The Washington times., 1938-08-30
CASE.
SPRINT BOOSTS.
HOLIDAY CROWD
By Staff Correspondent

Oy Ok"AA NVAACOPVAACAS
The quickening box.office appeal
Of the Ben Chapman,George Case
100-yard sprint, scheduled to be
run off between the Labor Day
double-header with the Red Sox,
has manifested itself during the
past few days as local fans, seek
ing reserved seats, have descended
upon the ball park offices in sur.
priSing numbers.
Although Clark Griffith, owner
Of the Mats, did have an eye to-
ward the turnStileS when he listed
the race as an added feature of his
Labor Day twin bill, he was mostly
interested in the publicity that
would come to Case in the event
that he defeated Chapman.
But now the Old Man Of the
Mats is sitting back, basking in
the beam Of his own Self-satiSfac-
ton, for it now appears the Labor
Day double-header will be q COM
plete sell-out.
FULL HOUSE
Without the booming interest in
the Chapman-Case gallop, billed
for the sprint championship of
the baseball world, the Labor Day
games with the Red SoX would,
at best, draw between fifteen and
twenty thousand. Now, all indi-
cations point toward a packed
stadium.
However, reserved seats will not
necessarily be the best seats to
witness the race. The track rib
bons across the outfield, running
from the deep centerf1eld bleacherS
to the right field stands. The
bleacher customers, as well as the
right field customers, will be af-
forded an exceptional view Of the
race from start to finish.
DAILY DRILLS
Probably the best seats will be
In the upper right field stands
which fairly hang over the finish
mark, hard by the right field foul
line. The bleacher customers will
get a closeup view Of the start.
Darrell Grain and Jim Sprig-
man, the veteran Amateur Ath-
letic Union officials, were ap-
pointed yesterday by Clark Grit
fifth to handle the race, along with
their assistants, at start and fin
iSh.
Meanwhile, Hap Hardell, former
Tech High coach, and considered
the best scholastic football and
track mentor in this section. will
school Case through the funda-
mentals of Sprinting. Hardell,
along with Mike Martin, Nat
trainer, will drill the fleet Nat
outfielder every morning at II.
Yesterday. given an acceptable
pitching performance by Ken
Chase, the unpredictable left
handler, the Mats came through
with their first victory in four
games.
Aided by AL Simmons, who drove
in two runs and scored another
himself-the first score coming
with Als eighteenth homer Of the
year-Chase lasted through to the
finish, thereby displaying a quail
ity lacked by the Mats these past
few days,
Simmons, by the way, Is con.
Quoting himself amazingly for o
player they call a washed-up old
man. No washed-up ball player Of
the Simmons type ever ratified
out Is home runs. He has re-
mained consistently around the
300 battling mark all year and
has driven in II runs.
OF all the outfielders Of the
league, you can bet Simmons
ranks well up from the bottom.
Another homer, and Simmons will
shatter the 1925 record of Goose
Goslin, who whacked 10 homers.
Goslin, by the way, told Sim
mons and zeke Bonura-both Of
whom are tied with 18 homers:
"The first one of you fellows
who breaks my record Of 10 homers
gets a full course dinner on me.
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