Evening Star Newspaper, April 25, 1921, Page 16

16 SP Nationals Drive Yankees to Third Place, Beating Them.3-1, Indians Going Into Lead JOHNSON OR ERICKSON TO PITCH GAME TODAY| BY DENMAN EW YORK. April 25—The Na to renew their hostilities on N « ORTS. Records for Past Week in the Major Leagues The week's record in the major leagues of gamen played, won and lost. with runs, hits, | errors, men left on baxes and | runs scored by opponents, in- | cluding games of Saturday, is as follows: | AMERICAN LEAGUE. | ( THOMPSON. tionals and Yankees are here today the diamond, with Babe Ruth and P.W.L R. H E. LB OR.| his gang determined to get revenge for the 3-to-1 deieat suffered ARG e O B R in Washington yesterday afternoon and McBride's clan equally set on | | Eathinpon 4 8 123 33 7 20 12 | continuing their forw h at the expense of the New Yorkers, to St. Louis.. 5 8 3 5 | whom they proved a ner g the 1920 season B ston.... :: 1l H ! That the Yankees will have a t to pitch ag the Yankees vester-| | Phideiphin 5 1 4 l Job on their han teid in e et “}--L"“'l"[;j:;\'\-* s NATIONAL | that either Walter inson* or Ol e ¥ G 1 P.W.L. | Erickson will do t ne for the onals will stay here for| | Rittstureh. 8 4 2 | vashi v mes before going over to O 4 3 2 “Rsm"‘"f" & lelphia for a quartet of battles Brooklyn... 5 3 2 ISqricedysinces hio Quaker city. During their Boston 51 4 i the Capital city S = with the Macks the teams will Phi'delphia 4 2 2 ago, and if he is nomir o es s aandy Gneiarati. § 3 3 duty can be counte to the City of St, Louis. victory. He has no cantests inaty o e s B effect to his arm from " the Athletics wiil be at is confident iore troubl Erick Alxe Ix Ready. FErickson. too. and if he shoi ence to should be kept in tiona ZACHARY SUBDUES RUTH AND REST OF MAULERS ries with the ith. and on the hston in the capi- clash with the will hike west, Tigers, Browns rder prior to ome, open- 28, that TfiE EV;éN;II\G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, APRIL 25 1921 SPORTS. —— PIPP OUT AT PLATE IN FIRST INNIN TIGER SLUGGERS BUSY Overwhelm White Sox by Clouting Eighteen Hits—Indians Win Fourth Straight. ; Indiane and Tigers triumphed v world cham- mood i permitted the ging Browns to jump into the lead. The Cleveland muteh drew a crowd 000 At Chicago, 35,000 wild fans W the new Wihite Sox thrashed Coblys dashing Ti Meen assorted sizes and ons were collected off the de- McWhecney maulers. to nine ot a trips 1ss held and wan his gan double to the j H W connected for the circuit e Indians I when they dow Uhle ke but Bayne Zranted Burwell the St “nilop wi Jturned 1o INTS BLANK PHLLES Kelly's Triple Drives in Lone Run. Rallies Aid Cubs and Dodgers Pirates Win, rst division 3 . . . clut scored heav] HEN he repulsed the pitcher-mauling Yankees in the engage- in the Al e e et W ment Americ: Leag Park yesterday. Jezebel Tecumseh | The pac ]Hl‘nx.’ Giants :;1;.,,'1(,.(‘1 :{,,4 8 i« = d a ally beat the Zachary fully justified his selection by Manager George Mc- . S eStarniacion s it irst-rank fi s en of Cubs go¥ hus theninth inning Heide as one of Ahe firs:-rank flingers to bear the mound burd Gubs go¥ busy in theninth inning the Nationals during the campa e ¢ easily toppicd the Reds S e The league chani Dodgers got The pop-eyved fans ands and busy in the fourth inning. jumping I nemeives o o walls BIG BIFFERS BAFFLED || on the Braves for six rans, and went rape: ojpelst of the Georgia ton to a 12 1o 6 victory. Both team: saEabautiencianine O iitoi onesof Gharrity threw the ball to second in an attempt (0 eatch Meunel off the bax and Harriy’ return nippea ¥IPP, Wao | slammed the ball, the winners maning B e leat “hurling ‘exhibitions that W YOR AR R. H. P.O. A dashed from third for home. e I e isrers e Has becn witne Mere in mans a | Feter, @b 4.0 0 5T 1 Johnston. Dodger third sacker, made i The attendance established a a2 3 0 o two doubles fa ra for “the " hatianal pastime. in i AMERICAN LEAGUE. |av i i ‘Washington. (T o 25 clouted for the e - o Hodie, 0o 0 1 0 0 W. L. Pet WAL Pl o8 B0 0 ICely - dis Southpaw in Fine Form. Hoale s oo Pt SR e o s Frisch's single and Ko triple in Zach certainly was in a hang, 1 i0 Washington 6 3 Detroit 3 4 (429, the sixth enabled the Giants 1o nose mood. He had a wide-break iercy. p o = i New York. 5 3 St Lowis’. 4 6 400'out the Phils, 1 to 0 R. Miller's one- that swept up to the plate with plenty | *MeNally o o - (¢ 3 4 Phila’iphia. 2 6 250, in the third was all the of speed, and the murderous Yanks o | GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. ed off Douxzl vere baffled from start to finish. Five ' Toult - 1524018 4l Wash. at New York. Wash. at New York. | P R ware haflle gl ngs were all| WASHINGTON. R. P.O0. A. E.| * Detroit at Clevel, St Lonis at Chicago. h, scoring singlest i aspmanse an ni hpaw, | Judge. 1b.. o 8 0 1 & a . SR g St. Lonis at Chi Detroit at Cleveland, was enough Eleancdfof the Natonal Jout 0 I, et 3 x Srla OR the first time since its organization two years ago, the Knicker- | phita at Hoston. Phila. at Boston he Cubs S to 7 victors over two passes, one in the first and | it Bf 1 30 0 z ; 3 o % i , he winners were outh :l?: m“n‘Lr"m the si were handed 0 10 0 bocker nine yesterday receive a nice coat of whitewash. Playing| Results of Yesterday’s Games. WT“ ;.\\x.;:lfr-r' u‘:wl l\u”lln'r\ o e b CR o S T T e against Clarendon Athletic Association in Olympia Hollow in | Washington, 3: New York. 1. Cards tore sy » 3 2 a f w | Sh - 2 L1 o 2 5 od, puis, 3 : out of the i e Yorkers took the count b GRaukes = > w2 | Georgetown, the Knicks took the short end of a 2-to-0 count, and barcly t. 7; Chicago, 3. f}ta}:“"z ¥ o '-ll’ of the box in ”1 T it vata ehars. 3 0 o o 1 ofescaped a blanking in the hit column. Count Von Herbulis, slabbing for |MEtnnIn e Bt esTrouncen the e Yeee : ] 3 3 & z 13 3| the Virginians, yielded only one saiety, a single to Gantt in the sixth in- | NATIONAL LEAGUE. o e home-run hitter ex-| e ning. Only twenty-eight batters faced the Clarendon hurler and ten of first win of the season by keeping Babe Ruth, Ran for Rodie in ninth. g Y ¥ W.L. P W. L. Pet. DInE traordinary and before fhe game the |, 0000000 o|them were fanned. Now" York. 62 Boston..... 4§ the Cincinnati hi ttered main attraction, was one o ach's 0001002 - . | Pittehurgh. 3 Phila’lphia. 3 5 S i Victims, In batting practice the Bam- | e X=3| The Clarendon aggregation collected Metropolitan _ Athletic Club van-| [tlabor I 0h Gl A Sh Bt bino slammed the ball beyond the PP o et Srl'::n eight blows, including four for twolquiched the Fraternal League .\l.x-‘,,,,,,,u.‘,,_‘ 300 St Lonis.. 1 6 M3 COLUMBIA, c. April —With confines of the park. but in his first Piercs to Pipp to Schang: Fewster | Dases each, but Fisher kept these welli sons. 9 to 5. Morrison held the Masons | " GAMES ranAy LOMORROW. | Spartanburg plaving at Columbia, rance after hostilities were on iupauch to Pipp. Laft on hases—New | Scattered through the eight sessions|to five hits. while his battery mate, | oston at Prile. i atiBrooklyn: | Charleston. at Ansbia. and| Gresmoilis P mloriously whiffed at the sphere | York. 6: Washington. 9. Hase on balls—off | he worked. Serrin pitched the ninth | Peterson, did some heavy hitting. w York at Brookivn. i i Thila. at Charlotte the South Atlantic Asso- he inglori y whi 1 s Zachar, out—By Piercy, | inning for the losers. More than 6,000 | i i 0 at Cincinnali. Pitts''gh at 8t. Louix. | S ion soqecn opene. today O e e hary, 9 pires —Messrs. Moriarty | sandlot fans watched the conflict. Leviathan Athletic Club went to | Fitts'D'gh at St. Louis. Chicago at Cincinnati. inpaugh resting on the frst sack|sud Comnoliy.” Time of game—2 hours and 10 el Alexandria to take an 8-to-7 defeat| Results of Yesterday’s Games. e e talGt o car aried 2 Gibraltar Athletic Club broke even|from the Destrover Athletic Club, | : : column in other t{rgxs‘ ve in the| ————————————————— | in its double-header, taking the meas-|but it wants more action. Teams Brooklyn, | ”’k"fl‘"nv]‘;m‘,mm. o a clout off Harris Elove in ure of the Fraternal League Knightsiin the seventeen-eighteen-year class | ‘ ca g : fourth, but tried to stretch the blow into a double and was nipped at sec- ond by Milan's accurate heave to O'Rourke. After Fewster and Peck had fanned in the sixth Babe drew a pass. He opened the ninth with a clean rap to center, the last of the hits made off Zachgrg: Other Yanks Whi#f Breeze. of Pythias in a 24-to losing. 1 to Club. The contest with the Winstons was a pitchers’ battle between Beamer of the Gibs and Calhoun. The latter allowed two hits and his opponent three. ning when he hit into a double play. The Nationals threatened the count in the seventh, when they got their first two batters on, but a double play killed the chance. They made 2ood in the eighth, however. Rice smacked a neat single to right, and Lewis sacrificed. It looked gloomy when Harris lifted a foul to Schang, Potomae Coun sily took care of p Jez's strike- [ DUt hopes were revived when Shanks| Washington Council in the Knights o e I . “Fowk. | was passed. Then came. O'Rourke | of Columbus League, winning, 20 ta 1 Meusel, Ward, Schang and Piercy. | e clouted to left, and the blow be- | Plunkett of the winners made two Meusel, who has been crowding Ruth for his slugging crown, twice fell a viotim to the baffling deliveries of the National portsider, and Fewster did likewise. In the sixth Zach retired the side with strikeouts, getting the third one when Yankees were parch- ed on first and second bases. But J. T. was not without opposi- tion in the engagement. Biil Piercy, the loose-jointed blonde who is in his first season as a big leaguer, came through with an excellent hurling ex- hibition for the visitors. He was pretty much of a puzzle to the home folk and it was not until the eighth, when the issue was decided. that thev were able to glean more than one hit in an inning. Safeties were made by | the Nationals in the first. second,, fifth and seventh, all one-basers. A} triple following 2 single and a walk | spilled the beans for Piercy in the| Griffs’ last turn. i Yankees Score in Firxt. The Yankees grabbed their run at the outset. but Frank O'Rourke's wiid | throw of Meusel's grounder handed it | to them. Peck handcuffed Shanks | after Fewster had skied to Rice.| Ruth fanned, but Pipp walked. eusel rapped to short and a poor eave counted Peck, let Pipp reach| 'third_and the batter second. When Gharrity tried to nip Meusel off the middle sack, Pipp attempted to make home but was caught by Harris' snappy return. In all of the first four frames ex- cept_the third the Griffs had men on, but could not soive Piercy for talles. Fewster's crro- on Judge's grognder at the heginnin f the fifth paved the way to 2 tie count Milan soratched a hit. his sccond of the game, to the pitcher, and when the latter threw wildly to Pipp. Judge reached third. Rice hit to Peck. The shortflelder made a brilliant one- hand stop. but Judge beat the throw to the plate. Lewis ended the in- Are Hitting How Griff: G. AB. H. SB.BBL Pet. | I 1 1 0 11800 | 823 12 0 o 521 2 4 2 0 0 50 ; ® 38 15 3 7 46 932 13 6 5 .08 | | 25 2 0 1 a0 32 9 0 3 28 | 2m s 0 3 2 937 10 1 6 (270 931 6 0 6 193 | : 4 6 1 0 0 166 i 23 5 0 4 81 1 -28 1.8 o I | 2 14 3 0 o v o0 3 5 0 0 0o l000 i1 00 0 00 || 11 0 0 0 000 | | 1 00 0 0 000 || 1 1 0 0 0 .00 1.2 0 0 0 (000 Bring in your Rack- |! ¢t now to L be restrung. SERVIC WORKMANSHIP QUALITY PRICE Beginner’s Special $4.00 Rackets, guaran- | teed; good quality import- ed gut ; selected 53'29 { frame. Special, Y. Ave. 1410 N. came a triple when desperate effort, barely missed the ball. Gharrity drew a pass, but Zach whiffed. After the first the Yanks never really threatened until the ninth. Ruth opened with a single, only to be forced by Pipp. Harris' error put Meusel on. Bodie forced Meusel, but 2ot a life when Judge dropped the throw that would have completed a double play. Ward ended the game with a loft to Harris. ———— NOTED OF NATIONALS doubles and two singles in six times at bat. King, Potomac first baseman, hit for the circui Playing at Laurel, Rex Athletic Club took a 1-to-0 twelve-inning game from Laurel Athletic Club. Succes- sive doubles by Fitzgerald and Bern- hardt decided the issue. But two hits had been made off Vogts, Laurel Ditcher, before the twelfth inning. Ruth, after a Bloomingdale Athletie Club scored its third win in a 6-to-4 contest with Columbia Athletic Club. _Ryan hit well for the winners. For games with the Bloomingdales, | Manager Harrington, North 433-J. Linworth Midgets boosted their rec- ord to four consecutive victories by trouncing the Trinity Midgets, 4 to 3. in a|Batten's ficlding for the victors was nninz engagement. O'Rourke con-|# feature of the engagement d the first stellar feat in retiring d-off Yankee batter. The pitcher hit toward second basc and, with the ball whizzing along in high speed, a safety appeared certain. O'Rourke dashed across the fleld, grabbed the ! sphere with his gioved hand; shifted it to his right, and barely nipped. the run- ner at first. . In the Nationals' half Bodie made a startling running catch of Judge's liner to right center. Fewster had to step lively’ to stop Milan and Pipp. after halting Rice’s grounder, had to slide to first to head off the fleet Griffman, Milan’s rap in the first-inning became a hit when the ball took a bad bound and was stopped by Peckinpaugh's face. y - short fielder was not hort More spectacular plays were crowded into the third inning of yesterday's con- test than are witnessed usually {1ts season this afternoon at 5 o'cloc. | When it clashes with the Alexandri | Athletic Assaciation on the west dia- mond of the Ellipse. Hanake and Dunlap will do the battery work for the Pros. The Estate Tax team will be encountered tomorrow. Linworth Athletic Club took a 10- to-3 trimming from Dreadnaught Athletic Club on Baggett Field at Alexandria. Alexander, pitching for the winnera, yielded six hits and fan ned ten batters. Westaver Athletic Club nosed out the Naval Hospital team of the De- partmental League, 9 to 8. Pitcher McDonough of Westover was effective in pinches ‘and Mahoney did some timely-hitting for the winners. Shamroek Athletic Club pointed the way to the Woodmen of the World in a 5-t0-2 encounter. The Big Green nine' twice bunched hits off Hum- vhreys. At 5:15 this afterncon the Shamrocks will play Zone 6 of the Navy Yard at 14th street and Potomac avenue Southeast. sion was a neat bit of work. He had a good lead off first and when Piercy threw to Pipp Sam set sail for second. He slid under Wally's toss to Fewster. O'Rourke made a great try for Pipp's low liner in the sixth. Frank lunged at the ball, but fell. The sphere did not get by him, however. In the ninth inning, when the Yankees had two on, Bodie had the fans worried for a moment. He connected with one of Zach's fast heaves and the ball went soaring over the right fleld wall. It turned into a foul just before clearing the barrier. Congress Heights Yankee Juniors overcame the Pioneer Athletic Club in @ 15-10-6 mafch. Teams in the 16-17- year clags desiring games with the Yankee Juniors should communicate with Manager Robert B. Cowan, 302 8th street southeast. Athletics Score Shut-Out. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., April 25.—The Philadelphia Americans won a fast exhibition game from the Bridgeport Eastern League club yesterday, 2 to 0. Five double plays featured the contest. Phone F. 6764 SUNDRIES Howard A. French & Co. Distributor for Indian Silver Spring easily disposed of the 3 5. Mayflower nine in @ 6 to 2 U S game. Motorcycles Washington Midgets won an eleven- 424 9th St. N.W. 12 to 11 game from the Gallen- || Used Motoreycles Repatring IERE mm!wermww% { “By Their Clothes, Men Judge Men” Spring Suits Tailored as You Want Them Tailored — from High Grade Summer Fabrics at Prices Within Your Reach Omohundro “The Tailor Who Makes Stylish Clothes” 818 F St. N.W. IR ) game before| to Winsion Athietic| telephone | | Prohibition Athlctic Club will open | ready to play the Leviathans should | write Manager F. M. Boyd, 1 sylvania avenue southeast. Upper Ten Athletic Club had to bat- tle to gain a 9-to-3 decision over the Heddon Athletic Club. A triple by Price, Upper Ten pitcher, drove in the winning run. The Upper Tens want | games with sixte eventeen-year nines. Telephone challenges to Man- ager J. V. Walsh, North 4089-W. Hecht Company, opened its season with a 3-to-2 victory over Woodward & Lothrop. The Hechts will play the Park Athletic Club at 11 o'clock next Sunday morning on Monument lot diamond No. 4. m preparation for the Fraternal League opening game with the Ma sons next Monday the Elks will hold two practices this week at Union Park. Players are to report on the | field at 5 o'elock Thursday and Sat- urday afternoons. Northeast Hilltops blanked Herzl Athletic Club, 3 to 0, and then drub- bed Palace Ranch, 10 to 0. Hooks'| triple accounted for three of the runs in the second clash. ! Quincy Athletic Club downed Lang-' | don Athletic Club. 10 to 9. Raines, ! | Quiney hurler, struck out fiftcen bat | ters. Quentin Athletic Club stopped the! Benning_Athletic Club in a 3 to 0 game. Kuhnert hurled for the win- ners and yielded three hits. Seven- | teen Benning batters were fanned. | Cosntello Post, American Legion, de- feated the Camp Meade nine, 8 to 6. It was the fifth win in six starts for the legionnaires. Mohawk Athletic Club outplayed the National Athletic Club in a 9 to 8 battle. Miami Athletic Club went to Virginia to lose, 3 to 6, to the Arlington Athletic Club. Lo Georgetown Athletics won from the| Red Caps in a 10 to 6 engagement at Union Park. A second game between | the Le Droit Tigers and Washington Giants ended in a 3 to 3 tie. homers by Cinotte and Walker's good pitching gave Park Athletic Club a 5 to 1 win over the Virginia Stars. hree Independent Juniors kept to their winning stride, downing Circle Athe letic Club, 15 to 7. 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M. the Sigm of the Moon. on Solid MERIT this statement s en appre- e SUITS Vg To Measure $27.50' Can’t be duplicated under $35. mary batting | WRIGLEY. “After Every Everywh All over the worid peorle use this goody for its benefits, as well as pleasure. ter defeat- s. who finally . they shipped The Natic season, are camping on WASHINGTON IS POISON ‘W YORK. April 25—OId Mr. Ups and Downs played little game so well that during what is known as the week end interval turned at bay, and, as the Giants were idle by ramn one mto the lead and still cling this morning again. They rolled up their sleeves, plastered their gloves with mud and bitfed. so ta speak. the haughty Narkoes right on the jaw. They were BY JOHN B. FOSTER. N in base ball two leaders were dethroned. Pittshurgh, a ing Cincinnati five times in succession, was jolted by the Re. But a bigger jolt than that happened in Wash who camped on the trail of the Yankees all last satisfied with knocking them down, but pushed them down two flig of stairs into third place. last fall there was a lot of talk yand as good as Bos o about Clé nd beating the Yankees | Possibly that Amers 5 for the championship. True Cleve- © be such a Jug-hao nd won the pennant, but Washing- i | did about as much to beat the ! ghi under the very W York outft as Cleveland did. |league baxe ball there Sometimes it looks as if Washington | demonstration of ai re. when the games are re- [of the kid player se the doughty old Na- |parallel 1r tionals always came up with a d [is a second punch that ieft the Yankees groggy |from a cellc when they were not looking for it ship major Stept Sends Indians to Front. o “ . what Washington Am 3 happy in the National | spring. p ital has put Cleveland in the lead jeircuit w jthe American League pennant of 1921 | taken for and all the Fifth city fens wholof him wagered their coin that their pets fa would be browsing in fir: be- fore the first day of Ma E fter know Alabam the second series can call upon their | o up ' werage fricnds to settle with the cashier | s a little be The pair is They can thank Washington. The oing well enough to hold Cleveland Nationals are not without their re- 'on top in the race. for they are holding their own | cond place with a battle against W ork rivais to see whecner | BUNTS AND BINGLES. n stick 5 . - startless St. Louis Nationals Fohl of the Browny is having a can't get their cart out of the mire. | Miserabie run of luck with his pitch- Their pitchers keep tumbling when | ers. be the bogeyman got them the pinch arr The Cardinals are n they were down in Bogalusa. ¢ hitting the ball hard enough, and| Three of Ruths enrly April home once they get steadiness on the pitch- e against Philadelphia er's mound. look out for a hard drive . they didn't give him ahead full steam in every boiler. Are the pitchers to The Cubs are just smart enough no ‘matter what hap- and playing smart enough base ball Looks like a kick if they do to take advantage of every little |and a Kick if they don't point that breaks their way. If Alex- | Pittaburgh ix thawing out. When ander gets going good. now that jvou read that a “wonderful may by Vaughn has pitched through a full | Maranville saved the game” rest as- sured that the little New Englander bas caught the crowd game and won, Chicago will make a much better showing on the eastern trip. Thix home run thing seems likely to 2 3 become epidemic. If everybody gets Old Rivals Are Clashing. the habit base ball will become a An old score session is on for to-|marathon and pitchers will begin to | day in the National League. Brook-|boast of that day in which they e s ability to take a fall out of the iants with regularity was the big | factor that helped to win the cham aped being nicked for the grand cir- cuit Clorence Mitchell . is the only left- pionship for Brooklvn in 1920. Every|hand spitter in captivity. Mitehell ! club. of cou has its one stumbling | when he quits the species will block. sometimes two, as base ball|become extinct has proved time and again. When| Lamb played third base for the Brooklyn. which Browns. and not a single soul men- tioned the fact that the batters chop- ped the ball to him. is going far better now than it was a few davs ago, sets its teeth for the Giant duel it will face a team that is desperate to win from the champione, if from no one else in the National League. There's another little surprise in the American League. It has fooled more than one. The chaps who said that the Chicago Sox would never get out of last place with their renovated | team have lost out. Here they are lahead of St. Louis and Philadelphia Shea Not to Join White Sox. CHICAGO, TIL, April 25.—"Pat* Shea, who it was announced would join the Chicago Americans, coming from the New York Nationals, will not do so. The deal has been declared off. Shea, a pitcher, was purchased from Toronto by New York for $12,000. Meal”