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5 Games Within 48 Hours Add Up to Weary Schedule for Nats Good Weather Due Ward Reaches Finals 'fj Schmitz Will Oppose fitting f&fafJipofis r WHam In Washington, D. C., Friday, May 29, 1953—A-10 ** For Speedway 'SO0 Os British Amateur; Hudson Here Tonight Again Tomorrow Carr in Semifinals In Red Sox Visit ¦y th* Associated Press By Hi* Associated free* By Burton Hawkins Win, or May HOYLAKE, England, May tonight, Lose Draw INDIANAPOLIS, 29. 29. the Starting Nats em- The fabulous good weather luck —Harvie Ward of Atlanta, the bark on a week-end grind which By FRANCIS STANN defending champion, breezed in- will have them playing five of the Indianapolis Speedway is THERE MAY BE NOTHING to the report that Cincinnati to the final round of the British games within 48 hours and if expected again players are brewing a revolt against Manager Rogers Hornsby, to hold tomor- Amateur golf championship to- they aren’t whipped by the Red day, they figure but at least this is the season for it. A year ago to the day row for the 37th edition of defeating Arthur Perowne Sox to be beaten of England, 6 and in when the ordeal ends the Louis Browns began their “Get-Hornsby” campaign America’s premier automobile 5, a semi- physically St. final match. around sundown Sunday in Bos- which culminated last June 10 when Bill race. ton. ' Ward, Frank Veeck fired the he earlier had called The Weather Bureau predicts who beat Stran- a r man ahan of Toledo to win title There’s a night game tonight rain clouds the at Griffith Stadium, double- “my idea of a manager.” drifting east from last year, has had only one hard a Os the newest revolt rumor, born in Illinois won’t hit this area until match on his way to the header tomorrow at the same last JOHNNY SCHMITZ. place, then a Milwaukee, General Manager Gabe Paul has ML well after a new speed champion round this year. That was double-header ' Sunday In Boston. -this de- Players ’*'*¦' 1 against % All said, ‘‘l don’t believe it.” have de- S has been crowned in what offi- v Stranahan, whom he • < IfiK beat, 1 up, spite an American League regu- nied friction and Hornsby himself has said, Hr cials say will be record for in the fourth round. lation which time In the quarterfinals reads. “No night “Ifthe Reds are in revolt it’s news to me.” earlier to- game can be scheduled preceding the 500-mile classic. day, Ward whipped Cyril Yet nearly a year ago, when the Browns Wind- Pirates-Braves Shift a double-header except where The forecast for the 200-lap h|~ JHBjs row of England, 5 and 4. cheered in their clubhouse following Veeck’s grind absolutely necessary to complete JSK around the brick and as- By winning dismissal of the Rajah, Hornsby also said: phalt horseshoe, the two matches the schedule.” scheduled to today, Ward gained an oppor- May Help “They must have put words in their (the start at 11 ajn. (noon Wash- In Schedule Tonight’s game will be tele- tunity to become the first player vised by players) mouths. I didn’t have any trouble ington time), Is cloudy and Station WTTG. It will humid with the temperature in to win the British Amateur title be broadcast by WWDC. with the players.” . two years in succession Dodgers to Grab necessity *“"*s,to“* the high 80s. since Lead There’s no involved If the manager were anybody except Lawson Little did it in 1934 in Rain Means Postponement. By th* Associated Frees this case. It was scheduled Hornsby, barrage of denials might suffice to end the dis- and 1935. that way originally, with per- the Flushed with gifts from an un- the and for all. But tempestuous has Should thundershowers strike The only other two-time win- mission of Dom DiMaggio, the sension reports once so sooner than the expected source, the Brooklyn that be directed anticipated, ner in recent years was Strana- recently retired Boston outfielder been Rogers’ career attention almost has to event will be put off until Mon- Dodgers face a busy holiday to of there’s smoke, there’s han, who won in 1948 and 1950. week end which | who was then the American a modification the old saw—where day at the same time. But in may well lead League player representative. a possibility all the years since the Carr Meets Beamish. ; them into first place in the Na- of fire. % race be- The Nats have the same situa- gan in 1911, there’s been Only Ward’s opponent in. the 36- ! tional League. At least the door Thrice in the past Hornsby has been fired directly by I will tion coming up later when they one postponement 1915 and hole final tomorrow will be the be wide open. play a night game in other clubs. Twice he was traded while serving as a player- The Dodgers Boston two curtailments—in 1926 at 400 winner of the match between Joe begin a five-game July 3, a there manager, which is tantamount to being fired. No other I miles Carr of set today with some of double-header and in 1950 at 345—be- Ireland and Cecil Beam- ! their fa- with the Red gox July 4 and manager probably, has been hired and fired so ish of Ireland. ! vorite the a in history, cause of bad weather. playmates, Pirates. double-header with the Yankee* Their first-division rivals will be often by so many different clubs. Thirty-three of the fastest The match ended on the 179- | here July 5. ma- scrapping among themselves. ** * * chines American ingenuity can yard 13th hole when Ward hit a Yanks Play Day Game*. devise, each by a Ingley, near-perfect tee shot which For Brooklyn, five games with’ THERE HAVE BEEN FEW peaceful interludes in the manned race- BREAKS 36-YEAR HIGH SCHOOL RECORD—Jack Pittsburgh The Yankees, pernaps more hardened driver, will compete for 16-year-old Wilson High School junior, is pictured a few stopped just a few feet from the should be a sure-fire gruff, outspoken Hornsby’s career. When he was at his peak a total purse of approximately pin. Perowne was off to the side, proposition. After all, the Dodg- pennant-conscious, will play day minutes after he had broken the Interhigh record for the ers have beaten Pittsburgh games prior to both their holi- he not only was star second baseman and manager of the $240,000. The crowd, tradition- 880-yard years. chipped up short and conceded three run which stood for 36 His time was 2:02, straight this year and 19 out of day double-headers while th# fit. Louis Cardinals, but also a stockholder. ally the largest to pay for an of a second faster the old In the the match. American sports three-fifths than record. The victory margin of- j 22 last year. Nats and Red Sox stagger Rickey, at general manager of the event, is ex- trials Wednesday Ingley had set another ran was Branch the time pected to hit 175,000 record when he ficially announced as 6 and 5 al- Rivals Face Tough Tasks. through their overtime. Those with Hornsby and traded him between the 440-yard dash in 50.2 seconds, breaking the old mark of Cardinals, became disenchanted and 200,000. There will be no though some onlookers thought But store for the jams in the schedule will be developed, 51 set in 1946. (Story on Page A-ll.) —Star Staff Photo. look what’s in in September. to the New York Giants. A rhubarb however. television, but the race will be it should be 7 and 5, with the four other teams figure to offset The Nats which won’t play Hornsby refused to sell his stock, except at his own asking carried on a special 38-State 13th hole going to Ward. Neither have the best chance of thwart- September 18 or 19, price, and unwritten baseball law then, as now, prohibited a radio network. played out the 13th and it was ing Brooklyn's second-pennant- play a double-header September 20, then lay off three more days. player manager of one club from owning stock in another. Everything points to a record- called a half. i in-a-row ambitions: or Hoyas to playing - perfect Schmitz, lefthander breaking performance which Picked Share Honors Ward, near League - leading Milwaukee Johnny Eventually, Hornsby disposed of his stock, presumably on recently acquired would be the sixth in a row—if golf to score a 1-under-par 35 on tangles with second-place St. from the Yan- his terms, and joined the Giants. And as a Giant his tenure conditions permit. IC4-A, Starting Today the front nine, led 4 up at the Louis in three games starting kees, will be trusted with a actually was In 7,078-yard starting assignment tonight. was not without incident. While Rogers never Vukovich Has Pole. turn. Par for the today in St. Louis. By th* Associated Pres. Manhattan sprint will go Hoylake course is Manager Bucky Harris prefers manager of the Polo Grounders, he was acting as such during Bill Vukovich, trio, 36-37-L73. Philadelphia, a close fourth, 34-year-old de- May . only in the 100. Coming the opens to use Spec his ailing one Western trip, when the late John McGraw was indisposed. scendant of NEW YORK. 29—Man- back. Ward won a four-game engagement Shea and Slovenian immi- hattan’s speed demons and I One of the men who might 10th hole, halved the 11th and with the fifth-place New York shoulder under a warm sun if McGraw was a martinet, but he got away with.

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