock. L; BY Lisenbee, 2;
Flythe, in IL inning: Oh ,Lisenbee. s in
5as innings; OF Phebus lin 5 innings;
on weaver. Q in 4 innings. Wild pitch
Flythe winning pitcher-Weaver. Los.
ing pitcher-Lisenbee. Umpires-Messrs.
Basil. MCGOWAN and ormsby. Time