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BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, NEW YORK. TUESDAY, 'JUNE 2, Broadway Slade's Insertion in Lineup Helps Robin Spurt 22 The Castaways By Ed Hughes Hughes; Km 0 COLUM U. The Song rnHE reigning street classic is u-7vn i Understudy JackcdUpPerformance Of Brooklyn Infield By THOMAS HOLMES Stall Correspondent ol fhe Eagle Chicago, 111., June 2 Glen Wright, shortstop, captain and fnerally accredited Spark Plug of the Brooklyn team, played part whatever In the recent spurt of the Robins and will be missing from the lineup when the boys open their road trip at Wrigley Field today. Wright isn't in good shape. He is weak in the knee, as th2 result of a stubborn case of influenza, weak in the right ankle from that mysterious rheumatic condition which has strike the current disposition in the cauliflower world.

Ti .11 1 11. 4-t wiMinel t-Vint ii may an ue very imiuiitt lur suinu iuiu ichum ww no one talk about them after they are gone. But take the melancholy cases of Herr Liederkranz Maxie Schmeling and William Stribling of Gawga. They haven't the slightest objection to your talking about them after they've gone that is on one condition. If you'll only talk about them NOW! Just mention their names remember the time and the place, why that will, help a little, too.

They'll be awfully obliged. And it won't cost a cent, that is unless you wish to follow up the matter and take in their little production out in Well, where is it again, and what are the boys going to do there? And why? The East Isn't Concerned IT'S ALL very devastating to Messrs. Schmeling and Stribling, this almost total indifference of the public to their little turnup, which, in case you've forgotten, is really for the world's heavyweight championship. Here it is hardly more than a month away, this stupendous event, one of the most important issues ever to be decided for the benefit of mankind. Ens Males Big Pirate Shaken Pittsburgh.

June 2 iP) Thoroughly disgusted with the Pirates' ability to hit. Manager Jewel Ens tore up the batting order today and wrote a new one. The shakeup sends another regular to the bench. First baseman Gus Suhr is to watch play from the dugout along with Shortstop Tommy The-venow when left handed pitching is encountered. Paul Waner is to play first base, Fred Bennett is to be given a chance in right field and Grantham is to drop to sixth place in the batting list.

And yet no one is talking about faintest terms of interest or excitement. That is always a bad sign, the proposition being that this lack of attention might continue right up to the moment the gentlemen enter the ling in well, I might as well teU you Cleveland on July 3. I have roamed the broad and congested highways these many days, yet nary a word do I hear about this gigantic clash of fisticuffs to decide the premier fighting man of the whole the slightest concern whether America will regain this questionable honor or whether the new Republic of Germany is to draw further fortitude and encouragement for existence through a successful defense of the crown by Herr Max. It is just possible, of course, that the event doesn't represent such a vital factor in the future of the Germah Republic, after all. Only th other day I glimpsed a picture in the sepia sections that might add color to this argument.

'Please Use and Oblige' jt-HERE, photographically of course, steamed the new German navyi I in review, Its pocket-sized battleships representing a pathetic re-minder of the days when Germany was a power on the high seas, Casting about for other pictorial items of interest, I saw this and that, but not one outline of the familiar rugged features of that peerless hombre of the ring, Maximilian Schmeling. Yet Schmeling is supposed to be a force in the social, sportive and political life of Germany and the world. No, sir; no familiar studies of the broad back of the "German Demp-sey" emblazoning the bulging muscles, the punching machinery with which the swarthy young man hopes to put America in Its pugilistic place. No studies of the young man blithely skipping the old hemp, indi-l bothered him for a year. When the Robins seek to attain th? .500 mark today, their captain will bo chewing his fingernails on the sidelines.

Nevertheless, and notwithstanding, Gienn Wright won't br missed as though the team had no capable understudy for his posi- tien. FLADE HAS INCREASED 1 INFIELD EFFICIENCY That bit of blarney about the well-known ill wind is one of those encient gags that sometimes rings true. WriRht's various miseries have merely served to emphasize a long- prevailing lmpres-eion that Gordon Slade is a rattling good ball player. Take a star shortstop out of the lineup of most big league; ball clubs and the infield is likely to creak and groan a rusty weather vaneJ But when Slade stepped into Wright's the Robins began to win. He fit in with Gilbert.

Thomp- Glenn Wright boii and Bisson- ette as though he belonged. The as a whole, moved more 6moothly than it did with the limping Wright trying gamely to field Ws position. Broadway Slade's ability asa fielder never was questioned. He earned 1 that nickname of Broadway, not be-: cause he plays the all-night ga-ga joints but merely because his dark "and boyish features, his general bearing are suggestive of a song-nnd-dance man. There is more than a suggestion of the professional dancer in his movement around shortstop, too.

He, gracefully surely, is a true "fancy dan" around second base, BROADWAY CARRIES rt'NCH IN PINCH There were volumes of nice things said about Slade while the Robins were coming out here. The rest of the b6ys appear to think that Wright can take plenty of time coming out here. The rest of the boys appear to think that Wright can take plenty of time coming back, that the team will lose nothing if Slade stays in there indefinitely. The suggestion was even made that whenever Captain Glenn becomes fit for duty Slade might be tried at second base, but this is looking a long way ahead. Fresco Thompson has been guilty of some 6potty baseball this Spring, but recently his fielcing has been steady enough.

Slade's hits, while none too have been timely. In Saturday's second game at the Polo Grounds he just about sewed up the struggle with the Giants by busting a home run with the bases filled. That, incidentally, was his first big league home run since the very first cut he ever took at a big league pitched ball in Boston more than a year ago. However, the boys are inclined to give Broadway more credit for the line drive which closed Sunday's second game at Ebbcts Field. Slade was up there in a tight spot.

Two out. the score tied in the tenth, the winning run on second base. To make matters worse, Tom Zachary, the wise old Brave southpaw, quickly put him in the hole. "He's got plenty of the old intes-. tinal fortitude." one of the Robin regulars regarded.

"He didn't break up the ball game but, by gosh! he nil one. fiunneiem nappenea io De set squarely in the path of the Major League Records NATIONAL LEAGl'E Yesterday' Results B'. Low. Cincinnati. S.

112 BoMon at Pituburah. cold. Othrr clubs not scheduled. STANDING OF THE CLI'BS Buzz Arlett Not Yet Another Babe Ruth; Caraway Likes Work By HAROLD C. BURR National League sympathizers are happy on a steadily rising scale.

Every time Buzz Arlett hits another home run or offers to take on the whole Cub dugout at fisticuffs, one at a time, they chuckle and crow, sure that Arlett Is going to do for the senior circuit what Babe Ruth has done for the American League. But Buzz must do many miles of jogging around the bases yet. The Mighty Oak has the punch and personality of Ruth beyond a doubt. Buzz was longer coming up than the Babe. The big Phillie outfielder spent 13 seasons in the Pacific Coast League.

He's also a change-around hitter, while Ruth of Songs tuneful, but it doesn't exactly here and there, and if you can it, discussing the matter in the wide world. No one seems to have recesses of some forgotten, far-flung late Andy Smith, coach at California, who was a member of the Lion football team about 30 years ago; he later starred in this sport for Penn, being named All-American fullback in 1904. LIVEZEY NAMED COACH Jack Livezey, captain of the baseball team, who will be graduated next week, has been appointed head coach of athletics at the Canton, high school. BRAND TO COMPETE Fred Brand ranking golfer on the college team and captain of the basketball team for next winter, will compete in the district qualifying round for the national open which will be held at the Oakmont course this month. fltiall McLouglilin Is Ready to Sell Running Shoes Frank Would Rather Play Ball Penn Looks Like Champ By HAROLD F.

PARROTT Everybody always thought running was the nearest thing to Frank McLoughlin's heart. Hadn't he left St. John's High School with an enviable reputation on the cinders? And hadn't he made the grade at Penn, where crack sprinters and middle distances are anything but an oddity? Frank had even climaxed a great track career by clinching a place on the far-famed Penn mile relay team this year. It was taking a chance, then, to ask this wiry, well-built fellow which was his favorite sport as he jumped out of his baseball uniform after the game at South Field yesterday. It seemed an unnecessary question, for McLoughlin had always been a crack runner, whereas baseball hadn't entered his college career until this year, which is his last one at Penn.

But Frank had surprisingly different Ideas. "Why, I like baseball a lot better than track," he explained, piling his duffle into the suitcase. "I was never really fond of running, but I guess I was pretty good at It, and so I sort of had to run, you see." He Is Tired of Running "But I'm tired of it, I'll tell vou. In track it's train, train, train every minute. You have to be right at the top of your form every minute, and then the race is over in a few seconds.

"This year I was more bored with it than ever, so I went out for the baseball team, and I guess Penn needed a first baseman, so here I am. Now I'm sorry I didn't play baseball from the beginning." McLoughlin had played baseball in high school of course. But there was a big gap between that last year at St. John and this season at Penn. Still, he jumped into the breach as if he'd been swinging a bat ever since he left Brooklyn four years ago.

Break Beat Columbia Columbia, which many thought was strong enough this season to beat Penn in this crucial game and then go on to win the Eastern Intercollegiate League title, never got over that bad first inning and the four runs that were rushed across before Pitcher Freddy Landau had time to catch his breath. After that, Columbia outhit the Quakers and really outfleJded them, too, but not when it meant anything. Wally Masters, the Penn pitcher who has won eight straight games this season, put the handcuffs on the Lion batsmen when there were runners on the bases, and no mistake. Masters, of course, has lost only two games of 28 during his college career. The league championship is now virtually in Penn's clutches.

The Red and Blue looked wabbly in the eighth, when the bases were loaded, two were out, and the score was 5 i in Penn's favor. McCoy singled to right, but although Bradley scored. Swettman was caught at the plate on Ford's perfect throw to Martens. Then again in the ninth, with Bender on second. Masters put Bal-quist.

Hewitt and Rivero, three of Columbia's best hitters, down in a row to step out of the box unscathed. eating, according to the caption- writer, that Der Max is as shifty on his pedals as ever. Nor do your searching orbs light up with wonder and affright at any delineations of the champion punching the bag, exhibiting that crushing punch which Stribling must avoid, etc. Specially Designed and Decorated PHOTOGRAPHICALLY, the case Is Just tte weak and discouraging for Mr. Stribling, despite the fact that the young man has a personal publicity bureau of no mean order and that the Madison Square Garden purveyors of publicity have also been hard at work for several weeks.

Of course, I'm speaking only for the metropolitan section of the East. Not having perused the out-of-town prints, I can't say about them. The fight, it must be explained, is designed and decorated for the mid-West and the South. For the first time in the modern history of championship heavyweight brawling the Eastern sucker is not being given unusual play. Naturally, his presence is welcome at any time, but in this instancs there is a sort of promotorial understanding that he is practically out of the question.

The talents of both principals are a little too well known to this species of sucker to elicit much in the way of expectation! from the promoters and the principals. They're Wise to 'Em STRIBLING, it may be recalled, has yet to make what is termed "good fight" in the metropolitan area. He has made many frowsy, blowsy ones, however, and this is held against him, it seems Strange to relate, a fighter must break his novice, in the way of form, to be a heavyweight card in New York and environs. Even Jack Sharkey has done that, and Mr. Sharkey is rated nont too gloriously around these parts.

Schmeling, like Sharkey, has achieved this feat, too. He looked good enough against Johnny Risko and Paulino for some people to dub him "the German Dempsey." In fact, Max was regarded with something, like real esteem until that awful championship taking of the Sharkej fiasco. Max, being the first fighter to win the heavyweight championship vvhlle taking his spinal ease, is naturally a little taboo now about thess parts. The promoters, as I say, appear to realize all this and have mads no overtures or rosy representations to the Eastern sucker. In fact, the fighters are practically secreted from the gaze of the E.

which ii something unusual as heavyweight extravaganzas go these days. line drive. A foot either way and the game wouldn't have ended in a tie. That's the break of the game, but Slade deserves plenty of credit." PITCHERS I.IKE TO WORK WITH LOMBARDI Alfonso Lopez is still Brooklyn's first-string catcher, but there's no danger now that the cat-like Florida Spaniard Will be overworked as he was last season. Ernie Lombardi is a mighty popular young man with the pitchers who have served with him this season.

Luqtie and Clark echo Joe Shaute's line that the ponderous Italian youth is an easy catcher to work with. "He's so darned big," said Shaute, "that he gives a pitcher a target that hardly can be missed. You know a pitcher aims at his catcher and not at the plate and a big catcher helps me, at least, in the matter of control." Lefty Clark popped off about a little trick of Lombardi's which he thinks aids him. Botchi's mitt is barely large enough for his huge left paw. He pounds a large pocket in his mitt, so that there is little except leather between the ball and his palm.

When the ball arrives the report is like a gunboat in volume. If he catches here some citizens will spend the aft ducking behind their chairs. "Maybe it's my imagination, saysl Clark; "but pitching to Lombardi gives me a feeling of power. He makes "me think that I can throv, the ball through a house." Bill Clark Cl'BS HAVE PECULIAR SEASON RECORD The Chicago Cubs, set to entertain the Robins for the next four days, looked pretty sour touring the East last month. Recently, however, they have been traveling at a fast clip.

They've won nine of their last ten. Rogers Hornsby has sacrificed some of his hitting power in the interests of speed, substituting Bill Jurgess at third base, Johnny Moore in the outfield and Ralston Hemsley, former Pittsburgh catcher, behind the bat. Yet there is something a bit phony about the Chicago record today. The Cubs have won 21 victories. They beat the Reds ten times, the Pirates on eight occasions, won only three victories from the other five clubs in the league.

Ray Phelps will probably pitch the opener for the Robins today, morrow is Dazzy Vance's date. To- SCHNEIDER VICTORY STANDS Indianapolis, June 2 UP) The standing of the leaders in the 500-mile automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will remain unchanged, the contest board of the American Automobile Association announced late yesterday In disallowing protests filed by Harry Hartz, Los Angeles, and by Louis Meyer, Southgate, against Louis Schneider, the winner. DE LICA MEETS NESHEIM Artie De Luca and Ole Nesheim will clash in the feature six-round contest at Ridgewood Grove on Saturday night. Baby Conde meets Petey Hayes in the six-round semifinal. Favor Vacating Rosenbloom's Title Chicago, June 2 (A) As far as nine member commissions of the National Boxing Association are concerned.

Maxie Ro-senbloom's world light heavy- weight championship may be vacated any time now. Results of the N. B. poll for sentiment concerning as title holder revpal that Arkansas. Oregon, Colorado.

Illinois. Michigan. Minnesota. Nebraska. Ohio and Tulsa.

favor vacating the title and starting another elimination tournament to obtain a successor to Slapsie Maxie. I lly 4r Net Stars Win Decision Over Jupiter Pluve Three Seeded Players Win Through Third Round at Terrace "Playing between the rain drops," was the tune they hummed yesterday at the Terrace Club, where the Brooklyn tennis championship tournament is slowly wending its way to the final round. There wasn't much tennis but, whenever the rain halted, players would sprint out to the courts and play a couple of games before the rain began again. In this way some seven matches were played. Three of the seeded contingent were able to knock over third round opponents.

Edward W. Burns, Brooklyn's most promising player, was evidently bothered by the conditions of play, as he was pressed to labor overtime before he could turn back old Steve Brubans, a veteran of a thousand and one tennis tournaments. The young man from Flatbush won the first set handily, 6 3, but he had a tartar in the second and had to play 22 games before he could win, 12 10. Cliainp Runs Into Trouble Frank Bowdcn of the pugnacious look, easily overpowered Guy Burk-land, 63, 62. But Richard Lewis, defending champion and sixth seeded player, was held to three sets by C.

R. Marks, a young player up from Duke University. The old Princeton player finally won, 6 2, 36, 60. Berkeley Bell, 11th ranking player on the national list and drawing card of the tournament, has yet to put in an appearance. He was scheduled to play E.

H. Church yesterday but the last heard of Bell was a telephone call asking directions to the Avenue I courts. The tournament committee believes that the rain prevented Bell from making the long jaunt from New York. However, weather permitting, Bell should play today. The summaries: Second round J.

W. Kirkham won from Louia A. Shaw by default. Third round Frank Bowden defeated Ouv Burkland. 3, 6 Joseph De Flna defeated Giles Verstraten.

6 4. 6 Richard Lewis defeated C. R. Marks, 6 2, 36. 6 0: Julius Tavalln defeated A.

R. Piatt. 64. 6 3: Edward w. Burns defeated Stephen Brubans, 6 3.

12 10; Russell Phillips defeated Stanlev Povcy, 6 4. fi S. L. Bcmer delealed Kirkham, 5 7. 6 4.

6 3. BOLTS LAST NIGHT Cleveland Paul Pirrone, Ccve-land, outpointed Larry Madge, Cleveland (8). London Len Harvey, British middleweight champion, knocked out Rene de Vos, Belgium (1), non-title. Pittsburgh George Courtney, Tulsa, outpointed Patsy Per-roni. Canton, Ohio (10); Harold Scarney, Youngstown, Ohio, outpointed Johnny Mack, Cincinnati (8).

Holyoke, Mass. Midget Wolgast, Philadelphia, outpointed Lew Far-ber. Brooklyn non-titlc). Los Angeles Cecil Payne, Louisville. stopped Johnny Albin.

Los Angeles (ft). TILDEN-KOZEH'H AGAIN William Tildcn and Karel Koze-luh will make their first appearance on turf courts this season, playing at. the Westchester Country Club Sunday, for the benefit of the Actors Fund Matinee ub. Consolation M' AX is buried deep in the portion of Pennsylvania. Stribling is working In the mid-West somewhere, but at this writing I have yet to locate him.

always does business from his porti stance. Arlett wears specially made shoes and an oversize outfield glove. Arlett isnt as good an outfielder as Ruth hasn't as good an arm and hasn't the baseball instinct of the Yankee buster. But if he can go along catching a fly ball without being skulled and continues to hit the crowds won't notice his little crudities. Still, at his sturdiest Arlett can only hope to be a second Ruth, and its the original the crowds like to pay their greatest homage.

Ruth brought a hew note into the game the deep bass that sent a speck hurtling into the high vault of heaven. Its going to be just another speck In Artlett's case. FAT CAN'T UNDERSTAND, NEITHER CAN BUSH The old-fashioned pitcher has been reincarnated in Pat Caraway. The curious Texan can't get enough of pitching, it would seem. He keep' pestering Man.

agcr Donie Bush to let him go tn the box, andi though he isn't1 the huskiest pitcher in the American League1 he's tireless. Car away lives outdoors in Texasj and the life has made him strong1 as a longhorn. Caraway recently went nine hard Doney Bush innings against the Cleveland Indians. After a rest of two days he approached Manager Bush again and asked if he might pitch against the Dtroit Tigers. Bush seemed a little surprised at the request, but being one of the hardy old-timers himself, he said Caraway could pitch.

The bony Texan went right at it and made the Tigers look foolish swinging at what he calls his swerve balls. But in two more days Caraway was again, plucking at the Bush sleeve. "I'd like to pitch today against the Browns, Mr. Bush," said the rubber-armed pitcher mildly. "I can set that mob of Mis-sourians back on their heels, sure." "I don't believe I could do it, Pat," said Bush after hesitating.

"The rest of the staff wouldn't like It If I let you do all the pitching. I guess I'll have to let Tommy Thomas throw 'em up this afternoon." His disappointed glutton wandered sadly away, wondering if all the yarns he had heard about Iron Man McGinnity were just myths. All things considered, the Senators think they have been doing fairly well and the same may be Leading Hatters In Major Leagues NATIONAL LEAGUE Plaver, club. Q. AB.

R. H. Pet. Arlett. Phil.

39 182 30 58 .382 HornsbY. Chi. 35 334 33 49 .366 Step'son, Chi. 32 117 13 41 Wor'ton, Bos. 30 115 14 40 .348 Grimm, 32 113 15 39 .345 AMERICAN LEAGUE Plaver.

club. O. AB. R. H.

Pet. Ruth, N. 105 30 42 .400 Cochran. Phil.3S. 155 34 62 .400 8lmmons.Phil.38 157 33 60 .382 Averlll.

40 167 31 63 .377 Foth'gill, Chi. 26 96 7 36 .375 safely said of the Yankees. Neither contender has been left quite hull down by the flying Athletics, and both Walter Johnson and Joe McCarthy point out that if it wasn't for an injured list they might be right up with the champions. The Yanks had the first run of bad luck, losing Babe Ruth, Dusty Cooke and Myril Hoag a whole outfield in themselves all within a week. Washington's worst blow was the loss of Joe Judge.

The veteran first sacker and his appendix parted company in Boston the first of May and it's going to be two weeks yet before he returns to the lineup. Buddy Myer has been out, too, for a long while, not to mention Ad Liska and Firpo Marberry. Once the Yanks and Senators return to full strength they are going after the White Elephants' ears, which have needed pinning back badly the past couple of seasons. But from the press screen at present it looks as if they would have to amputate the pitching arms of Lefty Grove, Rube Walberg and George Earnshaw for the pretenders to the ivory throne to get any place. CL'BS HAVE FOUND WHOLESALE COUSINS Some ball clubs fatten on others, finding whole baseball families of cousins.

The old Cubs could never beat the Pirates for all of Reulbach, Overall, Three-Fingered Brown, Sheckard and Circus Sallle Hoffman, Johnny Kling and Tinkers to Evers to Chance. But the present Cubs are taking their revenge on the current Corsairs. The Cubs have trimmed the Pirates in ten of the 13 games played. But the Smoke Eaters are not the only ball club Hornsby's hirelings are treating rudely. They have grabbed eight out of nine from the Cincinnati Reds Of their 21 victories thus 18 of them have been gleaned at the expense of two clubs.

Otherwise the Cubs would be away down on the cellar stairs. This isn't the way a champion performs, not even a potential champion. If the Cubs expect to be a factor in this open National League race they must devise some way of knocking off the Cards, Robins and GulqU. Which is all very well, Just the same. The Ridgewood Club will ba holding forth next month, and there's always the amateur bouts at ths Elks, the Crescent Club or at the B.

M. T. gymnasium. W. L.

Prt. St. Louis 24 11 York IS IS Chjraao 2 11 .583 Bosion 19 18 .514 BrnoklMl 19 Philadelphia 18 20 Pittsburgh 17 22 Cincinnati 9 31 Penn State Finally Decides To Recognise the Smiths Games Today Ttrnnklrn at Nrw lork at Bt. Lout. Boston at Pittsburgh.

Philadelphia at Cincinnati. Games Tomorrow nrnnklvn at Chicago. Nfw York at St. Lotus. Pontin at PlttRbursh.

Philadelphia, at Cincinnati. AMERICAN LEAGl'E Yesterday' Results rain. rain. Other clubs not achedulrd, STANDING OF THE CLI'BS w. I.

Philadelphia -X 10 Vv'ajihmcton Ifi Sew York Cleveland '2n Chieaao 1" Detroit IP Pi Lou. a 11 Boston 14 Gumps Today 5 Louis at Kew York 13'. rhiraBo at Philadelphia. De'rott at Washington. Cleland at Boston.

Gam's Tomnrrow Pt Lou's at Kew York. Chirago at Pilladrlphia. Detroit at Washmtton. Cle eland at Boston. .447 rni .359 State College, June 2 An athletic record of some 14 years' standing seems due for a breaking in the letter awards at Penn State this It has been 14 years since the Lions have had an athlete by the name of Smith win a var sity letter on one of its dozen teams.

The last Smith to be awarded the letter was a lacrosse player, Robert In 1917. This year Regis Smith of Pitts burgh, shortstop on the baseball team, undoubtedly will be among those receiving the awards; he has played in very game to date, more than fulfilling the requirements. In nearly 45 years of Mletics, only 12 men by the name of Smith have been awarded varsity letters. The best known of these was the FOURTH OF BIKE RACES The fourth of a series of 36 to de cide the 25-mlle national motor- paced championship race will take place at Madison Square Garden to night. TWO NEW OITONENTS Penn State will meet two new opponents in football next Fall, Waynesburg and Temple.

Another 1931 opponent is Dickinson, not played since the season of 1907. i.