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Evening star., 1937-07-15
Mothe,uson's Strategy Would
Make Dea, Greatest Pitcher
Of Au Time, Declares Cobb

The Peach. so remarkable on The Of
fensive he had rival teams playing 1y
Cobb instead of the Detroit Tigers,
rates Dean as the most valuable
moundsman in the game today. He'd
prefer the st. Louis Cardinal star on
his staff to either Carl Hubbell of the
Giants or Lefty" Gomez of the
Yankees.
Cobb. retired to farm at Ather-
ton, follows base ball closely and is
well acquainted with Deans eccen-
tricities. He thinks the best way to
get the most out Of the big right
handler is to kid him along"
Like Spirited Horse.
D1z is like a high-spirited thor
oughbred horse. You can't
browbeat that kind" Cobb observed.
If he was pitching under me, I'd put
him on bonus contract-the more
games he won the more extra money
he got. think he can be talked into
greater performances. In my opinion
his true value hasn't been developed. :"
The bean ball problem, Cobb thinks
could be solved by adopting a rule
compelling all players to wear a cap
padded with crepe rubber lining
The rule, he says. would have to be
enforced strictly. Otherwise a play
er in slump would use the cap as
an alibi and throw it away. We tried
out the idea in my time and that's
what happened
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Louis-Scllmeling Fight This Year Is Improbable


wouldn't think Of standing in the
way Of another British boxer
(Farr) getting shot at the title.
-. In return for this sports
manship, Jacobs guaranteed Louis
would go to London in September
to fight either Harvey or Doyle
under the Evlin banner. So
Herr Schmeling must wait until
next year, all because he was too
arrogant to bother to reply to
cables and letters. How does
it feel back there behind the eight
bali, Mister?
Collapse of Hal Schumacher's
arm recalls that Doc Scanlon, old
big league pitcher, now q Brook
lyn physician, predicted Schumach-
ers career would be short because
OF his unorthodox delivery.
If Hugh Bradley Of the New York
Post has tho right dope, Ducky.
Evening star., 1937-07-15

singled his nrst two trips to the plate
and then went out in three other ap-
pearances. The American League Joe,
however, came up with the defensive
piece de resistance when he threw
Burgess Whitehead out at the plate.
Di Maggie versus Medwick.
Power versus power
Italian Joe versus Hungarian
Joe.
Wild, impatient swinger versus
calculating, coldly scientific
swinger! 1t makes for good
argument.
There is not great deal of SIM
ilarity between the two. Medwick Is
colorful. Standing only feet 9 inches
and weighing l80 pounds, he is stocky
Evening star., 1937-07-15
BIG SPORTS SHOW
OPENS At DALLAS
Ten Record Holders Among
Track Athletes in Pan
American Games
2, the Associated Press.

AS lAS aSooSlelcO IISSS.
~ ALIAS, Tex. July l5.-Four
days of athletic pageantry-
| the Pan-American games
- open under a canopy Of stars
here tonight for muscled sons Of the
United States and neighbor nations
below the Rio Grande.
Second In American athletic pres
tige only to the Olympic Games in Los
Angeles in 1882, the games begin at
pm. % pm, Eastern standard time)
when four loin-clothed Indian runners
spring through the gates OF Dallas
Cotton Bowl to herald the arrival Of
nearly 200 athletes.
Assistant Secretary OF War Louis
johnson and Gov. James v. Alfred
OF Texas, official United States repre-
sentatives, and South and Central
American dignitaries. are to join in
formal exercises while the flame of
friendship is lighted and placed atop
the towering triumphal arch,
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Di Max Picks His Pitches.

LII WAX IlChS MS 1ltCncS.
A NYWAY, smart pitchers were able
to make him swing at bad pitches
last year. These swings cut down
his average. But this year we'll,
let us listen to a composite appraisal
by Jimmy De Shong and Ear White
hill. two of the suffering hurlers.
He isn't swinging at sucker pitches
this year." say Jimmy and Earl. He
waits for one he can hit and when
he swings he's got the greatest pair
OF wrists and forearms in the league
behind the bat"
Lou Gehrig, great as he is, COM
mands not the fear these days that
Di Maggie strikes. There is no tell
ing how many home runs he would
hit a season." declares Harris, IF
he had the same short field to aim
at that Gehrig has. He might break
Ruth's record.
I'D like TO see Di Maxsio
really 90 to work In a park
with short left field fence. -.
Like Boston's or Detroit's or even
Philadelphia's. That IS, I'd like
to see him II he was on my side"
Di Maggie versus Medwick is one
OF those arguments that is likely to
go on and on. Like Harris, any man.
ager would like to have both of them
on his club. . Medwick in left, Di
Maggie in right and 1t wouldn't make
any difference who played center.
Charley Mccarthy, Eleanor Holm or
the Pickens sisters would do
Evening star., 1937-07-15
BY RUSSELL NEWLAND,

~AN FRANCISCO, July 15=-Ty
- Cobb, the Georgia Peach" c<
yore, laid agricultural cares
~ aside for while today and al
lowed that Dizzy Dean could become
the greatest pitcher in history by COM
bining his natural talents with some
of the strategy of the late Mathewson.
If Old Diz worked more on the bat
ters' weaknesses, like Mathewson did,
instead Of trying to throw the ball by
them, he'd probably be the greatest
we've ever had" said the player whose
batting and base running feats have
earned him the distinction of base
balls No. immortal.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
LITTLE GOLF WINNER

SHAWNEE ON DELAWARE, Pa,
July IS (P.-Lawson Little won the
twenty-first playing Of Shawnee open
golf championship, climbing from
thirteenth place.
Little burned the course to finish
71-8S, five under par, for 284. He
was one stroke in front of Jimmy
Thompson.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
BALL PLAYERS FEW
Tinker Says Shortage in Talent
Is Most Alarming.

MIAMI. Fla, July IS (P).-Joe
Tinker of the famed double-play COM
bination expressed concern here at a
prospective shortage in the supply of
professional base ball players.
We've got to develop plenty young
sters and do it Immediately, said
Tinker upon returning from a TALENT
hunting expedition to Chicago in be-
half of his Orlando Gulls.
you never saw such q lack of ma
terial. All the big league clubs are in
the same fix. As for trying to get
some players from a major or strong
minor league club, it's next to impos-
sible."
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Mats Back Experimental Stage Cubs Unaed Battling Giants
"POPPlNG >T,S5l
OfFt"~JkGfo on@<zE5!sslsy sl'sy
Couple of Guys Named Joe.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch
15-One in
Washington did settle
wick discussion which at the time becoming recognized
oan players at least the No. hotel lobby
astar game gave impetus and
recent classic that still is much
his
TOOK most vibrant
nave both OF them could
we'd still have the best ouheld in
Bucky
game but not by much
ned as the best In their respective
doubles and two singles
Leagues three
Evening star., 1937-07-15
j. S. COIN DANCLED
TO HENRY COTTON
Unofficial Links Champion
OF World May Play in
Chicago Open.
BY FRANCIS ]. POWERS.

)H1CAGO, July 15.-Chances
are our professional golfers
Y are going to see more, and
that very soon, Of Henry Cot
ton, the British open champion and
unofficial world champion, in Great
Britain at least, by his decisive vic.
tory over Densmore Shute, the P. G. A,
title holder.
The Chicago District Associat ton has
made High Hat" Henry a very tidy
offer to bring his clubs, Savile Row
togs and Mayfair manners to the
States for the purpose of competing
In the $4,000 open at the Medinah
Club here starting July %.
Cotton, who has very definite ideas
on the matter of money, whether it
be in pounds sterling or United States
1oldlng currency. wanted a guarantees
OF $500 to risk his reputati ton on
American fairWays, but the Chicago
sponsors countered with an offer that
should bring the young mans ac-
ceptance. which, of course, must be
Immediately to enable him to reach
the scene OF activities in time.
Exhibitions Are Planned.
COTTON has been guaranteed
round-trip transportation and
maintenance during the Chicago
tournament and series of nine ex-
hlbltion matches that should put a
substantial lining in his wallet. Three
OF the proposed matches are to be
with Ralph Guldahl, the United States
open champion; three with Shute and
three others with some other outstand-
ing professional Cotton may select,
With the chance to pick up further and
important coin in the Chicago and
st. Paul opens, Cotton would do right
we'll from the utilitarian, If not the
artistic side.
Such a junket would enable Cotton
to establish himself as the champion
OF the year. provided he took the
measure OF Guldahl and Shute. and
the British public has no doubt on
that score. Beating the American
stars in Britain and beating them
on our domestic fairways is an entire-
ly different problem, but visit from
Cotton would furnish an interesting
interlude to the season.
Cotton would be the greatest for.
eign golf attraction since the late
Harry Vardon and Ted Ray made
their fnal safari across the United
States in 1920.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
LEIBER BACK IN GAME.

NEW YORK, July IS (P).-Hank
Leiber, hard-hitting outhelder Of the
New York Nationals, who has been
out OF the game since early In May
with a head injury. will rejoin the
Giants today. Leiber was "beaned' by
Bob Feller.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
BY EDDIE BRETT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n YEW YORK, July is IT,
nj Don't let anyone kid you
into betting there will be
4 = Max Schmeling Joe
Louis heavyweight title match this
year. Possibility is remote
even If Max changes his mind and
comes down to earth in his finan-
cial demands. Here's why: Be-
fore Louis and Tommy Farr were
signed for the Yankee Stadium,
August rs, Jacobs had booked
Louis into London against either
Len Harvey or Jacy Doyle. ia
cohs sent his personal attorney,
Dol Strauss, to England to square
things with Arthur Evlin, Wimble-
don Stadium promoter.
0vlin was . good sport. He
slapped gracefully aside. saying he
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Rates Dir Most Valuable.

"MATTY was finishing up about the
- time started. and we played in
different leagues. but saw enough of
him to know he was a master work.
man. But I think Dean has the stuff
to top any Of them if he would con-
centrate more on the tricky side Of
pitching than he does now"
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Going From Bad to Worse.

AAS VIII A11Au W vVOlSC
RUCKY'S announcement would sug-
gest his desire to experiment for
the rest of season. The only draw
back attached to such a plan is that
he has very little talent with which
70 experiment. The Washington
} clubs front Office" so far has not
been very liberal in providing new
faces.
1t Is obvious that Harris might just
Is we'll experiment. The best he
can Ne for now is fourth place,
which is where Washington finished
. last year, and some observers feel that
Bucky is stretching his imagination by
even shooting for the same goal.
The Mats, sad to relate, have been
going from bad to worse of late. In
their last nine games they have man.
aged to win only one. Twice thev
battled to draws and the other seven
They lost-and most of these defeats
we're by healthy margins. To stress
this point, Washington has scored only
rs runs over this nine-game stretch
while the opposition has rolled up IS.
Buddy Myer continues to struggle
as he never had to struggle since he
!nrst came to the majors 4 dozen years
ago. For a while he was hitting we'll
but covering very little ground. Now
he Is not hitting. In his last 1s
games Buddy has batted only .l48 and
driven across seven runs.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Homer Standings
By the Associated Press,

Yesterdays homers-Di Naxsio. Yam.
KEGS, /: Averiu. Indians. l, Trosky. In
Red Sox. l: Mills. Red sox. /: Ken
nedy. White Sox. /: OFT. Giants, Ii
Bartell. Giants. /.
The leaders-Di Massio. Yankees,
23: Greenberg. Tigers 10: Medwick.
Cardinals, IS. Ott. Giants 1s; Trosky.
Indians. Is: Cliff, Browns. Il; Sell
kirk. Yankees, Il; Foxx. Red Sox. II.
League totals-American. 365; Ma
tional, $50; total 695.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Travis Only Rexular Hitting.

RUDDY Is not the only Nat regular
who is not hitting. With the no.
table exception Of Cecil Travis, all OF
them, Johnny Stone included, have
tailed of. Travis is the one Nat who
has maintained a steady keel But he
Is not enough.
Buddy Lewis is hitting far below
par. So are Stone, Joe Kuhel and
Rick Ferrell To add to their woes,
the Grif1s' defense went haywire yes
terday, helping the Tribe to spoil the
start of this Western swing.
The Mats, it might be added, are
not in pleasant frame of mind.
Which is to be expected when q ball
team wins only one game since July 3.
That IS what the Mats have done.
Some Of them did not take kindly
10 Jess Hills sale to the Athletics on
the eve Of this Western swing. They
had expected to be furnished with a
replacement and when no news of a
successor to Hill was forthcoming
some of them were wondering if 'they
(meaning the front ofice) couldn't
think of some other ways to make it
tough to win" Obviously the Griffs
firmly believe ball club must be
equipped with five outfielders.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Time to Rebuild
IOC6IS
WASHINGTON
Cleveland

Campbell. Hale. Travis. Stone Two-base
hit-solters. Home runs-AVerill. Trosky.
Stoler bases.-Hughes:. Hale. Pytlak (2).
Hughes to Trosky. Left on bases-Wash-
ington. 6: Cleveland. .. Bases on balls
on Fisher: 1: OF Cohen. ?; of Hudlin. ..
struck out-By Fischer. ]: by Cohen 5:
by Hudlin. j. Hits-on FISCHER. 3 in 3
innings tnone out in fourth; on Cohen 8
in 5 innings. Wild pitch-Cohen Passed
Umpires-Messrs. Basil Geisel and sum
mers. 200. Time-2: :O3.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Homers Strain Fischer.

FIVE outfielders, or 20, it would
have made no difference yester-
day. The Griffs were pitiful from the
first inning to the last as Willis Hudlin
held them to seven hits and romped
10 victory.
They got of to bad start when
Roy Hughes singled, stole second and
scored from that bag on an infield
out. This gave Cleveland a 10 lead,
and after the Mats tied it couple of
Innings later the Tribe went ahead
In its half Of the fourth and stayed
there.
Carl Fischer. who started, retired in
this inning with strained side. Sue
cessive home runs by Earl Averill and
Hal Trosky hastened his departure
and brought sgd Cohen running to the
rescue. sgd wasn't bad, but he wasn't
good. Given little support, he might
have done much better.
Twice during the game Lewis COM
nitted costly errors, and the usually
reliable Ferrell. unfortunately, took
(see HARRIS, Page DID
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Ten Record Holders Vie

CHAMPIONS Of North, South and
Central America, including
holders OF 10 world or American rec
ords will participate in ceremonies
but hold OF on actual competition
until tomorrow night Only a soccer
game between the famed Argentine
eleven and the Highlanders Of Tren-
ton, N. j., United States champions,
will be played opening night.
There will be no scoring, only indi-
vidual winners will be determined In
the l3 events.
Once again Glenn Cunningham
Kansas premier miller, and Archie San
Romani, his little fellow Kansan. will
take up their 1,500-meter duel. OF al
most equal fan interest will be the 800
meter clash between Elroy Robinson,
Fresno (Calif) Teachers College, who
smashed the world mark at New York
last week, and John Woodruff, lanky
Pitt Negro. and the pole vaulting spree
between Earle Meadows, / native of
Texas; George Varoff, world record
holder, and Cornelius Warmerdam.
Ribas in Marathon.
OTHER Yankee stars entered include
Ken Carpenter, Olympic discus
king; Perrin Walker, Jack Weier-
hauser, Ben johnson and Ray Malott,
sprints; Davis Albritton and Cornelius
johnson, co-holders OF the world hieh
Jump mark, and Mel Walker, Ohio
State, high jump.
OF the South and Central American
contingents most prominent are Jose
Ribas, Argentine marathoner; Juan
Acosta. marathoner, and Neil McIn-
tosh, hurdler, of Chile; Ruben Boni-
facino and Carmelo di Gaeta, sprint
ers, Uruguay; Marcio Olivera, crack
broad jumper. and Sylvio Padilha, 400
meters, Brazil; Julio Mera, Peruvian
high jumper, and Jose Rios, Peruvian
marathoner
Canada sent James Cartwright, ace
javelin thrower; J. L. Loaring, 400
meter star, and Sammy Richardson,
broad jumper.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
CARDS, BUGS WEAK
FOR EASTERN TOUR
New York Leads After Bees
Sting Chicago-Yankees
Crush Tigers.
BY BILL BONI,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

~ UT Of the lead for the first
time in month-out by only
two points, but out, neverthe-
~ less-the Chicago Cubs today
were strictly on their own as far as
the battle with the Giants for top spot
In the National League is concerned.
They can't look for much assistance
from either of the other leading West
ern contenders. the Pirates or the Car
dinals. The Bucs, who fell afoul of
another Carl Hubbell extravaganza
yesterday, by AZ, are struggling along
as best they can without the services
Of Arky Vaughan. the peppery Short
stop who usually can be counted on to
hit well at the Polo Grounds.
The Cardinals, who will follow Pie
Traynors crew into the Terrymen's
stronghold Saturday for a four-game
week end series. also are having their
troubles. A pitching staff that was
none too big to start with has been
decimated further by Jim Winford's
operation and Dizzy Deans sore toe,
which will keep him on the shelf
throughout the Giant series.
More Bad News for Cubs.
THE latest news from the Terry
camp hardly can act as encour-
agement to the Cubs. On top of Hub
bells four-hit performance yesterday
his NTH straight, thirteenth Of the
year and further proof that the old
master has regained full control of the
situation-came the announcement
that Slugging Hank Leiber. hors du
combat since his Spring beaning by
Bob Feller. would report at the Polo
Grounds today.
In addition. the Chicagoans have
found hornets nest-or Bees hive,
II you prefer-on the first stop of
their current swing through the East
The Boston Bees. winners Of 13 of
their last l8 starts, proved extremely
unsociable hosts yesterday as they
turned loose 30-year-old Rookie" Jim
Turner, and Turner in turn turned
loose a Sve-hit bit of elbowing that
froze the Bruins dead in their tracks
by score of 81.
The only other National League con-
test-the Cards and Phillies were
rained out-saw the Dodgers lose to
the Reds in the ninth, 5-3. The
surprising Rhinelanders, besides fur
nishing their fourth straight win, also
supplied the best bit of extra-cur-
ricular excitement in a scrap between
Lee Grksom, the winning pitcher, and
Babe Phelps. the ,Dodger catcher.
1t ended with Umpire George Ma
gerkurth. who bounced both boys, as
the indisputable winner.
Yanks Get Eighth in Row.
MEANWHILE the Yanks opened
their third Western tour with
enough Of an explosion to cause
the raising of storm signals from
Detroit to st. Louis Landing on
the Tigers for a 1912 shellacking, they
ran their winning streak to eight
straight, Red Ruf1ing's personal streak
to five, Joe Di Maggio's home run
total to %, Lou Gehrig's string OF
hits to 100 and their lead over the
Red Sox to six and half games.
The Sox edged the Tigers out OF
the runner-up spot by cutting loose
with a murderous 21-hit assault that
the Browns, 1876. In the
other games the Indians trimmed the
1l-3, and the Athletics,
lost IA straight decisions at
the nine-inning distance, managed
to drop the fifteenth. by e-4, to the
White Sox in four and half.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Powerful Wrists Help Both.


NJ MAGG1O is q better fielder than
Medwick and much the better
thrower. Nobody In either league can
throw with Guiseppi.
Both are powerful men, with tre-
mendous loose strength in their wrists,
forearms and shoulders. But they bat
with different styles. Medwick takes a
full stride and wades into a ball
Di Maggie stands flat-footed and at
the last split-second takes short
stride, or none at all.
Base ball folk, like Harris,
doubt the assertion that Med
wick would be = steady 400
hitter II he struck at good
pitches.
ut may be that Medwick is so sue
cessful because he hits balls the pitch
ers don't expect him to hit," says
Harris. 'I've never seen a batter
quite like him. He can double of q
waste BALI as easily as oil pitch
right across the middle"
Di Maggie last year. batted 1923. It
Evening star., 1937-07-15

was his first season in the majors.
He was touted as was no other rookie
of modern times and it may have
been that the boy was overanxiouS.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
HARRIS STQT|NKER
WITH WEAK TEAM
Use of Rookie Chase as
Starter Follows Utter
Rout by Indians.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Stan Correspondent OF The Star.

)LEVELAND, July 15-1t would
be nice to say that Bucky
Harris club house plea Of
get out and hustle" worked
the same kind of wonders for the
Nationals that follow the college
coach's impassioned speech in the
movies. But it didn't.
Now Bucky, in the wake of that
11-to-3 pasting sustained at the hands
OF the Indians, is going to see if ac-
tions really speak louder than words.
He made his wake-up-and-live speech
to the Mats, as per Mr.. Clark Grif-
f1th's orders, and it failed to help
much. AS matter of fact, the Mats
looked worse. So, weather permitting,
Rookie Kendall Chase was to start
today's game against the Tribe.
Harris. in other words, woke up
this morning convinced that he can
waste more time in other ways than
by experimenting. He did not elab-
crate much when he nominated Chase
but he did say he didn't give a hang
II the rest of the pitchers were rested
and expecting to take their turns"
1--WE seen enough OF some of them"
added Bucky. Now, let's take a
look at Chase"
Evening star., 1937-07-15

-. it makes no difference. He can
reach behind his ear for ball and
drive it out Of the park. Or he can
step across the plate and golf low
ball to right field for two bases.
Di Mag Younger Of Pair.
MEDWICK is 26 years old and is
touted as the only hitter in the
National League who is likely to bat
400 over a season. He is not noted as
a base-runner, is not recognized as
one Of the fielding greats of all-time,
and does not belong to Pepper Martins
hill billy band. which is called the
Mississippi Mudcats.
Di Maggie is only % and is not
oolorful His face runs all the gamut
Of emotions Of the jack Of spades. II
he hailed from the Carolinas or
Georgia or Tennessee he would be
tagged by the major league gentry as
"one Of them Southern ball players
with the hookworm"
~ q But Di Magic, while he never
may rival Ruth As = gate attrac-
ton, unquestionably Is the best
outfielder in the American
League, and only Medwick's
presence prevents him from
attaining almost unanimous
recognition IS the best in the
mai jors.
Guiseppi stands feet ~ inches
and weighs 200 pounds. He is rangy,
with long arms and long, slender legs.
He is not particularly fast, but he is
alert and the Yankees say that il Joe
Mccarthy would turn him loose he
would show the trade a few tricks
about the art Of running the bases.
But Marse Mccarthy is taking no
chances. He would rather have Di Mag
at the plate swinging than sitting on
the bench with an ugly. running spike
wound. Besides, the Yanks do not
have to run bases. They simply hit
balls out Of sight and trot around the
bases.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-08-24
rGNe0
York
|T- BY. a ~
kEd1neSASVeu
.-i@l--

New York, Aug. 24.-One of the
hardest journalistic jobs is interview
ing movie stars. I know because, to
my sorrow, 1 have tackled at least a
hundred head of them in the last ten
years. Yet l think the difficulty of
getting something new to write about
THE glamour girls and long-lashed
lads of the flickers has driven many
otherwise good reporters into the
Gentle Razz type of story, which uses
pert and gratuitous cruelty in deal
ing with the cinema darlings.
This can not only be very loring
Il have read over some of my own
efforts in this vein) but it is usually
bad practice journalistically. Most
readers don't have any desire to see
the idol kidded. They resent what
seems to them an intolerable lese
majestic on the part of humble re-
porters. And with the exception of
few child stars with soprano voices