Evening Star Newspaper, July 2, 1923, Page 24

24, SPORTS. HOPE TO CLIMB IN RACE DURING MONTH ON ROAD Start Long Trip in New York Today Just 4}2 Games Back of Second Place—Zahniser Brilliant in Beating Red Sox, 8 to 1. i | BY DENMAN THOMPSON. OUR games removed from the -cellar and only four and one-half F games back of the second rung of the championship ladder is the rather unusual situation the seventh-place Nationals find themselves in as they start a tour of foreign fields that will last just a month and will The Yankees are so far in sured, but ! cntail the playing of twenty-eight contests. front that a third consecutive championship for them seems a for the inder of the field almost anything can happen Bush belicves that one of these “things” will be a first di his troupc. % 2 S The fact.that he has in Paul Vernon Zahniser, a recent addition to his curving corps, a_hurler capable of turning in a thre A was demonstrated hefore a good-sized crowd yesterday when the Memphis { graduate missed a shutout by a narrow margin and registered an 8-to-1 Victory over the Red Sox, lcads the midget manager to believe that the pitching situation is better than it has been at any time since the cam- paign got under way, especially in view of the performances giv by the veteran Zeorge Mogridge his last two appearances. Bush realizes that the absence from the lne-up of Walter Johnson -and Joe Judge will severely, handicap. his THREE OUT OF FOUR outrit, espeeially in view of the fact = that the toughest part of the road | BOSTON. B s' scheduled right ut the outset, c"ll’:urll. f:«. th « quartet of battles uguinst the | Collins, f. nkees, but neither the pitcher nor | paesr*2G, first baseman i3 expected to be (7. Ha ut of the game for more thun a & v davs and -the full strength of | Fewster, ciub. #houid bo available when | Waters, Chicago mnext Friday to evormer, its swing through the | McMillan, Murrey, -'p Piercy. ' p *Reichis | *Monoskey . m berth for ® 5 T {00 § while the out- he Subbuth high spot, ture not the « Sl mmonwmpsonwnss st @l omcoccoocssomncl | oocomowtmm! T Bouwg # Totals sasese % | WASHINGTON. Rice. rf. s - ‘Plclinplr‘lh. sl 005 circuit cupled, some clout with the and Oswald Bluege nlar fleldix r_corne patl onoso-uns? nl cecossscsscons cornocons? &l corsmcnnnocoon? [ERI -} Suetuseran orsen ed. to do the de- Chancemen nd ach guccess. The on for solitary occasions nds he w un- tlv threatened, although yield- allowed as many Pierce ing her enjo former was plcked tallles on four diff and in the three R “Batted for Shanks in seveath inning. tBatted for Murray in eighth inuing. 00000010 0-1 . 1000111 4 x—8 Three-base Lits—Goslin, Bluege, Home runs—Goslin, Gharrity. Stolen bases— Peckinpaugh, Evens, Coilins (2). Secritice— Zabniser. Double plays—Henis to Peckin- McMillan to Fewster to ses—Boston 4; Washing. balls—Off Murray, 4; of 2. Struck out—By 2. Hits—Of Murra: nmings: off Piercy, 1 in 1 inaing. By _Piercy Guestion was that previou red to marathon maul of G Grifts Score in Opener. After Rice had flied to Coll Peck slamm le second while G . here. Gharrity th rapped a clean single to left, and R scampered_over the plate The Griffs got busy agai in second Tun was regictered triple to the scoreboard : o left. In the following Bluege and Zahniser produced a tally, and In the scventh Goslin's home run to the ce field fence uccounted for the fourth run. The eighth was the big round. how- ever. Bi hit by a pitched ball, and Zahniser sent him along with a neat sacrifice. but Rlce's best roller to Burns for the sccond out Plercey then lost control and fifled the bases by walking Peck and Goslin. arrity followed with his fierce drive nd_the decks were cleared, four of the Griffs coming over the rubber in single i fan with relieved § the second-base job. Boston hung up tis solitary run (Bluege). Losing Umpiros—Messrs. Dinnoen of game—L bour and the sevent] who stered, sla Two outs third, and ved a ‘pass, singled to pan. De- fanned for wot 'a single in | frame putting Hurris hle, batting for Shan nd_Shano crossed batting for Walte rd out. ninth, RS FERRY, W. Va in lr_STATISTICS OF MAJORS AMERICAN LEAGUE. wiydiop 201311492 | Broc 31133488 ' C: 311341477 | St. 3036 252 seseact saggEREE | ascwmns BRERERBS 3 ~.122/25 2731758 35145748 — — GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Tashinrton at N. Y. Washington st N, Y. Phila. -t Boston. : Chicago at St. Louis GAMES TODAY. ‘incinnati st Chicago. 8t. Pittsb'h, ila, GAMES TOMORROW. Cincinnati at Chicago. St. Louis at Pittsb'h, New York 2t Phila. Boston at Brooklyn, RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES. Brooklyn, 2; New York, 1 Cincinnati, 6; Pittsburgh, 2, St. Louis, 8; Chicago, Other game not scheduled. BPSULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES. warlington. 8; Boston, 1. 7y 6; Cloveland. 2. hew York, 4 Zhilad St. elphiz, 0. € Detro OurSemi-AnnualSaleof MEN’S SUITS Offering our regular stock of 3 and 4- piece Suits, including STEIN-BLOCH’S (Dress and Tropical Suits Excepted) Were $35—Now $26.75 Were $40—Now $30.00 Were $45—Now $33.75 Were $50—Now $37.50 Were $55—Now $41.25 Were $60—Now $45.00 Were $65—Now $48.75 All Straw Hats 1/4 Off Including Dunlaps SID%MTWDEST 14th and G Streets and Donie | hit game, (\:i "l cooonnoscconcal! Zehniser. | {ning, 15 to 7. THE - EVENING -STAR, WASHINGTON. - D. C.. MONDAY, JULY YANKEES NOW HAVE | NINE-GAME MARGIN Closing a record week in which they knew but one defeat, the New York Yankees today are leading the American League by nine full game ! This i the greatest lead which Hug- giny' team has ever enjoyed. Thelr shut out of the Philadelphians ye: terday, 4 to 0, was the Yankees fourth consecutive victory. The triumph of the Chicago Americans over Cleveland, 6 to was also a fourth straight victo for that team. Louis, by blank ing Detroit, 8 to 0, displaced it |leader in the second division of the | ! American League. ' The Giants, holding their lead in the National, were stopped yesterday by Brooklyn. to 1. Wournier | home run placed the game in the! victory column for the Robins. The St. Louis Nationals triumphed over Chicago, 8 to 7, while Cinein- nati stopped the fast traveling Pitts- burgh team, 3 to | EXHIBITION GAME. | At Clifton, N. J.— R | i 1 Dings.) Benton, McNamata, und E. Swith; Galeott snd L, enewich, Fullerton | | aien, i dubbed the “Babe Ruth of fourteen homers this scason Young M ! record of cighteen victorie the junior division. at 5th and L streets southeast at 5:15 ‘ommy Thompson, boxman f mrocks, uncorked a surpri m to u 7T-to-2 can Lyceum. He held josers to six bingles, and tied | Sw ¢ for batting honors with three ‘ the when | victory | | | | Garfields earily xwamped the Tux- edo Athletie Club, 1, when the connected for afeties. T losers could make only five hits | Southends pushed their won colun to thirteen _stralght when they em Reserves, 4 to ed u homer for the Sixteen hits emabled the Brookland| { Athletic Club to get a 11-to-1 verdicty | over the Hilltops. 1 with Iinickerbockers walked away win- 5 | ¢ nine, by the Georgetown clu men, including a homer by W, | In o hattle that w eleven the American Leglon tossers- de the Mount Ralnler club. 4 to 5. Chatterbuck of the legion seventeen batters, Waple, on the mound for the | Athletic Club, was inst the Century Athletic Club, his | winning, 6 to 3. Heallowed but | Brattl and Smoot 1 euch conne ne run in t | fray between the Silver Spring R ser! and the Rosebud Athlet Club of Alexandria, the former wir humbled the Cardin their ability to sol Dodd and Dreifus, winners sixteen hits of the the sl viclded who i A triple by Turner with two on abled the Riverside Athletic C1 defeat the Chevy Chase nine, 5 to Superior hitting aided the Thi Athletic Club to whip the White Haven Athletic Club, § to 2. Royals gained a over the Brookland slummed the. en- | to £ 17 verdict Scouts when slants of Cremo I u Athlette Clubvanquished | \ Echo fossers, $ to 3. The| | Virginjans pounded the offerings of | { Cullinane for seventeen safeties. Two howers by Harrington of the Milan Athletic Club enabled his t ) win over the Kensingte | -— Sole Washington Representatives |in the semi 'SHAMROCK JUNIORS HAVE EMBRYO RUTH IN SMITH ARION SMITH, stocky reccived of the Shamrock Juniors, has been Shamrock Juniors and the Langdon nine were booked to clash in one of the opening contests in the junior s to | winners | worth LOSES TO MRS. BEAMISH IN A THREE-SET MATCH Miss Goss Also Defeated, Leaving America Without Player in Woman’s Singles—Richards and Hunter Score in Doubles. By the: Associated Pross. WIMBLEDON, July 2—William M. Johnston, No. 2 in the American lawn tennis ranking, today won his way into the semi- finals for the world singles championship by defeating Cecil Camp- betl of Ireland, 6—1, 5—7, 6—2, 6—2. His next opponent is the South African Davis cup star, B. I. C. Norton. By the Associated Press. IMBLEDON, July 2—The last two American woman players re- maining in the Wimbledon lawn tennis tournament were elimi- nated today from the running for the world singles title. Mrs. Molla Mallory, American champion, was put out by Miss Ger- aldine Beamish, British star, after a tense battle, which went three sets, 4—6, 7- 6—4, and Miss Elecanor Goss was beaten by Miss Kathleen Mc- Kane, the English champion, 62, 6—2. Ars. Beamish plays Mile. Suzanne Lenglen. the defending champion, nals, and Miss McKane meets Miss Elizabeth Ryan, former- Iy of California. 2 Mile. Lenglen today defeated Mrs. Hazel of England, 6—2. 6—1, while Miss Ryan won from Miss Rose, a British player, 6—0, 6—0. Francis T. Huuter and Vincent Richards, Americans. defeated S. M. Hadil and D. R. Rutnam, Indian stu- at_Cambridge, in the doubles, " Norton of South Africa en- the semi-finals in the singles defeating Max Woosnam, 7 Count de Gomar of Spain advanced to the round before the semi-finals in the men's singles by defeating D. 3L Grelg of Ligland, $—8, 6—0, 6—1, tered b the sandlotters” He has slammed | & and aided his team in piling up a Smith is onc of the bright lights in Both Mre. Mallory and Mrs. Beamish were greatly faticued neap the close of their strenuous match. but kept golng at top speed, putting all their power into the drives. The American woman wavered at the start of the final set. giving Mrs. Beamish u lead of but by & game effort brought the score to 4 all. Mrs. eBamish broke through her opponent’s service to make it 5-—4 and then won her own service, taking the final point of a deuce game when Mrs. Mallory flicked the ball off the rim of her racquet. It was constancy that gave Mrs. Beamish the victory. She is a veteran player whose steadiness offsets the ineffectivenes of her weak underhand service. She returns a surprisingly large percentage of shots and is sel- dom Euilty of errors. Neither player today elected to come 0 midcourt or the net, preferring to play a safe back-court game, drawing one another from slde to side with tinging drives until an error was ade or an opening left for a finish- — ing playmen Enst Washington Helghts was easy | 6 Playment. prey for the Benning Athletic Club, the latter winning, 9 to 5. T. Colvin made five hits on today. Play will start o'clock. HIS NINE HITS INCLUDE 3 HOMERS AND 3 DOUBLES ENID, Okla., July 2—Ed Bratcher, right flelder for the Ardmore club of the Western Aasociation, was at bat nine times, getting three home ryuns, three doubles and three aingles, in a double-header here yesterday. ugfest from start | rs driving out] | Goodman, hurlinz for the ! ywed the Herzel team b gles, his team winning, the Handley Spencer led w0 doubles an: downed | The past week's record in each R | masor leruue of gamen won and Jont, £ ¢ a|With runs, hits, errors and opponents’ Black's Athletie Club eked out &l ., "l ciuding mames of Sataraey, June 30, follownt Navy Yard fell before Museum base bailers, 11 to 7. Richardson’s homer was the feature Philadolphly Clovelana . St Louis Datroft - | Chicago " | Washington " Boston ... | National | Now York Pittsburgh Cincinaati Chic | Broakiym {St. Lovts Boston - Philadelphia’ the St Stephen over the River- 2 to 4. Heavy hitting by nine allowed it to w dale Athletic Club, Tr double-} ont Juniors took both ends of der, defeating the Milan thletic Ciub, 14 to 3, the first, d downing the Milan Juniors, 11 to . in the second wersunacd suanenied R um (I Rt F8RBTSEBN BB Displaying a strong defensive game he Epiphany Athletic Assoclation nine trounced the St. Joseph tossers, 10 to 2. Corsen was touched for only two hits by the losers. Heavy hitting by Bob McCartee, Tollis, on and Crump of the Lin- Athletic Club_ enabled their ine to trounce the Waverly Juniors, to 2. Hollis held the losers to three hits. The manager of the Riverside Jun- iors is requested to call Pop Kremb of the Liberty Athletic Club fn_re- sard to the game scheduled for July 8§ He can be reached North 2585-W. Liberty tossers t both ends of & doubie-header, downing the St. Mary's Juniors of Alexandria, and defeating the Mount Kainicr blems, s 195 Wear a Shirt Jersey on RECORD FOR PAST WEEK —, IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES | i | Clevel > 5 1923, \FIRST FOUR AT PLATE " HIT FOR THE CIRCUIT TULSA, Okla.,, July Z—~The first four batters (o step up to the plate in a base ball game here yes- terday ' knocked the ball over the right-field femce for homers, Wichita was playing Tulsa in the Western League. Smith, Conlan, Grifin and Blakely of Wichita did the hitting and started a batfest for the visitors which resulted in their winning a double-header by large scores, 11 to 7 and 13 to 2. MERCURYS, IN FORM, BEAT DREADNAUGHTS Mercury Athletic Club, one of ‘the leading contenders in the sandlot title series, displayed top form in the Dreadnaughts of Alexandria a 9-to-5 trimming. Ten hits, including 2 homer by Gulick, were made by the winners, Pfeil, on the gnound for Mereury, wsa nicked for ten safeties, but he came through the pinches in fine style. Maryland Athletic Club took the first of a three-game series to decide the champlonship of Prince Georges county when it handed the Seat Pleasant tossers = 4-to-3 setback. A homer by Penn scored the winners' first tally. Clarendoni nine camo to the front when it trimmed the strong Peerloss Athletic Club, 9 to 1. Unverzagt and Sebastin hurled brilliantly for the | winuers. ! Piketown Athletic Club continucd its winning streak when it vanquish- jed the Wintons, 11 to 10. A rally in th the winners can be ar- ranged by writing to Mre. . dine, 1002 13th street southeast. game is wanted particularly July 4. A challenge has been issued by the American Legion nine to the Sham- rocks, Dominican Lyceum and Mer- | eury Athletic Club. Call Charley | Swann, Main 6680. | Cames Chesel A for Billy Klinger, manager of the Hoft- n Tailors, 18 anxious to book zames with strong unlimited nines. He can be reached at Alexandria 161, or 1109 King street. Cherrydale Athletic C1 forfeit over the Virgint Alexandria. CHISOX, 6; TRIBE, 2. (AT CLEVELAND.) ABH O A. Cleveland. AB.H.0.8, C4 J'm’son, 1 Wamby 2b. 4 Speaker.cf. 4 3. Sewell,ss 4 b claims a Grays of Chicago. | Hooper.rf. | McClan Colline,2b. | Mostll,cf .. Bheely.1b.. Elsh.if.... 3 Kamm,3b. . Schalk,c. Cvengros.p. wewooowoo’ coemmnocoe Totals.. 34 12 27 10 . *Batted for Brower in eighth. 1Batted for Bhaute in eighth. Chicago. .. nd. e Ruas—Hooper, McOlolian, Collins (2), Mos- Jamieson, Stephenson. _ Ertor— Two-base hits—Schalk, Collins, J. Three-base hits—Mostil, Stephenson. ‘base- Collins. Bzorifices peaker, Double piays—Collins and McOlella: Speaker and Brower: Wamby snd Brower; J. Sewsll, Wamby and Knode. Left on bases “—Chicago, 5; Cleveland, 10. Bases on balls— Off Ovengros. Edwards, 2; Bedgood. 1. Struck out—By Ovengros, 4; Shaute, 1. Hits— OF Edwards, 8 in_4 Innings, none out in 81th; off Shaute, 6 in 4 innings: off o in 1 inning., Losing pitcher—Edwards Umpires—Messrs. Evans and Rowland. Time of gume—Two hours. ol onoo0000mmmmnm 8l cocconntunmnas | RIS AR SRR N A AP A AR AP A I of White Silk the Fourth Cool, comfortable, good- looking, a whale of a value $3 The shirt is prom that is cool and com Silk Jerseys fill the full box-pleat front, shrink neckband. shirt investment. Sizes 14 to 17. Men’s Shop, Direct The Ingersoll Yankee($1.00) and its partner, the YankeeRa. - diolite ($1.00) attellstime the dark, are ideal watches formotorists, Meinber Bettc Spomaman, e Otber lnger. - il 3p @312 The New Yankee $900 Yeakee Rodlolie 53.08, 85 inent nowadays, espe- cially so on any pleasure trip you may make on these holidays. It is important that you wear a smart-looking shirt, and one fortable, too. 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Junior division, ‘Bection A—Warwicks vs. Elliotts, at Rosedale; Section B, Shamrock Juniors’ va. Langdon, at 5th end L streets s ion Warwick Preps vs, s, at 16th and C streets northeast. Midgot _division, Section A—Aurora vi, Emblem Roserves, at 17th asd D streets southeast, Games scheduled for tomorrow: Unlimited division, Bection A—Petworth vs. W. F. Roberts, at Central Stadium: Section B, Shamrocks vs. Harlem, at Randie Field: Bection ©, Milan vs. O'Donnell's Drug Store, 15th and ‘G streets northeast, Bentor division, Section Bt, X A—Rowmer s, B, Beotlon 5. Swaverty vi- Epipiny s Thn pad , Waverly va. t B stroots southasst; Soction . Glover ve. Tre: mont. at bth and L str Midget division, 5 oud, Rosedale Playgrounds, at 10 o'clock. = ST. PAUL FANS RIOT; PLAYER IS INJURED ST. PAUL. Minn., July 2.—"“Chuck” Palmer, formier star pitcher with Northwestern University, now with Milwaukee, was slightly Injured, and Umpire Mullen had to be escorted lice when fans attending the Mil- waukee-St. Paul double-header yes- torday staged a riot. The disturbance followed the for- felting of the second contest to Mil- waukee, 9 to 0, in the ninth inning. dons and pop bottles were thrown the stand and fans swarmed on to the field after Milwaukee ha taken the lead, § to 3. Sasse he umpire forfeited the game few ‘minutes before the 6 oclock | feato law would have gone into ef- BROWNS, 8; TYGERS, 0 | o (AT ST. LoUIs.) etroft. Henaydb 3 7 %% Tobgr. 25 5 %% | Rob'ta'n,3b 3 Eell 35.. 0 Williama,1f 3 of! 4 Hellm'nzf 3 Veachlf. .. Pactin ney.ss. Balsior e cooomae NI LN | coommwmnnoocats onoHMurRNoon Oraannnmm cwomonooeme Tl 1 Totals. 34 1227 *Batted for Holloway f 1Battod for Wolls ia niath taning. """ paBstied for Robertsan in sevent icaing. troit. .. 00000000 00 Bt. 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