punttoj -i WASHINGTON, D. C., AUGUST 31, 1941. Ward Whips Abbott, 4 and 3, for U. S. Amateur Title Despite Heckling by Fans M M W w w W M M . » » t -r t- t- t* T T Warneke Hurls No-Hit, 2-0 Win Over Reds as Cards Take Lead From Dodgers --—— « -- «---—--——-❖ Termed Pass in Seventh, Win, Lose or Draw Victory By FRANCIS E. STAN. Two Miscues Razzle-Dazzle Is Just Starting Toughest Ever One thing the Chicago All-Star game probably proved beyond doubt Is that football, both professional and collegiate, is just starting to go razzle-dazzle. With the greatest collection of talent ever gathered on a Won in Event Mar Classic single squad. Coach Carl Snavely and his assistants couldn’t come close to stopping the Chicago Bears. Conversely, even the Bears didn't look infallible when Harmon. O'Rourke. Franck & Co. took to the air. Golf Association Head Faces Only 28 Hitters, This may be the year wherein the fundamental play may be the pass But Is Hard Pressed and not the running. In the 37-13 victory the Bears won over the All- Makes Talk Against Stars this much was suggested. Both of the All-Stars’ touchdowns were Actions By Jinxed Riddle scored on passes despite the presence of every great running back in col- Gallery's lege ball last year except John Kimbrough. Three of the Bears’ scores Bv BILL BONI, By the Associated Press. were on passes and the other two touchdowns were setup by aerials, one Associated Pres» 8port« Writer. CINCINNATI. Aug. 30 —Lean Lon of which planted the ball on the 1-yard line. OMAHA, Aug. 30.—A true cham- Warneke. 31-year-old veteran of was crowned at the Omaha many campaigns, threw "a little of The rules committees have done precisely what baseball did years ago pion Field Club today—a self-assured. 28- everything" today and pitched him- when the spitball and the emery ball and other trick pitches were ruled ! year-old Westerner w-ho had to over- self into baseball's Hall of Fame out. and the ball was livened up to aid the offense. This year, as you may come w-hat undoubtedly was the with a crucial no-hit. 2-0 victory know, substitute as as the touchback collegians may frequently they want; toughest combination of obstacles in over the Cincinnati Reds. on a fourth-down pass into the end zone has been eliminated, and the | the 47-year history of the United Giving all he had to the St. Louis ball may be passed forward as well as backward and lateral behind the States Golf Association's amateur Cardinals' fight to overhaul the ahead to a line of scrimmage. championship. Brooklyn Dodgers and go The champion is Marvin Harvey pennant. Lon faced only 28 batters Ward of Spokane, Wash whose for the only no-hltter of the 1941 The Pass May Be Football's Basic Play friends call him "Bud.” but who dis- season in either major league It is not unanimous that the Bears' smashing triumph was entirely covered today that apparently he Giants Give Helping Hand. legal. That is. there are critics who point out that the final touchdown doesn’t have a friend in Omaha. His feat put the Cards in front by j The in the order in two as the Dodgers lost two eame on a lucky break, another was the direct result of pass interference obstacles, points which stood between him and games to their hated rivals, the and a third was scored on the moss-covered "sleeper'' play. This is true they his second amateur title, were Pat Giants. but. at the same time, it must be remembered that in rolling up 37 points Abbott, handsome young Los An- All that spoiled Warneke's mag- the Bears were even as revised for are playing college rules, which, 1941, geles player who was matched with nificent work under hazy, warm skies not as wide-open as the pro laws. him in the 36-hole final; the Field was a walk in the seventh to Lonnie There are clearly defined touches now of basket ball, ice hockey and I Club course, with its tight fairways Frey, a high throw by Creepy Crespi rugby in the modern game. The Bears, in particular, stole from basketball and hiddjen, slick greens, and a on Frank McCormick's grounder in boisterous, unruly gallery of 3.000 the fifth, and Jimmy Brown's muff on a play from Sid Luckman, the passing quarterback, to Ken Kavanaugh, ; that had come out to see Abbott win of Jimmy Gleeson s short fly in the the rangy end. It was a steal from the pivot play, with Kavanaugh racing and didn’t care who knew it. eighth. into the enemy secondary, turning and facing Luckman for the pass, and Fans Help Abbott’s Bad Shot. Frank McCormick was doubled up it to of the Bears who raced on both sides of him. then shoveling one by That, at least, was the most chari- trying to steal second as Gleeson It rarely failed against the All-Stars. table interpretation that could be put struck out. and Gleeson was caught We don't pretend this is new. It merely is cited to show what a good on their actions, notably on the 24th in a double play on Ernie Lombardi a Red- passer like Luckman and a great offensive end like Kavanaugh can mean hole In the afternoon. It was there bounder, making Frey the only that six in front of Ab- left stranded all to a present-day team. The Mr. Bigs of the Bears no longer are Bill people got leg day. bott's ball when it was on its way Osmanski. the plunging, hard-running fullback, or Maniaci or Famiglietti, Kiddie is v%ormy Kivai. over the green, after having been The Cards themselves were having but Luckman and George McAfee, the top passers. Through the air the warned to be alert so they could no bed of roses. Young Elmer Bears exactly 100 more yards than on the ground. Both teams gained move out of the way if necessary, Riddle mowed them down almost 312 but moved 439 on aerials. That gained only yards by running yards and this stopped the ball on the with the same ease as did Warneke seemed to us a fair idea of what to expect both in pro and college ball fringe of the green and in none too the Reds. He allowed five hits, two this year. serious trouble. of them scratches, and the game this was accidental. _ Perhaps still might be going if Harry Craft Harold W. Pierce of Boston, the in Was Line had been able to hold Don Padgett 's Big Edge Chicago Blocking, Play U. S. G. A. president, said he thought whistling liner. Harry had to make The question often is asked, “What is the big difference between pro so. Yet after a marshal, in the a long run. but he got both hands on and college football in an All-Star game such as Chicago’s and New ensuing scramble for places around the ball and had to be charged with the had kicked Abbott's ball York's?” The other night in Chicago there was assembled more famous green, an error. onto the green—this time genuinely had and coaches than you could hit with a shotgun, and the concensus was that Johnny Hopp singled by accident—Pierce himself felt it Brown walked preceding the error line play and blocking was the big difference. was necessary to step to the center and both scored. Riddle never was “There wasn’- much said one of the big-name ground-gaining.” of the green and deliver a lecture in trouble at anv other time "I mean to college coaches, who preferred to talk anonymously. don’t on proper gallery conduct which AN ENTERPRISING JUMP—This spectacular leap by Enterprise brought victory in the $200 Jumping test in the Warrenton iVa.' The crowd of nearly 1C.000 was the the All-Stars line In the that say that pros simply overpowered by plunging. ODeneed with statement of the Fort Myer team, ably ridden by Capt. David Wagstaff, Horse Show yesterday. <Story on page B-12.)—Star Staff Photo. pulling for Warneke from the sixth the first place, they didn't thrust much at the line. Perhaps if the "we all know what is happening inning on. when it appeared he Bears had wanted to punish Famiglietti and Maniaci they could have here today." might make it. Relish Ward's Errant cheered beaten up the All-Star line, but they didn’t. Play. They practically every Again, perhaps it was accidental. to that the Red batters missed “But in the downfleld blocking and the protection given Luckman, Leonard Pitch From Lead pitch Then it must have been coincidence Hogan, Still Beating Are Jolted or hit to no good purpose, and they the Bears had a big edge. The All-Stars couldn't knock down the Bear Dodgers that on the 31st hole, with Ward's gave Lon an ovation when he came and couldn't their I Gomez backs they protect passers consistently. thought approach shot rolling fast toward Against to bat. well 9 out of 17 that O'Rourke. IJarmon and McAdams did to complete the back the some one Dutch Leonard will pursue his As Led Vets at This is Lon's 11th in of green, Par, Leads Hershey Giants, by Bat, year the passes the way they were rushed.” shouted "Let her go through.” and 16th victory of the season to- majors and his pitching effective- the crowd standing on the fringe day at Griffith Stadium, facing ness.