Two Days of Battling Brings Chaotic Shifts in Standings of Major Leagues ■ --? _ ______

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Press Box Gentle Spiking Renews Giant-Dodger Feud

By JOHN LARDNER, Special Correspondent of The Star.

NEW YORK, July 7 (N.A.N.A.).— A series of ball games is about to

begin between the Giants of New York and the Trolley Dodgers of Brooklyn, those ancient feudists from rival shores of a wide river, and once again the torch of hate is burning brightly among them.

This hate is perfectly bona fide, but now and then it needs a bit of kindling, and that may have been what Leo Durocher, the old pool shark from Springfield, Mass., now managing the Trolley Dodgers, had in his mind when he planted an affectionate spike upon the broad foot of Zeke Bonura, Giant first baseman, the other day.

Zek'l is a stranger to these Giant- Dodger brawls, but nobody had to tell him his move. In a fit of righteous Neapolitan wrath, the banana prince hurled the ball, which happened to be in his hand, at the dorsal fin of Mr. Durocher, who happened to be trotting away into the field, chuckling merrily to him- self.

When he missed with this lead, Zeke pursued the spiker in person and hurled a punch less than 10 feet from Leo's chin, to which Mr. Durocher replied in kind with an

uppercut which whizzed within 48 Inches of Zeke's Roman promontory’. In short, the feud was on again. Scheme to Humor Whims Of Terry Is Claimed

Mr. Durocher probably was leveling when he gnashed his teeth at the heir of a hundred banana kings, but his boss, Mr. Leland Stanford MacPhail, studying the situation in his laboratory that night, decided >

that it could be improved on.

Clapping a hand to his great domed brow to assist thought, MacPhail Went into action.

"A gigantic conspiracy exists in this league,” said the red-haired j leader, in part, “to humor the whims j of that notorious rascal, William Terry, manager of the Giants. His ruffianly first baseman hurls a ball at the skull of my tiny, defenseless manager”—here MacPhail paused to stifle a sob—"and what happens? The league fines my guy the stupendous sum of 25 spoons.

"It is high time something was

done to check the two-bit tyranny of the man Terry. A couple of days ago an alert young umpire, Tom Dunn, called one of Terry's thugs out for failing to touch third base. Terry steamed. The next time he came in contact with this fearless official, he swore he would get his job. What kind of intimidation is that?”

Ruthless Intimidation Won't Be Tolerated

Mr. MacPhail rapidly examined 27 different types of intimidation, and came up with the winner.

“It is ruthless Intimidation,” he announced. “What's more, I will not stand for it. If Terry tries that kind of stuff in my ball park I will put the dogs on him.”

Well, here comes Terry, and all his scoundrelly Giants, into Mr. MacPhail's ball park. Something possibly may happen.

Any small edge the Trolley Dodgers can get on the Giants they make the most of. The National League's All-Star squad, for Instance, selected by all the managers of the league, contains four Dodgers and only three Giants.

"It- is a splendid example.” com- mented Mr. MacPhail, "of the tri- umph of good over evil. Justice prevails,” said Mr. MacPhail, a con- noisseur of captions from old silent movies.

The Dodgers on the All-Star ros- ter are Whitlow Wyatt, undefeated pitcher; Cookie Lavagetto, fragile Italian third baseman; Dolph Ca- milli, equally Italian, but less fragile, a home run king, and Babe Phelps, the ample catcher.

MacPhail Ever Willing To Blame It on Bill

The Giants—"thugs,” as Mr. Mac- Phail would say—are Mel Ott, Harrv Danning and bullet-proof Bill Jurges.

"A bit of the bounder in every one of them, I wouldn't be sur- prised,” says Mr. MacPhail. “They probably were born with true hearts and loving natures, but association with the man Terry has warped them. I grieve to see it,” says Mr. MacPhail, reaching moumfuily for relish to daub his hamburger sand- wich.

The last good Giant-Dodger fight came three years ago, when Van Lingle Mungo and Rowdy Richard Bartell, a couple of low boiling- points on legs, flared up and col- lided at the Polo Grounds. Mungo fanned Bartell's ear lovingly with his famous fast ball. Bartell bunted toward first, Mungo covered the bag and both boys were swinging when they met.

“X wasn't with the Dodgers then,” Bays Mr. MacPhail, “but I can pic- ture it clearly. Bartell behaved like a cad. Mungo was the perfect gen- tleman.”

That’s one thing you can say for Leland Stanford MacPhail. The tnan is entirely without prejudice.

Major Leaders American League.

_ Batting—Di Magglo. New York, .425- Foxx. Boston. .362. Runs—Diekey and Rolfe. New York,

tnd McClosk.v Detroit. HO. Runs baited in—Williams. Boston

66: Greenberg Detroit 62. Hits—McQuinn. St. Louis. 97;

Cramer. Boston. 95. Doubles—Greenberg, Detroit. 26;

Rolfe New York. 24. Triples—Lewis. Wright and Travis.

Washington: McCoskv. Detroit: Mc- Quinn St. Louis, and Keltner. Cleve- land 7.

Home runs—Greenberg. Detroit. 16: 6elkirk. New York. 14.

Stolen bases—Case Washington. 27: Chapman. Cleveland. 12.

Pitching—Donald New York. 10-0: Bundra. New York. 5-0.

National League. Batting — Arnovich. Philadelphia.

.378: Bonura New York. .360. Runs—Frey and Werber. Cincinnati.

69. Runs batted in—McCormick. Cincin-

nati 59: Bonura New York, 57. Hits—Brown St. Louis. 96; Arnovich,

Philadelphia 93. Doubles—Miae and Slaughter. St.

Louis. 22. Triples—Herman Chicago. 11: Good-

Ban Cincinnati. 8. Home runs—Mize St. Louis. 15:

Camilli. Brooklyn and Lombardi. Cin- cinnati. 14. _

Stolen bases—Handley. Pittsburgh, 12_ Hack Chicago. 11. _ Pitching—Wyatt Brooklyn. 7-0; Oumbert. New York. 10-2.

TECHNICAL KAYO—Joe Jacobs, manager of Tony Galento, is being comforted by Frieda Rosen, who was with him when he had a battle at a night club in New York last night. Jacobs charged he was refused entry and then hit on the nose by a bouncer.

—A. P. Wirephoto.

Rod and Stream By GEORGE Hl'BER.

(July 7. 1939.) If the experiences this week of local anglers mean anything, this

coming week end should be a fine one for almost all sorts of fishing. Salt water angling particularly appears good, and probably fresh water bass fishing would be equally as good were it not for muddy waters.

Starting at the top we record the marlin experiences this week. On Monday and Tuesday at Ocean City a total of 30 marlin were taken. L,. K. McDorman of Chevy Chase-: landed a 64-pounder and Arthur Myers of Silver Spring got a 75- pounder while fishing with Capt. Crawford Savage. This particular trip not only was the first time after marlin for Mr. Myers but it was the first time he ever had wet a line in salt water. So he gets a 75-pounder. Not bad, beginner's luck or no be- ginner's luck.

Another to score was Harry M. Wheeler. He took a 55- pound spikesnout that meas- ured 7 feet, with a tail spread of 20 inches.

Dr. James L. Barnard, on his pri- vate cruiser, South Wind, had as

guests Dr. Robert C. Hall, Eddie Ry- nex and Sugar Brooks, all of Wash- ington, and they hooked four marlin and Dr. Barnard landed a 44- pounder. Joe Morrison of Washing- ton, a guest of Paul Townsend aboard the Jacpau, landed a 65- pound marlin in 30 minutes. Jack Townsend took an 88-pounder in 15 minutes. George Cook of the Na- tional Mediation Board was a mem- ber of a party on the Slow and Easv under Capt. Fred Basnight that landed two big fish, although Cook himself failed to score this time.

Bay Fishing Also Good. At other spots local anglers are

doing as well. D. M. Rogers fished with A. G. H. Mears. hotelman. at Wachapreague. and in two days had eight strikes and landed five channel bass. Mears had three strikes and out. Other fish at Wachapreague, Mears reports, are trout, kings, croakers and sea bass. Best boat this week had 150 assorted fish and next best was 80.

Coming Into Chesapeake Bay we have another good catch by a local rod wielder.

T. S. Entwisle, fishing with Capt. Clarence Cox of Oxford, Md., caught a 50-pound black drum in the mouth of the Choptank River. The party of six had good luck in their direc- tions also, bringing in a total of 83 assorted hardheads, spot, trout and perch.

In almost any other part of the bay you can find hardhead fishing. Your correspondent fished for an hour or so Wednesday night with Capt. Gene Wood at Shadyside and caught a reasonable number of hardhead. That catch was on this side of the bay, and Capt. Wood tells us that the fishing is even better on the other side on the Lumps, a 50-minute boat trip from his pier. He also says that the rockflsh still are in Eastern Bay, although It has passed the time of year when they generally move outside.

Record Bass Taken. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse N. Rice of 3001

Franklin road, Arlington, Va„ have returned from a four-day fishing trip to Norfolk and Ocean View, Va„

and had such success that they of- 1 fer to give information as to tourist camps, hotels, fishing, crabbing, etc. in that section. Call them at Oxford 0993-W. With six friends they caught 150 pounds of fish in four days, di- vided between fresh water big mouth bass and salt water croakers. They also took numerous crabs.

One of those bass weighed 9si pounds, which likely will be the year's second for the State.

A picture of the fish which Mrs. Rice sent us looked to be about a

yard long, and it really is an Old He. Don't forget the casting tourna-

ment coming up a week from tomor- row and Sunday. It is the Eastern Association of Scientific Angling Clubs tourney, and will be the big- gest thing held in the East this sea- son. The Lincoln Memorial Pool will be open for practice tomorrow after- noon and Sunday morning, so get in your warmup licks then and be ready to help Washington casters make a good showing as the host club.

Third to Sixth Place Struggles Become Unpredictable

Pirates Hand Diz Dean First Defeat of 1939; Reds Clout Timely

By JUDSON BAILEY, Associated Press Sports Writer.

Like a couple of boys who have eaten green apples, the National and American Leagues right now are

experiencing severe and unpredict- able disturbances in their middle regions.

In the two days since the Fourth of July supposedly settled the stand- ings into some semblance of order, the clubs between third and sixth place in the two leagues have been buffeted out of recognizable shape.

The Brooklyn Dodgers are in third place in the National League today by one percentage point and the Chicago Cubs, who climbed to the same spot Tuesday, are in sixth by a single point. The St. Louis Cardi- nals have skidded to fourth and the Pittsburgh Pirates risen to fifth.

Indians Drop Two Notches. In the American League the I

Cleveland Indians were ambushed out of third and into fifth place i with the Detroit Tigers ascending to third and the Chicago White Sox to fourth. In addition, the Phila- delphia Athletics are blowing down the backs of the sixth-place Wash- ington Senators.

Yesterday’s meager menu of five games contributed a full measure to the muddled situation.

The Cincinnati Reds came from 1

behind to snare the St. Louis Car- dinals, 7-4, in a night game. Paul Derringer was slugged for 14 hits, including seven for extra bases, of which Johnny Mize’s 15th homer of the season was the climax. But the Reds made the most of their nine knocks. Ernie Lombardi hit a home run with one on and the other safeties were opportune.

Bucs End Dizzy's Streak. The Pittsburgh Pirates doused

Dizzy- Dean into his first defeat of the season, 7-2, with a 13-hit attack which was shouldered by Lefty Larry French after he relieved Dean in the fourth. Bob Klinger was im- pregnable except for one inning when Stan Hack singled with run- ners on second and third.

The other National League clubs had an open date, as did the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox in the American.

Jack Knott came up with a 5-hit pitching job to beat Cleveland. 8-1. It was the Indians' third loss in a row.

The Tigers, who moved into third place Wednesday- while idle, took advantage of the opportunity to strengthen their position bv out- slugging the St. Louis Browns to win, 9-5. Seven pitchers saw ac- tion in the 27-hit game, which was decided by Detroit's 4-run flurry in the eighth.

Philadelphia pounced on the Sen- ators, 9-3, in a night game to break a 6-game losing streak which Connie Mack had said was worry- ing him as much as his stomach trouble. George Caster survived a 3-run outburst in the second inning and gave only two hits for the next seven innings while his teammates bunched all their runs into three lusty chapters.

Millers Have Chance To Move to Front In A. A. Race By the Associated Press.

Opportunity knocks again tonight for the Minneapolis Millers who for weeks have been hovering in the shadow of first place in the Ameri- can Association.

They reduced Kansas City’s league lead to a game and a half last night by defeating Columbus, 7 to 3, while the Blues were break- ing even at Indianapolis.

A sweep of a doubleheader with the Red Birds tonight, with addi- tional co-operation from Indianapo- lis, would elevate the Millers to the top spot.

The challengers had compara- tively easy going last night as Bill Butland shut out the Red Birds in all but one inning to score his 11th victory of the year.

Cunningham Bows Again To Blaine Rideout Bj the Associated Press.

CINCINNATI, July 7.—Blaine Rideout of Elberon, N. J„ staved off a last lap rush by Glenn Cunning- ham last night to win the mile run of the annual Cincinnati A. A. U. meet. His time was 4:15.3.

Wayne Rideout, twin brother of the national mile champion, was third.

Leslie Is Batting Hero As Jersey City Goes Into I. L. Lead By the Associated Press.

If and when the New York Giants want to recall Sam Leslie from the Jersey City “Little Giants,” there may be an awful hue and cry-.

Because Sam, right now, is just about the leading citizen of Joisey, what with producing a game-win- ning single in the fourteenth inning to score Johnny Dickshot from sec- ond and give the Little Giants an 8-7 victory over the Rochester Red Wings last night.

Leslie's blow thrilled the fans— 7.705 of whom sat up well past their bedtime to see the struggle for first place. The victory- put the Giants a full game ahead.

The other major development came when Buffalo downed the Newark Bears. 5-2, and took over fourth place. The loss dropped the Bears down to fifth.

Toronto scored an 8-4 victory over Baltimore to stretch the Orioles’ losing streak to six games.

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Turfman Is Suspended OMAHA, Nebr., July 7 (/Pi.—The

Nebraska Racing Commission has suspended Bruce Broadfoot, San Bruno, Calif., for 60 days after lis- tening to testimony brought by Ak- Sar-Ben race track stewards that Serbian Rose, owned and trained by Broadfoot, had been “stimulated.”

STILL “CHAMPION”—Weakened, but victorious over complica- tions following an appendectomy, Jack Dempsey Is well on his way to recovery in a New York hospital. He's chatting with Nee Brown, his press representative. —A. P. Wirephoto.

Pirates Get Revenge On Diz for Crack Made Last Year

Blast Him Third Time In Row to End Cub Star's Win Streak

Fy the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH. July 7.—It was

Jerome Herman Dean speaking to-

day, not the Dizzy who a little while ago burned up the Pirates with the crack they lost the ’38 pennant be- cause "You gave up."

The Bucs had their say yester- day with their bats and sent the old master to the showers for the third consecutive time while handing him his first defeat this year by a 7-2 count.

Even at that, if Dicky Bartell hadn't tossed a double-play ball wide Pittsburgh would not have scored a run in a big third inning and might not have won.

"I haven't any alibis.” rambled a

strangely subdued Dizzy. "I did my best, but it wasn't good enough.”

Pirates Thoroughly Stirred. But the Cubs' $185,000 prize knows

and all the veterans will tell you that it’s harder to beat a club that gets stirred up than one viewing the proceedings impersonally, and vir- tually the whole Pirate outfit was bothered about Diz' indictment, so much so that Arkv Vaughan want- ed to make the issue a personal one.

The feuding dates back to last September when Dean and what the Pirates vow was a nothing ball captured one of those crucial games in Chicago which decided the pen- nant. Then the "pop-off'’ resumed the trouble this season when he was outspoken as usual in saying the Bucs lost because they quit.

Hopes for Public s Approval. Those are hard words even for

professional ball players, so yester- day when Diz was slapped out of there in the fourth you can lay to it he walked off with quite a few juicy reminders from the Pirates concerning his charge.

After it was all over, Dean wasn’t popping off as usual. In fact, he was thinking of how he would set with the fans when he's all washed up.

“The public always has treated me swell,” declared Diz. "I've tried and I believe I always have given everything I have to the game. I

hope the public will think well of me when I'm through with base- ball.”

He wouldn’t even guess at the number of games he would win this year, said “the ol‘ arm" still was

bothering him, but thought it “would get throwed out in time.”

Russell Motors Ahead Russell Motors vanquished 7-Up.

4-1, behind Buscher’s 5-hit pitching in the Industrial League. Dorish's hitting featured.

Flood Takes Another J. C. Flood Plumbers continued

their winning ways in the Depart- mental League yesterday, turning back Maritime. 8-3.

Hypnotism to Help Bettina Beat Conn, Manager Claims Ideas Stored in Melio s Subconscious Mind by Grippo for Use Next Thursday

By GAYLE TALBOT, Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, July 7.—As proof that all the gags have hot been exhausted, now comes Jimmy Grippo with a daily jolt of hyp- notism for his fighter, Melio Bet- tina, who meets Billy Conn for the more-or-less light heavy- weight title here next Thursday.

Grippo, a genuine hypnotist and slight-of-hand expert, dem- onstrated his novel training technique yesterday in Bettina’s camp at Beacon, N. Y. Commis- sioner Bill Brown promptly de- clared Grippo would have to do all his evil-eyeing and hand- waving before the fighters enter the ring.

“We don’t care if he hypno- tizes his fighter,” declared Brown stoutly, "but he can’t do it during the weigh-in or in the Garden ring.”

Grippo said that was all right with him. As a matter of fact, he said, he intends to have Bet- tlna so chock-full of hypnotism

by the end of this week that he won’t need another shot before the bout.

Grippo isn’t fooling about the beneficial effects he believes hyp- notism has on Bettina. At any rate, he points out, Melio hasn’t been' licked since he began giving the fighter the eye, and now is recognized as light-heavy cham- pion in New York State.

Yesterday, after Bettina had finished banging four sparring partners about, Grippo sat him down in a chair and went to work. Bettina was a willing subject. He relaxed and ap- peared to slip into a deep sleep as Grippo gave him the old

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Leaning over his gladiator, Grippo then began yelling in a voice that echoed off nearby Mount Beacon:

“You’re going to be strong and fast next Thursday night. You’re going to obey instructions. You’re going to hit hard with both hands. You’re going to knock Conn out before the end of the seventh round. You’re going to obey instructions.”

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“He doesn't know a thing I said to him while he was asleep,” Grippo explained, “but it is planted in his subconscious mind. I’ve dinned it into his brain. The moment he sees Cohn facing him in the ring it will begin to act on him. He won’t be hyp- notized at that time, but he will be faster, stronger and more im- pervious to punishment than he would be normally.”

Bettina doesn’t know whether there’s anything to it. All he knows is that he keeps on win- ning, and he isn’t sucker enough to object to that.

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Perfect Mat Evening For Nanjo Singh Is Scrambled

Hindu Is Disqualified In Hader Bout After Bowling Over Gray

Nanjo Singh is a mightly disgrun- tled Hindu today and some aide de camp at wrestling headquarters is going to have a difficult time as- suaging his ruffled feelings.

The dusky gent with the semi- musical handle thought he was sup- posed to win last night's feature bout at the arena, but somebody rewrote the script and he ended up batting .500 when the referee awarded the decision to Jack Hader.

First Match Is Fasv. Singh reported for work in a happy

mood and ready for the big moment. His papers were in order, dues paid up, permit issued to throw said op- ponent. a note from his manager permitting him to stay out after 10 o'clock and his cobra hold working like a well-oiled politician.

Nanjo warmed up for the big test in a two-minute joust with Col. Walter Gray, bald warrler of Row C. seat 5, who had been loudly insisting these many months that he could break the cobra hold. Col. Gray clambered up in the ring, parked his stogie on a ring post and peeled off his coat. Some two minutes later he was lifted down gently, still breath- ing, but visibly hors d' combat.

Then Came the Upset. With this decision under his belt.

Singh went to work on Hader and for fully 30 minutes labored with- out effect. Singh finally maneuvered Hader out of the ring, ignored pleas of the referee to bring the bout back to its proper place and was dis- qualified.

In other matches Pete Managoff and Tom Mahoney drew; Bidder McCoy threw Jim Clinstock; Laverne Baxter tossed Hank Metheny and Red Ryan pinned Angelo Leoni.

Minor Leagues B the Associated Pre«*

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Toronto. 8. Baltimore. 4. Buffalo 5: Newark. 2 Jersey City. 8: Rochester. T. Montreal-Syracuse. rain.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. St Paul. 2: Toledo. ]. Minneapolis. 7: Columbus. 3 Indianapolis. 2—(I: Kansas City. 1—6 Louisville. 6; Milwaukee. 2.

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Sacramento. 2: San Francisco. 1. Oakland. H; Portland 5. Los Angeles. 7: San Diego. 0. Hollywood. 4. Seattle. 3.

TEXAS LEAGUE. San Antonio. 5: Beaumont, 2. Tulsa. 4: Dallas. 2 Fort Worth. t): Oklahoma City. 5. Houston. 6: Shreveport. 1.

EASTERN LEAGUE. Binghamton. 3: Wilkes-Barre. 1. Albany. 2; Scranton. 1 Elmira. 7: Springfield 1. Hartford. 7; Williamsport. 8.

SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Memphis. 3: All-Stare. 0. Only game scheduled.

PIEDMONT LEAGUE. Portsmouth. »: Richmond. 2 Norfolk. 7—3: Winston-Salem. S—0. Asheville. 3: Charlotte. 2.

SALLY LEAGUE. Columbia. 4: Spartanburg. 1. Columbus. 3—7: Savannah, 2—8. Augusta. 5: Greenville. 4 (10 Innings).

BI-STATE LEAGUE. Mount Airy, fl: Danville. 2. Martinsville. 3: Leaksvllle. 2. Bassett. 14: Reidsville. 4. 8outh Boston. 2: Mayodan. 0.

EASTERN SHORE LEAGUE. Pocomoke. S: Federalsburg. 3. Easton. 3: Cambridge, 1. Centrevllle. 4; Dover. 3. Salisbury. 11—4: MIlford 6—8.

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PHILADELPHIA. July 7.—Having been Introduced to night baseball in rather rude fashion, the Nats today paused to recover from the 9-3 wal- loping dealt them by the Athletics here last night and, at the same time, take Inventory on a new out- field situation.

Installed In left field for a thor- ough trial Is George Case, previous possessor of the center-field job in- herited by the mellowing Sammy West. Engaged in an even struggle for the right-field berth are Taft Wright, Johnny Welaj and Bobby Estalella.

Manager Bucky Harris Is con- vinced Case Is no center fielder, but, by the same token, feels the stream- lined ydungster will click In left. Swatting .332, Case represents the only Washington outfielder certain of a job, but he isn’t certain where hell perform that labor.

George Return* to New Job. Case returned to the Washington

lineup last night after an absence of nine games due to an injured knee, and whacked a double and single. He hardly was a sensation in his new position, but was deemed satisfactory enough to Harris to re-

main there tomorrow and Sunday, when the Nats meet the Athletics in successive double-headers.

George’s tendency to muff ground balls, plus an inadequate throwing arm and the rejuvenation of W'est, led to the shift. West has been bat- ting convincingly in recent games and his neat ground covering belies his age.

Wright again is in ill grace, hav- ing chosen inopportune moments to inject a brace of errors into last night's tiff. Estalella has obtained only one hit in his last 13 trips to the plate, while Welaj has been in- consistent.

More distressing, though, is Har- ris’ pitching problem. Buckv enters the brace of double-headers with the A's equipped with only four pitchers who didn’t view action last night. If his starters are pounded they may be forced to stay and take their licking for the simple reason

nobody will be available to relieve them.

Nats Lose Three Straight. Now possessing a three-game los-

ing streak, the Nats will attempt to

cling to sixth place in the two twin bills before journeying West.

The Nats turned on the juice for one inning here last night, smash- ing George Caster for five hits and three runs in the second inning. The A's tied it up in their half of the inning, however, w’ith three hits off Joe Haynes. They added an-

other in the fourth and five more in the fifth, picking up on Pete Appleton where they had left off on Haynes.

Meanwhile, the Nats failed to fathom Caster, who allowed only two hits in the last seven innings. No Nat reached second over that stretch, although First Baseman Bob Prichard was knocked cold trying.

Prichard attempted to steal sec-

ond after walking in the fourth, but was out literally and figuratively. He was out the first time when Second Baseman Bill Nagle tagged him and out the second time when his head collided with Nagel's knee during the slide. He was revived shortly and finished the game.

Armstrong Has $35,000 Offer to Fight Day By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO. July 7.—Henry Arm- strong, world lightweight champion, has been offered $35,000 with a per- centage privilege to defend his title against Davey Day, Chicago chal- lenger, in one of the major league ball parks here in September.

The offer was made by Sam Pian. manager of Day, who said he had been assured financial backing and promotional co-operation.

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hit in capturing a 5-0 decision in Cleveland’s only night game to date, but the Tigers agreed the Indians’ ace would have been just as effec- tive in sunshine. Earl Averill. a former teammate of Feller now with Detroit, said Feller never had been faster than in that game.

Griffith, like Barrow and most baseball men, doesn't relish the trend toward night baseball, but feels it inevitable the game is des- tined to develop into evening en- tertainment. His plan to play five nights a week during July and Au- gust was instituted to eliminate de- lay in colliding with the inevitable.

waiter Briggs, Detroit owner, lines up on Barrow's side. He regards night baseball as a novelty and has no intention, he says, of installing floodlights at Briggs Stadium. Bos- ton's Tom Yawkev also Is regarded as a foe of the night game.

Requiring only a majority vote to swing his plan, Griffith has a fight- ing chance. Cleveland, Chicago and Philadelphia already have Installed lights and may adopt his plan as a medium of paying for them. St. Louis' only salvation appears to be night ball. With enough persuasion and his own vote. Griff may be able to muster a majority.

New York, Boston and Detroit still could cling to day baseball at home, of course, but if the other clubs swallow Griff's proposal It is likely they will follow* suit.

The owners’ discussion mav or may not revolutionize the industry, but it promises to be a hectic debate regardless.

Official Score WASHINGTON. A B R. R O A E Case. If 4 0 o 3 0 ft et 3 ft ft 4 ft ft Gelb-rt. 3b.__ 4 11 n 1 1 1

Wrivht. rf_ 4 ft 1 1 ft n

Travisas. 4 1 1 5 2 0 Myer. 2b _ 4 12 10 0 Prichard, lb. _.? n n 4 o 0 Ferrell. c 3 1 l a ft ft Haynes p. 2 ft 1 0 0 ft Appleton p _ ft ft ft o ft n •Wela.i 1 n ft o 0 ft Carrasauel p. __ ft ft ft ft o ft 'Bloodworth_I n o o 0 o

Totals 33 1 ~f> 24 1 ~3 •Batted for Appleton in seven'h 'Batted for Carrasauel in ninth PHILADELPHIA. A B R. H. O A E Miles, rf 3 111 ft (i Ambler, ss__ 4 0 2 1 2 0

Siebert lb._ 4 1 2 6 0 0 Johnson. If. __ __ s 1 i 3 n 11 Brucker c -5 1 1 6 1 n Chapman, cf._ 3 113 0ft Navel 2b .. 3 2 2 4 4 0 Lodlviam. 3b._ 3 2 2 1 0 0 Caster, p, _4 ft ft ft 0 0

Totals -34 ft T5 27 ~7 ~0 Washington-03ft 00ft 000—3 Philadelphia 030 150 ftOx—ft

Runs batted in—Myer. Prichard. Baynes. Miles i2>. Ambler 14 >. Johnson. Nagel. Two-base hits—Ferrell. Case. Miles. Three- base hit—Myer Stolen base—Lodlglanl. Sacrifices— Ambler Navel. Double play—- Ambler to Navel to Siebert. Left on bases— Washington. 7: Philadelphia, s First base on balls—Off Haynes. 4: off Appleton. 1. off Caster. 4 Struck out—By Haynes 2: by Appleton. 3: by Carrasauel. 2: bv Caster. 7. Hits—Off Haynes, ft in 4N inninvs; off Appleton. : in lb inninvs: off Carrasauel, 1 in 2 innings. Wild pitches—Caster. Haynes Losing pitcher—Navnes Umpires —Messrs Quinn. McGowan and Pipvras. Time of game—1:5ft. Attendance—3.732

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