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DAILY Carey's Ticket Order Didn't Worry Mike Yi. F. Carey, feraer Garden boo, Mike Jacob' best customer far. Be called Mike an the phone and reserved L2M Lon fori ehmdlnt ringside scats, Jmst like that Said he'd probably want 6M more. "I dont hare enoafh cash on me," laid Carey, "but can send around S2S.M0 If yoq want a "That's aU right," drawled Mike, -just wait till yoa see me." COLUM NEW YORK CITY, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1936 Stripp May Wind Up in the Dodger Outfield Task Casey Faces Dodgers in Jinxland THE Dodgers are wandering about In the menacing domains of Jinxland these days, which Is to say Wrigley Field, Chicago.

Our heroes have always experiencea rough going there, but in the last two years the case has become practically psychopathic. No ball team Is so professionally inept that It can lose 19 times out of 22 starts. The trouble must be mostly mental, unless there Is a copious dash of infernal luck along with it. Of course, while the alleged dread spell has been strait-Jacketing Dodger efforts, something on the other side mus. be conceded.

The Cubs have had superior ball teams, which -would account for a sizable share of Dodger flops. Still, 19 black eyea out of 22 turnups seems to put the patient in the psychopathic ward. Now, conceding that efficiency always figures to defeat! something less, it is reasonable to suppose that too much of it, in up what Is popularly known as a "jinx." This abracadabra has frequently been blamed for athletes, Individually and collectively, falling to produce their best, "blowing up" when they have been favored to win. If you are at all inclined to support such scientific theories, sport history Finding Berth for Erstwhile Holdout By TOMMY HOLMES Slaff Correspondtnt of Th EagU Chicago, April 29 Skipper Casey Stengel Is playing around with an idea that might solve the problem of what to do with Mr. Jersey Joe Stripp, the erstwhile holdout third baseman.

Stripp is in shape and ready to go now, but the Brooklyn Infield is going so well that Stengel hesitates to put him in at his customary position. Ben Geraghty is batting .400, Buddy Hassett is clubbing the ball around .350, Jimmy Bucher and Junior Frey crowd the .300 mark. Along with the very fair defensive ball that quartet has played, this means that Ml By Ed Hughes Brevity Is On Everyone's Lip In Derbyland Widener Colt Holds Chief Interest Among Kentucky Horsemen Louisville, Ky April 29 (Ph-Brevlty is feared by the backers of the other Derby entries because of his speed, while Wayne Wright, his rider, is feared because he not only ranks among the leading riders, but he's on a winning streak. Jockeys say that when a rider Is hot, he's mighty tough to stop. Al ready the 21-year-old Rexburg Idaho, blond veteran has won three stakes and more than $150,000 this year.

He took the Santa Anita Handicap with Top Row, the Santa Anita Derby with Mrs. Silas Mason's He Did and the Florida Derhv with Brevitv. "Why shouldn't I feel confident," asked Wright. "He's beaten every thing that's opposed him this, year and in a manner that left little to be desired." Brevity on Everybody's Lips That Just about tells the belief of horsemen and laymen alike, as they thronged into the city today. EX' cept for a scattered few, they went no further than Brevity when asked to name their selection for the Derby.

The barber extolled the merits of the big bay as we lay In his chair. The colored bootblack on the corner informed us that the Widener. flash would run away from those other "nags." A waitress paused long enough from feeding the hungry Continued on Page 22 20 'Wrigley Field' Vaughn Still Winning Games On the Mound Hippo Jim, Big League Hardluck Hurler, Stars for Semi-Pros Chicago, April 29 Last Sunday the Mills baseball team, perhaps Chicago's best known and strongest semi-pro organization, began its season by winning a doubleheader, a man named Vaughn starting against and defeating the Chapman Motors of Evanston, 111., in the second game. I don't know whether any of Vaughn's grandsons played in the ball game but something like that could happen. Hippo Jim Vaughn goes way, way back.

It was around 1908 that Vaughn came out of the minors to have his first big league fling with the New York Highlanders of Hal Chase's hey-hey day. He was big and raw-boned and one of the wildest lefthanders who ever wore shoes. He didn't stick, had to go back to the minors and gain control. But when he returned a year or two later with the Chicago Cubs he was a real pitcher. Loses Close Tustel He never was conspicuously lucky.

For instance, in 1917 he pitched a no-hit game for nine innings against the Cincinnati Reds and got no better than an even break because Big Fred Toney pitched no-hit ball against him. The Reds scored in the tenth and Vaughn was beaten. In 1918 he led the National Con tinned on Page 22 names of Jack Crenny, Matty Bego-vich, Frank McGulre and Bemle O'Shea Mill others say It will be a Penna or Jersey man Laugh at the rasslers if you wish, but Joe Savoldl and his missus recently moved Into a $23,000 home (paid for, too!) at Herbert, Mich. Jimmy McLarnin will stop In Brooklyn to visit his friend, Dave Soden, today Continued en Page 22 Ruffing No Longer A Yankee Problem Bartell to Face Menace No. 2 In Dizzy Dean Scrappy Giant Back; in Lineup for 1st Time Since Van Mungo K.O.

By HAROLD PARROTT 8t. Louis, April 29 Dick (The Ripper) Bartell will re-enter the regular Giant batting order today for the first time since Van Mungo knocked him out of it April 15 at the Polo Grounds. And before this rainy series with the Cardinals cries itself out, Bartell will have to face his No. 2 menace Dizzy Dean one of the two men he admits having tried to slash with his spikes during a somewhat bloody big league career. Mungo is menace No.

1. "They are the only two pitchers i wui try to retaliate on, if they throw bean balls at me, as they have In the past," Bartell told us today, "because when they throw the ball at you, there Is death written on it In big letters. Ill bet I am knocked down more than any other piayer this league, but I Just laugh those other pitchers' bean balls off, because they are Jiot as fast as Mungo and Dean. Yu can duck them." The Frey Incident How about his spiking of Junior Frey In 1934? "Ask Ray Berres, the Dodger catcher, about that." said Bartell. "He will tell you that his throw on that play was five feet wide, down the line toward first base, and that Frey plunged in to get it, Just as I was sliding.

I had nothing against Lonnie, but I will tell you Frey has been cut up, and he will be in the future, because he does not know how to get out of the way of baserunners while he is putting the ball on them, or pivoting on double plays." How about the Joe Judge Incident, the year before? "I stepped on Judge at first base, entirely by accident," said Bartell. "Why, I hadn't even met Joe. Bemoans Hostility of Fans "It's tough to take the riding of the fans for what I wanted to do to Mungo in the Polo Grounds two weeks ago," added Dick, "but they don't think who was guilty In the first place, who started it. Mungo was losing that day. and I had hit a home run the day before, and I am a little guy he thinks he doesn't have to be afraid of.

That's why he threw those two beanbaUs right at my skull. Yes, the second was a curve ball, but who says you can't throw at a fellow with a fast curve such as Mungo has? "The same holds true for Dean," Bartell went on. "He threw at me here in St. Louis last year In the eighth inning of a game that he was losing badly, and I hadn't had a hit all during that series. He figures I'm small, and cant help myself.

Why, fellows like Dannlng and Terry and the other big guys on this club call those Dodgers and Cardinals everything under the sun, but they never get any beanballs In return they're too big, that's why." The future? "I wont be looking for trouble In this series, or when we meet Mungo again," said Dick, chatting after yesterday's game was postponed because of a downpour, "but if it comes, 111 be ready to pay those guys off with interest!" can furnish you plenty of rich ma- terial. A striking case is that of the once Indefinable charm that Yale football teams were wont to display for Harvard, and, with more consistency, against Dartmouth, In the "good old days" of Yale grid su- Lauro Finds Way to Protect Tender Hands Handball Star Uses His Mother's Powder Puffs to Great Advantage Three factors, all indirectly connected with the social life of Bill Lauro of the Crescent Athletic-Hamilton Club, aided him in his victory over William A. Thompson of the Brooklyn Central Y. M. C.

A. In the quarter final round of the National A. A. TJ. four-wall handball championships last night at the Brooklyn Central Y.

M. C. A. The triumph leaves Lauro as one of the favorites for the crown, as Eric Peet of the home club, defending champion, was forced to default at the last moment yesterday on account of a combined sprain and cold In his back. The first factor helping Lauro's victory, oddly enough, was the presence of two of his mother's powder puffs in the palm of his left glove.

Lauro, originally a Softball player, was accustomed to take considerable punishment from the leather-bound hard ball until he hit upon the idea of using the powder puffs Protection for Hands The second factor, nestled in the palm of his right glove, was a good-slzed chunk of a rubber bath sponge, also obtained from Lauro's home. Thus doubly fortified against the rocklike composition of the hard ball Lauro is having little trouble with his hands lately. The third factor, perhaps the most Influencing of all, was the presence In the gallery of Miss Mary Drumm, Lauro's pretty friend, (who has missed few matches In which he has competed In the past four years. Lauro had no trouble In disposing of Thompson last night, 2115. 21 13, but if he had needed inspiration, it was present.

Others Joining Lauro In the semi-final round were: William Ryan of the Brooklyn Handball Club, ta whom Peet defaulted; Arthur Anderson, who defeated George Morablt In an all-local match, and James V. Ryan of the Brooklyn Handball Club, who bested Clarence Clsin of the home club. Semifinals take place tonight at 8 o'clock William Ryan meeting Anderson, and Lauro opposing James Ryan. American League YESTERDAY'S RESULT! New York. It Cleveland, 0.

Boston, 11; Chicago, S. Detroit. Washington. 1. Philadelphia.

St. Louis. I. STANDING OP THE CLUBS Big Right Hand Twirler, Slow to Sign and Late in Getting Started, Pitches Phenomenal Ball in Blanking Indians With Four Scattered Hits premacy, the Crimson was an almost habitually weak "set up." Then came an Iron, resolute coach named Percy Haughton, who not only had brilliant football system, but a flair for saturating his charges with confidence. The first thing he did was to catalogue the so-called Ell "Jinx" as "pure nonsense." Furthermore, ha mads his players believe it Haughton ran up such a string of successive victories over the Bulldog that the "jinx" changed sweaters and put on the Crimson for the blue.

More Hocus-Pocus The Yale hocus-pocus that eon-founded Dartmouth was the most stubborn "Jinx" that football has known, to my knowledge. The teams started play in 1884, and up to last Fall, In 18 conflicts, the Hanover Green gained nary a victory, the best being three ties. Some mighty fine Dartmouth teams went down to defeat. More than once they figured to win, and more than once tha Hanoverians held the advantage. A few years ago Dartmouth commanded a lead of something like 19 points, only to lose out In the end, Last year a particularly formidable Dartmouth team, that had no usa for "jinxes," and moreover played like it, managed to shatter ttie Yale spell, whipping the Blue by 146.

Gentlemen who deal In psychology, tell me that the Dartmouth assign- ment will be considerably easier la the future, which is possible. Syracuse is still laboring under "jinx" quite as interesting as tha ancient evil eye the New Haven Bulldog turned upon Dartmouth, Syracuse, no matter how tremendous the team, cannot seem to whip Colgate. Colgate isn't given to making-life easy for any team, to be sure, still Syracuse is noted for Its foot ball power, too. However, the Red Raiders hare beaten the Orange and Blue for ten years running! Last year It looked almost certain that the spell would be broken. Syracuse came up to tha game unbeaten.

Inspired, too. br Rose Bowl wlll-o'-the-wispings. Colgate, thrashed three times, looked pretty sour. The score, though, was Colgate 27, Syracuse Ames' Necktie Ball players, individually and col- lectively, go for the Jinx stuff. Such and such a team, you learn, has al.

ways been a pest to so and so. Now, the such and such boys may all ba new faces to the dread which would make you ask: "How can they feel a Jinx for which the misdeeds of players years back were responsible?" Well, they do, Just tha same. Something like the sins of the father on the children, even to the third and fourth generation. The strangest form of Jinx break, ing I can recall was that of Leon Ames, one of the great pitchers of McGraw's early world beating Giants. Ames was a remarkable hurler, but once he was subject to a terrifically suspended losing streak.

He pitched some mighty fine ball, but always something happened to make him lose the game. His mates wrung their hands in despair, as well as Ames. Finally some one sent Ames a flaming necktie and a four-leafed clover. Ames was advised to wear both, not only In the game but In public. It took 8partan courage to wear the dazzling neckpiece, but Ames promptly embraced his strange antidote.

The tie became the talk of tha sports universe, but Ames stayed with it. He concealed It under his uniform, and with it won his first game without trouble. It worked almost magic success for Ames, who immediately began to pitch winning ball. He wore it proudly and belllg. erenUy In public, and he won every game he pitched on that Western trip.

At night it was under his pillow as he slept, lest some knave should attempt to filch it, and thereby break his good fortune. In this same Chicago, by the way, Ames halted a losing streak of the Giants, who had dropped the first two games. Ames didn't lose again for a long while, and then his tether of bliss snapped In Brooklyn. Ames exonerated the necktie of guilt. He blamed It on McGraw for sending in a bunch of rookies who failed to support him.

Reshevsky Loses In Chess Play Samuel Reshevsky, former "child prodigy," met defeat by 8idney Bernstein of Sea Gate In their adjourned game In the third round of the United States chess championship tournament at the Astor yesterday. The winner was one of the two to qualify for the final round from Class of the preliminaries contested at the Empire City Chess Club. Arthur W. Dake defeated Abraham Kupchlk to go Into a second place tie with Ruebin Fine and G. M.

Treysman. I.saac I. Kashdan holds first place, being unbeaten la three matches. By FRANK REIL Charles Ruffing, slow and late in so many things this season, has at last caught up with himself, the Yankees are happy to announce today. One of the last to sign his contract and slow in rounding into shape, Ruffing has been quite a problem for the Yankees the Dodgers have a winning Infield combination and one that It would be foolish to break up.

So why not send Stripp to the outfield where the Dodgers need help? That thought occurs and Casey may act upon It. GAINED EXPERIENCE IN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Although Joe Stripp has spent most of his time at third base with protracted periods of subbing across the Infield at first, he did play quite a bit of outfield In the American Association before he came up with the Cincinnati Reds and was labelled an able performer on the picket lines. It's possible that Jersey Joe can go out to left field and solve the most vexing problem that the Dodger manager has had this 8prlng. Since the start of the season, the Brooklyn Infield has remained set except for Geraghty replacing Jimmy Jordan at shortstop after the opening series at the Polo Grounds. But Stengel has Juggled his outfielders steadily.

His opening array with Oscar Eckhardt in right field, Johnny Cooney In center field and Fred Ltndstrom in left lasted only a few days. Then. Randy Moore went to right and Frenchy Borda-garay moved Into center. MUSTACHE NO HELP TO FRENCHYY BORDAGARAT But Moore fractured an ankle and Bordagaray, with or without his mustache, didn't hit, so the combination used the last few days Is entirely different except for the return of Eckhardt to right field. Lindstrom has been shifted to center and Dan Taylor has been playing left.

The Dodgers have won two out of three with that set of outfielders but the combination la anything but Impressive. Apart from the fact that the trio has not been annoying the enemy with too many base hits, too much responsibility Is placed upon the ground-covering ability of Lindstrom. Llndy Is not as fast as he used to be and he'll be running his legs off if he must remain between the awkward Eckhardt and Chunky Danny Taylor, who hag been slow all Spring. Ever since the season started, the Brooklyn officials have kept an ear close to the ground for a tip on a deal that would bring them a good, regular outfielder but nothing at all hot has developed. WOULD SERVE DOUBLE PURPOSE Putting Stripp in left field seems a sensible experiment under the circumstances.

If that move works, 8tengel would be solving two problems at once that of getting Jersey Joe into the lineup and that of adding speed and perhaps batting improvement In the outfield. The current road trip of the Dodgers represents a crucial period in the checkered life of Oscar Eckhardt. Unless the celebrated 34-year-old minor league whizz gets some basehits here in the West, hell be headed back to the San Francisco Missions, with whom hell probably lead the Pacific Coast League In hitting again. Under the terms of their agreement, the Dodgers have until June 30 to close the deal. Eckhardt's batting average Is .188 at the moment, which Isn't enough to keep him with the Dodgers.

In his recent games, he has been meet ing the ball more solidly, but his luck has been baa. too oiten op- posing fielders have been stationed right in front of nis line drives. It would be a strange repetition of history should Eckhardt clinch his big league berth with an extend ed flurry of base hits now. Randy Moore's fractured ankle was the break that gives Oscar the Ox a chance to get his second wind. It was another broken leg that really started Eckhardt on his career in organized baseball nine years ago.

That was when Oscar was break ing in at Amarillo, Texas. At the end of six weeks, he was hitting sbout .100. The manager handed him his release before a game one afternoon but told him to sit on the bench and maybe he could get an extra day's pay. In the second inning, another outflnlder broke his leg, Eckhardt went in and pitchers didn't Ret him out for the rest of the year. He wound up leading the league.

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Toronto. lf: Albany. Buffalo-Syracuse, rain. Other clubs not srhcrtiiled. STAND! NO OF THE CLOUS Pet i Nei-srk 11 2 8Tnronto BelUmnre 4 667 Syracuse Mnnlreal 6 4 .800 Ruffalo.

Allmnv 4 6 ste GAMES TODAY ittimes scheduled. OAMFS TOMORROW Ni wm-k at Toronto, H'i'tnnore fl' Buflaln. Aibuiiy -Hi Montreal, (only unmet scheduled). W. L.

Prt. 6 .448 2 4 .333 3 8 243 2 7 .222 carthy's hurling worries should de- that is, until yesterday, when he tripped up the front-punning Cleve- iana inaians witn a lour-nit shutout. But until yesterday Ruffing was little help to the Yanks, who have been hampered by poor pitching. In his first start Ruffing was walloped out of the box by the Red Sox after seven Innings of steady fire. Last Friday, against the Senators, Ruffing allowed 11 hits and six runs, but managed to get credit for his first victory of the season because Ted Kleinhans did a great Job of relief pitching.

Keeps Few Hits Scattered However, yesterday Big Chuck didn't need any help. The Indians, who had seven .300 hitters in their lineup, went down in apple pie order for the first five Innings, and after that Charley kept their few hits well scattered. And so Ruffing, who has been ducking base-hit wallops in his first two starts, stands out today as the first Yankee pitcher to turn in a shutout performance. Lefty Gomez and Monte Pearson, in their best games, allowed the enemy one run, but Ruffing had too much stuff for the Indians. Rufflng's fast ball got the Indians to fly out 12 times, Ben Chapman, Myrll Hoag and George Selkirk having busy afternoons.

Oddly enough, Ruffing struck out only three, but his control was so good he Issued no walks. Ready for Starting Berth With Ruffing apparently ready to pitch nine innings now, Joe Mc- Five Leading Hitters In Major Leagues NATIONAL LEAGUE Player and Club O. AB. R. H.

Pet. Terry, New York 24 4 12 .500 Mfdwlck. St. Loull. 42 4 19 .452 Moore, New York 11 48 IS 21 .438 tomberdi, Cincinnati.

10 37 IS .432 Oeraghty, Brooklyn 10 35 6 IS .42 AMERICAN LEAGUE Player and Club O. AB. Pet. 0hrlntr, 11 51 10 23 .431 Bell. 81 Loull 13 55 7 22 .400 Dickey.

New 13 51 12 20 .32 R. Perrell. Boaton 14 47 12 IS .303 CnweUl. New York 13 47 18 .383 Home Rnna I Rani Batted In TroUy, Indiana. BIDIckey.

Yankeea 17 Fox, Red 5 Trosky. Indiana. 18 Klein. Cuba 4Lelber, Olanu 18 Ott, Otanta 4 Foix. Red Bog 18 Oehrls, Yankeea.

3'Oreenb'g, Tlgen 15 Dickey. Yankeea, 3 Ooodman, Redd 3 J. Moore. Phlltea 3 Haley, Plratea 3 crease. Gomez, who Is scheduled to pitch this afternoon, hasn't been knocked out of the box this season and has won his last two starts.

Pearson has one complete game to his credit, but was sent to the showers by the Red Sox on Saturday. Notwithstanding yesterday's events, Steve O'Neill, chief of the Indians, still thinks he has a pennant winnerproviding Injuries do not cripple his regulars. O'Neill bases his championship claims on the fact that he has the best pitching staff in the league and a bunch of sluggers who can outhit any team in the circuit. Fur thermore, he thinks the Indians have more spirit than ever before. Pytlak Takes am Weight "We feel we have a good chance because the three big Hfs' on the club have come through," explained the man who caught on Cleveland's only championship team (1920).

"Frankle Pytlak has gained 20 pounds and will catch regularly. Bruce Campbell has recovered completely from spinal meningitis, while In Johnny Allen we have a pitcher who can beat Detroit and possibly New York, two clubs who had a big edge on us last season." That's the Cleveland side of It, but the Yankee players themselves are Inclined to think that this Cleveland team Is no different than last year's outfit, which couVd play great ball at home but could do nothing on the road. "Say, they were In first place this time last year, and where did they finish?" asked Art Fletcher. The Indians were in first place as late as May 11, but once they started to slide there was no stopping until O'Neill was given the club on Aug. 5 after Walter Johnson was removed.

The Indians played .612 ball for CNelD and climbed up from fifth to finish third. "Lefty" Brown, who always pitches a good game in the Stadium, held the Yankees to nine hits, but Lou Gehrig's borne run and Chapman's single through the box did the damage. For the first time in eight games Bill Dickey went without a hit, while Frankle Crosettl con tinued hla hard hitting with two i tale rapt. Major League Standings Sportpourri 'Auto City' Supplies Derby Hunch Four Rumored for Buck Freeman's Old Job If you're looking for "hunches" in the Kentucky Derby, how about Grand Slam? He's owned by the Bomar Stable of Detroit and If th auto city isn't the home of champions, it must be Oshkosh. to menton a few, there's the Eed Wings, the Lions, the Tigers, Joe Louis and Gar Wood, all of 'em kings in their specialty speak- 3 tiiiiPTi i sp 5 Clevel'nd 1.

.1. II 0 SPTSrS 4 "66f Boston 23 1 3 9 5 .643 Detroit 1 1 3 2 7 4 .636 New Ysrk 1 2 4.1. 85 .615 Wash ton 1 0 2 4 78 .467 Chicago 101 4 6 .400 Phll phla 2 1 0.1 4 8 .333 St. Louis 1. 2 Ol 3 10 .231 National League XIITEBDAY'S RESULTS Bnaton.

Si Cincinnati. I. Philadelphia. Pittsburgh. Brooklyn-Chicago, wet grounds.

New Yrk-Bt. Loull, rain. STANDING OP THE CLUBS New York Ctncln'ti Chicago Brooklyn Pbll'phla St. Louis Pltlsbgh Boston .727 .538 .500 .800 .444 .400 .364 41 7 Oms. lostl 31 81 8 SI 7 51 81 7.

GAMES TODAY Brooklyn at Chicago. New York at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh. Boston at ClnclonaU.

GAMES TOMORROW Brooklyn at Chicago. New York at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, Boiton at Cincinnati, ing of Grand Slam, Psychic Bid ran fourtn last year, didn't he? Walter Stone, the Michigan U. runner who won the Pcnn Relay steeplechase, Is a graduate of Lynbrook H.

S. he still holds the Y. State and L. I. mile records Pete Flanagan, who's in line for the Crescent Club basketball coaching Job, Is one man who is not seeking the post left vacant by Buck Freeman at St.

John's but rumors have whispered the Ons. lostl 4 51 4 SI 8 6 6 10 I. I GAMES TODAY Cleveland tt New York, 1:11 Chicago at Boston. Detroit at Washlngtan. Bt.

Louis at Philadelphia. GAMES TOMORROW Cleveland at New York. Chicago at Boston. Detroit at Washington. 81, Louis at Philadelphia.