Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1923, Page 23

o SPORTS v« - THE ' EVENING . STAR, WASHINGTON, D. -C; TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1923. 23 Nationals Are Anchored in Seventh Place : Indians Only “Dark Horse” in League CANNOT ADVANCE NOR SLIP DURING SERIES IN BOSTON Expected Return to Line-Up Today of Capt. Bucky g Harris Should Greatly Bolster Team, Both on Attack and Defense. BY JOHN B. KELLER. OSTON B position. July 24—Whatever happens to the Nationals in the series due to open here today, they are certain to return home in seventh Victory in the four games would still leave them well be- hind the sixth-place aggregation, while four straight losses to the last- place Red Sox would not drag the latter out of the cellar. There's little consolation in_this for the Bushmen, however. They left home the first of the month just a few games behind the then second- place Athletics, and had they made a; ny respectable showing on the road now would have been in the running for one of the money positions in Ban Johnson's circuit known snowball chance for any mate ince quitting their native heat As it is, they have nothing more than that well rial laurels. h for a quartet of engagements in New York and their second invasion of the west this season the Nationals have won only seven of twenty-one games played. That is next to the poorest record for the tour made by any of the clubs. The Red Sox, present adver- sarfes scored but eight wins in twenty-five starts. If the dope of the vast few weeks holds good in the work of these clubs in the series here, each will find it difficult to lose 1o the other. Of course, the Nationals have had their troubles during the trip. First their pitchers did the worst kind of “bush” hurling: then their usually good hitters falled to hit. Just about the time the club improved in these respects, injuries to infielders began to tell against Bush's outfit. Lost All Their Punch But even with what they had in the field the Nationals might have glven their opponents more of a fight had they shown any kind of a punch. The pitching, aithough not ®enerally good, was not so_bad that & few opportdne hits would not have turned the tables in favor of the club v several times. In the last of the western club series, that with the Indians, thel Nationals indicated that they might be returning to a hitting form more + likely to offset much of the indifferent pitching they probably will continue to get. Some real clouting narked the work of the Bushmen in the last three engagements with Speaker's tribe, the makeshift National crew then in action seriously disturbing several of the opposition's star hurl- ers. Morale Is Improved. Taking the series from the Indians —and they were the only westerners &0 treated by the Nationals—seems to , have given Bush's athletes much more confidence in themselves. At least they were full of pepper this morning and eagér to make the Red Sox rec- ord worse. Perhaps some of this en- thu sm was due to the expected re- turn to second base of Capt. Bucky Harris, who, because of an injury to | his foot, did not get into a game at Cleveland. Since Harris has been out of the line-up three Nationals have endeav- ored more or less successfully to take care of his station. Jimmy O'Neill proved too weak at handling the pops 5o trequently lifted to short right field and lacked drive at bat. Ossie Bluege might have kept the place in good orler. but he was hurt soon after starting, while Manager Donie Bush, although still a capable fielder, has nothing much left of his tossing wing and is not =o good at the plate as in seasons past. ‘Would Bolster Infleld. Harris' return would improve the Infield considerably. He is remark- ably fast around the middle sack and, in addition to possessing an excellent throwing arm, is one of the best in the business at starting two-ply kill- ings. He and Roger Peckinpaugh un- doubtedly compose the best double- play_team in the Amecican League. The Nationals' record of last year sub- stantiates this, and in the present season the club has been performing the flelding feats at a faster rate than in 1922, Harris was to be out in uniform | this afternoon, and if the swelling in his injured foot was sufficlently re- duced, Intended to resume his Dosi- tion. ' Joey Evans may continue at first base. as Pat Gharrity’s knee still i~ bothessome, but Pat declares he will be back on the job before the jonals’ return to Washington for their two-week home stay, begin- ning Saturday B e SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. e New Orleans., s 8 a | Memphis_ 5 S Batteries—Walker and Mitzie; Warmoth and Lapan. z Atlanta . A Nashville Sl el Battories—Morrison. . Niehaus and Miller, Brock: Faeth and Effert. Birmingham . 14 .15 1 Chattanoogs. : Siiio e arln Batteries—Whitehille ‘and Robertson, Vann; Wingfield, Drake and Morrow. Mobilo .. L1710 Little Bock .. D6 145 Buttories—Long. Fulton and Henry; Gra: Bam, McCall, Brake, Mayer and Smith, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. B. H. E. R ) Bt Paul ... Ll win ' Batteries—Cullop and Meyer; Merritt and Gonzales. 3 Toledo 610 32 Kansas Oity 10 12 2 Batterles—Finneran and Smith; Schupp, Saladna and McOarty. Only two games. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. " BR. H. E. Baltimore <% 1 : 2 8 2 ‘Battories—Bender, Groves, Farnham and ; Mannux and Lynn, : 3 i, “ilon, Harpp on. ] Wiovergall, r”| 1 | Buffalo . iwoe al ‘Batterios—Glazer, Summers and Vincent; Werre and Urban. - Torento 28 1 Buffelo € 7 3 Batteri Ayres and Hincent; R dy and Vanderach, . v Others mot scheduled. EASTERN SHORE LEAGUE. Salisbury, 13; Laurel, §. Caml ; Crisfleld, 3. Parksley, 4; Dover, 3. BLUE RIDGE LEAGUE. insburg, 4: Frederick, 3. Wayaosbors, 5: Hagarat vor. 8; Chamborsburs, HOOVER NOT TO ROW IN NATIONAL EVENT DULUTH, Minn, July 24—Walter Hoover, world champfon sculfer, home after losing the Diamond sculls tollowing &n accident on the Thames, he declared he will not go to the Na. tional regatta at Baltimore to row against Paul Costello. “If Costello wants to row against l mef or the title let him come to Duluth” the Duluth boat slub star stated with finality. AL shall not go to him at sthe Na tional regatta.” Costello refused to row against Hoover here this spring, stating that “the water of Lake Superior is too rough” - in any style you like. (AT ST. LOUIS.) Cleve. ~ AB.H.O.A. _St. Louis. AB.H.0.A. Jamieson,if. 4 0°5 0 Tobinrf.... 4 1 2 0 L4 230 Gerbe 4133 210 100 401 011 107 237 032 140 211 0 031 140 L4011 2 0 0 2 Shockerp...1 00 2 SesAB LN 0 2712 .38 72716 10033010 1-9 10 00°2 000 0 0—2 Runs—Summa (2). Speaker (3), Wambganss (2. Lutzke, Brower, Tobin, Williams. Error— Tobin, Two-base hits—Speaker, Brower, Mo- Home run—Williams. ~ Sacrifice— Double plays—Schliebner to Gerber, s to Gerber to Schlisbner, Jacobson to on bases—Oleveland, 8t. s on Salls—off Unle. 1\ of of Bayne, 5. Struck out— Uhle, 2: by Shocker. 2; by Bayne. 1. = Hits— Off Shocker, 10 in 8 inniugs; off Bayne, 2 in 4 innings. Losing pitoher—Shooker. ~Umpires— Messrs. Owens and Co: molly. Time of game— 1 hour ‘and 35 minutes FLYERS’ BIG INNING DEFEATS BARRACKS A rally in the second inning, which netted seven runs, enabled the Boll- ing Field nine to trounce the Wash- ington Barracks team, 7 to 4, in the deciding battle of three-game series. The Aviators found McCarthy for nine hits, while Swanson was touched for seven. Klemp, Spaulding and Brooks connected for two hits a ach Timely clouting by Skidmore and Herbert of the Yellow Cab nine was the bright spot in the fray with the Black and_White outfit, their team winning, 17 to 5. Commissioners continued their win- ning streak when they took the measure of the Capital Athletic Club, 6 to 5. Games with the winners can be arranged by calling Manager C. R. Owens, District building. Rover Junfors shoved their win column to five straight, downing the York Athletic Club, & to 5. ning nine is receiving challe: through its manager, at Lincoln St. Joweph's manager is requested to get in touch with the Seat Pleas- ant pilot, R. Schilke, Lincoln 5478-W, “:h]n can be reached between 6 and 7 o'clock. Chevy Chase Athletic Club, that has won thirty-two games out of thirty-nine, would like to hook up with strong Jjunior nines. Telephone challenges to, Harry Hubbard, Cleve- land 1227, between 6 and 8:30 o'clock " Arlington White Sox nine is cast- ing about for a game Sunday, accord- ing to Manager Leo F. Wise, Claren- | don 8§ 7 o'cloc D-3. Call him between 6 and Manager J. Hammond of the Quantico Athletic Club would like to get in touch with the pilot of the| Overlook Athletle Club. Hammond gan be reached at Quantico, Va., box Quantico Athletic Club Midgets are seeking games with teams in the city. Challenges may be sent ‘to Manager ik“w' Hammond, Quantico, Va., box - VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Portsmouth, 11; Norfolk, 6. Mount, 3: Wilson, 1. Richmond, 2; Petersburg, 0. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Spartanburg, 9: Charlotte, 4, Auguste, 2; Colum Greenville, “Macon, 4. PIEDMONT LEAGUE. Greensboro, 7. 7: High Sinstonsuien, 1s; Durherm, 4. R STAYS COMBED, 0SS - “Hair-Groom” Keeps Hair Combed—Well-Groomed Millions’ Use I1t—Fine for Halrl ~Not Sticky, Greasy or Smelly A few cents buys far of “Hair-Groom™ at any drug store, which makes even stubborg, uaruly or sha hair stay combed all day g SANDLOT SERIES | UNLIMITED DIVISION. . (SECTION A.) Yestorday's result—Legion, 17; Garfleld. 0. (SECTION B.) (SECTION C.) . Today's e—Oomfortér vs. St. Joseph, 15th and C 15 3 Yosterday's result—Phils, STANDING. ' SENIOR DIVISION. (SECTION A ume—8t. Terens v, ‘Mohawk Preps, R STANDING. Team. W.L.Pet. |* Te Waverly.. 4 01.000 | St. T Roamers... 3 1 .750 | Lexingto MohawkPr. 3 2 600 | Plaza.. (SECTION B.) Toda: Stanl, aaiddays same Staaley v Yesterd: t—Parks, 4; Linworth, 3. JUNIOR DIVISION. (SECTION A Today's game—Elliott vs. Warwick Athletic Club, Hilltop fleld. 5:15 o'clook. Yesterday's result —Winton, (forfeit). THREE NINES UNBEATEN "IN UNLIMITED DIVISION ON AMBITIOUS REDS straight. 5 tained their leads in the unlimited divisian of the city sandlot series yesterday by scoring decisive victories over the Garfields, STANDING. . ol ot | w0 1 e MERICAN LEGION, Dominican Lyceum and Phil's Athletic Club re- 21 u"\lcmry. 0 3 ,000 Petworth,., 2 1 -.667 | Jr.0.U.A M. 0 3 .000 Ilhrllld .8 2 .600| Mercury.... 0 3 .000 ploays game W F. Roberts wi. Union|p.ookfanders and the O'Donnell's, rspectively. Each nine has won four The -17-to-0 trouncing handed out by the Legionnaires to the Garfields was one of the upsets of the season. Hammering three Garfield hurlers for a total of twenty bingles Today" feme—Mobawk vs. Park View, Union Park, 8:15 o'clock. the game. Yesterday's nn:l;::;;c.u:. i Brooklaad, 2.1 Cjgtterbuck, who toed the mound g for the Bullets, set the Garfields I;om'l!-y'my F1%%5 | Braskinad.. 13" 7686 |down with a pair of bingles. Only hamrocks. 4 1 .800 | Park View. 0 3 .000|(hree of the’ losers reached first. X 2 DR T ] S5 Heclem.... 0 % 00017, ager Haley of the Garfields, irushed in three boxmen, but the slants of Averille, Grazzini and Hen- gle proved easy. T Aud led both teams at the bat, con- necting for four safe blows in five attempts. Mickey McConnell, boxman for Do- | minican Lyceum, held the Brookland itossers to four safeties, his team {winning, 7 to 2, in section B. Six- teen safe clouts. with Mudd. Hager. O'Nel], Smith and-Snow batting, wili iput the game on ice for the Domini- cans. Another clever brand of hurling was uncorked when the Phils At letic €lub downed the O'Donnell team. 4 to 0, in section C. Welde, on the mound for the winners, allow- ed but two blows and sent eight back on strikes. Keys was nicked for eight safeties, including a triple by Hammel. | STANDING. Team. W.L.Pot. | Team. W.L.Pct. “Club ¢ Linworth.. 4 ‘1800 | Asteos..... 3 2 60| Plasa Athletic e £ e Stanley... 2 1 .667 | Century © 4 [000|hind in section A of the senior divi- Parks 2 i sion, defeating the Lexington Athletic Club, 12 to 6. Heuttner hurled bril- liantly for the winners. He victim- ized five on strikes and allowed only { four hits Linworth tessers lost their first game in section B of the senlor div sion when they fell before the Park Athletic Club. 4 to 3. Lefty Laycock allowed the losers only five safeties STANDING. and struck out fifteen. Wildness by Team. W.L.Pct.| Team. = W.L.Pet |Hollis marred his performance. Al- . 5701000 | Winton."... 2 2" 500 | though he was nicked for only threc ©3 1 750 Thomson.... 0 & .000|bingles, he walked five. .3 2 7.600 | St. Joseph.. 0 4 .000 g = (SECTION B.) Today's game—Langdon vs. Shamrock Jrs., at_Langdon. 5:16 o'clock. g Yostordsy’s result—Park View, 6; Epiphany, Southends made ft four straight in the midget division, downing the Aztecs, 7 to 3. Clever hurling by Taylor and ‘timely clouting by him and Feary aided the winners. STANDING. Epiphany toasers lost l;'u'lr first g game in section B of the junior Erpany.. U T 5 2 v, 3 ' F% [ division. Clark, on the mound for 4 1 800 | Langdon.... 0 4 .000|the Park View Juniors, allowed the 3 2 600 | Epiph.Luth. 0 4 '000| church boys but five wallops. his (SECTION C.) d Monroe sts. Tesult—Simpst STANDING. 8:15 o'clock. . 9 Tremonts, 4. W. L. Pot. | 800 | Tremonts. .. 1600 | Warwicks. l ‘ MIDGET DIVISION. (SECTION A.) Today's game—Corinthian vs. Aurora, Union station plaza, 5:15 o’clock. Yesterday's result—Southends, 7; Aatecs, STANDING. W.L.Pot.| Team. Team. . L. Pot. Southends. 4 '0 1.000 | Corinthian.. APPALACHIAN LEAGUE. Johnson City, 9; Brisol, 2. Morristown, 1. Greeneville, 1. Knoxville, Kingsport, STATISTICS ! game—St. Martin vs. Mount Pleas- ‘280 1000 000 team winning, 6 to 2. He also crashed three hits in four times at bat. Thomson forfeited to the Wintons. 9 to 0, in section A of the junfor L division. Simpson_ Athletic Club now is tied with the St. Martins and Clovers for second place in section C of tr [junior division, as a result of its vi tory over the Tremants, 9 to 4. Rit- nour held the losers to five scattered bingles. Clouting by Taylor and Clark alded Simpson. MILLER, FRISCO PILOT, MUST QUIT BASE BALL ‘SAN FRANCISCO, July, 24.—Jack (Dots) Miller, manager of the San Francisco team in the Pacific Coast League, is a victim of tuberculosis and must retire from base ball his physi- clan _has announced. ~ Miller came to §an Francisco in 1932 from the Phila- delphia Nationals and won the pen- nant. OF MAJORS |8t. Louis { Ohicago | Phil | Detroit Wi -128142/43/48/45 /44149163 NATIONAL LEAGUE. l—- HEEERHER ligeeseess GAMES TOMORROW. ‘Washington at Boston. Detroit -at Chicago. GAME TODAY. ‘Washington at Boston. Detroit at Chicago. Cleve. at St. Louis. Cleve. at St. Louis. N. Y. at Phila. N. Y. at Phila. | RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES. Cleveiand, 9; Bt. Louis, 2. { Chicago-Detroit (rain) © GAMES TODAY. 8t. L. at Cincinnati, Chicago at Pitts. , GAMES TOMORROW. 8t. L. at Cincianati, Chicago at Pitts. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES, New York, Chic ARATEX SEMI-SOFT COLLARS Softand smooth,uncrackable, pre-shrunk and % banded to insure ac 3 of sit and perfection of fit CLuEeTT, PEABODY & CO., INC. , the Legionnaires walked away with WAR LEAGUE TEAMS END SLAB DUEL, 2-2 A pitchers' duel between Craft of Finance and Roberts of Ordnance re- sulted in one of the best games of the season in tthe War Department League, the fray ending 2 to 2. Andrae, center fielder of Finance, doubles. Povich, hurling_ for Postmaster General. ' in the Post Office serles, slammed two homers in the fray with Equipment and Supplies, but his team lost, 11 to 4, through its inability to hit at opportune times, In'the Sunday School circuit West Washington Baptist tossers nosed out the First Baptist nine, 7 to 6. k. Darnes held the gles. losers to four bin- Treasury tow » mped Register of Treasury, o 1, in the Colored Departmental series. Bland, Treas- ury, allowed but one hit and struck out’ten. The winners got seventeen safeties TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va. 24 —The Potomac river was el the Shenandoah a morning. July r and little cloudy this | i led at bat, connecting for a pair of | | |GIANTS GAIN GROUND Only four games were played in the big leagues yesterday, but the work- ing teams made up in runs for their resting rivals. The Cubs, playing in Pittsburgh, worked hard for eleven and a half innings, when the score was still 3 to 3, and then got down to real business and rolled up nine runs as fast as they could get around the bases, winning, 12 to 3. In Cincinnati the Reds were trim- med by St. Louis, 8 to 7, in a hard- hitting battle, slipping in their chase up the percentage ladder after the league-lcading Giants, who defeated the lowly Phillles in Philadelphia, & to 4. all to the Reds until Eppa Rixey blew up in the seventh inning and St. Louis ran off six counters. In Philadelphia the local team ham- mered ‘Hugh McQuillan out of the box in the sixth, but Ryan stepped in and stopped the Phillles’ scoring. while the Giants made six runs in the last four innings The Cleveland Indians insisted on hitting the ball continually in St. Louis, and before the home team knew what had happened had won the game, 9 to 2. In the fourth Willlams leaned on his eighteenth round-tripper of the season, with Tobin on base. The Detroit game with Chicago was postponed because of rain. INDIANS ARE CRIPPLED FOR EASTERN INVASION CLEVELAND, Ohi6, July 24.—The nd Indians will be without the ¢s of Sher Smith, veteran southpaw, for several days. He was sumoned to his home in Georgia from . Louls yesterday by the death of his siste! mith's departure leaves the Indi- ans with only two veteran pitchers, Coveleski and Uhle, Morton having remained here when the team left Sunday because of a minor operation. rith is expected to rejoin the team in Boston Saturday or Monday. Motor asoline ? ~ The Cincinnati game belonged | F the American League to get licked.” The Athletics appear to be unable to recover the poise which they had in June. They were first unsettled by injury and then by the uncertainty | of youth. It is a very difficult thing to bring young players down to the line without growing a crop of nerves. The only way that the Yankees are to be disconcerted is either to in- | veigle them into a condition of over- confidence, which will not be easy with o many old birds on the team, or to outplay and beat them in two | or three series in succession. That | does not seem to be in the wood Their strength is too uniform _and they have enough defense of merit to | make it easy for pitchers who pos- | sess more skill than the average. | am Jones has come | ar with the skill he e work last year. He Incidentally through this could not m TRIBE ALONE HAS CHANCE "TO END REIGN OF YANKS Athletics Appear to Have Shot Their Bolt—Next In- vasion of East by Western Clubs Should De- termine Fate of Hugmen. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. OR three weeks now the €leveland club has been in second place in the American League, and its supporters are venturing to ask whether it is not the “dark horse” in the pennant race. Judging from the resourcefulness and comeback that the team has shown this year, it is more than the dark horse, because it seems to be the only thoroughbred that the junior circuit has, except the Yanks Cleveland seems to lack the stability that would make it a first-rank con- tender against New York, but if it does not boom what other team wil As likely as not, the championship will go a long way toward settle- ment on this next trip of the western clubs to the east. with their present big lead, cannot be disturbed on this home session they are pretty sure to amble right along to their third consecutive pen- nant, and Miller Huggins will have set a little Huggins’' record for the eague which will stand as a fine achievement for the man If the Yanks, “imported into is one of the really high-class pitch- ers of modern times in the opinion of those who sit on the top rail and look for base ball form. But he re sembled a dub last year. 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