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YORK, June 18.—The two future that only great champions can greet running distances are hope to match or beat. the halt mile and the mile. NEWThey call for a larger mix- California Again. ture, a greater combination seems to be * of both and stamina. /CALIFORNIA—that as Slab Star of ’33 Now Far speed familiar word in the realm of Phils Have Lapse Cards It is to the thrill that ^ Bears’ Varsity and Huskies’ easy imagine sport. 25.000 drew at Princeton spectators Max Baer, new heavyweight cham- Take but Off Stride—Earl Beaten on when the two West- Two, Dodgers, Saturday great pion of the world—California. Freshmen Easily Class ern Glenn of runners, Cunningham Ben Eastman, new record for half Braves Carry On. Early by Tribe. Kansas and Ben Eastman of Cali- mile—California. of Races. left time the dust from Hudson fornia, taking I. C.-4A track and field champions their feet over both routes. flying —Stanford from California. the Associated Prm. Within less than 10 minutes By BY JOHN B. KELLER. Ellsworth Vines, pro tennis cham- BY FOSTER HAILEY. these two runners had traveled s~~s. NE of the most surprising ball club pion—California. Associated Press Sports Writer. the two classic distances ol the cham- I 1 and important develop- Helen Jacobs, women’s tennis n. y., June I j slipped a trifle In the track faster than human feet l I merits the National pion—California. to- Sunday tussling with ever followers had moved before. Olin Dutra, open golf champion— 18.—Rowing League race has pro- WASHINGTON’Sthe Indians, but not takes more than day still were singing the It something speed California. duced so far this season lies to those records of Poughkeepsie,praises of two great West enough annoy directly and stamina to break this Lawson Little of Stanford. British in the showing of the so-called It fell back to Coast the California var- interested. only sort. It also takes rare Judgment in amateur golf champion—California. crews, weak clubs of the Eastern sector and the fresh- three games behind the lead the matter of pacing and timing. And now the California crew again sity Washington of the circuit In the Western men as reviewed the re- and the end of the champion- Cunningham, for example, can pace rules at Poughkeepsie to give this they tour which began early last ship campaign still is 97 games himself within a fifth of A second amazing State another crown. sults of the renewal Saturday of week. for each He carries In his the Re- away. quarter. Here you have a championship Intercollegiate Rowing Instead of taking it on the chin But that Earl Whitehill was brain the watch that Nurmi once menu that embraces fighting, row gatta on the Hudson. all around, Boston, Brooklyn and Phil- largely responsible for the Sun- carried in his hand. ing, golf, tennis, track and field. Postponed for a year because of adelphia have dealt out blows right was out after a new of statistics economic conditions, one of the most day slip is something to cause Cunningham Some master probably and left to the West's pennant con- record, and when he saw the first into the and dis- colorful and of the great concern among those in will dig dope stirring spectacles tenders while the league-leading half had used 2 minutes and 5 world back to the charge. up cover that Cavalcade, Cunning- college sports came Giants took the occasion to improve seconds, approximately, he knew the ham. Gomez, Hubbell and Gehrig river In all Us old glory for one of By of last season the their position by winning five out mid-Jyne second half had to be around all had California ancestors. \he most successful renewals since Earl had left-handed to a number of of six. 2.01. No one State in the history of sport the first race in 1895. victories and was well on his way to The Phillies’ set-back at He had to run the fastest third ever has furnished a greater number A crowd estimated at from 25,000 his most successful season In the big the hands of the second-place Car- ever known in a mile race— of champions, spread over a wider to 50,000 persons, aboard scores of show'. At the finish, he boasted a quarter dinals weakend the Eastern drive a 61.8 seconds—to be within gripping field, than California has in the last pleasure craft in the river, the 16-car record of 22 wins against 8 losses. bit yesterday as the hurling of the distance of the laurel he was after. few months. observation train or on van- Inasmuch as the Nationals scored perched Dean brothers, plus their rivals' lack And the wonder Is that after such tage points along the shore and on just 99 victories last year it is easily of effectiveness, gave the Cards the a heart-breaking quarter, he still had The First Head Punch. the bridge, saw a California varsity realized how valuable the Earl was decisions by 6 to 0 and 7 to 5. Paul enough left to move into an even ASKED Dumb Dan Morgan, one eight, every man of which was com- Dean to his club in its drive to the pennant. pitched five- ball to win his faster pace for the final whirl around what he peting in the regatta for the first decision in But here’s mid-June again and this I of Camera’s seconds, eighth straight the opener, the track. as the vital of the time, sweep to close but convincing and Brother time the Earl shows nothing more picked spot Dizzy appeared in time It was during the second quarter victory in the four-mile race and the than an even break for his efforts. fight. to get the victory in the eight-inning that Cunningham saw the pace set "Baer's first to the head,” he husky Washington yearlings row to Five wins against five losses. punch nightcap. Nothing the Gene Venzke of Penn- ; a in the two-mile by graceful said. "We told Primo to be sure and five-length victory Still Three Games Back. like the Whitehill of the champion- for sylvania was not last enough any keep that left guard up. He didn't. opening contest. ship chase. double left record march. Baer measured him for that wallop Only a smoothly stroking junior rpHE victory the Cards three behind the So the Kansan raced to the and when it landed Camera was in no varsity from Syracuse saved anything X games Giants, Walks Great Aid to Foes. who humbled the front to take command and mental condition to take anybody's for the East, the Orange oarsmen get- Pirates, 9 to more than two or three times with the aid of from that point he was shoot- advice. He was in a daze. After that ting a close victory over Navy in the 3, Lefty O’Doul's | homer this season has the Earl flashed ing at the clock—not at Bon- the injury to his ankle took away any three-mile Jayvee contest. It was the pinch with the bases full. The NOT i losers who had no He ; only race the Westerners did not almost dropped into the second the form that made thron and Venzke. chance he might have had. fell pitching division, but saved fourth chance to match this final once from one of his own punches. ; dominate. California’s Jayvees finish- place by him so successful in the last. And one when speed. "Baer is not only a hard hitter, but ing a well beaten fourth. Washing- percentage point the Braves 1 and Cubs divided a the cause of his misfortune this time Cunningham produced everything a a fast hitter. He not only has a good ton was not entered. bargain bill. Boston won the 4 to as is smeared on his record like the great, runner needed in this race—not right hand, but a punishing left for opener, 2, overlooking uncanny Judgment of the body. a 4-run burst against Bud Tmning in mouth on Joe Browm's pan. Parade of Coast Crews. the second carried Fred pace and the courage to risk that "After thatmrst punch landed I Frankhouse It is not that the Earl has yielded third-quarter rush. For here he was don't think all the seconds in the varsity race was a West Coast to his tenth mound victory. The sec- an overabundance of hits all the moving into unexplored realms, never world could have done much about THEparade almost from the start ond clash went 11 innings before before, that might have not after the ankle to Chuck Klein socked his seventeenth way. Monte Weaver over virtually attempted it—certainly the finish line. Cornell. trouble. It was a homer and produced a 3-2 Cub tri- led to heavy game gave way. 1 and an stretch has been nicked for Syracuse Pennsylvania offered >m equal shot—and it came through. “We knew something was wrong air.milquetoast recalls t^st ! umph. some contention and a about as many safeties, yet has won with his underpinning early In the early fighting the MICK OF T7MC THAT Rw68CP IS Brooklyn took two games from Cin- added. “But Camera Navy crew came in the last half A cinnati's lowly Reds, 4-2 and 9-7, eight games and lost only one. The Eastman’s Running. fight,” Morgan up WOm COMOuCToR AajO HOPS A©OARO each on a 3-run said nothing about it then. He could mile to almost nose out winning rally In the Earl’s trouble has been lack of BEN EASTMAN, the Stanford Washington a hot water — great around in certain BorrLe ninth, and made it five out of seven step positions, but for control. smart a race— second place, but through most BIGblond, ran just as when caught off balance he was help- I in the West. Van Mungo's tenth In the 14 games he has started this of but different lines. leas.” , the four long miles it was the two