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Evening star., 1936-06-06
WhitehilI Pitches 6-2 Win.

RLUEGE, it was. who started two
~ run rally in the third inning yes
terday to break IL tie that was
created in the first inning. With two
out, OSs singled for the first Of four
consecutive Washington hits to boost
the count to 81.
The Tigers drew closer in the fifth
frame by scoring a run to make it 80
but Bluege, in the seventh inning, saw
to it that Earl Whitehill, who hurled
the Nationals to victory, was given 2
healthier lead to work on in the late
going. After Whitehill had doubled
and moved up notch on Jake Pow
ellis infleld single, the veteran socked
his third safety of the game to score
two more runs and clinch the verdict
for the Washingtons.
Whitehill shared honors with Bluege
when he limited the Bengals to eight
scattered hits, easily outpitching
Clarence (ReO Phillips, young De-
troit right handler. 1t was, perhaps,
Whitehill'S most impressive perform
ance Of the season and an effort that
spoke we'll for the Nationals future.
AS result of the triumph, Washing
ton again slipped into a fourth-place
tie with Detroit and. while Cleveland
was losing once again, the Nationals
also drew up to within half game of
the third hole.
Evening star., 1936-06-06

former light-heavyweight cham
pion of Europe, now a movie star,
called on Max wednesday. =. {.
Anna Ondre, Max's wife, was Bris-
sons leading lady during the Lon
don run of Wonder Bar" E. 1t
used to cost Schmeling $14 per
week to get shaved. 1t was
necessary for a barber to come all
the way from Ellenville daily and
he charged Max two bucks per
trip. Now the barber has in
stalled a shop of his own in the
camp. John Leon, the handy
man. says 1t is completely ac-
quilted" :. There were two for.
eign correspondents In camp Wed.
nesday and the telegraphers nearly
went crazy. .. One had TO trans
Evening star., 1936-06-06
Stars Yesterday
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Earl whitehill, Senators-Gave
up eight hits as Senator'S downed
the Detroit Tigers, 60.
Lefty Gomez and Lou. Gehrig.
Yanks-Former held Indians to five
hits and Lou drove in two runs,
with homer and long hy in 4-3
victory over Indians
Bill Lee, Cubs-Pitched six-hit
ball to beat Dodgers, 1913.
Jimmy Foxx, Red Sox-Drove in
two runs, with single, with bases
loaded in 8-6 win over White Sox.
Dizzy Dean, Cardinals - Won
tenth game of season, limiting
Giants to nine hits for go tri-
umph.
Gene Moore, Bees-His homer,
with man on base, started Boston
on way to 10-4 win over Reds.
Arky Vaughan, Pirates - Had
four hits, batting in three runs in
14-S victory over Phillies.
Evening star., 1936-06-06


NnI city got additional impetus
w to enter the City of Wash
ington tournament, start
ing Monday at the Edgemoor Club,
when it was announced that The
Star would support that division as
strongly as the mems by donating
a gold perpetual trophy, to be COM
peted for annually.
A small model of the prize award
will be given each Spring to the
champion, who will have proprietary
rights to The Star Cup for the year
following her victory.
Prizes also will be given to the
doubles and mixed doubles champions
Of the two tournaments, which will
be run simultaneously with the singles
events. 1t Is the first time In years
that mixed doubles events have been
held.
Contestants were urged to register
for the singles by 6 o'clock tonight
at the Tennis Shop, 1015 Fifteenth
street northwest. Entries also are be-
ing taken there over the phone by
Bill Shreve at National 5165. Doubles
and mixed doubles entries will not
be closed until Monday evening.
Play will continue throughout next
week, with competition in mixed dou-
bles being suspended over the week
end when the foremost male con-
testants go to Norfolk for the Hotch-
kiss Cup matches.
Tournaments for the junior and
boy players of the District also will
be sponsored by The Star, probably
starting Monday, June IS.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
Suhr's New Swing Gets Hits
Extending Elbows Helps Pirate Vet at Bat,
Throws Fans ''Off His Neck

Gus credits a slight change in his
swing and the different attitude Of
the fans with aiding his comeback.
He said:
1--WE been extending my elbows
a little farther when I take cut at
the ball. But my stance is un-
changed and I'm using the same
bat"
In 46 games the Pirate captain
has poled out SO hits, including ls
extra base drives, and driven in Al
runs. Last year he drove in 81
markers.
About the fans, he said:
Il guess frightened UP when the
boos greeted me so regularly last
year. Now I feel at ease and there
is no pressing"
Gus hopes to play In iS4 games
this season.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
By the Associated Press.

@ITTS B U R G H. June e.
- Silent, durable Gussie Suhr,
booed in almost every home
L game during the closing
weeks of 1885 and benched because
of his poor batting, is the toast Of
the town these days due to his SEN
sational comeback at plate and
afield.
The veteran Pittsburgh Pirate
first baseman is hitting at .349
clip, the highest in his career, and
handled his 558th errorless chance
yesterday.
He finished last season with a
.273 average and kept his National
League record for play in consecu-
tive games going only by playing
one inning In many games. It
stands at 674 now.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
Sports Mirror
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Today a year ago-Alvin Kruger
took first round lead in national
open at Oakmont. with II.
Three years ago-Babe Ruth hit
eleventh home run to take major
league lead.
Five years age-Southern Cali
fornia won N. c. A. A. track title
as Frank Wykoff ran century In
a.a.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
Home Lot Is Entirely Too Rough for Dodgers


has complete charge of Joe during
his training and when he Is in
the ring . Neither would think
of making an important decision
without the others OK. But
each has the last word in his partic-
ular field :. They get along fine
and so does Joe Joe's wife has
quit camp and returned to New
York to remain until after the
fight :. The Bomber, who former
ly had a dread of deep water, has
become an ardent fisherman
His handlers kidded him into it.
At Max Schmeling's camp:
Schmeling tells you how he'll beat
Louis In the current issue Of o
scent magazine. y. Karl Brisson,
Evening star., 1936-06-06
BY EDDIE BRIETZ.


n YEW YORK, June 6.-Believe
M it or not, but the Dodgers
were jolly well glad to get
a away from Ebbets Field
for two weeks reason: The poor
condition of the diamond {. . seems
they never think to give the
orchard a manicure ineiden-
tally, Casey Stengel predicts his
merry lads will come home from
the West in fifth place.
At Joe Louis camp: The Bomb
ers' two managers divide their
duties this way: Julian Black
engineers the financial deals and
attends to the business -. John
Roxborough, the Detroit lawyer,
Evening star., 1936-06-06

Odds and ends: Primo Camera
has entered a hospital to have his
paralyzed leg X-rayed Leroy
Hermann, who twriled 10-inning
no-hitter for Toronto, was knockd
from the box in his next two
starts. Joe Soresi, Primo Car
nera's manager, is blasting Com
missioner Bill Brown for saying
Camera will be barred in New
York. Carnera had already an
nounced he was through, Soresi
says.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
Homer Standings

Yesterdays homers Moore,
Bees, /; OFT, Giants, /; Gehrig,
Yanks, /; Kreevich, White Sox, /.
The leaders-Foxx, Red Sox, 13;
Trosky, Indians, IL; OFT, Giants,
10; Gehrig, Yanks, 8; J. Moore,
Phillies, 8; Dickey, Yanks, 9.
League totals-American, 218;
National, 205; total, 423.
Evening star., 1936-06-06

cane and declares foul balk." II a
pitcher foul balks" three times in
the same inning the umpire declares
the game forfeited to the other side
by a 9-to-0 count.
The batter, in taking his
position, calls for either a high
ball, a low ball, or a fair ball.
The umpire tells the pitchers and
after the first pitch the batter can
not change his choice
High means between the shoul-
ders and waist line. Low" means
between the waist and knees. Fair"
means anywhere between the shoul-
ders and the knees.
Until the batter has two strikes
on HIM, it's a strike whether he
swings at it or not if the pitcher
gets it over the plate at the right
level.
IL he swings at the third
good ball and misses, he's out.
If he lets it go by. the umpire
warns him by shouting, good ball" ;"
This means that the next good ball
will be his third strike if he doesn't
hit it, whether he swings or not.
Waiting out a pitcher is a long
wait. A base on balls requires nine
bad pitches instead of four, as in
present-day rules.
NOU wonder a bit, when you read
l. Brandt's release on rules of so
years ago. Among giggles you might
get are results of envisioning a cast
of present-day characters playing
1876 rules for all they're worth.
Can you imagine, for one
thing, Umpire Brick Ovens
sitting on a chair and waving
Bucky Harris out of the game
with his "dressy cane?" Or
George Moriarty throwing the
hooks into the Cubs from a
chair?
Can you visualize dynamic Mickey
Cochrane, in a tight ball game,
standing on his heels far back OF
home plate and waiting for a pitch
on the first or second bounce? Or
the kind of a base runner Gerald
Walker might be if he was in no
danger of being doubled up on foul
flies? Or how many games Buck
Newsom would lose through forfeit
because he forgot how he was to de-
liver his pitch?
Buck right now can't re-
member to throw consistently
his pitches directly overland,
as directed by Bucky Harris.
Can you imagine the home run
record Foxx might set if he could
call for the NewsomS, Rowes,
Bridgeses, ct al, to throw him GER
tain kind Of a ball at certain
place?
Can you ina well, you prob
ably could If you could manage to
drop into the Boston Bees field on
June "a. don't know what the
things going to prove, unless 1t Is
that neckties make a uniform neater,
but it seems to this department that
the National League has coupled an
anniversary program with a swell
stunt to make its customers-even
the Bees patrons-appreciate the way
their base ball is served today.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
Hmm Takes II EaSy.

TIE rules in 1876, as boiled dow
from Brandt's list, present sue
striking features as these:
In having 10 men on side.
right shortstop plays where
our second basemen usually
prowl and the second baseman
of 1876 plays on or near second
base.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
Renewal of Rivalry.

TWICE last year did these old foes
meet and twice did the match 20
the limit Of five sets. No less a strug-
gle is anticipated this afternoon with
handsome woolen sweaters going to
the victors.
Both teams advanced impreSsively
yesterday, Welsh and McElvenny
reaching the final round through de-
feating Garnett and his partner, Tom
Moorhead, Ga, 6-1, and Mitchell
and Markey conquering Hugh Trigg
and Hy Ritzenberg, 60, 6-4.
Most of the interest in the former
match was centered around the in
dividual competition of Welsh and
Garnett with Welsh showing no great
pleasure with the antics of Garnett's
fast 'un. The present king Of local
courts was standing well behind the
base line when the challenger was
burning 'em over and his returns. like
Mitchell's were little more than that.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
Official Score

Runs batted in-Goslin. Lelis. Travis.
lin. Three-base hit-Powell Stolen base
-Kuhel Double play-Kress to Bluege
to Kuhel Left on bases-Detroit: z;
Washington. Z. Bases OF balls-Oh White
hill l. Struck out-By Whitehin ..
Umpires-Messrs. GeiseI Hubbard and
Dinneen. Time of game-1:46.
Evening star., 1936-06-06

NIT 1000 words in German and
another 700 in French. The
happiest man on the grounds is the
concessionnaire. He has just
received his liquor license.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
SEEK SUNDAY sETT0.

A game for tomorrow is sought by
the American Legion Peewees who may
be booked at Bradley 81. The Little
Tavern nine especially is challenged.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
n~a2 nnlN

TODAY.
Base Ball.
Detroit VS.. Washington, Grifith
Stadium, 3.
Tennis.
City of Washington tournament,
championship doubles match, 3.
Evening star., 1936-06-06

GSd6uC, Lao JuoL IClCdoSO
A set of base ball rules which
the present generation of fans may
find a source of wonder They are
the regulations of base ball la 1875
and the reason for unearthing them
is the forthcoming occasion of the
National Leagse's sixtieth anniversary
This season, in each Nationa
League park, games of base ball a:
played according to 1876 rules vii
be perpetrated as part of an anniver-
sary program. The first of thest
games will be held in Boston or
June "a.
Those National League pa
irons, unless they know their
base ball from way back. will
find any number of surprises in
store.
Who. for instance, would
have believed that it took nine
balls to draw a walk to first
base?
Who would have believed that g
batter once received two chances tc
look over a third strike before being
called out? Who would have believed
that 10 men played to side and
that the umpire sat in chair near
but not behind. home plate?
Evening star., 1936-06-06
WANT MORNING GAME.

A morning game tomorrow is sought
by the Rock Greek Juniors. Call
Metropolitan s056.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
Some Gehrig Feats.

THE nicknames Iron horse" and
L 'indestructible, with which
Gehrig has been dubbed during his
career. were not applied without reason.
Broken bones apparently have meant
next to nothing to him, for he has
split just about every finger on both
hands, has fractured the toe of his
right foot, and even had an operation
on his left elbow for removal of a
Clipped bone. Yet, like old man river
he goes on and on.
He was hit on the head by pitched
balls three times. He tore a muscle in
his right leg and wrenched his right
shoulder Lumbago, which has threat
ened his unbroken string often, had
him hanging on the ropes to such an
extent a couple of years ago that he
could only play one inning and then
had to retire.
In addition to his endurance mark,
Gehrig has compiled other never
before -equalled performances that
stamp him as among the greatest the
game ever has seen. His four homers
in one game is down in the record
books as tops. So are his II four
baggers with the bases loaded-more
than any other player. He has been
the choice as American League most
valuable player three times, and not
even his old teammate, Babe Ruth, had
that distinction.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
How Lou Celebrated.

OU celebrated game No. 100 yes
- terday with a homer inside the
park and long fly that drove in an
other run, just about to hand the
Yanks a 4-3 victory over the Cleveland
Indians. 1t was a sorely-needed win,
since the second-place Boston Red
Sox stretched their streak to four
straight by betting the Chicago White
Sox s-6, and stayed two and a half
games back.
The Washington Senators. mean
time, went into tie for fourth place
with Detroit by downing the world
champion Tigers 60, while the Ath-
letics and St. Louis were idle.
In the National League, Dizzy Dean
won his tenth game-the first big
league pitcher of the year to turn the
trick-as the Cardinals walloped the
New York Giants, 90, thereby in
creasing their league lead to four full
games.
The slugging Pittsburgh Pirates, a
threat in third place, pounded out %
hits and a 1913 triumph over the
Phillies. The Chicago Cubs also came
up with a lop-sided edge, 1913. over
the Brooklyn Dodgers. and the Boston
Bees returned to fifth place by a 1914
win over the Cincinnati Reds.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
.1,7OOTH TILT IN ROW
SEES GEHR|G STAR
"Iron Mans" Homer Beats
Indians to Maintain New
York's Top Margin.
BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

TO LOU GEHRIG-"Iron Horse
Lou" the indestructible in
fielder-a mere matter Of play
l. ing in 1.700 straight games
without a break, eclipsing anything in
the record books, ancient or modern.
requires no exceptional base ball
ability.
The New York Yankees glutton-for-
punishment first sacker, who starts on
his second l,700 today, says it's lust
luck"-nothing else-this all-time
mark Of his, which goes on and on,
daily.
But, considering that the man has
been in there, getting his daily raps in
spite of broken bones, ripped muscles.
lumbago and any number Of other
physical beatings through II years,
there's no denying Lou has plenty on
the ball besides rabbits foot.
He sets a record every day he shows
up on the Job He erased the old en-
durance mark three years ago and
since then has been making q new
one daily.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
Duplicates Effort Against Browns.


Nov it's Bluege who appears on
the scene to add weight to Crit
fith's claim to the best reserve
strength in the American League, if
not all base ball.
Ossie was showed into the lineup
last Thursday, when Myer reported
too ill to play in the final game
against the Browns. And the ageing
Ossie responded to the extent of
making three of Washington's 10 hits
OFF Elon Hogsett and driving across
one of the Nationals two runs.
Yesterday, as the Griffs opened a
series with the world champion Ti-
gers by gaining a 6-to-2 victory,
Bluege again played the star role.
Duplicating his performance of the
day before, he raped out three hits
in four trips to the plate, scored two
runs and batted across another tally.
Evening star., 1936-06-06

There is only one umpire, who sits
on a chair near, but not behind,
home plate He never goes out into
the diamond to make decision but
calls them as he sees them from
where he sits, using his dressy cane
like a generals sword when he gives
a command or waves a man out.
The catcher wears no mask, chest
protector or shinguards, and not
even a glove. AS an 1876 catcher
he stands far enough back of the
plate to catch the ball on the bounce
On strikeOuts he must catch
1t either on the fly or on the
first bounce. Otherwise, he
must throw to first base before
the batter Is legally out.
A batter who hits foul fly and
sees it strike the ground is not neces-
sarily out. If fielder catches a
foul on the first bounce the batter
is out. When this happens a base
runner can return to his base with
out being doubled up by throw.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
Batters Call for Specialties.

THE pitchers box is, in reality, a
box" 1t is square marked
out by four white lines, each 6 feet
long, with the front line As feet
from the home plate. The pitcher
must stay inside the box but he can
take a couple of steps as he delivers
the ball.
The ball, however. must be pitched
underhand. If he throws overland
or sidearm, the umpire waves his
Evening star., 1936-06-06
Minor Leagues
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

International.
Baltimore. 5; Montreal, 1.
Buffalo. ): Albany. >.
Rochester. IL; Newark. :.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
TILT WITH WELSH
EAGERLY AWAITED
High Spot of Stars City
Meet TomorroW-DoubIes
Final on Today
BY BILL DISMER, JR.

ties of a 20-year old racketer,
whose progress in the past
u week has set a new high In
District tennis annals, are expected
to mark the closing round of the
mems singles in the City of Washing
ton tournament on the Edgemoor
courts tomorrow.
Yelverton (BilD Garnett, whose
sensational racketing has all the
towns tennis bugs buzzing, stands on
the threshold Of feat unprecedented
in local net history-that of winning
championship in the first major
local tournament he ever entered and
the right to keep The Stars Gold
Challenge Cup for the next IL months.
The punch today in the tourney
sponsored by The Star was to come
from doubles matches in which the
f1nal was to be started at 3 80 O'Clock.
1t matters little that Garnetts final
opponent will be Barney Welsh, long
the net king Of the Nations Capital,
for based on his complete rout OF
Dooly Mitchell. champion of the tour.
nament since 1881, the odds on to-
morrow's classic figure to be 3-2, and
take your pick. And the fans are on
edge.
Mitchell Well Drubbed.
HAVING marched over three high
ly-rated opponents like a Frank
enstein over mere humans, Garnett
climaxed his preliminary matches
yesterday by giving Mitchell one Of
the worst beatings the perennial IA
vorite of local courts ever took. The
straight set scores of Ga, 60 only
half tell the story, for in that second
set Mitchell was able to score more
than 80 in but one game. In Ave
Of the six games, Garnett's bullet-like
service and return held his victim to
two earned points. -
His speed, the most dazzling at
which local net enthusiasts have mar
veled for years, will make him an even
choice to upset Welsh, a pre-match
situation in which the Rockville RAM
bier has not been found locally, since
capturing his first Washington cham
pionship.
Pressed to the limit to defeat Hugh
Lynch yesterday, 1913. 3-6. SO
after being forced to three sets by
Tom Markey the previous day, Barney
will find the going tough to uphold
the honor Of the old Guard" against
the young prep school graduate whose
play will cause a radical revision of
the rankings for future tournaments,
Welsh Wins as Lynch Tires.
YNCH had a great chance to trim
Welsh, taking leads of al, SIS
and rs in the first, an overtime set,
before losing. He evened the match
at 6-3, but tired rapidly in the third
setto, losing the first four games be-
fore winning his service in the fifth.
Shorn Of his singles crown. Mitchell
still faced chance to retain half Of
the tournaments championships TODAY
when he and his partner. Tom Mar
key, sought to defend their doubles
title.
This morning Mitchell and Markey
were to play Nate and Allie Ritzen-
berg, junior doubles champs of the
city, in a semi-final match. the win.
nerS to meet Welsh and Ralph McEl-
venny.
Should the teams of Mitchell
Markey and Welsh-McElvenny clash
this afternoon, as expected, local fans
would witness a renewal Of what is
fast growing to be traditional sensa-
tion-a Slambang battle between two
high-poWered teams
Evening star., 1936-06-06

Western.
Waterloo. ); Omaha. 3.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
Flock of Opportunists.

EIRST it was Johnny Stone who
= stepped into few pinch-hitting
breaches and enabled the Griffmen
to pull a few games out of the fire.
Then, when Stone was promoted to
the status of regular, Jesse Hill had
1t in him to duplicate Stones stunts.
Next it was Red Kress, who first
acted as substitute when Myer was
taken lii previously. Kress delivered
in such convincing fashion that Har-
ris had no alternative but to find a
place for him in the lineup, even if
it involved the shifting of Cecil
Travis from shortstop to the outfield.
The fact that Travis had been going
nicely at short only served to empha-
size the showing that Kress made.
Walter Miles, a young catcher who
was rescued from Brooklyn, was the
next TO uphold the standard of the
Washington utility squadron. When
Tony Piet of the White Sox collided
with Catcher Cliff Bolton and put
him on the shelf for couple of
weeks, Miles stepped into Bottoms
place and did bang-up job. He was
a positive sensation at bat and Bolton
was missed not at all. valuable as
Cliff had become to the washington
club.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
League Statistics

NJ 81 6I 2I 6I 81 6I 4i32l15I.6s11 -
Bos! 81 q q 81 n q 3I3O1sL625 2k
Gle! o. 81 a 81 81 2L 7l24I21I .533I
Detl q L 81! a g. 81 2L25L23L521I 7h
WnL q s. q 81 OL n 6I2523I.521l "a
Chi 4 o. u 3 81 81 7l21I23l.477T 9h
Phil 81 b Il q II IL 3I14I29I.32516
stLL Il Il q 81 II 1L 2L-I1332I. .2s9I1s
Evening star., 1936-06-06
STAR NET TROPHY
PR|ZEFOR WOMEN
Award Will Go to Winner of
City Tennis Tourney
Starting Monday

w YOMEN tennis PLAYERS of the
W. city got additional impetus
w to enter the City of Wash
ipCt0n toiIrp rnept START
Evening star., 1936-06-06

Piedmont.
Richmond, 3: Durham. O.
Rocky Mount. 10; Norfolk. 5.
Portsmouth. 5; Asheville, 0.
New York-Pennsylvania.
York. IS; HaZleton, 3.
Allentown. g. Williamsport. z.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
W. L. Pet. W. L. Pet.
Hazleton % II .564 W'msport 1p 19 300
Bingh't'n 81 1s .53s Allent'wn 20 22 47o
Emira-- 81 10 .525 York 13 rs .5l7
South Atlantic.
SAsksonvills. .: Augusta !.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
Southern Association.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Texas.

San Antonio. 5: Galveston, 1.
Dallas. /: Tulsa. q.
Oklahoma City. 90: Fort Worth. Z.
Beaumont, 3; Houston, /.