Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1923, Page 29

¢ catcher, SPORTS. e e o e et Shortage of Receivers Acute in Majors : Dempsey- Wi CATCHERS AT A PREMIUM ON CLUBS IN BIG LEAGUES Hargrave of Cincinnati Now Is Leader Among Back- stops Judged by Work This Season—Stars of Other Years Are Slipping. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. ANAGERS of major league teams are looking everywhere for 1 8ood catchers to strengthen their clubs for next season, because there appears to be:genecral agreement among them that the ackstopping has not been so good this year. With such stars as Ray Schalk of the White Sox and Wall Schang of the Yankees showing signs i slipping, it would seem to be time for the majors to turn up some promising new catcher material . Hargrave of the Cincinnati Reds stands out above all other catchers in both leagues for the merit of his performance this year. He has been steady behind the bat and his batting has been timely and hard. 4 Part of the lack of class of some of the teams this year has been due to the catching, which has been ay bad as the pitching. Perhaps the catchers have been responsible for the poor showing made by some of the pitchers G. A. 0. DOWNS TYPOS FOR LEAGUE HONORS General Accounting Office downed Union JPrinters, 6 to 1, for | the championstfp of ehe District of Columbia base ball league series and | the right “o meet the Mohawks, win- | ners the unlimited title of me{ {city sandlot series. i Lem Owen, on the mound for Gen- | eral Accounting, ylelded eight binglex, | but he kept them- well scattered ! Heinle Webb started for the Typos, | i | | wonderful catcher, ine a backstopper going Inm[ ames for a major league club| and batting on 0. © With weak-| hitt s and a catcher with! than that as i 1e White Sox have a hole 1 bottom of thei batting order| like one of those chasms left by the Japanese earthquake, i As for Schang, his trouble is in his throw Ho never has been & ackerjack marksman heaving “x the ond bag, but h hitting as kept him in the front 'rank mong the catchers. This year he t even batting well Hofm, R Merely Good Hofmann, t) Yank her, canhit ‘quit but he shoule a r throwing at mark ¥ t the ball! .\\\z Y. ngough, another kid on the ew .Y team, €0 near to being the best {f catcher in base ball that any one who thinks he has it overshim will have to make ®ix bull's eves i succession. Bengough one those delectable Who can line the ball over d with =o little effort that S not seem as thoug! v gough were a strong batter, he . he would =0 on on the greatest ,catching pltche tossers | Hitter. ring but he allowed six tallies in two sessfons. Limeric for the Printe: of the winner blows in as cluding a sacks. drove a_ pair of wallops owing , while Eddie Carroll of | in- | the | smacked a trio many times at bat, triple” that cleaned t dc Be: which T Tr he th of, T in the ga e Gi propping be > bat for next vear. ¥00d physical catcher dropped ‘Smith to erab Gowdy with aj €nough to keep in lin £howed wobbly owdy McGraw let a | £0 when he Boston simply rent expe catcher | a te oms. e is some > has a per- to a kid| GAIN the west was the scene League by the Detroit Tyger. faced the Chicago Cubs, who profited fore. Although the Detroits held the cago won the next four and the scrie: Where Played. Winng Chicago, Oct. Chicago, Oct. 9 Chicago, Oct. 10 Detroit, Oct. 11 Detroit, Oct. 12 players of the Chicago team Fra ‘ manager and Ho' Stein- | rd, If.; | Kling, c. : ‘Pteister, p.| sonality t pitcher Both Boston So do the St helpful teams need catchers. | Natjonals. The i strengthen behind | chmidt is_not the | he once was. The Washing- | good catcher. Myatt | well for Cleveland. | 310 in the American | and that very consistent as! The d with what he did for Mil- | wer, i1b.; | telat, agle, Hof:n ., Brown, p.: Reulbach, and Overall, p. | Players of the Detroit team were Jennings, manager; Rossman, 1b. Schaefer, 2b.; Coughlin, 3b.; O'Leary ss.; Davy Jones, If.; Cobb, cf.; Craw £ . rf.; Schmidt, c.; Payne, Ar- cher, c.; Killian, p.; Mullin, p.; Dono- van, p., and Siever, p. A’ missed third ‘strike by Schmidt permitted the Cubs to tie the score in the first game when the Tigers apparently had it won. Evers tried to steal home after that, but was ught at the plate. In the twelfth agle tried to score on a passed ball, but was called out for inter- Chica, Backstops Badly Needed. cre were any who showed grabbed catchers pror in e th like hot cakes at they are mighty | there are negotia- | now for trade by | three clubs with means & to prop up for next year. a rocking chair perform- You have easy pitchers array with the Yanks, for t vou are bringing | you think they it 1s something else. tchers pever can hope to, be suc- 1if they will not make a study atters. Buck Ewing could point his. finger to the batting weak- | of every player in the National | ference of Steinfeldt. But the Buck Ewings these | The series was marked by are few and far between. | pitching by the Chicago_ stars., and (Copyright, 19 when it was over “Wild Bill” Dono- van made a public statement that the !Cubs were a better team and de- CHARLOTTE TAKES LEAD. |served to win ) CHARLOTTE. |, Steinfeldt was the batting leader. | e o ouih {He had a percentage of .470 and | Foakt b |played in all five games. Rossman winning 13 to 7, and making it two | Was Detroit's best batter with a mark Zames to one for the Virginia League | pennant winners ! i ! th better Septembe hampion, of .400. Ty Cobb failed to shine, as he had been expected to do, and Na- | tional League partisans 1ost no op- portunity to give him the razz, a slang expression unknéwn, however, to the fans of that day. At his last time at bat in the ries Cobb struck fout Not a home run was made in lh»\ series and only three triples, Sleh\-l feldt, Cobb and Rossman making one | each: An_odd feature pf the series was | the indifference of the Detroit public, The attendance at Chicago was nearly 60,000 for the three games, while at Détroit less than 19,000 turned out | for the two games. Detroit fans seemed to regard it as a foregone would win. | to this particular series it the Piedm. ay by defea a’ game featu 1t was the he locals. Orien est visit one of the'strong- in the .clty, will Md., Sunday, where er the Indiar H will start ~at 2:30 Indian H will enc Stars. Prior HADDINGTON CLOTHES HAS THE SMART STY#} THAT GOOD DRESSERS WANT THE NEWEST BROGUE—MADE IN THE EVER.POPULAR SCOTCH_GRAIN; OR IN THE LIGHTER - WEIGHT BLACK OR BROWN RUSSIAN CALFSKIN. More ‘miles for the dollar $ OTHER REYEM SHOES AT $6 AND §$10 eyer’s Shop 1331 F Stree Everything for the Well Dressed Man MALLORY HAT. Chicago Chicago Chicago' | recognized Believe It or Not. Fare Kdozsh oul DEMPSEY ; MmN A NE WORLD SERIES LEAFLETS BY JOHN B. FOSTER of the world series in 1907, but the White Sox were nosed out for the championship in the American s, and it was the latter team that by their expericnce of the year be- Cubs to a tie in the first game, Chi- The recor er. Los Score. : 3-3 (12in'gs) 3-1 Detroit Detroit Detroit Detroit had been decided to give the winning players 60 per cent of the players' share and the losers 40 per cent, stead of the former split of 75 and 25. . (Copyright, 1928.) RING TITLE FOR MASON. PARIS, September: 21.—Harry Ma- son of England has been officially today by the Interna- tional. Boxing ‘Unfon as lightweight champion of Europe, in succession to Seaman Hall, who was disqualified for hitting 1ow in their match at Lon= don on May 17 last. Fred Bretonnel of France has been designated as official challenger for the titl STATISTICS AMERICAN LEAGUE. go L 4 WHO DEFEAT LEGION Finney Kelly, hurling ace of the Mo- hawks, today is the hero of Southeast. Yesterday the veteran boxman led his nine to victory over the American Legion outfit, 5 to 3, for the unlimited title of the District. When matters looked extremely black for the Indians, Kelly smacked a three-base clout with two on the sacks that put the game on | ice. | “Seven bingles were garnered off Kelly {in the six-inning clash, but he was | strong when real danger threatened. A fourth-inning rally threw a scare into the ranks of the Mohawks, but the Leglonnaires lacked the real punch, scoring but two markers in this session. Buck Clatterbuck toed the mound for the Legion outfit. He was nicked for only five swats. Clever flelding by aided the winners. McClay led the attack for the Legion, connecting for a pair of hits in_ three attempts at the stick. Noone and Charles Two games will be played in the in- sect serles today at 5 o'clock. Nationals will hook up with the Powhatans on the east diamond of Union station plaza, while Anacostia will meet Kil- larne¥ on the west diamond of the same grounds, OF MAJORS NATIONAL LEAGUE. 2 - o3 SUTARV A, sl 5 “Si0X MoK, pwaEpu| “adnqa| 115/1412/93/481 660 111/10 12(73/62{ 541 11/10/12/10/70/66/.515 9| 9/13/15/68/69| 496 10/ 6/12/68 /71| 489 9'—]| 81361176/ 445 913 Saaiington Chicago Philadelphia Boston Now York Oincinnati Bittsburgh 8 Touis Philadelphia waoteR Games lost.. 176 81 —|—! Games ost GAMES TODAY. Cleve, at Washington. Detroit at Boston. Chicago at Phila. Chicago. at Phila. . 8t. L, at Now York. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES, Detroit, 5—2: Boston, 4—3. (2a game, 10 innings, called, dark.) New York, 4: St. Loi 3 Phiiadelphia, 5; Chicago, 3. GAMES TOMORROW, Cleve. at Washington, Detroit at Boston. GAMES TODAY. Bklyn. at Cinclnnati. New York at Pitts. Boston at 8% Louis. GAMES TOMORROW. Bkiyn at Cinoinn New York at Pitts Phila. at Ohicago. | . ~RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES. | Philadelphia, 2—7; Cincinnati, 0—8. Brooklyn, 9: Chicago. 7. New York-Pittsburgh (rain), | | <By RIPLEY Rer Suggested by Lus firReo TITLE T0 MOHAWKS, | GREB’S WIN SHOULD BOOM MIDDLEWEIGHT ACTIVITIES BY SPARROW McGANN. S recent victory over Johnny Wilson in the bout for the middleweight title should cause affairs in this division to look ARRY GR H up. This because in recent y: holders of the title, and, where such a condition exists, interest of the fans wane. Greb is a real fighter and has been a feared oppon ing from the 200-pound Bill Greb will supply plenty of interes the merits of his personality. But w. The outlook, it may be sald, is not hopeful, Jock Malone stands out as the likeliest contender and while he is a good performer he is by no means great and his personality lacks the color of a Stanley Ketchell, a Papke or other men who have figured in champlonship bouts in years past MeTigue Really Middlewelght, Mike McTigue 4s really a middle- weight. But just at the moment he holds the. world light heavyweight title through his defeat of Battling Siki in Dublin last March. Mike has a lot of sclence at his command and can always put up an interesfing bout. But McTigue is far from beidg a wal- loper. His chlef interest just at present is a meeting with Gene Tunney. With thix battle off his mind he may begin to take some interest in grabbing off | the middleweight gonfalon. But he will never make the crowd howl Lou Bogash is a good old wheel horse who can hit, but he is slow and not too clever. He is not of cham- plonship quality. 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NEVER SOUGHT FOHL, GRIFFITH DECLARES A new starting time for tomorrow’s double-header by the Indians, made necessary because of this morning’ heavy rain, appeared more important to President Clark Grifith of the Na- tlonals than the rumor that Lee Fohl, former Brown. manager, will succeed Owen®Bush as pilot of the Washing- ton club next year. “The first game tomorrow will begin at 1:30 o'clock,” sald Grifith.! “We don't want to get caught by darkness. As to that Fohl stuff, there's nothing to it.” Ousting Bush from the management of the Natlonals at the close of the season has been a popular pastime with sports writers here and there. The latest rumor declares that whijle on a visit to 8t. Louis this summer, President Griffith and Fohl arrived at an agreement whereby Fohl would be made manager of the local outfit for 1924. “I have not talked to Fohl at any time this year,” Grifith Insisted, “nor with any one else regarding a suc- cessor to Bush, something I have not considered. 1 was in St. Louis but a short time in July when Fohl still was in cherge of the Browns and saw him only when he was on the playing fleld. There's nothing to the report of having reached any agree- ment with him. “By the way, don’t forget that tha first game tomorrow is at 1:30." WILLS TO GET TEST IN BOUT WITH SMITH NEW YORK, Sepi Wills, a negro heavyweight title con- tender, has been matched to fighi Homer Smith ef Kalamazoo, Mich., in a ten-round contest at the Queens- | boro_ stadium the night of Septem- ber 27. The bout will' be of unusual inter- est mot only because it will mark Wills' first ring appearance in a year, but also because Smith gained promi- nence by staying the limit in g ten- round match with Luis Angel Firpo last August 3 at Omaha. ber 21.—Harry ears no color has been attached to held the American lightweight title rang- | The chances are that| hat about his opponents? rot great by any means and Jack Delaney, Charley Mashert and Tom- | my Robson round out the list. it is curious to know why such a| condition should exist in this division, | but it is probably due to the lack jof | a knocker out on the king's throne. The same condition exists in the featherweight class and the reason is | the same. The two great money classes today are the heavy and the lightweight and this is due solely to the fact that Dempsey is a_knockout fighter and that Benny Leonard is, too. Dempsey has kept interest in the heavy division at fever heat—which means big money—despite the fact| that personally the great majority of fans do not like him. This because | of his war record. But like him or | not, whenever the big walloper gets | into the ring the customers turn out in hordes. Ana their enthusiam is | not due so much to a desire to see | the champlon licked—although this | attitude characterizes the fans no | matter what champijon is in the ring | lls Battle | nati stayed put, 'MOUNT RAINIER NINE | ship of Prince Georges county. SPORTS.. Is a Possibility MAY MEET AT TIA JUANA EARLY IN THE NEW YEAR Champ Purposely Avoiding Clash With Negro at Race Track Till After January 1 to Escape a Heavy U. S. Income Tax. BY FAIR PLAY. EW YORK, September 21.—Dempsey will meet Harry Wills at Tia Juana shortly after the first of the year. This is not straight, copper-riveted dope. But neither is it a wild guess. Arrangements are on foot to put the bout over, and the chances look to be good that it will be held. It is whispered by persons who should know that Jimmy Coffroth has wired San Francisco business associates in the Tia Juana track that Kearns has agreed to the meeting. The' reason the fight was not booked for December 1, as originally planned, is said to be due to the fact that the Dempsey-Kearns earnings this year have been so large that were further money to be carned » 70 per cent income tax would have to be paid to the government YANKEES TAKE GAME e ra (e e Lenamsion AND 3D FLAG IN ROW combination would be exempt from The Yankees finally did it. After S0 heavy a tax. A message which Coffroth is re- ported on good authority to have a desperate struggle with the Browns, the New York team won, 4 to 3, yes- terday, and clinched the American sent to his associates in Frisco runs to the above effect and tends to. ex- League pennant for the third consec- utive year. No matter if they lost plain Dempsey's announcement he would not fight until next year, after his original statement that he was every additional game, and Cleveland, their closest rival, won every game, they would still be ahead. ready to meet all comers at once. More news later about this. In the Meantime Harry Wills and his man- ager, Paddy Mullins, have been main- talning a discreet sflence, a fact which would tend to indicate that affairs in the fight line are looking up for them. A Benny Leonard-Mickey Walker fight seems more and more likely. The Glants were kept idlé by rain, | T} is even talk that the two but lost riothing thereby, as Cincin- splitting a_double- header with Philadelphia. The Reds Tost the first, 2 to 0, and won the sec- ond, 8 to 7, in eleven innings. The Reds won the season’8 series with the Phillies nineteen games to three. Brooklyn trimmed Chicago, 9 to 7, in a hard-hitting battle, and made it two out of three for the serles in-Chi- chmpions will mingle early in Oc- tober in New Jersey. The ligntweight cago. The Chicago Americans also lost, being defeated 5 to 3 by the Ath- champion is eager for at least one stiff battle before he enters upon his long winter theatrical engage- letics, whose victory put them in a tie for sixth place In Boston, the Tygers won half a ment. He needs it for practice and double-header from the Red Sox, 5 to he needs it also for publicity. To go before the theatrical public 4. while the other half was called in the tenth inning, with the score 2 to with a resounding knockout behind him would not hurt box office re- ceipts one bit. Of course, should Walker knock out Benny—but -he ) won't (Copsright, 1923.) 2, because of darkness. THURMAN TO COACH, LOS ANGELES, Cilif., September 21.—John Thurman, picked as an all- American tackle while with the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania foot' ball team last year, has been signed as jline coach for seuthern California. DAVENPORT, Iowa, September 21. —Mickey Walker, welterweight cham- {piog, scored a ‘technical knockout ovel Bobby Green of San Antonio, Tex.. In the eighth round before the Americon Legion here 1ast night Mount Rainier and Clinton Ath- letic Club teams will hook up Sunday at 3 o'clock on the former's field in the second game for the champion- Bill Foffman and Loomis is the probable battery for Mount Rainier, while | Moss Carrico and Charlie Stephenson of Clinton will oppose them. Radiators and Fenders ANY KIND MADE OR REPAIRED. Cores installed in any make. 10 DIFFERENT MAKES RADIATORS. WITTSTATT'S R. and F. WORKS 819 13th. F. 6410. 1425 P. M. 7443, RACES Tossers from the Washirigton Ter; minal Shops will oppose the Balti more and Ohio Shops team of Balti more tomorrow at 3:30 o'clock. on | the Terminal Y. M. C. A. grounds. | Rialte Athletic Club s ting - about for a game Sunday to be played at 11 o'clock on_ the Monument | | Grounds. Manager Messinger. can be | reached at Main 1509 between 11 and | 1 o'clock tomorrow. ! the | to Manager Jimmy Butler of Dominican Lyceum nine wants book a game Sunday at the Was ington barracks. Telephone chal. to Franklin 6475 after AT - Havre de Grace SEVEN RACES DAILY Specinl B. & O train leaves Union Station 12 o'clock moon. Parlor and Dining cars attached. Special Penna. R. R. train leavex Union Station 12 o'clock acon—direet to courxe. POLO PLAY IS DELAYED. DETROIT, Mich., September 21.— Because of ‘the condition of the fie following heavy rains. play in the mid western championship polo tourna- ment was postponed today. 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