Evening Star Newspaper, July 9, 1921, Page 18

\ m SP ORTS., ~O 5 THE: EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, -JULY 9, 1921—PART 2. SPORTS. St. ~ Louis Fans Are “Off”’ Browns and Lee Fohl is Likely to Be Supplanted as Manager DEMPSEY SAYS KEARNS WILL REMAIN HIS PILOT ONLY ABOUT 1,000 SEE TEAM ROUT THE GRIFFS Injuries Have Retarded St. Louls Club, But Man- agement Was Deemed Inefficient Before Setbacks Occurred. BY DENMAN T. LOUIS, Mo. July 9—Mound City fzus are decidedly and em- S phatically “off” the Browns. With the team approximately a dozen Defense Plans to Call Many Play- games under the .500 mark and only a game or two removed from THOMPSON. ,Ibnwn’o Father Dies Suddenly Near Cofleynlb ST. LOUIS, July S.—Walter’ Johns has been called to his home near Coffeyville, Kas., kis father having died wsuddeniy’ yesterday. It is mot known when Johnson will rejoin the team. With Acoutn in Cuba be- caune of the lliness of his child, MecBride is none too well fixed for pitchers. ADJOURN SCANDAL CASE ers in Behalf of Indicted WELL, )T LOOKS MEBBE IT LIKE RAw, DON'T DoES To You | SEE BABE RUTH 1S STILL ?MACK!N‘- HEYENNE, Wyo, July C plant Jack Kearns as his 9.—Jack Dempsey has emphatically denied reports that Mayor Edward Bader of Atlantic City would sup- manager. Dempsey was seen here en route to his home in Salt Lake City. “Jack Kearns will be my manager as long as I am a fighter,” the champion_said. “He was my manager when 1 was fighting my way to the top. If I have my way he will make every engagement of my career.” Golfer Hutchison Home With British Golf Cup NEW Yon.l( July 9—For the Dempsey was unable to account for the reports that Mayor Bader would Dllut his future destinies in the ring. “Mayor Bader is a fine fellow and & fine sportsman, but, as for my m ager, wel andG Dempsey shrugged his shoulders. the cellar. interest has dwindled to the point of extinction. Failure to ‘White Sox. “There is nothing o this talk of wing in the race accounts for it, of course. The — - me fighting Jack Johnson. I will not make a respectable showing CHICAGO. July 9.—The state an fiEht him OF any other colored mans® reasons for this are twofold—inability to put their full strength in the field and poor mamxemcnt On paper ihe Browns the circuit—two of the best pitchers in the business, backstop, the king of all first basemen, a shortstop without a superior and a wonderful outfield, stronger than any other club in the right ~ pasture. First Gerber was put on the shelf | for a month with a broken hand.| Sisler was incapacitated by stoppin | a pitched ball with his mouth and then came the defection of Shocker, loom as one of the classiest combinations in | maximum penalty of a $2,000 fine and the most valuable Jinxed by 18 Hits nounced during examination of pro- spective jurors yesterday in the base ball trial that it would demand the man found guilty No progress was made In selecting jurors, court adjourning until Mon- lflve years' imprisonment for each interrupted by the trial was seen with announcement by the defense that Judge K. M. Landis, base ball arbiter. 1 WISH THIS \'T DOES™'T SILE SIAN RUMPUS WouL0 GET SETTLED, IN My | MADE 150 MILES' SUNDAY. ! JUST BOUGHT A QUINCE EIGHT you DRIVE A BUSILAST QUINCE EIGHT ‘was brought by Jock Huteh- go, who, with the other American golfers, arrived the Carmania, after their e Britons at St. before has the cup from the Brit- PLANS T0 HELP BOXING said Dempsey. “Tom Gibbons, T understand, is a g00d man, although I have never seen him work. As I have drawn the color line, I am free to say that I think Harry Wills is a great fighter and will whip the very best of them. As for Willard, I'll fight him any time—and lick him, t00.” Bader Refuses to Comment. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 9.— Reports were in circulation here that R. 1d be asked to compel the attend. Mho. got soreiand ault, Mners Ao 1 ance at the trial of plavers and um- Mayor Edward Bader of Atlantic City Abelr Showing an 1 0 12 pires of the 1919 world serles games. would displace Jack Kearns as man- son they were regarded ‘ns potentia e 53 pires of the 1519 world serles fu Moult oispiane Jack Texrax ae el Femnanc contenders the Browns have) s g "subpoenas have been issued for the would make no comment. alipped to - v 2 . . finuation o thelr recent. gait o] o..0.3 O e s o e it National Association INCOrDOTALES | formation reparding fhe euit for 3500 Dnaraneny mitie kiburpring 256 58 o 01 sait Lake Clty: Wiiliam Gleason. Sox to Co-Operate With State Bodies | 1A raiiiuied by Mr. Carrie Bar- e & o o o)manager; Urban '‘aber, ox pite = . om e employe: as ouse - Vote Fohl a F T S 0| Harry Leibold, Boston; Eddie Mur keeper during his training here. He In view of the great things ex- 24 910 ¢lphy and Frskine Mayer, Columbus; to Better Sport. said that if it were true that she had d of Lee Fohl, considering the 2 = —|5ohn Collins, Boston; Eddie Collins, been given only $100, he would pay pecte: e Totals . 2 7211 0 lel AL ¢ ¢ Jul he Ni material he had to work with, he was| [y o ir el e, Sox second baseman: l-lnrve);I Mrtge,; i BANY, Ir\. Y., July 10.—1‘ e ) ;- 1any reasonable balance. adjudged a fellure even before ,"“’ ST. LOUIS A K R0, A E. | Lk ity Roy Wilkinson and Rich D A rerns un. lured in se\era m- > e B0 Eoaloc B M B = - ere ‘the shoes of Joe Gedeon, Who | Kutar: 1he. . 1 I ] P ——— A ; neor- — Was finished last winter as a re-|Williams, if. ; 20 0 Dertion wits the sboratacy ot siste | Rickard has announced that he paid Y 1 1d series revela- | Jucobson, 5 1 3 0 0 yesterday. $514,325 to the boxers and referees B re, hase een miiad: “:};y;:, o 40 I Caught on the Fly % The assoclation was formed, accord- | last Saturday. = The boxers in the Regardless of how much blame % L e ing to the articles of incorporation, to | Preliminaries recelve ,050. = really is due Fohl for the flivvering of ik 2 10 oe. rOUIS. T6iy 9—War1 SiIth waE AT SHE A BIRD? Ve BEEN DRNWG MY Now, Don'T FORGET )/ YouBET youg regulate and supervise boxing contests | €1¢e Harry Ertle received $1,000. his machine the fans are convinced s T hand by the crowd yes- 1 | NEVER SAW A TH FRST NIGHT YoU [} ce Jwie ano in the interests of public welfare and ’ he is “not there” as pilot of a major e 112 18 27 8 1{F. 4oy when he came to bat for the GosH oW A HAVE OFF PHOMNE ME to affiliate all state or local commis- No Offer to Gibbons. league team. News of his resignation 00000100 1—2 00" ime in round 2—and promptly CAR THAT Woul-D LEA e ) HAVE My NUMBER J{ IF YOU 'RE EVER OUT sions when such commissions EOVErN | (piCAGO. July 9—Tex Ricard has at any time now wdlla cause little 13012401 xu|iree e i o - The former 0P A HILL TH WAY N My WAY — boslng. SHICACO, July 3 —Tex Blcard Ean The association also proposes to ef- fect an alliance with the Internation- al Boxing Union for the purpose of securing a world-wide uniformity in rules and regulations relative to box- ing and sparring contests and to take steps for the elevation of boxing. surprise. Other mentors of the Browns have found the job not to their liking and quit in midseason, Fielder Jones having been the most recent example. St. Louis long has been known as an American League town. the Two-base Three-base hits—Tobin, hits Smith, Jacobson. Brown is a great favorite here, his X recoption rivaling that accorded Sis- ler, who returned to the line-up for he first time since he was hurt o week ago. Courtney probably will be McBride's starting hurler in the second tiit this a match with Georges Carpentier. Eddie Kane, the former's manager. said as he left for Osakis, Minn., to join Gibbons, who is taking a vaca- tion there. THIS MWAGON WiLL « 10; Louis, Batte i, “iite Facy ry, gne-third fonlugs: off Schacht, = in_twb Browns nearly every year having the call over the Cardimals. But this is not true now. The few who do g0 tot the park pay as much attention to watching how Rickey's team is far- ing on the road by the figures ed cn the scoreboard as they do to what 1a going on before them on the dia- mond. The Cardinals are in the first division and with a prospect of climb- | & notch. while the Browns appear to| be through, so far as peanant aspira- tions are concerned, for this year at least. Had Visioas of Flag. ings. Hit by pitclier—By Dy Ricer. ‘Struck out—B _Balk—Schacht. hary. Umpires—Messra. = Moriarity Dineen. utes. v Davis, 5: by Losing pitcher— and Time of game—1 hour and 52 min- afternoon. Starting Is used advis- edly, as the weather s typical of St Louis, and Harry. if not wild, may wilt under a torrid temperature. Every ome of the Browns obtained | at least one bingle, with Tobin lead- B ——— e —— |ing for a safety to fiil to Tobin, but Manus to end it. the bases. {Gharrity held third when Milan filed scored when Johnson's peg took an odd hop and bounded over Colling’ head. Rice rolled to Mc- day with only the four chosen. Possibility that the playing sched- ules of both major leagues might be ling the bunch with four. Through some oversight or other, Collins neg- lected to score a run. The way Rice played Tobin's drive 8!in the sccond was as bad a plece of | misjudgment of a fly as Sam ever {was guilty of. It made little differ- ence, however, with Zachary allowed to stay in the box till the game was BRITONS SAIL JULY 16 Four Tennis Players Coming for Davis Cup Matches—Anzacs Are on Way. Spaniard After Georges. FERROL, Spain. July 9.—Georges Carpentier soon will receive a chal- lenge for a bout to be held in Madrid The challenge is being forwarded by Andres Balsa, a Galician boxer. Johnson Quits Prison Today. LEAVENWORTH, Kans.. July 8.— Jack Johnson, former heavyweight champion, was to walk from tke fed- eral penitentiary here today a free man after a stay of ten months in the prison on conviction of violating NEW YORK, July 9.—Great Britain's| (. white glave act. His sentence read tennis team that will play in theigpe vear, but he was given “good Davis cup matches in this country |time”” A’fine of $1,000, which had to are scheduled to sail from England (D€ paid before he could be released July 16. Max Woosnam, the associa- | '°44Y: Was paid yesterday. tion's cable ad\lceu said, will act as captain of the British team, whichl TW0 CANADIAN GOLFERS includes F. Gordon Lowe, Neville| GTART FOR EVENT HERE Turnbull and John B. Gilbert. The Australian team, which has left| OTTAWA. July 9.—Charles Murray, Sydney for Vancouver, headed bV;nrornsnonal for the Royal Montreal olf Club, and George Ayton, profes- orman Peach. Other members a! Clarence V. Todd, J. B. Hawkes Illd\slona] for the Kanawaki Golf Club, J. O. Anderson. The team will play |have left for Washington to compete the tie with Canada late this month |in the United States open.champion- in Toronto. iship to be played on the course of the Definite dates for the Davis cup pre- | Columbia Country Club. On their way liminaries have been announced by ;Murray and Ayton will play in the the United States Association. The !invitation tourney at Shawnee. Great Britain-Australia tie will be e 8004 the winner wii meet Dénmarx | GUILFORD BEATS OUIMET IN MASSACHUSETTS GOLF in a semi-final round at Cleveland WORCESTER, Mass., July 9.—Jesse August 11, 12 and 13. The other semi- | final between Japan and France will| P. Guilford of Woodland, former {champion, and A. Perley Chase of be played at Chicago August 11, 12} { Winchester met today in a thirty-six- and 13. The final round match will be play- {hole match for the Massachusetts te amateur golf title over the ed at Newport August 18, 19 and st Worcester Country Club course. 20, and the winner will play the | United States defenders In the chal- - Yu| “Francis D. Ouimet, also a former state and national champion, was lenge round at Forest Hills, September 2, 3 and eliminated yesterday in the semi-finals by Guilford, 2 and 1 BOSTON WOMEN CAPTURE |"Grise “earned his chance to play CLAY COURT NET TITLE Guilford by defeating George Aulbach, 5 and 4. BUFFALO. N. Y., July 9.—Mrs. B. i e R TP C. Cole and Mrs. Frank Godfrey, both St Goman Swor the wemen's saitonai ;| ARMY GOLFERS TRIUMPH. clay court doubles championship, de- |Beat Navy Team, 17 to 9, in Nas- feating Miss Leslie Bancroft of {est Ne Mass., and Mrs. E. V. Lynch 5 sau Match at Chevy Chase. officers scored a_signal tri- oF New' York, Godfrey umph over the Navy team in the Mrs, Cole and Mrs. will play for the singles title today and inter-service golf match played over he urse of the Chevy Chase Club. the finals in the mixed doubles, men's doubles and consolation also will be ving under the Nassau system, the y won, 17 to 9. Scores: decid; 2, vs. smm- « With Jimmy Austin, the pepper pot back in harness after being out mo: of the season with a broken ari COLUMBIA, Pa, July 9.—Lester Bister on the job omce more Bell. shortstop. and David Cocklin, Shocker again’ uniform al Pre-| catcher, of the Columl M sumably about to make his peace ), “ml‘ymmummlD'B-;;g:;l'im: With the management and be rein- |}, *CRUCRFOfEINona) agETegation stated. the Browns may be expected | (770, CEH to apply the brakes and possib ish at the top of the second division. But this will not appease the fans. They had vision of a pennant; have Fad them for thirty-three years— since 1388, when Comiskey landed the ! last title St. Louis has known—and | the outlook now is far from being as bright as it was last Season and the year before last, when they were led by Jimmie Burke, who made probably a better record than any pilot the Browns have hag in the last two dec- ades. and who was released as a re- ward for his efforts. Lack of Interest Depicted. An evidence of the lack of Interest in the Browns was furnished yelxcr-l day when only about 1,000 turned out | for the opening game of the series with the Nationals. Nothing daunted the Browns, who always have r garded the Nationals as their rightful : prey, proceeded to sock the eternal daylights out of Zachary, collecting eighteen hits and winning, pulled up, 12 to 2. It was apparent from the outset how the battle was destined to go. Tobin started with a short pop to left that netted two bases, advanced on Ellerbe’s long dy, »nd Sisler had scratched a safety to Judge scored when Harris momentarily | fumbled Williams' roller. After an uneventful first round for | the Nationals. Smith singled and Har- ris was hit by a pitched ball in the second, Shanks drilled into a_double plav initint: Aerbe. Gharrity walked and pulled a double steal with Harris. O'Rourke then popped to Collins. = Rice Alds the Browns. . Contrast this with the domestic end { of round two. Collins started with a smash through Harris, and, with Mec- Manus disposed of, Austin and Davis hit safely, filling the bases. Gharrity | Detroit Obtains a Pair. lost beyond redemption and with Da- vis remaining effective throughout. Willlams’ home rum was his six- teenth of the season. He hit only ten last year. Athletic Stars in Meet. BERKELEY, Calif., July 9.—Ath- letic stars from many parts of the United States are entered in the Pa- cific Amateur Athletic Association in- vitation track and fleld meet at the University of California today. Many aihletes who participated in the re- cent National Amateur Athletic Union meet at Pasadena are her Pacing Stake to Single @. CLEVELAND, July 9.—Pacing the fastest time of the year. Single G de- feated one of the most formidable fslds of pacers in_training yester day in the fre Il at North Ran- dall. He paced the first mile in 201% and the second in 2.02, win- ning easily. AEILMANN SETS MARK WITH 610 FOOT HOMER H )esterday when he smote one of the dellvencs nl Pucher Joe Gopyrigit, 1921, H. T. Webaten, What May Happen in Base Ball Today AMERICAN LEAGUE. Pet. Winloss, 610 . itk 538 SOURNIN' CHESS VICTOR Whitaker’s Game Is Adjourned and Turover Is Defeated in Masters’ Tourney. ATLANTIC CITY, July 9.—Only one of the three Washington chessmen scored a victory in the third round of the masters’ tourney here. V. Sour- nin was the winner. N. T. Whitaker and David Janowski adjourned their game, and I. 5. Tyurover, the District of Columbia champion, was beaten. The fourth round will not be played until Monday. The summaries: M. D. Hago. New York, and Samuel Factor, Los Angeles, drew after for- ty-seven move: Charles Jaffe, New York defeated I 8. Turover. Washington, after fif- ty-six moves. Stasch Miotkowskl, Los Angeles, and Frank Marshall, United States champion, game acjourned. David Janowski, champlon of France, and N. T. Whitaker, Wash- ington, game adjourn: V. Sournin. Washington. defeated Capt. J. B. Harvey, Fenelony Fells, Ontario, after forty-four moves. 8. T. Sharp, Philadelphia, won from E, 8. Jackson, Philadelphia, after thir- [ ty-seven moves. PLAYER WHPS OFFICER| Smith of Giants Routs “Dry” De- tective, Who Attempts to Search Lockers. NEW YORK, July 9.—A police de- tective who attempted to search the| private lockers of the New York Glants at the Polo Grounds for liquor yester- day had his curiousity curbed by Farl Smith, catcher of the ¢lub. The players found the detective in their ~dressing room after morning practice. Several of them turhed over the keys to their lockers on his de- mand. Smith refused to do so, de- manding to ses a search warrant. The detective announced that he was acting under orders to make the search, and would do so if he had to fight it out. Smith invited him out- side at once. After a short and furfous encounter, in which he got the worst of it. the detective left in a hurry for ‘“reinforcements.” He did uetretarny LS Ly SPEEDY GAME FOF GAME FOR REX Smith & Bros. Nine, to Be Met To- morrow, Is Semi-Pro Champion of -Philly. Rex Athletic Club, Red Sox Sign Collegian. DETROIT. Mich. July o—Jack Pertin, outfielder and a varsity foof ball man of the University of Hl(‘hl- gan, has joined the Boston Red Sox Ferrin led the Michigan club in bat- ting this )ear and plays a fast game in the field. Martin Asked to Resign. PETERSBURG, Va., July 9. lovelnnd W J~hm‘run Billy Martin has been asked to resign as manager of the Petersburg, Virginia League, club. Martin was fin 50 in police court vesterday for an cault on a fan and an additional $: | for abusive language toward another spectator. 0. Fhia. s Clevelands Boston at Detroit. Eexulu of Yesterday’'s Games. St. Louis, 12; Washington. 2 New York, 1. 8; Detroit. 3. Phllldelvhu at Cleveland (rain). NATIONAL LEAGUE. Pct. Winlose Pittsburgh 675 York ] 813 508 51 360 @ 40 30 k3 32 & n GAMES TOMOKROW. Chicago at New York. Pitts, at Brooklyn. Cincinnati " Philadelphia GAMES TODAY. Chifago at New York. Pitts. at Brool e Smtt at.foston. St. Louls at Phil Results of Yesterday’'s Games. Pictsbureh. 5: in the Red Sox-Tiger game at Detroit. The ball landed 610 feet—only fifty ieet short of one-eighth of a mile-—away from the home plate, and the clout is regarded as the longest ever made on the Detroit field. Harry had plenty of time to get around the bases. The smash bettered by 135 feet the distance of the homer slammed by Babe Ruth at the Polo Grounds, New York, June 14. Good _pitching was displayed by Kerr of the White Sox, Bush of the Red Sox, Nehf of the Giants, Alex- ander of the Cubs and Scott of the Kerr held the INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. At Rochester— Bochertes - terfes _Thomas, Clark and Manning; COMMERCE. NNE WINS)" 55" ™ 0. Philadeiphin, 9: 8t. Logte, 4. New York, 1; (‘hlnn, Schupp's wildness and Olson's error. They had scored in each of the first two innings, but the Dodgers knotted the count with a pair of runs off Cooper in the fourth. Robertson was R. L(ndley Murray of Niagara Falls, former national champion, won the New York champlonship by defeating Kirk Reid, é:)hlo stlte champlion, .Ar Partridge (A.), singer (A.), 3. 3,0, 3% B semi-pro base 0; Gris- ball champion of the District, will en- Braves yesterday. and Shanks contrived to nip Collins | Yankees scoreless after the first in- ) Stunned when struck in the head by Richmond. 9; Portsmouth, . —1, 6—1, P third, but on Tobin's liner to cen- | ning and kept their ten hits scat- |2 ball pitched by SChunr but recover- | counter the Marshall E. Smith & Bros. Wilsoa, 11; Petersturg. 10. ter Rice ran in instead of*back. and tered in achieving his fourth win of ed sufficiently to continue play. nine, Philadelphia title winner last Booky Momar, 16: Nuwgoct News, & uffolk, 11; Norfol Scores First Government League Victory in Initial Start in ' Second Series. Commerce could not score a single WAR BLUE NETMEN BEAT NAVY IN THREE MATCHES War Department Blues nosed out the Navy Department racketers yesterday in & Departmental Tennis League con- John completed the circuit while Sam | chasing the ball, Austin and Dnvls scoring ahead of him. McManus drilied a single straight through Judge's legs in the fourth, took second on Austin's death and tal lied on Davis' single. Tobin fol- the season over them. Bush was un- hittable to the Tiger batsmen ex- cept to Hellmann and Blue. Nehf won over Alexander by shutting out the Cubs with three hits, while an er- jror lost for Chicago. Error in Niath Alds Giants. The Glants triumphed over the Cubs, 1 to 0, scoring in the ninth inning. Two passes and a hit off Alexander filled the bases, then Kelleher' ble permitted Frisch to cros: season, tomorrow afternoon at Union Park. Play will start at 3 o'clock. The Quakers have won twejve out of fifteen games this season. Ardmore nine of Ballston wants Sunday engagements. Teams inter- O Rramier (A: B, v Enoclis (N Jones Gets in the Rough. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE, Charlotte, 9; Greenville, 7. ° Spartanburg, 11; Charleston, 3. Columbia, 3—1;" Augusts, 2—0. Leighton (N., 0. in_the ninth fum- Scott blanked the Reds with five hi the lowed with his third successive safe- = plate. Frisch and Smith led the win- |ested should communicate with E. M. opening serl UTHERN v, test, winning three of five matches 2 : > jowed with his, thisd succeastye m,“{ White Sox End Yanks Streak. | RACE, FICh and Smith led the win- | o ot " Box 82, Ballston, Va. In Me- | ictory In the opening se ':d“ "" o Eedopmen gl Diaved. Navy's No. 1 team defeated the| ATLANTA. July 9.—“Bobby™ Jones. play. The Yankees had won elght straight | ana ‘Smith got a triple and single,| Quinn the Ardmores have a pitcher |Government League, but it made good A s Fanking Blue pair in a grueling engage- | youthful Atlanta golfer. just home With one away in the fifth Wil- | games until stopped In the 4-to-1 en- | while Frisch made two singles, But]Who hurled hiti ball and fanned |yesterday in its first appearance in Ilempnll 4. ment. Summar from an invasion of Great Britain, liams. singled and tallied on Jacob- | counter with the White Sox. One|three other hits were granted by |tWenty batters in his last start. |the ctrcuit's second and final series. % Bates-Watts (N.) defeated Bethel- |appeared in police court to explain son's double to left. Jake scoring on | victory had been scored over the Na- | Alexander. Peerless Athletic Club will go to N the C Simpson (W. B.), 3—6, 6—3, 6— why he drove his automobile on tke McManus' safety. Smith reached see- | tionals, four over the Red Sox and |’ The Braves, in defeating the Reds, |Quantico tomorrow for their «pmna|Plas ing against Navy, the Commerce | . . ~'» pueigs; B.) defeated Leary wrong side of a street car. He was Ondina stayed \here—throush. a|three over the Athletics. Two walks |5 to 0, ot busy early 1 the frew.|Eame of the season with the Marines. | aggregation had the better end of | Srenmet FUGEL L ciem, o, i 6—3 fined $3. crash which narrowly missed carry- |and a hit gave the Yanks a run in|They hopped on Luque for a trio of | The following Peerless players are w!a 12-to-10 count, and was at bat, with | Daaville-High Point at (rain). ) defeated Reynolds-Taylor (W. B.), the first inning, but the White Sox in their half bunched hits behind a base on balls off Shawkey for two runs, and got another pair in the seventh on three safetles, one a dou- ble, and a flelder's choice. The Red Sox beat the Tigers, 6 to 3. Four runs, scored off Hollings in the first inninis decided the issue. During the game, the Tiger twirlers yielded ten safeties, all of the Red Sox bat- ters except Vitt walloping. Heilmann made three of the four hits granted by Bush. Blue and Foster found the going rough in the fleld, the Tiger first sacker committing three errors and the Red Sox second baseman two, The ‘Pirates downed the Dodgers, 5 to 3. Three tallies were made by the ileague leaders in_ the sixth inning, when they mixed two hits with 65, 6—4: Cookson-Elliott (W. B.) de- feated Shafroth-Richardson ( 6—4; Burns-Shinkle (W. B) defen(ed Clary-Hammond (N.), 3—§, Mg RETAIN TENNIS HONORS. C. Y. Smith and Miss Legendre Win Southern Singles. ATLANTA. July o Cariton Y. Smith, Atlan retained his_title a: singles champion of the Southern A: B ion by defeating Douglas Wat- ters, Mulberry, Fla, 6—3, 8—6, 6 Miss Ethelyn Legendre of leans defended her title as womanl champion by winning easily over Mrs. | Franklin Davis, Atlanta, 6—0, 6—3. —By BUD FISHER. ing into the right-fleld bleachers in the fourth. This was the-only Griff safety until the sixth. when Judge landed on one with sufficient force to park it among the sungods for the first Washington run. Rice later was winged, and with two out Harris got & Texas Leaguer. but Shanks whiffed. St. Louis Adds Four Runs. In the fag end of this round suc- eessive singles by Tobin, Ellerbe and Sisler and a_clout into the left-feld stands by Willlams produced four runs and led McBride to arrive at the conclusion _everybody reached Zachary thing. Bchacht was called on and promptly stopped the Browns. markers {n the second inning and |meet at Union station tomorrow | combed him for another fun- n the|morning at 11 o'clock: Folliard, | none out, in the eighth, when dark- ness ended proceedings. The engage- ment was a slugfest. with the win- |ners_getting Afteen hits oft Hudson | and Navy garnering fourteen aft Con- nolly and Biggins. Reglsters vanquished Public Health Service, 8 to 2, in the Treasury League. After scoring twice, with three hits off Minter in the first in- ning. Public Health made only one safety during the remainder of the game. Barber & Ross defeated Carroll Electric, 6 to 2, in the Commercial League. Flye hits off Lowry gave the winners all their runs In the third inning. FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE. Tampa, 5; Jacksonville, 2. 2.3 Lakewood, 1—2. rlando, 1. PLAY AT SUBURBAN NETS. Six Teams in Tennis Matches To- day—Holmead Beats Capital. Six_of the seven teams im the Suburban Tennis League will play in championship matches this afternoon, Capital will meet Fairmont, Argvle will oppose Montrose and Racquet will encounter Euclid. Holmead, which i§ not to play again until it faces Montrose next Saturday. took six of seven matches played against Summa: third. Coumbe toed the slab in the | Mudd, Moran. McCarthy, Allman. E eighth and gave a tally. Three stolen | McCormack, L. McCormack, Hein, banses and errors by Gron e molen | Eobb, Byrne, Miller, Donohue, Pink- | were mixed with the seven hits|staff and Coller. credited to the winne Ring puzzled the Ci s, except in one inning, while the Phils hammered Pfeffer for thirteen hits and won, 9 to 4. Ring yielded only two safaties after he was bumped for four runs in the fourth inning. Homers by Jimmy Smith_and Konetchy accounted for four Philly tallies. Smith's drive in the second inning netted three runs and Koney's tied the score In the sixth. The Phils got four scores in the eighth. with threo doubles and a r peckithie: Brawns. 2 : single. n error by Fournier was the | tomorrow Sunday base ball would be .::g u started the el ‘nnh ;r:‘x:‘nlzhell: first made by a Card in six game: pul under the ban in Montgomery. made three bases. Rice lofted mIMUTT AND JEFF—Jeff Is Very Familiar With This Law. Bt. Petersbus Daytona, 3; AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. ledo, 12: ‘ PIEDIOVT LEAGUE. Kansas City, 11. Giants Buy a Twirler. 1 COLUMBIA, S. C., July 9.—Colum- bia, South Atlantic Association, has sold Pitcher Richard Proctor to the New York Nationals. ; Milwaukee, 1—8. Louleville, 10-8; St. Faul, 33, —_—— EVERETT, llll ,» July 9.—Knocked unconscious by being-hit on the head by a batted ball, James Gannon, twenty-one, recovered sufficiently to play lnolher inning in a game be- tweén semi-professional teams here yesterd: Then he collapsed and was rushed to a hospital in Boston, where he died. (Copyright 1921, by H. C. Fisher. Trade marx registered U. 8. Pat. Off.) Puts Ban on Sunday Ball. MONTGOMERY, Ala., July 9.—Chlef Law Enforcement Officer Conrad W. stin h: nounced that beginnin Au; a8 announce g g ed Thomas , (C). 6—2. White (H) “defeated Hopklnn 4(,). 6—0, 6—0. Doubles—R. Ballenger-D. (H) defeated Brown-Farnworth (C), 6—2, 6—4; Stellwagen-White (H) defeat- ed Bessey-Seward (C). 6—3, 6—4; Me(‘-thmn-D)er (H) defeated Thom- reene (C), 6—4, 4—6, 6—1; Hop- fins-Staufter (C) defeated R. Bal- lenger-L Ballenger (H). 7—5, 6—3 Robinson-Williams ~ (H) defeated Hall-McCabe (C), 6—2, 6—4. Tobin, and Smith walked. Harris| flied deep to Jacobson, who conceded the run by making no_effort tot throw to the plate, but Milan com- JEFF, T S€e BY THe placently held his' base. and then Shanks rolled to Ellerbe for the third PAPER THAT 1T'S out. COSTING THE U.S, Ellerbe whacked fety to lef| 5 which netted him three bases by the GOVERNMEAT A N\CE P\ECE OF time Milan got through chasing it. and he talliea when Umpire Moriarty CHANGE TD ENFORCE THe PROHIBITION ' WSTEN. Do You Kaew THAT THERE'S onLY ONE LAW THAT DoN'T REQUIRE A BIG APPROPRIATION AND S eiroaca bEP\‘J‘l’IES 1 : Western Tourney Starts. e P 3 alpiANATOLIS Int, d.‘.‘r'{y.n’f‘h : annual western tennis championships. Sixty-four players, representing In jana, Illinois, Ohio, New York and gfll‘nne sota, are listed. Vincent Rich- AT'S JUST (T! WHY DON'T THEY PASS Good LAWS ¢ THAT'S SOMETHING N0 ONE IN THE WORLD CAN ANSWER . THe Law w (] GRAVITATION. A SILLY STATE 0F AFFAIRS, T cALLS 1T called a balk on Schacht. Willlams fnllo;v;;l with a triple to right, but vas left. a dying gasp by the Na- the ninth, when Gharrity Brower, batting for Schacht, walked, with Judge connect- in ards, mational juniot champion, Ig Sompering:ii . o= SOTES S35 340 | 13 38 .33 332 315 13 41 .314 137 388 8,{ '# 424 9th St. N.W. . 1734 .206 Used Motor Cycles Repairiag 233 350 05 .34 o 3 23 I 3 [ 200 16 .198 18 a8 o1 (168 16 .11