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~ SPORTS. POUND TRIO OF GRIFF'S ,HURLERS AND WIN, 8-4 !"efier, Woodward and Bird, After l(nocking‘i “ Mogridge Out of Box—_—Sothoron Proves _Efiective, Although Wild. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. old-timer and two recruit hurlers were called on by Manager McBride to stop the rush of the Clgveland Indians yesterday,.but veterans and rookies look alike to the world champions. who knocked Mogridge out of the box in the second inning and peppered both Woodward and Bird ior a total of thirteen bingles and eight runs, which were four more hits and double the number of tallies the Nationals were able to obtain off Allan Sothoron. As a result the world cham- | pions increased their first place advantage over the Yankees. who were idle because of rain, to a full game and further boosted their stock to repeat their triumph of last season in the American League race. Mogridge was given a fine IHmhlS!»' | The Patient is Sinking "LE' ). Al R. H A rd chased to the ciubhouse under a fusil- lade of swats that netted the Tribe four runs, while Woodward and Bird. although making a fairly creditable showing. vielded as many markers be- tween them over the remainder of the route. and these proved the margin| ing in ihe second inning. when he was . PO, [EPPRP-1 by which the Tribe copped. | Wood. Although wild as a hawk Sothoron's | Gardae: @amp shoots so mystified the Griffmen | Sewell, .. Rurns. 1 that. following the initial session. n they squeezed one run over. the: were blanked for six frames. Oppor tunities for inflicting a lot of damage | O°Neill, were presented in the waning stag Totalx WM ° of the affair. but went begging for| g g (oo s 3 lack of a concentrated attack. AN ETON Go s B Grifta t in Opemer. | Harein. 2 H o Sothoron was lucky to escape with iig® (b & = i only one run charged against him in!Gouliu, rf. 3 o the opener. when he issued th Miller. If. 3 o passes in addition to vielding a hit:Sum 3 o Pic'nich, Smitht . e w to Goslin. Bush strolled first. ad-. vanced on a walk to Judge. after Har- 1is popped. and took third when Rice forced Judge. He scored on the hit- and-run when Goslin lined a safety to center. Rice pulling up at third. After Miller also walked Shanks left{ the bases loaded when he fouled to; Gardner. i Mogridge got by in the first round} when Evans hit into a double play aft- er Wamby walked. but he faded from o Mlanf ... Rird. p Browers 1 o 1 1 1 1 o 3.4 *Eatted for Evans in third ionin Batied for Burns in third inning. 1Ratted for Woodward in fourth fning §Batted for P'ciu‘ch in ninth inning. the scene round two, when a quar-! YHatted for Bird in ninth iuning. tet of Tri tallies accrued from a|cieveluna... ® 410003008 fistful of bingles in addition to & bum { Wasbingion 10000002 14 chuck by Picinich. The initial safety! qoq a o~ e FE1L toWaad: whol was safeat Second | hie e i e reaer OrVelll SThice Date when Picinich grabbed Gardner's bunt | Gardner (2). Johnston Double plays—Sh 2nd pegged wide to h. Singles to o Judge; Bhanks to Ju by Sewell and Burns produced two | sanss to Sewel Burns; Wambsgunss fo runs_and after O'Neill's sacrifice safe- | fohnston: Wambsganss to Bewell to Johuston, ties by Sothoron and Jamieson netted | Bush to Harris. Left on bases—Cleveland ‘Washington, 9. Bases on balls—Of Mogridg: "_:O_l:'l\’mn 1,}0!’ ‘Woodward. 1: off Bird, 1. € . age. eruit from New Haven. replaced him | Woadward. 5 1 £33 tanines: off Birt s 'n 3 and the side was promptly retired, icnings. Hit by pitcher—By Rird (Sewell). when Wamby drilled into a dual kill- | Struck out—By Woodward, 2: by Bird, 2; by &nother pair. This was sufficient for, ‘Mogridge. Frank Woodward. the re- ing that Shanks started and Jlldgg‘fllflbl“-, 2. Umplres—Mensrs. Moriarity and finished. Connolly. Lox'ng pifcher—Mogridge. Time of A A e game—2 hours and 2 minutes. With two gone in the third Weodward was nicked for a tally when Gardner doubled over first and Sewell singled Goslin's momentary fumble < a peg to the plate. Wood- v through the fourth unharm- despite O'Neill's double and a walk 1o Wamby. Caught on the Fly The Cleveland Tribe i3 promised tcugher opposition today in its final appearance of the season here, as " THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SEPTEMBER 18, 1921—PART 1. fndians Increase Margin Over the Yankees : Kilbane Knocks Out Frush in Seventh QUARTET OF YOUNGSTERS SEEKING JOBS WITH GRIFFMEN h i) -ide Bird. the rookie southpaw from Shreveport of the Texas League, was un.the mound when the fifth inning pened. Wood greeted him with a sin- ‘Walter Johnson is expected to show them some real pitching. Stanley Coveleskie probably will attempt to run the Indians’ consecutive winning gl to center. Gardner sacrificed and ell was winged. Bird than took Johnson's tap and flagged Wood at third. and ONeill forced Johnson. through with & win today the Na- Bird breezed through the sixth, |tionals will slip back into the second whiffing Sothoron and Wamby. and |division. The Red Sox now are but had Evans retired in the seventh when ;one point in back of them. V bumped into trouble. It started \vith the passing of Wood, who took | Tom Phillips, the righthander from third on Gardners single to right,|the New Orleans Southern Associ: und tallied with Larry, when Seweli | tion club, reported to Manager Mc- walloped a triple to deep center. John- | Bride yesterday, and Joe Gleason, an- on's fly to right cashed Sewell. Gos- | Other orthodox flinger. who had a streak to nine games. If Johnson should fail to come but late. - Sothorem Wild, But Effective. Following the initial session and un- tl the eighth the Nationals were not ablé to accomplish anything against Sothoron. despite, continued " tendency vildness on SR e part of the spit-| . Woodward whacked into a d @cath affer Picinich walked o th cond and Rice did lkewise follow- inz a pass to Harris in the third, Mil- ler could have scored in the fourth, but for an aversion to hitting the dirt. With one out he beat out 2 woal Iiaced bunt and followin= Shanks death took third on_Picinich’ Jeazuer to rizht. pted to tally when Milan. batting for Wood- \rard. dribbled 3 swinging bunt eo | “Sothoron. but his faflure to slide re- sulted in his beine rageed on the Jina, A bunt to Johnston in the fonrth by Hogris | was the only development t mtil tha eieh*h, when two runs <nited from a trio of bineles and a linis peg to Picinich being nccur-l;l walk. Harris' punch took a - lucky bonnee over Sewell head, Judge wallked and Rice sincled 16 center, scoring Stanley. Jndge then counted, after Goslin popned to Wamby. when JMler biffed a_bins’e to left, where- ! vnon Shanks ranped into. a -two-ply demise. Washington's final run was chalked up in the ninth. Battine for Picinfch, S#lth flied dees to Smith but Brower. ! s¥bbinz for Bird. whaled a triple to) 1SR and counted. a‘ter Bush popped | to “O'Neill and Harris walked. on! Judge’s single over Sewell’s head. | trial with the Nationals last fall, is en route from Shreveport, Tex. Gharrity will be ready for duty ain within a day or two. Pat show- ed little evidence of trouble with his alling’ leg in practice prior to the game. No ‘less than six double plays de- veloj in the course of yesterday's battle, evenly divided between the two' teams. - = Sothcron had 11 kinds of trouble controlling his delivery, but whether the ball was “sailing” because of thumbnall . tinkering with the cover, which” he is ‘cused of, remains a mysgery. Umps Moeriarty halted pro- He attempted, to|ceedings in the fifth and pocketed | mor, one of the balls Allan had fingered. Sh-h! Mebbe for evidence. ‘The only notable play of the pas- time was pulled by Wamby in the fifth, when he chased btack deep into center to snare a Texas leaguer from Judge’s bat. Sewell was a busy lad with the stick. He drove in half of the Tribal tallies. GRIMES' HOMER GIVES GUBS WIN OVER ROBINS' ! CHICAGO, September 17.-—Grimes’ Harrix and Judge were left wien Rice ' home run drive over the right field: lofted to Smith | wail, in. leading off in the ninth inning. , gavé_ Chicago a chory over { Brooklyn toda tors “got a - THEN BOSTON LOSES - plays featured, i ROSTON oAl 3 0 man Jame Poston fans. Hooper, oy o ol tember —Congress- A. Gallivan, aciing f today presented Har: former Red Sox star an o o captain with a handsome watch. " in and fob, but Boes'on dcfeated Jones.p [ cago, 6 to 3. Jones, Bush, Scott and T o 7 Subivani. .11 0 0f Mclnnis were given traveling bags! York.p. o0 l]'ry-m the s:xr}:)lu:diflon:rlhuxed for Totals. Totals.. 36 16 27 10 voper's watch. Eddie Collins w 2 e i hitless on' his fifteenth anmiversary! Ihoiredtort'Siriiaing rum acored. tBaited for Pouder in Lhird inniog. as a big league player, but starred in: Ratted for Jonos in seventh inning. the fleld. Mcinnis played his 100th preokiyn 0 . = G000l 0 ;:;'IISPL‘IIIIVF" (-rro;)(&ssl Kame at first. ('\.lug.{, 0.0 0 } o e second scheduled game was ' e called off because of rain, which held | Jopmrva. Grdn e up the first game thirly mint mes. Twombly. ‘Wheat, 0.4, Ward. ' Barber (). o Myers, Hollocher, Grim: won, . Johnston. Home 0.A Stolea baxe— ABnH 3 ARH. 43 [ ' R L rell, Mecrifice—Syers Doubie plays— s i fo Olson to Scimandz: Olson o Scumandt CEE ierfo Grimes: Johnsion fo Olson {0 19 8 b Sclmandt: Grimes (unassisted). Left on base o & 7 0 Bwoklvn. 4 Chicago. 12, Hases on balle— 2 D 3 b OF Keene.' 13 off Gandinier, : off Schupy. 1 3737 o dones. 1 R : i 2 i 310 4 ) | » ol | Totals.. 31 3 27 10} : - /| n fourth. o e 1.0 0 o3l 00 41 061 8 *Butted ‘for Menosky ~CARDS BEAT PHILLIES &% CoCls september {35-8E Foula) : i today made It two straight over Phil o ey %o | adelphia. winning 9 to 5. The locals Jeges to. Won- in the first two innings, when! Walters to Pra. Teft) they pounded Lee Meadows off the! . 9; Boxton. 3. 'Ba. - hill, scoring sevea runs. Jack Smith, : off Kerr. 2. Struck owt—. §p. Louis outflelder, had five hits in ‘Umpires—Mensrs, Dineen and i 3 “Time of game—1 hour and 51,miy- ) Ove-times at bat. Score: Jones. | Er-| in. Two-base: hite— 7 . Scott. Sarifice litw— - able %K. 3 y: Mostil to Sheely to Leu. pies. . " Pw.u,;f Arn u,na‘.‘ St Asn‘g' 0.A. A'veau,! g 0y ‘CONNIE MACK PLANS TRADE. lammitnan g 8:2 2 s 113 o ! MILWAUKEE, September 17.—Aac-{y; k-l B--mvy.a'»: f 3 ; ording to a report from a reliable) Kone's.db, 4 © 4 1 Muelleref 1 1 0 urce Joe Hauuser. Milwaukee first! We'onef 4 1' 3. 0 McHewylft 4 0 0 0 haseman. is to be traded to the Phila- | Raderas.. 4 3 2 1 Jonesif... 0 0 0 0 delphla ~ Americans for a piicher. Healiec. 4 1 & 1 Hitheoteif ¢ 0 0 0 cateher, first baseman and an "“"(w--‘.’.!':" Se o1 AT S8 Raltes { et 11 6,0 D111 0l Cubs Get Southern Star. 3 L (ER MOBILE. Ala.. September 17.—Firat ! 00070 j;nseman Walter Golvin of the Mobile { 5 R Southern Association team. purchased| 2 o T8 A v the Chicago National League club, ;g«,e:wh& Betts ‘r: ‘l.b: ..l.;.mn_ eft tonight to report to ;nrt-clu B l;..“-:ilfl‘; lensona 1 o e olvin is credited with being. -the] s 2014 ing first baseman of the léague. LEAD OVER PIRATES BOOSTED BY GIANTS Overflow Crowd in Pittsburgh Sees New York Win by Score of 6-1. ITTSBURGH, September 17.— P The New York Giants in- creased their lead in the National League pennant race by winning from Pittsburgh here to- day, 6 to 1. An overflow crowd witnessed the game, and, for the first time this season, it was neces- sary to establish ground rules in order that hundreds of the fans might stand behind ropes in the left field. Pittsburg’s lone run came in the fourth inning when Whitted sent the ball over the left field fence. The Giants scored one run in the} seventh when Young, who had tripled came in on Meusel’s sacrifice. i New York added two more runs in the eighth on a single by Snyder, Nehf's sacrifice. a base on balls to and a hit to right by Frisch that was good for three bases. Three additional New York runs were registeed in the ninth on four RAIN HALTS NET MATCH; PLAY FOR TITLE MONDAY BY W. H. HOTTEL. the Ut P HILADELPHIA, September 17.—The tennis singles championship of ited States will not be decided until Monday. Bill Tilden, the title holder, and Wallace Johnson, the veteran chop stroke iplayer, tried to settle the issue this afternoon at the Germantown Cricket Club, but they were forced to quit with the count eight games all in the they will begin all over, it being ifirst set when old J. P. intervened. When they take the court Monday mutually” agreed to throw today’s pity that the rain had to stop the match, as the way they were playing it promised to be a battle royal. hits. Score: efforts into the discard. It was a NoX AR. R.H. 0.A. Baurns.cf. 4 4 0’ i Bancroft,ss \: [l. : 0 Frisch.3b... 2 T i0i2 What May Happen ety ity 2 MeuselIf.. 3 2 3b4 1 2 0 > - oo § 1 0 2 oimman.s 0 9 1) in Base Ball Today Smith.c. 2R flrhlfllidl,c ; 1 g 3 | rdle 1 Carlson, 3 2 2 RAY 39 3 Sieens. 0 6 0 al AMERICAN LEAGUE. \ K 0000 . Totals.. 32 10 Totals.. 3510 2710 | 0oy Pet. \')L;'T-.h_;;_“ New York. 00001 2 3—8iNew York . a31 624 Pittsburgh. 010000 0—1jSt Lonin 5 507 Runs—Burns, Young. Washington o s ings, Snyder, Weitted. Bostonts i 4pg base hits—Hurns, Ke ebase bita—{ Qe 490 48 base—Carey 7 hits—Rancroft. Philadelp] . 348 341 MES TOMORROW. Mewel, “Touble plays ~Slaranciile sud Grimm i MES TODAY. Sl e b s hulls | Cleveland at Wash. Chicago at Boston. Sork, 4; Pittsburgl Rases ou balls | Sl s & - SR . ¥ Carison, ® in 8 in. | Detroit at N. Y. St. Louis at P s ings. none out in winth o , fning. Struek ont-—lty Carlon, 3¢ Mor- | Results of Yesterday’'s Games. rison, 1. Winning piteher—Nehf. Losing pitch + £ A Umpires ~Mensrs. McCormick and } Cleveland. & Washington. 4. Klem. Time of game—] hour and 57 minutes. ITYGERS BEAT MACKS: RAIN HALTS 20 GAME. PHILADELPHIA: September 17.—; Detroit won the first game of a sched- | uled double-header wi the Philadel- phia Athletics here today, 7 to 3. but 1the second gamé was called off in the! Brookiyn at" (hicago last half of the fourth inning by rain.| Phila. at with the score 7 to 6-in favor of the: visitors. The home team was fn a rally when the coatest was stopped. C. Walker made his twenty-second home run of the season in the third inning of the unfinished game. ‘It was. Detroil’s last appearance here. Score:. . . Detroit. AR.H. 0.A. Phila. = AB. Younz.2b. 4 1 4 Witt.rl. kS Jones, 0 5 Johnwon,nf. 0 Dykes,2b. 0 C.Walker,if ) i V! i e Merritt .. Faxder.c. Dauss, PRS- PP 3 4 1 ol 3 3 T 4 4 4 4 i 1 1 1 | emeBa—mizn—pivat lees 5 a Totals. *Batted for Detroit Philadelphi 10 Wolfe in 9th. - el 010203807 ol 10100 1"5H» 0 03 Runs —Colb. ach, Heilman (3), Blne (2). Witt, Dykes, Mallonie. Errors—Merritt, «Gal lowas. Wolfe. Two-base hite—Witt, Merrirt.{ Three-base _hit—Blue. Home run-—Hellman. Sacritices—Harri Dykes. Bassier. ' Double plays—C. Walke and [¥al Blue: Jones, i".h'\w;l:hnl‘:,n;n' Detroit, a _ Of Harrin 5. Hits—Off ~Harris, innings: off Wolfe,.1 in 3 innings. itcher—By Harris (Merritt). Stra it vy Dauss. 3. Losing pitcher—Harris. pires—Messrs. Hildobrand and Evams. Time, 1 bour and 37 minntes. . —— SILVER SPRING REGAINS . LEAD IN COUNTY LEAGUE Silver Spring resumed the lead in the Montgomery County (Md.) Base Ball League yesterday. when it de- feated. Kensington, 9 to 1, in.a match on’ the latter's diamond. .Bethesda, which was tied with Silver Spring for the lead prior to yesterday's' engage- ments, was vanguished- in_an’ 6 game it Rockville. G Gt Metritt - and Left ot basex Bases on balls— in 6 i Cincinnati e Chattancoga Detroii. 7: Philadelphia. 3. Boston, #: Chicago, New York-St. Louis (rain). NATIONAL LEAGUE. Win New York . Pittsburgh St. Louis Roston . Brooklyn g0 86 Philadelphia GAMES TODAY. Boston at Cincinnati MES TOMORROW. Boston at Cincninati Erookiyn at Chicago Thila. at St. Louis N. Y. at Pittsburgh. Results of Yesterday's Games ew York. 6: Pittsburgh. 1. €hicago, 7: Brooklyn, St. Louis. 9; Philadelphi Cincinnati-Boston (rain). RECORD FOR MEMPHIS Louis MEMPHIS, Tenn. September 17.— The 1921 Southern Association season ended today with the Memphis club, {1ed by Spencer Abbott, veteran mana- ger, but a newcomer in the Southern Association, winner of the pennant and the right to compete with the Fort Worth club, Texas League pén- nhant winners, in the first official post- season series between class A leagues |for “the ‘base ball. championship of the south. Ecsides winning the league title the g,emnhu club set a precedent in the | uthern Assodiation by holding the leadership-continuously from the drop of the.flaz to the finish and establish- «d a record for number of games won, 104. The nearest approach to the record for games won was.in 1917 when Atlanta ran up a string.of 98 vietories. - - - The standing of Southern Associa-, tion clubs at the close of the cham- pionship season today, according to [unofficial Aigurcs, was as follows: H::l.‘n:l. ‘\x‘ L.* POT. s . 678 irmingham Little Rock e Atlanta 3 % Nashville [ 400 Mobile 58 382 52 33 IN WINNING PENNANT, It was drizzling when the players took the center of the stage, but de- spite this nearly ten thousand per- sons were in the stand. The wet con- ant heaviness of the ball worked to Johnson's advantage, as it did not ef- fect his slow. chopping game as it did Tilden's driving. In fact, the cham- pion had to let up considerabley in forced to do this he had a mighty tough time in matching Johnson's steadiness in the rallies. Errors Cost Johnson Set. Johnson probably would have won the set at 9—7, had not the crowd began to leave the stand on account of the increasing force of the rain, as the vet {40—15. in_the sixteenth game. The moving of the people back 5f him | threw Johnson out of his stride and | Tilden "was enabled to deadlock the count simply on his rivals’ errors. Johnson, when questioned later, ad- | mitted that this factor cost him the | set. He was reluctant to say so, only | replying after being %sked point- | blank. . During the set de luxe Johnson out- scored his rival by 51 points to 4 |as usual making less errors than h {Tilden's 18. but made Six less mis- takes. the count standing 29 to 35 in | his favor. Both were using a brand | lof court strategy that was pretty to | watch, jockeying at all times to put the other out of. position to score a placement. Johnson handled Tilden's {was aced four times. but this was only {one better than he did himself, ’ i _Johnson never has been e: iTilden. Last as sy for year in ‘the semi-finals travel 46 games, although he won in straight sets. 14—12 iliams and Johnson played at the White i House and Columbia Country Club in | Washington this spring, holder two successive sets in an exh. bition match. There are quite a few people Who would not be. gu iof the season Monday. | Each plaver broke throu | other’s service twice. SLAL D even ttlleheounl, next eight games on service, John ) i e, John. son going to the front by breaking When the chop-stroke artist ran count 40—15 in the next game, it ;;f { peared as if he surely would garner the set, but the heavy rain caused the throng in‘the stands to move al- most 2s a unit and Johnson spoiled his_grand opportunity by making five” successive errors to let Tilden {pull up on even terms. OIML % uB13oy wupsy One championship was decided to- phian, Dr. P. E. Hawk winning the final in the veterans’ national tourney from T. W. Stephens of Pittsburgh, 6—1, 6—0. Dr. Hawk played remark- able tennis for a man of his age all through the tourney, losing only two i games in the four matches it re- quired to annex the title Pniladelphia certainly suppoted the tourney in fine shape. Fully 75,000 nave watched the seven days of piay. SPORTS Round RETAINS FEATHER TITLE IN SENSATIONAL BATTLE Challenger Severely Punished After Referee Ig nores Fouls and Makes Contenders Fight— 22,000 See Bout in Rain. ‘ two years old and has a look of age around his eyes, but he still is the featherweight champion of the world. The Cleveland veteran of the ring, defending his championship for the first time in five vears. knocked out Danny Frush of Baltimore, a challenger ten y his junior, in the seventh roynd of a scheduled twelve-round champion ship contest here this afternoon. The match was fought in the Cleveland American League base ball park before a crowd of 22000, which paid approximately $100,000 to see Kilbane, who has been titleholder for nine years, knocked into the pugilistic scrap heap. 3 LEVELAND, September 17.—Johnny Kilbane is gray-haired. thirty- cars A How Griffs Are flnt:ng G. AB. H.SB.RBLPct. 1 i NARINE CORPS GUNNERS SLORE TWO MORE VINS P PERRY. Ohio. September 17. AP Jnitea States Marine Corps scored two more victories today by |landing the national pistol team match and the national individual | pistol match of the national matches. } The marines No. 1 won the team match, with a score of 1318 out of a possible 1500. United States in- {fantry was second with 1287 and {the marines No. 2 third with 1274. Sergt. J. M. Thomas of the marines J won the pistol match, with 281 out| Jof a possible 300, with A. P. Lane. | New York, second, with 272, and Lieut. W. J. Whaling, also of the ma- rines. third with 278. i The National Rifle Association pistol | Wins Middle Atlantic Sin- The fight developed into of the ne roughest and most exciting contests ever staged in the featherweizht di- vision. It came near being ended in the first round when Kilbane delibe: - Frush carried the fizht to the gray- haired Kilbane and staggered him with a left hook to the chin. It was the only time that Kilbane was danger during the fight. After boxing cautiously for the first two rounds, Kilbane opened up with a desperate attack that brouszht a roar of cheers when the bell sounded Neither -apparently heard the bell and Shaw. 5 01 .3% ately hit Frush in the groin with his Sl 100 38 knee in retaliation for a punch that W s Frush had landed low. Riee. mae Kilbane, hix face reddened with Ie Shanks, 3b 17 51 | liabs, protested to the referee, Wall e 353 | | €. Kelly, who paid no attention to him Courtney, B 06 | |As he fell into a eclinch, Kilbane Miller, ggg i |brought his knee up sharply and o, 8 57 ) Frush fell to the canvas apparently in =E S °1 ‘ pain, Referee Kelly allowed him to jBesliss 08 | |lay there. Kelly walked to the edge Eeil 13 | |of tne rine, raisea his hand for silence a and announced: 232 2 s i3 | Referee Makes Em Fight. Bush, | “I am not going to let this fight Bonacht, 34 | lend in a fluke. You came to see a La Motte, s5. 03 | lfight and you're goingeto see one. 14 H Kelly then ordered Frush’s handlers 02 to carry him to his corner and after 4 43 a minute's rest, the second round Foss ° g started as if nothinz had happened. o o0 010 in they continued to fight' until the referee stopped them. Floors Frush in Sixth, In the sixth round Frush was floored for a count of nine with a right and left to the jaw. When the challenzer struggled to his feet, Kilbane rus at him and was again guilty fighting after the gong. Frush was knocked down threc times in the seventh round. He hud opened a cut over Kilbane's left eve which brought a stream of blooc that quickly smeared his face. Tk served to anger the champion. w caught Frush with a terrific right to the chin. The dazed Frush fell in : heap, but managed to struggle to his feet at the count of nine. With v tory within his grasp. Kilbane piles into Frush with a reries of right and left hooks that dropped him in a o 5 = team matech went to the Unitednoutral corner for the second time gles and With Miss Sigour- [States infantry team No. 1. with a|frush tottered to his feet at th score of 1337 out of a possible 1500. | sount of nine and swayed into the The Marine Corps team No. 1 was second, with 1327, and the Spring- fleld Revolver Club third, with 1313. On the shotgun ranges John Tay- lor, Newark, ney the Doubles Crown. HILADELPHIA, September 17. e —Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mal-fof a pos!iblde w‘:)ewl‘!:h ‘?‘ .41:;3:;ze , said t e el re 4 M|°f)'- New York, today won ::‘eo:gl’::d::i!h;:hehsmn-gag%e gun. 1 H i In shooting off the tie in the Lewis- the ; ld(?]e Atlantic 'States. lawn Ch‘;kse match, Maj. B. G. Chynoweeh, tennis singles championship for | United States infantry. won from i i ith | Col. S. W. Anding, also of the infan- women by defeating Miss Edith |7 %0 ‘three bull's-eyes against Sigourney, Boston, 6—0, 6—3, in the final round of the tournament at the Philadelphia Cricket Club. Col. Anding’s two. The A. E. F. Rumanian trophy; match, the last rifle event of the Na- tional Rifle Association tournament, ropes. Kilbane tore into his dazed o ponent as he hung on the ropes. arms hanging limply at his The champion showered him wi rights and lefts, and Frush slid off the ropes, falling to the fi of the ring completely knocked out Referee Kelly started to’ count but did not finish, waiving Kilbane to his vietory corner as a sign of ‘Thousands of ringsiders into the ring congratulating Kilbane The fans fought with the police, who were obliged to use their clubs to clear the ring. Press tables werc torn down by the frenzied crowd in dition of the ground and the result-| his speed of stroking and after beingd The national women’s champion was steadier thoughout the match than her opponent, although at times she was pressed to extend herself to win a necessary point. Of the 110 points played, 65 went to Mrs. Mallory and 42 to Miss Sigourney. and of the fif- teen games in the match, six went to deuce, the winner taking all, but twq Of these were extra-point affairs. Alzo Scores in Doubles. Mrs. Mallory and Miss Sigourney won the doubles championship by de- feating Miss Mary Brown and Mrs. Loutse Williams, California, holders of the women'’s national doubles title, 6—3, 6—4. Mrs. Mallory and Miss Sigourney. who were paired in many doubles matches in England the past summer, played a very steady game, howing excellent teamwork. Miss Brown and Mrs. Williams played. a forecourt eame and errors contributed to their defeat. 'N went to the United States infantry, with a score of 824 out of a possible 900. The Marine Corps was second, with 822, and the Navy, third, with 811 HUNTER HIGH GUN. Shatters 43 of 50 Targets Thrown at Waskington Club Shoot. A brisk wind bothered most of the trap gunners yesterday at the weekly shoot of the Washington Gun Club, but Hunter managed to break 43 of 50 targets thrown, to lead the field in the singles contest. The best dou- bles scoring was done by Stearn. who shattered 23 of 24 targets. Other sin- gles scores at 50 targets follow: Stearn, 42; McCarron, 41; Stine, 2 Wynkoop., 37; Britt, 36; Horton, 3: Reeves. 33; Bolden, 32. INO WORTHY OPPONENT FOR DEMPSEY IN SIGH BY SPARROW McGANN. EW YORK, September 17.—Jack Dempsey may step into the ring! this winter against some set-up, but Tex Rickard said today that —_— i an chopper was leading, | iopponent. He earned only 16 peints fo! serve in great style, despite that he! of the national. the champion had ta | . 6—4, 6—4, and | shortly after Big Bill Washburn, Wil- | the choj stroker came home and beat the nue‘fi rprised | Yo see Johnson spring the big upset class among better men than he has Tilden w { Afth game, with Johnzon serving, o | take the lead at 3—2. but the latter | came right back at the champion to| Then they split the ! through on Tilden in the fifteenth. | day. and it was.won by a Philadel- | ithis year. He added that his main reason for extending his lease on the big amphitheater on Boyle’s Thirty Acres in Jersey City was for a battle early next summer between Dempsey and some opponent who, in the course of the coming winter, will have demonstrated his right to contend for the title. “If Tommy Gibbons should meet and defeat Carpentier t said Rickard, “there is no doubt he would lenger for the title. Rickard probably’ is right in this{'aire _good as far as zhe{‘ 80, Ihu( lhe}(’ | there ¢idon’t rate even on the fIringes o e re “hoxing same the championship class. Harry Wills Who feel that a Dempsey-Gibbons iS popularly regarded as a great match would be as bad a match as|fighter. but good judges of fighting iwas that between Carpentier andiform don't subscribe to this view. Dempsey. And every: one—or almost {Jack Johnson is old and out of the | every one—realizes mow that Carpen- |Question, anyway. tier wend 'way out of his class when he fought Jack. Gibbons is by no i as e B orepacy and It looks mow [Into the ring to face an opponent as though he never will be. He is a|Who has an even chance of beating true light heavyweight. None the him. less, if he can stow away-Carpentier he will size up as by all odds the out- standing candidate for the heavy- |weight title. Only One Heavywelght. | We hear a lot about the poor status| of several classes, notably the mid {dle, welter and feather weight, div i sions, but when you come down to it, the heavyweight division is no better oft. 1t is fortunate to have one great fighter in its ranks, Dempsey. Other- s winter,” ; be the popular choice as chal- All in all, Jack Dempsey, who is now twenty-six years old, may have to wait a long time before .he goes (Copyright. 1921.) LIMIT CLUBS TO 15 MEN IN SOUTH’S BALL SERIES MEMPHIS, September —Only fifteen players will be eligible® to compete as members of either the Fort Worth or Memphis teams, Texas League and Southern Association pen- nant winners. in the post-season series for the base ball championship gory? Gibbons sure is a terror among the lesser lights and he may be thelof the south, under a ruling of Mike H. Sexton, president of the National | Association of Minor Leagues. Fort Worth wanted to play its en- tire team of seventeen men, while} the Memphis club insisted on fifteen, the Southern Association player limit. met. But that can be only a matter of guesswork. Gibbons, by the way, is thirty-two years old. 5 Jess Willard is a big overweight furmer, who never was a real fighter and is less of one today than ever he was. If he gets himself in any sort wise what have we got in this cne-i — of conditions, Tex Rickard may, in desperation, sign him up for & match, NET FINALS TODAY. but no keen critic of the fighting game will get—very much excited Singles and Doubles to Be Decided over a Dempsey-Willard battle. | Bill Brennan is a good second rater in Potomac Park Tourney. Don Sickler.and P. Primm will be | {who has been twice defeated by Dempsey. Even casual followers of. the ring game would not take an- {other Dempsey-Brennan meeting seri- lously. Every one. though, would be keenly interested in a bout between Brennan and Gibbons. ° Fulton Offers Fime Bet. Fred Fulton can knock the dubs out of the ring in jig time, but when he gets against any one having a claim to class all the fight seems to run out of him. He offers to bet that Jack Dempsey will notiget into,the ring with him this year or next. Kelly and N. H. Sanborn will meet W. H. Flanery and B. H. Shepley in the doubles today in the final matches of the Potomac Park tennis toumn: ment. Play will begin at 3 o'clock. A silyer trophy will be awarded to the singles victor and appropriate trophies to the winners of the doubles. | Race to Schooner Sonnica. NEW YORK, September 17.—The It { schooner yacht Sonnica, owned by H. is a fine bet. S. Shonnard, today defeated the Charley Wienert, Bartley Madden.|Vagrant, owned by Harold S. Vander- Billy Miske, Jack Renault, Bob Mar- bilt, in a 200-mile race for the Cape tin, Capt. Roper and Gene Tunney, all May cup. E opponents in the singles, while F. J.:ins, star tackle of last their wild scramble to greet Kilbane 1} Bout Held in Drizzle. | The match was fought in a drizzie Dark clouds began to gather befor the preliminaries were finished, and these were cut short o the main bou: could be staged before the rain. Bix drops of rain began to splash into the ring during the first round. Kilbane received $63.000 as his share of the purse. He was guaran- teed $60,000, win, lose or draw, and was given an additional $3.000 as a ibonus for signing. Frush got $2 merely enough to cover his training expenses. Kilbane did not weigh in for the fight, but his handlers said he was about 128 pounds. Frush was obliged to make 126 pounds half an hour before the fight. Board Bows to Champion. Early in the afternoon Kilbane threatened to call off the fight be- { cause he objected to the appointment ‘of Sam P. Hall of Chicago and Rich- ard Guy of Pittsburgh, sport writer: as_judges to decide the contest. H refused to accept them chiefly because +he was not consulted. He insisted 5o strongly on the appointment of Cleveland men that J. B. Wilberding. !chairman of the boxing commission, appointed Frank Davis, a member of jthe commission, and Thomas Terrell, a former local sports writer, to offi- ciate. OFFERED $65,000 PURSE COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Septem- ber 17.—Terms for a fifteen-round deci- sion bout here within five weeks between Johnny Wilson of Boston, middleweight champion, and Mike Gibbons, were of- fered Wilson today by R. R. Richards of St. Paul, Minn. Richards, in a tele- gram to Martin Killilea, Wilson's man- ager, offered a purse of $65,000. MiKe Collins, Gibbons’ manager, agreed to any of the three following divisions of the purse: 75 per cent to the winner and 25 per cent to the loser; 50 per cent to both boxers; winner take all. Collins said he preferred to fight on a winner-take-all_basis and would post a side bet of $25.000 that Gibbons would win. COURT RULING WALLOPS ANTI-RACING ADVOCATES DETROIT, September 17.—The Mich- igan law prohibiting publication and distribution of betting odds was term- ed “class legislation” by Judge Charles T. Wilkins, in recorder’s court here today. - The court set aside conviction o Louis Grosseup. a local newsdeale charged with having distributed re ports of odds offered on horse race It is expected the state supreme cou will be asked to rule on tle o stitutiona..ty of the law. MOHAWKS TO SCRIMMAGE TODAY FOR FIRST TIME Mohawk Athletic Club, after a weck of preliminary practice, will hold its first scrimmage today at 10 o'clock on the field at 17th and D streets south- east. Many of last searon’s squal ve reported and are i ion, while the new material giv much promise of ability. Irvin Deak- ear's Navy Yard team, probably will coach the Indians. F. R. Cohill, manager, wants to hear from speedy District elevens. n communications should be addresscd to him at 1372 C street southeast. OWEN HURLS REX TO WIN. FREDERICKSBI'RG, Va. Septem- ber —Rex Athletic Club of Wash ington. with Owen pitching, easily d feated the White Sox. semi-pros. here$ today, 7 to 1. - Owen allowed but one hit in the first seven innings. 1 wa his thirti~fourth win in fory staris this season. . o -—a