Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1921, Page 18

EC e L 3y 1 Sp ORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, ‘1921. SPORTS. Washington Loses Title to Catcher Dorman : Yankees Must Sweep Series to Oust Indians WHITE SOX GET PLAYER ON DECISION BY LANDIS Backstop, However, Denies He Signed Contract Previous to One Griffs in Detroit Today. F BY DENMAN HICAGO, August 23—Washington has lost title to Charley Dor- ‘ man, the catcher picked up by Scout Engel on the Pacific coast, Commissioner Landis having the strength of a contract held by it which the Oakland, Calif.,, youth asserts is a forgery. It is a remark- able case. Clark Griffith yesterday was apprised of the fact that Chicago had entered a claim for Dorman and took the youngster to the office of Landis, who exhibited a Chicago contract bearing Dorman’s name Judge and address and a date preceding that on Engel’s behest. Dorman denied the signature was his and at the direction of the com- missioner he wrote his name several times. The judge, who is something of a handwriting expert, compared the signatures, asserted there was no question but what that on the Chi- cago contract _was genuine and promptly ruled Dorman the property of Chicago. The judge then gave Dorman a severe lecture and admon- ished him to change his tactics if he expected to attain success in base ball or any other line of endeavor. Player to Return Home. Dorman, who will return to his home on the coast at the expense of the Washington club, declared yes- terday, after the interview with Landis, that he would refuse to re- port to Chicago next season, as he intended to get a photographic copy of the contract bearing his alleged signature and enter suit against Danny Long, former manger of the San Francisco team, and now scout for the White Sox, who claims to have signed him. Dorman denies he ever talked contract with Long or signed papers of any nature. 5 not accompany his team to this city, having left Chicago last night for Des Moines, Jowa. in the capacity of scout. The player he has been tipped off to is an inflelder highly recommended Dby critics in the Western League and ‘whose estimate was substantiated by With Nationals. THOMPSON. the series. have the edge on Tris Speaker and his cohorts. The Yanks have won nine of the fifteen games played with the Indians this season. However, they were more effective during the first two series when they won five out of eight games with scores of forty-six to the Tribe's forty. Of the last seven games played, the Indians have won three, scoring forty-four runs againt forty for the Yanks. Yankees Gain Ground. ‘When they defeated t“e Browns yesterday the Yanks picked up some ground on_the Indians, who succumb- ed to the Red Sox. The Tigers again took the measure of the Athletics, sweeping the three-game series. All of the games were free-hitting af- fairs. The six teams used eleven pitchers during the contests. Guy Morton and Jim Bagby were victims of batting bees that gave the Red Sox a 6 to 5 win over the world champion Indians. The former was driven from the slab in the third awarded him to the Chicago club on bearing Dorman’s alleged signature, the document he signed at circuit and who was in Chicago Sun- day to see his former teammates. La Motte was robbed of a bingle by Sheely in spectacular fashion in the fourth, when the Sox first-sacker speared a terrific liner from Bob's bat with his bare hand. Judge went on a hitting rampage yesterday, collecting safeties on his first four trips to the platter, one to left, one to right and two to center— all clean blows. He failed on his last appearance, when a base knock would have tied the score. Mulligan pl game at third for the Smith and Hooper both covered lots of territory in right field. La Motte yesterday for the first time failed to get everything that came his way. Collins and Strunk beat out drives to him in the sixth, but both were such difficult chances that they properly were registered as hits. Bush failed to accomplish anything in his first appearance as a Griffman, his efforts at bat when subbing for i Schacht the eighth resulting in an easy roller to Mulligan. ROGERS HORNSBY St. Louis Cardinals® second sacker, is batting .410, supplanting Heilmann of the Detroit Tigers as the big biffer of the big leagues. Heilmann has dropped to 401, but there are few batters who ever have the distinction of slipping to such heights. SENES LEAD AT STAKE| [—comoe semes.| Horace Milan, now playing in that ETROIT, August 23.—Despite Chicago yesterday, when the pitched game between a quintet of second-string hurlers, the Nationals still are traveling at a .667 pace in the west, and are deter- mined to maintain the gait by taking at least two out of three irom the Tygers and Indians, who remain to be played before they return home, a week from today. Cobb’s men, although low in the race. have given the Griffmen a battle every time they faced them this year and have an even split in sixteen games to show for their efforts. Their possession of an outflelding trlo_averaging .3756 at bat is suffi- cient to explain the fair measure of success the Bengals have enjoved Rgainst the Griffs, but there are three other reasons—Oidham, Leonard and Ehmke—and it is probable the first named of this trio of slabbers will be encountered this afternoon. John- Bon or Zachary will represent Wash- ington on the mound. Johnsen Is Held Out. It was Johnson’s turn for salab duty in Chicago yesterday, but he was reserved on account of the weather. The game started in a misty drizzle, which continued with few interruptions throughout the game, this fact also causing Gleason 1o hold back Urban Faber, who was the overnight pitching selection for the Sox. Acosta, who started on the hill for the Nationals, was far from effective and got the hook before the contest had progressed to the half-way mark. Schacht, who succeeded him, pitched well for practically three rounds, but ‘was hammered in the sixth, when the Hose obtained the two counters that meant victory for them. Courtney :::y by safely in his one round of ‘Wienecke, the left-hander Gleason Pplcked for mound service, was batted out of the box before the initial frame ‘was completed, but MoWeeny, who got his job, turned in a fairly good ;::'l.:ltlon over the remainder of the Soem Finish Wienecke. Four bingles, which drove Wienecke to the showe: \: sion. the first-named scoring. Popped to Schalk, trying to bunt Milan then delivered a safety to cen- 1er that cashed Harris and caused the Yanking of Wienecks, McWeeny going fo the rubber. He fanned Shanks. and after Gharrity drew a walk to fill the bases La Motte rolled to Johnson. The Sox got one of these runs back in their half on Johnson's triple over Milan's head and Mulligan's long fly to Miller, while in the second they tled it up on Sheely’s double, Hooper's deth and a single to left by Schalk. The Nationals again took the lead in the third when Judge singled, and, :hlr lfllle]r and Milan had been set lown, stole second and tallled on Shanks® safety to right. < Sox Regain the Lead. Their advantage was short-lived, for in the domestic end of this session Gharrity presented the Sox with a tally. Mulligan started with a blow lo left which Miller held to one base by fast flelding. He took third on Strunk’s single and scored on an at- tempted double steal when Gharrity fired the ball far over Harris’ h Strunk also attempted to tally, but died at the plate when La Motte re. layed a throw from Smith to Ghar- Tity, who dropped the ball, but had the plate blocked and recovered the sphere before Strunk could scramble 10 the plate. Sch: t was sent to the relief of Acosta. in the fourth after Hooper had singled and reached second on Har- ris’ wild throw in an effort to flag him off first. Al got out of the hole when Gharrity killed off Hooper's attempt to steal third, but was merrily pepper- ®#d in the sixth when the Hose regis- tered five gansecutive bingles. They netted only Bwo runs, but proved suf- fident to upeet the Griffmen, for one tally was all they were able to obtain ®ff McWeeny in the last eix frames Collins Starts Trouble. Collins opened the assanlt on Schacht Py beatingout @ rap to La Motte and took second when Strunk ham. mered a single through the shor stopper. In taking a lead Collins stumbled and was retired on Gharrity’s peg to Ta Motte. Falk eingled to left and a wild pitch allowed him and Strunk to advance a notch, the latter acoring on Sheely’s single to center, ‘while a safety to left by Hooper cash- GRIFFS BEATEN, 5 TO 4, IN FINAL AT CHICAGO BY DENMAN THOMPSON. ,l Wenther conditions for a game in SECTION A Chicago yesterday wwere far worse Won. Lost. than in Washington the day the Na- | s, jon | Zone 2 ... ER 0 tionals plaved the ~weakened" White | Wil Means Interleague Section | ite i siiic: S ol o Sox and over which the Chicago s scribes yelped so hard. Title for Southern Today. S Potomacs Can Tie. Southern Rallway, champion of the Terminal R. R. Y. M. C. A. League. can clinch honors today in Section B of the interleague sandlot base ball championship series by dereating Po- tomac Council of the Knights of Co- lumbus circuit. It would mean the third win in as many starts for the Railroaders, who beat Registers of the Treasury League yesterday, and the second loss for the Caseys. Regis- ters have been beaten twice, 8o a Southern triumph would eliminate both the Treasury and Casey champions from sectional title race. A Potomac triumph would deadlock that team with Southern. Zone 2 of the Navy Yard League scored over R. P. Andrews Paper Com- pany, leaders of the Commercial League, yesterday in the opening game in "Section A. A run shoved ’across in the fifth inning decided the ssue. Navy Yard and Marines will meet. YESTERDAY'S RESULT. Zone 2, 4; Aundrews, 3 (seven innings)s TODAY'S GAME. Adjutant General's Office vs. Naval Air Sta- tion, at Union Park. TOMORROW'S GAMB. Bike v, Zone 2, at Union Park. SECTION B. Wor Southern Potomac the loss of the get-away contest in Registers White Sox copped, 5 to 4, in a poorly YESTERDAY'S RESULT. Southern, 3; Registers, 1 (seven innings). TODAY'S GAME. Potomac ve. Southern, at Union Station ¥, 0. A TOMORROW'S GAME. None scheduled. [ — CLASH IN RUBBER GAME Nothing to Brag About H PQ. & E| today in the first engagement of a 3 1 § Pfthrecgame play-off for the champion 3 4 o ofship of the Government League. The .. s 5 © 5 o ofNavy Yarders won the circuit’s second | Linworth and Trinity Nines Play 1 3 2 0]series yosterday, when they defeated - 2 2 2 0|the Marines, 9 to 6 The Marines were| Tomorrow for Benefit of St. ¢ 5 3 }|winners of the first series. 3 offioSiotto !?"1"10-:7}' '5",“';:?’,‘,’ Navy Yard, Ann’s Orphan Asylum. o 0 0 o © 1, in e Colo! epartmental - 3 8 § 8| Leagud. C. Fells and Wilson of the|, Ccorsetown and Southwest Wash ington, long rivals in all forms of athletic competition, will be repre- sented tomorrow at American League Park in a base ball game to be played for the benefit of St. Ann's Orphan Asylum. Linworth Athletic Club, the Southwest aggregation that winners, smacked homers. Totals «coneemeavane o, VIRGINIA LEAGUE Newport Ne H irboro, 1. Norgik. o Bafrotk, Troor> 1 Rocky Mount. 15; Richmond, 1. Portsmouth, 3; Wilson, 0. caneratal & - tes secti ¢ the mid- How Griff; Are won honors in section B o 5 :n xfllflmg get division in the District inde- B EERBRLE | |pendent sandlot championship series, Wit is scheduled to oppose the Trinity 0100001 04 437 137 16 47 Midgets, one of the best young teams z 0 45 14 0 6 to be found west of Rock Creek. Play Threebese i}: us18 61 310 Is to start promptly at 4:30 oclock. E e clash should be a thriller, for Struaks e B’f.{.:'og‘b;_-;; 403 150 23 55 338 | |1t will be the rubber game of a three- . 3: off Atosta, 1; off Schacht 1, 969 17 487 388 game series between these teams. meke, 4 in 13 lnning: off Me- 8 23 0 8 .370 Trinity has played twenty-three con- 82-3 tonings: off Acosta, 8 ia 10 41 323 e | |tests this season and has lost only : o other beside that dropped to the " 2 148 38 215 36 | [{inworths. The Southwest bo: : E 5 vs also B o Schacht. 1: b o1 32 247 32 | |nave an excellent record, having been ‘Winning pitcher—McWeeny. _Losing pltcher— 37T 8 0 8 .8ls | |defeated only three times. Bchacht. Umpires—Mesars. Wilson and Owens, 50 o 2 .16 Prizes have been donated by Wash- Time of game—1 hour and 55 minutes. 3 6 1 .7 ington merchants for boys leading i _—- % 1@ 088 | |their toams at bat The winning team 8 [ |z recelve a silver trophy. The HHZ avy Yard Band will be present to ed Falk. Schalk then popped to Har- © © :9% | |“whoop er up" before the game and ris and McWeeny fanned. It was in the eighth that the Nation- als shoved over their fina]l marker. ‘With one out Shanks doubled to right, between innings. tire dealer. Two-base hits—Sheely, Shanks. it Johngan. Stolen bases—Jud took third while Mulligan was retir- lsng Gharrity on a hard chance and DEMONSTRATION WEEK CHALMERS This Week — - € Get the Truth About the Chalmers scored when La Motte blistered a sin- gle through the third sacker. Bat- ting for Schacht, Bush was thrown out by Mulligan. Nationals threatened in the ninth, but lacked the punch to_make it good. With Smith gone, Harris swatted a safety through Johnson and took second on a passed ball. Judge, with four hits to his credit, did not have another left in his system and skied to Hooper. The contest was ended when Milan did likewise after Miller had drawn a pass. 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The New Yorkers went wild in the sixth when thirteen players went to bat and eight runs were scored. During the session, Meusel made a homer with two on and drove in another tally with a single. Kolp and Palmero were the targets for the Hugmen. Mays kept the Browns' hits scattered. Swatfest to Tigers. Tigers and Athletics made merry with pitchers in the game won 10 to § by the former. Naylor and Keefe were hammered for eleven hits, most of them being bunched in the fifth and sixth innings, when the Tigers totaled eight runs. Holling and Parks were severely punished. but Middlcton went to the slab in the ninth, when Alert, courteous, carrying a com- plete stock of good tires. As eager to serve you with a valve cap or a tube, as with a new spare. His enthusiasm a reflection of his clear business and his lappy re- his customers. « a e With midseason here—the sales of U, S. 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The g five pitchers and three tters, two of whom lived up to ame: Home Runs Beat Giants. Home runs by McHenry and Horns- by were responsible for five of the Cards’ runs in their 6-to-0 win over the Giants. Shea and Ryan were the pitchers suffering from the St. Louis attack. Pertica let the losers have three sareties. Two big innings helped the Reds down the Dodgers. 7 to 5 They got to Cadore for a trio of tallies in the first session and made as many more runs, with a rally in the fifth. Kreuger's homer off Luque gave the Dodgers three runs in the second inning. The Phillies beat the Cubs, 2 to 1, when Cy Williams' homer in the be- tween Ponder and Winter. was the only Philly to go to bat in the tast session. Each club made eight hits. The Phils scored in the first inning and the Cubs in the fifth. —_— pinct their SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Littie Rock. New Orleans, 2. Birmingham, 10: Mobile, Nasiville, 5: Chattanooga. 4. 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