Evening Star Newspaper, June 2, 1921, Page 24

WHITE SOX PLAY- FIRST_ OF FIVE GAMES TODAY |eis Many Changes Made in Former Championship Machme——(.'mfis ‘Take Series from Yanks by Sensational Fu\ish ; * BY DENMAN THOMPSON. ioF OR five days, starting this afternoon, attraction at the Georgia avenue playgrounds. Fans who fotlowed the fortunes of the White Sox when they were the class of the g:‘md- easlly disposed of the Chicago club will be the . ‘base ball world will not recognize themr-as they now are mshtu(ed. fol- lowmg the revamping necessitated by the disclosures of the 1919 world series. The unexcelled Ray Schalk still is the:r mainstay back of the bat, - the peerless Eddie Collins continues to "]i? Urban Faber, better than ever, and Dick Kerr, standard, remain as the hub of the pitching staff. are a strange-looking outfit. First Baseman KEarl Sheely, Third Baseman Eddie Mulligan and Short- stop Ernle Johnson were lifted from the Salt Lake (_:‘!:b oll.!,l;e Pacific Coast League. e vetgran Harry Hooper is performing in right fleld after twelve years' service in Boston; ~Johnny Mostil, recruited from Mils|s waukee, is in center and Bib Falk, a |4 Southwestern Colles product of Tex., is patrolling th Georgetown, pasture in left. Then there is Ever- | Mt ett Yaryan, a slugging catcher who is handicapped in advancing by the fact that Schalk is harnging around doing all* the work, and a raft of young pitchers. Falk a Coming Star. Of the newcomers Mostil, Mulli- gan and Johnson have been up before and failed #® make the grade. Prob- @bly the most promising athlete ot the lot is Falk, who was with Sox last season, but did not ‘ll chance to show his wo out of his teens, Falk has ‘been per- forming igious feats both at bat and afield for the Sox. He does’ his work in_an awkward manner, but does it efféctively and with two or three years -of polishing should -de- wvelop into a star. Courtney, Shaw and Schacht are available for service this afternoonm, with the southpaw the probable choice to start. Gleason's choice of a flinger is problematical. 1t is un- likely Faber will appear before to- morrow, but ‘Kerr may have to be contended with. Grifie Have Edge on Yanks. The Nationals now have an-edge on ~the Yankees for the season—seven Sames won, against five defeats—as, = result of taking three out of four contests in the series which ended yesterday with Johnson returned vic- tor over Mays by the score of 8 to 7, due to_a sensational _ninth-inning rally. Walter had the better of the submarine flinger during the first seven rounds, but weakened a bit in the eightk, when some solid smacks and poor support enabled the enemy to tally five times and apparently wrap the pastime in moth balls. But the same thing happened to Mays in the final frame, and it cost him a same that seemed already in. McBride's performers got the jump By counting twice in the opener. out, Rice forced Harris, who had.sin gled, and, with a fine. exhibition—of sprinting, past Mitchell. Turkey mslowed up not ‘quite up to his us Otherwise the Sox w CUTT LT | £ runkoRarcor] NouNOHoHouay fl‘b“nh'—ufl; onnnooscoont ;2 |l moomecouusom = Ko Ll enan,uuneuo; ¥ eloomucusconup & =loecsonoonsct o Bk e e P; 8l onnmnunnonas] i i te at the keystone, while | ear! oot SIRUGGLEFURN L.LEAD Pirates Open Series in !ittlbugh Today—Dodgers Reath Third Place. A battle for first place position in flll National League will open today Forbes F‘I.M. in Pittsburgh, when ! 16 Giants will meet the Pirates in first of a three-game series. The Pirates now are leading the ants & margin of one and one-half m Both clubs triumphed yes- rday, the P;uubur;h outfit trounc- lu' the Cubs and the New Yorkers twice belllns the Phillk ‘The ers nosed out the Braves and the The Giants closed their long homo stand with -lo 2 and 8-to-3 over the Phi In the firsf the New ankon hit Ring for an l¢ad. while a five-run rally in fth clfnched the second engage- 2 ton were the e Pirates made it three out of four from the Cubs by winning, 4 to 2. Martin was batted freely, while Glasner had the Cubs shut out until the minth {nning. base on balls, an infleld error and a single in the ninth gave the Dodgcrs the run that beat the Braves, § to Barbare of the losers got & triple and three singles in four times at bat. The victory put the Dodgers in third place just ahead of the Braves. The Cards chased Rixey to the showers and battered his successor, Napier, for a. 10-to-4 win over the Reds. The losers hammered Haines, but could not bunch ulnllal until the last inning. —— RED SOX AND A’S SHARE HONORS . IN' DOUBLE BILL Athletics and Red Sox shared hone ors yesterday in the double-header at Philadelphia, the latter winning the opening game, 6 to 3, while the Macks grabbed the second, 3 to 2. Scott Perry waa, the victim of ‘a vage Red Sox aésault in the fmm.h |nnln‘ of the first encounter. The Boston clan bunched homers by Pratt and Jones with a triple, double and single for five runs and clinched thd ‘contest. Ed Rommel scored his eighth vic- .{tory of the season when he out- pitched Joe Bush in the nlghtc&p Dykes’ homer with Dugan on £ o | the second d inning deolded the ls ue 1 Btruck- of game—2 2 WANT GROH TO REMAIN over and in for a long distance. He managed to get his paws on it within a few inches of foul line. Gharrity 'll hit on the head with 2 ball pitched by Mays in the sixth lnnln‘. He was knocked off his pins, but immediately got up and resumed pkl-lyln(. seemingly none the worse for 'WM‘May Happen in Base Ball Today tallied on Brower's crash|. after rounding first, but when Schang | cyeveland . took the futile relay to the plate and heaved to center completed the circuit. Harris’ ‘triple. a drive which took a false hop past Hawks to deep centér, and Brower's infleld death prodneed another tally “n the third." Sloppy Support for Walter. The Yanks nicked Walter for but one aingle until the fifth, when Meu- sel's double and a safety by Schang gave them their first counter. They were helpless .then until the eighth. ‘With one away Mays singled to cen- ter and took an extra base on Rice's fumble. Mitchell beat out a bung to Johnson, and Roth, batting for Mc- Nally, gcod for one run, when Shanks let his roller bound past him. Johnson worked Ruth o & two count, then walked peg (o the plate. A walk to Schang, sacrifice Fewster's double nvo the Yanks another marker in the following frame. Hank, Bing and ckie looked, well—not so good de- fensively in this frame. That Last-Minute ml. Entering the ninth four runs to the ‘bad the Nationals took advantage of a slip by Shortstop Mitchell and ham- mered their way to victory in a sensa-| Bal tional manner. O'Rourke walked after Gharrity had been disposed of ‘and scored on a triple to right by Milan, who batted for Johnson. Zeb delegated his running to La Motte. Judge lofted | B and the end seemed at hand when Har- | N zis rolied to Mitchell, but the latter's row got away from Pipp, La Motte counting, and then the llu‘tlnx Fice whecked w sfety oileft "hlt'.h went for three bases ‘ball hopped past Ruth. Sam tallied on Brower’s single over second and lfllln‘ delivered the punch that sent Turkey home with the winning marker, a dou- ble to right center. { caucHT oN THE FLY Some of the fans gave up in despair and missed the great finish, but what ‘was left of the 4.000 odd fans a din during the rally that would have done credit to a crowd five times as ‘when the Ruth, who failed to get the ball out of the infleld A only an indifferently successtul journ in Washington. In sixteen times at bat he made five hits for an average of .313, ‘onq of them a homer and another a &ln'ubl-. He iln'n:.ldn!hm times and W as man! none of them, ‘Thowever, purposely issued. One of the bingles Ruth made Tues- day was due to the fact that Harris was playing back on the grass, well ‘over toward first, the ball.being hit where he could easily have inter- ‘cepted it had he been ition. It was evenéd up yester- , when Stan's changed location en- abled him to cut off Babe's atift drive il the lounh. * Pipp. “cflllly Ind Mays collaborated to rob Brower of a safety in the sixth and-Ruth deprived Harris'of an ex- tre.base swat with a leaping hh Irive in the seventh. Il!clell and s also turned in some neat vwrk but the feature bits were erowded into the seventh. Here Judge mad p and throw to force Pipp k a classice of precision and ‘Brower introduced the sitting mlo ‘of fiycatching at the expense of Ward, but the best of the lot was Miller's !tlb of Meusel's fly. Bing had to run -.--:E SHEER b EEENR LR eReo £ Comrth, OPOLBOOHNNIPS fleld Brower also | Detroi was credited with a single, | py INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. ~ ‘At Jersey Ot R H. B l_ 512 Mm and Cotter; Singleton and Withrew: B. i 1 Winters, R H E 38 [] 3 ! PIEDMONT LEAGUE, Raleigh. 7; High Folat, & too-Salem, @; Danville, 5 (11 ianings) Sreenaors 12} Durbem, 1. g 2 FLO! STATE LEAGUE. Tampe; 8; Daytosa, 3. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. in his normai |- stab of | | pitcher. Reds Plead With Club Not to Trade Third Sacker—Deal With @iants Is Probable. CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 2.—Mem- bers of the Cincinnati Nationals are besieging the management not to trade Henry Groh, holdout third base- man, who signed a contract yester- day. They planned to meet Groh to- day to urge him to change his mind about refusing to play with the Reds. It may be stated with authority that Groh may be traded to New York for several players and money. The Phillies have asked waivers on Greasy Neale and the Reds have claimed him. In ‘case Neale is secured for the Reds, Charley See will be taken from the outfield and placed on the pitch- ing staff. What’s What in Base Ball BY BILLY EVANS. l pIf ith rmsers on frat and ‘second. er T’lhl' attempts bunt wmen R resalts ta'a fair iy ball to the indeld, o a8 an infeld i Fight to stop and relrace his sieps toward the plate if be so desires? 3. 1f a Seldermuft d foul fiy ball, and the Ia before reachiing firat, error? res _batsman two thl of the The I, IM hl(z! is lhru t s the ,...m? It is not regarded as an infleld fiy under conditic ons.. 2. Batsman cam stop between first and home fi-nnh-tmmuthflhumllhewb— The flelder {s credited for an error on & 1. Hilltop Nine Triumphs. PORTLAND, Me., June 2—George- town_ University’s nine, with lnd Bissonette pitching, defeated the rtiands yesterday, 6 to 3. A four- run rally in the seventh gave the Hilltoppers their win. Mile Racing Record Set. NEW YORK, June 2.—An American one-mile horse racing record of $353-5 was set yesterqsy by Auda- cap at the Belmont Park. The pre- vious mark, a fifth of a second lower,,| was held by the famous Man-o' War. ———e Columbia Plans Stadium, NEW YORK. June 2.—President But- ler of Columbia has anaounced that university -officials had_ob! - $750,000 option expiring Jan 1 on t y-six acres in Upper Manhat- tap on which they glanned to erect a stadiom. bits the ball the|. Bancroft Geta Four Hits Fllnbl-‘dlowmgl-lm Koty were the! horee elly were l Glants® duu‘.hvm; = Phillien at the Polg Groands, 18 New York, yesterday. After l‘h‘ Ritlens in the first 1 the ball and refased fo guit. fth inning of the first sam Telly Ri¢ his atath homer INDIANS SIGN CATCHER = Obtain Wilson, Formerly With Four Other Big League Clubs, From Columbus. CLEVELAND, Ohlo, June vacancy on the catching staff Cleveland Indians, cuused by injuries to Steve O'Neill and Leslie Nuna- maker, will be filled by Arthur E. (Mike) Wilson, who has been pu chased from the Columbus American Assoclation team. He will join the Indians in Boston tonight. Wilson formerly was a member of the New York. Pittsburgh, Chicafo and Boston National League teams. The injury to O'Neill will keep him out of the game for at least six weeks, physicians said last night. Nunamaker will report to the club in New York Tuesday. Eddie Murphy, one of the best pinch hitters in the American League, has been claimed by Cleveland from the White Sox under the waiver arrange- ment. It is understood Cleveland will use him in a trade. Braves Release Hurler. The Boston Nationals have released Leo Townsend, a left-handed pitcher, to Charleston, Soulh Atlantic League. Giants Obtain Collegian. Walter Zink, pitcher of th& Amherst College nine. He to report June 23. Pitches No-Hit, No-Run Game. JACKSONVILLE, June ~—Bert Humphrie: former major league twirled a no-hit no-run game for Lakeland against Jacksonville in the Florida State League yesterday. His teammates played erro ess ball. Lakeland winning 3=to 0. Calls Halt on Tierney. “Cotton” Tierney, Pirate_third base- man, who had gone through fourteen least secutive games getting: one 5 opped one_ hit in each game, was by Marin of Chicago yesterda; POLO TEAMS UND UHDECIDED In’-.rleu May Force clun'el in U. S. and British !mu-l. NEW YORK, June 2.—Repo England, where the United Bh(e.l l.nd English polois are practicing inj preparation for the international matches this month, have tontained accounts of njurfes: which may necessitate Pos ble changes in both lineups. An injured elbow suffered by Capt. Devereux Milburn ‘and a back strain by Louis E. Stoddard have caused most concern in the polo following here.s ARMY FOUR IN FINAL.. ‘Will Play Philadelphia Team Sat- urday for Polo Cup. PHILADELPHIA, June 2.—The United States Army polo team de- feated the second team of the Phila- delphia Country Club yesterday, 21 to 10. The Army will meet the country club's first team Saturday in the final match_{or the Woodcrest cup. KING’S CUP YACHT RACE MAY BE DECLARED OFF YORK., June 2—The Trans: tic yacht it Face for %e cup offered lum m :::lhndnned this vear | 4 on boats have been ent 'fim Two ehiries ure the schooner Un- daunted, o gt‘:h- by whed DY R isver of the Athnlk: Yacnt and the Ketch Slesta, owned {0 of Annapolis. Mo FRENCH ACE TO ENTER BIG RACE IN AMERICA ‘The Pulitser y race, American sirpiane classic and main event in the three-day program in-Detroit, beginni; September &, is to b an intermat affalr. Sadi Lecointe, nch who won the Gordon phy last year ‘nd hold; speed record,-plans to com ica. At least two British are expected. ace, thev world to Amer- tries also WONDER WHAT MERTE WILL SAY TODAY Clese Dafly, 6 P. M. Saturday, 8 T. M. - T asloring That Combines Economy With Complete Satisfaction The New York Giants have signed Mgo-yfllhucan’!-adoo you want it, to meet your indi- vidual d mot :Rave to take &' suit as it ds. HRSTTBGRAHAMNINE anuhhu Mud oil Tossers in Opening Contest of New G;lh&r"u (‘:co.munyl t0-7- victory ovi Standard Oil Company tossers yester- day In the opening: :un; of the nem( organized Industr! Base Bal gue. Darkness h-llad the contest after seven |nnl,|‘l had been Dllye . Convention Hall' Marketers and C. F. Telephone Company are nhadulad to play this afternoon. The league holds forth on the Anacostia diamond. Six teams are included ia the cir- elll(, Washington Gas Light Company : Rosslyn Steel and Cement Com- y holding nchises besides nines mentioned above. Officers of the lcague are: President Dorr. Secretary Waters and Treasurer Shea. Hury Kidwell is umpire. nine the mnler Generals_in a 9-to-7 War League contest. Hunt of the winners fielded brilliantly and clouted homer. Potemae Council rallied in the ninth irning, scoring two runs and l&llin‘ Carroll I, 5 to 3, in the of Columbus League. Plunkett made three of the nine hits registered by the winners. Moran drove for the circuit. Elks recorded thelr sixth consecu- tive victory in the Fraternal League when they blanked the Woodmen of the Worl 3 to 0. The game was a nltchln‘ duel between Owen of the ers and Erown for seven innings. Elch ylelded four safeties. Humphxies Imrlea the l. th for the losers. Gakagan's ching pussied the Na- val Honplul bnuer- und Treasury won, 6 0, in the Departmental ;Tll’lle 'l'he losers were held to three ts. Wesntern Union slugged its way to a 12-to-6 win over Judd & Detweiler in the Commercial League. Hillery of the winners got a homer and three single in five times at bat. Company B wem its thirteenth stralght game in the National Tra ing School League, downing Com F. 8 to 4. Company B Juniors dotened Company G, 10.to 9, Company A beat Company D, 7 to 4, and Company C trounced Company E in a double- header, 13 to 7 and 7 to 6. Hecht_Company mine pointed the way to People’s Drug Store in a 3-to- 6 Merchants' League game. Both teams hit well, Interstate Commerce Commission beat Navy, 15 to 4. in a loosely played Colored Departmental League game. Ten errors were made during the en- -gagemen NAVY CREW GOES SOON Will Leave for Poughkeepsie June 10 to Prepare for Intercol- legiate Regatta. ; ANNAPOLIS, Md., rowing squad ‘will g0 to the Hudson river on June 10 to complete prepara- tions for the Poughkeepsie regatia on the 22d. The season bas .closed here for all the academy oarsmen except the varsity. O!imerewvnmued. CAHBR'I DGE, lignal Corps overcame the Qul.rter-' l Mass., June 2.—The |Athletic Juniors and JOHN A. HEYDLER. PERRY NIE WINS T6TH Connur’l Homer That Scores Two Bunners Ahead in Seventh Beats Owls, 8 to 7. Perry Athletic Club's “nine traveling at top spéed: these day Yesterday the northwest youngsters registered their -elghteenth victory of the seasgn when they encountered the Owl Athletic Club. Conmor sent the Georgetown boys to defeat in the seventh inning, when he smashed a homer that scored two runners ahead. The final score was § to 7. Arlington Athletie Club defeated the Rosslyn Steel and Cement Com- pany in 4 14 to 2 game. ners made many extra-base hits. Virginia Midgets want games with 14-15-year teams. For engagements telephone Sterling Hall. Alexandria \ “ Riggs Athletic Ci desires dates with fifteen-ycar nines. Teams in- terested should telephone,J. Lamar, at Franklin 7432, R. P. Andrews’ Paper Company's colored team. the Red Sox, downed June 2.—Navy's|the Benning Tigers, 11 to 5, and 5 to 4, Sox, games. ager W. M a2nd the Halls Hill (Va) White 4 to 3. The Red Sox wants Telephone challenges to Man- Ford, Franklin 6060. Colored play a double header at on Park Sunday. Wash- ington Athletics and Stag Athletic Club of Falls Church, Va. will clash in the first game and Washington Belmont Ath- he Harvayd varsity crew [letic Club will oppose in the night- 1l Shlchs mects. Yale. on_the. Tham June 24 will be the mme as in the Cor- race fast Saturday’ when the Crim- son_oarsmen were defeated by three lengths. Yale-Harvard Be Regatta Plans. NEW LONDON, Conn., Junie 2—The | 5. Yale-Harvard varsity race on the ‘Thames river June 24 will be rowed down stream at 4 o'clock (standard ‘The freshmen and second y races will be rowed in the morning over the upper two mifies of the course. o es _on | cap. Emerald Athletic Club is anxious to arrange Sunday games. Dates may be arranged with John J. Mc- Mahon, 2104 Pennsylvania avenue. thietle Club is games in the eighteen-year class. Send ochallenges to W. M. Falls, Sli Gro C street northeast, or telephone Lin- coln 5278-J. Ploncer Athletle Club beat the Marquette Bearcats 8 to 7 in ten innings. Diggs’ theft of home de- cided the game. B this i in my day_—. The win-{ NATIONAL LEAGUE HEAD)’ IS BALKED BY PROBLEM Says Continual Use o.f New Balis Is One Possible Explanatio_n—_Expects Pitchers to Regain’ f Mastery When Hot Weather Comes. League has set forth a numl ber of possible reasons for the un- usual amount of heavy hitting in the major leagues this season, but he does not claim that any of them is the right one. +I doubt if any one can give a thoroughly satisfactory exphnnuou for the heavy hitting,” he said recently. “I have been asked that question a hundred times since the ssason opened, and have listened to as many failed to find a concrets reason for base hits. “To begin with, the attention turn- ed to Ruth by his homec-run hitti dast year set all ball players swinging with full power instead of chonmn‘ or trying 1o wait out the pitcher. The result s that when they connect an extra base drive develops, if the ball eludes the fielders. Ball Itself a Factor. 1 think that the ball itself also enters into the problem, althou n the makers have -stated repeatedi that Tis construction does not differ materially from that of 1920. I have noticed that the hide covering the hill appears to be stretched tighter and that the thread used in sewing the seams is drawn so tightly that it does not protrude over the cover. “This makes for a more solid and harder ball, which, when hit cleanly, is certain to travel faster and to a greater distance than would be the case with a more loosely packed phere. It also gives the pitcher opportunity to secure a satisfactory grip on the ball preliminary to lhrawln‘ his curves. “Still another reason is probably the constant calling for new balls. The least sign of roughness or dis coloration is usually cause for to: ing out the ball and the injection of a new one. “This results in the pitchers being | & obliged to constantly handle new balls with their smooth, glossy sur face. which cannot be gripped or curved with the same effectiveness as a used and roughened ball. clean ball is also easier to see as it comes up to the plate, and all in all, the batter is having the better of the breaks at the present time. “I am inclined to think, however, that with the coming of real hot| weather pitchers will work better and regain, to some extent, their mastery over the batters who have been on |a rampage since the beginning of the season.” New York Home-Rum Capital. The lot of the major league plt:h- er is rigorous. For American Burlers who visit New: York in the next montb it promises to be doub- ly hazardous. Sluggers of both |leagues in the past month have made {the Polo Grounds the home-run capi- tal of the majors. Today Babe Ruth and the Yankees are home again for a stay which will last until July 4, with 2 break of only a few days this month, when the Giants temporardy oust their American co-tenants. Ruth expects to end this stay with his home-run stock at a figure that wili} new record for 1921. h, with fifteen home runms, ead of his 1920 schedule, is pleasant, for he always i ngure 2 [T Rut two days Grounds _easi: League parks. In recent series, other players have also been getting the range: More than 200 home runs have been made in the two leagues since the be- ginning of the season. At the Pelo unds, since the invasion of the Cubs, May 18, National League- bats- men have hit seventeen amd American Leaguers, in their only recent appear- ance last Sunday, hit three, Ruth get- ting one of those for his fourteenth crash. Four were made in one game, alleged explanations, but as yet have the deluge oft home runs and extra May 22 Pirat Base ball men here wonder where lhe alanche of home runs and extes. base hits will end. The recent recom mendation of National League officials that pitchers be permitted to Il.: resin in the attempt to better thei control of the ball was applauded by fans, but thus iar no action has been taken by the American League. Close followers of the game believe that enthusiasts would welcome legis- lation to curb slightly the advantage now held by the hitters, so that tne wave of batting which has e base ball in both leagues a leading minors would be repell DIXIE FLYER POINTS WAY" | 0 FIELD IN PIGEON RACE Dixie Fiyer, owned by the Depart- ment of Agriculture, pointed the way to {other pigeons in the 510-mile race from Nappanae, Ind., to Washington, held by ciation. finished second and including average speed in yards per minute, follow: Agriculture. 1.002; Agriculture. 1.001: Ar w. = Teanington between the Glants and the AW Moore K Mathews. Bis: Williaem JNielahardt, Huntt, 796 {SMITH’S BIRDS SET PACE IN FLIGHT OF 300 MILES Edward Smith's birds finished first and second in the 300-mile fiight from Salisbury, N. C.. to Washington, held under the lnlylce- of the Northeast Racing Pigeon Club. Fourteen lofts were represented by the 231 pigeons in the race. First returns to each loft and their average speed in yards, per; minute, follow: Smith, 1,084.542; Ed Smith, 081.429; L. Steward, »- D, Costello, 974.402: M. H OLD PIGEON RACE HONOR TO KENDALL GREEN LOFT Kendall Green Loft's entry won th 300-mile old pigeon race from Con- cord, N. C.. to Washington, covering the distance at an average speed of the Northwestern Racing Pigeon Club. Summary: Kendall Green Left, 1. l.fl W. 0. Norwood. de a cigarette’ » TheCmdideawm’tbmthu. Itmthoemluivo » EW YORK, June 2—President John A. Heydler of the National ' ’ [ p