Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1921, Page 29

SPORTS. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. APRIL 24, T921—PART 1. SPORTS. 29 . Ruth and Other Base Ball Murderers Here Today : Paddock Sets Four World Sprint Marks 3 4 BABE MUST FACE ERIC, WHO HAS CHECKED HIM King of Swat Never Has Found Olaf for Circuit Clout and Got Only One Homer Here Last Season. BY DENMAN THOMPSO! Today's the day. Place—7th and Florida avenue. Time—3:30 o'clock. Attraction—Babe Ruth. American League Park this afternoon will be the mecca for every fan in Washington and immediate vicinity and if the weather man is considerate enough to dish up a_different brand than that which pre- vented the competition in Boston for the last two days a throng e eding the record assemblage of opening day may be expected at the Georgia avenue stadium. G. Herman Ruth is the magnet. His supporting cast oi New York players will be there. of course. as will also George McBride’s Nationals. Ruth cannot perform with the assistance only of B cight other Yankees and the presence of the Griffmen is essential to pro- vide competition, but it is the athlete variously termed the colossus of swat, battering behmoth and king of clouters, upon whom the attention of the ensemble will be focused. This remarkable yer. who has risen from the obscurity of a home for boys to heizhts never before at- tained in the world of sport, owes his great popular appeal to the pub- lic w his ability to hit a base ball Only Downpour After 3:30 Can Prevent Today’s Game When President Griffith went 1o harder and farther than any man| before him. After smashing all rec- ords for home runs. and recording an | almost unbelievable total of fift four last se n, Ruth calmly an- nounced that he would be salisfl!d‘, with nothing less than seventy-five this year. and at the rate he has bean oconnecting bids fair to achieve tLis stupendous feat. Has Gotten Good Start. To date he has four to his credit | When it is recalled that it was May 1 before he rapped his first home in 1920, and his present mark of lu'lrl was not attained last vyear until twelve days later, his prospects for another history-making campaign must be regarded bright. And while the mass of fans at the Io(ml! park today want to sec the Nation-| als’ effort rewarded with victory, they will be pulling for Ruth to treat them to an illustration of his specialty. Of all the parks in the circuit, that in this city has proved the most trouhlesome for Ruth in the compila- tion of his records, owing to it unusually large size. Last year only one of his total of marathon mau was obtained here, and then not until August 14, when Jim Shaw was his{ victim, although he hit for the cir- ocuit against local flingers on half a dozen other occasions in the com-i ¢, paratively narrpw confines of the Polo Groumds. Johnson, Shaw, Zach- ary, Acosta, Snyder and Carlson being his victims there. Ofie of the local staff whom he; failed to mick last year is scheduled | ] to oppose him this afternoon. George, Erickson. the Swede, who was left at | home to prime for this engagement, ! will start against the Yankees to- day,’ with Acosta and Zachary held in reserve. the other Washington boxmen having dropped off in New York with Catcher Picinich. Pug Blame on Nationals. New--York critics blame the Na- tions‘for beating the Yankees out of pefinant last season. Wash~ ington was the only club in the cir- cuit that the Hugmen failed to win a majority of their games from, the Jocals on one occasion hanging up four wins in a five-game series. Mo- Bride's men now are confronted with the golden chance of ousting New York from the league leadership, and it remains to be seen whether they are capable of seizing the oppor- tunigys= < =& : Today they are right on the heels of the Yankees and with a series of four games with New York following ! the battle this afternoon are in a position to oust the Hugmen from the top rung of the ladder. They have the | best wishes of their supporters in the capital, but this will not prevent the bugs from pulling for Ruth %o sock “one over the right field wall in the encounter this afternoon. Jeremink Terwillizer Conway, the left-handed and red-headed pitcher- first-baseman-outficlder discovered by Nick Altrock, who got in under the wire at the Jast minute by reporting to Manager McBride in Boston Fri- day. is _not hére with the Nationals, nor is he with the delegation which stopped off in New York. He was given permigsion to go to his home in Holyoke and pack a suitcase and will then join the stay-at-homes in the capital, to get ready for an in- speetion by the pilot when he returns from the road. Lorenze Wyekaxyl Kibbe, the Uni- versity of Vermont hurler and also brick-thatched, is here with the team and will remain to take daily work- outs at the park. Kibbe only recent- 1y underwent an operation to have his tonsils removed and is not in condi- tion mow to show what he possesses in the way of speed and benders. Manager MeBride and his players arrive from Boston in time for break- Sast this morning and will leave on the midnight train for New York. The two games postponed in the Hub! will be played off in the form of double-headers there on July 5 and 6 With two games scheduled for the holiday preceding. July 4. the Griff- men will have six games in three days. with an intermission of only one day for the jump to St. Louis, where they are due to play July 8. Fine prospect, — Smith Joins Cardinals. ST. LOUIS, April 23.—Jack Smith, St. Louis National outfielder, who has been holding out, hak joined the team and agreed to terms, but will not be per- mitted 1o =ign & contract until he gets in conditjon. CUBS DOWN CARDINALS Spoil St. Louis Team's Home Open- er, 5 to 1—Chinese Minister Umpires at Start. ST. LOUIS. April 23.—Chicago de: feated St. Louis, to 1, in the oening ®ame of the Nat al L.eague here to- aay. Mayor Kiel pitched the first ball and | ze, Chinese n is- i States acted as| the opening nmpi Chicagn, ABH ABH. 0.A ts 2 0 ) L i 1.5 i | Tarter 120 4 o i Tres =4 £ 1 | V Farrell, 3 31 2 yier.p..... 0 100 ol otk p. 3 11004 o0 o0 of 1000 £ 1000 14 Totals. 33 92719 iviere in eighth. 100 05 000 01 (2), O'Farrell, urtier, Lavan, O Farrel ber, al to Terry Temons and | Louis. off My, 2 off York, 6 in 1: by York, 1; ning piteher— 7. Umpires—Messra. YEme of game—1 hour and | bed last night, American League Park was tucked be- neath the huge tarpaulin, and the only thing t can prevent a game here today between the Griffs and Yanks ix for rain to pour down after 3:30, the start- ing time. Griff has planned to take care of 20,000, and the only rewerved seats nxold in advance by the management are in the boxes. No grandstand seats are ‘ Rt Send In Four Runs as Indians Take Third Straight From Browns by 6 to 2. acteated St Louiss’s to 2 toms: e ng it three straight victories. Sewell's batting decided the contest. His two- | L Lo o EariSmithi 1 Totals.. 33 9 24 18 . Totals *Ran for Sevegeid in uinth tBatted for Davis in ninth 8t Louis.. 1000001 02 Cleveland. .02 0.0 0 0 0 4 0 x4 Runs—Jacobson (2), Jamieson (2). Johnst, Speaker. Error—Williams. Two! base hits—Ja Jamieson, Sewell, El- mer Smith, Npea ‘oveleskie. Three-base hit—Sewel olen "base—Gleason. Sucrifice hits—Lamb Jonnston. Gardner. Double Play—0'Neill and " Stephenson -—§t Louis, 10; Cleveland, 5. Off Davis, 6: offCoveleskie 4. Hit by pitche By Davis (Stephenwn) . Struck out—By Davis, 2: by Covelexkie, 4. Wild pitch—Davis. Um- pires—Messrs. Evans and Hildebrand. Time of game—1 hour and 45 minutes. WHITE SOX WIN N 11TH Left on baes Rases on ballx— Tie Tigers in Ninth—Faber Scores in Duel With Leonard by Count of 3 to 2. CHICAGO, April 23—Chicago came from behind today, tied Detroit in the ninth inning and won out, 3 to 2, in| the eleventh. The game was a pitchers’ duel between Faber and Leonard, the breaks favoring the visitors. Twice the Tigers scored runs by successfully working a double steal, but aside from these two innings Faber was their master. Score: Detrait. A Chicago. AB.H.0.A. 0 Hooper.rf. 4 1 4 0. 2 Johnson.ss. 134 s, 311 Bheely.Tb.) 3 116 0 O Falkif..'5 3 2z 0 Jones.3b. . 5 Btrunkef.. 5 1 2 0 Blue.1b 1 Mulligan.3b4 1 0 0 Bassler.c., 4 05 1 Leonard.p. 3 00 2 1000 1001 3811 33 15 *Ope out when winning run scored. +Batted for Faber in eighth. Detroit ..1 0 1 06 0000 0 0 02 Chicago .. 0 0 0 001 00 1 0 1-3 Runs—Young. Bush. Johnson, Collins, Shee- ly. Errors—Young. Sheely, Schalk. Two-base hits—Collins (2), 1k. Stolen bases—HBuxh, Cobb. Young (2), Veach. Hooper. Racrifice- Sheely. Lefe on basenDetrotr: 5: Chicans, B, Bases on balls—Off Faber, 1; off Leonard, 3: off Hodge. 1. Hits—Off Faber, 7 in 8 innings: off Hodge, none in 3 innings. ~Struck out—ity Faber, 2 leonard, Hodge, 1. Win- ‘mptrex—Messrw. Chill ame—1 hour and 40 REDS STOP THE PIRATES Get Enough Runs in Two Innings to Win Third Game of Series 5 to 4. PITTSBURGH, Pa., April 23.—Cincin- nati won the third game of the series here today from Pittsburgh, 5 to 4. Ability of the Reds to solve Hamil- ton's delivery in the first and third innings gave the victory ta the visit- ors. In these innings, the Cincinnati team scored all its runs on eight hits and an error. Score: Cinci. ABH.0.A. Pitts. ABH.0.A Paskert.ef. 5 4 O Bigbeelf.. 3 0 Daubert 1b. 10 0 .4 30 Bohne.3b. . 3 4 2 3 Duncar If. o 1103 0 Whitted . 4 1 2 2 1 Tierney3b. 4 1 0 3 Grimm.ib.. 4 010 e 6 0 Schmidte. 4 5 urquard.p © 0 Hamilton.p 0 0 1 Mokan®... 1 0 0 0 Gluznerp. 1 0 1 0 Barnbarti. 1 0 0 0 Carison,p.. 0 0 0 0 T Towlx.. 31 82710 ton in third rin seventh 1 o 000 11 03 o 0 0 Paskert, Bohne. Duncan. Bressler, Vouesca. Bighee (2), Carey. Whitted, Errors - Duncan, Hargrave, Hamilton. Two-base Bits—Crane. Whitted. _Three-buse hits—Pas- kert. Carey. Home runs—Fonseca. Bigbee. Sucrifices —Daubert, ~Bohne. Double gla: Daubert (unassisted). Pittsburgh, " 4. ard, 1; off Hamiiton, 1 Of Hamilton, 8 in 3 1 none in 2 fnmings; innings. Struck Hamiton. 1: by s Losing pitcher—Hamilton Quigley and 0"Ds Left on bases—Cin Hits by HEL TUmpires—Messrs. Time—1.46. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Milwankee, 8: St. Paul, 7. nsas City, 4: Minneapoiis, 3. lumbux, 5 Louisville, 0. Tuledo-Indianapolis, wet grounds. FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE. Oiando, 9: Lakeland. 0. Jagksonville, 5; Daytons, 3. St-Petersburg, 6; |way some men 31 the meet has either the vested authority MEN WHOM GEORGETOWN WILL COUNT HEAVILY ON IN S. A. GAMES. Connorry under the auspices of the National Collegiate Athletic As- eligibility rules possibly will cut out of competition many good men. The the first year rule, the migratory rule and the rule against professionalism BY H. C. BYRD. v sociation, is open to representatives of all the leading colleges committee has announced that —will govern entries HILE the national track meet, to be held at Chicago June 18 of the country. recent action of the committee in charge in regard to continuously, and without opposition, favored by the association—namely, Just how these rul are intended 10 ik iy Jead to interesting develops apply to entries is not stated by the | ments in matters pertaining to eligis committee. It may be that the commit- | bility. This decision to enforce for members of the gssociation' etfgibiity tee intends not to accept entries of indi- viduals unless they measure up to the standard of eligibility required: in this the association ‘nfithe’same rank apd pecially those dire ctly in charge ot force in their eligibility codes that have been laid down by the committee; ofh- rs have only one, and a great many do not have the first year rule. Just how the committee can bar rej resentatives of colleges and universities without the first year rule from taking part in a meet which these same colleges and universities concurred in holding, voted in favor of in the belief that their men would have an opportunity to com- pete, and are helping to support finan- cially, is_unexplained. No doubt the matter will be taken up by some of the institutions involved. sociation in staging competitions un> |der its own direction. The assogia- 'tion has grown -inio a stromg or- ganization, has developed great power for good, and has attained its prom- inence as a non-legislative body. Now that it is changing its spots and apparently taking unto itself legis- lative funciions—and - in this . case without the consent of the member- ship—there is a strong probability that it will find the task too stupen- dous and risk its present solidarity and strength by inviting internal dis However, this action of the commit- | sentions. The.a te for which it tee serves to bear out a prediction ‘would have to legislate is so vast that certain acts of the association— | and the problems of the different sec- the decision to stage its first actual | tions so complex that it will be diffi- athletic competition and the appoint- i cult to enforce the same legislation ment of a court of arbitration—would ' for alil. FIGURE RUTH TO FALL BY GEORGE CHADWICK. ABE RUTH already has established a new home run mark. He has busted his last year’s record for April. In 1920 he made no home runs in the current month, but_this vear lis old willow has whacked out four. While his‘record -for the 1920 scason was fifty-four home runs, he did not start ‘to bat ¢irctiit clouts until May. But, even in the face of the Bambino's early season achie be some doubt whether he will top his 1920 ach#eveme Ball players of the Philadelphia and Boston Americans do not believe Ruth will do better than fifty-four this year. Of course, it is a matter of speculation so far as they are concerned, just as much as it is to the fan. Basix for Their Opinions. Players, however, base their opinions on the belief that Ruth is not hitting the ball as well as he did in 1920— nt. Help Visiting Nurse So- ciety Today. that he has started to make home runs now seems to have no bearing “Buy a balloon for bab on their opinion. It is his general| This Wwill be the sale slogan of a swing which they take into account, [ §roup of society folk who will ap- and the fact that the pitchers have | Pear @t the bali park this-afternoon been putting the ball up to him in- | 10 sell tage and bulloons on behalt of 8 4 4 = e Instructive Visiting. Nurge & stead of keeping it away. Ball play-| oy "Wilich taddy opens N weok ers are keen observers, as a rule. [campaign for $50,000, with which to While they cannot always give a|coninuc the work of instractive Visit- detinite and theoretical reason for |ing nurses in Washington. things, they have an intuitive sense| A1l of the thousands who journgy which tells them when players are |to 7th and Florida avenue to see Babe going good or bad. Outlook as to Kelly. The possibility that George Kelly of the Giants may run as a right- hand rival to the Babe has been sug- gested, but it is almost beyond be- lief to figure that he can keep up anything like the record which Ruth is apt to create if he has a succe Ruth make h season’s debut in Washington will be given an oppor- tunity to contribute to the fund. The workers for the society will placard the ball park with largegos- ters containing an appeal for funds and literature describing the work.-of the socicty and its urgent need for { money with which to continue good right-handed batter. Before he came to the Giants he batted home runs to right field out in the west. In the past Kelly has shown in- clination to slacken his hitting speed a_little as the pitchers become more effective, while it doesn't seem to make any difference to Ruth. = His | home runs are more numerous when | the pitchers are supposed to be at their best. ball fans the work of the pursinz,sc ciety, which has a staff of graduate trained nurses, who for many years have been nursing the sick of the city who are not in hospitals. 11 is estlmated that 90 per cent of- the city’s sick is scattered about the city. ; AMERICAN LEAGUE. W. L. Pet. . New York 5 2 .714 Memphis Leads Southern. | Qleveland.. 0 3 “oa7 MEMPHIS, Tenn,, April 23.—Mem- ko s 373 00 PRIk phis held the lead in the Southern As- MES TOPAT. GAMER FOMOIROW. 8l at' New York Tiouin at>e'L Detroit at Cleveland. . Phila. at Boston. "Besults of Yesterday’s Games. Wu-mnx;‘mu;yaj ‘R‘lim ? ew York Phliadpl Geveanhicn NATIONAL LEAGUE. w York at Wasl. St. Louis at Clevelund. Detroit at Chicago. Birmingham, which gave the locals their first trouncing of the season to- day, close behind with the same num- ber of victories and three defeats. ia—Rain. Athletics Let Three Go. w0 37 Detreit, 2. PHILADELPHIA, April 23.— The Philadelphia Americans have released Charles Edens and farmed Jacl Slap- | *ociation pennant race tonight with six games won and one lost, but w n‘ pey and Wilbur Ray, pitchers, to W. L. Pet. Rocky Mount of the Virginia League. | Pittsburgh. 3 By SewNR & VIRGINIA LEAGUE. GAMES_TODAY. Richmond. 7: Petersburg, Phila, at New York. Norfolk, 17: Portsmouth Boston at Brooklyn. Buffolk, 8: Newport .3, Pits. at Cincinnati, Chicago- at .8t. Louls.. Cbicago, f TEXAS LEAGUE. o Houston, 5; Galveston, 0. New York-Philagelphiu ey Bhrevepart. 12, Dattes, % Bl o U i Fort Worth, 14; Wichita Falls, i1, - - innath;'5; e Beaumont, 6; San Antestodn Z 5 8L Loaia, 1. ‘LE GENDRE. WNotwome! Photos certain cligibility rules which have been rules they do ot haye, and, ‘Wwhich{ they have never. hads as membéds of) SHORT OF 1920 RECORD, ements, there scems to | DOUBLE BIL FOR FANS Will Be Able to See Game and to| ful season. deeds. ¢ 2 Kelly has not the style, the eye| The committee in charge of the| nor the swing which Ruth possesses. | Er0¥p of tag and balloon sel < con- Kelly hits the ball hard, but he |Sists of Mrs. Eldridge Jordan. Mr: scoops it much more than the for- |John Newbold. Mrs. Charles Brom- midable home-run hitter of the New | well. Miss Louise Littauer and Miss York Americans. Marjorie Wright, e Kelly can put a lot of drive on| The sale of tags and balloons has a ball to both right and left fields, | the double purpose of. raising .funds in spite of the fact that he is a|and introducing to Washington base Kgsults of, Testerdhy's Games., | 1. SHALLOW l bagger in the first inning drove in . fcestainginsttations fioc ety hose thit A6 ight |3 iy . 5 s ) {woulaibetel - 1 I in the | Standing of those thif A6 have~m EADE two runs, while his triple in the Sev- | st Instintins meutd o erlmibe, |-eanily be the frat. Fumbing 0t an" HIEADELPHIA. April 23 enth sent in two more Onf thelotheri handiktheicommittas m,.]ummm Armageddon L ARH 0.A.|intend that no entries shall be accepted Good May Come of Action. " 3 4 2 3°0|from any college which does not have in! n Y irre oo 5 : the score of 6915 to 47%. % 2 Probably. though, only good will $ 310 2|force the standards of eligibility the | ,froPably. thowh, only good Wil 3 1 1 0;Xational Collegiate Athletic Association e s enaOr g Gant € 1 o0l up asidesirable. notwithstanding that there are sure apt. .2 000 2 : to be objections loud and long. and | 3225 May Lack Power to Enforce. that the probability that the commit- 3 = -} In either case the writer doubts very ' tee is likely to find its positio i Cove'stien 1 3imuch that the committee in charge of| tenable. 11 colleges and univer { The Pennsylvanians swept through Pthe track ev nts. losing only one first or the power to enforce its edict in_re- | athletics. are awakening to the value | Place, when Ned Courdin,” Harvard, to the eligibility of entrants. The |of strict eligibility codes, and satua- | €aptured the century dash nal Collegiate Athletic Association. ) ticns like this, which is sure to de- | Today's victory is the first Pennsy . in effect. is a_yearly conference | velop more tham a little argtment | vania has ever scored against Har- between colleges and universities for!ip the big collegiate body, serye. inivard in a“dual meet. Haryard won mutual good. never has attempted 10 (Lo long run to clarify and make | the oniy two previous meets in 1896 make its’ members live up to the same | v 208 R 0D S AT tand 1897 eligibility standards. Some members of | "y (R PR COACR L oL " The. French runners, here for the {the association have all the rules in [ o0 PRC CERCE (RS, B A8 207 [ Pennsylvania relays next week, watched the American athletes and cheered impartially the good perform- ances’of both teams. “These Americans are great ath- letes,” said Rene de Leliva, coach ‘of the French team. “It is a pity {the elements ruined the fast time I feel sure would have been made.” Summary of Events. 100-yard dash Iy Ned Gourdina, Har- vard; second. Rob Muxum, Pennsylvania: A. McFudden, Pennsylvania. Time, Won by R. §. Mazam, Penn- E. Gourdinia, Harrard? third, Fennsylvania. Time, 0.21 4 by Earl Ehy, Pennsyl- Harvard: . Penassl- ia: third, third,” 1. . Harvard. Time, Mile fun’ Wou' by Larry Br.un, Pennyl- vania: secoud, A. J. Fox. third, W. Iryin,” Penassivania. Tim £ Two-mile run—Won by Pennerl- vanin: sccond, D. Harvard Muhon, Harvard “Eyerett , F. Smith, Jducks, ~ Pennyyl- tis, “Hurvard. Time, -pound shot-put—-Woa by’ J. Bartels, Pennsylvania (distance, 41 feet ‘1% inches) |second. J. R Tolbert, Harvard. (10 feet 7 ches) : third, J. C. Thurman, Peons$lvania fret Kiy inches) i 16-pound * hammer-throw —Won’ by ¥/ F. Harvard Brown, (distance, Teet 4 J. R. Tolbert, Harvard - (126 third. Frank, Pennsyl- feet 915 | Won b Gourdina, Harvard inchex)s_second, R. (20 foet. 10 inches): third, Pennsylvania (20 feet. 81 inche) High jump—Tie for first place between C. S. Woodside_and D. 8. Nicholx, “Pennsylvania (height, third, " tie. between W. F. Goodell and « Krogness, Harvard, Pole vault—Wo iurwood, * Hurrard 5 feet 3 inchex) [ by cheight, feet) : second, Temple, Pegnsyl- vania (11 feet N ‘inches) ;' third, tie between Hojt. Pennsylvania, Goodell, Har ard, and | Krogness, Harvard (11 feet 6 ‘inches). [ — TERNEY TOPS BATERS Pirate Hits for an Afifige of | :520—Several National Leaguers Above .400 Mark. Tierney of Pittsburgh topy the regu- lars of the National League in batting { with an average of .520, agcording to figures which include games of last ‘Wednesday and players who . have played in five or more games. Deal of Chicago is the runmer-up, with .500, and Bruggy of Philadelphia is third, with .462 2 3 Southworth of Boston is leading in stolen bases with three. Leading batters are: Hollocher, Chi- cago. .450; Flack, Chicago. = 429; Brown, New York, .429; ‘Nicholson, { Boston. .423; Rawlings. Philagelphia, Bancroft.. New York, .432. j41 CAPITALS TO BE IDLE - UNTIL NEXT THURSDAY Owing to a hitch in_ the .schedule, ‘the Washington colored club_will temain idle Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, except for 'stiff morning .workouts. However, they will resume. play on Thursday, when the Roval.Giants of Hrooklyn will be seen in action here. The Capitals will then take to the road. after which they will play here on all open dates at the.American League Park. The management is planning several shake-ups in the club. Negotiations are under way with Toussaint Allen of the Hilldales of Philadelphia_and Alex Albritton of the Buffalo Stars for their services, znd the indicattons are that these two players will be i the local line-up in their next games. COLLEGE BASE BALL. Princeton, Penn Stafe, 3 North Carolina, 7; Virgimia, Citidel. 5: Davidson College. Wal Furma 1 North Carolina State, 0. Northwestérn,. 4 (twelve .in- DREWSTERLS 1 SOUTHERN RECORDS GO. ‘Three Broken in Meet Sewanee Wins From Georgia Tech. ATLANTA, Ga., April 23. — Sewanee defeated Georgia Tech, 61 to 56, here to- day in e dual track meet in which two southern intercollegiate athletic asso- ldauon records were broken and another tied. ‘) Skidmore of Sewanee threw the 16- | pound shot 43 feet 101> inches, against | the record of 41 feet 81 inches. Whie- chel of Tech threw the javelin 169 feet & inches, against the record of 144:5, and Welch of Tech tied the pole vault record | with 11 feet ¥ inches. PENN DOWNS HARVARD AL TRACK MEET —Pennsylvania, the intercollegiate cham- pions, defeated Harvard in a track meet on Franklin Field today by Rain swept the oval during the' meet and leit the field and track boggy and unfit for record time. rl Eby and Everett Smalley of Pennsylvania divided honors, each winning two first places. Eby gave his tcam ten points in the quarter and half mile, while Smalley did likewise in both hurdles. ANES FOUR SETS MARK Wins Two-Mile Event in Drake Games in American Record Time of 7.52 2-5. DES MOINES, lowa, April 23 Running the fastest two miles ever made by a team of American run- ners, the Ames, Jowa, relay quartet established a new two-mile record of 7522-5 in Drake relays this after- noon. The Ames relay team, composed of Arthur ~ Wolters, Stanley Graham, Herbert Webb 'and Otis Higgins, smashed the American record of 53 for the.twa miles.hung up by the Irish-American Athletic Club team of New York 4n 1910. This record | was_jointly held by the Yale Uni- | versity quartet. which, six years !1ater, ‘while competing in the Penn- sylvania relay games, covered the distance in the same time. No team of American runners has ever raced the distance with such speed. The Ames flyers came within two seconds of equaling the world record of 7.502-5 for the distance made by the combined team of Ox- ford and Cambridge runners who competed in the Pennsylvania relays last year. The record was made in a sensational race with University of Illinois team, which pressed the Hawkeyes from the start. While Ames bagged the lion's share of honors, the Arrapids (Iowa) High School team won four relay races and established new Drake records in three of them. Cornell also shared in the honor roll by winning the one-mile and two-mile relay in the college class. The distinction of equaling the re- lay record for the high school shut- tle race went to East Des Moines High School. While teams and individual stars from the Missouri Valley Conference won the honors of the games, the Western Conference universities made a creditable showing. Illinois won the four and one mile races and_ fin- ished second in the two-mile. Notre Dame took the half-mile university relay. Athletes from the Missouri valley {won the honors in the two indi- { vidual events. Wright of Nebraska won the 120 high hurdles, with Wynn of Notre Dame in second place. The time was 0.15 1-5. The meet was regarded as a test for the mid-west athletes who are to compete in the University of Penn- sylvania relays at Philadelphia Fri- day and Saturday. STEPHENSON SETS PACE Cleveland Player Is Hitting .583. Rice and Harris Well Up in A. L. List. Stephenson of Cleveland tops the regulars in batting in American League with a mark of .583. with Tobin, St. Louis, the runner-up with 560. O'Neill, the Cleveland backstop, s third with .524. Bush of Detroit has jumped out in front for stolen-base honors, having pilfered five sack: Leading batters, figures _including Wednesday's games, are: Rice, Wash- ; Harris, Washington, .481; St. Louis. .440; Scott. Boston. Sewell, Cleveland, .400; Ruth, i . New York, .400. THESE TEAMS TO PLAY ON MONUMENT GROUNDS | This should be some base ball ygame. The Erythrocyetes and Leu- i cocyetes of the Georgetown Medical Lot, diamond No. 1, this morning jat 11 o'clock. Bush Cronin, for- ‘merly of the Fordham TUniversity nine, will do the heaving for the Er: throcyetes, with Pussy Preston be- hind the bat. The battery for the Leucocyetes will be Slippery O'Brien of the Long Island League and State- 1y Strothers, who has worked in Vir- ginia. The outs and safes will be in the hands of Joseph Mooney, an assistant director of the New York playgrounds. Spectators are caution- ed to carry germicides. The contest is the first of a series that will be played between medical class teams and nines representing the medical and collegiate depart- ments. White Sox Release Outfielder. CHICAGO, April 23.—Kelley Herbst, a catcher and outflelder of . Palm, Beach, Fla. today was, released by the Chicago Manager Gleason of Sox. 21 1-5: 300 CALIFORNIA ALSO TIES EDLAXDS, Calii.. April 23 —Charles W. Paddock of the University of Southern California broke world records for 100 meters, 200 {here today. according to official timers | Paddock's time for 100 meters was 10 2-3; 200 meters. He ran 100 yards in 9 3-S seconds, tving the world record. and 220 vards in 21 1-5 seconds. LOSE IN ARMY BOUTS Bage e ts - BY JOHN B. KELLER. B includes the camps and stations in and near Washington, did not garner any titles -tonight at the boxing championships of the The National Capital’s lone entry was Private Walter Parsons of Walter Reed Hospital. He lost to Private Edwin Burnbrook of Camp title. Washingtonians also rooted for Corp. Ernest J. Powers of Fort Myer in the match ior the light heavyweight laurels, but the 19th Field I \ meters and 300 meters at the Southern California A. A. U. meet 1_\'ard§4 30 1-5: 300 meters, 33 4-5 ALTIMORE, April 23—Representatives of the third district, which 3d Army Corps area. Holabird, Md.. in the second round of the bout for the welterweight Artilleryman went down for a count of ten in his second session with ! School are to grapple on Monument | Bouts were held jn seven classes, and five knockouts, two of them technical, resulted. The other contests went the limit of eight rounds to decisions. In several of the battles the principals displayed considerable knowledge of the ring sport, and in none was a lack of willingness to fight revealed. They were all-for-glory affairs, and the sol- diers acquitted themselves nobly. Camp Mende Man Scorea. To Camp Meade went most of the honors of the evening. The dough- boye romped to victory in two en- gagements and battered their way to another pair of triumphs. One Camp Eustis boxer earned a title and both of Camp Holabird's entries were suc- cessful. More than 3,000 officers and enlisted men and a host of civilians, among them many women, witnessed the matchrs. Maj. Gen. Adelbert Cronkhite, com- mander of the 3d Corps Area, headed the group of gencral officers present. With him were Maj. Gen. Rockenbach, commander of the Tank Corpe; Maj. Gen. Haan of the general staff. Brig. Gen. Cole, commander of Camp Bustis: Brig. Gen. McGlachlin, commanding the 7th Division at Camp Meade: Brig. Gen. Hodges, commanding the 3d Corps Area artillery, and Brig.. Gen. Bandholtz of Camp Meade. Powers and Parwons Fail Powers of Fort Myer was no match for Blane. The tall, well knit Camp Meade -infantryman battered the artil- leryman severely in the first round, drawing the claret and three times send- ing Powers to the floor. Right after the second round started, Powers sank to the canvas for a count of nine. Ris- ing, he clinched, but on the break Blane shot a right to the jaw and the Fort Myer soldier had enough. The knock- out came after thirty-seven seconds of the round had been consumed. Parsons, the Walter Reed Hospital welter, was _terribly punished by Burnbrook. With lefts and rights to the jaws, the Holabird scrapper had the Medical Corps boy groggy almost from the outset. Parsons hit the boards twice in the first round, and was taking a good beating when the gong sounded. Burnbrook rushed his man at the beginning of the sec- ond round, and drubbed him so badly that before the session was half completed a representative of the | parently cinched for July 2 N overturn in the Jersey town will put there is that chance. It may not be kn Jersey City is go is involved ; S running the affairs of the city. In other words. the forthcoming slection will decide whether the pres- ent board of commissioners—under whose regime Tex Rickard was in- duced to select Jersey City as the site for the heavyweight encounter— will remain in office or whether it own generally, including. of course, a new mayor. Views Bound to Differ. Now assuming that the present ad- ministration is defeated, will the new set of commissioners hold the same views concerning the Dempsey-Car- pentier affair that Mayor Hague and i be not. " 2 One thing is certain, the five com- missioners who run for office against the existing commission will repre- sent an opposition ticket in all that the term implies—opposing theories of city government. opposing ideals. opposing program. etc., etc. This be- ing the case, will the big fight enter into the canvass? It is violating no confidence to say that Tex Rickard, until he has the election figures in han rather cautiously in the matter of handing out contracts for his amphi- theater. and conducting other impor tant details which call for the out- lay of money. Dempeey Isn't Worrying. Dempsey isn't worrying about the | Jersey City election—he didn’t know | there was to be one until he was told. He isn't worrying about Carpentier, even. " Dempsey is looking bully. He | weighs about 192 pounds stripped, and, expects to come down to 184} ringside. If he hasn't taken care: |of himself as some reports from the west have had it. his condition doesn’t show it. He is lithe and wonde: fully put together. and if the cha pionship goes to Europe it won lon the score of physical condition. be | Birmingham Hitter Leaas. The Southern Association batters are being shown the way by Emery of Birmingham, who has an average of ,542, with Golvin of Mobile, the runner-up, 42 points behind. Stew- art of Birmingham, is in third place with .480. Mullen of Mobile leads the base stealers with four. Carpentier Picks Quarters. NEW YORK. April 23.—Georges | carpentier will train Manhasset, |L. 1., for his championship bout with Jack Dempsey. American repre- sentatives of the French titleholder ichose a forty-acre farm about a mile from Long Island sound. A large barn will be oonverted into a gym- nasium. Giants Release Henline. NEW_ YORK, April 23.—The New York Nationals have released Catcher Walter R. Henline to Indianapolis of the American Association under optional agreement. Zwilling Clouting in A. a. Zwiling of Kansas City is out in front among the batters of the American_Association, with an aver- | age of .526. Miller, 5t. Paul. is next with .500, while Eliis of Louisville, is third, with .478. Dressen of St. Paul, is showing thé way to the base steal ors with four thefts. ing to have a municipal election. ik Hagu in it and so are the four commissioners who assist him in d. will proceed ! | | tion are Lee, bow, and Frawley, Private Rene Blanc of Camp Meade. state boxing commission ordered the bout stopped. Beat Fight of Evening. The best fight of the evening by far was that between Sergt. Clyde J. Sharpe of Camp Meade and Private Willard D. Rist of Camp Eustis. for the lightweight championship. These Boys opened in whirlwind fashion and continued the hard pace through feur rounds, with the Eustis boxer forcing the argument. In the fifth. Sharpe. who is an sistant boxing instructor at Meads. began to find himmelf and effectively employed a right uppercut. This so weakened Rist that Referee Johnson stopped the bout in the sixth after the round had gone two minutes and thirty-five seconds. Both Sharpe and the loser were roundly checred for their exhibition. Rallying in the seventh and eighth rounds. Private Henry F. Toletti of Camp Meade 80 impressed the refeses and one of the judges that he was given a decision over Private A. R. Corbi of Camp Eustis in the bout for tha bantamweight championship. One of the judges thought the Camp Eustis fighter deserved a draw. - Lleweliyn Burrell, private in 324 Regiment, C. A. C.. at Camp Eustis, won the heavyweight championship when Private Leo A. Scheidecker, & Camp Meade husky. quit in the see- ond round. The Marylander did ad the fighting in the opening session, but when Burrell came to life in the second, Scheldecker d@iscovered his right hand was out of commission, » Garcia a Real Serapper. When it comes to scrapping. Private Robert Garcia of Camp Meade ip real class. In his featherweight match with Corp. Joseph L. Casey of Camp Eustis, the Meade boxer ficored his opponent ‘three timej The third occasion Casey took thi count, and the title was Garei after one minute and forty second: of action. " The bout for the middle-weight titre a tame affair between Private Charles A. Hoffman of Camp Hol bird and Sergt. Charles Nelan of I Camp Eustis. The former was given ithe decision after eight rounds, in | which he bore the brunt of what battling was done. " JERSEY CITY ELECTION ° MAY JOLT FIGHT PLANS BY LAWRENCE PERRY. 4 EW YORK. April 2—With the Dempsey-Carpentier fight ap- im a central location in Jersey City, with training camps selected, is there a chance that a political a crimp in the big battle? Brothers, but-the fact remains that on May 10 Mayor Frank Hague Y BGAT 1S WTAGT shall be supplanted by a new board. |mpoce Ont for a Time Are Ba and Preparations Are Begun for Big Events. i ANNAPOLIS, April 23.—The Navad Xcademy oarsmen, under Coach Glendom his colleagues hold? Maybe so; may- and his assistants, are hard at work: | The varsity is intact again, ome of two who were slightly out of sorts having made recoveries, while thé | main difficulties as to studies have | also been overcome. | Only something unforeseen cam make a change in the present boating of the varsity, with its six oarsmeil and coxswain, who are veterans -of. the races leading up to the werid ampionship in the Olympic at Ants werp last summer. The arrangement is: Bow, Lee; Frawley; 3. Jordan: 4, Moore ( tain); 5, Sanborn: 6, Johnston: 7. Gal- lagher; stroke, King: coxswain, Glagk. The only new. men in this dgsrest: bot of whom, took the trip last year. The crew should be a little bettef than the great eight of last year. It may be assumed that the old men have gained by their extra year of growth and experience, and are somes what stronger physically and betteg oarsmen. Lee and Frawley have exs perience, cleverness with the oars and strength, vk PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE TO BE FORMED. Organization of a circuit of profesw sional soccer foot ball clubs in eastern states has reached concrete form. The Bethlehem Steel Club is to reorganized, and six other cith New York. Brooklyn, Harrison, Jer- sey City, Fall River and Pawtucket—3 have agreed to come into the enter- prise. Yacht Race Dates Set. LONDON, April. 23.—Dates for sails ing of the international six-mete yacht races. in which the CUnit States and England will compete.fon the British-American cup. have beg tentatively named. The dates wili-be equally divided between Cowes ané Ryde, as follows: July 29 at Ryd August 1, 3 and 5 at Cowes an August 8 and 10 at Ryde. )y” Oakland Bowlers Ahead. CHICAGO. April 23~—Results ahs nounced today in the fifth annual Ine ternational Rotary Club telegrapl bowllng fournament placed the Omke land, Calif., team first. with a score of 3.885. The Binghamton, N. Y, team was second. with 2,843, and Ch cago ranked third, with 2,792. ————— . Easy for Virginia Athletes. GCBARLOTTSVILLE, Va_ April 2804 inia .. otes ‘- hsimed Nortn Caroiipn. in the annuel teack meet here t: scoring 1A% to 9 for the |