Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1923, Page 28

L . 28 -SPORTS. . FOHLMEN ARE SETTING FAST PACE Have Won Fifteen of Last THESE DAYS Twenty Games, Climbing From Sixth to Third Place—Nationals Are Trounced Soundly by Tygers. Shortly after noon today, the final game of the series between Nationals and Tygers was postponed, because of wet grounds, It will be played as part of a double-header when the Tygers are here next month. BY JOHN B. KELLER. ETTING through a four-game G series with the Tygers has not been easy for the Nationals, with the elements so unfavorable to base ball the past few days. Four suns have risen and set since Ty Cobb's athletes reached this city, but only three of the quartet of con- tests scheduled between the clubs have been disposed of, and conditions were not any too good for tackling the fourth today. But the trouble the Nationals have encountered during the Tygers' stay here may be nothing compared to the difficulties likely to beset them during the next three days. For the avenue yard, and beating the Brown combination of ball players sporting Four games with the club from the | * Mound city are on the slate this week. | When the Browns were here in June. rain prevented one engagement and that will be played part of a double-header tomorrow, starting at o'clock. Single games are booked | for Friday and Saturday Browns Have Climbed. Trouncing the Browns alwavs has been a task for the Nationals. It should be a ‘most trying one now, for trouncing the men from Missouri seems to be difficult for any club to do. Last month they won nineteen of their thirty games to lift them- selves from sixth place and just a few points above the Nationals to third position. ‘The outfit managed by Lee Fohl really started its climb when the Na- tionals paid their last visit to St Touis. Then the Browns grabbed three of the four games staged and went on to take twelve of the next sixteen played with other clubs. The Nationals have encountered the Browns ten times this season and finished on the long end of the count on three occasions only. In most of these arguments Manager Donie | Bush had his regular team in the! ' field, but this time he must face the| St. Louis terror with a very patchy | ‘aggregation. The visitors, though, probably present their best front. They ! have a powerful attacking agency in | Ken Williams alone. This fence buster has not lost his penchant for | home runs. Nor has Babydoll Jacob * son’s batting eye been dimmed to any | appreciable extent. Others of the ! Browns are hitting well, too. and de- | fensively the club is quite fit. With | Urban Shocker, Shucks Pruett and lam Vangilder in great form and 4 Dixie Davis and Dave Danforth im- | !'proving steadily, the Browns are get- ting good pitching aplenty. Yes, the Nationals' path is not so rosy. Nationals Well Drubbed. After winning four games | row, which is quite a streak for them | these days, the Nationals took a sound | ‘drubbing vesterday in the only gamc] | will | wilt | in a iplayed with the Tigers. They over- {came u lead graciously handed 1Cobbmen by Southpaw 2 ,and drove Ken Holloway from the slab after three innings. Then Syl- | yester Johnson went to work for the | Tygers and stopped the Bushmen. but‘| Zach, who had wobbled from the start. | fell with a thud in the ninth and his| successor Kenneth Sedgwick was easy prey for the Jungle A hit by Blue, a sacrifice, a pass 4and a fielder’s choice gave the Tygers & run in the opening inning, and, after two were out in the second i sion, they fell upon Zach for three| {more tallies. Rigney’s single, Wood “all's sacrifice, Blue's stroll, Jones triple and Cobb's one-base blow pro- duced this lot of scores. i Holloway practically handed the | Nationals a trio of counters in their portion of the second, filling the . bases with passes to Rice, Ruel and| " Peck. Gharrity then poked a triple! to right center. Evans' double, sin-| gles by Rice and Harris, Holloway wild pitch and Haney's erratic heave | gave the Bushmen two more runs and the lead in‘the third. | Sylvester Johnson assumed the, mound burden for the Tygers for the | next five innings and the Nationals found little use for their flails. very scratchy hit by Evans was all they got off Sylvester. Zach was not| so good, though. He let the Tygers &et ahead again with a single, a double and a pair of sacrifices for two tallies | in the seventh, and, after yielding two | blows in the ninth, departed from the | scene. Jez Zachary . Big Inning for Tygers. | Rigney, first to face Sedgwick, bunted safely and the bases wero filled. Woodall sent in a couple of runs with a single, then Johnson ! knocked a one-baser to score Rigney. | Blue's scratch safety loaded the sacks again and Sedgwick, after stopping Jones' clout with his leg, made a wild ! throw that put the last three Tyger | runs across. ) Bert Cole hurled the last inning against the Bushmen and set them | down in order. A second game was| | started with Johnson again pitching for the visitors and Monroe Mitchell, recruit from Memphis, slabbing for | the home folk. No runs were in, but | in the Tygers' second inning there | ‘were runners on first and second, two out and a two-and-one count on Blue 1st_bat when rain ended the day's pastiming. CAUGHT ON THE FLY 'Sam Rice contributed the fielding - features in yesterday's fray with the Trgers. He made a sensational one- | hand catch of Fothergill's fly to deep ,Tight in the seventh inning, and in the eighth came in fast to get Jones | Jiner. 'After the latter catch he al- | most doubled Blue at first. | District products performed for Lhel rival team. Lu Blue of the Tygers, who used to be a sandlotter here, was the big noise of the afternoon ax | bat. with five singles and a pass in | six trips to the plate. Kenneth Sedg- | wick, former Silver Spring hurler, ihad his troubles when he toed the { slab for the Bushmen in the ninth. Sylvester Johnson has been & thorn in the side of the Nationals the last| four times he has faced them. In sixteen innings of hurling the Tyger has granted just eight hits and two runs to Bush's outfit. i A double and two singles were wasted by the Tygers in the eighth inning. Rigney opened the session Wwith the two-base blow, then Woodall pped toward Evans. The third cker slapped the ball down and held Rigney at second; but could not throw fast enough to snare Woodall at first. Johnson fanned before Blue loaded the sacks with a hit. Then Jones lined to Rice in short right and Cobb ! forced Rigney at the plate. arrity, first to face Johnson yes- | terday, fanned at three pitched balls. So did Zachary, and Leibold, after fouling off a couple of throws, became the Tyger's third conseccutive strike- | out victim, Woodall alxo wax credited with three putouts in the sixth inning, the ‘Tyger catcher grabbing fouls lofted by Peck and Gharrity and holding to} Zachary's tipped .thizd strike. Rice vantage of Holloway's windup and &tole two Lases cach. They negotiated a double theft {n the second inning and each pilfered jn the.third, | Rice (2). Ruel (2). | Roamers I do not slug in all | Bush Browns are to invade the Georgia s certainly is not a specialty of any ! Washington uniforms. PASSED IN THE STRETCH DETROIT. Blue, 1b. Jones, 3b. Cobb, of.. Heilmann, Tf. Fothergill, If. Haney, 2b. ignoy. ss Woodall, c... > w " L > Hollowa Johnson, Cole. p. Manio: | comompummoonal 8 rourwmommnron 5| ecoornucocwuel Totals e ‘WASHINGTON. Leibold, of. Evans, 3b. Goslin, 1f. Rice, rf.. Ruel, o... " Exni eckinpuigh, Gharrity, Zachary, p. Bedgowick, Hargravet L A *Batted for Holloway in tBatted for Sedgewick in Datroit. 13000032 Washington.... 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 paTFo;bate hii—Evans. Jones, Ri ts—Jones, . " Stel s6 hits—Jones. e “'g:y“m o, Yo Il. Cobb, Fothergill. Double plays—Evan Ghiarrity and Ruel. Left on Dases—Detrolt, 9: Washington, 5. Bases on balls—Off Holloway, 4: off Johnson, 1: off Zachary, 5. Struck out —By Holloway, 1: by Johnson, 5: by Zachary. 2. Hits—Off Holloway, 4 in 3 Zachary. 14 in 815 innings: off Johason, 1 in innings: off Sedgewick, 5 in 3% ianings: off Cole. mone in 1" inning. ' Wild pitches—Hi way. Wioning pitcher — Johnson. _ Lo itcher—Zachary. Umipires—Messrs. Rowlan: rmsby and Connolly. Time of game—2 hours and 13 minutes. SANDLOT SERIES 'l UNLIMITED DIVISION. (SECTION A.) Today's game—Printers vs. Jumior Order, hi Barracks, 5:15 o'clock. " Printers friays remlt — Mercury va. unds). STANDING. Team. W. L. Pot. Team. Legion..... 4 01000 Jr.0.U.AM. Roberts .. 3 2 .600 | Printers Petworth, ., Garfleld. Roberts. L O corusasrco~y % coonSoosmmon counuenonmel ! cooomon~oro! ol ocoscsecsss!! ~| cococorecscs! Bl sussnuniial 27 16 inning. 0 e—12 ° 5 el -sssienscnalis ! sorsnunnennai 2H ey. Three- et 250 Today's game—Brookland vs. Perk View, th and Morroe streets northeast, 5:15 o'clock. No game yesterday. STANDING. Team. W.L.Pet. ' Team. Dom'nLy'm. 4 1 .800 Mobawki Shamroc (SECTION Today's game—Phils vs, St. Joseph, Usion k, 5:15 o'clock. Yesterday's results—Milans, 9; Marines, 0 (forfeif). STAKDING. W.L Pct. | Team. ~W. -5 '17.883 8t Joseph 3 5 2 714 O'Dounell's 2 4 2 (667 | Marines. SENIOR DIVISION. (SECTION A.) Today's game—Lexington vs. Mohawk Prep. Randle Field, 515 o'clock. | = Yestorday's game—Waverly, 9; Roamers, 0 (forfeit) . Pet. ‘288 167 Team. Phils.... Milans., Comforter. STANDING, W. L. Pet. | 6 01.000 | S& Teresa. -4 2 .667 | Lexington. MohawkPr. 4 2 (667 | Plaza...... (SECTION B.) No game today. No game yesterday. STANDING. Team, W.L.Pet. | Team. Linworth.. 5 ‘2" 714 ' Stanley.. . Astecs..... 4 2 .667 | Century. Parks, 3 2 600 JUNIOR DIVISION. (SECTION A.) No game today. Yesterday's game—Argyle vs. (wet grounds), Team. . Waverly st. Team. W, L. Pet. ! Warwick.. 6 Elliott..... \667 | Thomas ..’ Argyie. 4 2 867 St. Josep) (SECTION B.) Today's game—Park Visw vs, Juniors, Handley Field, & No game yesterday. STANDING, Team. W. L. Pet. Team. Waverly... 4 1 .800 | Sham. Jrs.. Park View. 3 2 600 lon.. .. Epiphany.. 3 3 .600 | Epiph.Luth. 0 (SECTION C.) Today’s_game—Simpsen vs, Warwick Prep, 18th and B streets southeast, 5:15 o'clock, Yesterday's game—Mount Clover (wet grounds). STANDING. Team. ~W.L.Pet.| Team. Mt. Pieas’t b ; w. 3 1 | St. Martin. 3 2 | Simpson... 3 2 MIDGET DIVISION. (SECTION A.) Today's game—Emblem vs, Corinthian, Rose- dale, 5:18 o’clock, No game yesterday. STANDING. Team, W.L.Pet | Team. Aurora.... 3 ‘1" .750 | Corinthian.. 3 Emblems.. 3 1 .750 | Park View 0 (SECTION B.) No aml today. Yesterday's game — Southends, worth, 1, STANDING. ‘!‘[ll, ‘W. L. Pct. | Team. Southends,. 5 0 1.000 | Astecs. Lizworth.. 3 2 .600 | Peerless. —_———— With Cobb at the helm. the Tygers their runs. Five sacrifices werc made by them yester- day. Not so many seasons ago this form of attack was quite unusuai with Detroit teams. GRIFFS’ STICKWORK Al : Lia W. L.Pet. 2 o5 ! 3 Pot. Euel .10 3 Rice Jadso otlin Pockin O’Nei Harri Mogridge Rigve Leibold . Gharrity Zachary 1 268 368 220 214 53 388 33 315 B Johnson Russell LS P AT L P N onnnnsEiteBaSe. 8538 worrco0 n bases— | innings: off | THE EVENING~STAB. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, Browns in Double-Header Here Tomorrow: L W. F. ROBERTS A. C. TO PLAY PETWORTHS A stirring battle between the W. F. Roberts Athletic Club-and the Pet- worth nine is anticipated tomorrow afternoon at 5:15 o'clock on the Mount Rainier diamond. These teams loom as dangerous contenders in section A of the city sandlot series. Petworth ! is deadlocked with the Garfields for second place. If the leading Legion- narfes are to be halted in their swift march titleward, one of these combi- nations will turn the trick, accord- | ing to the form sharks H Tomorrow’s fray is likely cover a pitcher's duel between Jack { Brinkman of Petworth and Ed Bruffy | of the Roberts outfit. Eevenly match- ed and each possessing an array "of | i heavy clouters, both nines are capable | of making the going extremely rough | for a slab artist. Bruffy lost his last game to the Garfields, but in that fray he dished out some hurling of the first order, allowing but seven bingles and fanning five. to un-} Waverly Athletic Ciub was leading | the Roamers, 8 to 0, in section A of | the senior division, when Umpire | Green awarded a 9-10-0 decision to the former team. Green declared that the Roamers were striving to delay the game by using dilatory tactics. The verdict gave the Waverly outfit its sixth straight win. Southends pushed their win column to five straight, when they took the measure of the Linworth Midgets, 8, to 1, in section B of the midget divi- sion. Taylor yielded but two hits while his team slammed the Linwort boxman, Avery, for an even dozen bingles. Feary and Ferris each con- \nected for three wallops. Mariners forfeited to the Milans in section C of the unlimited division. Three games were postponed in the series yesterday on account of wet | grounds. Mercury vs. Prin section A of the unlimited division: Argyle vs. St. Joseph, in section A of {the jumior division; Mount Pleasant | vs. Clovers, in section C of the same division. PRINTERS ARE READY FOR UNION TOURNEY The Union Printers team, embra ing thirteen of Washington's best diamond athletes, will leave the city Saturday at 1 o'clock for New York city, where they will defend the title | they won last year in the champion- hip contests of the International | Typographical Union Base Ball Asso- iciation. The tourney will get under way Sunday. All games will be play- | ed at the Polo Ground: Whether the local team will bring back the highly coveted trophy. to be awarded the winner by Garry man, president of the b League, will greatly depend upon ! i Norman Hutchinson, Heinie Webb and | |8i Simmons, who compose the | ! Printers’ slab corps. Followers of the team believe that this trio of moundsmen have the -ability to mow down their thirteen rival teams. Cincinnati tossers, who will compete in the championships, are due to ar- rive here Friday at 1 o'clock. | Wil be the guests of the home A sightseeing trip a hetightseeing trip and a dinn, visitors pri York . Pairings will be made at New York Sunday morning, in which teams jfrom the east will clash with thos ifrom the west A series of double- | headers will decide this year's cham- | i pions, { Union Printers have failed to dish out the same brand of ball this sea- | son that stamped them as one of the ihl—sl teams last year. To date they have uncorked a fair style of ball, if their performance in the city seiies | jcan be taken as an example. Tho| Typos are in the cellar position. with |Mercury Athletic Club. If they ure tagain to cop the title they won in 11913 and last year in the Typo- | graphical contests, they must reach j their top plaving form by next week i Manager Heinie Webb will take the {following players to New ork Capt. Brownie Lemeric, Norman | {Hutchinson. Andy Hancock. Roy {Hood. Si Simmons, Charlie Warren, | Tommy Ford, i’d Lowry, Tony Suess, tman Feldman, Bernard Bell and rence Desper. The Hest Cigars Are | Packed in Wooden Boxes.—Advertise- | | ment i | STATISTICS AMERICAN LEAGUE. | They team er at| Club are planned for_the | or to their journey to New jbe carr { runs | Monument PHILS TWICE WHO SLUMP A NOTCH! HORSE DOPERS HELD| T National League, thereby han tion to their lead. The Pirates, although they lost to the New York team, moved up to second place. The Phillies won by scores of 2 to 1 and 5 to 1. The first game was a close pitchers’ battle between Rixey and Ring, with the honors hard to decide. Couch was hit hard in the second game, and removed in the fifth inning. Mitchell, after bumping heads with Holke while chasing a foul fly, fell unconscious and had to ed off the field. The Glants had some difficulty in trimming the Pirates, who took four in the seventh inning, but finally won, 5 to 4. The Robins and the Cardinals split even in St. Louis, the home team winning the first game, 11 to 3, and Brooklyn taking the 'SANDLOT DOUBLE-HEADER - IS BILLED AS A BENEFIT| OUR of the lcading sandlot teams of the District will clash in a ben- efit game at the American League Park on Saturday afternoon, Au- gust 13. Knickerbockers and Holy the first half of the twin bill, which will be for the benefit of the National Catholic Community House, and Dominican Lyceum and Petworth Club_will provide competition in the final. Three of the teams are now titles in_the city sandlot series. Dominicans are setting the pace in section B of the unlimited division, Comforters are fied for second place in section C of the same class and Petworth is deadlocked for the runner- up position in section A. Knickerbockers, the only team not figuring in the series. is one of the strongest outfits in the independent ranks Miss Rebecea Shanley, who is chair- n of the committee in charge of benefit, is busy distributing tick- cts for the game. The subscription list for boxes is growing rapidly. Two_cups, one for each winning |team, have been donated by Edward Voight McDonald or Bumdine probably will hurl for the Peerless Athletic Club in the clash today with the Navy Yard Marines on the grounds at 11th and O streets southea A game is nted by the Peerless outfit for aturday. The manager can be ched the morning at North 94-W., in Commixsloners were booked to battle with the Seamen Gunners to- day at 5 o'clock on the diamond at 11th and O streets southeast. Lefty Ostendorf was slated to perform for the Commissioners. Kanawha tosxers were to hooli up with the Linworth Seniors today at 5:15 o'clock on diamond No. 3 of the srounds. Ellis Goodman »xman of the Kanawhas. was sched d to oppose Welby Kelly, the Lin- worth ace. Members of the Brookland Athletic Club will hold a meeting tonight at the home of the manager, 1011 Law- rence street northeast. Manager Willie Glasco wants all members of the Shamrocks to report tonight at his home, 1316 L street southeast ball man- Suburban League base agers wi at the home of Dr. L. Taylor street. Heavy clouting by Heiser enabled the Police Department nine to swamp the Washington Barracks team, 14 to 7. Slamming a homer, triple, dou- ble and single. Heiser led both teams bat. Kelly toed the mound for the Police. Games with the winners can be arranged by calling West 28i8 after 6 o'clock. took Tige Athleti the E Club Street th Potomae measure to 1. « A challenge has been issued by the Arlington Athletic Club for a game West 81 Call him between 8 and 7 o'clock Arlington White Sox nine is casting bout for a game Sunday morning. llenges are being received Clarendon 321 Letween 7 and § o' o'clock. at ock, Athletic Club of the Sub- urban League is without a game Sunday. Dr. L. M. Culliver, Main 8¢’ or Adams 241,s booking games. OF MAJORS ! NATIONAL LEAGUE. andley i, No®| | 03| TUODVTL | Baoaat] oM St. Louis at Wash'ton. Dstrait at Phila at Boston. Chicago at Boston. love: ¢ New York. Clever at Now York. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES. Detroit, 12; Washingten, 5. i CGleveland, 5; Boston. 4. | Chicago-New St. Louis-Philadelphie, rain. ‘ GAMES TODAY. Boston at Cnicago. £ Phila. at Cincinnati. a. at New York at_Pittsb’h. New York at Pittso'k. Brooklyn at St. Louis. Brooklyn at St. Louis. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES. Philadelphia, 2.5; Cincinnati, 1.1, New York, 5: Pittsburgh, 4. 4: Brookiyn, 5.7, Boston, 6: Chicay do | attend a meeting tonight | 3 M. Culiver, 203 | B sturday, according to William Ufer, ! BEAT REDS, HE Phillies stepped up to the Reds in Cincinnati yesterday, took a double-header and gently dropped them into third place in the ding the Giants an unexpected addi- and moving into fourth place. Horn: by knocked a homer in_the first game, and Fournler and B. Griffith followed suit in the second. Cleveland won in Boston by batting Ehmke around the lot in the eighth | and ninth innings, and just squeezing out ahead, 5 to 4. They scored the winning run in the eleventh on a pass to Lutzke, a sacrifice by Knode and a single to left center by Myatt. The Braves took an easy victory in Chicago, slamming out 16 hits for 25 bases, and downing the Cubs 6 to 3. Jess Barnes displayed his usual quiet cision, ‘and with four double plays oniributed mates squelched | | Comforter nines will hook up in | Athletic | in the thick of the battle for the Superba base ball nine is combing the city for Saturday and Sunday games. ~ Telephone challenges to F. F. Laufer, Lincoln 5003. ! i Here's a chanee for some midget team to get so ager Tony Burruto of the South Capitol Midgets is anxious to book a heavy schedule for August. He can be reached at Franklin 2955 be- tween 9 and 7 o'clock. strong te action. Man- Teams desiring games in the ten to twelve-year-old class are urged to iEet in touch with the manager of the Boys' Club Insects, at Main 2394 Tribe, 5; Red Sox, 6 (AT BOSTON.) i Glove'nd. AB.H.0.A. Boston. | samio ait. 1 o, A Picinich.c. Flag't'd.rf. Burns.15... Reichle.cf. Collins. Harris Shanks.3b.. 4 Pitt'ger.ss. 4 Ehmbe,p... 4 onosmniunno + H H H H H conmonemmmR PSR ~oooomNnooNNINY (ST POy | moroormonuesos! 30 *Batted for Edwards in ninth ian Cloveland.. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 Boston.... 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Runs—Summa, §; r, J. Sewell, Knode, Picinich, FI ad. " Reichle Errors—Jamiesen, Lu (2). Fewster, Two-base hit — Bpeaker. Three-base Sewell. Home run—Harris, | Picinich, Fewster, b | Kaode. " Double piays—_Stephenson to Brower: o Sewsll;’ Ehmke to ittenger : Fewster to Burns. Left on bases— Oleveland, 9; Bosten, 6. Bases on_ball: Edwards, off Shaute. 1; of FEhmke, 2. | Struck out—By Morton, 1: by Chmke 3. Hits | | —Off Morton, 7 in 4 innings: off Edwards, 2 | ings: of Sheute, none in 3 innings. Winning _pitcher—Shauts. Umpires—Messrs. Holmes, Evans azd Hildebrand. Time of game | —2 hours and 28 minutes. 0 15 0 o—s/ i 1 | | LEAGUE GETS PRESS AGENT. | | NEW YORK. August 1.—Appoint- | {ment of Cullen Cain. a Philadelphia.| a- | Na- was an- Heydler, | Sporting Writcr, as manager of the new service department of the tional Base Ball League, nounced today by John A. president of the league. The ap- pointment, effective August 15, will place Mr. Cain in charge of dissemi- nation of the National League data and {of correspondence relative to ques- { tions about the national game. | i | i 1923. LEADER OF ALLEGED CLEVELAND, August 1.—A wman said to be Ferd Getz of Lancaster, Ohio, believed to be one of. the “higher ups” of an alleged ring: ad- ministering “dope” to race herses throughout the country, has been arrested here by Deputy Sheriff Arthur J. Bolles of Cleveland and two ! Columbus deputy sheriffs near: the Cranwood race track. Getz wak held on a warrant charg- ing that he aided in administering drugs to Periscope, favorite in a grand circuit stake trot at Columbus last week. He is the fourth man arrested in the case, three others be- | ing apprehended at Columbus Satur- day. According to statements attributed to the three men arrested at Calum- bus, the drug was piaced in sugar cubes and fed ta the horse played heaviest to win, zmeanwhile, it was said, members of the alleged ring placed their bets on long shots, The alleged ring is believed to’have operated in Kalamazco, Clevéland, Columbus and Canton. More afrests are cxpected. 3 PORTO RICAN BASE BALL SQUAD COMES TO PLAY NEW YORK, August 1.—A 5quad of twenty-three native Porto Ricans, members of the 66th Infantry, have arrived in New York from San Juan and are preparing to také part in the annual series for the: base ball championship of the 2d ‘Army Corps Area os Capt. William A. McAdam. U:S. A., in charge of the team, sald that with in the last few vears base ball has taken a firm hold in Porto Rico, and | there are now several leagues bn the island. This is the first time any of the native plavers have invaded the United States in quest of bLave ball honors. . MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. At Baltimore— Jersey City.... 0 | Baitimore ham, Frank and Styl At Buffalo— Rochester | Buffalo Toronto z Syracuse. . Reynolds Niebergall. Reading-Newark—Both rain, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. games postponed, t. Pial Columbus. Napier Gloasen and Elliott. Milwaakee Indianapolis Eeofe, Palmes | Hill end Krueger. Fist gamo— New Orleans . Chattanoogs ... ‘Winn, Walker Morrow. Second game ( New Orleans ... Chattanooga ... [ . Martina and Dowie; First game— Birmingham Little Rock .. Wells and Robertson; Kora. +<10) 0 6 1 ann; Marberry and s 2| port to the New York team at Cin ol cinnati SPORTS. | ASPIRES Win Total Registered A and threc defeats, he has-a per: the record than any pitcher has had i That gave him a winning percentage time. That was the year he pitched and lost it because Cy Seymour did POTOMACS TO ROW AT ANACOSTIA FETE| Oarsmen of Potomac Boat Club will {compete in three exhibition races to jbe held on the Anacostia river to- {morrow evening as part of the cele- bration attending the breaking of ground for the new Anacostia recre- ation park. Eight-oared and single shells and gigs will be transported from the boathouse at Georgetown for the events. The oarsmen are to| gather at the Eastern Power Boat| Club at 5 o'clock. Many Potomac members will visit Baltimore Friday and Saturday for the annual championships of the Na- tional Association of Amateur Oars- men, most of them traveling by auto- mobile. They expect Granville Gude, the club’s young sculler, to add to | the numerous 1aurels he has earned in his brief rowing career. Gude, who is entered for the asso- ciation singles, and Ed Easley, listed for competition in the intermediate | singles. both races to be rowed Fri- | day, have sent their shells to Balti- more and are rowing over the Pa- tapsco course daily.' They return to this city each evening that they may | 3..( be subjected to any change in| e Gude, who had been doing remark- ably well in training. suffered a set- Ilva.-k early this week when he con- | t ted a ccld that caused intestinal trouble. He is recovering from the ailment. but his strength is yet be- low normal. {BELYEA, CANADIAN STAR, TO ROW AT BALTIMORE BALTIMORE, August 1.—Hilton A. Belyea, Canadian sculling champiod and long a prominent figure in inter- national rowing, will be seen in the | nationai regatta here Friday and Saturday. The local committee re- ceived the entry of the St. John's Rowing Association star late yester- day. He will be the only entry of | the Newfoundland organization. Additional entries for the regatta have been received from the Mutual Rowing Club of Buffalo, the Don Rowing Club of Toronto and the Argonaut Rowing Club of Toronto, | increasing the number of oarsmen who will Tow, to 205 GIANTS BUY SOUTHPAW. PITTSBURGH. August 1.—The; New York Giants have made the outright purchase of Dennis Gearin, |a southpaw pitcher from the Mil- | waukee team of the American Asso- ciation. Gearin is now at his home at Providence. R. 1., attending to some private business, and will re- | t i i 1 { | i | on Friday. n The purchase price was not discl | centage. |r uque A fter Mathewson’s Slab Record TO BEAT MARK OF 87 WINS, 11 LOSSES Cuban Flinger of Reds Already Has Nearly Half of by Christy in 1908, Chesbro Once Won 41 in Season. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. DOLFO LUQUE, Cincinnati Cuban pitcher, is shooting at Chris Mathewson’s mark for winning games. With his seventeen victories centage of .850, a better start toward n a long time. In 1908 Mathewson made the record for victories which exists now in j the National League as the standard by which comparisons are to be (made. He was credited with thirty-s even victories and eleven defeats. on the season ‘of .771. Matty had other great years, but, all things considered, that was his banner season because there was so much that was big happening all the the play-off game against the Cubs not play back far enough for Joe Tinker, after he had been instructed to do so. The same vear that Matty pitched his thirty-sexen victories, Ed Reul- back of the Cybs, led him in per- centage. Reulback pitched twenty- four victories and lost seven games and that was his .best year. He might have won moXe games if his control had been bettey. Every now and then he had to be yanked out of the game. His percentage was .774, which tops Matty's figurds by thres points, but the old mastex had far more victories to his credit. And no pitcher since Matty's time has over- taken his mark of thirty-sevem wins in a season. Other Aspirants Failed. Three or four times pitchers have had a start toward a new record, but they were not good enough to keep up the pace. It is a tough job in these days and particularly “tough when any man with judgment can see that the pitching is not what it was when the Giants and Cubs were battling away in days of old Luque has caught up with nearly half of Matty's record so far as num- ber of victories is concerned. He is ahead of it by many points in per- If he can keep up the pace he will have to win twenty more games to tie Matty and twenty-one to set a new record. The possibility is there, if the Cuban gets enough chances to pitch and if his arm is good enough for it. Should Luque go with Mathewson's record surpassed, he would be a bigger man in Cuba than if he went back a winning pitch- er for the National League champion- ship. The whole population would turn_out to greet him because beat- ing Matty is a bigger thing down there than winning pennants. The Cuban fans know that pennants are won_every year, but making a better -d than that of the bis American happen back to Havana star is something which may only once in a life-time Chesbro High in Wins. If Luque surpasses Matty's record he will not have to set a new mark for base ball in doing it. Jack Che bro once turned in forty-one victories in a season and that stands as the American League record Luque's success this year in contrast to what he did in 1922. He won only thirteen games all season and lost twenty-three. At that, he stood fifth in the National League on the earned run record. His average was 3.51. That is not a lot to boast about, but it makes it clear that he was a better picher than his record for victories would make evident. Victories frequently go overboard when the fielders kick the ball around (Copsright, 1923.) GASTONIA GETS CLUB. 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