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".'!’ Gr iffs Play Yankees Here Tomorrow : Fighting Spirit Wins for Pirates, Says Maranville SPORTS. NATIONALS TO REMAIN AT HOME FOR 24 DAYS Do Well on Tnp in Face of Poor Pitching.| Mogridge Beats White Sox in Final for Three Wins on Tour. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. N ROUTE HOME, E Was day and St M morning and Wednesda dispose of the sccon morrow being listed in th Starting T open the first invas ich Detroit and r four e to be nday the Bost the Yarkees att followed by ay stand. : Lose Nine. the In their west, which 10-to-3 the Nation: lost nine, a b nsiderir ien territory f performing liber. was the leading hurlerof during their tour, win- mes and being charged Zachary is credited with two victories and one loss Erickson split even, one and one; aw won one game, Acosta lost one battle, while Johnson, Courtney and t are charzed each with two swing throush poor s were p and with a pitchiog far below major st league ¢ Mo the Natio ning three with no defe al @ ize hurled his three triumphs sistance. while Zach and Erick recorded a victory apiece un- ch also pitched a losing ef- fort without relicf, but in_the nine other games two or more Washing- ton moundsmen were necessary. Yankees Fare the Bext. TInvading eastern clubs finished sec- ong best to the home talent in the sojourn on the other side of the Alle- which endcd yesterday. New mes than it : g on was next, Philadelphia won five and dropped ten and Boston finished with five winsand nine losses, All the western clubs split even or did better. Cleveland finishing e and se Detroit eight and Chicago nine and six and St ning and six. In the National League the home teams also had the edge, registering twenty-two victories against twenty- two defeats at the hands of the Touy They with dual battles listed for two of them, ' starting tomorrow, appear af the Georgia avenue stadium for a single engagement. n Red Sox will be in our mid will return to celebrate the holiday with will remain here for Tuesday argain show will be staged to WASHIN Judge. 1 May 26—Twenty-four straight days of base ball, will be inaugurated in , that of to- = scouoa> Bl wromoscin® THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D.” C,” THURSDAY, MAY 26, 192T THREE “WON IN NINTH" Tribe, Browns and Macks Profit by Late Rallies—Rain Lets Na- tional Clubs Rest. Ninth-inning rallies decided three American League contests yesterday. The world-champion Indians the Browns each scored the winning run after two men were out, while the Athletics broke a tie by scoring twice in the final inning. Their respective vietims were the Red Sox, Yankees and Tigers. Rain gave all the National League teams a res o = 5 Of the cighty hits made in the when the New York Yankees will | American eircuit. nineteen were for Satur- | extra bases—four were home runs, four were three-baggers and eleven two-baggers. Dugan of the Macks made four h Five players making three hits were Lelbold of the Red Sox, Sewell of the Tribe, Brower of the Nationals, Yaryan of the White Sox and Mitchell of the Yank: O'Neill's single, Johnston's safe pop fly to center and Graney's hit pro- ducgd the rup that gave the Indians their 3-to-2 win over the Red Sox. Uhle checked the Red Sox after they had scored their tallis in the second inning. «A single by Sisler, followed by Wil- diams’ triple and Quinn’'s wild pitch, allowed the Browns eo get the tving and winning runs in their 7-to-6 bat- tle with the Yanks. One of the Browns’ early tallies was a homer by Tobin. westerners. The Pirates made the best record of invaders, with nine wins and only three setbacks. The Cubs were the only other frontier club that was successful, winning one more than they lost,” St. Lonis winning six_and losing seven, and the slipping Reds chalking up only two victories, as against_eleven ses. The Giants kept pace with the Pi- rates by taking ten and dropping four, the record of the s wasseven and three, while th zrabbed four and dropped he slumping Dodgers won five and lost nine. All told seven contests in Heydler's cir- cuit were postponed. Sox Score in First. The Sox cashed a runner in the ini- tfal frame of vesterday's game on a walk to Mulligan, Coilins’ stiff sin- Zle and Hoope's fly, and in T8 sccond, when lected three Rits off Mogridge, g 3 i But for a fumble mot have material 3 would d. With one away, Sheely zot a single to O'Rourke and went to third when Brower fumbled Yaryan's blow to right, and tallied when Wilkin crashed an infield safety o ks' glove. The two tallies matched by the N Brow Gharrity’s on’s fumble O'Rourk-'s roller completing the Job. The nd tally was uncovered in round three. when Brower's sacri- fice fiv was the prodicing medium, following safeties Ly Harris and Ric Passive in the fourth, the Griffmen broke out in a rash of bingles for a three-run le double, a pass to Harris e singles by Rice, Brower and Miller accounted for the tallics. With Brower on,ghird and Miller_on second. Shanks ‘Palled to Shortstop Johnson. ¥ Miller instead of holding his base. ran Erower off third 1o his de. reached second, but Gharrity {.u ned. Home Team G A couple of singles and a somewhat tainted dou bied the Hose to register twice and pull up to within one run of the Griffs in the fifth after being retired in order for two Ses- sions. Yaryan t bingle, ts Close. Close Daily at 6 P. M. Saturdays at 8 P. 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Hits—Off Wilkinson, 11 in 7 off Pence, nove in 1 inning (none out : off Hodge, none in 1 inning. Hit by pitcher—By Mogridge, 2 (Mulligan, Sheely). by Wilkinson, 3; by Mogridge, 7. Losing_pitcher—Wilkinson. = 'TUmpires—Messrs, Ifildebrand, Moris Evans. gume—1 bour and late when Mulli- Time of took secon both reach: Joshua Meadows Wis., not join the Griffmen this season. The Fairbanks-Morse shortstop. informed Pres team yesterday Griffith that he was unable to obtain the consent of the leave. cago White Sox. o 0 1 [ o o 0| The Macks won the serics when —| they beat the Tigers 5 to Tilly o 1| Walker's homer scored Brazill in the R . A. B.|first inning. The Cobbmen made a Johnson. 1 0 i!trio of markers in the third, but the nitigan 135, 4 1 2 1 O[Macks tied in the seventh when s 2 SaRE ® O[Dykes hit for the eircuit. Dykes' | Rt st o] triple and singles by Galloway, Perry i 401 3 o0|and Brazill in the ninth decided the 3 1 1 8 2 o0fissue. '(' z 3 R. 1 0 = — Sl e A White Sox Seek Hurler. $ 8 8 9 3 8 NEW CASTLE, Pa. May 26— 29 9 8 8 8l Lettyr Wiliams," a pitcher for the 2 9 9 9 9 %vnions, a semi-pro base ball club Totals.. .3 5 11 27 12 1|here, is being sought by the Chi- CAUGHT ON THE FLY | industrial league of the Steil, the Beloit, pla management ver, will dent to MecBride shifted his line-up again yesterday, Milan and Lewis both be- ing on the bench, Miller patrolling their beats garden. and Harris moved from fourth with Brower and in the gan's singlé left bounced past Mil- |place in the batting order up to ler for two bises. Collins then rolled | second. to Shanks and Hooper whiffed. Hard bitting enabled the Griffs to| MiHer had a plece of hard luck increase their run total by two in the seventh. Harris was easy and Rice was burglarized out of a hit by Collins, but Brower singled to center. He tallied on Miller's tremendous wallop to left center for two bases, Mostil being barely able to reach the ball. Bing counted on Shanks’ smack to right for three sacks. Falk got over second into which cost him a bingle and the Na- tionals a_possible run when Collins_converted in the fourth | his bounder a double play. Collins hadn’t been running to cover the base he never could have reached the rap. 1t Collins deprived Rice of what seemed under Gharrity's long drive. a sure hit in the seventh when he The Sox crept one run closer in|Chased close to second. snagged his their half of the lucky inning on|hot bounder and nipped him with an Yaryan's double and a Texas league | of[-balance toss to Shecly. Con single by Johnson, but the Griffs off- | ing Sam’'s speed of foot, this w set this in the eighth when Pence walked four of them to force a tally over the plate. Miller whiffed with the bases loaded. With two down i the fag end of the eighth, Mostil got'two bases on a high fiy blown out of Rice's reach by the high wind, and Sheely was beaned, but Morgridge fanned Yaryan. Resuming his wild ways in the ninth, Pence was yanked after walk- ing Shanks and Gharrity, Hodze tak- ing his_place. O'Rourke sacrificed. Shanks beat Collins' throw of Mog- ridge's bounder to the plate and Gharrity tallied on 2 double steal with Mogridge. Mulligan's single in the domestic end of the final was unsupported. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE. | Jacksonville, 7: Petersbarg, ‘3. i Licoerr & Mrers Tosacco Ca. in three runs had a three singles, a s notable achievement. Brower batted cffectively. cored two h a. perfect at el How Grifls Are Hitting - AB. 1L SBRDLEct, fice bat, . He drove Courtney, p Brower i Gharrity, 21 Shanks. 23 CIGARETTES 0 o 1 1 Rice, cf .. 47 9 18 Judge, 1b 49 5 23 Picinich, c. 700,12 70 1 3512 18 | 2 0 3 33 0713 9 0 15 41 1 24 3 13 10 0 | 10 0 | Zachary, b 20 0 Acosta, 'p. 10 0 Erickson, 10 0 00 o 00 o elf and Eetting | and a walk. ! With Two on Base Babe Ruth, the wo: base ball slugger, show: Lou yesterday how to make a record home run on their Amer- | ican League lot. Two men w > when the Babe met the | hide on the scam. Shocker | was on the mound. Ruth is ru ning nine ahead of his 1920 record. What May Happen CABINET MEMBER GIVES DEMPSEY A Attorney General Daugherty took oceasion during his vixit TRYOUT. B’ i i The rtting this season parison of the month with d 1919, The red i due to the loni noted in at Jack Atlansic City to spend an hour HIT ARDER THI YEAR|" | Major I.eagnexs Far Exceed Per- formance of First Month of 1919 and 1920. remarkabie i is con record milar period in sul even of gre lent in both leagucs The figures for the first thir Under t teher Wal im - fined in Base Ball Todav; AMERICAN LEAGUE. TOMORROW. TODAY 3 il at Wash | tand Detroit cvelund Lovis. Results of Yesterday's Games. Was! gt .\1, \ATIONAL | pittshn | New York. .. ilndelphin LEAGUE. | with Umpire All games postponed - . r LEAGUE. Durliam, Greension SDVONT 8 SoUT LEAGUE. ATLANTIC standing, LOUIS, indefinite western conferenc that is canght L it is said, | bane Mee wore rm Jast fall. | but took part in no championship games. L ) —— | 3 Pitcher Mays Suspended. | erir. S ! | team’ in the teld, First and third_must he Mo., May 26—Pitcher New York Americans | suspended ang of the for disputes Tue il hot-weather clothes for men who value lo as much as coolnes HILE these clothes look as floating in the breeze, the fact is they are more than a skeletonized Behind the seaming is the fabric substance of Society tailoring and thing which makes S clothes worth indefinitely more, even tho we ask no m Prices, $27.50 to $40 Annual sale men’s blue serge suits $33.50 VERY man needs at Can a base runner advance on a foul fiy Dociety Brand style—that rt to the D¢ Zepoit to tle, Terlea .10 buse runner fails to toneh n base. | A¢ Damtimore and protests i app does the umpire pay any attention to the | Newark IR e Tinosup oaiinss A failure, unless an appeal ix made? Baltim urde are to be flled, it is under- | . What bases mast be oceupied and how E M“:h Al 5] Tihe ny out, for the infield iy to be effective? reolichizan, 1s| Mimols) Wiat must be done when a batter hits out | the latter is he holds his base until | Portsmouth, iurs no attention to sich an | Peterspur; mistake ix observed by the | Wilson, and an spp e, nd, or 1 ccond and | apied. and Tess than two out n of the pire must be 1d before u Lall is i in his pos. INTERNATIONAL VIRGINIA LEAGUE. SPORTS. SHORTSTOP DISCLAIMS | CREDIT ACCORDED HIM ASE RALL fans throughout the country are inclined to give Walter . (Rabbit) Maranville, the Pittsburgh shortstop, most of the crednt for the remarkable getaway spurt of the Pirates. Maranville dii- whi Brave n of the e Pirate mphatic to be ords, {fielder. whe tenth to in spring | b major leagues “The new med by a com- | Tierney. at third ba for the first| hind the bat. 1920 ant gain in run: ter proportion, | e hitting preva last w Res th are ved rigorou: American PITTSBU a3 oo 1 v days Dempsey's training quarters, where he witnessed the champion's dally workout. After the fighter had completed of the , 1920 and 1421 series are hix routine Mr. Daugherty posed with his as follows sebhsieiies The decline in the power of the | (¢ ¢ " sher over the batsman is shown in | 'L TP ILLINOIS MAY LOSE STAR f i FerrCant TR S oo, T e George Herman Gets | | \yyo SIGNS WITH TIGERS | What's What in Base Ball| it 5 an2 ™ 1 F e, | < , Hows: ¢ vr 0 I 0 | National. Ame: ccompanied CHICAGO, May 26.—Juiie Me N9 o bod station, while city i D for iversity of Ilinoi BY BILLY EVANS, 18 many prominent O. er in the base | 9 fessional men also were there. | angular | Cincinnati and § | would take Henr third baseman. bring basemen, players on volved in the deal. 7tll at F inzere -prices are guaranteed oks hot-weather col as a flag Brand hand some- ociety Brand ore. least one blue serge o carry him thru the summer, and he'il go far finds anything to (‘(|lldl the: special price of $33.50. deep bodied, kind that adapts itscif to the t Sizes and Styles for every man. Soft-twiijed, free-handling serge before he se at this ; the ailor’s art. KNOX STRAWS: a sale $6 hats $7 hats $8 hats 5 Knox style and quality— - and only $5. the man who has not yet bought his summer straw. Great news for Natural and bleached flatfoot sennits, rough and fancy woven sennit straws, split straws, novelties, etc., $5. For May 30 outings, and all summer afterwards White sports $1.45 shirts Collar-attached white oxfor style. band shirts of corded madras. rds, the sports Sizes 1414 to 17. Also white neck- White flannel trousers give one a double change —and white flannels with blue serge are an ideal combination. Prices, $6.95 to $12 shortstop, who went from ange for three play- that the fighting spirit, tail-end Boston of 1914 a world championship sponsible for the fast start and in his unacademie “There ain't go- behind Man- any letdown. k climbed froi place in the men, have ong in extraordinary form for theit on in the majors and willingiy and no member of the s any reason why the present pace should not be maintain Greeted at Station. burgh's victorious Pirates. nal League their first Fames played to be met at vt T DATE DAL T band and hundreds o officials and business NO DEAL ON FOR GROH. Herrmann Denies Enowledge of Reported Triple Swap. CINCINNATL Ohio, May 26.—August Herrmann, president of the Cincinnati National League base ball club, today | denied knowledge of a reported tri- al between the New York, Louis clubs, which Groh, holdout R to th Milton Stock, St. to the Cincinnati club. several r\lhor cording to the report, the three Base ball Sunday tickets Ready tomorrow