Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1921, Page 18

i | 1 £ 18 SPORTS. "OUND FOUR ST. LOUIS FLINGERS AND WIN, 16-5, 1 i | “ice Tops Field With Single, Two Doubles and Triple, Making Johnson’s Task Easy— Mogridge Toils Today. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. | N OCKING a quartet of Lee Fohl's throwers for seventeen hits. ag- gregating twenty-three bases, while Walter Johnson merely toyed with the Washington yesterday obtained ample revenge ! ‘or the setback it suffered on the Sabbath, and by a count of (6-5 evened ! up in the series, although it still is one game shy of a 50-50 split on the «+ason with the Missouri delegation. Soundly trounced though they | ere. the Browns maintained their first-division berth—in the home 1ewspapers. at least. Today they seek to retain their claim on fourth \lace by resuming their normal practice of using the Griffmen for a door- nat, but there are reasons for believing the task will be far from easy, visitor nd that regardless of which way the tide of battle swings the free-hit- | ing and heavy-scoring brand of base ball on tap yesterday will be con- spicuous by its absence. Aforementioned reasons are orge Mogridge and Dixie Davis. as | ormidable flingers as either club loasts, are listed for mound work. oil for the first named is almost a | cartainty and Davis is his most prob- that Opening Another Streak LOUIS R H. PO :ble opponent. although Elam Van- I ilder may get the call. Mogridge o ¢ as demonstratef on more than one | s & & ccasion that when he works the | Willux, I b Jacobson, H o well known St. Louis jinx is eligible for a day off, while Davis possesses | :ufficient prowess to give any club a| tussle. provided too much headwork is not necded to supplement his man- ual labor. Rice Principal Slugger. None of the Nationals failed to help his batting fverage at the expense of the visiting fiingers yesterd: Sam Rice being the chief beneficiary with four hits infive appearances. . a . record which paralleled his of the day before, but exceeded it in the respect that two of his swats were doubles and an- other a triple. Johnson himsedf also did a little clouting by way of demon- ! atrating his versatility. but to Frank | O'Rourke fell the honor of proving the most effective batsman. his ef- forts with the stick driving in no fewev than five runs Bill Bayne is charged with the de- feat for the reason that he happened be the starting pitcher. but he looked no worse than any of the three who followed him, and consid- erably better than Morris, who proved as he was ineffective. and considcrable. In the one o 0. o o o Morris, Burwe o 1 E [ o o 0 It ) in seventh Al in ninth. . 1o oo *Batted for Ko tRatt St. Louis Washingto Two-base hit ‘Three-base hits st louble pla. bases— St~ Louis, {on balls-—0fr Johi 9; o, 2 crris legally is credited with [ris 2. Hits—Off Huyn having pitched. which included all of | Kolp. 4 In 3 inniugs: off M | in e : 5 T scored. 2 on Laxe. noae out i the seventh and as much of the eighth | [ | el ST Rl D as Lee Fokl could stand. he hit two! jitcier By Morris (Harri batsmen, walked d pair and yielded | Ry Johnson. 3: b a trivle. a double and three singles. arwell, 1. Brownxs Firat to Score. B i The Browns were the first to score. breaking into the run column in round 2 on singles by Willlams and Jacob- son. followed by Seveieid's long fly. “Caught on the Fly . INDANS REGAI LEAD] === ol 3 | leaguc-leading G - STAR, WASHINGTO EVEN ' THE s TUESDAY. AUGUST 9. 1921 e Races Are Strikingly Similar Vationals Go on Rampage With- Their Bats : Major Leagu of Middleweight Take Double-Header From Macks While Yankees Break Even With White Sox. The world champion Indi; re- gained the top berth in the Ameri- can lLeague vesterday when they| grabbed both ends’ of A double- header from the Athletics, while the Yankees, erstwhile puce-sette broke even In a_ two-ply bill w the White Sox. The trihe now holds. an advantage of one and one-half! games over the Hugmen in the! scramble for the pennant The B Sox trouched the Tigers, sending the latter dangerously ncu - division i The ‘Tribe followed a 4 to 3 win over the Macks with a 7 to 6 victory in thirteen innings. In both engage- ments the Athletics lead in the early innings and outhit the Tribe all the way. Coveleskie got a decision over Rommel in the opening encounter when the latter weakened and wus nicked for the decisive run in the eighth. agby and Naylor were driven from the slab early in the second game. The Indians hit Keefe to tie the score in the sixth anu garnered the winning run off Harris. Shawkey blanked the White Sox, 7 to 0. but Kerr and Fkaber tnen checked the Yankees and won;5 tod. Four hits were all the losers maac | in the first game. Hoyt was nicked! for nine in the second clash. Kerr| had to quit in the sixth inning of the nightcap when his arm became sore. | Buker left the Yankees after the en-' gagements, being called to Trapne | Md.. because of a death in his family The Red Sox took the measd ¢ ol the Tigers, 6 to 1. to register their | eighth straight victory. Myers out-| pointed Leonard and never was seri- ! lously threatened except in the nd | inning. Heilmann got three in four times at bat and one of Scott's two safeties was good for four bases. | BANTS CL05E T0 TOP Overcome Cubs as Pirates Bow to;: Dodgers—Cards Win Third in E Row From Braves. Giants. Dodgers. Cardinals and Reds scored victories yesterday in the Na- tlonal League. The New Yorkers bhv | virtue of their triump over the Cubs, | now are but two games behind tne | Pirates, who lost to {the Dodgers. The Braves dropped ; | their third straight to the Cards and | the Reds easily took the measure of ¢ the Phillies. i The Giants jumped on Martin for | four runs in the seventh inning ahd | reached York for enough in the ninth s | | i | | | RIGHT ON THE POINT — THE BLow THAT to give them a 6-to-3 win over the: Cubs. Nehf kept the lo: rs’ hits well ! although erratic, held the! Pirates at bay when they had runners | on the paths and the Dodgers won 4 to 2. Cooper was saved from worse drubbing by spectacular sup- Downey's ¢ a foul. when the | Meet William Bryan Downey of Columbus. im is somewhat clouded b; Title. il DROPPED WiLSON ked out Wilson. acifist—is a smil They went hitiess then till the fifth, | 3 | a when Tobin singled and tallied on EIl- = Iport. Olson and Grimm each ‘made; slate bo\lng comm lerbe's triple to the scoreboard, the sler had a tough time of it trying | three safeties. | Judging from latter also counting on a too power- | to solve Johnson's delivery. He man-| The Cards downed the Brave 10! not the slightest doubt but that Downey knoc ful relay by Harris, which carried |4ged to beat out a swnging bunt in|8. when McQuillan forced in a -“'! Downey named after the great p: yer Shenks' head to the grandstand. | the ninth for his only safety after|in the tenth inning. St Louis twice 3 £ 0 Thereafter only a Texas leaguer, by | Taising easy flies on his first four ap- | hefore overcame Hoston leads. Mc- | and rugged frame. He is twenty-five vears old and has been Tobin, in the seventh, rewarded the |Pearanc Henry d“."‘_l H"“‘l““yv hit homers, the of wnich he has lost but two, both decisions. Visitors' efforts (0 Solve Johmgon un- | oo o ard T checked the Phillies, Young Downe til the final frame. when, with a. thir- | G UIREDE WAT GEAN WU W POE (01 while | the Reds hammered three | attitude. encouraged his son to become a boxer. teen-run lead, Walter eased up and | were filled with none out., A made. pitchers and triumphed.« 9 to 3.] “If you will anly do just half vicided five safeties. good for two|ieotder double pi 2 e ] Rousch and Daubert hit well and ill be a champion -and have ar Zune: one of which was & viclons liner | Lo.0racr double play was. in/sight. butipo0CH Tiveq brilllantly’ at,{second)| WHae & SERPIOIT S - Frank's throw was late and none tog | Bohne plaved brilliantly at second | Evidently the youthful W by young Mr. Stuart. which carried to the limits in left fleld for the circuit. and also registered Gerber. who had preceded him with a single off Shanks' shins. Pinch Hitter Collins’ Texas leaguer, Ellerbe’s real hit and Sisler's swinging bunt. which follow- | ed. to fill the bases, were wasted, as| both Williams and Jacobson lofted. Grifts Soon Get Busy. The Browns possessed an advantagé of one run only long enough for the Nationals to get at bat in the second inning. when Bayne was located for singles by Miller. Harris and O'Rourke, and a double by Johnson, good for three runs. Another pair of tallies accrued in the third from safe- | good and all hands were safe. Miller made a desperate effort for a shoestring catch of Tobin's Texas leaguer in the seventh. He succeeded only in trapping the ball, but held the speedy Brownie to one base. Johnson made the Browns a prekent of a run in the fourth by not backing | up third base with a throw in prospect | there. When Harris' relay carried over Shanks' head there was nothing to stop the ball except the grandstand. Gerber had an off day in his field- ing, but showed his class in the sixth when he tossed out Judge from close to second base, with nothing more | base for the winners. Mother Downey. Strange_as it may seem, the first fi KIWANIANS SEE PENNANT FOR GRIFFS THIS YEAR| With the pennant spirations’ of th: Washington base ball team revive members of the Kiwanis planning to®reserve an entire block of seats for the first world series game in the National Capital. The weekly bulletin of the club, issued to day, says: “Pull for Kiwanian Clark | Griffith and_his base ball club. W. will have the pennant eventually— why not this year? We want a block | of seats for the world series, and though he won the fight. Downey has fought practic: Club are | his life. ORIOLES SIGN HURLERS. BALTIMORE. August 9.—Manager Jack Dunn of the Baltimore Interna- tionals has signed two yvoung pitch- ers now playing with Maryland trainer and promoter. The Downey carpet shop of Columl Wilson on July 5. 1914. Young Bryan received $2, but as it cost garded as a dangerous and tough ringman. He never h: ‘ TULSA, Okla., Guthrie and “Duck |ern League umpires, were fined $50 | tol tham in the Appalachian League ight for which Downey wi UMPIRES ARE FINED. August 9.—William Holmes, West- ties by Milan and Riee, Harris' sui-| cide. Gerber's mishandling of a roller by Shanks and an attempted double than the initial sack at which to aim his throw. Sisler still being en route. His back-handed toss for a force-out steal. on which Rice scored before|of Milan in the sixth was a gem. Shanks was run down on the line. This finished Bayne. olp eased by in the next round. | but was nicked for a taily in the | fifth. when Judge singled and Rice doubled. and he faded from the pic- ture after round 6, when two addi- tional tallies developed from a walk Pposhanks. McManus' Cerror on ourke, Johnson's single a in- field death. Elegndan Rice greeted Morris in_the seventh with a triple to the jury box. and was flagged at the plate on Miller's rap to Ellerbe. Morris then winged Har- ris. walked Shanks and. after whiffing Picinich, passed O'Rourke, foreing in a run. He was saved further dam- age when Johnson's hot liner went directly to Stuart. Stuart’s homer in the ninth with Gerber on the bases ahead of him was a healthy clout. Put into the line-up by Fohl, who conceded the game was lost. the Southern League graduate | made such a favorable impresson that the St. Louis pilot has abeut decided | to install him as a regular at the key- stone sack in place of MacManus. The Griffs registered a run for each of the sixteen Browns Manager Fohl used in the course of the fray. sts were recorded by the Griffmen, Shanks getting three and Harr's one. Judge had only a trio of put-outs and Sisler but half a dozen. Only four a vant them right here in Washington. o to it, Clark. We are with you" The regular weekly luncheon of the club will be held at the Washington Hotel Thursday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock. Roe Fulkerson, the first presi- dent of the local club, will speak on “The Spirit of Kiwani DUGEY BACK WITH CUBS. CHICAGO. August 9.—Oscar Dugey, coach of the Chicago Nationals, has again joined the club. Dugey, with George Tyler. pitcher, released by Johnny Evers, has been re-sigved by Bill Killefer, the new manager. What May Happen = ————————— - oy TR une in Rownd . in Base Ball Today orris and Burwell, between them, v yielded seven runs in the eighth o Wi 1o LT .inning. Judge led with a single and §p Slaveland 38 e a4 614 reached second when Williams fum-: 1 Washingto 50 341 545 538 bled. Milan bedt out a bunt to El- —_— Detroit - 55 476 .4R1 472 lerbe. artd Rice doubled down the left St3Lonis B oan dwm i eld line, scoring Judge. Miller shot i irst, Presi- | Boston . it a 2 simgle’ {o-Teft that cashed” Milen Must Be Made Winner First, Presi Rl i e o and Rice. Morris then wounded Har- i En - 3 TORRO Fis for the second time in u row, ana | dent Baker Asserts, in Deny- | cauESTODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. was waved out of the pastime by e B o Clovarand'at Phila. Fohl. Shanks welcomed Burwell with g Kumors. Chicapoat N. Yo Chicago at a safety to Gerber, which filled_the bases. Picinich rolied to Ellerbeand Miller was safe at the plate when Severeid dropped the Governor's throw. O'Rourke whacked a double to right that scored Harris and Shanks. and after Johnson fanned Judge registered Picinich with a long fiy to_ Jacobson. The round ended PHILADELFHIA, August 9.—Thé Philadelphia National League team is not to be sold. for the present at least, William F. Baker, president of the club, has announced. He asserted that reports of nego- tiations being conducted for the pur- chase of the Phillies by a group of Pittsbhurgh oil men were erroneous. “The club will not be placed on the when Milan rolled to Sisler. —_ SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Gireenville, Charlotte, Colum| EDMONT LEAGU High Voint, sreensboro, 6 (11 innings). he said. Baker announced that “Wil Bill” Donovan will no longer act as mana- ger of the team. | “Donovan. who has been scouting for ‘the club, while the team is in the west under the acting managership jof Irving Wilhelm. was to have re- | ported at the club offices today to ex- plain published statements alleged to have been made by him. He failed to appear. Donovan was temporarily relieved,! 1of the managership when he was {summoned to the recent base ball trial tin Chicago as a witness. | Stanwood “Lefty” Baumgartner, the only left-handed pitcher on the Phillies. when released to the Kansas Olub of the American Associa- Mississipp Clarksdale, FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE. Daytona, 6: Jacksonville, Oriando. 13: Tampa, Bt. Petersburg, §; 5 (10 fonings): keland, 1 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Minneapolis, 13: Milwankee, 6. Toledo, wville, 7. Indianapolis. ¥; Columbus, 4. Penn Gridders Start Early. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. August 9.— University of Pennsylvania's foot ball 1eam will begin its fall training with two weeks' practice at Cape May, N. J.. starting September §. Thirty or more veterans will report .0 Coaca John W. Heisman this year. S G. AB: H.SB.RBLPct. 1518 384 3 288 110 442 110 397 45 109 444 230 110 416 B2 =3} EEE »2SRRRESBR2BR 5388558 PR eoneuarBiRseR.EaERERR. o _‘20 For|5¢ Detrait at Boston, Results of Yesterday's Games. Washington. 18: §t. Louis, 5. Cleveiand, 4-7: Philadelphia, 3-8 (Second game, 13 innings. | New York, 7-4: Chicago. Boston, 6; Detroit, NATIONAL LEAGUE. 1 Rrookisn 8t. Louis Cineinnati Chicago . Philadelphia . GAMES TODAY. New York at Chicago. usraazzed 307 34 GAMES TOMORROW. Cincinnati at 8t. Louis. Brook'n at Pittsb'gh. Results of Yesterday’s Games. Cincinnati, 9; Philadelphia. 3. ew’ York, 6: Chicago, 3. Brooklyn, 4: Pittsburgh, 2. St. Louis, 7; Beston, 6. —_— SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. New Orleans, 7; Memphs, 3. shille, 9: Atlanta, Birmingham, 10; Chattanooga, 1. You cant helpbut | like them! | | | | They are DIFFERENT They are GOOD ¥ BEECH-NUT CIGARETTES Bl e IRV NN CN R | | 304 eastern shore teams. Scheuler They are John 14 club and | Cri of the |and $10, respectiv . I TELL YOU AND YOU wiLL owes his success and even his vocation to his father, who, of what I tell you,” said the father to his utomobile and diamonds and everything.” am Bryan followed dad’s advice. Anyway dad at once became his manager, bus was turned into a fight club to the horror of | alisbur: EE D O assault and battery on a spectator at Sunday’'s game between Tulsa and | Oklahoma City. —_——— VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Newport News, 4: Wilgon, 3. Tarboro, 8; Norfolk, 0. iffoik. 8: Richmond. £ Tortsmouth, 9; Rocky ount, Rocheste Newark, 4: Buffalo,’ 10: At Baltimore R H E 43! Syracuse ... 11 Baitimore Closed All Day on Saturdays During August See How Suit Prices Have Slumped-=- You will be taking the choice of ANY Mode Suit in the house—excepting only Full Dress and Tropicals— everything clse goes—the most staply conservative and themost exclusive novelty—Blue, Black and Fancies— Selling up to $70.00 $32.50 And Flanpel Trousers . White and Striped—spic, span, clean—and of the. best qualities of Flzm&e], which we've been $9 75 selling up to $18.00' Don’t Overlook these Shirts By all means get enough to last a while—and a good long while, too—for they are superior qualities; exclu- sive patterns; and cut true to size—as is always the fact in. Mode Shirts. 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Ohio, who claims the middleweight championship. the actions of the referee who awarded the contest to Wilson on ter was on the floor, stating that Downey struck Wilson when Wilson was down. ‘The Ohio sion overruled the referee and awarded the title to Downey onxa knockout. the mass of evidence and affidavits preserfted by officials and others at the contest, there is ling faced. frank spoken young man of hardy countenance boxing seven years—engaging in upward of 100 battles contrary to the usual parental ixteen-year-old boy. “some day you paid was against a boy by the name of Johnny $3 10 take the gang in he finished loser even Iy all of the leading boys of his weight in the country and has always been re- as been knocked out, and was knocked down once in _— STRIKES OUT 15 MEN. BRISTOL. Va.-Tenn., August 9.— Frank Farley, pitching for the Bris- in court yes-|agaipst Kingsport vesterday, fanned terday, -when they pleaded guilty to |fifteen men. Hart Schaffuner & Marx Wool Suits Regulars—Stouts—Longs Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Refunded Raleigh Haberdasher - 1109-1111 Pennsylvania Avenue SPORTS. EACH CIRCUIT HAS ONLY . TWO REAL CONTENDERS Third Place Also Appears Settled In Both Organ- izations—Unusual Happenings In Percentage Columns. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. N the vears in which the American and the National leagues have l been rivals in the real sense there has been none in which the cham- pionship contests in both organizations have been so much alike.” There is such similarity between them that at times it seems almost to have been planned and not be the plaything of chance. Both of them have two of their clubs contenders for the champion- ship, with a fairly reasonable certainty in both that the teams which are running in third place will be likely to be there at the end of the sea- son, and that neither. of them will show enough strength to become a championship factor. Scott Clouts His First Homer in Red Sox Park It has happened that the leaders of each league on occaslon have had al- | most identical standing in the per | centage columns. Once Cleveland an: | Pittsburgh had the same number « | | BOSTON, August ®—Capt. | |games won and lost. and each New | Everett Seott of the Red Sox | |York club had the same number of | res d ambition of games won and lost on the same da. | The odds against a thing of that ki | happening are great For quite a time the two Philade | phia clubs, each last in its own or | ganization, were playing base bal |identically alike so far as resulis years' standing yesterday when | he made hin first home ran at | Fenway Park. Although Scott hos played regularly with the team for nine in | more Sames, wi ! |were concerned, andgthe clubs which | ed to get a circult d |are intermediate in"the races have local grounds. The hit wi | had their seasons of similarity | everything except their uniforms and ilhtlr managers. Harder Hitting in American. | The leagues are not alike in battin | however, for the American has ha |an_advantage of wome little cons quence over the National all of thw { season. Of course, there is no marked | similarity in long-distance hittine either. 'Ruth’'s marked superiority {over ail others prevents that. | ‘There is one thing in which the Nu, | tional excels by a wide margin, and |that is in base running. The Ameri- |cans have put together some 450 stolen bases. The Natloma! leaguers have scored about 530. There is a difference of eighty in favor of the | National, and maybe it is due to the fact that there is more slugging in vesterday off Chicago pitchers. run-|the American, but probably the cos Z 5 rect reason is that there are two ning his seasons total to 41. His|TeL TOATAN S8 S e are faste: first circuit wallop came in the third jon their feet than any in the Ameri inning of the first game of the double- | can. They are Pittsburgh and New header with the White Sox. His sec- | York. ond came in the opening inning of | Four clubs in the American. in the the second game. with no one on. _ {oPinion of Kid Gleason. the vetera Ruth's tome runs were made off |Manager of ':‘ Chicago White Sox Wieneke and Kerr. respectively. Last¥ill have to be vebuilt a great dea e Yamkee siugger bunched his |810NZ the lines of batting before the 3 7 campaign of another year begins Oth and 418t homers on August 63 y 4 i Gleason is one of the managers whn off Dauss of Detroit. ith 118 Wise enough to see that the Ruth again is on even terms with 1 SUAt STOERR, B0 B O arken his 1920 schedule. The mighty SIUE-{change in base ball. In Faber he has ger dropped behind last Friday fori ne of the few surviving spit bal the first time this season and 108Uipjichers of the American League. and more ground on Saturday. thougk helpgper is likely to finish the seasor it for the circuit that day. On thelyith the best record of any pitcher same date a year ago Ruth hit tWo|in the organization. homers. &0 he was two behind his| asttention is called by the Chicago schedule at the close of the Detroit|manager to the difference in the game serie: which is played by his infielders when By collecting two vesterday Ruth:FPaber is pitching and when some on | came back on cven terms with the|of the curve ball pitchers is at work 1920 figures, and he cannot fall behind | Many of the hits when Faber is in the again until August 14, the date of hisibox are of the type which brings the 42d home run last season. As Ruth |infielders in towurd the batter to ge:’ got only three homers last season be-, the ball. while the hits made against !tween August 6 and September 4. hethe curve ball pitchers drive the ir now faces an excellent opportunity ! fielders out to go far ahead of last year's figures.| “I don’t think there is a manager in Ruth needs only fourteen more home ; the league who has had such a good runs to break his 1920 record and the | chance to see this as 1 have,” said Yankees have fifty-four more gamesGleason. “because I've got two lead- S = ers. one of either style of pitching Most of them haven't got a good spi ball pitcher, and none of them has ax gcod as 1. Coveleskie is next best in Faber, and the inflelders of the Cleve- land club find exactly the same re- sults on their club when Coveleskie s in the box for them.” —_— 1f the pitching on the Detroft ciub is good, then sarsaparilla is & deadly intoxicant. long blow to right center which rolled between Cobb and Heil- man and bounded against the fence. L RUTH NOW UP 70 1920 Has Until August 14 to Hit 42d Homer Following Two Off White Sox. Babe Ruth clouted two Fome runs Yankee Cricketers Trail. LONDON. August 9—The Philadel- phia cr ers began a two-day fix- ture against a strong team known as the “Incogniti” The Americans, who went first to bat, were all out for 158, and at the close of the day's play the | Incogniti had scored 168 for two wickets. —_—_— Clevelamd Bax another trip east to .make. There's where the pain comes in. If Coveleakie were to be subtracted from the Clevelands and Mays from the Yankees, what a mess it would leave. Baseball al%ays has its “next year.” Two-Piece now reduced to