Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1921, Page 24

24 SPORTS.' Griffs Start Series With Tigers, LOSE FINAL TO INDIANS THROUGH ERRORS, 6 TO 4 BY DENMAN ETROIT, July 20—Leaving th D tackle the Tigers in the first “‘riday having been left open by the sigures of the final there yesterday and-one-half-games margin over that New Yor 1t is probable Johnson today will} see his first service since he van-| cuished the Red Sox in Boston July B, «ne of the two weeks intervening hav- ing been spent by Walter at his home .| in Kansas, where he was called by the | death of his father. Dutch Leonard | Tigers. 1f Johnson shows anyihing like the| form he displaved just prior to his enforced lay-off he should have little iifficulty disposing of the tamed Tigers, provided. of course, he is ac- corded better support taan that given Mogridge against the Indians Monday or to Erickson yesterday. When the “Pribe for a second time in the series had a victory presented to them by & fadlty Washington defense. Erickson Is Wild Man, Erick was abominably wild yester- day, as shown by the fact that he walked eight Redskins and winged another in less than six rounds. but for all that he was mighty stingy with the hits he allowed. and but for have a muff by Picinich would not been scored on. Schacht. h's successor, nd, in addition. also was unsteady. Aid not possess Olaf's ‘effectiveness. So that when he tossed in 2 damag- ing error in addition to another by | Harris the four runs Washinzton, carned off Mails were offset by half a dczen Cloveland tallies, only one of which was untainted A safety by Harris 'n the opener was wasted when Rice forced him. Tn the next two frames Mails was nicked for five safeties, including a pair of doubles, and in addition presented a pair of Griffmen with free Access to first, vet only two runs resulted. Miller had whiffed in round two when Shanks and O'Rourke singled in suocession, the former scoring on Picinich's Texas leaguer to left which netted two sacks. O'Rourke pulling up at third. Erick whiffed and Judge rolled to Wamby Tn the third Harrls lined a aingle over Gardner's head and Rice was wounded. Milan, failing in an_effort to bunt. lofted to Graney. Harris and Rice here succensfully engineered a double steal. and the former tallied on Miller's Toxas leaguer double to center. Shanks then nonped a foul to Nunamaker. O'Rourke drew a piss to fill the ba: and they remained that way when Graney got under Pleinich's fly. Conxtantly In Danger. In this period Erickson constantly was In danger, not through ineffec- tiveness, but lack (of control, Olaf vlelding only one safety, but being Rullty of five bases on balls. For a starter he walked Graney, who reach- e second on Wamby's sacrifice, wheraupon Speaker and Smith both lofted. With one out in the second Sewell strolled and took second on Johnston's single to left. Nunamaker then lined to O'Rourke, who took the drive with one hand and doubled up Sewell at second. Mails got a free ticket at the start of the third, and after Graney and Wamby lofted, Speaker and Smith also were walked. The menace ended when Gardner forced Smith. Docile in the fourth, the Nationals had anofher” tally chatked to their credit in the fifth. when Miller parked one of Mails’ hooks high up the distant left field bleachers. Pleinich’s Error Hurts. Erick’s control improved to the ex- tent of walking only one in the fourth. dut in the following frame he lapsed back into his formér unsettled state, his wildness paving the way for a rally that netted a pair of tribal tal- 1ies, yet, but for & punk error by Pl inich the champions again would have gone scoreless. Olaf varied his tactics a trifle by plunking Graney in the ribs, then dis- carded this mean assistunce to the enemy and resumed the base-on-ballx form, Wamby being the beneficlary. Eric showed signs of recovering his control by slipping a couple of strikes over on Speaker, wilo then popped to O'Kourke. Wamby died at second when Judge made a smart play in grabbing Smith’s smash on the run And forcing Wamby with a peg tol O'Rourke. It appeared to be all over when Gardner ho sted back of the plate. ] However, Picinich gracefully muffed the ball, whereupon Gardner and Sewell de- livered singles, which accounted for the two runs. Round six saw the passing of both Mails and Erickson, the Nationals adding one run while the Tribe pick-| ed up two to tle them. With O'Rourke disposed of, Picinich walked, took second on Eric's sacri- and, after Judge was franked, ed on & single to right by Harrls, Wwho then was forced by Rice. Erickson was withdrawn when he walked Nunamaker at the outset of this frame. Schacht was his successor and Jsmieson, batting for Malls, greeted Al with a single to'flghll which Nunamaker to ‘third, Jamieson reaching second when Har- ris dropped Milan's throw. Graney popped to_O'Rourke. Wamby then raised » short fly to center, on which the elephantine Nunamaker easily | scored, Sam's wide and nome too strong throw being intercepted by Judge whose relay to Picinich arrived late. Jamieson took third on the peg and, after Speaker walked, scored on Smith’s single to right. Gardner rolled t¢ Judge. Schacht Is at Fault. Schacht had only himself to blame for thie' fact that he was nicked for a couple of tallles In the seventh. the margin by which the Redskins copped. Al walked Sewell for a starter and Johnston was credited with a single when he raised a fly to short center which Miller expected O'Rourke to take and then dropped after getlln( one fin on ‘it. Nunamaker bunted. Schacht fumbled the ball and then hit the runner with his throw, Sewell scoring_and Johnston taking third, from where Bagby's long fly to Rice scored him. Graney rapped into a double play., The Nationhals failed to accomplish much against Jim Bagby, who hurled the last three frames for the Tribe. Schacht got a lone single in the eighth and Harris started the final session with a safety to center, his fourth of the matinee, but after Rice lofted to Speaker, Harris was forced by Milan, and. although Zeb reached the mid- way when Wamby threw wild trying to complete a double play he got no farther. Miller rapped to Gardner for the final out. Caught on the Fly 20.—Harris has DETROIT, been clubbing at a great rate recent- July ly. Starting last Friday in Chicago, he has connected for thirteen safeties in twenty-two times b galt, and yesterday wi time in the Cleveland series, he col- lected four safeties in a ga Hi: steadiness afleld . seems to hi parted with the recovery of his bat- ting eye, however, his errors helping the Indians to runs in three of the Cleveland tilts. Miller’s wallop' inte the new left fleld bleachers mérked only the sec- ond time the feat has been perform- ed. Oddly enough the other clout also fell to & Washington player, Bobby Roth having turned the trick last Season, when he was a member of the Nationals. . «_Rics made a remarkable one-hand ickup of Sewsil’s single to right g Bor 0 e BTe. Bain Frapped The ball ] is due to toil for the still Cobbless, i THOMPSON. e Indians to stage a hand-to-hand fight with the Yankees for first place, the Nationals today will of a set of four games in five days, schedule makers. The current series | vill settle for the time being the occupancy of third place, which the Griffmen still hold, despite their loss of three battles in Cleveland, the being 6 to 4, Washington's three- etroit being largely due to the fact made a clean sweep here. Helping the Leaders THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1921 ¥ o] co~noconscoveuboiotbus! e coonrrabfail.S8-0uill ] 1 ; 170 104 44 g1 Gaines, 3. cz 5 H GAMES IN A, L. CLOSE Three Are Decided by One Run, WASHINGTON l;l' Al !l; Tndee. 1 T i Lone Tally Giving Red Rie 3 1 Miln, 0 o 8 Sox Viotory. 1 2 0| Three games in the American 0 3 9| League yesterday were decided by s 9 1lmargins of one run. Boston blanked £ o 9|the White Box, 1 to 0; St. Louls = — —|nosed out the Athletics, 3 to 4, and ‘Totals 80 4 8 3 :he"\’;nk:e(- lgt the verdict over De- CLEVELAND. . R A, E.|troit by 8 to Gr’;k}y‘nbA“D o “: n‘ o o| Boston sco: the only run of its Wambsganss, 2b...... 2 0 1 1fgame with the White S8ox when Vitt Speaker. cf 3 0 0 Ulcounted‘on a Texas leaguer By John Smith, rf &1 § §|Collins. The aftair was distinctly a gundeer, g9 3 0l pitching duel between Bush and Mc. Totaaton, I 1 0|Sweeney. There was nothing wrong Nunamaker, c. 1 0 0 of elther. Mulli- O'Nelll, ¢. o o0 0o 0 d at third for . 10 10 feature. 29 o 0 loasomed forth yes- o o a of terda: a by runner, reports of A2 i U 2 D) the victory of hin team over Detroit Totals : 2 0 7 13 1jgiving him credit for wlnll\:‘n. the ehatted for Mails In sixth. game by his work on the paths. o .!!::. l’!:r’.\r‘bln.:m:kvnr in seventn. great slugger got on when he clouted Wanhing! 1 101 1 00 0—the dall for a double. Meusel of the Cleveiand © 00022 2 0 x—6 Yaankees got two triples. Two-base hits—Picinich, Miller. Home run— LA s Miller, Sfolen Bases--Harrin. Kice. Nacrices Wingo of Reds Injured. son. Bagby, Wambganss Nuna- Double plays—0'Rourke and’ Harris? ave: Hau 0'Rourke and Judge. Left ng — Washington, 10; Cleveland, 11. on Lallv—Off Erickson, 8; off Schacht, =; off 3. Hits—Off Erickson, 3 in in- (none out In sixth): off Schacht, 4 in off Mails, B in 6 Innings: off Bagby. 2 fonings. ' Hit by pltcher—By Mails (Rige): by Ei r By Erickson, 1: by, —Ragby. Losing Frans an minut iteh Owen: while on the run, his feat cutting off & tally, a Gardner made third on the blow. Judge hnd a rather casy time of it around the Initlal corner. In the first six rounds he had only two putouts. Joe didn't do much on attack, elther. Erickson walked every Indian ex- cept Gardner in a little more than five Innings Round eight was the only frame in which one or more of the Indians failed to get free trans- portation. O'Nell's insertion for Nunamaker, when the latter was hurt by Schacht's throw in the seventh, was Steve's first appearance back of the bat since he was injured the morning of Me- morial day. The backstop was given a fine ovation by the crowd. Yesterday marked the fifth game in eight days that Schacht has appeared in a relief capacity. cannot be sald that Al's effectiveness as a rescuer is increasing with continued use, how- ever, Jose Acosta will get Schacht's job as emergency hurler as soon as he can get into condition. He rejoined the club yesterday. Gharrity left Cleveland last night for Washington. The injured back- stop is in much improved condition, but probably will not be ready to play again for a week. —_— ‘When a Baltimore man heard that a keen fight for sixth place was on in the International League he de-|pen clared that he didn’t know there were that many clubs in the organization. A baker goes out on strike with a brass band. but you don't see a ball player hiring the bass drummer to celebrate a like performance. The meanest thing that has been sald about Miller Huggins is that the best chance the Yankees have to win the pennant is his continued illness in St. Louis. The criticism is at- tributed to one of his own players. —— Manhattans .. $4.00 Manhattans .. Manhattans .. Manhattan Shirts —_— ——— $3.50 and $3.75 $4.50-and $5.50 PHILADELPHIA. July 20.—Red Wingo, veteran Cincinnati catcher. will be out of the game for nearly a month. The third finger of his throwing hand was fractured in the first game of the doubleheader on Monday, an X-ray has disclosed. Ruether on Ineligible List. NEW YORK, July 20.—Pitcher Rue- ther of the Brooklyn fonals has been placed on the Ineligible list without salary until he is in condi- tion to Rl-y good base ball, President Ebbets has announced. Will Honor Hi Myers. EAST LIVERPOOL. Ohio, July 20.— “Hi Myers day" will be observed here next Monda. tionals will play an exhibition game. Myers, an outfielder. ia this cit only |ranruan(n!lve in major leagues. 1 iWhat May Happen in Base Ball Today AMERICAN LEAGUE. Pet. Win.Lose. Cle 644 648 . a5 a0 511 518 2 478 Boston 8t. Louls i Chicago . | Philadelph i L. 3 81 48 47 49 . 48 458 “® 83 L Bus8aaz3d 884 391 379 AMES TOMURROW. at Detrolt. . at Clevel Boston at Bt. Lou Results of Yesterday's Games. Cleveland, 6; Washington, 4. Bosign. 17 Chicago. 0. New York, #: Detroit. 5. 8t. Louls, 5; Philadelphla, 4 NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L Pet. WinLose Pittsburgh 58 20 .650 .643 651 New York 83 31 .28 .61 619 48 33 008 008 8RS 41 43 488 404 .42 37 48 451 438 46 33 B0 898 405 . 23 58 284 .28 .280 oy T al . ttal at ton. w_ York. Cia'tl at New York. 8t. Lo Brookiyn. 8t. Louls at Brookiyn. u Chicago at Phila. Results of Yesterday’s Games. St. Louts, 5: Boston. 8. . Cincinhati, 6; Philadelphis, 4. Pitisburgh. 10 :J".' 1 o0, Semi=Annual Clearance P All Our Newest Manhattan Shirts $3.00 Manhattans ... ..52'15 % $6.00 Manhattans $7.00 and $7.50 .50 and $10 :flsmfi:tlt‘m $9.85 $3.15 $3.85 _Kuppenheimer $40 Suits (3-Piece) and Genuine Gabardings s AU Alterations Free—Small Deposit Accspted—Satisfaction Guoranteed or Money Balmdqd. = Grosnerg —house of Kuppenheimer gotd Clothes : : Interwoven hen the Brooklyn Na- | Geary, 398 | beyond the flaj Believe It or Not. = DBERT, of Cveleth’ ( tesaba, Ten fange. Legue ) Re —p. N\ MADE 5 HOME RUNS (N'S TiMES AT BAT IN oNEe GAME (Sly 16,20) ‘IR W GoRE HMoNTAGUE A. HOLBEIX SWAM 46 MILES 1N 12 HOURS (Thbts Ruer, Ty 2s,1599) COMPETED N EVERY BRITISH TENIUS CHAMPIONSAIP WTHE LAST 35 YEARS. HEwWoN THE WORMDS TITLE IN 1801-1908-1308. RED RECRUIT IS VICTOR' Pitching First Major Game, Beats Phils—Pirates, Cubs and Cards Win. Another Cinclnnati recruit pitcher jumped into the cucium spot yesterday. When Geary pitched winning base ball against Philadelphia. It was Geary's first game in a Cincinnati uniform, and he worked just as effectively against the Phillles as did his tcammate, Donahue, the recruit who let them down with four hits In his first major league appearance Monday. Cincinnati won by 6 to 4. The Pittsburgh Pirates turned the 480 tables on the New York Glants, dusting off the Polo Grounds with McGraw's hopefuls by 10 to 1. The veteran Adams turned the trick, keeping the Giants' hits wel] scattered. New York used four pitchers—Ryan, Sallee, Benton and Causey—but could not stem the Piratc batters. Chicago went thirteen Innings to beat Brooklyn, 3 to 1. Wheat of the Dodgers hit a homer in the second, and that was the only run scored until the Cubs tied up the count in the ninth on two singles and a sacrifice fly. There were seven double plays during the contest. A triple and homer in the ninth, when St. Louis was leading, 2 to 1, ga: the Braves the victory over the Car- dinals by 3 to 2. Southworth got the three-base clout and Boeckel hit the ball le for the circuit. Wat- son, pitching for the Braves, held St. Louts to five hits. Murdech Kendrick, for many years & member of the advisory committee of the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur - Athletes of America, has been elected chairman of the execu- tive committee of the university coun- cil on athletics at Pennsylvania. A 1845 $6-85 e e e | | TVAyfm-; Team of Central League Taken in by Ionia GRAND RAPIDS, 20~—~The Way | Mick, July " @ets License for Title Bout. NEW YORK, July 20.—The Interna- tional Sporting Club, which will stage world's championship bantam- weight contest between Joe Lynch, title holder, and Pete Herman of New former titie holder, at Eb- bets Field next Monday night, the Oreans, been granted a license. Sets Two Swimming Marks. DULUTH, Minn., American year-old M: nd the 1,000 July 20—Two swimming records broken in St. Louls bay by seventeen- garet Woodbridge of the ‘who covered the mile in yards PALM BEACH A cloth that tailors like fine worsted, yet offers the delightful coolness that mid- has were ' SPORTS.’ S ' —By Ripley. JAen i WARWRIGHT | RODE BACKWARDS i P 5 FHses, | (setente, 1, Ay, wy) C. A WARRIMAN WALKED 1606 MILES WiThouT Res: Croy wa, g - ey} BATILE FOR THE LEAD Win From Yankees Today to Stay in Front. CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 20.—Pos- session of first place in the American League standing 1s at stake in the four-game series which is scheduled to open here today between the Cleveland Indlans and the New York Yankees. This morning the world champions were leading by less than one game. The series finds Manager Speaker bet- ter fortified with pitchers than he has been for two years. He has seven ready to go in against the Yankees—Coveleskle, Eagby. Uhle, Mails, Morton. Caldwell and Sothoron, It is expected that Shawkey and Schang will_be the battery for New York and Covelskie and O'Neil for Cleveland. O'Neil returnea to the game yesterday after a six-wee lay- off, due to injuries, and Wambsganss plaved second base after a week's |lay-off with an injured leg. Graney m will probably play Teft feld for Cleve- and. : There are: Summer Suit- i ings that are cool—and some that tailor smartly. But if you would find one thatideally combines these World Champion Indians Must| Last of Trip : Burns Resumes Stand in Base Ball Case “STAR WITNESS” TELLS OF FRAME-UP OF SERIES C HICAGO, July 20.—Bill Burns, admitted accomplice of former White Sox players and alleged gamblers on trial here charged with en- tering into a conspiracy to throw the 1919 world series to Cin- cinnati, resumed the witness stand today to continue his story of the reported sell-cut, which was interrupted yesterday when court adjourneg. 1 Burns, who was indicted, but was promised immunity by the state if he turned state’s evidence, was expected to be on the stand all day, and it may be Thursday noon before the defense has finished its cross-ex- amination. Relled upon by the state as a pinch hitter, Burns yesterday seemed to measure up to the prosecution’s ex- pectations. When court adjourned he had recited a &tory of numerous alleged gamblers involved, testified mectings _ between the players and that Eddie Cicotte sald he would throw the first game if he had to throw. the ball over the fence, as- serted Claude Williams, White Sox southpaw. ugreed to throw the sec- ond game of the series, and named Arnold Rothstein of New York, Abe Attell. former pugilist: David Zelser of Des Moines, a defendant; Billy Maharg of Philadelphia and himself us among the organizers of the al- leged conspiracy. Burns' testimony was broken re- peatedly by arguments and objec- tions of the defense attorneys, who succeeded in having . much of it barred. His testimony today, relat- ing to events during the actual games of the series, was expected to cause many clashes between the op- posing array of counsel. Repeats Conversations. George Gorman, assistant state's at- torney, resumed his questions con- cerning meeungs in Cincinnati hotels when Burns took the stand. “When you were in room 708 of the Hotel Sinton the day of the seconc game what happened?’ asked Gor- man. “Attell and several others were there,” answered Burns. “Attell said Rothstein had $200,000 to bet on the sories, but it was hard to get bets down and he did not want to give me any money. 1 insisted on at least $10,000. Attell showed me piles of money under a mattress. Forty-six thousand dollars was due the players then. Attell, in talking of Rothstein, id Rothstein had & private wire from New York to_Cincinnati and some one said that Pittsburgh gam- blers were in_on the deal. I don't know who_said that. “Attell, Bennett and Maharg were there. Some one said the Pittsburgh gamblers had a hard time getting [money down. Attell then took $10,000 lfrom under the mattress and gave It to m . | "I offered it to Maharg. He ‘wouldn't itake it. 1 put it in my shirt and took it_up to the players' room. I passed *Kid’' Gleason on the way. “Risberg and McMullin were in the hotel room—1 don’t recall the others. Later Cicotte and Gandil came in and 1 gave the $10,000 to Gandil “Gandil said they had been double crossed. Attell said they must win the third game—the next day—to im- prove the odds, which then were three to two in favor of Chicago. Attell said the odds must be better.” Players Double-Cross Bettors. “Gandil said that they had lost for their two regular pitchers—Cicotte and Willlams—and would not win for a ‘busher.’ Dick Kerr. “Then, feeling they had been crossed by the gamblers, they double-crossed their bribers by telling them they would lose the third game, but instead won it, 3 to 0, with Kerr pitching. “Attell sald he lost a lot of money {when Chciago won the third game. 1 said 1 did the same. We talked over the games coming. Attell told me to see the players and fix things up. 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It is sewn in every genuine Palm Beach Suit. 10000000UTeeETE00000500IIIIPEoCEUIlSEUTILEERBETEITR v 00 SO L His direct testimony may be completed late today. said he was through with the deal and wouldn't talk about it. He said they were out to win the rest of the| series. Then I saw Risberg and Mc- Mullin. They said the players met be- fore the third game and decided to g0 out to win." 3 Risbers Was Willing. Swede Risberg, the White Sox short- {stop, agreed to “go through” with the game-throwing, Burns said. R attempts to persuade the pla o| throw the rest of the games falled, and Burns then ga' double-crossed, out of his share of the spoils by Gan.] dil, who refused to pay him, the wit- ness testified, adding that he told Gan-| dil then that he would “squawk” &nd expose the whole deal. “Kid" Gleason and Harry Grabiner, manager and secretary, respectively, o the White Sox, preceded Burns on the stand vesterday, telling of the contracts| between the indicted players and the) club. Thelr testimony was designed to) prove the prosecution’s contention that the men were under contract during the] world series. Both men said the players were unde contract in the series, and cross-exami nation by the defense fafled to hak their testimony, although they could nof| point out any clause in the contracts which were admitted as evidence spe- cifically mentioning the series. Testimony of the two White Sox offi clals brought some interesting side play| among the players on trial. As Grabiner recited details of the con tracts which seemed to favor the prose cution the players remariked in an under. tone: “There’s 8 double” oP e hit lhz one on the nose.” When the secretary told of a bonu given Eddie Cicotte and Claude Wil liams one of the defendants rcmarked “Oh, boy ! A trip with two on.” “But there aren’t any home runs yet.' said Cicotte, and as Grabiner became little confused by the questions, “Happy’| Felsch whispered “He lost that one i the sun.” “Lost it nothing.” said Joe Jackson “He just booted it." | Bingles and Bunts Bill Cunningham, coast phenom, ha arrived to play with the Giants, wear. ing a sorrel thatch and a pair of No ten hands. Both are attributes of star. More than ever Phil Douglass wishe, that he had covered first base Philadelphia and got that no hli game. It would have been the pitch ing feat of the year, judging by ¥h outlook. One change has come over th moods of owners of base ball club, YThose of the present era are the firs| ever to go on record as saying the: were satisfied with the attendance. Don't get possessed with the belle that all batters in the major leaguel are away ahead of previous record Some of them are away behind. Tha fact appears to have been overlooke when discussing the batting question Pat Moran, Cincinnat! manager, hai joined the ranks of those who thin the Boston Nationals have a chance City | |