Evening Star Newspaper, May 14, 1923, Page 26

; 4 SPORTS. THE . EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO Lossof Two Regulars Handicaps Bushmen : Cy Williams May Get Home Run Title | D. C..MONDAY, MAY 14, 1923 SPORTS., WESTERN-TECH FRAY IS FOR THIRD PLACE Western High's diamond athletes SETTING PACE AS CIRCUIT SWATTER. COLLEGE TEAMS GET il PHILLY GARDENER LOOMS BUSY ON WEDRESDAY| ™ ™\ § SUCCESSOR TO RUTH, All local colleges will Yemain fdle RICE AND JUDGE ARE OUT OF GAME, DUE TO ILLNESS Fisher and Conroy Filling in for Gardener -and First Baseman—Warmoth’s Wildness Gives Opener to Indians, 5—2. will hook up with Tech for third po- sition In the title series tomorrow in the Mount Pleasant stadium, starting at 3:15 o'clock. Last of the title games will be played Friday when Hastern, now second to Central, will clash with Busines: Hannegan probably will hu¥l for Western in tomorrow's fray, while Smith or Speer will pitch for Tech. until Wednesday when three games will be played, two of which are slated here. Georgetown will renew hostilities with Navy at Annapolis; Gallaudet will éntertain Blue Ridge; and Catholic University will play host to Mount St. Mary's. I Maryland expects its toughest game National Leaguer, With 13 Circuit Swats Already Is Setting Faster Pace Than Babe, When Latter Set 1921 Mark of 59. of the season when it jourmeys to kle Virginia to- e Nihiser or Schrider will hurl BY JOHN B. KELLER. ollege Parkers. 3 BY JOHN B. FOSTER. ” { Georgetown's annual invasion of C LEVELAND, May 14—Just as Managei Donie Bush figured he BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS { Annapolls invariably results in a real TODAY indications are that there will be a new home-run king at The nines appear evenly matched. | Chariotts & =4 S o s g ibattle. Homer Jenkins, first string ; - > SR, was “sittin’ pretty.” with his ball club hitting on all six like a ! moundsman for the Blue and Gras, :he‘ c}osc of the season. The heir apparent is Cy Williams of the regular big league outfit, along comes old man trouble and hands !'will be depended on to bring home Phillies. : 2 5 {the bacon. A the Nationals a double wallop. Sam Rice, flcet outfielder, who has been i At the rate Babe Ruth, erstwhile sultan of swat, has been going so batting at a terrific clip this scason. and Joe Judge, one of the most . . ¥ . | far, the Bambino's 1923 record will be aro ; i . Y 2. 1 5 around twenty-five four-base dependable first sackers in the American League, are put out of com- 1110 534[Boston. - : j |TRINITY NINE CLAIMS gmacks. Of course, Ruth may find himself and do much better, but the mission by illness, and while the latter may be able to return to the GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. ; 3 8! y interestin line-up today, there seems little likelihood of Rice getting back into har- | Washington at Cleve. ~ Washington at Cleve. TlTLE IN THE SOUTH s It(__;va‘s\,ir;fi;;;xgaéica{‘ifsih??tlg-fl:‘hhmomlé ,',“r’:i‘fni“;;‘;.;;“::‘{‘,2‘5'1“5 - : H 13 ~y: v Phila, at Chicago. Phila, at Chicago. ess be e club is well into the series at Chica, that is to foll troit. 2 = ness before the club is well into series at Chicago 0 follow | New York at Detroit. New York at Detroit, exactly thirteen days earlier than the home-run walloper of the Am: ican League. the one here. i Boston at 5t. Louis. Bostou at St. Louls. ¢ _ It was not the absence of these men that brought about the 5-to-2 RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES, & i 3“ 5 1 = 9 y 1 $ defcat of the Nationals yesterday in their first brush of the year with | Cleveland. 5; Washington 2. oo ' G [ DU C ey I s Ruth's 1921 record was fifty-nine homers. His only chance to break the Indians. Bush's club, with Bill Conroy and George Fisher under- Okioage; E2) e e s {record of seventeen games won and| that mark, obviously, is for him to show a sudden reversal of his present studying the ill regulars, flashed a deal of hitting power, but it got little e 3; Boston, 0. {ane lost, Trinity College today laid| form. Of course, Ruth may have decided to be simply a ball player and in the way of pitching and at times faltered badly afield. = claim to the southern intercollegiate | let the heavy tragedian stuff take care of itself, on the theory that there c NATIONAL LEAGUE. {base ball champlonship for 1923 and| are other years in his base ball life and that he would like to carry them The continted absence of Rice and Judge, however, might play havoc | . / . ; 1 s with the Nationals. Rice gave every indication of being in for about | yew vork. .15 5 T35 Cincinna - Bot. | B %R IR R |invited negotiations for a post-sea- | along as far as possible. i a ile vas j ing i s vi a Possibly he would not draw down the -AND e s best vear in base ball, while Judge was just rounding into form that | 8t. Louis.. 13 11 542 Boston son serles with any southern team! Poss! : lill:btl)m P-i‘ldhih made him so \alua"fi' to the Griffs, - b P Eaaaom. e disposed to dispute its claims. same largo salary it he aia not nit| RECORD FOR PAST WEEK Both 1 s have been under the GAMES TODAY, GAMES TOMORROW. . E 2 Lo The one game lost by Trinity was|homers, for it has been shown that 2| [N THE MAJOR LEAGUES weather for some while. but their ARMOTH IS o S oo % - 7 #] | to Auburn early in the season, but|home-run hitter is a great drawing card. | v ailments became more serious when W. OTH WOBBLY o A Dk, Ditlin a¢ New Pork SR g =y the North Carolina nine came back|were this to develop, there would in-| The following table, compiled from this town was reached and late Sat- Bt. Touis at Boston. ~ St. Louls at Boston. % F e % | the next day and downed the Plains-| i ¢ opinion | MAJOT league games of May 6 to urday night a doctor was called in Cincinnati at Phila, Cincinnati at Phila. 4 : i ] jmen. Trinity has clinched the North |evitably come a difference of opinion |, iygive, shows games plaved, v for Rice. Sam's affection at first was | prASHINGTON. Al RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES, 3 . 3 £ Carolina title by defeating all of the | between Ruth and the club owners. RUth | and Tost, with rune. hits ead ervors thought be muinps, for his n.«ln BV New York, 9; Pittsburgh. 0. - S5 5 N AR 4"l]W:x‘;"lélnlmeh“a";’r‘"l‘g(‘:l“‘e'yanfl might go one way, and the club the|and opponents’ runs for all clubs aa o ! but the i < kiyn, 2. 5 = i o lin addition has defeated New York [ ek = = ing fro vere cold. Judge . o . ; % : L { Georgla giies, University of 3 h o e 5 ueing | Gharrity, o, TYGERS, 4; YANKS, 1. Sy ; 3 4 , o | Georkla, Clemson and the Universicy | the hope of secing Ruth swat one over | New York T Sl the fence would not be 0 anxlous to | Philadelph apparently he was on the mend this| geok i’ jof South Carolina. iladelphia morning. Warmoth, p. While these men ave laid up «on- | Brillheart, p. roy will take e of the first sacking gVfli'S . iob and Fisher will cavort uelt ght field. Both “v"‘, fairl \_\(;l': '..' Totals . A - getting one of the ten| RGO slr*lwl‘ s on, If, Coveleskie, but thei rk_and Wemby. 2b, £ the other Nationals in attack | Speaker, cf, could not offset the wildness of Wally guuto, 1b. Warmoth vho hurled the first se umma, T tRnings against the Indians. B Warmoth Uses Tv Myntxh C.... Warmoth employved two Coveleskie, p.... pitching—very good and very poor. | rotals... AMERICAN LEAGUE. L4 £ ) > (AT DETROIT.) follow the Yank fortunes, for even the | Clevcland Detroit. Blue,1b, Haney.3b. Cobb.cf. old died-in-the-wool fan likes the side | Detroit o . 3 1l as | Washington.. ... SANDLOT LEAGUES OFFER | ball same trseir. oo 22 Well & siola™ > w Cy Williams has a_capital chance to | §hicaso PAIR OF BATTLES TODAY |make a record better than that of | Ruth, better than that of Hornsby of { sandlot leagues will figure in two |his own league, who set the National| New York..... ests today at 5:15 o'clock on the | League mark in 1922. Any ball play Pittsburgh. In the Treasury Interbureau | who can swat thirteen home runs by | St, Louis , Annex No."2 will do battle|May 12 can't_complain that luck is| Chicag .. CY WILLIAMS, with Registers. Government Print-|against him. Willlams' trouble will be | ot ir . ice i . g g - [ing Office will engag= al Ac-|in trying to maintain such a pace on | Brooklyn.. Detroit s 03100 veteran of a dozen seasohs of service in the majoi a counting Office in the Government|other grounds. Unless Willlams has | Philadelphia. ... e Cobb, Fothergill, Bass. | 1€t 80 by the Chicago Cubs six yi ago because . more_force in his swing this year than — e o e e " Twobese hite— showing the way to the sluggers of both big leagues | . center ficlder for the Ri- {last he won't make the ball carry out | sides of the league can't win a cha Dt in hs couid get ithe ball aon B 27 15 Ward, Haney, Fothergill, Heilmann. Double ago Williams never attained an average hi 3 .u!f‘h'(\\'ohnnw!’y hits against |l3’fm|r?llefllrr‘l:5;'rmlo}l‘i.l wr‘.'f,fio there are no | Mnlp\t}l[‘vlnrk R nad 50 much on 1t that the Tribe g Thettod for Baguett fo olghih dawins - e Fark 8: Dotears, 3¢ Bab he has landed in the charmed circle of .300 hitters every season, and now, e M A e Aiilly: contonaesydoes mot drive | has shown Something. The Washing. nered only five blows off him. BUt| g qineeon. olio 0o s el or T iis at the age of thirty-five, is making a determined bid for the homerun - the ball as hard as Ruth does. But for|tons have been picking up .a littla championship. 5! coounmocoonmd Bacall/8l sesnaniontus Dauss, Totals.. 2 10000 8| osrionauast Bl owsnsesss © G| mavoormome? ool mosormmbok =8 vmeococoo® CoRRDaRE % R DWoR o N LI “rorooomrE vl coccsccscc0nt ° I SN e A o omm CEPTTrEryy 3 a! omnoconnoll 5| mosoowmommmnl Prach of the time he-could not locate | G amssts 0888188} 12| u—By Jones, 3: by Daus that matter no one else does. The proof | percentage here and there, while tha = —! d Owens. - , the plate, so nine b on balls w s Messrs. Nallin and of the assertion is the record Ruth| Athletics actually were second in the the way of the opposition. S ;.?n‘?::::’h‘,‘.‘“s:é‘;i':“n‘.‘l.'.'i‘-‘.”w‘-i.‘:‘flf ‘H& Bawraa 47 ry BACHARACH GIANTS WIN. holds for clouting the ball farther |race on May 12 and away from homs these passes were issued in the first | rifice—Wamby. Double plays—Warmoth, Peck, | than any one else in the game. | at_that. It should make the Phila e g v o > Palace 1a achars ilants of Atlantic City g rin| ¢ three Innings without ‘helping 'the Tris ard Conroy: Conroy. Peck and Hemie: When it outhit the Palice Athletic{ Bacharach Glants of L b There isn't a bit of consolation in|delphia oatmeal taste better these Tribe. but others brought o in | Lutzky, Wamby and Guisto. Left on bases— I E P : Club, winning, 11 to 4 {atoned its recent defeats by handing | the results going on in the western | chill morninge. the sixth when a trio of tallics were | Washington, 8; Cleveland, 10. Bases on balls a — Ben Taylor's Washington Potomac a|nalf of the Ame be ; can_League except| Some part of the weaker play of made by Speak and ; 9 e In ® JIwelve-inning battle, the|13-to-10 trouncing —yesterday. 1It|to the eastern teams: The Yanks have | the western teams might be aseribed § ST e lthe 7 i Clover Athletic Club beat the Boys | was a slugfest from start to. finish. | wrontlen born Gl etore | o AR o ] T izhth, only to be slammed for | ball—Gherrity, Losing pltchereWarnioth Dee i IR & game featared by Neavy Mie-| mToC D= both won from New York last year. | that the eastern_teams also are pl g s T, o i n stic Cub e von't do to say that the west g 'S 8 e he Biime of Grme—t Henre Ve 10 At i % ting, the White Haven Athletic Club It won't do y estern | ing_out auce to th an earned marker. Brillheart w pires—Messrs. Connolly, Ormsby and Dineen, | e = { downed the Cardinal Reserves of| In a one-sided contest, the Harlem | teams have been fighting so hard | west must necessarily be the samse pport. but his pred was helped to his do . e Athletic Club trounced the Irving|among themeselves that they are the east. i 3 1 . Bt et e sk Athletic Club, 12 to 2. Kessler and|weary from exertion, because tha hmke was traded to Boston be- PERTINENT PATTER | | WObig sugprises were sprangin the sandlotEales yes o Cardinal Athletic ¢ with Dodd | Burton starred at the bat. Address|would be equivalent to saying they |cause he couldn't win for Detroit particu with one error an occasions when miscues could not be marked against him. Despite W h's generosity. the Tribe was to met into the i column until the fifth frame, and then t owas biues error e paved ae the Washington Legionaires trimmen the Mercury Athletic Club, ! hurling ma ? k ln‘.:)n?l'i ml‘n_lah(g(nraz\:‘xl\sgcr of the ";‘;car::uihqartth:x?tmg:taiap liber. An on’s best winning pitcher 8 to 3. and the Hilltop Athletic.Club humbled the Knickerbockers, L 5 Jack Hollingsworth or Walter Jol ! €on was expected to hurl for the 16 to 5. Washington amateur base ball followers now regurd»(hc Bullets tionals today in their second and the Hilitoppers as formidable contenders for the 1923 independent unter with the Indians, Georfe e litan) o e Uhle was considered Spenker'e i | championship of the District that the Mohawks copped last }1;‘\;;C°nnd| | likely pi selection. b . cas sup- | minican Lyceum, 4 to ! irst _up. get to the initial . 1 Boe “ilas, Legionnaire boxman. kept!the edge on Hoyt. Wamby sacrificed. then Speake More than 20.000 turned out to wit- (jjs epponents well in hand, fannin; — home. Guisto and Summa vesterday's battle. They shi I e lowing six binsles. Jo Superfor slugging gave the Phils sy outs. | ered, too. for, thouxh the sun was out, | MrGow 'on the mound for the Hilltops, | Athletic Club a victory of 18 to 10 Sixth Inning Is Weird. |extens 1t On the job to any great|was nicked for ten blows, but e rontass higéli:ma-eru Earnered by Three more Indians dented the| 3 managed to keep them well scattered.; JHERLeen D si weird inning The first triple_play of the season { : then | 4 B30 of the five bases stolen by th> was made by the Bullets when Stevens| o 0 - T ribe were due to Harris' inability to:hit to Tommy Degnan, who touched . ~Nationst ASRICHIe, CIN0, SOME the |: jEet hold of Gharrity's throws. In the {a runner out at third. threw the ball | 1i8 winning streak by defeating Tho e 0 et {hird inning. Bucky dropped the ball, :home to nail another and then took | /AT TN SOITTE © S0 1G £ e S Jamicoen Farced Tatasa ell jafter tagging Jamieson, and in_the ' the return and relayed it to second to sixth fell down while taking Patw!en off the third man u i : liome. but Wamby singled Myatt and { perfoct p v Ay LA leutOne man. e Doubles by Mackey and Potterton Coveleskie across. = While “Su cer Fas LReg that would have nailed While the champlon Mohawk nine|of the Cherr d::)l:;,‘\‘(11:‘1:[\,:‘_(‘1“.,:'{5;;6 Jamieson and Wamby — iswamped the \l,;l;c‘l: :l:ou‘:;ls’r"s,flyl‘:y sx‘n‘\h“ R AL S DL R P In the big same | Ditched creditably ouble st d made good. | T i = T v | _Peck played a spectacular game at |6 the Mohaw o oarpped the third SUke | short, and also had a,most suceesstal | Teresa nine, 6 to 4 A S ¢ et brousht mothine et ball-1day at hat. He banged out three |Danny Sothern hurled masterfully, al-| ;. o 4oy played game, Arlington The theft brouxht oINS, Rowever, | singles in four trips to the plate. ang | lowing six hits in elght innings won from Bolling Ficld, 2 to 1. SPone National cot's Gl Back It poeauired anexcallent 'ston’ and | Pound hurled brilliantly for the win- ghth. successive singles by | aportston e to keep the National | ners. Bluege and Harris and another one- | snpnest0P 7O @ 1.000 average for the base blow by Goslin after Fisher had i doing the work Garfields opened the season With 2 ¥ yesterday. pilling up @ score of =y 21 to' 6 over the Gloncarivn Mefve| A challenge has been ixsued by ths 4 E ¥ Murray of the winners slammed Ve [y Go Athietic Club, newly organ- Laad Gounteafas the last time | Blsene wasian cany vistha ot Cove. | 205122 Iniseven tribs ized mine of southeast. Manager in the eighth. when Wamby's double | 1e3Kie the first two times he faced the | Shamrock Juniors made it seven|Llovd Clark wants to book games off Brillheart ‘was followed by Speak. | Pitballer, "hut he finished the day |straight when they took the measure starting June 1. ers long single. eir las at | Wi ree successive singles. Ossie | ) Juniors, 7 to 6. Man- {rs lons single. In their last &arn At | <howed some speed in the ninth ah\e‘g‘g;&hhfilfigk 2F'%h winning team| Linworth Jumiors sacocssfally ty opened with a stroll and. was | B2 taPbed to Lutzke and beat the lat- | wants all players to report at his|opened its scacon vesterday when moved forward a mnotch by Peck's|teT's 10ss to Guisto. 4 nomer 13547K street southeast, to- it Cross’ : : single. Conroy flied to Jamieson, but morzewamihE LIS ook B e Tk the Ruel, pinch-batting for Brillheart, i 2 by | measure of Carlyn Springs, 9 to 2. singled to fill the ba Bluege' CH_ISOX 3 MACKS 2. i In n slugfest that was marked H e H vaverly iors defeated sufety counted Gharrity before Harris 9 Dy o &ie |{errors the waverly Sen S s - e S i Langed into a double play. the Benning Athletic Club, 17 to 10. |, ROWCN, JMECOT in great form, his Augustine, on the monnd for_the | team winning over the Royal Athletic raverly Juniors. allowed four hits, | Club, 10 to o. BROWNS, 3; SOX’ 0. waverly Juniors. allowed four hits, cinni ver the Warwicks, i e T an also crashed 4| A rally in the elghth which metted (AT ST. LOUIS.) Sorer three runs gave the Mohawk Juniors Boston. 'AB.H. 0.A. St. Louis, Omer: a victory of 5 to 4 over the Aztecs. Menosky.If. 3 Tobin.rf. McM'In.3 Foster,2b, Yankee Athletic Club took both ends | Haves of the Hawks held the losers b, ) Rei'la,ef rf Jacob'n,cf, i (AT CHICAGO.) o oP wo omoMmoruo} moomorARe of & double-header, vanquishing the | in check for the last half of the game. Burns,1b. Will'ms, If, e saens e and downing{ o y1.na added another to its list . 3 - !(Thel . it . : in black and white Totals.. 30 7 27 12 | the Orioles Athletic Club, 6 to : / ioiiih (snibg Stiver Spring took twe vesterday. —it’s the best cigarette ever made!” McM'us, 15, Sovereid.. Rob't'n.3b. Gerber. Shocker.p.. coromeummmoni Se6o\ aRuBhUNe corucsscent. Dev'mer.o. Shanks.2b. 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