Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1921, Page 20

" 99 -~ SPORTS. " 'THREE OF CONTENDERS | 'HAVE PITCHING FLAWS Giants, Indians and Yankees Have Been Handi- . capped Through Season by Erratic Box Work; Pirates Lone Exception.. By BILLY EVANS. Three of the contenders, the New York Giants, Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees, have been handicapped by erratic pitching. Pittsburgh alone of the four pennant contenders has been favored with con- sistent work on the part of its pitching staff. Seldom have the Yankees, Indians or Giants had more than two dependatle twirlers at the same time. During the greater part of the ygar Coveleskie has been the only reliable pitcher on the Cleveland stafj. Bagby, who won 31 games for Cleveland last year, and who was counted on for 20 victories this season, will scarcely get more than half as many wins as year. Mays, Shawkey, Collins and Hoyt have carried the Yankee burden most of the time, aided at intervals by a flash of form on the part of some other member of the staff. JPOOR pitching has been a handicap which three of the four contenders in the two major leagues have been up against all season. The two New York clubs and Cleve- land have had to worry along with rather erratic pitching. Pittsburgh alone has had consistent box work. That fact, plus the addition of Maran- ville, has been the reason the Pirates have constantly been in the running. At the start of the season Cleveland seemed to be pretty well fixed with Coveleskie. Mails, Bagby, Uhle, Cald- well and Morton. However, during the major part of the season Speaker has been constantly up against it. During the first four months Coveleskie was the oniy Cleveland pitcher Speaker could count on. And even the great Coveleskie has not been the consistent- 1y steady performer of 1920. Marvelsat Indians. As 1 have watched the Cleveland pitchers perform throughout the sea- son. I have marveled at the ability of the club to stay on top. Surely it has been a creat testimonial to the ability of Speaker as a manager. and the old determination of every player on the club to fight for every game. Of course, the failure of Mails to win regularly was a hard blow, but per- haps even greater was the reversal of form by Bagby. In 1920 Bagby, with thirty-one vic- d_the American League in That was a remarkable per- formance. Bagby, of course, had his share of the breaks. Any pitcher to win thirty-one games in the majors must get them. 1In summing up “the chances of the Cleveland club to re- peat in a spring prediction, I dwelled on the fact that Bagby's thirty-one victories must not be given too much consideration. In rating Bagby, and what he must do if Cleveland was to win. 1 figured that he would have to turn in twenty victories. I thought he had a pretty good chance to come througl. Bagby is destired to fall far short 6f last year's record. Bagby 1s Smart. Bagby is a smart pitcher. one of those fellows who mixes a limited amount of stuff with a lot_of excel- lent judgment. He always has been one of those pitchers who seemed easy to hit. vet mighty hard to beat. Often the fielders would back up fence for drive ufter drive. The other day Bagby remarked to me after he|. had _been driven from couple of innings: “What's the matter, Bill, lost what stuff I had?*¢ kR That query of Bagby's was interest- ing to me, because in all the games I have worked in back of him this year he has had more stuff than in the years when he was unbeatable. 1 feel that Bagby's failure to win can be traced to his increased speed. When Bagby was winning consistently. he used a half-speed ball, a sneaky curve and a tantalizing fadeaway. Repeated failures at the start of the season caused him to exert himself to greater gforts. to try for more stuff. His old ime style was different, his pre style just the ordinary. s Others lnrc‘hhlr. The rest of the Cleveland staff ha not becn dependable. Morton. T Caldwell and Maiis have turned some corking mood games. but they have been totally lacking in consist. ency. Speaker took a Sothoron and he fied his judgment. The New York Yankees have been up against a similar_condition. Man- ager Huggins looked in pretty fair shape at the start of the season, but seldom has he had more than two de- pendable twirlers. At the start of the season Shawkey had trouble with his arm. During the first five or s the box in a chance on has more* than justi- x weeks he was of little use hecause of his injury. That forced much of the work on Mays and Hoyt. Then just as Shawkey returned to form Mays slumped for a couple of weeks. Late in the year “Rip” Collins, who has as much stuff as any pitcher in the busi- ness. came through with a run of con- secutive victorics al a time the staff was sadly in need of bolstering. In the final series in Cleveland, when Huggins was up against it for pitch- | ing. Jack Quinn responded with a five-hit game. The Yankees' pitching, like the Indians’, has been spotty throughout. Giants Weak in Box. Manager McGraw of the Giants, has suffered the same as Speaker and Hug- gins. Never has he had four regulars capable of working consistently, and who could be called on in rotation. Toney. Barnes, Neht, Ryan and Doug- lass have done most of the work. but usually when two of the quartet were McGraw has suflered muck from erratic work on the part of his pitchers. For a time it seemed it was impossible to combine hitting strength with good pitching, and the result, of course, was diastrous. I 1 i 1 1 8oing good the others were off form. At Pittsburgh it has been differ- ent, for Manager Gibson, until very recently, has been blessed with good pitching. The great Cooper, remarka- ble old “Babe” Adams, the veteran Hamilton and the youngsters, Glas- ner. Morrison and Zinn, all have done excellent work. Blame it on the lively ball, a late start in the spring or the elimination of freak pitching, there is no denying that the twirlers have had a bad year of it on the whole. (Copright. 1921.) Title to Purcellville Nine. PURCELLVILLE, Va. September Purcellville won the champlion- ip of the Loudoun County League when it defeated Middleburg., 9 to 3, in a base ball game at Upperville. Pfeil pitched for the winner. CHERRYDALE NINE VICTOR. Cherrydale overwhelmed Glen Carlyn in their Ariington county base | ball championship series match, win- ring, 11 to 2. Goodrick of the win- ners had a perfect batting average, with a triple. two. doubles and a single. DEANWO0OD NEAR TITLE. Deanwood Athletic Club scored its second victory in the District col- ored base ball championship series in an 1l-to-2 game with the Red Caps. THE EVENING STAR, < Billy Evans Discusses World Series Possibilities : Only Eight Macks Give Four Players: for Hauser, First Sacker MILWAUKEE, 8 for The Milwaukee r players. 1s reported 14 eclud to have refuied a $15,000 cash offer for the player, rated as the best first baseman seciatio! Hauser will in the spring whem the four players will be selected by Mil- waukee from the Philadelphia roster. IDLE TRIBE GETS LEAD AS TIGERS BEAT YANKS First place in the American League appears to be as difficult to hold as a greased pig. It has changed frequently In the last few days, but today the In- dians have it by a scant two-point mar- &in over the Yankees. The world cham. pions, though idle yesterday, took pos- session of the coveted berth when the Tygers defeated the Yankees, erstwhile leaders. In other engagements the Red Sox scored two wins over the White Sox and the Browns vanquished the Athletics. During the game in which the Tygers trounced the Yankees, 10 to 6, seven pitchers were used—four by the losers and three by the winners. The Cobb- men got to Mays, Shawkey and Hoyt for seven hits and eight runs in the eighth inning and drove over two more with Quinn pitching in the ninth. Old- ham, Ehmke and Dauss held Ruth hit- less in five times at bat. Schang made & homer. Hitting well and flelding in good form, the Red Sox downed the White Sox, 6 to 2 and 8 to 5. Each of the winners clouted safely in the first game, Pitcher Bush getting three wallops in four trials. Scott, who got two safeties in the first game, was the only Red Sox player who failed to get a blow in the second. When Freeman faltered in the ninth the Browns got busy and beat the Ath- letics, 7 to 4. Four runs were made in that session by St. Louis, Williams' homer accounting for three of them. It was his twenty-fourth circuit clout of the season. The Browns had made only three saféties until their last turn at bat. GREENSBORO NEAR FLAG. HIGH POINT. N. C.. September 20. —Greensboro jumped on Pltcher Nichols in the first inning yesterday in the game between the visitors and High Point of the Piedmont League for pennant honors and hammered out five runs. enough to defeat the locals. The score was 8 to 4. Greensboro has won three games and High Point one and if the visitors should win today they will be champions. the as- TILDEN LOSES LONE SET INDEFENDING NET TITLE remarkable record in the n P HILADELPHIA, September 20.—William T. Tilden, 2d, established a ational singles tennis tournament, which closed yesterday at the Germantown Cricket Club, and in which he successfully defended his title by defeating Wallace Johnson, in the final match, 6—1, 6—3, 6—1. Out of the seven matches he played during the tournament Tilden lost only one set—to William M. Johnston of California. Tilden evidently had it on his mind vesterday to show how completely and and quickly a national championship in tennis could be won. Where, in advance, it had been thought that he might ‘be inclined to show leniency toward a fellow Philadelphian and, at the very least, allow him to win a set, Tilden showed himself merciless. To characterize the match in the ver- | nacular. he smeared his opponent. He was so overwhelmingly superior to the chop stroke artist that no comparison was possible. The defeat was crushing. Johnson Is Smothered, The speed aiill accuracy of Tilden's service and return strokes so dazzled and smothcred Johnson that the lat- ter was placed in such a defensive position that he never for a moment appeared to have even a fighting chance. As a result of his victory, Tilden's name will again be irscribed upon he champlonship trophy, which he won for the first time last season. He now has two legs upon the cup, placing him on a level with Maurice E. McLaughlin, who won in 1912 and 1913; R. Norris Williams, winner in 1914 and 1916, and William M. John- ston, holder in 1915 and 119. William A. Larned and R. Lindley Murray have also won this particular cup once, the play dating back to 1911, when it was placed in competition. If Tilden can retain the type of game he showed during the 1922 sea- son the final winning of this partic- ular championship Is a foregone con- clusion. The match was played under per- conclusively fect weather conditions and wit- nessed by more than 10,000 specta- tors. The recapitulation of the contest, which Tilden won with the loss of but five games and without removing his sweater, follows: 8. G. PTS. . 0. P. 8. D. | Triden . 3" 18 86 24 30 5 0 Johnson © 5 50 25 513 END POTOMAC PARK TENNIS. Don Sickler won singles honors in the Potomac Park tennis tournament when he defeated Paul Primm, 7—S5, 0—6, 6—3, 6—2, in the final match. ‘The concluding doubles match went to Flannery and Shipley. who van- CITY TITLE NET SERIES TO START TOMORROW Holmead, winner of the champion- ship in the Suburban Tennis League, will play War A, which won the title in the Departmental circuit, in the first match of the series for the Dis- trict honors at Columbia Coyniry Club tomorrow afternoon. The victor in_ this match will play Dumbarton Club, which captured the Washington Tennis Association title, the ultimate winner meeting Balti- more in an intercity championship clash. Play in all matches will be at six singles and three doubles. The victor tomorrow will not play Dumbarton until the first week in October on account of the District championship tourney, which will start on the courts of the latter Sat- urday. The match with Baltimore Country Club, the Monumental City champion, probably will be played October 8 in the Maryland metropolis. —_— MANGAN REACHES FINAL IN SUBURBAN SINGLES Tom Mangan of the Fairmont Club has reached the final in the Suburban Tennis League singles tourney. He defeated Thad Benton of Racquet in the semi-finals, 6—1, 4—6, 6—2. W. Ballinger of Holmead and Capt. Hills of Racquet are the other semi- finalists. They, will play during the week, the winner meeting Mangan for the title on Sunday. —_—————— No Coast Trip for Series. CHICAGO, September 20.—Plans for the winner of the post-season series between the pennant winners in the International League and in the American Association to go to the Pacific coast for a series with the champion nine of the coast league quished Kelly and Sanborn, 7—5, —: WATCH THIS SPACE! We Have Reserved for Important Announcement To the Public Regarding Byt H DIXIE FLYER CARS and _ JACKSON AUTOMOBILES , Special sale this week on slightly used cars—S8 cars overhauled and pretty to look at —latest colors, including gray, maroon, red, Terms to responsible parties. have been abandoned. ADAMS GOODHURLING | ENDS GIANTS STREAK Babe Adams checked the Giants yesterday in their drive for the Na- tional League pennant, ending their winning streak at ten games when he pitched the Pirates to victory in the last game of the season between the clubs. The Giants, however, still hold a.three and one-half game ad- vantage over the Pittsburghers in the race for the flag. The Cards made it four straight over the Phillies and!} the Braves crushed the Reds. The Pirates defeated the Giants, 2 to 1. Adams' triple and Bigbee's sacrifice fly netted a tally in the sixth, and Cutshaw’s double, Bran- hart's sacrifice and Pitcher Douglas’ error on Grimm’s roller produced an- other run in the seventh. The Giants tallied in the first and in the ninth Kelly doubled after two were out, but was nipped at the plate in an at- tempt to score on Meusel's single. Haines kept the Phillies’ hits scat- tered, while the Cards slammed Hub- bell and won, 5 to 3. Clemons of the winners got three hits in four times at bat. Hornsby played a spectacu- lar game at second base. ~ Boeckel starred at bat for the Braves as they trounced the Reds, In five times at bat he made a triple, a double and two singles. Barbare got a triple, double and single in four trials. 9 to 6. SANDLOTTERS PLAYING FOR GARRISON TROPHY STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Navy Yard, 3: Southern Ruilwa TODAY'S GAME. Navy Yard vs. Elks, at Union Park; 5:15. TOMORROW'R GAME. ks ve. Southern Raliway, at Union Park: A silver trophy presented by Jack Garrison, manager of a local theater, will go to the winner of the city inter- league sandlot base ball title series that opened yesterday with Navy Yard of the Government League scoring a 3 to 1 win over Southern Railwa leader of the Terminal R. R. Y. M. C A. circuit. The trophy has been given to the District Base Ball Association. which is conducting the championship tournament. Today the Elks, Fraternal League champions, who have not been defeated this season by a sandlot aggregation. will oppose the Navy Yarders. All games in the series are played at Union League Park, 15th and H streets northeast, starting at 5:15 o'clock. Navy kept ed. The feties in Southern Railway outbatted Yard, ten hits to five. but Fr: the Railroaders’ blows scatt Gunmakers' bunched their the fourth and fifth Innin HERMAN WILL TACKLE HARD HITTER IN BUFF NEW YORK, September 20.—Pete Herman, bantamweight thampion, and Johnny Buff, the flyweight titleholder, who aspires to the New Orleans boy's crown, are putting the finishing touches on thelr training for a meeting Friday night. In Buff Herman will meet one of the hardest-hitting men among the midgets. Johnny is practicing his knock-out punches over in Jersey City and Herman is developing his blows in Manhattan. TUBE BOWLERS AT TOP WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1831 Fans Clamor for Tickets for “All-New York” Series NEW YORK, September 30— New Yorkers demonstrated co fidence In their two base ball clubs by swi the offces arming of each yesterday with a de- mand for tickets to the “Yame kee-Giant world serfes.” i There unce- ment that there wuold be such a sale, hut such a rumer was afloat, and the Yonkee ofices on Broadway the Glants® extablishment near Sth a nue were swarming with fans who wanted to get their resers vations in early for what they believed would be an “all-New York” contest. At the offices of both clubs ft been clinched. INNAVY YARD LEAGUE Tube quint is_setting the pace in the Navy Yard Duckpin League, hav- ing scored three victories in as many starts, while Miscellaneous s in 8 ond place, with five wins and one lo Drawing, by grabbing two of three games Imwled‘ with Optical in the league's last match, tied that team for third place, with seven triumphs in nine games. Records of other teams follow: Broadside, won 4, lost 2; Tool, won 3, lost 3; East, won 3, lost 3; Erecting, won 2, lost 4; Foundry, won 1, lost 5; Torpedo, won 1, lost §; Gun, won 0. lost 3; Coppersmith, won 0, lost 6. In the Drawing-Optical match Hough of the Drawing outfit made high game when he bowled 136 in his final effort. Goddard, a teammate, and Boteler of Optical tied for high set, with 340 each. The scores: Drawin Optical. Hough 1+ " 08103 138 Nolan 101° 78 Van Loock 78 93 Forney.... 104 101 112 Dauterick. 04 95 87 89 118 93 112 115 99 126 38 438 821 20 911 Wats 97 121 112 Goddard.! 103 122 115 Totels.. 474 515 560 Burean of FEngraviang and Printing Duckpin League will swing into ac- tion «ut 8 o'clock tonight on the Rec- reaticn drives. Teams and captains are: Printing, Capt. Kindsfathes Numbering, Capt. Purcell; Custodian: Capt. Dewey: Vaults, Capt. Eaton; Engraving, Capt. Brahler; Misfits, Capt. Bennie; Bond, Capt. Pester; Sur- face, Capt. Powell. League officers are Tate, president; J. C. Reeves, vi president: C. P. Ander- son, secretary-treasurer, and R. Ros- bery, scorer. A mic Bowling Association will me omorrow night at 7:30 o'clock in the library of the Masonic Temple At 13th street and New York avenue. Lodges will be given their last op- portunity to procure franchises in the circuit. League opened last night at the ecreation with the Woodpeckers taking two of three games from the Orioles. Ryvder of the losers had high game with 138 and best set with 335. The sceres: Weatern Unl LUDLOW SETS 3 MARKS IN MOTOR CYCLE RACES SYRACUSE, N. Y., September 20.— Three world records for motor cycle races over a dirt track were set here yesterday at the national champion- Carbone and Darcy Draw. NEW ORLEANS, La., September 20. | —Frank Carbone of New Jersey and Jim Darcy, Pacific coast middleweight champion, fought fifteen rounds to a draw last night. Boxer Dies During Bout. BANGOR, Me., September 20.—Ed- ward Francis Prout of Hampden, twenty-one’ years old, fell dead after receiving a blow on the jaw in the fourth round of a boxinz bout with George Langley of Waterville, here last night. Physicians pronounced death | due to heart failure, but Langley was | arrested. | | | | —_— EASY FOR ORIOLES. FROSTBURG. Md., September 2¢ The Orioles. champions of the Inter- national League. with Lefty Groves, Frostburg boy, pitching, defeated the Frostburg Demons, 10 to 3, here yesterday in an exhibition game. Harry Courtney of the Washington Americans twirled the last two in- nings for the locals. Start “Little World Series. KNOXVILLE, Tenn.. September 20.1 —Johnson City and Greeneville clubs | will open_their “little world series for the championship of the' Appa- lachian League today in the latter's park. Games will be played until one team shall have won five. A Good MEN'S WEAR ships. Fred Ludlow set all of them. His time for ten miles was 7 minutes and 38.80 seconds: for & mile, 44.05 seconds, and for five miles, 3 minutes 45.74 second! Memphis Club on Way. MEMPHIS, Tenn,, September 20.— The Memphis club, Southern Associa- tion nennant winners, has left to meet the Fort Worth club, Texas League champions, in the opening tjlt tomor- row of the seven-game series for the championship of the south. TODAY BASE BALL ;eN. AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK Washington vs. Chicago Tickets on Sale Spalding’s, 613 14th St. N.W. from S:30 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. Tickets on Sale Hecht Ce., 517 7th St. Fall One Get 142 G HAT for- stylish—of fine felt —made right and in just your size. SPECIAL PRICE Sidney West, Inc. Men’s Wear that is 100% one today, the I8 145 G eSS R I D S T T S SN AT 0 e Y R e T A N T -V Although idle yesterday, t of the clubs when the Boston Red ‘Whe the Nationals will finish continues to be problematical, for al: though but a narrow margin sep. arates from sixth place they also within striking distance of St. Lou! Only four games separate the third place team from the club occupyin xth, so that third, fourth, fifth an sixth'place occupants may not be de- cided until the closing day of the cam- paign, a week from next Sunday, with the issue to be fought out by the Browns, Red Sox, Nationals and Tiger: Only Eight More Games Here. Only a dozen games remain to be played by the Griffmen and of these but el’?hl will be staged on the local lot. They include three in as many days with Chicago, beginning today; three with Detroit, starting Friday; one with New York, probably on Wednesday, September 28, although the Yankee management has not defl- nitely agreed as yet, and the wind-up battle with the Athletics on Sunday, October 2. A week from next Thurs- day, Friday and Saturday the Griffs heduled to play four games in n, a double-header being listed for the Saturday. \ Manager McBride now faces the problem of deciding between the use of youngsters who have been brought on for the express purpose of attain- ing a line on their ability, which can best be done by seeing them under fire in a championship contest. or de- pending upon the regulars, the meas- &Favorita Ve araiphs to 30c. « Game THIRD TO SIXTH PLACE POSSIBLE FOR LOCALS looking, so to speak, and commandeered fourth fall out of the Chicago club. 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BY DENMAN THOMPSON. o ITH less than two weeks of the base ball season remaining, the Nationals today start the final furlong of the race in fifth place. hey slipped a notch in the standing Sox sneaked up while they weren't lace by taking a doublc griflmtn now are in the ure of whose ability is well estab- lished: Most of the supporters of the Washington team are convinced thal the recruits have as good a chance of helping the Nationals to land a first division berth as the veterans, and they are hoping Mac will hold the same view. Nine New Pitchers on Job. With Joe Gleason, the Shreveport right-hander, on the job, and Slim Mc- Grew, due to blow in from Galveston today, McBride will have nine new pitchers of various sizes and varieties on the bench and overflowing to the sides of the dugout. In addition to Gleason and MoGrew the right-hand- ers are Phillips, from New Orleans; Mcllree, from Virginia, Minn.; Turl Columblia, 8. C.; Woodward, New Ha 'ven, Coni nd Burdette, Boyds, Md. the southpaws being Bird, Shreveport, Tex., and Miller, Bloomington, I11. Shore, the Bouth Carolina forkhand- er, has returned to his studles at Guil- ford College and will be given further inspection in the spring. when Fran- cis, another left-hander, from Seattle, also will get his first looking over, as will a couple of inflelders—Third Baseman Smith, from Beaumont of the Texas League, and Shortstop Bluege. from Peoria of the Three Eye League. Goose Goslin, the Sally League out- flelder, already has made quite a hit with the fans In the three games he has played here and will be continued | in the line-up. Woodward has dis- s Left Here for Griffs lWhat May Happen in Base Ball Today AMERICAN LEAGUE. GAMES TODAY. Chicago at Wash'ton, St. Louin at GAMES TOMORROW. Chicago at Wash'ton. St Louis at Phils. Detroit at New York, Cleveiand at Boston. ew York. ’ ton. Cleveland xt Bos Results of Yesterday’s Games. Detroit, 10: New York, 6. Boston, 68; Cly st NATIONAL LEAGUE. Pet. 620 w, 80 x &: Chicago Philadelph GAMES TODAY. TOMORROW. i, at Cincinnaty New Fork at Chi Roston at 8t Lo Brookiyn at Pitt Hoston at . Louis. Brooklyn at Pittx. Results of Yesterday's Games. Pittshurgh, 2 ati, 6. 5: Philadelphia. 3. —_——————— INTERNATION EAGUE. Jersey City, K: Reading, Byracuse. 10-9: Buffalo, 16-1; Koc his fleeting glimpses have been obtained of Bird, played wares, and Mcliree and Miller. It is assured thai Turk, and Phillips will seen In at least parts of the games remaining, and there is 4 good chance the last named will start one, possibly today. against the White Sox. Phillips was with the Cleveland In- dians for almust all of the season of °19, and was well thought of by Pil Speaker, whose only reason for send- ing Rim back to New Orleans wa steadiness. 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