Evening Star Newspaper, July 27, 1921, Page 24

'ZACHARY BESTS FABER . IN FLASHY MOUND DUEL iven Bang-Up Support, Southpaw Blanks Gleasons, While Miller’s Bat Produces Only Runs .of Hard-Fought Battle. UST by way of showing the home folks they are not so bad as J they've been painted, Washington’s major leaguers looked the part sterday the while they were taking a fall out ‘of V.illiam Glea- 's White Sox. Although the Chicago entry is a seventh place proposition now that they have been deprived of the services oi seven or eight Wallingfords, this applies only about five days a week. On the other two they resemble world champions through the medium of having available a pitcher of parts in the person of Urban Faber. The same applies to the Nationals, except that their class in the box is not con- fined to any one athlete. One day it might be Mogridge, another John- son .or Erickson, or Zachary. Yesterday was one of those days ahd it was to Jezebel Tecumseh that fell the honor of vanquishing ‘the league’s leading hurler. son | How great an accomplishment this is may be judged from the fact that _until yesterday Faber, had suffered de- feat only six occa- sions this season, while his sturdy right arm had earned brackets for him no less than a score of times. It reallyy was no fault of Faber's that heg took the _count| yesterday. for no hurler can win un-| less his mates get) some runs for him, and in this they fail- ed completely, thanks to a superlative brand of flinging by his similarly thatched but left-handed oppanent. Zach's Victory Earned. Jezebel's victory was earned strictly on merit. While he permitted two more safeties than the five ymldq&i e = H g = coonmmabLeRBnTLattBuct i 8 1 13 i ] EdsbiEe 15 TEPEYS e comoniERBEEAu sorisRsuseLneula SeSBSEEEESE SRR NEE. 850 5 | | L | whacked to Harris, which null {scrateh hit to Judge that followed the game ending when Rice traveled back to snare Bratchie's long drive. Griffs Neglecet Chances. In the opéner Milan was stran at the midway, which he rea('hedd;? beating out a hit to Collins and Rice's infleld death, when Miller failed to get a crack past Faber, and in the second O'Rourke hit into a two-ply killing after Shanks had rammed to an unguarded spot. But the Griff's best unaccepted chance was in the fourth. Milan walked. and was forced by Rice. Zeb reached second when Johnson fum- bled Miller's roller. and took third when a bounder by Harris resulted in Miller's death at the midway. Stanley here pilfered his way to the keystone l‘ackA despite the defense Collins and Schalk have evolved to break up the double steal. This put it up to Shanks, but Howard, with the count three and two on him. missed the third strike. and so did Schalk. but Ray ferried the ball to Sheely for the put- ou The only other Griffman to reach the lines was Judge. with a single he blistered through Mulligan in the minth,.and he died stealing. toed” bt twie,| Byrd Is “Bird” at Pitching. With two away ini JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. July 27.— the fifth Faber|Pitcher Byrd of Johnson City shut whacked a bingle | Knoxville out in the game yesterday. past Shanks and|making the forty-fourth inning that reached the far|he has twirled without allowing a corner when John-|score. In the I 103 innings Byrd % son drilled a safe- | has held all opponents in the Appa- 1y to right which was recorded as a|lachian League to six earned runs. double when Milan skidded on the ice New Twirler for Cubs. out there, Mulligan ti.en sent a soft SALT LAKE CITY. July 27.—Pitcher liner squarely into Shanks' hands. Falk opened the final frame with a Hollis Thurston of the Sait Lake club is to be traded to the Chicago Nation- rousing rifle to right center, but wa: promptly doubled up when Sheely als for three players. Thurston is to finish the season with Salt Lake. by Faber. they invariably occurre with two out. and the only pass h issued developed with nothing before or abaft. while one of the two walks Faber gave came in the same round with a pair of bingles. It was in the sixth inning, which Judge opened with a safety_to center. He advanced a notch on Milan's sacrifice. Faber tried to fool Rice by keeping ‘em low on the inside, as on two previous but Sam refused to bite, was franked to first and tallied be- hind Josephus when Bing Miller smashed a hot one past Sheely to right fleld. It mattered not that Bing erred in ftrying to stretch his blow and was erased at third on a relay by Collins from a youngster in the garden -with a Jjaw-breaking name. The damage h=a been done. There were other occasions w hen tallies were in prospect. but the combination of gilt-edge burling and fielding, which at times bordered on the spectacular, precluded other scoring. Zachary really was threat- Chicago Cubs Release Two. OHIC AB. R.H. PO. A. E.| CHICAGO. July 27.—George Tyler, i;:fl::':{: - 4,8 i ; 1|southpaw pitcher of the Chicago N s ero | tionals, and Oscar Dugey, coach, have o i 2. b peen given their unconditional re- Bheely, 4 0 lease. Mostil : (g a7 ] SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. 30 Memphis, 14; Nasnville, = Chattanooga, Little Rock, 2. @ Rirmingham. New Orlean FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE. h Jacksonville, St. Petersburg, 4. ] Orlando, 2.0: Daytans, 68. o Tampa, 11; Lakeland, 8. S i Nothing Close A T 1 | attorney. After clouting the double which produced the only tallies of yesterday's affalr at C. Grifith’s ball orchard Miller ran into sure death yards. Mebbe 3 will watch the jer thought Concher Smith's wig-wagging to Rice was intended for him. That's wh mpted to make third, Collins’ relay to Mulligan beating him by many Next time Bing probably ppoxed to do. Griffmen Have Won 5 of 6 Shutout Games This Year Yenterdny's game was _only the sixth xhut-out the Natfonals have participated in thix season, and it ix notable that only one of these, a 1-0 affair, registered hy Sam Jones over M Hoston April 31, w Erickson i credited with | metback Against Allan Sothoron, them of the Red Sox; Mogridge | Yankees and Hasty of the Mackmen, both by a 1-0 count: Eric has a verdict over Jones by ¢ and mow Zachary the White Sox Inte camp, 2-0. Both were hot cracks, one neal a close decision at first. Josephus turned in _the m. meritorious fielding bit of the dft noon, when he raced to the steps the Washington dugout to snare has vietimised Quinn of the | | r Noted of the Nationals Judge alone of the local array ob- tained more than one bingle off Faber. rly taking a_hand off Mulligan, who lost | feat. ost er- of a fly from Johnson's bat in the eighth. The support accorded Zachary was in_keeping with Jezebel's flinging hibition. It was the second_errorl ex- ess game in succession for the Nationals. Mollie_Craft. former Griftman, turned from Reading yesterday. re- He may join Billy Smith's Shreveport out- fit after mouth, With Harry Hooper still on shelf and Amos Strunk under weather Fred Bratchie appeared right field for the Sox. siting his home in Ports- the the in The Mint League graduate didn't have much to do. Lefty Gaines, the young hurler from Alexandria, will quit the Griff- men today, but not permanently. He is regarded as a promising pros- pect and will be given further spection next season. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Reading, 7: Jersey City Raltimore, '50; Newa Buffalo-Rochester (ra AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. o urke, s o o —— N bt I PIEDMONT LEAGUE. ;4 a Zachary, b o Dauville, 9-3: Durham, 2.0. Foietnrs: Nrinncupetis. 1, == Winston-8alem, 8; Raleigh, 0. Louisville, 8; Milwaukee, Jotals T 2 High Point, 5;' Greensboro, 1. Tadianapoiis,” 12; Kansas City, 4. Washington..... 0 0 0 0 2 Kansas Chicago vooo0 APPALACHIAN LEAGUE. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Two-base _hits—Johnson, Cleveland. 7; Rriatol, 1. Spartanburg, 4; Columbia 3. basey— Harris. Sacritice — . Double | Johnson City, 1: Knoxville, 0. > Charlotte, &4 Charleston, 5-2. plays—Mulligan to Collins to Sheely, Harris | Greenville, Kingsport, 0. Greenville, 4-0; Augusta, to O'Rourke to Judge. Left on ' bases— ——— Chicago. 7; Washington, 3. Base on balls— Off Faber, hary, 1. Struck out—By Faber, chary, 1. Umpites—Megrs. in- [FOUR 10-INNING SCRAPS .~ FOUGHT IN BIG LEAGUES | FOL'R ten-inning battles and two shut-out contests were fought yes- | terday in the six major léague games. In three of the overtime struggles, teams came trom behind for victory, while in the other game the Tigers and Athletics were tied when rain prevented further play. The Indians in the American League and the Giants and Phillies in the National League triumphed in the extra-inning engage- ments. The Dodgers kept pace with the Nationals by blanking the Cubs. The world champion Indians were Shorten of the Tigers got four hits {in us many times at bat. having difficulty in hitting Pennock | 120 Al TG th home run of of the Red Sox, but after SCOTINE | (he season, made in the seventh in- twice on Wamby's double and Wood's | ning, gave the Giants their first scoré and heart in their fight with the Pirates. who were ahead, 4 to 0 | 1 : homer in the eighth inning, for a tie, made eight safeties, for six runs, in ) irely B at the time. The Giants batted Another box duel, and an entirelythe tenth. Zvags. lend off man for | Hamilton out of the box, and, al- left-handed affair at that, may de- :x:"ri;‘:h“‘;u ?)u(su;‘esof!lht e [ though the Pirates tied the score velop in the second setto between i oo Mg O O avincible and | With a three-run rally in the ninth, Griffs and Sox today, with GeorselguclUe 4 Th"STi00 vietory. McGraw's men scored once Mogridge opposing Dick Kerr. The St tenth to win, 9 to 8. K midget got a 3-2 verdict over the Macks Tally With Homers. { A home run by King of the Phillies | Nationals last time out, in Chicago,| When play was called after the |enabled the Quakers to tie the Cards |although he yielded ~eleven hits|Tigers had started to bat in the [in the ninth inning and Hornsby's against five off Brickson, but as a rule | eleventh, the Cobbmen and Macks | error paved the way in the tenth for the Griffs trim him. Were deadlocked at 3-all. The Macks the score that gave the Phils an — got all their runs in the first inning. | 8-to-7 _win. Hornsby mishandled Konetchy's grounder; then Williams and Parkinson singled. Fournier and Jim Smith made homers during the engagement. . Grimes Bests Alexander. Burleigh Grimes allowed the Cubs Witt, lead-oft man, got a homer. and. after Welsh was hit by a pitched ball, Tilly Walker duplicated Witt's The Tigers garnered a tally in the sixth, and two errors helped them in tying the score in the seventh. == =: o only five scattergd hits, while the Dodgers twice bunched blows off What May Happen Alexander, for a 3-10-0 triumph. Johnson, Griffith and Meyers did the swatting that chased in the tallies. Grifith got two doubles and a brace of singles in’ four times at bat. in Base Ball Today AMERICAN LEAGUE. —_— 4 VIRGINIA LEAGUE. C 1 . 634 Glavelnd. 2| Newort New. 3. Bufolk, 1. Sastingten - 479| Portsmouth, 3; Rocky Mount, 4. Detrait .. Chieago - Philadelphia GAMES TODAY. Chicago at Wash. Detroit at Phil GAMES TOMORROW. Chicago at Wash. Detroit at Phila. Cleveland at Boston. Cleveland at Bostos St. Louis at N. Y. 8t. Louis at N. Y, Results of Yesterday’s Games, Washington, 2; Chicago. Detroit. 3: 3 Cleveland, 8; Boston, 2 (10 inn NATIONAL LEAGUE. Pet. .85: 0. (called 10th, rain). ings). Pittsburgh eememee. New York Boston .. Brooklyn . St. Louis . Chicago . Cincinnati Philadelphia GAMES TODAY. New York at Pittsb'h. Brooklyn at Chicago. Phila. at St. Louts. ' Phil 8t. Lou Boston at Cincinnati. Boston at Cincinnati. Results of Yesterday’s Games, New York, 9: Pittsburgh, 8 (10 innings). Brooklyn. 3; Chicago, 0. Phila 8: 8t Louls, 7 (10 innings). 6 295 303 GAMES TOMORROW. New York at Pittab'h, Brooklyn at Chicago, pvans and Nallin. Time of game—I hour and Pennsylvania Avenue ik st ] Line-up of Exceptional Values in Good Used Cars Stutz 1921 MODEL K—3 months LR LT T ] = uRINEEZINENAY E old; driven 3,000 miles. £ Oldsmobile Pacemaker % MODEL 45-B—8-cyl, ¥ 4-pass.; newly painted. £ (Qldsmobile Sedan MODEL 37—1920 5 pass.; same as new. Oldsmobile 1920 MODEL 37-B—5-pass. ; newly painted; thorough- ly overhauled. . Ford Sedan 1920, A1 Shape Buick Touring Come in and see our com- plete list of Used Cars— Terms can be arranged. 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CHICAGO, July 27.—Judge Hugo Friend today informed the state in the base ball trial that he would direct the jury to return a_ verdict of not fiuilly in the cases of "Buck”™ Weaver and “Happy” Felsch, former White Sox players, and Carl Zork of St. Louis unless further evidence was introduced against these men. CHICAGO, July 27.—The state rested its case in the base ball trial after Billy Maharg of Philadelphia had given testimony concerning much ing—Denies Receiv to throw the 1919 world series. ( 2+ HICAGO, July 27.—Billy Maharg of Philadelphia, pal of Bill Burns and Abe Attell during the formation and completion of the alleged conspiracy for, the throwing of the 1919 world series, to- day told his story of the reported $100,000 sell-out of the eight Chicago White Sox players. Maharg was_the final witness for the state in the base ball trial. He was said by Burns to have been present at several meetings of the gar:j\blcrs and players where plans for the alleged game throwing were made. Maharg began his testimony by telling of the meeting he witnessed between Burns and Eddie Cicotte at the Ansonia Hotel in New York in September, 1919. “Chick Gandil also was there.” said, He told of an alleged suggestion by Mabharg. L | Bennett that the players throw the “I heard Cicotte say that if the Sox |fourth game for $20,000 which would won the pennant the world series|be put up as a bet. could be thrown for $100,000. Gandil| The witness confirmed Burns' story said the players would throw the|of a meeting in %o of himself. games in any order desired. | Attel), Burns and a St. Louis man who “After Cicotte and Gandil left Burns was willing to put up $10,000 to have repeated the conversation to me, as I |games thrown. had not heard all of it. He said < Cicotte and Gandil had agreed to see Deafes He Is “Grakam. that the series was thrown for $100.- | Mahar denied that he was 000. He asked me if I could get some | “Peaches” Graham, former major one to put up the $100,000. league catcher, as the defense has claimed. “Because my name spells ‘Graham’ backwards lots of persons think that is my real name,” he said. “My name is Billy Maharg. 1 was raised on a farm and was a prize fighter from 1897 to 1807 Maharg related how Ban Johnson, president of the American League, sent him to Texas to persuade Burns Says Rothsteln Refased. “When I got back to Philadelphia 1 went to see a man named Rossie and then I went to New York with Burns and saw Arnold Rothstein. Burns told Rothstein the Sox had agreed to throw the series for $100.000. and asked Rothstein to put it up, but Rothstein refused. “I went back to Philadelphia. Then I got a telegram from Burns to mest him on a train for Cincinnati. 1 went to Cincinnati, getting there the morn- ing of the first game. I met Burns at the Sinton Hotel that evening He told me Abe Attell got Rothstein to | thing, explaining that Rothstein had in the!a telegram which read: ‘Have wired derfully that put up the $100,000 and that $20.000 would be given the players after each game. *“That night Attell told me the same put up the money because Attell saved his life once. Later Attell showed me you twenty grand, waiving identifica- tion.” “It was signed ‘A. R.’ | 1 i1| Claude Williams, NEW YORK, Nort Hiffe, British pi been on the links prac- tically every day while he has been in this city on his way to the far east, is liever in sport mews. It helps to create good fellow- ship. If we obtain cheaper ca- ble tolis, w btedly we will have more internatfonal sports sent broadeast.” YANKS ARE FULL OF PEP piracy for the White Sox™ players |Confident of Continuing Winning Stride and Like Chances of Capturing Pennant. NEW YORK, July .—Confident that they will continue the success they had on their recent western trip, Manager Huggins and the Yankees re- turned to the Polo Grounds today. where they open a series with the . Louis Browns. “It i going to be a fight wnl_v the Indians right down to the wi de- clared Manager Hugging in speaking of the race between his team and Speaker's Cleveland club. “We are in good form for a long battle. Of our pitchers, Pierc the only one not in shape. Shawk: y has come back wonderfully. The hittery are hitting, and we are ready for any! thing The boys have the utmost con¥ fidence. o “Much depends on whether Coveles- kie and Bagby can ‘come back’ as Shawkey has done. If they do our task will be a hard one. If they don't it will be much easi The players t+ Aves feel they ark €0ing to win. A< “hey figure it, Speak- er's team is gaine to have hard sled- ding with the o 1er castern clubs. Be. sides, they believ - they have the ad- vantage in that Cleveland must make tWo eastern trips ugainst one more western jaunt for th teke at least one week, and perhaps two, it was expected. At least four former White Sox players will testify for the defense, these including dict| Chick Gandil. Buck Weaver, Swede Risberg and Happy Felsch. “Dutch Reuther, who pitched the first game gram to Charles A. Comiskey, owner | for Cincinnati. in the 1919 series has also been subpoenaed. Eddie Cicotte, Joe Jackson and the three players who confessed to the grand jury last fall that they were paid to throw games, also may take the stand in their own defense. Jury Hears Confessions. The defense announcement came after the confessions of Cicotte, Wil- ¢|liams and Jackson had been read to of the jury esterday. Previously it had been understood E co! reward for proof the series wasf, m:he “Lfi[’,‘, of tnr:‘e":e :?1e"|1 m:m; thrown?” asked Mr. Short, :h‘a[l the defense would depend on od Be 3 e Vad read of it.~ said Maharg. “I|{I¥ID& to disprove various details of Burns. the testimony of Bill Burns and oth- Identifies David Zelcer. Maharg then identified David Zelcer of Des Moines, Iowa, a defendant, as the man he knew as Bennett. Burns in connection with made the identification when he testi- [that Jimmy Isaminger, a Philadel- fled. phia sport writer, had sent the tele- This meeting was in Attell's room |gram. and Bennett didn't want to let the players have any money then,” con- tinued Maharg. “Attell gave Burns $10,000 from a great pile of bills under the mattress.’ Maharg repeated the testimony of Burns that Burns at Attell's request asked the players to win the third game to help the betting odds. but that Chick Gandi} said it “would go the same way as the others. Maharg said that in Chicago the day of the third game he heard Burns tele- phone Attell the message from Gandil. to testify. asked if he sent the following tele- of the White Sox, in the fall of 1920: g0 to Chicago to testify.” gram and also denied that he had were put up Burns.” call Comiskey's bluft,” said Maharg. t Cross-examining Maharg, Bene “I accept your offer to tell the story Denies Sending Telegram. warned Comiskey that he would only “You know Comiskey, as owner o Later Maharg said he understood & l The defense has announced that it Short, an attorney for the defense, of the crooked 1919 series and Wi Maharg denied sending the tele- talk if a certified check for $10,000 the White Sox, had offered $10,00 received no reward from any one— Ban Johnson and he wanted to will move today to dismiss the cases against Carl Zork of St. Louis and Ben and Louis Levi of Kokomo, Ind.. alleged gamblers, on the ground that sented against them. 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