Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1921, Page 26

L %! < SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1921. - SPORTS: Cleveland Indians Open Series Here Today : Pirates Facing Acid Test in Flag TRIBE NOW ONLY HALF A GAME BACK OF YANKS Eric to Oppose World noon, With Goslin in Outfield—Griffmen " Easily Defeat Baltimore, 6-1. - SERIES that means much to A first of three games with the pions, despite injuries which recent Stanley Coveleskie. their best pitcher, and the incomparable Tris Speaker, who shoulders the double duties of onto the heels of the Yankees in do, Philadelphia, where they registered are trailing the pace-setting New Yorkers by only hali a game. Inability of St. Louis to stop Miller Huggins' slugging crew has kept mo] Browns within striking distance of the Nationals, the margin separating McBride's men from third place to- day being only two games. with Fohl's outfit scheduled to play most of its remaining ga: in alien ter- ritory, while the G to appear on their home. fieid. Covey and Spoke Both Ready. With Coveleskie again in shape to trke his turn on the rubber. as was illpstrated ‘Wednesday, when he down- ed the Mackmen with ease, and Pilot Speaker so far recovered from the in- jury to his knee received in St. Louis that he is expectéd to’be able to re- sume his garden post this afternoon, the Tribe must be regarded as still very much in the running to repeat their triumph of 1920. It will be re- called that the Indians’ plight through the latter stages of the race last year a most deplorable one, and yet copped. Yes, the Indians remain much in the race, and if they repeat the stunt of their last visit to the capital of tawing three straight zemes Sunday evening may find them acain at thetop of the league ladder. George Erickson, who at times displayed a remarkable degree effectiveness against Cleveland. probably will be Manager McBride's choice as pitcher in the first game of the set this afternoon. with George Mogridge slated for work tomorrow and Walter Johnson Sunday. Eric to- day may have to face either Bagby or * Uhle, as Sothoron. Coveleskie, Cald- well and Mails toiled in the game at Philadelphia. A Anpenr‘;nce in the Nationals’ out- field today of the much advertised “Goose” Goslin seems assured. The nighly touted champion batsman of the pennant-winning Columbia clu of the South Atlantic League finally has shown up, after disappointing the fans for several days, and will be shoved into the line-up immediately and kept there, but whether he will appear in place of Miller, ‘Rice: oF Milan has not be decided. Griffs Beat Orioles, 6-1. Clark Griffith today is entitled to giggle a bit after seeing the athletes on his pay rool administer a 6-1 drub- bing to the champion Baltimore team of the New .International. League at Oriole Park, yesterday. Griff is none 100 popular in the Monumental city because of remarks attributed to him to the effect that Jack Dunn's league itteholders and conquerors of the erican Association champions are a bunch of bushers,” and he was subjected to quite a razzing by the close to 9.000 fans who turned out for the exhibition. g That the score by which the Na- tionals won represents. the margin of difference in class between American and_ International League base ball probably is not the view taken by pa- trons of the Toole circuit. One game provides no basis for a correct esti- mate of relative ability and, possibly, the outcome of yesterday's fracas demonstrates nothing. worth while, but had the score been reversed it might have been. hailed.in same quar- ters as proving a lot of things. Jezebel Tecumseh Zachary did the pitching for McBride's troupe and turned in a good job, helding the Dunnmen to eight He was de- prived of credit for & shut-out in the pinth when Donohue singled through Shanks. advanced on an infield death 's second double. Seventh. cas another has of Groves Solved Opposed ta cha w X left-hander. Groves. who is referred th os star boxman of the Orioles. Groves held the Griffmen in check ungil the seventh, when they nicked him for a fistful of tallies. Rice beat out a bunt to the pitcher, took sec- ond on Harris' sacrifice and scored when Lawry fumbled Miller's rap. Bing took second on the misplay and scored on a safety to center by Shanks. Hank moved up a notch on an error by Groves and scored with Pictnich when Val walloped a homer over the left field fence. Zachary was disposed of, but Bush singled to cen- ter and completed the circuit on a passed ball and Milan's Texas leaguer. “Harris registered the other tally in the eighth. He hit safely, stole sec- ond and continued to third on an overthrow by Davis and chased bome on a wild pitch. PIRATES HIT A SNAG AS GIANTS ADVANCE | Pittsburgh’'s representative f_e!l back yesterday in_its stretch drive against the New York entry in the race for the National League pen- nant. The Pirates broke badly in their engagement with the Braves and were soundly trounced, while the Giants won their eighth straight game—the third straight from the Reds—and boosted their lead over the second-place Bucs to two and one- half games. The Cards, battling to hold third place, barely beat the circuit cham- pion Dodgers. Phillies and Cubs went through a listless contest, in which the former got the decision. The Braves defeated the Pirates. 6 to 3. Three Boston hits mixed with two Pittsburgh errors netted the Braves four runs in the sixth in- ning. Scott outpitched Cooper. Marquard, Coumbe, Geary and El- ler_ failed to ston the hard-hitting Gidnts _and the Reds were bumped. 3 to 6. Barnes was pounded freely. but held the Reds at bay until the Giants | were well in the lead. The Cards jolted the Dodgers, 2 to 1. when Smith kndcked a homer off .Grimes with Lavan on base in the third inning. The Dodgers counted against Haines in the seventh. The Phillies vanquished the Cubs, € to 3. getting a five-run lead off Stueland, a recruit pitcher, in the first inning. Winters never pegmitted the Cubs any liberties outside of the fourth. Kelleher got a homer. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Charleston, 4; Columbla, 3. Spartanburg. 14: Charlotte, 3. Augusta__10; Greenville, Formerly Miller Bros.® Auto 812 14th St.. 4 Doors N “TODAY' BASE BALL N AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK ; “Washington vs. Cleveland |- Tickets on sale Spaldings, 613 14th St. N.W. from S:30A. M. to 1:00 P. M. Tickets on sale at Hechts Co. 517 Tth St. Ladies and Bey Sceuts Day 1y House. of H St. BY DENMAN THOMPSO! noon at American League Park, when the Nationals play the iffmen_.continue | honohs Champions This After- both clubs will be opened 'this after- Cleveland Indians. The world cham- ly deprived them of the services of outfielder and manager, have hung gged fashion. . They come here from four victories in three days, and now Here’s the Evidence Baltimfre. AB.H. AB.H. 0.A. Maisel3b. '3 0 -3 281 Tawryif.. 3 1 4210 | Jucotison.ct & 0 511171 Donohue.rf 4 ‘1 5271 of tentley,1b 4 1 321 6 . &3 41 20 41 .4 1 ®1] # 31 426 2| 30 . 4002 2 8 38132713 Raltimore . 000 11 Washiugton , 035108 Harris, 3Mil- Runs—Donohue, ler. nks, Davis Groves, Boley Home' Bush, Rice, Picinich. _Errors—Lawry, Two-base hits— Stolen Rice. ou balls—Off Groves, Struck _out—By _Grove 3 Wild pitch—Groves. Passed lv;m Meusrs. O'Brien and Mcto of 'FOURTH GAME NEEDED | IN JUNIOR NINE SERIES 1 Aztecs and Roamers, scrapping for #he junior title in the District sandlot | base ball championship tournament for independent teams, will have to meet in a fourth game to determine the champlon nine. In their first en- gagement, the Roamers defeated the Aztecs, but the latter held the North- east boys to a tie score in the second encounter, and yesterday the Roamers were trounced, 5 to 1, deadlocking the series. The commitiee in charge of the tourney, at its meeting tonight, will decide whether the decisive co test-wilP be pleyed tomorrow or Sun- ay. In other independent tournament contests yesterday, the Linworths of Southwes{ Washington defeated the Warwicks of Northeast. 9 to 8, for the .midget championship.. and the Shamrocks nosed out the Winstons. 5 to 4. for runner-up honors in the un- limited division. Both games were played at American League Park. The Linworths obtdined an early lead, and never were headed, although' the Warwicks rallied gallantly in the latter part of the midget battle. Navy Yard of the Government League earned the right to play against the Fraternal League Elks and Southern Railway of the Termi- nal R. R. Y. M. C. A. circuit, in the District _ interleague _championship series, starting Monday, when it de- feated War of the Departmental League, 6 to, 0, yesterday. Driver. pitching for 'the “winners, held the Warriors to two hits. Members of fhe Gibraltar. Sham- rock, Azte¢, Roamer, Linworth and Warwick teams are guests of Presi- dent’ Griffith- of the Nationals, American League Park this after- hoon. Trophies- were presented the winning and_runner-up nines in the unlimited and midget divisions of the independent tournament. INDEPENDENT NINES. Peerlenn Athletic Clubm mahager de- sires to h from Brookmont Athletic Club th vening between 5:30 and 6 o'clock. The Peerless manager’s tele- phone is Franklin 2379-J. Clevel Athletie Club is ready to play the yworths and all other nines in the fourteen-sixteen-year class. For games, write N. B Cheseldine, 1002 13th street southeast. OLD DUTCH MARKETERS will play a double-header Sunday. Judd & Detweiler will be met in the first game at 10:30 at Union Park, while the second will be against Columbus Country! Club at 3 on Monument lot diamond No. 9. ‘Wilton Athletic Clul independent champions of Maryland, are anxious to arrange games with the leading teams of the District. Nines interested may communicate with Joseph P. Maller, 410 North Car- roliton avenue, ¥ftimore, Md. ) | of Baltimore, l at | Chi SEASON PASS RECORD SETBYTRBEAND A'S A major league season record for bases on balls granted in one game was set yesterday in the first engage- ment of the double-header between the Indians and” the Athletics, when twenty-seven passes were. lssued by the five hurlers in the fray. Pitching for the Macks, Taylor walked two batters. Bishop, nine: Minor, three, and Wolfe, two. Mails of the Indians was most generous, giving out eleven strolls. The Amefican League mark for .passes in one game was estab- lished May 9, 1916, in a game between the Athletics and Tigers, when thirty batsmen walked to first base. The Indians kept at the heels of the leading Yankees by twice win- ning from the Athletics, while the Hugmen duplicated the feat in a dou- ble victory over the Browns. The Tigers again are threatening to take fourth plpce from the Red Sox as a result of 'a win over the latter. The Tribe trounced the Macks, 17 to 3 and 6 to 0. Despite his_wild- ness Mails was effective in phches and was well supported, and the In- dians got fiftecy hits. including a homer by Jamieson. in the opening encounter. Caldweli held ¢he Macks to five hits, while Rommel was batted freely in the wecond game. t ‘was home-run_day at the Polo Grounds, with the Yanks doing most of the long hitting, and beating the Browns, 10 to- 6 and 13 to 6. In the first game Miller and Meusel shared circuit smashing honors with Ruth and Pipp_got a four-baser in the second. Williams of the losers got a roupd-trip blow in each engage- ment." He and Meusel have each made twenty-three homers- this sea- n. ‘The Tigers, with Cole yielding ~ ven scattered hits and recelving =~actacular support, downed the Red | Sox, 5 to 1. Cobb made victory cer- tain in the ninth when he tripled with the bases loaded. Karr, who started on the slab for the Red Sox, was replaced by Russell at the open- | ing of the last inning. Nine “Homers” Yuter&‘y;i Majors’ Total Now 881 Nine home rums yesterday brought the total for the ma- jor leagues up to 881 for the neanon, 252 ahend of the totnl for the entire 1820 neaso n 620 homers were Rit. knocked out 444 bomers and the tional circuit batters 437. What May Happen in Base Ball Today AMERICAN LEAGUE. N W. L. Pct. Win.Lose. New York ... 88" 51 .633 .636° .620 Cleveland 88 4 3 St. Lonis . Washington . Roston . Chicago Philadel 2 GAMES TODAY. Cleveland at Wash. Detroit at Phila. Chicago at Loston St. Loals at N. Y. New Yok, 10:13; St Louls, 6. troit, 4; Boston, Cleveland, 17-8; Philadelphia, 3-0. NATIONAL LEAGUE. . Pct. Win.Loas. 54 619 .62 .615 New York . 560 553 546 (539 507 (500 B4 44T .383 343 336 GAMES TOMORROW. " Bostpn at Cincninati at Chicage Brookiyn at Chicago Phila. at St. Louis Thils t 8t. Louis N. Y. at Pittsburgh N. Y. at Pittsburgh Results of Yesterday's Games. Boston, GAMES®TODAY. Boston at Cincinpati PEERLESS CLUB ELECTS. Ray McProudy was elected presi- dent of Peerless Athletic Club at that organization's annual meeting last night. Other officers chosen were: Joseph McCarthy, vice president; Ed- ward Cobb, secretary; Timothy Moran, treasurer; Joseph Ilove, financial sec- retary, and George Simpson, athletic manager. Emmett Mader was ap- pointed basket ball coach. L WINDSHIELDS OR BO Tastalled While You Wait. 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In establishing his world record for home runs—ffty-five—Babe Ruth hit them with none on base, “one on” and “two on,” but has not turned the trick with the bases filled. In makini his fifty/fifth _ yesterday, off Pitcher Bayne of St. Louis, he drove home one runner ahead of him. Nineteen of his homers came when there were no runners on the haxes, twenty-six with one on vasc ard ten with two runners on ths sacks. Ruth made his record in the games played from April 16 to September 15. In April he cracked out five cir- cuit clouts, in May he added ten more, in June he made thirteen, in July and August ten each month and so far this month he has walloped the ball for seven homers. R.th has until October 1 in which to add to his new mark. He was slightly hurt in the seventh inning of the second game with St. Louis yesterday and retired, but is expected to play today. |STRAW HAT “SHOWER” MARKS BABE’S RECORD NEW YORK! September 16.—The keeper of the Polo Grounds could wear ja different hat every day for more than ten years if he had saved all the straws that were sacrificed yesterday when “Babe” Ruth broke the world’s home- run_record, with his fifty-fifthscircuit swat. The fans were waiting for some ex: cuse to get rid of their summer head gear, the season forwhich officially ex- pired yesterday, and when Ruth hit his homer hats' fairly rained on the dia- mond. A demon statistician essayed to count them after they had been raked into a pile by groundsmen, but quit on number 8,799 at dusk, with a big heap still un- counted. COMEDY CIRCUS TO END SEASON AT CANOE CLUB Washington Canoe Club will con- clude its out-of-doors Aquatic season with its annual comedy circus, to be held tomorrow and Sunday on the Potomac course, just above Aqueduct bridge. A lantern parade, in which several hundred illuminated canoes are expected to participate, will usher in the circus tomorrow night, and the competitive events will be started Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Newt Hammer, skipper of Chum 1J, will provide the motive power for most of the canoes in the lantern pro- | cession. He will be aided by several other launches. The canoes will be towed up the river and then back to the clubhouse, where a dance will be held. ¢ The feature of the circus will be a ! ace between the eight-handed | “skulls” of the Wampus Cats and mei Other numbers will be the| pyramid paddle, grand chariot race, | porch canoe race,.shimmy doubles. undress race, medley relay, gunwale doubles and a water polo game be- | tween teams of married and single men. Commodore Norman Landreau will be scratch man in all contests. | $3,000 MORE FOR MATTY. _NEW YORK, September 16.—The National League has subscribed $3.000 | for the testimonial game to Christy Madthewson, purchasing three boxes for the contest between the Giants and the 600 | Braves at the Polo Grounds Septem- ber_30. The Re-Echo of the Sufficient “Word to the Wise” Soft Hat Time The Dash’ of Hat Leadership “is hete!" " All" shapes—all colors. Values from $3.00 to $7.00. $2.50 $3.50 $5 FALL SUITS " Of Virgin Wool Fabrics; tai- lored to please the most exacting tastes. 30 *40 *S0 Silk Knit Neckwear | High-Grade $ -Sample Line Worth SZ.QO, $2.50, $3.00 Dreyfuss Bros. 617-619 PA. AVE. N.W. - Open Saturday Evenings TED LEWIS IN LONDON COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, Sep- tember 16.—Mike Gibbons, middle- weight boxer, of St. Paul, Minn., will sail from New York November § for London, where he will box Ted “Kid” Lewls twenty rounds on November 17, it has been announced by Mike Col- lins, Gibbons' manager. Collins said he had accepted an offer from Maj. "Kilu%n. tBrl“l::' hhoxlng Dromoler.bfor e bout, which will b 1bert Hall, London. e Gibbons has _arrived here for his decision bout Friday night with Hat- tling Ortega of San Francisco. Collins said Maj. Wilson also of- fered to match Gibbons with Johnny Basham and Jake Bloomfield in Eng- land and said if Gibbons won fn all three bouts he would endeavor to ob- tain a match with Georges Carpentier in England some time in December. Wilson Still Minus Cash. JERSEY CITY, N. J., September 16. —The New Jersey boxing commission yesterday adopted a resolution accus- ing Johnny Wilson of Boston, middle- weight boxing champlon, of failure to put forth his best efforts in his match with Bryan Downey of Cleveland in this city last Labor day. The com- mission voted to place Wilson’s share of the purse in a depository. pending final disposition of the case. — Schooner Race Starts. NEW YORK, September 16.—The schooners Vagrant and_Sonnica, owned by members of the New York Yacht Club, today began a 200-mile race for the Cape May challenge cup, originally offered by James Gordon Bennett in 1872. They were railed by their owners, Harold S. Vanderbilt and H. S. Shonnard, respectively. Boxer Dies as Result Of Being Injured in Ring BINGHAMTON, N. Y., Septem- ber 16—James McDonald, twen- ty-ome, a boxer, died here lant night from injuries received in a match before an athletic club in thisx city several days ago. He collapsed in the ring and ‘wax taken to a hospital in a semi-conacious condition. Sur- Reonn operated to relleve pres. wure on the br; but were un- succeasful. An autopsy showed death resulted from the rupture of a amall blood vessel in the brain. There wans no fracture of the wnkull. No arrests been mnde. EISEMAN’S 605-607 7th. St. Bet. F & G Sts. s ses New merk wai | NIKE GIBBONS T0 B0X (DOOMED IF THEY FAIL TO STOP GIANTS NOW Fate of Corsairs, Who Have Won Only_ Five of Nineteen Games With McGrawites, De- pends on Series Opening Today. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. HE figures are shaping themselves to make the series of three games T between New York and Pittsburgh beginning today ihe most im- portant of the year so far as those teams and the National League are concerned, Beginning with September 1, the Giants have won in the month ten games and lost four. Thé Pittsburghs have won six and lost eight. The Pirates had their troubles in August,-but those troubles were no worse than the troubles which have beset them since. . They age being outfooted by their principal rival, ard they know it, which does’not add to their comfort. The only way in which they can put a substantial chesck on that riva! is 4o throttle him themselves. If they can keep both feet on the ground and jolt New York hard on Forbes Field, as they have had a habit of doing in the past, their chance is good. If they fail, it is almost certain that the Giants will win the pen- nant. It is a test between teams. Pitts- burgh against other clubs has gone about ‘as well as the New Yorks have gone against others. The Pirates| have played incredibly poor base ball against New York—so bad, in fact, that a team of their abllity appears to be strong enough to turn the tide the other way, in one series at least. The cnampionship pennant actually hinges on the point that Pittsburgh has won only five of nineteen games from the New York team. Pittsburgh has completed its series against Cincinnati, winning fourteen and losing eight. Against Chicago it finished with a record of seventeen victories and five defeats. New York has completed only one series, that against Cincinnati, with fourteen vic- tories and eight defeats. Why Cards Are Thid. Incidentally, it may be added that in the St. Louis-Cincinnati series St Louis won ten and lost twelve. That's onc reason why the Cards were mnot first or second in the race. Against Chicago St. Louis won fourteen and lost eight. That is not quite good enough_ for championship base ball, although it would do if the winnings against other teams had been equally good. The New York Americans, with ball with a vengeance, and won thir- teen and lost nine to Detroit, which isn't so good by much K Cleveland won fifteen and lost seven with Philadelphia. 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