Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1923, Page 17

SPORTS: SERIES WITH FIVE CLUBS SCHEDULED DURING TRIP Bushmen Here Next on September 2—Have Chance Today in Double-Header With White Sox to Get Near First Division—Show Spirit in 9-6 Win. BY JOHN B. KELLER. . ONIE BUSH and his Nationals this afternoon were to make their D last appearance at the Georgia Avenue Park until Sunday. Septem- ber 2. when they are due to rush here from New York for a one- day stay. The Nationals leave town tomorrow, and during their trip the White Sox, Browns, Indians, Tygers and Yankees will be encountered in order on their fields for the final time this season. is played here the first Sunday of next month the Nationals will jump to | Boston for their concluding series in that town with the Red Sox. Should they_do well in the double-header scheduled with the White Sox this afternoon, the Bushmen will start west not very far below the That 9-to-6 victory scored over Kid Gleason’s first division ) terday left Clark Griffith’s hirelings their fifth-place opponents. A double win today would put the Nats ahead of the White Soa With pitchers of both clubs wob- bling and the fielders performing in snything but brilliant manner, the Subbath affray was a lurid affair, al- heit a highly thrilling one. As an e hibition of the zameness of the Na- tionals it could not be excelled. They , Spotted the White Sox a half dozen runs; then. in a stirring seventh-in- ning rally, knocked opposition cold Pitchers Find Going Rough. These are “dog day for pitchers, evident Few who have started games here recently have Leen able to finish and even those act- & as relief hurlers have had more than their share of trouble. This weak hurling bothered both clubs “yesterday The Nats opened play with Paul Zahniser oif the slab, but that right- handed flinger was none too steady #nd yielded some solid smacks for three White Sox runs. When the Na tionals had a chance to offset some of these tallies in their portion of the fifth frame Manager Bush judiciously substituted Red Hargrave as batter for Zahniser. Monroe Mitghell inning. bhut left hurriedly, with one . Out. a run across and runners occu- pying second and third bases. Allen Russell then med the mound bur- den. but was withdrawn in favor of Pinch-hitter Leibold in the seventh. Russell iy credited with the victory, however, for Walter Johns wha pitched the last pair of Innings. did his work after the Nationals got out in front Cvengros Yanked in Seventh. Gleason's slabmen made the noon unpleasant for him. Michael Louis Cvengros, southpaw, opened fire against the Nats and for five inning held them safe. Mike, though, com- plained of a soren th emed to affect his control from the start. He was compelled to pitch himself out to practically all of th early batters, and in the sixth bro badly. When Cvengros' control Eim in the seventh he gave way to Charlies Robertson and the latter . took a net drubbing. The Sox did their first scoring in the fourth inninz. With Hooper out & the most of the way, Mostil tripled, and, when | Collins slammed a grounder. Harris elected to try for Mostil at the plate, but the throw was too short. Sheely skied to Goslin, but Falk tripled Col- lins home and scored as Elsh doubled. In the sixth. the Nationals got three errors and the White Sox a many tallles out of thei ter With Mitchell hurling, Peck’s fumble gave Falk a life. Bib darted for sec- ond as Mitchell tossed to Judge and made third when Joe heaved the ball to the outfield. Elsh walked and stole and McClellan singled Falk home Russel came to the mound and was hit by Schalk for a one-baser to left that "tallied Elsh, while McClellan glso counted when Goslin booted the all. Nationals Get Busy. Then the Nats got busy. opencd the sixth with a walk, doubled to third by Peck and scored cn Goslin’s out. Peck, who had ad- vanced on the retirement, tallied when Rice was thrown out. In the seventh Judge strolled, Harris sin- gled and Bluege got a three-and-one count before Cvengros yielded to Robertson. The ~newcomer promptly passed Bluege to fill the sacks. Leibold, batting tor Russell. hit a single that scored Judge and Harris. Robertson manhandled Evans' bunt and the bases again Were crowded. Peck out to Falk meant nothing, but Ge lin's “did. Bluege tallving after the cateh. Rice singled Leibold In with the tying run and Ruel's rap Evans_across, Rice also counting [¥hen Falk kicked the ball about in eft. * A run for good measure was added in’the eighth,s Harris' sinzl son's out and Evans' tiro producing it STRONG AT THE FINISH CHICAGO. Hooper, rf . Mostil, 2b Collins, 2b. Sheely, 1b.... . Falk, If.. Elsh. of. . McClellan, s Schalk, ss.... Cvengros, .. Robertson, p Btrunk’ Hotalsf.:oeon WASHINGTON. Evans, of... Peokinpaugh, s Goslin, 1. ..... Rice, 1. Todeo, °ib udgs, Harris, 2b Bluegs, 3b. Zahaiser, p. Hergravei . Wiichell, 7. Russell, p Leibolds . Johnson, Totals <) *Batted for Robertson in Oth. tBatted for Zahniser in 5th. iBatted for Russell in 7th. Chicago ....... 0 0 0 3 03 0 0 0—8 Washington 000002861 x—9 Two-base hits—Elsh, Peckinpaugh, Collins, Evans, _Three-base hits—Moatil, Falk. Stolen bases—Falk, Elsh, Collins. paugh, Zabniser, Cvengros, va Double _plays—Zahniser, _Peckinpaugh Judge: Eish and Mostil. cago. 6; Washington, 7. Svengros, off Mitchell, 1; hagger > 066 on e o y CPTTPR- . | (] | cocoocoomsonno vl omcocorosso ComNBOMmoN PYST TR | vowmoomno® el w Boukealitls [P o -1 | noocornnoncona? Bl o ». ol oncooormrononn al o ol orcoccononmornBol oy 8l ceccccen 3 off Russell, 2. Struck out By Cvengts, 2; by Zahniser, 1: by Russell, 1; by Johnson, 3. Hits—Off Zahniser, 5 in 5 in- =ings: off Mitchell, 1 in 1.3 inning: off Russell, 2> 123 innings; off Johnson, 1 in 2 innings: off Cvengros. 4 in 6 innings (none out in 7th) off Robertson, b in 3 innings. Passed ball— Ruel. Winning pitcher—Russell. Losing itcher—Robertson, ~ Umpires— Moriarity and saliin. Time of game—2 hours and 1% min- GRIFFS’ STICKWORK i, jugh 1108 188 e .28 3 98 380 39 275 165 Hoawneo! oooonkalBnsdsSe. oooonSoaRollLB,8838a1S.. eouaxB38E ®oosscsowora started the sixth| | Park tomorrow at 4:30 o'cl s in his neck and| RETURN OF FRANK WATT BOOSTS MOHAWKS’ STOCK | left | peared put | John- | !was nicked for six hits. After Huggins' crew : outfit yes- | just one and one-half games behind CAUGHT ON THE FLY. Bush's proteges, who leave tomor- row morning for the west, will stop at Martinsburg, W. Va.. in the afternoon for a tilt with the Blue Ridge League ctub of that town. Clark Griflith Ix dickering for an- jother pitcher for his Nationals. He is | Joe Martina of New Orleans. Martina, Who has been setting quite a pace | this season, is a minor league veteran. | In the third inning vesterd: { was doubled off third by to Mostil when it s jmore speed would 1 bise. But Ossie thinking of his v Bluege | Elsh's throw med that a bit ve earned the opped, probably ame” left knee. | | ©Old man Collins was th® peppery |chap around the second base. The veteran once made a brilllant one- {hand stop and throw to retire Peck ' a o turned in & neat play against i |and a | Goslin. . Tn the seventh inning the White |Sox attempted to take liberties with | Ruel's throwing arm. but only Collins | gOt away with it. Aided by a passed | [Lall, e pilfered third !walked. Sheely immediately { second, but was caught, Peck. Falk was passed off tirst, Ruel to Ju set sail Ruel to and snared 0DD FELLOWS TO DRILL. Practice for the local Odd Fellows' nine that will ciash with the Arling. ¥ 0dd Fellows Saturday will be heid at the American League ock. RANK WATT, who towers si I turn from the Norfolk League It was through the clever box work to Manager Vic Gauz because of his inexperience. The diminutive pilot of the Indians immediately took advantage of Watt's return. In yesterday's fray with the Shamrocks ‘Watt served them up in clever_fashion, his team winning, S to 3. Tommy Thompson, his opponent. could not equal the ace set by the Indians’ hurler. Tom- my victimized but one by the strike- out route, while Watt sent eight back on strikes. Victory for the Mo was especially sweet. for the rocks are a formidable foe and a bit- ter rival A ninth-tnning rally, in which Do- minican Lyceums, pushed across its| winning tally. enabled it to down the Garfields, 3 to 2, in one of the best games of the season. Lefty Rich- 1 connected for a homer in the session, placing the game o ice for Lyceum. It was a pitcher duel between Al Mills of the Lyceum and Wesley McDonald of the Gar- fields. The_ former moundsman ap- to have the edge. He al- lowed but five bingles, while his team ed seven. erless Athletic Club added an- other to ity list when it took the measure of the Navy Yard Marines, 10 to 0. Eggs Ellwood of the win- ners dished out a puzzling brand of ball. He held the losers down to one lone wallop. Peerless crashed seven of their nine blows for extra bases. Knickerhockers were in a savage batting mood yesterday against the Petworth Athletic Club, taking the long end of the count, 15 to 5. The Georgetown clubmen found McCor- mick, Wassaman and Brinkman for a total of cighteen safe clouts. Smith led the attack when he collected four hits in five tries, Ross Fisher hurled masterfully. The eleven bingles gar- nered off his delivery were well scat- tered. St. Stephen's tossers continued their winning streak when they humbled the Clarendon nine, 13 to 11. O'Neil smacked three stinging clouts, one of | which was a triple. ~Ruding, first- sacker for the losers, collected four safeties in as many times at bat Burton. on the mound for the East Washington Heights. was in rare form against the Congress Heights Yankees, his team winning, 8 to 2. He sent twelve back on strikes, and Timely bingles by Clarke and Doolin aided O'Donmnell’s nine in the clash with the Lexington outfit, their team PETWORTH CRIPPLED Sacrifices—Peckin. | Goslin, | and | Left on bases—Chi. | Bases_on balls—Off | : off Robertson, 3; off Zahniser, 2; | i Both i Place in section A of the midget di- 86 | probably wou.e zive it the title, as FOR TODAY’S BATTLE With its hurling corps battered and weakened, Petworth Athletic Club will face the Junior Order nine at 5:15 o'clock today in one of the deciding contests in section A of the unlimited division of the city sandlot seri 1t is necessary that the northwest club win over the Junior Order tossers today if they intend to threaten the American Legion, now leading this section. Jack Brinkman, Petworth hurling ace. is hardly expected to toil on the mound today. Yesterday he pitched one whole game and a part of another. Edelin probably will get the mound assigrment. Mach interest Ix being manifested in the clash between the Emblems and the Auroras, to be played at 5:15 o'clock, on the Union station grounds. outfits are deadlocked for top vision. A victory for either nine only a few more contests are to be played in this section. Astecs now have a chance at the title in section B of the senior di- vision, as a result of the victory over the Parks, 4 to 1. If they trim the Parks in a second erigagement Wed- nesday they will have tied the Lin- worths, now leading this section. In a battle waged for eleven innings the Elliott Athletic Club ‘humbled the Winton 7. Underwood hurled well for the winners. Mohawks were able to cop the independent title last year with Rochester and is zipping them across in brilliant fashion. THE EVEN Dempsey’s Most Formidable Rival. x feet on the mound, is back with the Mohawks. The southeast followers of the Indians regard Watt's re- | to his home team as a healthy sign of Watt and Walter Beall that the Beall now is According A of the Indians, Watt was released from Norfolk winning, 6 to 4. A dozen safeties by O'Donnell's accounted for its victory. Chnrlie Snul hurled. 2 no-hit game for the Riverside Athletic Club in a |Shamrocks.. ¥lx-inning clash with the nine, his team winning. 17 to 0. winners piled up fifteen clouts. McLean The A barrage of bingles in the ninth frame gave the Benning Athletic Club a_ 6-to-5 victorv over the Cardinals of Alexandria yesterday. Duvall toed the mound for the winners, allowing thirteen wallops. Stahl at the stick. connecting for blows in four attempts. Sims, of the Virginfans. had a perfect day at bat with four straight hits, Holding the Linworth Midgets to three bingles, Cheseldine gave the Potomac Athletic Club un 8-to-5 victory The Potomacs garnered twelve ‘safe clouts, Including a circuit drive by Parke:. Silver Spring nosed out the Gaith- ersburg nine, 7 to 6, when it sucess- fully executed a squeeze play by Blair and Glovannetti in the final xession. hurled brilliantly for the . He was touched for but six safeties, while Lem Owens was nick- ed for thirteen. ifteen stinging bingles cnabled | Dreadnaught Athletic Club of Alexandria to down _the Catholic Athletic Association of Baltimore, 9 to 3. Dreifus held the losers down to eight hits, Summers of the Vir- ginians smacked a homer. Chevy Chase Athletic Club triumph- ed over the Henderson tossers. 5 to 4, when it crashed eleven bingles off the slants of Jeffries. Three blows were garnered off Claude and Batson. A rally in the ninth, which nette. four runs, gave the Premier Athletic Club a victory of 15 to 14 over the Moline Athletic Club. The Premiers found Berstein and Portner for nine safeties, Hilltop Juniors have quite column. They have copped games and dropped but four. Thelr recent victories have been over the Boys' Club nine, 13 to 3, and the Mount Rainier Emblems, 4 to 2. a win fell the Western Athletic Club,, 7 The winners will Tuesday at 7:30 o'clock. before to 2. . Corinthian Midgets are casting about for games with teams in the midget class. Contests particularly are wanted with the Linworth, Mary- land; Brightwood and Friendship midget teams. Challenges are being received by the manager, 1511 Sth street. Shamrock Jumfors plan to hold a meeting tonight at the home of Man- ager Lawrence, 1354 K street south- cast. Seven uniforms will be issued. All members are requested to repori promptly at 8:30 o'clock. thirty | hold a meeting | I I picid, \ | | Mitams . led Benning Comforte: three ; i 1 | | | NG _STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, AUGUST 13, Nationals End Home Stand Today : Both New York Clubs Seem Certain to Repeat —By RIPLEY. HE HITS AS HARD A WALLOP AS DEMPSEY SANDLOT SERIES | UNLIMITED DIVISION. (SECTION A.) No game yesterday. Todsy's_game—Petworth vs. Junior Order, 15th and C streets mortheast, 5:15 o'clock. STANDING. Team. IO UAM, Printers. 714 | Mercury... 34 429 (SECTION B.) No game yesterday. Park View vs, Shamrock (postponed). STANDING. W. L. Pot. | _Team. Dom'nLy'm. 4 1 .800 Boll. Field. 2 2 Mohawks... 4 1 800 Brookls T 3 2 600 Park View. 0 4 (SECTION C.) o gamo yesterday. Todsy's game—Comforters vs. Phils, 5:15 o'clock, STANDING. W. L. Pet. | _Team. 5 1 .833 | St. Joseph. 5 2 .714 Mariner; 4 2 1667 | 0'Donn SENIOR DIVISION. (SECTION A No game yesterday. Today's game—Pl Lexington, Team. Legion Pecworth Garfield Robert: 2000 {000 Team. Randle Team. Phils 2 v 5:15 o'cloc STANDING. Team. Team. Waverly. Roemers : .872 | Lexington. . MohawkPr. 572 | Plaze (SECTION B.) ame today. rday’s results—Aaztecs, 4; Par) STANDING. .714 | Century. -750 | Stanley. No Yes! Astecs 5 2 Linworth.. 8 2 Parks..... 3 3 JUNIOR DIVISION. (SECTION AD . 1 Tod: e—Argyle vs. St. Joseph, 17t] and D strects southeest, 511 o'clock, Yesterday's results—Elliotts, STANDING. Warwick. Elliott. . Winton . 800 | Thomson.... 4 .429 | St. Joseph.. « !IgchoN B.) No gams yesterday, odsy's g’-m.'.z’iipm-y vs. Park View, le, 5:16 o’clock. STANDING. ‘W. L. Pet. ‘Team. 4 Jt T 3 Epiphany.. 3 3 (SECTION C.) No game yesterds: Today's game—Tremont vs, Simpson, George-{lumbia players town Hollow, 5:15 o'clock. STANDING. W. L. Pet. | Team. t 7 0 1.000 | Clover. 1600 | Tremonta. 1600 | Warwicks.. MIDGET DIVISION. (SECTION A.) torday. Tedky's game—Emblem vs. Aurors, Union Station, 4 o'clock. STANDING. L. Pet. | 1780 1 780 (SECTION No game yesterda: To fame today. STANDING. Team. W.L.Pot.| Team. Southends.. 5 0 1.000 | Aztect Lisworth.. 3 § 600 | Peorles Simpson... 3 Team. W. Aurora.’.. § Emblems.. 3 B) STATISTICS OF MAJORS [ AMERICAN LEAGUE. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Fow York .| Cleveland .| St. Louis.....| | Detroit .. 9'—! 7l .) 51678 e B\ fiiie i iERE Philade w4 8] 5| — . Boston v..| 81 6| 31 3 8'SlT0— 4zie1 408 35120 50 Taoieaan st —| 7] 7| 7110/11/53/511. ! 5| 7| 750151495 7| 7| 949541476 ] | Pittsburgh Gincinnati Chi Philadelphia. Boston . Games Tost_ (3648751 /51/54[65/58[611—I— GAMES TODAY. GAME TOMORROW. Chicago at Wash'ton, Phila. at Detroit. Cloveland ‘st Phila, RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES. Washington. 9; Chicago, 6, Detroit, GAME TODAY. Pittsburgh at Bkiyn. GAMES TOMORROW. ; Wiatons, 7. | 'RUTH PASSES Amer i | | an League in batting team’s defeat yesterday by the Detroit Tygers, 5 to i Incidentally, despite the defeat, { with such a lead in the American L. I miracle could prevent their pennant victory, the experts conceded. 1923. [INTERNATIONAL NET BATTLE ENDS TODAY FOREST HILLS, N. Y., August 13. § ~—America's flashiest woman tennis | players will have to win but one of | four matches today when they meet England’s leading court representa- tive in the second and final day's play in the international team com petition for the Hazel Hotchkiss| Wightman trophy. Three kInKlP!( mlt’chel and & doubles are on lhe[ card. By their brilllant playing Saturday the Americans galned a lead of three victories to none. While the international tourna- ment is heing completed the women's national championship will get under way with a field of sixty-one con- tenders for Mrs. Molla Mallory's title. 2 United States, | . R. Beamish, En, land, in the first international match. The second match will be between Miss Helen Wills, brilliant Berkeley, 1 Calif.. girl star. and Mrs. R. C. Clay- jton, England. Mrs. Mallory will meet Miss Kathleen McKane, ngland, in the third match. The fourth will see \A\[ru. Mallory and Miss Wills paired |against Mrs. Beamish and Mrs. Clay- jton. !NATIONAL MUNY DOUBLES | TITLE AT STAKE TODAY ST. LOUIS, Mo, August 12—Louis | Brophy. the fifteen-year-old tennis | champion of Spokane, Wash., was | eliminated in the semi-final round of ! pebble in the Yanks' path. | cighteen games to the good. Such instances \RECORD FOR PAST WEEK SPORTS. YANKS SHOULD ENCOUNTER LITTLE TROUBLE IN WEST Opposition to Hugmen Reduced to a Minimum, Giants Facing Tougher Task to Cop Third Straight Flag, But Should Make Grade. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. HE major league base ball clubs will go on their caravan tours east and west today, with the east carrying off the honors, due largely to the success of the two New York teams. The Giants play witlr Brooklyn when they get home, while the Yanks go to St. Louis, thence tg Chicago, to Detroit and to Cleveland in order. There is nothing in the final parade through the wes t which appears likely to place more than After the Yankees complete the trip they return to the home grounds to remain to the end of the season, except for an occasional overnight excursion to the cities of the east. Teams with as large a lead as the Yank T 1 d ces poasesslha\'e lost the pen- nant. The Giants once lost it when they were at one time practically. are rare exceptions, however: and no base ball manager should build up hope on such a flimsy founda- tion. More than that, the attack agalnet the Yanks has disintegrated. There is no real attack except on the part of Cleveland. The remainder of it s a gloomy recurrence of playing the sames because they are scheduled and, have to be played. IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES The week's record in each major league of I the national municipal tennis tourna- ment by Karl Kamman-of St. Louis, In straight sets, 6—1, 6—2, 6—3, in | the feature match of yesterday's play. | Gus Amsterdam at Philadelphta and | ! Cranston Holman of San Francisco sach had won a set in the olher semi- final singles match when play was called on account of darknes: The match will be completed today. In the doubles &eorge Glaskin and | | Gerald Cmith of Kansas City defeated ! Frank Ragin and Charles Periolat | |of San Francisco, 6—2, 3—6, 7—5 and {6§—1, and Ted Huermann and Elmer | Schwartz of St. Louis defeated Louis | | Shaefer and Max Bookbinder of Buf- | i talo, 6—2, 6—3, 6—3. The finals will | be played today. TRI-STATE RAINED OUT. CINCINNATI, August 13.—Rain ye: terday caused the postponement of | all matches in the tri-state tennis | i tournament being held on the courts | of the Hyde Park Tennis Club SOUTHERN TENNIS HALTED. LOUISVILLE., Ky. August 13.—A | windstorm followed by rain caused the postponement of play in the finals | | of the southern championship tennis tournament at the Audubon Country Club here yesterday. Weather permit- ting. the tourney will be conoluded | today i HEILMANN | | | FOR BATTING LEADERSHIP ASE BALL'S greatest home-run hitter, Babe Ruth, toda leads the by a narrow squeak in spite of his > the Yankees rounded out the weck ecague average that little less than a Al | though the Giants also lost, the experts generally agree that their National | League rivals have small chance to I world series combat looks pretty sa; Ruth. by hammering out a homer, a double and a single. jacked up his batting average to .39394 as Harry Heilmann, the Detroit slug- |ker. ‘was out of the game with a strained tendon. Ruth took the 'll:u:uc‘ batting lead away from him. | Heilmann's average is .39377. Ruth's home run was his twenty-ninth of the season, putting him ‘even with Cy_ Willian of the Phillies. £ lost to St. Louls on the field, 5 to 2. It was the | closing game 'of their western The New Yorkers dropped three out {of five to the Cardinals, the onl rles they lost on the latest invasion ithe National League occurred in 'ROSSLYN ANNEXES A PAIR; . | Tnasmuch | trip. | tear them from the top. So another | fe for New York thi Brooklyn, where the | med the Pittsburg of gam 11 to 2 | first game Dazzy | Pirates, and three Dodgers—Nels, | Fournier and DeBarry—knocked | home runs. ~Burleigh Grimes let the | Pirates down with three hits in the second fracas, fall. Dodgers trim- and 6 to 0. In the Vance fanned Philadelphia beat the Cubs at Chi-| | cago. 7 to 5. Boston cinnati Reds had it rained. Harris eveland, and the Cin- a holiday because pounded to help out a_ homer the Boston j e Red N to The & | play. LEADS FOR COUNTY TITLE ANS of Rosslyn, Va., are expan twin victory yesterday over th the Brookmont team, 6 to 2. It was the trick for Rosslyn in the fray wi COLUMBIA GOLFERS’ LEAD COMMANDING Columbia Country Club’s team now !enjoys a commanding lead in the Dis- trict interclub golf matches as a re- sult of a swe¢p scored yesterday over the Indian Spring team. Twelve Co- pitted against an equal number of Indian Spring men in foursomes won every individual match and took all the best-ball points for a total of 18 points, rais- ing the Columbla club's total in the tourney to 43. Washington Golf and Country Club is second with 26, Bannockburn third with 22 and Chevy Chase fourth with 118 and Indlan Spring fifth with 10. Yesterday’'s summaries: Albert R. MacKenzie defeated Tom Moore, 10 and 8; George P. James de- feated S. R. Speelman, 2 up. Best ball, 7 and 6. Roland R. MacKenzie defeated F. E. Early, 4 and 3; James C. Davis, Jjr. defeated Di E. R. Tilley, 5 and { Best ball, 7 and 6. H. Chasmar defeated Edw. J. Gray, 8 and Dra Lee Harban de- 1feated P. C. Knox, 2 and 1. Best ball, 5 and 3. B. R. Hart defeated De Vere Burr, 6 and 4; C. B. Hatch defeated A. D, V. Burr, 4 and 3. Best ball, 3 and 2. W. W. Smith defeated H. S. Pope, 7 and 6; H. C. Train defeated Dr. J. R. De Farges, 2 and 1. Best ball, 6 and 5. W W. Rapley defeated Thomas Hopkins, 4 and 3; H. T. Shannon de- feated Paul J. Frizzell, 3 and 2. Best ball, 2 and 1. An amatear-professional tourna- ment at 18 holes match play against par was to be held at Indian Spring this afternoon, starting at o'clock. HEADS COLLEGE NET LIST. NEW YORK, August 13.—Carl H. Fischer, winner of the national inter- { colleglate lawn tennis championship singles, a student of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy, has received the ranking of No, 1 on the national inter- collegiate list. Louis White and Louis Thalheimer, University of Texas, are ranked No.'1 in the doubles. SHIPPING BOARD WINS. LONDON, August States Shipping Board team won the British Isles base ball champlonship yesterday, defeating the University Club team, 15 to 6, 13.—The United | ding their chests. They believe their team will cop the title in the Arlington County League since its e Arlington Athletic Club, 5 to 3. and Corcoran on the mound who turned th Arlington. He was nicked for six blows, while his opponent, Pfeil, was touched for eleven. Rosslyn found the [ against Brookmont. going rough The losers con- slants of Burke and Brown, but they lacked the necessary punch in the pinches. Rosslyn found L. Hardy and Goodrick for sixteen wallops. Cherrydale had an easy time with Carlin Springs in the other Arlington county series game, winning. 13 to The winners smacked fourteen safeties, while the Carlin tossers could only gather eight off Hair and Taft. Rosslyn now leads the league, with four straight victories and no defeats, Arlington is runner-up, with three wins and one loss: Cherrydale is third, with two victorles and as many de- feats; Carlin Springs is fourth, with one win and three defeats, while Brookmont has lost all four of its engagements, Sandlot doings waxed hot In the Prince Georges County circuit series yesterday. Prince Georges copped its deciding game with the Seat Pleas- ant team. 8 to 2. Harke was unsteady up until the fifth, then he hurled air- tight ball against Seat Pleasant. Mc- Laren, Cherry and McGeary batted heavily. Mount Rainier loomed as a danger- ‘| ous contender in the Prince Georges county series when it took the meas- ure of the Maryland Athletic Club, 4 to 2. Baldwin, hurler for Mount Rainfer, seemed to have the edge on Roberts. The former moundsman al- lowed but six wallops, while his op- ponent was nicked for ten. Potter topped the batting honors, connecting for three safeties in five times at bat. In the Y. M. H. A. circuit, Ellis Goodman of the Kanawha proved a puzzle to the Northwest Athletic Club, his team winning, 4 to 1. He retired eleven players on strikes and held the losers dov'u to seven safe clouts. Ottenberg yielded elght hits. April and Berman' each collected a palr of blows for the Kanawhas. | i Base ball of the in-and-out variety was furnished in the Suburban League. Petworth easily humbled Takoma, 9 to 1, while Handley took the measure of the Brightwood out- fit. 12 to 8. Brinkman served them up for Petworth. allowing eleven safe drives, while his team smacked ten. A barrage of nineteen bingles off the slants of Brown and Cole gave the Handley tossers their victory. Two gamen Base Ball roa,= % AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK Washington vs. Chicago , 14t okt s e TS . | Dotrolt . | challenge the United h Pirates in a pair | ten | in | defeat the second-place Indians, | | Louis and Philadel- | { The only other exciting events in|phia Americans weren't scheduled to | nected for fourteen bingles off the | ames won and lost, with runs, hits, errors nd nts’ including games of August 11, follows: E. OR. Ne 50 Gieveland ... Bt. Louis . Chicago® The St. Louis Browns are disruptec in more ways than one. The hear of the club, ‘impulsive and not over- blessed with practical base ball in- formation, has let go the man who {was most needed to carry him through. Fohl had his critics. All managers have theirs. But it fsn't. good polley to slip the cable to a manager who develops ability to keep a team up in the race that was as hard hit as the Browns were hit. It is not wise to listen to criticism thag is not constructiv Cobb May Rally Tygers. The Chicago White Sox will not beat the Yanks out of the champion— {ship. Tt is not the Chicago team of old, and the Detroit Tygers have been smashed too often by fate to be destructive. Cobb may rally his players as they come down the finish, He is a good hand at that, but hé cannot rally them to the point of not losing a game to New York for the remainder of the year. If the Yanks are § be beaten out of the cham: plonship it is something llke that wihich must happen, not only on the part of Detroit, but also on the part of two or three other clubs. Cleveland has the best ball team in the west to date. Take your silk hat off to President Barnard as the best of all the before-season prophets. He. sald that he was confident the Indlans would be in the hunt. It was not ex:" | pected that it would be just the kind of hunt that it has proved to be, bur Cleveland has been there just the | sume day's play ZU | The Giants St & ves: | defeated Haw for the on THes oM A A aTaheny nese victory, the Australian stand on their home grounds. and m:é jwinning the'doubles Saturday i they £0 out to the flelds of the crindy’ i Anderson and Hawkes won Yester- i oon sunset and complete their task afs day in stralght sets. cach outclass- | Wihning three pennants in stuccessioft s ing his onponent. The scores were|__if they can. It will not be the arsh; | | H. 81 Philadelphia . Washington' Sl Eonupnne Pittsburgh Cincianaty o . Philadelphia Boston ... AUSTRALIANS MEET FRENCH RACKETERS CHICAGO. will saleaoat [FTTHATPSAOR SR [ERRERSRT 13.—Australia | right to| ates tennis team for the Davis cup, emblematic of the world’s championship. The Australians. J. O. Anderson. | captain, and J. B. Hawkes easily sained the right yesterday, when, re- : spectively, the defeated Zenzo Shimizu, captain of the Japanese team, und his teammate, Masanosuke Fukuda | In the initial August meet France for the againe, easily |60, 63, 63 and 6—3. 6—4 6 time the Giants have done that. Fukuda gained much praise for his efforts, and it s nredicted by ex- Giants Not Quite So Sure. But the Giants are not so sure! nerts who witnessed the play that seemingly, of winning the title as ar$ he will show to better advantage with more tournament experience. the Yanks. That is the odd result i sight this vear. When tke pennamei ORIOLE RACKETERS ; That the Giants hed a chaon white 1ig TIE DISTRICT TEAM Yanks would have to scramble like Municipal court racketers of Wash- kids in a swimming race. It has beew just the other way around. The Gilantg h: « had the scramble, and the Yanks i have done the booming out in front i with nothing more to worry them than a following breeze and threg = aalacked hose | Sheets in the wind. intercity match. After having easily disposed of the Oriole netmen here Saturday. 6 matches to 3. the local more, where they were defeated by the same score. shown any spirit, particularly the lat-' Col. Wa *. Johnson. in charge of ter. the Giants might have been over- tuken. although even then they might { the local municipal team, will confer with the Baltimore officials tomorrow not have been defeated. It is no wholly bad ball playing that eats tha, morning to fix a date for the deciding match. He also plans to anounce the hearts out of the Pirates and Reds 1t is their own futile efforts to throw= the bear instead of having the beaf ; date for the local municipal doubles championship match after a confer- ence with Assistant Secretary of War i | throw them, they get sloppy men { tally whenever th bear comes to | town | Dwight F. Davis, who will avvard the | prizes to the winners in doubles and singles matches on that date Sam Cohn of the Baltimore contin- gent was mainly responsible for Washington's defeat vesterd He downed O°'Neil, 1—6. 6—4. Play- ing with Hicks. he also triumphed over O'Neill and Hills, 6—4, 0—6, 6—3. ! The summaries: es—Cohn. Baltimore. defeated O'Neill 7 ST e, PR Tor, Baltimere. defeted O vis, “Washingion, defeated Sohroedel, 6—3, Robinson. Baltimore, defeated Mills. 5—7. 60, : Newkirk. Washington. defeated Milburn, 86, 6—0; Rathberger, Washington. defeated Haliam, 6—3, 2—8. 6—3. Doubles—Cohn’ and ' Hicks. Baltimore, de- feated O'Neill and Hills, 6—4. 0—8. g Tavlor and Shroedel, Baltimore. defeated Davis and Cragoe, 6—8, 7—5. 7—5: Robinson and Milburn, Baltimore. defeated Newkirk and Mc- Connell, 8—10, 6—i, 6—4. DE PALMA IS INJURED IN AUTO RACE SMASH CHICAGO. August 13.—Ralph de Palma, famous racing driver, was in- jured, and several spectators were hurt when the car driven by Louis Chevrolet smashed into De Palma’s automobile, foreing him through a fence on the back stretch of the mile oval In the twenty-five-mile race vesterday at the Hawthorne dirt track. De Palma was taken to a hospital. Howdy Wilcox finished the twen five-mile race in which the accident occurred after it had been restarted. his time being 23 minutes 44 2-5 sec- elght miles an hour won the second event by making a record for the track of 4.19 2-5, and going at an average speed of seventy miles. Joe Boyer at an average speed of sixty- eight miles an hour, won the second five-mile-race. De Palma_won the fifteen-mile-race in 18.07 1-5, and the ten-mile-event was taken in 9.13 by Leon Duray. MAN IS OUT FOR GOOD. LINCOLN, Nebr., August 13.—Les- lie Mann, Natlonal League outfielder, has arrived at his home at Lincoln and is quoted by friends as saving he had quit professional base ball jfor good. He Intends later to re- sume his duties as basket ball coach |of Indlana State University, it is| said, (Copyright, 1923.) LOULS, August 13.—The 193 convention and_ tournament of the- {Middle West Bowling Association starting November 19, has been awarded to St Louis. . “Cpen Daiiy Until 6 P. M. (lose Saturday at 3 P. “Wionder What Merts Will Say At the Sign of the Moon. . Today:" Established 1593 | Drastic Reductions ~—Our entire stock of magnifi- cent fabrics await your selece tion. —Have wo your apparel taflored while thess drastic reduc- tions are in effect, and avall vourself of fabrics suitable for ‘all wear. tallored to your indi- vidual measure. 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