Evening Star. (Washington, DC). 1934-06-09 [P B-6]
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■■ — — -. ■■ ■ ■ 1 ■ ■ — — _____ — , % I FROM THE PRESS BOX Most Ambitious Team in Marathon Gallop A NO DISTANCE CAN DAUNT THESE STUEDT NEW ENGLANDEKS. I AFOOT on WHEEL, HE SOUTHPAW '»»""» _BY JOHN ; --—————■ HI! —1 vs TBW YORK, June 9.—In theory an all-star base ball game should be combination of 1 |\ a duel of titans, the best possible air-tight pitching tremendous hitters. A FIND FOR RED SOX A \| by air-tight pitchers and tremendous hitting by TO TOP OF HITTERS BOXSTARTER what AS base ball it 1 1 It’s Impossible to realise that combination, being is. and the fans know they must compromise with their Ideal when they watch a contest between the all-star teams of the National and Amer- Taking Place Reserved for But Right-Hand Hitters Fail ican Leagues. Splurge of 18 Hits in 26 Last year the fans picked a couple of teams that figured to be Against Southpaw as Sox strong in every position. By the terms of Socratic logic, the game Times Up for Week Gives Expensive Grove—Cards should have been tight and errorless and even, until the more powerful in 3-2. club finally asserted its superiority. You can’t apply Socratic logic Back in Second Place. Cop 12th, a the of .400. i to the national pastime. Willie Hallahan threw spanner into plot Tiger Average for a perfect ball game by having one of his wildest days. Some one bound to be the villain of the BY JOHN B. KELLER. It wasn’t WUlie's fault. was By the Associated Press. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON. JR* of work an entire piece. You can’t pick ball players on the basis their for Associated Press Sports Writer. June 9. — J o e YORK, June 9- season and expect them to concentrate all their talent In one particular of the A season all cluttered Cronin, manager day. An all-star ball game Is an all-star ball game only until the first ball Charley Gehringer, up Detroit effective with Washington’s hold-over is thrown out. This being so, most of the fun and fury comes in the selection Tigers’ rookie pitchers, special was NEW all major mention seems to to BOSTON,base ball champions, of the rather than in the game Itself. walloper, put belong teams, In an mood when rivals In the INFritz Ostermueller, the Bos- experimental The starting pitchers last year were Hallahan and Gomes. There league batting shade during the past week. ton Red Sox from his outfit reached this town for seems to be no reason for a change in the American League entry. southpaw Its series with the Eighth In the American League a Rochester. three-game The screwy CastllHan is the best pitcher in the league at this wrftlng. the Red Sox and not much week ago, Gehringer cut loose with Ostermueller. who cost *25.000, has good sole support of an Infirm and feeble staff. A year ago there was cause to came it. 18 hits In 26 trips to the plate and taken the place reserved for (100,000 of that Bob Grove might be better, but that was a year ago. Gomez has suspect hoisted his average from .351 to .400 Bob Looking only to the result of the half share of that all-star club. Grove and while he has aosorbed a clear claim now to a after to take the opening game of the set, no good came yesterday’s game his share of beatings his record has Issue. Several Infield Candidates. lead. While he was of the experimental mood, for the A Hight-Handed major league per- been good. Frit* was promoted to a be Infield is not this Rollie of starter's job Just in time to an Nationals were spanked, 3 to 2, in a William Hallahan must National League forming feat, Hemsley drop St. Louis, leader a week ago, con- 6-5 decision to Cleve- tussle that went Into the twelfth It's so easy, and a certain amount of ll-lnnlr,g yanked, of course. pretty THE land round. Yet in defeat the club discov- WILD judicious booing will be per- nected safely only four times in 22 May 11. Then he lost four more certain by this time that he ered it had a talented starting pitcher, mitted after you have read these sug- attempts and lost 40 points. games without being hit hard, but 1 of who in Jack Russell, lanky right-hander never can regain the effectiveness gestions. At first base Terry and Ous Heinie Manush Washington, came back to take two games from has more hits than other Senators heretofore employed only in relief made him the best pitcher in Suhr deserve the edge over Sam Les- any player, Washington’s with good that the roles. lie. Sunny James Bottomley and 77, retained second place in performances. the National League two, three and For the umpteenth time Pilot Cro- James the Ripper Collins. American League, although his mark Following up last Sunday’s 1-2 nin experimented with the batting four years ago. The boys are men- dropped sevtn points. triumph, Ostermueller limited the Terry and Suhr are tougher order, and the last-minute-devised af- Dean, Frank- The National race under- Senators to hits in a tioning Hubbell, Dizzy competitors than Sam and the League eight 12-inning fair no more successful than went almost as a wind- battle and proved and Warneke as hts not big change, yesterday finally won out. house, Mungo Ripper, though they may 3 to 2. the the many others put forth since the saw ing up with Sam Leslie of Brooklyn by scoring winning run successors. Hubbell and Warneke hit as often from day to day. young leader began juggling his hit- and and Joe Medwlck of St. Louis vir- himself. He nicked A1 Crowder for action in the game last year, Association of had an to his team out Here and there along the inner deadlocked for the lead. After With five runner* and a manager, the United Shoe Machinery Athletic Beverly. Mass., a and went on a ters in effort get then, made the tually single around sacri- Hubbell, at his peak the come from another section of the for The Star's National A. A. U. of the doldrums. rampart* could be scattered Frankie Friday's contests Leslie led by a frac- largest delegation to country champion- fice. an infield out and Eddie better showing. Gordon But this Russell, now. That was Frisch, Travis Jackson and Pinky tion of a .3651 to ship today. From left to right they are Cecil R. Hill, Honore St. Jean, Johnny Semple, Roy Kimball, base hit. The result starts percentage point, Morgan's put some once before If the National League with and Cucclnello Norman and Clifford is the experiment. Only Whitney, English .3645. Cantley. Cantley manager. the Sox and Senators into a tie for the serewballer is had he gone as many as six and one- a southpaw for alternates. The way was paved for this duel fifth place. bet The right- third innings this season. Yet yes- the logical again. No argument will be made about when Hendrick of Philadel- Meanwhile St. Dean Harvey Rogers Hornsby's terday Russell started a same for the handed issue is between the National League outfield If you'll phia lost his status as a regular and Louis Browns slugged their way into first time in the campaign and looked and Mungo. concede Joe the Duck, the heir BETHESDA A. C. NINE NET PAIRS CLASHING just his place at the head of the parade third place by beating Cleveland, 8 to some I far better than of Cronin's Warneke is a fine pitcher, but of the Medwicks. Paul Waner and at the same time. Bill Terry of the 6. A five-run outburst in the seventh artists as he toiled down from St. IS LEADING regular-turn the two eccentrics Chuck Klein in there with the CRONIN and two more prefer j belong Giants made the biggest gain among BERTH TO GAIN M. A. FINAL talUes, gained without the man- the GETS LEAGUE into the tenth inning before Louis and Brooklyn. Dean has j Duck, but so. you might argue, do the leaders, boosting his mark 16 a hit when the Cleveland Infield the situation critical If ager deemed stuff and Mungo has the speed. | Hafey and Berger and Lindstrom. points to .353. taking fourth place. "blew" in the ninth, won the game. enough to demand a change in the handlers of the National League Take your pick. The real storm Records of the leading 10 batsmen Takes Place of Derwood in Mont- Markey-Welsh Playing Charest- pitchers. team were getting their instructions clouds are going to break over this in each major league follow: FOR ALL-STAR JOB Tiger* Retain Top Berth. of Flatbush. and it's just as all-star when some of the by way pickfest AMERICAN LEAGUE. gomery Circuit—Obtains McElrenny, Winners to Meet league-leading Tiger* Jack Slips but Once. well they're not. they might start pickers begin writing Babe Ruth off O. A B. R. H Pet. held IDE the fourth in Mungo and see what happened. the record. The Babe is not the Oehrinaer. Detroit... 47 lsn 41 72 .4iw Wheaton DETROIT'Stheir place by slamming UTS round, Manuah. .Washington. 48 sni :i7 77 .383 Playera. ^ Smith-Wheatley. Dickey and Lopez are the class of easiest guy in the world to keep away Early Voting Shows out 18 hits for a 13-to-5 vie- which the Red Sox did all the Voninik.