Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1921, Page 24

[ ? Fopg SPORTS. . SPORTS. = L e s e e e _ Nationals Beat Macks in Season’s Finale, 11-6 : Upsets Frequent in World Championshij FINISH HALF GAME BACK | OF THIRD-PLACE BROWNS Big Crowd on Hand to Pay Tribute to Milan, - Who Receives Gifts From Fans. ... Johnson Fans Ten. r B day when the Nationals ran BY DENMAN THOMPSON. ASE BALL had its last fling of the season in Washington yester- roughshod over the oppressed Ath- fetics, sending them a little deeper into recesses of the cellar they ashs have occupied for seven successive campaigns, with an 11-6 verdict. The finale was most fitting, A crowd that filled all available space |. with the exception of a slice of the left-field pavilion was on hand to see finis written on the national pastime for another season and pay homage 1o Clyde Milan. The veteran captain and flychaser of the Grifimen re- ceived from the fans a floral tribute and a parchment detailing the high esteem in which he is held by -them, in addition’ to a diamond-studded watch fob and a purse of gold, the presentation being made on his first appearance at the plate by Commissioner Kutz, In lieu of a speech of acceptance Zeb upset the dope by socking a sin- &le that cashed a pair of mates and gave the Griffs a lead they never relinquished. It fis customary for pastimers when similarly honored to strike out. Griffs Fall to La Third. There was only one fly in the oint- ‘ment for the Nationals. They topped ©ff a rather erratic season by winning eleven of their last twelve games and finished firmly intrenched in the first division, but the highly remunerative privilege of. attaining third place ‘was denied them, as the Browns re- fused to falter in Detroit and des in the money with a margin of half a game over McBride's men. The pastime itself was nothing to enthuse over. Roy Moore was so in- effective and unsteady and Johnson so strong the affair savored little of a contest. Connie Mack’s left-hander ‘walked nine Griffmen, wounded a pair ,and committed four wild pitches, in addition to yielding eight hits, and fairly earned the razzing he got from the stands before being removed in the seventh round. Johnson in Fine Form. Johnson, on the other hand, w: superb form and merely toyed with & the Macks, most of the nine bingles | . they accumulated coming late in the fray after his pals had obtained a substantial lead for him. For all the loafing he indulged in, Barney hurled in a manner to convince the spectators that he may be counted on to render valuable assistance to the Griffs in the 1922 race. ‘Walter whiffed ten of the A is pretty close to a record f the season. Connie's youthful left- flelder, Paul Johnson. took the count on four successive times at bat and only Brasill. J. Walker and Xeefe of the visiting array escaped being struck out at least once. In the third inning Walter whiffed Moore ‘and Witt, and in the following frame victimized Dykes. Paul Johnson and ‘Welch—five in a row. At no time was Walter in any dan- ger. Just two hits were obtained off him in the first five frames. Dykes scored the first Mackian run in the sixth, when his clout to left center became good for the circuit because Harris momentarily fumbled in relay- ing from Rice. Johnson just lobbed *em over in the next two stanzas, be- ing content to hold the alien scoring ‘within reasenable limits. Milan Gives Griffs Lead. Milan ripped the first hole in the Mackian craft in the openér when he jammed a single to center after Judge walked and Harris doubled, scoring himself on Dykes' wild throw after Rice sacrificed and Goslin walked. ‘Walks to Rice and Goslin, Shanks’ sacrifice fly and a ctrcuit clout to the jury box by O'Rourke gave the Griffs three more in the third and an equal number was produced in the sixth when Moore's wildness and swats by Milan and Rice were factors. Only one hit—by Rice—figured in the pair of tallies registered in the seventh. when Moore passed three and winged another Griffman. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION HAS ITS BANNER SEASON CHICAGO, October 3.—The Amer- fcan Association yesterday closed what is declared by President T. J. Hickey to have been the most suc- cessful year in its history, not only from ' the club owners' standpoint, but from the public viewpoint. standing follows: The official AD. 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In every instance our prices are generously - Others to $50 Made as You Want Them FULL DRESS SUITS, Silk Lined—to Order, $50 Up It’s All Over Now AB. R. A.E. 42 00 5 3 3 1 4 2 0 o 3 1 0 0 11 0 0 3 0 o 0 e, 51 3 0 Pleinich, 4 1 0o 0 W. Johnson, 3 0 2 o Totals . PHILADELPHIA, ke P. Johnson, If. Welch, cf.. J. Walker, c.. Moore, p Keefe, p. Totals . Philaelphia Washington . Two-base hits—Hai Three-base hits—J. 5—0' ice, Double Left on bases—Phila- Washington, 11. Bases on balls— fohnson, Hifs—Off Moore. & In : off Keefe. 0 in one Hit by pitcher—By lin: by Keefe,"W. John- Moore, 4; by Johnson, Wild pitches—Moore, 4. allin and Moriarity. < Los. Tiwe of game, 1 hour and 10;" by Keefe, 1. Uthpires— Messrs. N ing pitcher—Moore. 40 minutes, Johnson's win vesterday, his seven- | Yankees will begin their struggle for teenth against thirteen defeats, gives him a pitching perecentage of .567, according to unofficial figures, the highest of any local hurler participat- ing in ten or more full games. Mo- gridge won eighteen and lost four- teen, for a mark of .563. ‘The imposing figures of 2,829 repre- sent Johnson's total of strikeouts for his career. This is 39 more in fif- teen campaigns than the former high racord of Cy Yodng. 2,790, established | in twenty-two years, and Walter is not yet through! Harris made a bid to attain the base-stealing crown of the circuit by piltering twice to run his string of thefts to thirty-one, but George Sisler ran wild on the paths in Detroit and by annexing four hassocks earned the laurels with a total of thirty-four steals. Approximately $1,000 was subscrib- ed by Washington fans to the “Milan !day’ fund. Zeb rose to the occasion in fine style with a double and single that drove in four runs and he scored two himself. Most of the Griffmen today are en route to their homes for five months surcease from base ball, but a num- ber of them will be busy for several weeks yet on barnstorming expedi- tions. In addition to Molly Craft, who fin- ished the season with Shreveport, Deeby Foss and Al Schacht probably will be sent to New Orleans next sea- son, as payment for Pitcher Tom Phillips. In the absence of Connie Mack, who decided to forego witnessing the final fray. the Athletics just went through the motions. They appeared to be not trying very hard to lick the Grifts and mebbe the Tygers felt the same way in regard to the Browns. NINE-GAME STRUGGLE PREDICTED BY LANDIS NEW YORK, October 3.—Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, commissioner of base Dball, and Manager Wilburt Rob- inson of ‘the Brooklyn Nationals be- lieve the outcome of the world series will be close. “I look for a close, interesting series of battles,” declared the Chicago jurist at the Polo Grounds, where he saw the final ‘game' between the Yankees and the Red Sox yesterday. “We may see nine games,” he said, adding that he believed the teams were evenly matched. Manager Robinson said he believed the series will be one of the hardest fought in the history of the classic. He regarded Fred Toney as the Giant pitcher most likely to stop the Yankee | FOR SERIES EXPECFED Final Major League Standing; - NATIONAL LEAGUE AMERICAN LEAGUE 'YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. New York, 1"““! (A d, 4. - Tonie, 13; Deble 8 atais, 6. STANDING OF CLUBS. 3 Qa0 4; St. Louls, §. teams not scheduled. 16/11(18110/ 14/14| 16/94] 10/13/12/14117) 1890) | u.ln’u 15/87| 10/—'11{18/14] 1 1 llu‘u 1164 Ruth Sets 80 Homers EYES OF SPORTWORLD | (59 Rt s o NOW ON POLD GROUNDS | | sSEsiesy o aes Ruth, home-run king and star batsman of the 1921 American With the major league base ball season passed Into history, the eyes League champions, today an- mounced his 1022 batting cam- of the sporting world—and that in- cludes nearly everybody—are turn- lort of the meason mark set for himself, xald he make another effort to s. Ruth, whose fifty- wo ing toward the Polo Grounds. There t:lrl the threescore total mext me run yesterday was on Wednesday the Giants and the| | 7\\Uull go gunning for that sixty mark mnext season,” the Yankee slugger declared. “and I ve a sneaking hunch that Tl make 1.7 Ruth’s 1021 record is five bet- ter than his 1920 performance. HEILMANN BEATS C0BB the title of world champions. The National League champs fin- ished the season with a defeat by their old rivals, the Brooklyn Super- bas, yesterday, while the Yankees wound up by winning from the Bos- ton Red Sox. Pittsburgh maintained second place in the National League by a victory over the St. Louis Car- dinals, and the St. Louis Browns won third place in the American circuit by subduing the Detroit Tigers. Cleve- land lost its final contest to Chicago. Some lively hitting featured the Whiteman was a veteran minor final games. Jacobson, St Louls leaguer.’ He was with Boston largely Browns, cracked the ball safely in| NEW YORK, October 2.—Harry |because he was over the draft age. d stol = ott o= During the war days many a veteran each of his five times up and sole | Heiimann, Detroit's slugging out-fgor & big league opportunity Who three bases. double and two singles. games which the Chicago Cubs from Cincinnati Catcher O'Farrell, Chicago, made five hits in seven trips to the plate, his two safeties in the second contest giving him a perfect average for this game. Rogers Hornsby. the National League's lead- ing batter, however, went hitless in four times up, but ‘e made eight as- aists.and & put-out inithe fleld. New York, was third, with .377; Sis- Walter Johnson turned in ten|ler, St. Louis, last years champlon, strike-outs in his team’s victory over | fourth, .371, and Speaker, Cleveland, Phjladelphia. fifth, .357. 7 57. KIRKE, LOUISVILLE, SETS |ELKS, D. C. CHAMPIONS, WORLD BATTING RECORD| WIN 3 OF 40 GAMES LOUISVILLE, Ky., October 3.—Jay| When they defeated the Gibraltars, Kirke, first baseman of the Loulsville |independent champions, in both ends team, 1921 pennant winner in the Amer- | of a double-header at Union Park yes- ican Association, established a new |terday and clinched the city sandlot world record for hits in one season |hgge ball championship, the Elks, Fra- here yesterday In a double-header with | ternal League champions and best team the Milwaukee club, when he brought |in the District interleague series, ended his total for the year to 282. Prior to|its season with a record of thirty-eight today the record was held by L. H. Mil- | victories in forty starts. "It was the ler of the Oakland club of the Pacific | Fraternal leaguers’ third straight win Coast League with 280 hits. over the Gibs in the titular series. The In the final games of the season | Elks lost a practice game to the Knick- Kirke hit safely three times, Kirke also | erbockers and were defeated by the is_the leading batter of the association | Nationals before annexing thirty-eight with an average of .333. He formerly |straight engagements. played with the New York and Cleve- In its dual victory over the Gibs, the land teams of the American L e, | Eike gt thirty-four hits, nineteen of but has been with the local club for |them being registered in the first game, five seasons. in which the independent champions Owen kept the Myers, Brookiyn, hit a ¥ o M ewo | flelder, won the 1921 batting cham- won | Plonship in the American League by -0003 of a point, according to unoffi- clal figures made public today. Hellmann's boss, Manager Ty Cobb, gave him a merry chase for the title. They were virtually tied when the geason closed yesterday, with .390 each, but the figures when carried out to four percentage points gave Heilmann .3904 and Cobb .3901. Ruth, Gibs® six safeties scattered in the open- ing engagement, while the Elks had three big innings at Ballinger's ex- pense. ‘The second game went to the Fra- ternal leaguers by a 12-to-1 count in five fnnings. Patterson allowed the Gibs but two wallops. Shoemaker, Beamer and Deck of the losers waere pounded and received poor support. Unless the impending world series between the Giants and the Yankees should be decided before the first seven games, it is almost a certainty that all existing records for attendance will be shattered. The present high-water mark was reached in 1912, when the Giants and the Boston Red Sox met in their memorable clash that went eight sames before a decision was reached. At that time 252,237 persons paid to See the games. ‘This will be the first time in the his- tory of world series that more than 35,000 persons could be seated at every game. There is only one park on either of the major league circuits that has a greater seating capacity than the Polo Grounds. That is Braves Field in Bos- ton. In past series the contests have been between teams one of which might boast a big park while the other’s was comparatively small. The following are the attendance fig- ures for previous world series; Fans Praise Clyde Milan in “Diploma of Esteem” The “diploma of ed to Zeb Milamn by the bore the following in- seription: “Know all men by these pres- ents that the friends and ad- mirers of Clyde Milan, in ap- Ppreciation of hix splendid work for fourfeen years as a member and captain of the Washington Base Ball Club of the American have united in providing est gift which they ask him to aceept as a slight token of their appreciation and esteem.” Attend- Year. 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Pitchers who win threce games in a world series are the exception, yet Coveleskie turned that trick for Cleveland. None of the critics gave Mails much consideration in comparing the two pitching staffs, yet Mails turned in sixteen and two-thirds innings of I. His 1-to-0 victory over Smith was a classic. Winning a ball game 8 to 1, although outhit thirteen hits to twelve, is the exception, yet Cleveland so captured the fifth contest. This vic- tory was the real turning point in the series. With the series standing two all, Grimes was sent in to give Brooklyn the edge, and was knocked out of the box in three innings. HE old dope doesn’t always run “true to form in base ball. It is easy enough to discuss the relative merits of the players. It is equally easy to reach con- clusions as to what should happen unless the unexpected bobs um It is the unexpected that wrecks many weil figured prophecies. Go back over every world series that has been played and you will find that in most cases some unusual hap- pening or happenings, on which no one figured at the start of the series, to win under ordinary _conditions. Either the Cleveland club got the breaks or made them and when the unexpected was pulled some Cleveland player always seemed to be at the pull- proved the turning point in the classic, Whiteman ‘Starred in 1918. Often the fellows picked to do the big things fail to come through. In a great many gases an unknown re- cruit delivers the puneh that decides the geries. Take the 1918 serles, for instance. One player overlooked en- tirely in the comparisons that were being made was George Whiteman. As a matter of fact, there was some doubt as to whether he would play, and even if he did none of the wise ones figured that he would be a fac- tor in the outcome. otherwise would never have had a George Whiteman was the chance. big noise in 1918. He made plays in the outfield that would have done credit to.a Speaker. He was the hero, yet he passed out before the opening of the 1919 season. Dope Upnet Last Year. Last year at this time all the ad- vance dope contained nothing _but bouquets for the Brooklyn pitching staff. Little credit was given the Cleveland twirlers. It was freely predicted that the Brooklyn pitchers would dominate the series. Brooklyn had the npitchers. Pitching was 75 per cent of the strength in a short series; hence, on the dope Brooklyn should be returned the winner. Then, just to upset the dope of the critics, Cleveland went out and made twenty one runs In seven games to eight !or‘ Brooklyn. In no game did the Brook- 1yn team make more than three runs, and then in only one contest. In an- other game two runs made the total, in three games one run was the best they could do, while in two they were shut out. However, the Brooklyn pitching in all_but one game was good enough ‘A SALE OF Bet. F & G Sts.. 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Lkewise the triple play, unas- sisted, by *“Wamby.” However, the play that really settled the series was saved for the final day. Some of the critics gave Johnston credit for pulling a bright play, others took an opposite opinion. For three innings the two teams had gone runless. In the fourth with two Fine “All—'Wool”_ Suits and Overcoats —at the very remarkable price of . ccouee viaciss o and O’Neil up, Brooklyn held a confer- ence. It was evidently decided to pass O'Neil and take a chance on Coveleskie. ¥ iNC. We Give theValues and Get the Business - THE MAN'S STORES - A BIG FEATURE —of our growing clothing department this Fall will be a great line of Young Fellers and Conservative TWO-TROUSERS SUITS They are here in a wide assortment of fabric models and a complete range of prices. The prices are based on 3 pieces (Coat, Pants and Vest) and the price of the extra trousers is quoted separately. 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When about ten feet from the bag he stopped Grimes whirled tgward second and a good throw would have easily retired Johnston, but he threw to cen- terfleld, and Gardner scared. That run spelled’ the finish to Brooklyn. The old dope is all right if every- thing runs to form, but it srldom pur- sues that course on' the ball fleld. (Copyright, 1921.) Six 8s5¢ ~"’fl)k“"" 1005-1007 PA.AVE. Teomers 9949 | 8 AM. Fifty Combinations of Colors. COMPARE! For These Chilly Mornings - and Evenings IMPORTED MOCHA. FINISHED FABRIC . GLOVES $7.19