Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1923, Page 24

SPORTS. THE EVEN STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, < TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER SPORT S Sam Rice Sent Home After Row With Bush : Ring Rivals Face Intensive Training OUTFIELDER IS SUSPENDED AS DISCIPLINARY MEASURE § Costly Failure to Make Play in Double-Header That Is Split With Red Sox Cause of Dispute That Further Cripples Nationals. BY JOHN B. KELLER. [58 September 4—Donie Bush's athletes were to resume their B <eries with the Red Sox this afternoon without Sam Rice appear- ing in their Tme-up. The veteran outfielder was suspended by Manager Bush yesterday afternoon immediately after the conclusion of the first game of the Labor day double-header with the Chancemen. Rice Teft last night for Washington Ilic suspension was the result of an argument between the player and manager caused by an incident of the ninth-inning rally. that won for the Red Sox. he two indulged in a heated discourse in the club- house after Bush called Rice to task for his work afield, and, as a dis- ciplinary measure, the Nationals” manager ruled the player out of action. Tt was Rice's failure to get a fly Iofted by Ira Flagstead to short right id that brought the rebuke from Bush. Shan second as) the re sho and ¥ k's wild throw when Flagstead hit and to the customary lead off the sack as Bucky Harris and Rice 1ed to get under the ball Rice was nearer the falling sphere than ! Harris, apparently gave way tol the lafter, then sprinted towarl the | hadl agazin only to let it fall for al single that put lins on third. Then followed sufsties that| the 1 runs in the aml the ball game to red he could have had he not been b Harris, who he claimed has beer ambitious all season in* striving muke catches in territory rightly der the jurisdiction of the right- ficlder. Bush. however, firmly be- lieved that Sam should have con tinued after the ball Not consider ng Harris enough to interfere with a One word brought anoth as will happen in such arguments, and Bush did not hes tate to assert his authority as mar e pad Collins was on ult of a hit to WASHINGTON. Loibold, of Peckinpa Goslin, Rico, rf.....0. wdge, 150 Ghamity. o 8. Hariis, 2b. Evans, 3b | Zachary, p Johnson, p. L1 ornrnSacand ] [ if 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 E thred Soxfour Totals BOSTON. Mitcuell, ss Collins, ' of .. Flagstead. rf. Burns, 1 J. Harris *Menosky Shanks, 3b De Vormer, ¢ McMillan, 2b.. cateh LT o 2l it coccoruwormmrn ol oronoomnmn coco0000000~0 Shsunassnssra Bl suusanesl Howe. p. | coonworcsonon? &l cnnonnoons? | cocommmnonions, 1 ol ooccoconornrol nl cooncoronn Totals . 32 u 27 “None out when winning run scored. tBatted for Murray in eighth. #Ran for J.. Harris in ninth. Washington...... 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0—4 Baston Two-base hits—Mitchell. Rice. Peckin J. Herris. Stolen base—Harris. Sacrifices— Judge. Gharrity, Evans. ~ Double plays—Peck- inpaugh to S. Harris to Judge: Judge to Peck- inpaugh to Judge: 5. Harris to Peckinpaugh to Judge McMillan (unassisted:. Left on bases— Washington, 4: Boston, 4. Bases on bal Off Zachary, 1; off Quinn, 1. Struck out—By Zachary, 1: by Quinn, 3; by Howe. 1. Hits—Off Zachary, 10 in 8; innings (none out in ninth): off Johnson, 1 in O inning: off Quinn, 9 in 613 innings: off Murray, 0 in 123 innings of Howe, 0 in 1 inning. Passed ball—Ds Vormer. ' Winning_ pitcher—Howe. Losing —Zachary. Time of game—l hour and es. Riee's First Set Down. the first time in his lengthy as a Nutionul that Rice has to conflict with those at the helm. He has been a willing ven the club much Kood nd rarely been subjected to by umpires. This season. | out for « time hecause of Rice has been the hitting ainstay of the Nationals and his rmance aficld nerally noteworthy Munager Bush sent a repo neident to. President Clark nt. and Rice certainly will not any more of the Nationals' may be reinstated in in the engagement Washington nwhile he now the It carcer, me ub's work servic i paugh, H to participate zainst the Yankees a ext Saturd In the will sorely sed, for ciub has on active duty every man on i3 roster cxcept the extra pitchers ind catchers. But Bush is a firm dis- linarian and the suspension is to at least until the Nationals re- wrn home, Boxmen WASHINGTON Leibold, cf. Peckinpaugh, ss. {Goslin. 1r-. Ruel, ¢ Judge, 1b Evans, rf. S. Harris, 2b.. i Bluege, 3b... Barberiy. p .. Russell, p.... L] Sanmind L] ounded in Twin Bill. Pitehers had rough tin it yes- terday in the dual bill. in which Na- tionals aud Red Sox shared honors Iive hurlers were used in the first tilt, Jez Zachary started for the Na- tionals, but gave way to Walter John- son after two runs ha ossed and Chancemen with tying id winning twelve tallies were on third an§ sec- mnd bases with none out in the ninth, yid Jack Quinn, who began the fray for the Red Sox., was subjected to wood pounding and was relieved by tieorge Murray in the seventh fram \ pinch batter shoved Murra from line-up in the eighth, Lester i a cruit from the I[astern League Hartford team, pitched the ninth. | Oliphant Haggard Marberry., ently procured from Little tarted his first game 3 tionals in the second part of matinee and was credited with | to 3 victory Ithough he did not the route. After a good showing, he | weakened in the sixth Boston, 5. Bases on balle—Off Mer placed by Allen Russell. jof Ehmke, 2: off Murray. 1. slmcxbf,:z?;:& Iihmke opened fire for the home out- | Marberry, 3: by Ehmke. 2. o fit and took a healthy lacing for five | Murray, ' 2. ° Hits—Off = Marbe 6 in innings. Howe then slabbed a cou-|5 13 innings: of Murray, 2 in 2 in. ple of frames and Murray finished | 2ings: olig Russell. 0 in 3 23 innings: off the struggle ke, in 5 innings: of Rowe, 1 in 2 in- jnings. Hit by pitcher—By Marberry (Reichle): Solve Quinn in Opener, by Ehmke (Ruel and Marberry). Winning first game the Bushmen got | pitcher—Marberry, =~ Losing _pitcher—Ehmke. runs off Quinn Rice's two- ‘mnlrn—lehxsrn Connolly and Holmes. Time \d % pair of sacrifices in the °f §ame—2 hours and 2 minutes. juced the rst tally Lei- gie, Peck’s double and Gos- one-base knock added two sixth. A single and Harris, Evans’ sac aud a passed ball by Devormer ccounted for the seventh inning marker. Zachary and Leibold also <ingled. but after Murray relieved Quinn a double play ended the scor- ing. Totals BOSTOX. Mitchell, s ! Collins, rr i Betehe, i Burns, |3, Harnis | Shanks, | McM:llan, | Ehmis, 5 “Menosks |Howe. b { tFlugstend {Marray, p c. 2b e <0 | conomunnooorn® &l onwuosconc™ Totals *Batted for Ehmke in ffth inning. +Batted for Howe in seventh inning. | Washington 21030100 07 Boston 0001020003 Two-base hits—Goslin, McMillan, J. Harris. Three-base hits—Goslin' (2). Stolen bases—r Goslin, Ruel. Sacrifices—Leibold, Ruel. Judge. Double plays—Peckinpaugh to . Harris to Judge (2). Left on bases—Washington. 11: Blomormsurmansnl 8l vnooonvnoal vl cocoososonnoo® ul omecocwnni ol coomoroonmnool &l onconronmn® 8l cocconswuonmnd Bl couan =l cosccoccsccen?nl coomsoa 8 In the all their fith pre hold's sin s flulke e runs in the 1 by Buck mer collected six bingles in eigh times at bat for a day's work, his sec- -game portion consisting .of two triples, a_double and a singie. Peck got tive wallops, four of them Leing negotiated in the late encounter. Five double plays were accomplish- ed by the Nationals and but for Stan- ley Harris' error in the fourth inning of the second engagement probably would have been made. Peck fielded Shanks' grounder and threw to Bucky in plenty of time to retire Joe Harris coming down from first, but the Nationals' captain drop- ped the ball. t the first t and Pec Red Sox had been Flagstead's single error on the- hit, Burns' retirement Shanks' one-base blow manufac- sing @ run in the fourth. There- r Zach held them helpless until ninth, when vle of flukes the first_two < batters on paths. Burns sent Collins iome and Flagstead to third. Joe tiarris clouted down the left-field ine for two bases, scoring Flagstead. {ohnson took the mound and Shanks hit over sccond base for a single hat tallied Buras and Harris, Hold Lead Iin Nightceap. The Nationals grabbed six runs be- ro the Red Sox gould count in the . “Ehnfke vielding them. ingle, Goslin's tripie and | scrateh one-base blow brought two scores in the first frame. Singles by Marberry and Peck, with ibold's sacrifice coming between tiiem, in the second session boosted the Bushmen's run total to three and e two were out in_the fourth <ingles by Leibold and Peck and an ntentlonal pass to Goslin filled the bases before Ruel was hit and Judge E atched a single to make six mark- wrs all told. slin’s double and two sacrifices ' made while Howe was nurling in the sixth gave the Na- tionals their final run. Marberry hit Reichle in the fourth and the iatter got to third as Joe Harris singled and Goslin booted the ball. A fielder's choice let Reichle score. ‘Tn the sixth Reichle strolled. was singled to second by Burns and counted wheén Joe Harris doubled. B nks' retirement enabled Burns to cross the nlate with the last tally of the day. CAUGHT ON THE FLY With Rice suspended, Manager Bush sent the crippled Bluege into action in the second game yesterday, putting him at third when Evans moved to right fleld.” The same line-up was ex- pected to start this afternoon, with Zahniser or Johnson pitching. Bt the hen I Some Close Races. INTERNATIONAL. w. 5 Orioles 93 50 Rochester Saiit waley AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. St. Paul.. 5 .88 44 Kansas City. s a4 EASTERN SHORE. 51 NATIONAL. L 24 26 81 50 51 Twillbe hardto make any truck driver be. lieve the new All-Weather Tread Cushion Tire is better than the old Goodyear Cushions he knows so well. Butit is better. It has the All-Weather Tread, and it grips harder, cushions better, - -and wears longer. hiis o oty read Tires we sell Mid-Washington Service Co. 1602 14th St. N.W. Peck was charged with two errors| in the first game. One was due to a' wuff of Leibold’s return to the infield of the ball hit to center by Flag- d in_the fourth inning, the mis- rlay permitting the Red Sox to make ond base. The other error follow- vd 4 great stop of Collins’ drive far Lack of second base. Roger threw wildly past Judge and gave Collins #n extra base. e e Bluege and Rice came through with seintillating performarices afield. In ihe cighth inning of the second fra: the former went back to the grass long the left field foul line to grab fast grounder off \Burns' bat and ihrew a “strike” to Judge to get his man. Rice. in the fifth inning of the tilt. came in at high speed for a cne-hand shoestting catch of McMil- Jan's liner. Goxlin and Peek were the batting Guaens of the bargain bill. The for- % « 0 ! Collins 00010000 45| another { | TYGERS ANNEX TWO. (AT DETROIT.) AB.H.O.A. _ Detroit. Al 27370 Blue.ad. Jones.3b. . Cobb.of > Manush, If Heilm'n.rf. Pratt,3b W iy » Chicago. ooper. McClell'n 55 3| coomooouommmunniS E.Coll's.2b. eccooo~meSnm T League contenders. ~ooouARMRRGOT| ccoc0o~mmmImI coornNoooN~a0 *Strunk.... . . Sk in fourth place, is out of sight. The Giant the first, 3 to 2, | conco0onoummume | co0orronamo000N! Francis. Totals.. 37 12123 11 Totals.. *Batted for Thurston in ninth. +Dauss out for interference. 1Batted for Dauss in sixth, iBatted for Clarke in seventh. § lor in eighth. 0200 0—4 010001 48 x—14 Runs—E. Collins (2), Sheely, Mostil, Blue, Jones, Cobb (2), Manush (2). ‘Heilmann (2). | Pratt’ (3), Rigney, Bassler, Francis. =Errors—, Iratt @, o hite—Sheely (2). Cobh, | | Bassler, Hooper, _ Three-base hits —Mostil, | Blue. McClellan, Stolen bases—Kamm, Cobb. | Bacrifices—Cobb, Menusk, Rig: ‘Double | plays—Rignoy to Bratt to Blus | BtcEiotian” to Collins Yo Shee Bheely to Schalk. Detroit, 10. First ba 4; off Cvengros, 1: .'1: off Pilletts, 1, Struck out — By Dauss. 2; by Pillette; 1 by Robertson. 4 Hits—Of " Robertson, i1 in & innings (none | out in seventh): off Cvengros, b in 1 inning: | |off Lyons, 4 in 1.3 inning: off Thurston, none (in 23 inning; off Dauss. ® in 6 innings; off | Clarke, 2 in i inning: off Pillette, 1 inings. Wild_pitches — Lyons, 2. { pitcher — Clarke. Losing pitcher — Robertson. ime of game—1 hour and 59 minutes. ABH.O.A. _ Detroit. Blue.1b.... Jones,3b. Cobb.cf . . Manush.1f .. Heilm'n.rf Eratt.2p gney.ss. Bassler.c Holloway.p Pillotte.p. Johnson,p. §Veach Totals 8l commornounommnan s & and losing the s The first game was a tight ten- inning struggle in which the New Yorkers won after Bentley hit a roller along the line and beat Me- Innes to the first bag with two out while Stengel trotted home. The Phillles acquired one side of a double-header in Brooklyn, 4 to hile the TRobins todk the other. to 4. In the first contest Ring held the Brooklyn batsmen to six hits, as the Phillies took ten Grimes. The Yankees. the Indian Tyge cach won twice. defeated the Browns, 4 (o 2, g The first game was Uhle's twenty fourth victory of the season. In the second game Speaker hit a homer with two on base . The Yankees had a hard time dak- ing their first game from the Ath- {letice. finally winning after thirtees innings of desperate play. by the score of 2 to 1. Shawkey pitched, holding the Philadelphia batsmen to ten hits, which were scattered throughout the entire battle. The second game was won with a three- run rally in the eighth inning. The Tygers won from the White Sox in troit by an overwhelming score in the first’ gamg, 14 to 4. but ! and the The Indians off Lyons, 2, and to 2. A. 3 lsSEattanay i | _Chicag Elsh.rf.... Hooper.rf . | McClel'n.ss. .2b.. | Sheely.1b. . | Barrettf.. | Moatil.cf. Kamm.3b. | Crouse. | Blanken'p.p | Sehalk.c. lThunlD P Gillinwo'r,p | *Happeny .. tStrunk. With the winning run coming in the last inning, ending 6 to 5. 1In the {first game eight of the Detroit runs | came “in_the eighth inning i The Pirates won from the Reds {in Pittsburgh. 7 to 2. Morrison held {the Red swatters to six hits, while the Pirates knocked ten off Benton n four innings and five off McQuade {in the next four. The afternoon iBatted for Holloway in seventh. lgame was called because of rain. e e e ey 0 1 1—s|_IP Chicago St. Louls won the first Detroit 00010040 l_‘ii!,.lllh\. 1 to 0, and forced the Cubs to eleven innings to win the second, e et o i Sihb (3 Bie- |5 to 4. Stuart pitched for the Cardi- ey B Rigney (2. Two-dase|nals in the first game, and Keen for i hits—McClellan, Mostil, Blue. Three-base hits | the Cubs, except for the last inning, | —Manush, Hooper. Stolen bases—Mostil (2). | when ssell took the mound for | Bacrifices — Kamm, Jones, Veach, Heilmann. | Chicago. Mouble plays—MoClellan and Sheel Pratt and Blue. Left on bases—Chicago, | Detroit, 8. Bases on balls—Off Blankenship, 5; off Holloway, 3: off Pillette, 1: off Johnson, | 1. Struck out—By Holloway, 1: by Johnson. | {1: by Thurston. 1. Hits—0ff Holloway. 8 in 7 nnings: off Pillette. 1 in 1.3: off Johnson. 2 in | 2-3; off Blankenship. ® in 6 2-3; off Thurston, | 1in 11 off Gillenwoter, 2 in 2.3. Hit by | pitcher—By _Gillenvoter (Manush). Passed bail {—Crouse. ' Winning pitcher—Johnson, Losing i pitcher—Gillenwoter. Umpires—Messrs. Row- |land, Nallin and Owens. Time of game—2 | hours and 15 minute i | TRIBE TAKES PAIR. [ AT CLEVELAND.) Cleve. AB.H.0A St L Jamieson,1f 4 0 2 0 Gerber,ss. Summa,rf Tobin,rf. Spealker.cf. Jac'son,cf . Sewell.ss MeM us.2b St'en’on.2b Wil'ms,If . Lutke,3b. . Gollins.c. . O'Neill'e. . Uhle.p. ... Totals, 2! lorommmmcmsenn %l cooovuomemma0 %l ororuanooorm @ [OT DRSO | sooo00uoumrmmrol | cooocommmnannon | coooowmroommpon: Totals.. 35 1126 1 Detroit. AB.H 0. A. *Ran for Crouse in ninth. 1Batted for Thurston in ninth. 3$Two out when winning run scored. e PIEDMONT LEAGUE. Winston-Salem, 15—5: High Poinf, 5—9. Danville, 8—2; Greensboro. 1—8. .. 9—8: Durham, 1—7 (second i i & 2| coBurrrmnunwo F O [P RPNO R », Sommmarnn ol cormoomenn? 1 © 5l coommummunny 0 8l o Cleveland St. Louis. 1000 1 000000 0—2! Runs—Gerber, Summa, Speaker. Se- well, Lutzke. Error—Kolp. Two-base Hits— Gerber. Williams (2), Tobi Summa, Sewell, Stephenson. Sacrifice—Gerber. Double play— —Ellerbe to Schleibner.. Triple play—Schleib- ner to Gerber., Left on base: it. ‘Louis, 1 Cleveland, 6. Bases on ball—Off Davis, 4 of Kolp, 2: off Uhle, &. Struck out—By Kolp, 1: by Uhle, 3. Hits—Off Davis, 1 in 1 (none out in second): off Kolp, 6 in 7. Hit by pitcher—By Uhle (Schieibner). Losing itcher—Kolp. Umpires—Messrs, Evans, ildebrand and Evans. Time of game—I minutes. 1 battle was to be waged. It was all over from that time on. Firemen scored two tallies in the sec- ond, when Davis smacked a homer with Peterson on first. They shoved across their remaining run in the sixth on blows by Bateman and Mavhew. Capital Tractlon nine took the meas ure of Butts All-Stars. § to 2, when it onnected for ten safeties off the slants of Hotsons. Todd and Hunt led he attaek. while their boxman, H. White, w nicked for nine safe drives St. L. AB.H Cleve. ! as Collins.c.. ! El'be.3b.. | Schl'ner,ib. Shocker. *Whaley i | Totals, | *Batted for Shocke st. Loui Cloveland ! Sposker, Brawer, 24 Errors—Jacobsor ! Speakgr. Brower, Edwards. = Errors-—Jacobson, | ERSR Brower. - Twerbise: Ri—Jaoopion: | | Summ ker. Home run—Spea | bases—Williams. _Sacrifice—Jamieson. Double | pisp—0erbor 'to MciManus to' Sehliebner (2): illiams to Collins. ~Left on bases—St. | Louis. 10; Cleveland.” 2. Base on balls—Of | ! Shooker, 2 off Edwirds. 2. Strck oui—By | | Birteorand na Evens. CTime ot metST |1n' the ninth enabled the Henderson { Bour and 43 minutes. Athletic Club to trim the Pierce Ath- H letic Club, 10 to 8. Nine hits werc coi- = {lected by each nine TIP FOR FISHERMEN. ! displayed a brilliant brand of HARPERS FERRY, W. Va., Septem- !ber 4.—The Potomac river was clear ball vesterday., downing the Alex- andria Cardinals, 3 to 0. in one of the fand the Shenandoah was slightiy cloudy this morning. East Washington Heights uncorked a surprize when it humbled the Prince Georges nine, § to 2. Burton and Hol- loran. winning slabmen, dishe# out a ! puzzling brand of ball. allowing the losers but four hits. Smith's offerings were slammed for thirteen clouts. PR omoNONmON omarmmannO [[eaammndas [ 5l commnaomon®| 8 Powhatans and Hornets waged thrilling battle, the latter winning, 5 to 4. Each side garnered five blow Burke collected a_triple for the win- ners. Duffy of the Powhatans were in good form. Jamieson, A homer by E. Luckett with one on best mgmes of the season. Six timely clouts® put the game on ice for the local team. Prinzi, winning hurler, land Quayle of the losers staged a {pitchers’ quel. with the former having the slight edge: . Jomeph Athletie Club clashed with the Tuxedo Athletic Club in twin bill yesterday, winning the first, 6 to 3, and deadlocking the nightcap, 5 to Robertson hurled in great style for the winners in the opener. Pannella drew the mound assignment in the second, pitching well until the eighth. Robertson came to his resc and the best St. Joseph could do was draw a tle. GRIFFS’ STICKWORK Judge Hargrave | Leibold 0Neill Evans . % Peckinpaugh.126 — Tarts k4 A rally in the ninth. which netted a pair of markers, gave the Marvland Athletic Club a 3-to2 victory over the Seat Pleasant tossers. Nine bingles were collected by each outfit. Bluege ... Marberry |1 Mitchell Frids e Gharrity ogridge Rusiell . Zachary Johnson gndhn!!lr B J000 | Stull smacked a circuit drive for the Probst o 0 000 ' winners. ¢ @ Molding the South Brookland nine to eight hits, Halg turned in a 6-to-4 1881 victory for the Plaza Athletic Club. 181 Freed played well in the ficld. while eococoonoooniduguonabin Be Collar-composed! HITE as an ivory key- board, flexible as Pade- rewski's ingers and € ¢ smooth as the tones of a Southern melody—a TOLMANIZED collar! The Tolman Laundry F. W. MacKenzie, Manager 6th and C Streets N.W. Send a note—phone— call—but don't rest till you have the comfort and collar dressingss of-a TOLMANIZER. S Y < ) =05 < ¥ _Ygh. Y4 (’ x N ‘L‘ ) ®y the second was a nip-ahd-tuck battle | Proctor of the Hornets and | PIRATES GET INTO RACE WITH GIANTS AND REDS| HE Giants broke even yesterday, the Reds lost and the Pirates crept up to a position where they may be con The Reds now are three and a half games be- hind the Giants, and the Pirates only one game behind the Reds. Chicago, broke even with the Braves in a double-header, winning | cond, 8 to 1 { a fight at so big a price as the championship of the world. i | Nowark . | Toronto ofr | | Rochester ..... . | Buff |FINAL GAMES BEGIN IN PAIR OF SECTIONS After much discussion, play in two | divisions of the city sandlot title serfes will get under way today. It has been a long wait for the leaders in the junior and midget divisions, but finally the sandlot commission has decided the time is ripe for action. Waverly Juniors of section -B will clash with the Mount Pleasant nine of scction C in the opening contest of the junior title play today at 4:30 o'clock it Union Park. Southends of | tion B will encounter the Emblems | of section A in the first of a three game weries for the midget cham- plonship of the District. Warwick Athletic Club, winner in scction A of the junior division, will | do battle with Waverly at 4:30 o'clock | tomorrow at Unfon Park. Kach of | the three junior title winners will | meet each "other twice. The cham- | Dion junior team of the District prob- | ably ‘will be determined at the close | of this week. Thursday looms as an import: .y for the midget con- tenders. Southends again will face the Emblems at 4 o'clock on the Unfon station plaza. Providing a tie results, a third game will be played. A triple tie among the Milans, Phils and Comforters is in sight in section € of ‘the unlimited division. If the Comforters take the measure of the Mariners tomorrow afternoon at the| diamond at 15th and C streets north- | east, a three-cornered deadlock will be created. Play in the unlimited division prob ably ‘will get under way next week. | Mohawks are not yet sure of the title ction B. A protest by the Sham- is undecide ered as serious National INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. R. H. E Newark Seracats . 316 Jersey City. SRt 2 6 Baldwin and Greenae: Barnhart and Freitag. Jersey City Sherman Rochester . t 9 = 3 Doyle and Vincent. 2 110 P36 Thomas and Vi Miljus and McAvoy: 1 1 Toronto e Beall and McAvoy, Lake cent. Buffalo - G (3] Syracuse ...\ L . & B Fisher and Urban: Reinhardt and Niebergall, alo ... : - oaat ABENAE LT 0 3 4 Heitman and Urban: Frankhouse, Jackson, | Hill and Niebergail, Douhesty. e Baltimors . 15 2 Lambke and | sl ceeses . . seee 30 38 @ E Mamaux and Lynn. | VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Portsmouth, 14.8: Norfolk, 12—2. 4—0: Rocky Mount, 0—A4. 8—13 sburg, 4— 1 3 " Ensmann; TLANTIC CITY. September 4—I know as well as any one that a good staff of sparring partners is the great need of a man training I can get better sparring partner than the ones I have I would like to be told. Good sparring partners are a great help, and only the biggest kind BY LUIS ANGEL FIRPO. A for a championship fight. Ii any one can tell me where and how of a fool would neglect the chance to get the best of help to prepare for FIRPO T0 SPEED P HIS WORK N CAWP Will Add to Sparring Partners and Specialize in Defen- sive Tactics. By the Associated Press, | TLANTIC CITY, N. J.. Sep-| tember 4—A period of inten- sive training, in which there will be no rest until September 12, starts today for Luis Angel Firpo, who is to do battle with Jack Demp- | sey for the world heavyweight box- ing title September 14. The Argentine fighter in his public workouts intends to try all of the stunts and tricks he has planned and practiced inside his training cottage. New sparring partners, fast, shifty men, gifted in the boxing art, as well as shock absorbers upon whose bodies he can try out his blows, will join the camp before the week ends. Leo Gates, heavyweight: Young Bob Fitzsimmons and some others are ex- pected to come here to aid the So American. It is not lfkely Firpo will box with any men under the light heavyweight class, as he believes he can get all the speed work he needs with the faster of the heavyweights. Frank Koeble probably will continue to do the lion's share of the sparring work, although Gates and Fitzsim- mons are expected to make the Ar- gentine step around a bit. The big fellow’s punch development 1s taking care of itself, and the great- er part of the work during the last week of training will be in_ defense and phygical conditioning. Firpo is around 214 pounds and probably will step into the ring with Dempsey at 212.. He has found that he can reduce and increase weight easily by increas- ing or reducing the road work, and | that about six rounds of heavy spa ring sets him on a keen flghting edg Firpo's trainers are well pleased with the improvement he has shown in the last two weeks. While they ex- S h i | Clever fielding | hook pect him to fight in his own peculiar tyle, they believe that the defensive I do not see why so many pcople say my sparring partners are not {tactics he has practiced here will camp. POLICE EASILY COP GAME FROM FIRE FIGHTERS, 13-3 INNEY KELLY, hurler, and his tribe of clouting policemen adminis- | tered a trouncing to the firemen, 13 to 3, in their annual clash yester- | day afternoon at American League Park, before a capacity crowd. ielded but seven bingles, while his team connected for thirteen wal- Carroll Hull, who was slated to make the going rough for the police, The affair was staged for the benefit of the widows and orphans’ fund for the District police and fire departments. As matters stood for the first three sessions. it appeared that a real In the fourth the firemen stumbled. coupled with swats by Prestile and Dalgish, accounted for three markers. An error, Jenkins, on the mound Clarendon outfit, was in fine form against the Arlington tossers, his team winning, 15 to 6. The winners scored thirteen of their runs in the first three sessio The Clarendon hurler yielded bingles and struck out five. for the eight ted at thelr victory over th O'Donnell’s Drug Store team, 18 to & the Irving tossers would like to do battle with Knickerbockers, Peerless, Petworth and American Legion nines. Manager McIntosh of the Irvings can be reached at 1819 2d street, or Co- lumbia 3888, Silver Spring's heavy clouting was the deciding factor in its 11-to-6 vic- tory over 'the Gaithersburg team. by Hiser, Bleir and Ford aided the winners, while Fra- ser's homer was one of the bright spots of the fray. Fifteen hits ac- counted for the score. Chevy Chase Athletle Club con- inued _its winning streak when it took the measure of the Warwicks. | 4 to 1. Frisbie held seven safe swats. the losers to Dezendorf of the Columbia Stars allowed the Warwicks but five wallops, his team winning. 4 to 0. Magee toed the mound for the losers. Seven blows were garnered off his offerings. All- Liberty Athletic Club is setting a rapid pace. After victories over the Columbia_Athletic Club of Alexandria and the McLain Juniors, the Liberty tossers vesterday downed the Potq- mac Juniors, 14 to 7. Liberty will up in a double-header Thurs- day at the American League Park, meeting the Elliotts in the opener and the Waverly Juniors in the nightcap. Games with teams averaging four- | [ teen years old are wanted by the Zagle Athletic Club. The manager can be reached at Lincoln 2849. Plaza Athletic Club_is casting alfput for games on Saturday and Sunday. Challenges are being re- celved at Lincoln 2580, Meavy clouting by Loefler and Shellhas enabled the Ariels to humble the Independents, 10 to 0, in a five inning contest yesterda me | 800d enough. Iam sure they are better than the men Dempsey has in his | %tand him well against Dempsey. “Dempsey has Jack Burke, who, they say, is a very good light heavy- weight,'but I have Frank Koeble, and | I surely believe that Koeble is as good, | it not better than Burke. Koeble is a N. Y. Fistot. Dugan.8h. Ruth.If... Pipp.1b. .. Mueselrf. Ward 2h. . AB.H 1 Phils. AB. Matt'ws.cf b Gall'ay. Hale.3b. .. Hauser.1b. Miller.If Weloh,rf .. .0.A. 51 young man, who has not been a pro- »ssional for very long. He is from Brooklyn and weighs 172 pounds. He the metropolitan light heav weight amateur champion, and since he ha turned professional he has casily won the three fights he has had i very fast and a hard hitter. He carries the fight to me always, and with him each day I have two £00d rounds of speedy fighting. Iwill bet that he gives me as good a work- out as Burke could give me. Demp- has Jack McAuliffe, but T have Joe ann. 1 have fought and whipped both men, and I want to say that Joe MeCann hit me harder than any other | T have fought. T think that I get as much good <parring from McCann as I would from MecAuliffe. Does any one think that Dempsey’s colored fichter Godfrey s a better man to work with then Jeff Clarke? If the two were to have a fight, I am sure that most people who know them both would bet their money on Jeff Clarke. Then Dempsey has Jules Rioux. 1 do not know, but {peopla who have seen him say he is {Just a big. strong fellow who does not know much about fighting. I would rather have my countryman Pera to work with. Pera is a good, strong, young heavyweight. Some of the Americans who wateh him work { with me say he is not a good fighter. I do not pay niuch attention to that because when I first came here from nw country they laughed at me and Sail that I could not fight at all. fany of them still say that I can- not” fight. Still. 1 have whipped all the men they hive asked me to fight and T am training now to fight for| the championship of the world. Ifi 1 cannot fight at all, why is this so? Perhaps some one is mistaken. Per- PYTTICT o oo immmpeel Totals. in tenth inning. tBatted for Harris in thirteenth inning, New York.......0100000000001—2 Philadelphia 0001000000000—1 Runs—Ruth, Pipp, Miller. Errors—Ruth, Miller. ~Twe-bage hits—Scott (2), Ruth. Double pla: alloway to Dykes to Hauser: Welch to Hauser; Hale to Dykes to Hauser: Dykes to Galloway to Hauser; Scott to Was 15, Tiop., Jaft on basss— elphis, 2; o Hoimach, 6 key. 8 by He 2 Hits—0ft h, 12 'in twelve innings and none out in thirtsenth; off Harrls, none in one. inning. Passed ball—Biusgy. pitcher—Heimach. and 50 minutes. 2 Losing | Time of game—1 hour | Phila. AB.H.0.A. Matt'ws.cf 5 0 4 Gall'ay.ss. o Perkins,c. ‘Walberg,p Total 101 100 (2), Meusel (3), 2). Ertors—witt, tal coouwoore B ommom 5| wwwoommmno! 20%| conuwanon oud| mpnnowon 4 Rt . Ruth, Pip) Hauser, Weloh, Dykes Hale, Hauser, base hits—Ward, Dyke: Home runs—Dykes, Meusel. Stolen base— Bipp. Double play—Hauser to Calloway to Hauser, Left on bases—New York. 3; Phila. delphia. 3. Bases on balls—Off Pennock, 1: £ wnbl waonmoous! | by Tarwis, 1. | Indisnapolis DEMPSEY ENIOYING FINAL LOAF TODAY Champion Now Is in Better Condition Than When He Fought Gibbons. By the Assoriated Press. ARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y, September 4.—Jack Dempsey is enjoying a day of rest today, probably the last he will have before finishing training a week from to morrow for the defense of his title against Luis Angel Firpo, Septem ber 14, After taking his usual five-mile run on the road, the champion rc turned to his cottage to loaf and play cards with a few friends. He will not put on the gloves. This announcement came as a welcome relief to his <parring partners, who arc nursing hruised bodies from the terrific mauling they withstood la<t week. The champion. weighing 193 pounds at present, is satisfied that he has | reached the peak of his training, and intends to work for speed for the next few days. Manager Jack Kearns said Dempsey probably would take l'off about four more pounds, which will send him into the ring scaling hout 189 pounds, g his best fighting weight. Dempsey went through his usual training routine before a holiday crowd of nearly 2,000 yesterday, box- ing two rounds each with Farmer Lodge, George Godfrey and Jack Mc- Auliffé, while_mo picture opera tors reeled off several hundred feet of film. There was plenty of sna to his work. He tried to perfect defense for the style of battle lie ex pects from Firpo. Godfrey. in ticular, attempted to use the punch.” The champion. howe ducked or blocked effectively titicholder, according to Jerry his trainer, is in better shape ent than he was when he Tommy Gibbons at Shelby His handiers fear that I overdo his training: consec- the rest was ordered fo |~ The Luvadi: jat pre | fought Pduly 4 might auently tods “The Dempsey said. | — with Gibbons did of good.” Luvadis match a world | 1 radshaw and Smith. | arace, ‘Biimero and Eliiott; Bedient and R 3 : 5 eels s Hoitschauser, Napier Tipple and Maye Hall and Allen. IS Paul s MRt nd Ganzales. Alian: MeGraw Mayer. Louisville .. Indianapolis Dean and Mayer Kruy Louisville, ° 7 Brottem: Cavet and Dizon. | Bansas_City iy Mil k¢ .oo e W Culdwell and Bkif; Schask and Youns. Eansas City a3 7.1 and Ry 1 Fitzsimmons and Koob and Skiff; Meeks and Shinault BLUE RIDGE LEAGUE. Martinsburg, 8—7: Chambersburg. 1—10 Waynesboro. Hanover. 1—] Hagerstown, 9—4: Frederick, 0—3. (End of season.) EASTERN SHORE LEAGUE. Cumbridge, 6—8; Dover, 4—10. *Exhibition games SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Maocon, 6—5; Spartanbusg. 4—3. off Waibers, 5. Struck out—By Pennoch by Walberg, 1. Umpires—Messrs. Moriarity, | Ormaby, Disses. Time of -game—2 hours. = | — STATISTICS AMERICAN LEAGUE. haps even the people who say I can- not fight are mistaken. 1 think they are, s0 T do not pay any attention when thev say Pera is not a Kof\dl | fighter. If they were mistaken about me they can be mistaken about Pera. +“T think he is a very good heav weight and 1 am sure he is of more help as a sparring partner than Rioux would be, so vou see, I think my | sparring ‘parfners are better than ) Dempsey’s, and if the champion of the world, trainimg in his own country. ! Augusts, &-1: Gastonia, 2—1 (second i rkness). B ennitie. T3 Charlotte, 5—8. OF MAJORS NATIONAL LEAGUE. cannot get better men to work with, vhy do they criticise me? i If many of the boxing writers do not think well of me and my way of fighting, at least T have the phy- sicians in ‘my corner. Some of the ol Zy 03w LRl { boxing writers watch me and say ‘How can he win” But all the physicians who examine me say only ‘How can this man lose?” The last| ;one who examined me was Dr. Ryan, a famous dentist from New York. He says that my jawbone is nearly twice ‘the thickness of the average .. | ae0s| TN, | 5a0bE) g | @50 Cincinnati . Pittsburgh Ghicago St, Louls... Brooklyn Boston . Philadelp and that the little holes on each side Games lost. .. 150/51/52 80|64 66184 84 — — of the chin, where the nerves come out—the button, the American prize fighters call these places—is much smaller than on most men, and that all around each of these holes is a growth of bone that makes it hard ; for me to be hurt by a blow there. T do not know if that ig the rea- on, but I do know that I have never been hurt in any way or even made dizzy by a blow on the jaw sinee 1 was a very young man. (Copyright. 1923, in United States and Canads by North American Newspaper Alliance. All Rights Reserved.) GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. . at Boston. ‘Wash. at Boston. Fow Tork ut Phila. New York at Phila. 8t. Louls at Clevel'd. i Chicago at Detroit. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES. 5-3; Washington, 4-7. Bty York, 815 Fhiladelphit, 14. First ), Inni . P lovolund, 4.5; St Lous, 22. Detroit, 14-8; Chicago, 4:5. FINAL BEFORE- FALL OPENING Wonderful Values in High Class Tailoring In this dis- play of Fab- rics are a number of medium weights suit- able for Fall wear. MERTZ AND MERTZ C0,, Inc. 906 F Open Daily Until 6 P.M., Sat. 3 “Wonder What Mertz Will Bay Today!" 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