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Evening star., 1936-08-01
MYER APT TOQU|T
NATSF0R SEASON
Feels Rest Might Relieve
Stomach AiIment That
Now flinders Play.
BY STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.

by Slau correspondent OF me star.
~ ETROIT, August 1.-Charles
Buddy Myer, 1885 Ameri-
can league batting cham
- pion and field captain of
the Nationals, today announced that
he may quit baseball for the rest of
the year because of poor health.
Myer has been ailing all season.
Il won't make a final decision"
declared Buddy, until the team gets
home next week and get chance
to talk to Mr.. Griffith.
THE way I figure it now, how
ever, I may as we'll call it a year.
I haven't been feeling well enough
to play more than one or two games
in a row and that kind of playing
isn't going to help either the Wash
ington club or myself. I think have
several more seasons Of good play
ing ahead of me and I may as we'll
take no chances of sacrificing them"
Myer played the last two games of
the Cleveland series on Wednesday
and Thursday and it was thought
that he would be ready to resume
regular duty. When the Nationals
squared off yesterday against the Tig-
ers, however, Buddy was forced to
drop out, leaving Red Kress to fill
his post.
Buddy has been i'll since last Spring
and while he was playing regularly
in the early part of the campaign he
was never able to hit his stride.
Stomach trouble is blamed
II don't feel any worse now" he
said. "but after playing two or three
games I become dizzy and weak and
can't eat or sleep. There's no use
in going on like this"
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lack of All Trades, Etc.

COMETHING seems to be gnawing
~ at his innards and whirling in his
brain, for he isn't the same prospect
he looked in 1884 and 1885. In his
first season as full-aedged big
Lacquer, Travis walloped American
League pitching at .318 pace, despite
being "beaned" once by Thornton Lee
of Cleveland and playing with the
handicap of both legs in q Charley
horse" condition. The next year,
called by base ball folk the acid test
of a young player, he batted .319.
Surely, figured observers,
Washington had one truly up
and-coming batsman in base
ball. As recently as last Spring,
his teammates rated him on q
par with Batting Champion
Buddy Myer as a hitter.
Now. in addition to foundering in
the outfield as Smead Jolley and Earl
Webb never f1oundered, Travis is not
even hitting. True, his average is
300, but only recently did he climb to
this figure, and as yet he has not re-
sembled the hitter of yore.
This observation may be purely
worthless, but if this department were
in the shoes of Messrs. Griffith or
Harris, the youngster would be taken
aside. assigned to one position and
told that it is his post for keeps. Right
now Travis is jack Of all trades. How
can he be master of one?
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Japan JUb|LANT
AS OLYMPIC HOST
Award of 1910 Games Seen
as WorId-FriendIy Move
Toward Nippon.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOKIO, August 1.-The award
Of the 1910 Summer Olympic
games to Toxic was celebrated
u in Japan today as inspiring
international success and hailed as
the first major gesture of world friend
ship toward Japan since the begin
ming Of the diplomatic isolation grow
ing out of the Manchurian conquest
in 1881.
The morning vernacular newspapers
devoted their entire front pages to
Berlin dispatches about Japan's vic
tory.
Premier Hoki Hirota stated, "I am
most delighted at the choice Of Toxic,
which undoubtedly is partly due to
other nations arriving at better un-
derstanding of Japan and the jap
aneSe people"
Stadium to Seat 10000.
THE empire must strive its utmost
to make the 1910 games an out
standing success" Hirota added. 1T
will be a significant occasion for
Japan. The year 1910 will be the
2,600th anniversary of the foundation
of the empire. It will be an excellent
opportunity to show the world the
best points and national character
istics of our people.
The municipality of Toxic an
nounced work will start shortly on an
athletic plant costing 100000 yen
(about So ,0OO. .000), including stadium
seating 10000 and other facilities on
a similar scale.
At sunrise Olympic emblems were
hoisted side by side with the national
flag above hundreds of municipal
buildings and schools. officials of the
municipality and the ministry of edu-
cation, which directs national sports,
remained up all night awaiting news
from Berlin, which was greeted with
"banzais" and toests.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
A. A. U. Must Act First.

THE flock of record-breaking per-
formances by American stars in
the Olympic tryouts were not placed
before the federation, as they have
not yet been acted on by the Amateur
Athletic Union of the United States.
Thus Don Lash's 2 miles in 1888,
Forrest Towns 14.1 for the 110-meter
hurdles, Glenn Morris Decathlon rec
ord of 1900 points, George Varoffs
pole vault of IA feet inches and
the high jumps of 6 feet 934 inches
by Cornelius johnson and Dave AL
britton cannot be accepted interna-
tionally for two more years.
Several other marks by Owens
were not acted on or not placed be-
fore the committee, although his 20.3
seconds for the 220-yard dash is ex-
pected to come up for approval at
the next committee meeting.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
TEN WORLD TRACK
MARKS APPROVED
Yanks' Recent Records
Must Await Next Meeting
of international Body.
Py the Associated Press,

~ ERLIN, August 1.-The Olympic
* track and field stars of SO
nations will have 10 new world
records to aim at when COM
petition begins tomorrow.
The International Amateur Athletic
Federation Record Committee, headed
by Avery Brundage of Chicago, ac-
cepted yesterday 10 record-smashing
feats of the last 2 years, including
one mark by an American-Jesse
Owens broad jump Of 26 feet 81
inches.
Three more feats by Americans were
accepted among five record-equaling
performances.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Records Well Distributed.

N MS4N1 tilC WOl ~ lcCOfUS dpUIONeQ
were: Discus throw, 174 feet
Is inches. Will Schroeder, Germany,
1885; javelin, 251 feet inches, Matti
Jarvinen, Finland, 1885: 2O,O0O-meter
run, 1:04:02. Juan Carlos Zabala,
Argentina, 1885; 800 yards, 80 sec
onds, Josef Kovacs, Hungary, 1885;
Is miles, 2:26:108, Michael Faneli,
Italy, 1884; two-hour run, 34,435
meters, Jose Ribas, Argentina, 1885;
15,000-meter walk, 1:09:04.8, Arthur
Schwab, Switzerland.
Hop, step and jump, 81 feet 9as
inches, John Patrick Metcalfe, Aus
tralia, 1885; shot-put (both hands
aggregated, 96 feet 73z inches, Josef
Darnys, Hungary. 1885.
The record-equaling feats by Amer
ican accepted were: 100-meter, 1913
seconds, by Ralph Metcalfe, Mil
waukee, and Eulace Peacock, Asbury
Park, N. j., and 11-meter high hur-
dies, 14.2 seconds, by Alvin Moreau,
Opelousas, La.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
PLAY DECIDING GAME.

The Randall and Garvin Real
Estaters will play the Aces tomorrow
on the South Ellipse at l o'clock for
the first half title in the midget class
Of the Columbian League.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Trivia.
Trivia.
THE 1896 base ball schedule. callin,

THE 1896 base ball schedule, calling
for more and shorter series, has
not been popular to date with major
league club owners Several have
been heard to comment that cost of
running a ball club has been boosted
approximately $4,000 per year be-
cause of the teams travelling some
thing like 1000 extra miles during the
season But it sounds like false
economy, judging by the attendances
in all cities this season.
When the 1886 turnstile fig
ure1 are t0taled At the end Of
Evening star., 1936-08-01
G.. P. O. FEDS AHEAD.

With Shortstop Lisensky getting
three for three to head the attack,
G. p. o. Federals smacked Federal
Communications, ga, il the Federal
A. A. League.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
EASY FOR SLEUTHS.

Bureau Of Investigation hung an
1l-4 sinner on the Police team in the
U. s. Government Lea que. although
outfit by II to 8. Morris hit homer
for the Sleuths.
Evening star., 1936-08-01

plays on this western tour, MAJOR
ity of observers are sure that Travis
is not an outflelder.
Well he cannot pitch, nor can
he catch. What, then, is he?
Obviously Griffith and Harris
do not know, or else steps would
have been taken to straighten
the kid out.
And it is plain that Travis him.
self does not know. He came up to the
majors as a regular at 10 years of
age and was thrust into the lineup
of a championship ball club in 1884.
The team cracked up that year, fin
ished in seventh place and all and
sundry we're criticized. Travis was not
excepted and certainly the abuse did
not help him to square away.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Go Dozen Titles High Seen Beyond Mats
ON HILL
SEVERE HANDICAP
Only One Game Is Won by
Harris Top Mound Trio
in Current Slump.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.


~ ETROIT, August How
much hope and ambition Is
left in the Washington base
- ball club today is difficult to
measure, but if the Nationals still
think they can finish second-as they
did once upon time-it would seem
that now is the time for sand to be
thrown on the creased shute.
The lSt Of August dawned today,
heralding less than two months Of
play remaining in the major league
pennant chases. 1t also found the
Nationals in possession of a six-game
losing streak and as far removed from
winning ball club, in appearance,
as the Browns.
Kicked around in a complete series
by the Indians, Washingtons tall
spinning Mats dropped the opener to
the Tigers yesterday, to 2. A defeat
by st. Louis, preceding the disastrous
Cleveland series. was the other set
back to produce a total of six.
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Evening star., 1936-08-01
POPPING 3<z
orr" %}1 Jton:!S, 7e,z>s sEaB

~ ETROIT, August lin case
anybody still is interested in
the aches and cares of the
0 Washington base ball firm,
the biggest Of all individual problems
concerns Cecil Travis, a 22-year old
Georgia farm boy who has spent two
seasons convincing diamond folk he
was destined to go down among the
stars and three and one-half months
of the current campaign tearing him.
self down.
Verify. the youngster is Clark Grif-
fith's prize problem child. He isn't a
third oaseman, say base ball people
who ought to know. AS shortstop,
Bucky Harris isn't satisfied with him.
Now. thrown under the all-illumin-
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Polo Dates Announced.

A MoNG the other favorites Mario
Lanl of Italy was drawn in the
fifth heat and Wladyslaw Kucharski
Of Poland in the sixth.
Meanwhile arrangements went
forward for the polo competition,
with the following pairings decided
upon: August 3, Mexico VS.. Great
Britain; August 4, Germany VS.. Hun
gary; August S, Mexico VS.. Argentina;
August Z. Argentina vs.. Great Britain.
The playoff for the title, if one is
necessary, will be held August 8.
Brazil was compelled to withdraw
its swimming, rowing and track and
field squads as her rival teams, spon-
sored by different factions, failed to
settle their differences. This left
Brazil represented in only nine events.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
poca Rail

TODAY.
Base Ball.
Washington at Detroit, 8.
Tennis.
Semi finals, Middle Atlantic
doubles tournament, Army Navy
Country Club.
Middle Atlantic singles tourna-
ment, Edgemoor Club.
Women's League championships,
Rock Creek courts.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
THE Chicago Cubs salvaged some

thing from their three-game series
with the rushing Giants by winning
the finale, 81. Larry French, the first
Cub hurler able to stop the New York
ers in the series, turned in four-hit
job.
The Cardinals remained just one
game off the National League pace, by
making it three straight over the
Dodgers. Dizzy Dean won his own ball
game by singing in the winning runs
in the tenth inning.
The Phillies and Reds split dou-
ble-header, Peaches Davis pitching
six-hit, 1872 win for the Westerners
in the opener, and Dolph Camilli's
homer leading the way to a 7-2 Phil
triumph in the nightcap.
Wally Berger hit two homers for the
Boston Bees, but the Pirates pecked
away at pair of pitchers for 1915
decision.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Official Score
Totals --37 8 13 27 8
Batted for NeWsom in 9th.

.Batted for Newsom in 9th.
Wsshinston Ts,Tnif 99d 99d ga o9d 399-s 500
Runs .batted in--ovsn 90 Goslin.
hits%Lewis l2). Walker l2!. .Gehringer.
Hayworth. Home run-Kuhel: Double
on bases-Detroit, 4; Washington. z. Bases
on balls--of E-idges. q: Of New.om, &.
Struck out-By Bridges, by Newsom
sill. Time-2:oo.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Lash's Chance Dubious.

WITH Jack Torrance off form, the
wv United States appears outclassed
in the shotput for the first time, but
the Negroes Cornelius johnson and
Dave Albritton are favored to finish
one-two in the high jump.
Indiana Don Lash's chances in the
10000 meters are problematical against
q trio of Finnish runners. Most
coaches think he has better oppor-
tunity in the 5000, despite the likeli-
hood he will meet Jack Lovelock, the
New Zealand star, as we'll as the new
Finnish sensation, Gunnar Hoeckert,
In the shorter race
Owens, who opens a four-day pro-
gram with first and second trials in
the 100-meter dash tomorrow, is
favored to capture both dashes and
the broad jump, setting records in at
least two of them.
Ryutoku Yoshioka Of Japan, Paul
Haenni Of Switzerland and Tinus
Osendarp Of Holland are considered
his foremost opponents outside of his
own teammates.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Second Place Chances Slim.

RACK to Washington's second place
chances, such as they are, we find
the Griffs still riding seven and ore
half games back of the present run.
ners-up. Cleveland's Indians. In !os-
ing to the Yanks yesterday, the Tribe
played its Tooth game, leaving only
54 to go.
Some idea Of what ground the Griffs
must make up. if they still hope %
grab their biggest hunk of dough,
may be gained by figuring this way.
II Cleveland plays only at a 500 clip
for the rest of the season, it will finish
with "a victories, as against 20 defeats.
This sort of record by the Indi.
ans. OF course, is not probable. They
undoubtedly will maintain a clip at
better than 500 pace, but it serves
to show, in figuring this way, what
Washington must do. Now three full
games out of even fourth place, the
GriftS must win SO of their remaining
55 games to beat out the Tribe i
the latter plays only 500 ball.
Not even a burst of civic pride can
concede the Nationals a chance 70
travel at this clip. Thirty-six victories
in SIS games means that only 19 tits
can be lost and, if this were achieved,
it would mean that a .655 pace must
be maintained. This is a clip that
Washington's baseball firm, as it now
stands, is incapable Of playing.
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Add Trivia.

CPIKE BRIGGS, son of Owner Walter
Briggs Of the Tigers, has been
named assistant secretary and treas
urer of the Detroit club and official 60
between with newspaper men q.
big league clubs are coming around
to press agents. the Cincinnati Reds
having started the fad the Reds
as well as the Cubs also put out a
weekly tabloid paper telling Of the
(See POPPING OFF, Page IL
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Hurdle Sweep in Prospect.

A MERICANS are selected to sweep
both hurdles events in record
breaking style, led by the Southern
flyers, Forrest (Spec) Towns and
Glenn Hardin, both of whom appar-
emily are in fine form Opposition
for Hardin in the low hurdles is
scarce.
The challengers for Towns over the
high sticks are confined to Erik Lid
man Of Sweden, who did 14.4 recently,
and Don Finlay of Great Britain. The
pole vault, discus and 1,500-meter rec
ords are others expected to be top
pied if competitive conditions are
favorable
The Japanese pair of Suyeo Dye
and Shuhei Nishida are picked to
push the favored American vaulting
trio Of William N. Graber, Earle
Meadows and William H. Seton, all
University of Southern California
products.
John Woodruff of Pittsburgh, who
gets his first test in the 300 meters
tomorrow, is rated the choice over an
uncertain European crop.
Gordon (Slinger) Dunn, Kenneth
Carpenter and Henry Dreyer are
conceded excellent chances of win
ming the discus and hammer throws,
on the basis of their practice form,
over strong opposition.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
First String Pitchers Flop.

First String Pitchers Flop.
THE fact that Buck Newsom was
the losing pitcher yesterday in
the Tiger opener brings to light an
interesting, if disheartening, review Of
what Washington's so-called big
three" Of pitching has been doing.
When Newsom dropped the decision
it marked his fourth straight defeat.
He hasn't won game since July IA,
when he beat the Browns. His rec
ord Che aspired to win Is games,
y'know) is IL wins as against IL
losses.
Jimmie De Shong, Washingtons
other star right has won
only one Of his last three games and
he was lucky that he was not charged
with more defeats, for Jimmy was
knocked out of the box in two other
starts and was not charged with the
losses.
Earl Whitehill, the other regular
starter this season, has dropped his
last three starts and, thus, it will be
found that when the feats of this
flrst-string trio are summed up,
Washington's best" pitchers have
won only a single game during the
recent slump while dropping no less
than nine decisions. 1t is little won-
der that. in the space of less than
one month, the club has dropped from
second place to poor sixth. Nor
is it any flattering commentary to
note that the single victory of any
of these three hurlers was achieved
over the Browns.
Tigers Score ROut in Opener.
THE Griffs never figured important
ly in yesterdays opener against
the Tigers. From the outset, the De-
troits took the lead and never we're
headed. While the champions were
pounding NewSom for l3 hits and
capitalizing on three costly errors,
the Mats we're able to make only
eight scattered hits off Tommy
Bridges, who registered his thirteenth
victory of the season.
A double by Gehringer and a single
by Goslin gave Detroit a 10 lead in
the first inning and in the second a
single by Rogell and doubles by Hay
worth and Walker accounted for two
more runs.
Washington threatened to get into
the game in the third inning when
Chapman walked and scored on Bud
dy Lewis double. but the Mats we're
not able to follow up. In the fifth
inning four Detroit hits plus errors
by Johnny Stone and Ben Chapman
helped in the manufacture of two
more runs and ST. lead.
Joe Kuhel hit a home run to open
the sixth frame but Bridges tightened
up and the Tigers clinched the affair
in the seventh when they put to-
gether three hits and used another
error by Chapman to score their final
trio of runs.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
Up Against 1t in Marathon.

Glenn MORRIS Of Fort Collins,
Colo, rapidly is recovering his
form and appears to be the class of
the decathlon field. Both relays are
figured in the American point column,
despite a strong British challenge in
the 1,600-meter event.
The Americans chances appear re-
mote against the defending champion,
Juan Carlos Zabala of Argentina, and
the Japanese runners in the classic
marathon, despite Tarzan Browns
confidence and the hopefulness of Bill
Mcmahon, who won the last marathon
run before the Olympics. The Wash
1ngton Star contest of May 80, and
Johnny Kelley, who finished second.
Harold Manning hopes to break
the Finnish monopoly in the steeple-
chase. The Kansan is conceded
good chance.
Great Britain's twin hopes are STAN
ley Wooderson in the 1,500 and Cor
don Brown in the 400-meter. Brown
Is the coaches choice to upset the
American trio led by Archie Williams.
Glenn Cunningham and Archie San
Romani will be in the fastest 1900
meter company in Olympic history,
but are granted fighting chances to
match their finishing kicks with
Wooderson, Lovelock and Beccali in
race that may prove the biggest
thriller since 1912.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
DRAWINGS MADE
FOR BERLIN RUNS
Twelve Heats in 100, Six
in 800 Meters on Tap
for Tomorrow.
Ey the Associated Press.


IN ERLIN, August 1-Contrary to
- previous intentions, the Inter-
national Amateur Athletic
~ Federation today announced
the draw for preliminaries in the
Olympic 100-meter dash and 800
meter run. Sixty-eight sprinters were
drawn in IL heats with all the favor
ties well seeded.
The chief American hope, Jesse
Owens, Ohio State Negro, was drawn
in the last heat, bracketed with Sasaki
of Japan; Almeida, Brazil; Caesar,
Malta, and Devrint, Belgium.
Ralph Metcalfe. Marquette Universi-
ty Negro, was drawn in the seventh
heat along with Sir, the Hungarian
star; Guzman of the Philippines, Gui-
tierre of Mexico and two others. Frank
Wykoff, Los Angeles veteran, was
placed in the ninth heat, with Fon-
devilla of Argentina, Sweeney of Great
Britain and three Europeans.
Evening star., 1936-08-01

the season and compared to the
1885 records IL is doubtful il
club owners will squawk so
loudly.
Detroit still Is rated the best base
ball city in the American League by
Edward B. Eynon, jr,, secretary OF
the Washington club Ed should
know, inasmuch as he handles the
gate receipts, and bearing it out yes
terday was a Ladies Gay crowd of
10000 With several hundred of
the fair "deadheads' showing for a
place in front of the Tigers dugout
after the game. waiting for the bat
tered Bengals to emerge after dress
ing.
1t was mildly mindful Of thou
sands who did the same thing
last October. chanting 1--WE want
Goose!" after Goslin had won
Detroit's first world series cham
pionship from the Cubs.
Evening star., 1936-08-01

THE first two in each heat Sunday
morning will qualify for the quar-
ter-fnals Sunday afternoon.
The foreign favorites, including
Ryutoku Yoshioka of Japan, Howie
MacPhee of Canada, Tinus Osendarp
and Christian Berger of Holland, all
were given soft berths in the first
trials. Salcedo of the Philippines was
drawn in the third heat.
Six heats of nine men each were
drawn in the 800 meters, with the
first four to qualify for the semi
finals Monday afternoon.
Chuck Hornbostel, bespectacled Hoo
sier, was drawn in the first heat;
Harry Williamson of North Carolina
in the second. along with Teileri of
Finland, and John Woodruff, sensa-
tional Pitt Negro freshman, in the
fourth. Woodruff drew the toughest
opposition, for in his heat will be
Erik Ny of Sweden, DR.. Paul Martin,
Swiss veteran; Gerald Backhouse,
Australian dark horse" and Szabo
of Hungary.
Evening star., 1936-08-01
WESTERN.

Waterloo. s.; Sioux City. 8.
Davenport. g.; Des Moines. 3.
Omaha. 4; Cedar Rapids, s.