_ V HORNSBY LEAD
4 . Top 'American and Na-
‘ tional League Bat-
ters — Boone Near
Top
I
Harry Hellmann, ot the Tigers has
returned to the batting leadership 0?
the American League with a. mark
of .435. five points under his aver-
age a Week ago. which then put him
"second. according to averages includ-
ing games cf \Vcdncsday released to-
da .
£enneth W‘iiliams. St. Louis slug-
ger who at the last compilation was
chief swzitter with an average of
.447. tumbled violently to .395 land
stands number two. Ike Boone. for—
"mer Southern Leacurcr now with
’\
' the Red Sox hit his way into third
position with .335.
7' “Babe" Ruth has al.~ sound his,
. stride‘with an average or .336. In}
making his march toward the tap;
the home run king crashed out two'
.. circuit drives and ran his string to?
twelve. '
Heilmann increased his lead in to—
tal bases to .97, while Joe Harris of
Boston ran his total of runs scor-
.,.ed to 34.
Eddie Collins stepped just one base
.. ., faster than his team mate. Bill Bar-
‘ ‘ rett. which put, him in the front with
-. -4 nine.
George Sisler slides further down
.....the column. his average being .294
’3‘" compared with .333 a week ago.
Other loading batters: J. Harris.
”Boston. .376: Mousei, New York. .378
Jamicson. Cleveland. .367: Cohb, De-
troit. .347; Duran. New York. .347;
”Ruth. New York. .33ti; Judge. \Vash-
fi‘ ington. .333; Sheoly. Chicago. .330:
Jacobson. St. Louis, .32").
Homshy Continues in Front.
Max Flack ot‘ the, Cardinals and
Jimmy ’l‘iorney of tho Bravos. in tho
.,.._'j;National League each hosted his
mark until now they are keeping:
company with the leaders. who are
being shown the way by Rogers
: Hornsby. who is comfortably in first
place with .421. George Kelly of the
Giants. runner up with .387. displac-
ed Zach \‘i‘hcat of the Dodgers. who
~ droppcd to third with an avcargo of
are tied
.380. Flack and Tierney
with .328.
Hornshy pro‘ncd his total base
record of .93. Frank Frisch of the
Giants sweilr‘d his total tallies to .35
Jacques Fournir-r of the Dodgers.
garnered another homer and leads
with 9. George Grantham of the
Cubs stole another base and hrokc
the triple tie of a week ago: He has
ten. .
Other loading batters: Snyricr New
York. .360; lt‘ournier, Brooklyn, .356
Frisch. New York. .342; Grantham.
Chicago, .329: Flack. St. Louis, .328;
Tierney. Boston. .328: Grimos. Chi—
cago. .326: Young. Now York. .325;
Grimes, Pittsburgh. .322.
WALKER TEAM
Select 15 Golfers to
Challenge for Walk-
er Cup in This Coun-
try
./
LONDON. June 2.—-l"iftrcn golfers
from whose number Great Britain's
Walker Cup challenge team. which
will invade the l'nitcti States in
September, will he Selim-ted, have
been named by the Championship
Committee of the Royal and An-
cient Club. They are:
E. \V. Holderncss. British amateur
. champion; Roger \Vcthcrcd and Cy:
, ‘ril Tolley. former champion; E. 1'.
Storey. captain of the Cambridge
University team; 0. It. Bristowe of
W'cst Ilyfleet. John Cavcn of Coch-
ranc Castle. llohert Harris of the
’ Royal and Ancient. Major (1. L. Hez-
let. of the lioyal of I‘ortrush. Ire—
land: \V. L. Hope of Turnbcrry, D.
H. Kyle of Rochampton. J. D. Mc-
Cormuck of Hermitage. \V. A. Mur-
ray 0! West Hill. Robert Scott Jr..
.5 of Glasgow. Michael Scott or the
Royal St. ‘xeorgc and T. A. Torrance
of Sandy Lodge.
,. Six of the iitteen man named by
2....” the Championship Committee of the
' Royal and Ancient Club are well
known to golfers in America. Five
of them were members of the Brit—
» .. is): team that came here in 1922 for
“(the matches on the National Links
“‘5: America at Southampton. L. 1.,
l
t
kard.
\\‘ho scorml a
George‘s t‘arpc
round Tlfllll (Ht
rlran -_t?lll vs
til i or i it
Saturday. 'l'i
ill! i!‘
5%...“ .. .
Tommy Gibbons.
‘ ,
.r .‘bv
NEW YORK; June 2.-—'1‘he Amer-
selected today by a. committee of the
A. A. 12.. subject to the approval or
the American Olympic committee.
C. W'. Strait. Jr.. of Birmingham.
Ala. chairman of the selection com-
mittee and manager at the. Ameri-
can team. announced the names of
the athletes through Frederick W.
Rubion. secretary at the American
Olympic committee. Seven alterna~
hates wore also chosen.
The team follows:
123 pound clause-Brynn Hines.
Northwestern University: C. Milton
McWill’iansu Cornell liniversity. ‘1‘
ternaic—Scott Bough. Gan’, Ind" Y.
M. G. A. ‘
134 1-2 pound class—~Robin Reed.
Oregon Agricultural school: Chester
Newton, Mtaltoonah. A. C.. Portland.
Ores. Alternate John O'Brien, Uni-
versity of Iowa}:
145 1—2 pound classy—Russell Vis.
hos Angelou A. C.: Kenneth Truck-
emniller. Cornell College, Iowa. Al-
lclnnteali. I3. Rogers. 17’. S. Navy.
158.75 pound claw-PorryflMartt—
uer. Les Annclcs A. C.: \Viilium B.
Johnson, Columbia liniveraily: Guy
lbiikalaough. Oklahoma A. and M.
Collt’zt‘. Allornatcm—Eugeno Cret-
mn. I'niverslty of Iowa.
174 pound C‘835~W. I). “'rlght.
.lr.. Cornell University: Orion State-
title. Central College. Oklahoma. Al-
ternatc-iL A. Smith. 1*. S. Na\y.
191.3 pound ciawtharm WT
Strack. Colgate ['nivcrslty; Vv’. B. I".
over
low gchampinnship at
in
illl lllIl)’
“’hile a contest to determine the
. throwing a. base-
; bull in‘ not considcrmln major sporb
Quinn. New “fork A. (I. John F.
Sprllman. Brown l'nivcrsity. Alter-
nate—“R. M. Macichcle, l}. 8. Navy.
be matched fur n rrvturn lwut with gilllf !‘\'('nl m- an unusually‘thrilling H03")’wci;:ht-~R. 1.. ' Flanders.
Jack Drinnsvy in NW Ym'k t‘i!:."lc"vlttv‘>~'t one such event hns'gonc Norlhfl‘dd. Vermont: John J. Mac-
niurinr: tiu- Summvr iitvztiili‘s as (l rc— :7 down in history as a thriller. Dls- liar. N“W York A. (f. Altornato~
suit of thin mum-t. IMission of intercollegiate track Harry SDC‘Clc. Ohio late inher-
_ . ..., __ z-m-nrtls, Miami the annual intercol- sit): ‘
’ liltinlo merit, reveals the fact that Tim team will still June 16’ on
Lurk in lSTG Princeton's track team the S; S. America with the track and
JACK
MICHIGAN (“l'l‘l‘q Illti.. Juno 1,——
A telegram
I) EM PSI‘ZY.
was rocuiw‘rl
day from Jack llt‘inpswy challenging;
the winner of
ill!“ (lilibuils‘l
iim' laut. lrht‘ Hill‘d‘fl'lgl‘ was to l‘hlu}til
t .
; ' ‘ li‘itzsimmons. original prmnotm- of;
g ._ ”10 hour null vxprr-ssml tho chzim’z
f pion's desire to tight the szxrrix-m-‘i
. under l’ilzsimnmns's auspin's I
time this Summer. '
FIRPO Will.
MEET nus; ~
Country
BL’i‘ZNUS Alltlis.
Firpo will sign
a. tight thh .llari'v \\'iiis in a’izo'l'ni-
ted States under promoter fl" \' 117c-
Both I-‘irpo and Juan Iloms.
this
{ickard‘s amen
All the terms
his fight.
Firpo declared that he. was will-
ing to consider a return match with
Jack Dempsey later on.
ready to sail for the United
_.lune 19 by' the
Cross.
The other day Lu’TBlue. Tiger first
sacker, and Mike MeNaily.
utility infielder, staged a. nifty scrap
in New York town
Rowland stepped in. Then Lu Blue ,
and so did‘TMlke. *
Expected to Sign Arti-
cles for Bout in This3
Today
Juno
articles
n
l. illlldf.‘
nouncement this evening.
have horn
except the (late of the hunt.
purposes that it ho
August :30 and Septcmlwr 2”. while
Rickard wants an earlier date.
is expected, however.
tail will be easily arranged and tho
contract finally signed.
It is state dthat. Rickard has ac-
cepted Firpo's conditions regarding
hrld
steamer Southern
until I
.—-—-l.ui:-
today
hot “fish
that this do.
He will he
-...»n thr'v annual affair hy a victory
field tea m.
r mum»
ican Olympic Wrestling team .was
Still shines
And Joie's some sprinter,
Despite all
Aaron “'ard.
ken infielder.
the Big Boy.
streak for
a row of five vie
Joe Edwards.
Olympic matches.
mini games since
won it in 1904.
player. .
tending to belittle
was made up
. 0
When it comes
mom: to lmscbal
renting netahlr-n
he offered for
least St. Louis Br
team and fans of
to dig up Marty
star infielder; H
PHCht‘l‘,
hams. rookie and
men Without the
m- larzo pockriho
the club 35.000.
and “’ingard “or
tryouts and coat 1
“R," 'for Bay:
In the athletic sun-—
Ted who play: golf,
And Joe who can 1‘
Near, titty. the former ‘
never has been
among the leading home run clout-
ers. , But right now this teammate .
0: Babe Ruth‘s‘has something on
For W’ard recently
runs in
\Vand’s
cracked out throé
three consecutive games.
first. homer shroke up a =winntng
Dave Dantorth of the
Browns after Davey had turned in
His second
homer sowed up a game against
Cleveland and his third was made
on? another Cillyeland pitcher, Jim
the only one ever scored by a U. S.
It must be said without in-
sure, that the entry list that year
moatly or Americans.
plomas for something or other the
name or Scout Pat Monshan should
All Pat has done for the Brown
and Ernie “’ingard.
sensation of tho hi}: show. _
Mmmhan captured all thrt‘c of the
on the- links.
his kinks.
dapper little Yank
rated
home
lotion.
While America. has ruled supreme
in tennis of late years, Uncle Sam's
boys have not fared well
America. has not
grabbed the net title in the quadren-
in
ht
is
Beale C. “’11
\\’right.’s victor
“’right'a perform~
to erecting monu~
l players‘nnd pro-
with fur lined di-
eonsidoration. At
own tans think no.
late years has been
McManus, new a
uhrrt Pruett. star
Ala-
now the pitching
aid or a big stick
ok. McManus cost
it is said. I‘ructt
e signed direct for
he club practically
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3'" stop
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for
y
By xommx‘n. BROWN.
an-
settled T" ”"33 “f ”‘6 80mm; world will
‘rFlrpo he turned toward um picturesque
alluring links of the Oakland =Hllls
Country Club June 5 and 6 when a
small army of America's golf cele-
hritics gather there to pick on little
Bobby Jones of Atlanta in an' effort
to take away the national open
championship trophy he has held.
since last year.
Not that they have
against Robert of Georgia. But it
isn't chummy, you know. to hold
the bioomin’ thing more than a
your. Only two men in the history
of the event have turned that trick.-
Jack Mchrmott won thfiup in
1011 and held it against 0.11 pm
siaughts‘ in the following tourney.
He did not. however. equal the worn
derlul. record 0! William Anderson.
who Veigned for three years, from
1903 ‘to 1905. ~
Two other men have worn the
mythical sky piece that goes with
It
anything
States
Yank
’mptt‘e
my
\. \‘1
'9\*
\;r..
. Q
,5 ‘ so: its, .
. \\\\.\ WEEK‘QXX
, \ ‘5: , > , “a, ‘t J: was»
the honor on two occasions but
'ears intervened hetwcen. ‘Walter
agen copped in 1914 and 1919 and
Alcosmith in 1906 and 1910.
There m y be a hit of solace for
Bobby in t o thought that {ate has
prevented two or three or the best
players in the game from compet-
ing in the coming classic. Max
Marston. amateur champ. finds it
impossible to enter. Jess Swootzer.
Marston's predecessor as amateur
king. finds himself unable. to keep
the Detroit engagement. Francis
Oulmet. another former champ. can-
not arrange his business affairs so
that he can make the trip.
But \Valter ,Hagen. intent on
whettlngfip his game for the Brit-
ish. open in England later in the
month. plans to be on hand. Gene
Samzen. from whom the daughty
Bobby wrested the title, hopes to
regain his crown. before hksalln with .
Hagen for British links.
By many Hagen is ‘picked to re-
\\j\\
‘placel Jones.
early winter tournaments han'been
game for
that in 1910 he gave his brother
Alec a run for the title. finishing
second to Alec.
latter is enter-odd .
So are Chic Scans. Jim" Barnes,
JOe Klrkwood. Cyril W'alkcr, Mike
Brady and a. flock of other notables.
considerable colt,
played over
course.
The club is located three miles
from Birmingham, Mich. which in
20 mile- :royn Detroit. '
. \\ '
grammes? 4.:
Tbianam of the Oakland um.
Country Club links at Birming-
ham. Mich near
of Nation: Open
Club house and first tee lie at no.
mbkft hand corner. ‘
7 ,’ Jones. 19%
His
little short or cup
to his brilliant work is the rather
211 icon: showing of Saracen. which
to his chances of capping. in the
)1
opinion or many.
A coast man, who looms his in the
reckoning is MacDonald Smith of
California.
Although Smith
years it
So melon be
the
Detroit. ocean
golf tourney.
t
champion.” 0
playing nine, the
urb. In contrast
t
was out or the
will be recalled
Incidentally the
Oakland Hills
the
ruin. , . .
Speaking of old timers. (or
weren't we?) have you noticed rthat‘ '
Mr. Richard Habitual. Elam, tor-me: »
first" bafilng star or the Boston Red
Sex, is . giving the International
League ‘ an cihibitlon oh how hits
are made? . ,
Q Esme, meenle. mine). Quinn
Old boy's helping Red 80: win.
» Ten years hence he'll bent! in;
Then he'll quit, just to begin.
Show: few signs of failing yet;
\ Still this batters with regret.
Sure belongs with the smarter set
In this sportinglatp‘nabet.
A: an echo front the past ‘wintcr
comes word that jinn? Kaskcy,
Chicago ice skating star {1 a. mem-
ber of the Olympic skating team.
has been indefinitely suspended by
the International Skating Union of
America. on charges of professional-
ism.
He is accused or requesting exces-
sive expenses for his trip to St. John
New Brunswick and Lake Placid and
Saranac Lake for skating > meets.
Three other nationally known stars
Were exonerated on similar charges
Kaskcy is expected to demand a. re-
hearing of his cage. ‘
0
Walter Gex. 8t. Stanislaus college
pitcher. probably will be given the
once-over by big league scouts as a
result. of his work. in the box for
the institution this season. topped or!
by his recent no~hlt. no run game
against a New Orleans semi-pro
team. The college is located at Bay
St. Louis. Miss. Tito 5men reached
first. one on I. pass one on an er-
ror.
-:
I O O
From the my walls of Sing Sing
Bill Terry
flammed the
*3 NOW RUMO
lseWher
rouse. BILL rattan
Bill Terry.
Hen-maria would
, .the'youngster who!
_ ball in such decisivo'
balloon and played first base so ac-E
Leptnbly for the Gian
:eorge Kelly
ts while long
was at! the job, is.
nnpd now by the Cinci Reds ac-«
ordmz to tumors from New
)wner Garry
250,000 for Terry. it
Indicates that once
{my fim that: Jake Dubai-est
fork.
no
is said. Whic l
more the
VICENTINL
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it
[i
r
DUNDE'
.1
Will Swap Punch
night in 1...,
Lightweight B...
NE“. YORK. Jams "
shows that will -.
light weight smir- ;»
the selection of a
Bonny Leonard \u‘i lie '
week. ‘Thc first of 23.
.- tonight when Ju‘
mret. Luis Vint‘rr
round skit. h.- N.
New York \‘olrwir«
day night. “'illl .
troit's tormidalrlrr .
135 pound champ
wallops with .law‘
crs fayorite. Trx iii
match the Winnrrs If
Both Dun-ice mi.
sumcd training: “
necessary to pns'r. ,.
all 126 Velodron i
night on account
Was under 130 rum: ~;
pod on the seals “1
is likely he will lmt
icr on 'Wonday mm».
pressed himsvli as
transfer or the 1.1.1?
ring. as he says -‘ .- é
rinz, since ho \Hvzs ‘
Pal Moran lhl"i"'.
inn and Harry M:
in the svmi fillili.
Persons holdim: t’ :.m u.
iginal «late at tlm \4 7
exchange them
.ot‘fico for seats ir
lseatinz arranrzl n
3
l
i
it
I
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t
r- .,
prison comes the word that base-
ball lovers in that institution are re—
Joictng over the return to the prison,
team of Joe Ryan. star pitcher.
Ryan’s departure recently at the end
of one sentence robbed the team or
its star. He was back again shortly
for violating his parole.
Ryan‘s pitching for the prison
team has drawn favorable com-
ment from shrewd baseball men who
water.
what ~germs to be natural baseball
talent? Did he carry the design to
New bah
must have
frcsli
than coal hm.
. and
an ’ ahunrlrtncri of
air.
“’c haven't much
buy
_.
ihl‘
in the bail throwing event. J. M. M" nothin ‘-
‘ ' ~~ , ~ - g hut ””7”“ and ""33“ "10“"? know and lichen; when they see
TEETH" ""1““! m” 8““ch 363 ““3! 0"“ mans talk ‘3 “"0“!" man's chrome in headquarters. Monahan them? gVv'hiear. takes the little ttem'
‘ t. mphly, . toxin. , \ ’l 1 “__ l . a (‘aso Of smallpox.
a so (us: in: xliur lluhbcll of flat! at Ryan returning to the team out or two Would
.._.._-........s.- _.-.., , ,
of the Jake class and makes it a protection.
EYES OF GOLFING WORLD WILL BE ON THESE LINKS trnxodr.
‘ l ' ' W’ould Joe's lite chapter todate
' - “ in“! read differently it the oppor- . y
' 1 coal inn 1) till
my . nu) . t
n tunity had come to him to dexelop enough out of the
Ti P \"
sunshine
freedom from inst-as.
Take the man “ho .lahors daily.
And pcrlnps into the night;
His must be mxnlly ration.
(.‘lonsistcnt with his appetite.
‘ l
‘ paiicnce with z
the 1(“110“' who nits (kll‘llt‘d about;
douar
absolute
w hr n
it i m
a
Thrift: Faring enough out of thr-
potatoes
good
same in the the .1.
mm
lN TRYt:
‘As Result of H
Victory C r e w
Try for the 013 t
and
shine in that sport while fightinghis
tray through adolescenso in an en-
vironment that sought to kill every
wholesome instinct?
\V’ould he have been nabbed for
violation of his parolcvhe was
caught carrying a gum-it, on his
departure tron-i Sing Sing (and the
only place he had found where he
could play baseball to his heart‘s
content) he had received In. real _
‘ chance to play the game?
There's food for thought there.
One of the greatest baseball stars of
the day carried his longing to play
baseball into a reform school with
himwand emerged from that school
to tame and riches.
. O 0
"Golf is no iongrr an old man's
game.“ same or the wise crackers
are saying these days. They point
to the prowess or Bobby Jones. Gone
Sui-axon. ,et al. to proye it. And as
we read thcir Views along comes
the wire that Ted may. at the ripe
old Athletic age of 4': has started
oft his golf mason by winning the
Roehampten tournament. the first
his professional golf or the British
season.
The last two round. of the tour-
ney were played in rain and sleet——
not the right kind of weather tor
an old man. Tedd defeated Rowland
Jones by one hole in the final round
The British veteran's, remarkable
pitching and putting put him in the
running frequently when his erotic
work with the longer shots caused
Jones to forcmahead.
D O O ,
Recent reports from Kent York
concerned the chanting hands of a
minority interest in the Giants. that ,
held bylflarry Hempsteul and the
heirs of the late John '1‘. Bush.
While this in of interest to those
close to the financial and ‘ o! the
game it means little to‘the rank and
we of fans. What is or more inter-
est in the' attention it calls to the
fact that for the first time since
the hectic days 0! the war not one
or, the big league ball clubs is {or
sale. The change in ownership of
the Boston Braves and Red 50:
took the last clubs oil, the imnrket.
All or which indicates that the
nine must. be in sound condition
financially and in the hands of the
right. kind of men. who mean to put
and keep the game on is high stand-
ard.
MAmi. with the memory 0! other
t
crisis inn fresh in their mind these a ‘
moguls will «ray things with n l
levei'hoad and not Jeopardize the .x
mart. , , ’ Lax
WSW
m: “0'5
slim.
animations: are area
_ . . PHILADELFHiX l""o “
1 no lmx all‘li’chccrs of more .. .-.. '.
in: box to mzéuirsny crcw 5‘... H I
kill to 8. Child's i‘.
cup triumph :.:'
feature event r:
nual Amerituian
@ afternoon.
The X;i\\'s
’3 right trai"
' a j with (fol
‘ f “inner.
? NIH}. :{
'Fit “217.1: (".i‘. ..
’ :S’w‘lrc TI‘YY‘II'f'F 1527‘? in
l ' pair in cm of the ri-
g fl mas cur seen on it:
- ‘1
i la. with its cine,"
1 gain L‘oarh ‘1“ '
:sal «,1 thri’r “as -
‘lmlf nmh hack of
J‘rincrmn Was never a "
l‘m'zn cm'rrcd 1hr:
iicniv‘y course of our
yard: in 7 mmutcs 4 LE
Acs a .rcqtii: nt tht‘
Cough Joe \Vl‘lSl‘lT, and.
Penn will keep the it"
Philadelphia for the l."
in; trials June 14. l'
post day Putin has (firm had
Henley regatta.
in
lo
“as"
The junior Varsry
varsity Clilllls “or, v.
defeat 1.7"ng in f:-
lDElANEYOUT
FOR_SiX_W :
3
Bridgeport Scra
.
Will Not Be Ab
' “
Enter Ring for l
. C
Time
NIHV YORK, .lzme
lancy is sufi'm'in: from an .
appendicitis a' “Vet. '
in this city. 111'. Cramp.
“’cst End Au: . this
specialist who has lwcu
Dclanry. said tonight that i
not be able in lmx for . '
Weeks. Dr. \Yillittnl \\'
ian for thc New York ,
Commission. (‘XallllllCtl
day and concurred “ill:
ment mado by Dr. Cramp. ‘
’ has called off a bout suhmizilrc
George Robinson in Boston on ‘
61h.
n
.. ,
a
.x‘
Dr
4.. and the sixth. W. L. Hope. came
VAVhere in 1920 along wi‘l: \Vcthcred
and Talley for the l‘ national
amateur champio'nshit Roslyn,
all three failing to quality.
Folir of the selections played .in
the matches last year. Whil the
Veflfth. Harris. was captain. o , the
‘ ’tcam. He was unable, to play in the
.ovent, however. falling ‘_ ill shortly
after his arrival in America; The
.othcrs who came in 1932 won- Tol-
idey. “fathered. Cavenand Torrance. ‘
. Nanonan mason. 4_
Boston 11. new rm. 0. , ‘
THEngNGLE BEUEES
\
'H
, l’. cola-ti. AM)
ATia'TO so ma
‘ Stock-roe
‘A’mcc new
MY
MAD HAlTER ‘
—\ gnaw
Famous “Old H“
Wins Suburban H
dicap and a '
Purse
NEW IORKQJune 2.——l\larl '
tor, Ransocas Stable entry. L ..
125 pounds won thfi famous U
ban Handicap at Belmont l‘zsri:
urday. Little Celt was soconfl
Aga Kham third. The time “'35,
3-5. The winner‘s share was
000.
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