I Nats Rushing Newsom to Mound Against Chisox 4 Fifth in Row Battle of Undefeated ose or Triumph Ennis' Punch Tells for Phillies; Uline Gets Franchise Over Is Goal; Nines Bosox Maintain Lead By FRANCIS E. STANN Midget Tops Strong In Newly Formed Which Was the Best Batting Team? Hudson Foils Tribe Boys' Card Pro Court "If you were a ,” asked one of the young Nats the other Loop Loop The two undefeated night, "would you rather pitch to the 1946 Red Sox or to some of those By Burton Hawkins teams In the Special Dispatch to Tha Star other like midget class of the Western Division great hitting teams, the Yankees of 1927, the Athletics of -O Bobo NEW Newsom, the air- of the Club of YORK, June 7.—Mike 1929 or the Yankees of 1937? I never saw any of these teams, Boys’ Washington except conditioned who was last owner the Red Sox we pia> today,” pitcher in League clash in the feature Uline, of Uline Arena in line of tomorrow’s Now there s posing a little question that could when modesty was being dis- five-game schedule. Washington, D. C., has purchased a stir a few It will be Eastern winners up arguments. If I were a pitcher I’d tributed, will establish a beachhead Quins, franchise in a new professional bas- to the Mexican of four straight, against Alexandria jump League, temporarily, any on Griffith Stadium’s ket mound to- B. undefeated in three ball league organized here yes- time these clubs came to town. Or suddenly get a C., games, night and fire away at the on the East at 10 a.m. terday that will sore back, as so many used to get—and Chicago Ellipse begin operations Bordie as so many hitters used to get when Walter White Sox, whom the Nats thus far Taylor of Alexandria Is next season with clubs from 13 slated to either Gene cities in Johnson was scheduled to pitch. have found an easy target. pitch against the United States and There’s no but what the Burdette, a curveballer, or Danny Canada. question Red Sox of Newsom has discovered that 1946 Cookman, speed specialist. Another belong among the top hitting teams of all The new loop, to be known as the straying from a dull pattern creates in this loop brings an intra- times. They may not win the pennant, due to Basket Ball Association of America, club with Blues thin pitching, but they won’t lose by much simply more pleasant income tax problems, rivalry Georgetown has elected Maurice Podoloff of New because (2-2) and Georgetown Whites (0-4j they have eight tough hitters coming up so the customers won’t be surprised Haven, Conn., as president; Podo- at 11 o’clock on the West in a row, starting with George Metkovich and Ellipse, loff also is president of the Amer- when Bobo struts to work with “00’ with the Whites favored. winding up with Hal Wagner with Bobby ican Hockey League and it is ex- stitched on his uniform. Newsom Other class are Docrr, . Rip Hussell, , Dom midget games pected the circuit will be patterned a Senators against Junior Di Maggio and sandwiched in be- brings splash of sorely needed Terrapins along the same lines as the ice on tween. the South Ellipse at 1 o’clock, Francis E. Stann. color to the Nats and there’s a sus- league. Georgetown Grays against Malcomb The And when is pitching you’ve got another hitter to picion he is also a league will be divided into importing strong Skates at Western Stadium at 10 take into account. right arm which will aid the club. two divisions, with each team play- o'clock and Eastern Nats against When Newsom isn’t talking about ing 54 games, half of them at home. Merrick on the South Ellipse at Yanks' 1927 'Murderers' Row' Rated himself he never is happier than SID HUDSON. College rules will be used and no Generally Tops 11 o’clock. clubs will The when before a sizable be allowed to sign a player young Nat’s question called for a session with the record laboring —Star Staff Photo. class is crowd and Topping peewee games until after his graduation. Cities books. Probably best known of all great teams were the 1927 tonight’s turnout prob- hitting the tilt between Fairlington and and franchise holders; Yankees, with their famed “Murderers’ Row.” In 1927 all ably wont’ disappoint the gigantic, regulars Hutchinson Furniture on the West Walter Brown, Garden. Boston: the garrulous hurler who backs his except catcher, and Mark up at 1 o'clock. Hutchinson is Dr James Alllnger, Memorial Auditorium, North-South Lacrosse Ellipse Buffalo: Allen Loeb and Thomas Koenig were auove .300. chatter with occasional bits of Loeb. hitting attempting to oust Fairlington from Chlcato Arena. Chicaao: A1 Sutphln, .373, Earle pitching brilliance and a fighting DELMER ENNIS. —AP Photo. Cleveland Arena. Cleveland. James D .356, Combs .356, Bob second piact. The first-place Juicy 9 Meusel .337 and heart which has Norris, Olimpia Arena, : Richard .309. With the exception of Combs, the captivated the Fruits meet Industrial Home School Miller, Coliseum Corn Indianapolis: Ned lead-off each Nats’ followers. Tens Battle Irish, Madison Sfluare Garden. New YOrk; man, of these five was a home- threat. Tonight on the East at 1 and 1/ th* AnociaUd Pirn as the Ellipse o’clock, rates, 13-8, St. Louis Car- Peter Tjrrell. Arena. But was that a Phila- tougher line-up than the 1929 Athletics? They, Newsom Is Scrappy Showman. By tha Associatad frtti the other game sends Hard- dinals were beaten the Boston delphia; James Balmer, Plttiburah Gar- May Delmer Ennis, rookie Philadelphia by dena. Plttsburah: Louis Pieri, Rhode Island too. had five batters well over .300. A1 Simmons was a .365 Two instances of Newsom’s slugger scrap- , June 7.—First post- ware against the Bulls at Western Phillies’ who was Braves, 9-5. Auditorium. Providence; Emeri Jones. St. that a .381 man , saved year, the next, a .390 clouter the next. py showmanship are recalled vivid- war renewal of the annual Stadium at noon. Louis Arena. St. Louis; Henri Bolton. Ma- North- from the minors the GI Bill of Howie Pollet, Cards’ sterling Leaf Gardens. hit .335. Jimmy Foxx hit .354. had by ple Toronto, and Michael .313, .327 ly by local fans. They remember South all star lacrosse will was the victim of a five- Uline. Uline Arena, Waahinaton. and game Rights, has risen from virtual ob- southpaw, .331. when Bobo, his broken a be leg by held at Homewood Field tonight scurity to become one of the most run sixth which enabled the Simmons and Foxx were prolific homerun hitters. Cochrane line drive early in the re- with Leaders in Action game, representatives from 14 colleges Old Dominion prized chattels in baseball today. Braves to overcome a 5-2 deficit and Softy and Miller contributed a few, too. Were the of mained on the mound to finish. Sweeps they equal Gehrig, and universities on the two squads. put them on the road to Irish War Veterans and China — victory, Ruth and not to mention The 20-year-old flycatcher he I Meusel, Lazzeri? They also remember when Newsom Army will have three players in i Nanny Fernandez and Mike McCor- Inn, tied for first place in the Dis- failed to reaches his majority tomorrow— duck a throw engineered the Northern starting ten, more than i mick, recently from the trict Recreation Softball League No. Red Sox of 1946 Face Will Race Pofomacs whose organized baseball experience acquired Pitchers Under Lights by , then playing third from any other school of either Reds, smashed homers in the Braves 4, play Red Cross and Chestnut is limited to one year with Trenton | That was no light-hitting lineup Joe in base, and staggered under the im- squad. Potomac Boat Club of Washington Inning. Farms, respectively, in today’s McCarthy managed in the Class C Interstate League in 'big 1936, 1937, 1938 and 1939, when the Yankees swept four world pact of the ball crashing against , Navy and Hopkins have and Old Dominion Boat Club of games on the Monument straight 1943, took the big Jump from the Williams’ Homer Tops Browns. grounds. series, winning 19 of 22 games against the Giants (twice', Cubs and his jaw before resuming work and two each in the South’s opening Alexandria will renew their tradi- Navy to the Phillies and made The maintained Reds. Gehrig in 1937 hit Bill registering a dramatic triumph. array. tional after five in a good .351, Dickey .332, .328, rivalry years from a Released right the start. ; their 6',i games rookie named Joe DiMaggio .323 and Tom Henrich .320. All were by the futile Athletics Dlnty Moore, of Navy, is - match off the local club Sunday Statistics advantage over the New York Yan- League potential homerun hitters against ah types of pitching. at his own request on Monday, ing the Southerners, while Nick at 2 p.m. The Philadelphia youngster ap- FRIDAY, JUNK 7, 1M1 Newsom will in his first kees when they edged out the St. One thing to remember, when discussing the relative merits of be shooting for his Thiel, of Penn State is head mentor Some 30 oarsmen are expected out peared major league AMERICAN LEAGUE. fourth Louis Browns, 5-4, on the strength hitting teams, is that the 1927 Yankees were facing pitchers. win of the season as the Nats for the North. for races, the first rowing events line-up April 30, acquired his first Remits Yesterday. of Ted Williams’ 10th homer of the There were still a few and try for their fifth over the The series stands at two in this area for some time. hit in his Initial time and Washington, 4; Cleveland, 0 (night). operating they were tough. On the other straight victories ! White since has 33 year with one man on. New York. 4: Chicago, 6. hand, the A’s of 1929-1930-1931 faced fewer spitballers and the Sox, who haven’t beaten each. Events have been scheduled for gone through games, Boston. 5: St Louis, 4. Hal Weafer ordered Yanks of 1936-1937-1938-1939 faced none at all. Washington this year. Ed Probable line-ups: four-oar sculls and falling to hit safely in but six of Only fames scheduled. Lopat, a.. gigs, quadruple who has Ogden, Princeton ..Courtney. Hopkini them. He’s a Brownie pitcher off Now, on a third hand, it must be remembered that the 1946 Red gone the route against the P. Hoem, Princeton Qonuch. Duke eight-oar shells. The last is listed currently hitting cool Standing at Clubs. C. Penn .333 the field in the fourth fol- Sox are playing many games under the Electrical Nats twice and suffere,-' defeats on P. Tenhulg. State Fetter«, Md. as tentative,, to PBC to rank fifth in the league. inning lights. engineers l»t D- Bregnahan. Aimy. Hewitt. according azs D'Oimoiti sir a c Hopkini a match between :0(tz* (j r 5 o « a both will his 41 basehits are 13 doubles lowing shoving r ? .s1 c ; £ maintain hitter sees the ball better under than he does occasions, pitch for Chi- 2nd D. Roger. Hobart 8tarlings, President Hernan. Among «■* 2 J-'S. i» lights by Loyola George « •* C. the arbiter and the St. Louis i< ir ■ r s o IB Devens. Army Corrigan. Duke and 4 home runs. hurler » » day and they may be right. But there still are a lot of ball cago. Flood conditions on the Potomac >< 2il o £3 players 2nd A. Nilan. C. C. N. Y. Bowditch. i§ j:11." 3 » S'more when Kramer objected to a close 1B o |»!P C fl who insist they’d rather swing at the outlawed spitter than at a , popular 46-year-old 1st A. Merryman, Tutts Molean. Navy last week prevented staging of the Helps Phils Trounce Reds. f* '3 I o jy £* 0 O H. Jordan. R. P. I Hoyert. Maryland decision at first base. Kramer knuckle ball, curve or fast ball under ex-pitcher, will be making his local race before this week he said. 1 i"~ ° ;a I : lg 5 lights. I. H. Hausman. Army Chambers, Navy end, Ennis bashed four blows yesterday fheaved the debut as the ball over the grandstand of White Capt. Mike Plouhoff of PBC, as- 6: 6\ r> 3 to pace a 9-3 triumph over the as he left the Bos—1_ 6 5 6 301 e.800— Sox. took as field. Tigers of '21 Hit Hard but Lost Lyons over pilot when sisted by Fred Knowlan, also of the Cincinnati the Phils’ sixth NYi 3'—1 6 4, 4, 31 51 7311171.646 6(4 Frequently Mills-Cranford Go Here Reds, in The Yankees made It three in a A team that is to be overlooked fiery Jimmy Dykes resigned in a Washington club, and Capt. Jack their last Wa li 3,—i 4 6 0 41 6 24 18 .658 11 likely in any rating of eight games. Two of his row over the White Sox huff recently. Franklin of ODBC is in Chicago Pet II 0 3—I 51 4 5' 71251211.543 11‘4 great slugging lineups is the Detroit club of 1921. Here was a row charge of hits were doubles to him in Is Menendez place with a 4-0 win as Bill —' and will Sought by races Manager Clej II 3 2 I 5 3 4 19 27 .413 17(4 of hitters if there was one. No. 1 ball of all Washington Chicago a tie for the most two-base hits , player time, Dickey, his 39th birth- StLi II 3, 2i 3 3— 4 tangle in a Gabe Menendez, fight matchmak- an oarsman a celebrating 2 18 26 .409 17(4 hit .389. Outfielder hit .338, Lu Blue five-game series with! Witn many still bit with St. Louis’ Stan Muslal. er for Promoter Joe has day, knocked in two runs. I Chlj II 2i 0: 3' 3: 4—I 2 15 26 .366 19 Cather Bassler Outfielder Ira Third double-headers listed here tomor- Turner, rusty from a long period of war- The .308, Johnny .307, Flagstead .305, high-flying Brooklyn Dodg- A pinch-hit with the PhU II li 1! II 3 4 0 —ill 34 .244,28 row and Sunday. The Nats then sent an offer of $15,000 to Freddie time inactivity, it can be Baseman Bob Jones .303 and .299. anybody's ers increased their National bases full | L..I 8117119 21:27 26 26 34'—I—I I will battle the 8t. Louis Mills, British light to show League by Frank Secory in the These were the era of and Browns heavyweight, | Sunday. lead to 4 V4 Tigers hitting during legiti- meet games—their largest of 12th inning gave the Cubs Game* Today. Games Tomorrow. here before embarking on a Jackie Cranford of Washing- Chicago mately scuffed balls. They were pretty wonderful people with the lengthy the season—when they outslugged a 10-6 road trip. ton in an outdoor fight here in July. victory over t£e New York ChijSt Wash., 8:30 Chi. at Wash. (2), wood, those old Tigers, and they were hitting against tome pretty W.-L. Shows 13-4 Record, the guild-minded Pittsburgh Pi- Giants. 'ESTl. 1:30 iHm. Hudson iClev. at N. Y. 1:30. St. L. at Phila. wonderful pitchers, notably Johnson. Easily Stops Tribe. St. L. at Phila, 7:30. Clev. at N. Y. If it’s any consolation to anti-Red Sox fans the Tigers of ’21 Sid Hudson pitched the Nats to Claims Sectional Title Only games. Pet. at Bost. their sixth in — didn't fare too well in the race. They didn't have the defensive play victory eight games Defeat Postponed games against Wood- with Typos Boyles Strand Leads Attack . nor the to win. What’s more, were’nt even close. Cleveland last night before 12,- Joe's Is pitching they They ward School and Charlotte Hall Right Strong; Results Yesterday. ran 288 fans, the Indians with sixth! stopping finally have been canceled by Brooklyn. 13; 8. four hits to Pittsburgh, win, 4-0, as Washington To Gain Lead Washington-Lee High baseball team Chicago. 10; New York. 6 (12 ). recorded its initial shutout League On Records in Meet Philadelphia. 9, Cincinnati. 3. triumph and the Generals close their books Conn Reaches Peak Boston, 9; St. Louis. 5 (night). of the season. Union Printers are in first In notching his third place with a record of 13 th« Awotialcd Women Hardell Back at G. in victories and •y Pr«n By th* Associated Press U. S. Clean Up U.; win, Hudson walked two and the Departmental Baseball per- only 4 setbacks for the season. after COMPTON, Calif., June 7.-The POMPTON mitted only one man to reach third League knocking off Joe W.-L. LAKES, N. J., June 7. claims the Northern Vir- Swedish Lennart base. Boyle’s Bar, 4-1, yesterday on the swifty, Strand, —There’s with ginia Class A championship off a nothing wrong the In Net Event Is Resumed Ellipse. Printers’ pitcher, making his American bow, is ex- English Boxing Hudson, supported nicely by Billy "Gump” record of five wins in six starts. famous right hand of Joe who starred in a loop Louis, Hitchcock, Stan Spence and Bailey, relief role when to face an attack on the By th» Associated Press Elmer P. (Hap) Hardell will be Gerry It split with George Washington pected will risk his world he entered the in the heavyweight ~ Priddy, who contributed game eighth in MANCHESTER, England, June 7. back as Georgetown University fielding High two games and twice de-1 records tonight at the Compton in- Bkl —I Oi 41 41 51 61 41 8301141.682— was with the loaded and retired title Conn in Fran- track coach next it has been gems, staked to a 3-0 lead in bases^ feated Lane and boxing against Billy —Margaret Osborne of San spring, the Fairfax in league vitational track and field meet. StL 2 —i Si 41 21 51 41 3 25 181.081. 4(4 the first as the Nats side. New York's cisco won the women’s singles title announced by Rev. Matthew Kane, inning chased Play- June 19. Chi i; 3—I 41 51 81 21 2I22I19I.537' 6(4 . Cameo Furniture and Heurich I Strand, at Les MacMitch- in the Northern lawn tennis moderator of at the An , two walks aiming The answered Cin 3! 4 21—I 31 01 61 g!18H8'.500i 8 today S.J., athleticj Brewers marked champion reports to and singles Vernon and up wins in the In- ell's 3:51.4 in the 1,500 meters, will NY 3' 4 II 11—1 SI 31 1 0 tournament, beating Louise Brough Hilltop. The university also will by Mickey the contrary during his training 31201241.455 dustrial — Priddy netted the Nats runs League with the Furniture- be supported by Ralph Tate, Okla- Bos 2. 3, 31 11 5 I II 4;18i23i.482,10 of Beverley Hills, her Wightman have intercollegiate boxing next three Griffs' Records yesterday by jolting two sparring at the outset, whilrf men polishing off Naiman's Photos, homa Ag hurler; U. 8. C.'s Wilbur Pit 3' 3. 31 21 II II—I 4I17I23I.425H1 Cup teammate, 6—1, 6—3. season with Marty Gallagher as singles by Batting. partners with terrific righthand Vernon and Cecil Travis 7-1, on the Ellipse, and the Brewers (Moose) Thompson, hefty shotput- Phi' 0 II II 31 31 21 41—:14I26I.360:14 The two Americans teamed up to coach, Father Kane announced. Spence, got G. AB. R. H 2b.3b.Hr.Rbl. Pet. punches. the Nats their bowling over Naval Sta- ter, and Willie Steele, San L, 14 IS 19 19 24 23123 26-; I win the women’s doubles Hardell wras track coach at other run off Joe Receiving Vernon 37 149 32 89 14 3 5 29 .396 Diego C title, 6—1, on Games Krakauskas in the tion, 7-1, the Sailors’ diamond. 6 State broad jumper, in the Today. Games Tomerrov. Joan and Jean from 1939 until seventh. Nlggeling- 6121000 .333 onslaught N. Y. at 6—2, from Ingram Georgetown 1942, In Metro GREENWOOD LAKE. N. J„ June Pitts., 7:15 N. Y. at Pitts. was Military League at Trevis — 44 173 18 8 on the marks. 'ESTl. of when the was discontinued be- Hudson in trouble only twice, play 64 2 0 23 .312 Compton 7 Bost at Cinci. Quertier England. sport