Evening Star Newspaper, May 9, 1921, Page 18

_18: SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MAY 9, 1921 : GRIFFS LOAFING TODAY; - PLAY TRIBE TOMORROW f BY DENM Cu:\ ELAND, May 9.—V preparation for the set of T leaders. which opens tom ground at the expense of the w thing in the west hefore ther weck back. Then the Gritis we having twice ousted them f as a result of the 4-to-3 Red Sox in the capital vest as out defeats at the hands or U all over the lot. they ce place. Only by a clean games sch tionals ps o say. such probable in HIN AR, R. ML PO. A e Judze, AN 31U e o travelin Are Evident. S0 much has been said ahout the questionable f the Wash ington hurlin o parts in need of otoriously He was in a perfe had plenty ¢ from the plate the run me over bee, o getc Lewis was wvhich throw fact f hed years past be relied when his wing work is that seven times or more. he fumbles ground ball therc is u throw in prospec McBride would do well sideration to this ta for his club in the Milan, a & fairly good flychas. pr ¢ nb ou ter futu sonally, nd a cons g loss so 1 fielding ground balix and throy rned, an ¢ Or more games in the field th he will win with his bat in the cour of a season Yesterday's game, outfit did not w of excitement riffls First to &, With an unsu in the second, and Judge., in the third, were t ;o reach the init ourth. Then Rice led with a sing Brower stung a hot h Which blistered Sco <aptain clung to th Tied to Pratt, for “Turk. reached t and-run. when Har toed the counting dish had sent » the ed with a wa - only Grif tion until t minimum Mogri after When ®ixth started netted Staged Ruel's Where whiffed O'Rourke Dufry men made good in the se enth, when Mogridge was pasted f & parcel of pelts. Menosky got a li .on his slow p. to Harris over ond. He was forced detlected Pratt's crack - to Harr “Bucky” lobbing to O'Rourke. M gridge got himself in a hole w pitch-outs, trving to give Gharrity ¢hance to nip Pratt off fi he finally grooved the ball for H. dryx he smashed it beyond the ten orary seats in left center for thr ase i and himse a q nearly Scott's of rouna doub! tting the the with him left en the whi ba left when Mogrid and Vitt. rolled tallyin Mogridges he dar done until the « Janded on with bot had been disposed Was nominated to hit #The governor responded with a hon plen to short Mil to third, hen Mogridge When i AN THOMPSON. hington's hopefuls today are loafing in four battles with Tris Speaker's league rorrow, but their prospects for gaining mpions. who have swept every- arly so bright as they were a the heels of the Indian h for brief periods d from Sam Jones and the ibe was orld cha and onc-half games removed from first Mo Menosky oo oo hth. th o o inn o 1 o bits Mclunis, Pratt. Three-base . Foster. Suerifice hits Hendryx, Melnnis. Nimnk< to Harris o Judge. Left Wasliington. 6. Bases on Hits O Mogridge. 5 in Zachars. 2 in 1 jnning. HIt by Jones (Harris). Strack out—By <A Tasing pitcher— Nallin. Wilson and or and 12 minutes. Shanks to Scott. chary Ininth on shington for Menosky, ended it by he mound in the the rollers under Foster, subbing poled a hefty triple to Pratt raised a Texas ar the line in right, whi afe among Judge, Harris all of whom scemed to ball would drop foul and 7 ught Foster would be * 10 beat the throw to the plate. everal inches on the legal on put ddie B nt il n side of the line, Foster crossing the plate with the tally that knotted the count McBride Dislikes Ruling. Brower recovered the ball and his throw to O'Rourke apparently had Pratt beaten at second, but Bill Dineen was standing like a statue over by the far corner and was in o position to make a ruling. Nallin, t the plate. took it upon himself to rule that Pratt was safe, and that went. despite McBride's sarcasm. Hendryx's bunt moved Pratt to third, although it appeared as if Zachary coald have effaced him had he elected » throw there instead of to first. Then ame Mclinnis' short fly to left and Milan's pitiful throw, which not only steam. but went eighteen or twent wide of the plate and Pratt raced over with the tally that chidecided the issue 1| O'Rourke harrity and Zachary {went out in order in the domestic end of the ninth. fl CAUGHT ON THE FLY Menosky dropped Gharrity’s liner to left in the third inning, but Umpire is, | Nallin ruled that Mike had held the o-|ball long enough to constitute an out. he le o tof Ve or | a O'Rourke made a spectacular catch of Hendryx's looper to left in the - {fifth. The ball bore the best of hit ¢ tickets, but Frank dashed to the ¥ | guter garden and reduced Jim's bat- thiting average. McBride vigorously protested that Jenes had balked when Harris was | trapped in attempting a theft of sec- ond in the fourth inning, but Umpire Cailin couldn’t see it that way and | refused to ask Umpire Dineen for a | Judgment on the play. Snappy fielding retired the Red Sox in tha cighth. Mogridge couldn't stop | Ruel's rap. but Harris came tearing |in to get the ball and make a light- ning toss that beat the catcher to first Stellar shortstopping by O'Rourke disposed of Jones and Vitt. dng triple past the circus seats in| Jeft center and trotted home with | ST the tying score when a single was | SRICAN ASSOCIATION. ripped past Jopes. Milan was casy | us._2: Toledo, 0. for Menosky, but Rice sent Judge to | al. 3 Minneapolis, 2. @second with a single to left; Browe kee-Kansas City. wet grounds. walked to fill the Jon, forced in a run when I- rl:lov;r Griffs Are H}Qfil;g G. AB. bases and AN EARL & WILSON Soft Collar For every day— for work or play. Soft Collars EARL & WILSON fROY,N.Y, hit Harris 1 . AB. M. SB.RBL Pet. 1] Etterde 2 2 10 0 .50 I Gharricy, 17 58 22 0 12 i1 Picinich." ¢ 518 50 2 Judge, 1b 21 87 29 2 12 11 Rice, ot 4 12 {| Shazks, 3b 0 13 320 i1 Hams,' 2b 6 10 283 | Milan.'rf. o 9 218 1! Mogridge, p.. . 0 o 200 § Johnson, p.... 0 1 187 | Zachary. p. o o sl i1 O'Rourke. s 2 5 17 1| Lewns, 1f 109 7 Miller .. o 1 (142 Acosta. 3 o o 1 Schacht, p o 0 125 1] Brower 0 0 105 i 0 o looo { 0 0 000 o 0 000 0 0 000 & lis, 4; Louisville, 3. TEXAS LEAGUE. Wichita Falls, 4. Fort Worth, 6. | Houston. 14: Xan Antonio, 5. Bezumont, 0; Gulveston, 3. Shrevepori Dallas, rain. Banks to Coach Tennessee. R. Banks, former star in Syra- foot ball and basket ball has engaged as coach for the Uni- of Tennessee gridiron and t ms. Banks was with Syra- i |cuse in 1907 and 1908 and has been [ versity | court renging two shut- | van Faber by hammering Gleason's star Poker Portraits. 1 | | since been foot ball coach at Center, | Ohio and Drak REX POUNDS CANTWELL TO BEAT SILVER SPRING for Rex, baffled the opposition. its run. Roche, Fitzgerald, Bernhart Howard made two hits each for the winning combination. Purdy and | Fraser, District players with the Sil- ver Spring nine, got a bingle aplece. Metropolitan Athletic Club sur- | prised the Knickerbockers in an § to 4 game in Olympia Hollow. The Mets bumped Fisher and Smith for fifteen hits and outplayed the Knicks all the way. Leverton, on the slab for the winners, was steady in pinches. Bolling Field Aviators boosted their total of straight victories to six by defeating Emanon Athletic Club, 12 to 1, and Brookland Athletic Club, 7 to 3. in a double header. Hardin held the slugging Brooklanders to three hits. Independent Athletic Club lost a 14 to 1 game to the Alexandria Dread- naughts. The latter also took the measure of the Fort Myer 19th Field Artillery in an 11 to 6 match and drubbed” the Atlantic City Keystones, 10 to 1 Hilltop Athletic €lub vanquished the Young Nationals, 3 to 2, in the first contest of a three- game series for the junior champlonship of North- east Washington. Jenkins' pitching and Hood's batting for the winners were features. Clarendon Athletic Association com- pletely _outclassed the Fraternal League Masons in a 15-to-4 game at Lyons Fleld. Von Herbulis, on the slab for the Virginians, was unusu- ally effective with runners on the bases. Hildebrand, Masonic hurler, was hit freely. Red Men of the Fraternal League scalped Brightwood Athletic Club in an 11-to-9 engagement. Johnson held the Indians to nine hits, but was poorly supported. Linworth Athletie Club downed the Alexandria Cardinals, 16 to 5. Klump's hurling and the batting of Auterbach and Alden were features of the en- gagement. SAY You BIG CROOKWouLD You |<41ND SEPARATING YOURSELF FrROM 50 CENTS?T WHERE You PLAY . PERHAPS, ITS NOT CUSTOMARY FoR THE DEALER To EDG‘E BUT T 1's HERE ! | S'POSE WELL HAVE To WATCH You ALL MIGHT To KEEP vou FROM BEATING US ouT OF ATHLETIC CLUB had an abundance of pepper and punch yes- terday when it drubbed the all-star Silver Spring team, 6 to 1, in the base ball game played on the District line field. The northeast club men were up and at 'em every second, slamming Cantwell for twelve saieties and fielding in first-class form. Meanwhile, Lem Owen, hurling He granted only four hits, all singles, and never was in danger after the second inning, when Silver Spring made and | sixth inning. Ballenger held the Big | to Gibraltar Athletic Club had a 3-to-1 advantage over Shamrock Athletic Club when play was stopped in the N SIS Hmuy I == =ll=T === = =lS[SsN=] =l==i= === = CHEVROEILET " For Beonomical Transportation” AR i HEVROLET “FB 50" To ing Car is complete in every essential. ity to fulfill every transportation requirement.? ~ Its value is increased by itslow price and its/kunusual .economy .1 of operation CHEVROLET MOTOR CO. 1218 Connecticut Avenue N.W. Phone Franklin 5627 ] 0 -, It has proved its abil- P SPORTS. Nationals on Tour to Meet All Western Clubs : Lose to Red Sox, 4 to 3, Before Leaving —By Webster. (BB HTS FOR 11 BASES|EAST AND WEST READY MAT TER How Green to four hits. Congress Helghts Yankees scored over the Mohawks a hard-fought -to-3 contest. After Patterson was njured by a pitched ball Catlin toed the slab and checked the Mohawks. Spalding Council nine, leader of the Knights of Columbus League, van- quished the runner-up Carrolls, 9 to 7. The pace-setters clinched the gam when they tallied five times in the eighth inning. Linworth Midgets registered their fifth straight victory with a 10-to-7 defeat of the Potomac Midgets. Both teams fielded poorly. Contello_Post overcame the Marines in a 9-to-3 clash. Joyce and Breen did the hurling for the winners and held the Devildogs to seven scattered safeties. Langdon Athletic Club lost a dou- ble-header, being defeated, 10 to 4, by the Union Printers and,’9 to 7, by the People’s Drug Store. Bray, pitch- ing for the Printers, granted only three hits. Skinner of People's Drug Store and Spitler of Langdon made homers. Representatives of Hahn's Shoe | Store, Hecht Co., Peoples Drug Stores, Potomac Electric Power Company and | Woodward & Lothrop will meet at | 905 F street tomorrow night at § o'clock to_organize the Merchants' Base Ball League, Landover Athletic Club pointed the way to Peerless Athletic Club in a 3 2 game. Teams desiring engage- ments with Landover should com- municate with J. F. Fitzhugh, Land over, Md. : W Roamer Athletic Club vanquished | tag THERE'S OnE THING } EICE AND THAT 13~ & TRIFLING THE TRANSACTION MAY BE VT IS IMPORTANT NSIST O 10 TS COURTESY! NO ENOUGH To CALL For CourTESY! ALL RIGHT, You — = HORSE THIEF ! 'LL EDGE upP \F You'LL CLOSE THAT UNSIGHTL‘I MAW OF YOuRS AND Iroquois Athletic Club, 14 to 5. The Roamers want games with eighteen- vear-old teams. Telephone challenges to R. F. Donnelly, Lincoln 151. Powhatan Athletic Club increased its victory string to twelve when it defeated the Western High School freshmen and Owl Athletic Club. The Pows have won in fifteen of their six- teen engagements. Levinthan Athletic Club beat Falls Church Athletic Club, 16 to 4. The Leviathans would like to hear from nines ready to play Sunday gam Send challenges to F. M. Boyd, 1229 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Owl Athletic Club wants to arrange Wednesday and Saturday games with r team: Contests are desired especially with the G. P. 0. and Hilton nines. For engage- ments. address Manager W. Wrenn, Wisconsin avenue, or telephone st 920. Randle Athletic Club defeated the Registers Athletio Club, § to 7. Dun- bar's triple that cleared filled bases decided the issue., The Randles and braltars will méet next Sunday at 30 o'clock on the Twining City field. Park View Junlors are anxious to obtain games with the Carlisles, Aztecs and other sixtecn-seventeen- year teams. Send challenges to E. Lip- pold, Morton street. Shipping Board won its second straight, when it vanquished Brook- mont_ Athletic Club, 8 to 4. Early's pitching and PRurley's batting were responsible for the Shippers’ success Quentin_Athletic Club downed the Mohawk Juniors. 14 to 5. The Quen- tins will hold a meeting tonight at § o'clock at 10th and G streets south- ecast. e — INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. At Rochester— R A F Raltimore 4. a1 Rochester . 483 Prank, Murphy and Lef and Mat- tox. At Ruffalo— R H Newark 2 Buffalo ;18 9 2 Barnes, Harper and row; Werre and Bengough. At Syracuse— R H.E ersey City. EE Syracuse 2 11415 5 urm, Schwarts, Teearr, Metevier and Frei Seli, Olsen ang Niebergall. Established 1583 Wender What Mertz Will Say Today. Small Prices Bring Big Business | AN any man in reason pay a high price for a suit, when he can get the best at moder- ate cost here, Every garment made by our own ezperts and fully guaranteed. Sutts to 27 Measure 50 Can’t be leated under $35.00 Other:Grades -up to $50 Darby:Clay:Suitings forChauffeurs* Uniforms This wonderfulsmatcrial was mads-especiallysfor-uniforms. I? ezcels mot only in appearance, but in wearing qualities, Let usshow gou Darby Clay Suiting when ready to buy a uni- form. The price s moderate, Special, $40 @ Mertz and Mertz Co., Inc. 906-F-Street Gets Four Raps in Five Trials, But | Tigers Lose—Indians and Macks Triumph. FOR FIRST 1921 FRAYS FOSTER | | BY JOHN B. i | | { | Indians and Rrowns romped he n s ;\ 1y Vith A end h nironting front in American League games ! them, the m Tea clubs how t rrow into the' terday, but the b oz Mackmen | first mix-up between the v ¢ 1 2, in a gen- 1o fight all the way to finish ah cral way, has all the hetter S gl ower the colors of the Yan y ™ teams must visit wh e advantage of w toved with the Wh ar ving on home ground. That's a tr r a weak club pshed the Tigers ‘Amrl a very desirable advantage for a s 1 o shu cari he cluhs in the fifth extra sess and A's S-to-1 win over H {of the w tern se m of the Nationad o rave the An s miot vin over o1 What May Happen: |32 et section ot the Sesionsd I h o runney le home in the . s AT eat it biriias o Mt in Base Ball Today | e propostion There is no more stren 1 ciphia and »ston than iants and the Br but the ¥ns undoubtedly from e Sox by are better clubs than any two of the | hammered, while Uhle pitched bri of the two and made three hit<—a triple, doubl and single—driving in four runs for the Tribe. Burns of the Inc t two doubles and three singles in six times |t bat AMES TODAY. Home runs by Cobb and Tobin, triples ‘i Detrolt AL 81, Loulk.. ¥ At Lo by Lee, Veach and Sisler, two i at st o doul 3 b and others by Sister, | PR FOI T Ainsmith. Jacobsor Manus wnd Heil . | man werg amons thirty-two Results of Yesterday's Games. | made in 4he bat o in which | Browns beat the [ the in five tris the slab Jand Heilman, fightin | 1ead. each made | Palmero went the the wirners, but ard. Holling and PIRATES" STREAK ENDED - 4 analysis of the o or | route the Tigers used Leon- tewart wo Two the powerful Reds Win When Rixey Bests Adams in Slab Duel—Dodgers | Brookiyn at Phila Blank Giants—Cards Score. ! Eittxbureh ut Bostun flsg. avy Eppa Rixey checked the winning 5 ctreni of the Pirates vesterdav. The| Results of Yesterday's Games. s Giants_ Pittsburghers carried a record of nine New York, 0. ton fars struight wins into the me with the | Bitisnrh. 0. wouid Hw} Iteds, but could not sc the delivery 4, Chicago, 6 Cubs were 1d came out on t of the Virginiar ort end yunt. In _other 2 Nationul L ontests the Dodg- Austin Has Fractured Arm. ers blanked the Giants and the Cards| ST LOUIS, May % — 1 took a swatfest from the Cubs. revealed that Jimmy 4 Adams pitched well, but ed 10} third baseman of the Browr. match Rix nd the Reds won, 1 10 0.{4 fracture o ) s i Neither pitcher walked a man and|yas hit b o oty sechid i Adams fanned five, against one for| Detroits last i stomlgisneb gy his opponent. The decisive run was! player wasaigned fo L the ninth, when Roush| ed, Rousi. coring Paskert, who ran “By Their Clothes, Men Judge Men"” YOU GET EVERYTHING THAT'S COMING TO YOU —when you have your Suit tor The Dodgers regained second place when they drubbed the Giants. 2 to 0. Mitchell kept the losers’ ten hits scattered, while Barnes and Ryan each vielded Brooklyn tally. Griffith's homer gave the Dodgers their first marker. I Home runs by McHenry and Flack featured the Card’s 9 to 6 win over the Cubs. 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