Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1924, Page 71

SPORTS Part 4—4 Pages WASHINGTON, D. O, SUNDAY MQRNING, APRIL 6, 1924 Criffinen Pound Out Vietsmy Over Braves + Havore Beats Jonssin 3610l Male) | STAGE A RALLY IN EIGHTH | TO WIN BY SCORE OF 4-2 ingle Judge Spill the Boston Beans—Speece fin S the Braves, 4-2, With the hing the run thes Nationals today in their final gamg of the traini i That was the eighth, when they poked over a flock of tallies to beat | hes Game in Brilliant Style. National leaguers ficlding superbly behind generally good got early in the fray loomed large until the Ameri- can League men unslung their war clubs and went into action with blood in their e ; Johnny Cooney, onslaught b £ H h i Gagnon, e game late, went to bat fo e first time in the eighth and h with a sin- sle_that g als on the paths, Doc P ro having made first base on a fielder’s Muddy Ruel tied to Leftflelder Cunningham for he second out of the frame, but Har- pinch-ba for Allan . slashed a sir to left, Trothrd and put Gagnon on third The hitter went to second on throw-in. Then Judge bounded th ball over Cunningham's head for circuit trip and it was curtains for the Braves. Three Pitchers on Each club used thr ter Johmson, R Speece toeing the he Braves would that third inning ighty big for a I se fumble by Sa paved the way to the marker Russell was on the slab i sixth and seventh sessions. He de velopgd some trouble in his pitchin arm that forced his retireme Speece, in the last two rounds, gave brilliant demonstration of hurling Two flukey bl him in the’ el nth peared as bat- did_not hat not off , two doubies innir e only threatened by ur trouble sent o bold and Often in Trouble. trouble in cach of he took to the hil quite wild, granting £ ses and hitting a 'batter, in addi- ion to being combed for safeti te_in not bein, the National appeared to ad- round s in rasses southpaw hurler, pair of reserve p « veteran Joe Judge figured prominently. Rus- scoring | | the s the victim of the layers, Chick Gagnon and Red STILL GOING STRONG WASHINGTON, Judge, 1b Harris, 2 Rice, of Goslin, 1f. Fizher, of. .. ©. Smith rf. Prothro, 3b Peck, ss. i ecishenvant e oneotinas BaR T Speece, P Totals BOSTON Nixon, of.. Baneroft. BRAVES: | E. Smith, o Gorowich, | Cooney, p.. Barnes, p A ROTE S R el il sonvocernand Bl coconnrmonerul orrbmenaonnP 5| coovonnwsomoommD onunrunannenl Bl ormrmwonnrwmpany Totals. . § Washington .... 0 Boston .. ‘o *Batted for Russell in eighth. Two-base hits—Prothro, Rice, Three-base ts—Bancroft, Fisher. ~Home run—Judge. olen bases—] Bases on balls— # Genewich, 2; of ."5: off Johnson, ; off Russell, 2. Btruck out—By Johnson. 1 3 Double play : Fishor to Buel: Harris to Judge. Genewich o g e ™ oo oy k< 7 000 010 Gagnon” to pitched ball—By Cooner (Goslin invings; off Cooter, mome in 1 inning gfimin‘.\ww T"'ctb ings. 'Time of utes. Attendance, - McGowan and Deviin. 6 in b innings off Spesce, 2 in The third. Braves found run in_the pened the frame with a and moved to the far when Rice let the ball get by. He scored on Genewich's single to short right. After the Nationals had forged to zet Smith gle { to the tront, the B In HARRIS IS SURE HIS TEAM WILL PUT UP STIFF FIGHT BY JOHN B. KELLER. Fla., April from Tuesday in the inaugural of the twenty-fou anley Harris is confident they wi gregations in Ban Johnson's circui The young 1 or, his on berth for nor does he ing. Harris admits that his ot measure up to seve combinations in the Jobnsonian cireuit, but has great faith in his battery men and infleld. The boss is especiaily proud of his pitching staff, wh whould get the N. splendid start in the flag race. The manager probab'y is justified in nis faith in the hurling cotps. Walter Tohnson, who did well last scason de- pite the handicz] eat physical condition «nd in his work in exhil nas appeared more lil 1913 than in at least t sons, outfleld doe ! other garde! r turned vear, with spectable record. Th it 16 be the m break in fortune, hie ou; dependable pitcher with the club, tion he enjoyed for more than ten 3 after coming to Washiogton in 196 Mogridge in Good Shape. George Mogridge, anothe tter fitted for at this time last hander has toiled earnestly to condition himse taway. . The Nation deal early in the Mogridge had a band hurt A game New York, and afer that wound healed the lomg pitcher failed (o again round into form quickly. George believes hi slow return to pitchi condition W due to ins: t varly training. T vear e attacked the raining problem with determination, and cently has profited ha Among th taff, Harris ¥ ikely 1o do some sens 21 flinging. Fred Marberry and Fred Wingfie'd, voungsters who starred i the Southern Association before coming up to the Na- tionals, have developed with a the past few d: Ma 3 recalled readily shington fans who saw him work in few games in the Georgi, venue park late last sea- son, but Wingficld never showed his wares there. Chances are, however, that both will, adorn the hill frequently tais season. Speece Is Highly Regarded. But though these boys are show- fng their manager so much real pitching ability nowadays, Harr! not. abandoned his plan of having syron Speece and Paul :ny;?e with Johnson and Mogridge the bulk of the Nationals’ mound duty. This Speece s apt to make a number of batters take the count. an underhand delivery that is the equal, ¢ big league batters who have faced them, of that employed by Carl Mays in his best days, and it will be recalled that Mays was a remarkable pitcher the And the other younsg fellows re- cently attached to the siab staff seem to be potential stars of the hill. After seeng the: athletes toil through several weeks of the train- ing grind and at intervals working under fire - in exhibition contests with clubs of no mean ability, one is quite impressed by them and very ready to asgree with their manager that the M are again to have some terling pitching. Harris’ admiration of his regular infitld needs no defense, though the third base problem still is unsettled. iven with Doc Prothro, almost an up- own quantity, on the hot cormer, sthe quartet ranks high among the infigld combinations of both big npaign when ther hurlers on hi four quite L strenuous | has | Zahniser | He has, —When the Nationals take t! e fie Al annual League, Manager be ready to ¢ 11 of the other ag- + good batt t of the Washington ciub i acm, but Harris is s g league ball club better than the average, onc 1 i I th , Fisher {day, predicting any pen- to claim a first ci that he heads even go ncere RUSSELL MAY BE OUT ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., April S~~Allan Rossell, veteran spithall pitcher, expected to be used in re- lief roles by the Nationals this meason, as last, may be out of the game for some time, While hurling against the Braves today a severe pain in his right arm put him out of action after two innings on the mo The extent of Russel is mot kmown at present, Traines Mike Martin, after examination on the hench, the veteran may have pulled a te don. an injury likely to cripple a piicher for weeks. Manager Harris tonight declded to send Russell directly to Wash- ingtong instead of taking him on the Nationals’ barnstorming trip. The pitcher's arm will get special trectment all next week. That and Pec! to any league; Harr e Judge around double-pi inpaugh, would add agercgation, and Joe only s fie bhase promises to hit bett, Z n last Seeking Reserve Stremgth. And Harris has not quit trying to bolster his reserve forc Aithough the Browns withdrew Third Baseman Simon's name from p ed on it the names of four other infielders, most of them hot- corner guardians. Harris lost”no time in putting in a claim for all of them. And this time he may have some Tuck. The outfield, Harris believes, will improve steadily as the season Boes along. While Nemo Leibold, the vet- eran, probably will be started in right field, Harris may turn to George the regular guardian of ure before the race is a month old. The yvoungster polished his fielding _considerably when farmed out to New Haven last year and is formideble at bat. If Fisher does go to the ficld, he may be kept in the game against both left and right hand hitters. Harris looks for big year for Sam Ricé and Goose oslin, especially the former, and figures that once the right field ques- tion is setfled he will have a well balanced club. Week of Traveling Ahead. Next week will be a busy one for the Nationals, The Tampa camp will be-abandoned tomorrow and a_barn- storming tour started that will not end until a week from today. The Rochester Internationals will be tackled i1 Savannah Monday, and the Boston Braves played in Macon Tues- Griffin _ Wednesday, Atlanta Thursday and Spartanburg Friday. Next Saturday and the following day Nationals and Braves will clash in the Clark Grifith stadiurm in. Wash- ington, ut ehi that pa: s TITLE TO DIXIE SEXTET. ROSSELL. N. I, April 5—Guthrie, Okla, tonight ciinched the national high' school gifls’ basket ball cham- piouship by defeating Westfield, 34 to I 17, in the second of a threc-game series.~The Oklaliomans won the first game Thursday night, 33 to 23, to | corner | ing well | the waiver list,’ by Gagnon and Hargrave and Homer by R vill take a deal of | OF GAME FOR WEEKS | team, | | { { T. PETERSBURG, Fla.. April 3—One big inning was enough for the | g season in Florida. | 1 hour and 58 min- | Umpires—Messrs. | | el NEMoO LEIROLD RICHARDS WINS TWO INDOOR NET TITLES Prr s v ~Vincent was compelled to play 108 games today to. retain the, na: tional singles indoor tennis champion- ship and a half interest with Francis T. Hunte: , the doubles ~cham-y plonship. e youthtul star's CACLTTHONER " TISHER->, TILDEN TAKES FINAL IN AUGUSTA TOURNEY \AUGUSTA, Ga., April 5—William T Tilden, 24, of Philadelphia, won the champjofiship in the men's singles of the south Atlantic states tennis tournament, here, this afternoon from Lawrence Rice of Boston, 6—I,.6—3, Tast night ‘he challenged Cedric triumph in the'singles over ' Hunter,{ Major and Allen Behr to meet him in 8—6, 62, 3—6, 6—3,.was. his. third title victory and gave him permanent possession of the singles trophy. He won in 1919 and 1928, Richards and Hunter deéfeatéd S. Howard Voshel and Frank son for the doubles title, 6—3, 17- 3—8, 3—8, 6—3 nd’ tablished ‘a doubles compefition. < ¢ 1t was the second consecutive year & doubles match. Tilden will play thent single-handed. The match will bo_played tomorrow. ; doubles, Rice and Coffin defeated 6—A, -2, 6—4. ‘pin and 6—3, Gt ho won, the fipals in_ tHe en’s . con lons 7 that Richards . defeated Hunter for the singles - pions} d that Richards and Hunter- from ' Chapin, - er., §— , 3—8, 8-—).»“ = e Immediately . after the - tween Tiiden and Major and Behx to- B ke, Anal: Tovad S e In - the finel round of the men's: ;. ——— —— 'CAMBRIDGE CREW UPSETS | By the’ Associated Press. PUTNE\‘, England, Apri DOPE BY BEATING OXFORD —Pulling their oars in splendid unison, : Cambridge’s crew of voungsters won a brilliant victory in the an- nual boat race on the Thames this afternoon, over an Oxiord shell filled with men more experienced and heavier, but bereft for a few price less minutes of the capacity for finished teamwork. | Oxford, str ked by the American oarsman, W. P, Mellon, he “zs! Year's race, was a three-to-one favorite and was conceded the victory | hero of {BRITISHCRACKVANQUISHES U. S. OPEN CHAMPION, 2 UP ‘Tremendous Driving Is Feature of Spectacular Golf at Atlanta—Visitor Plays Consistent Game While Bobby Is Off in His Putting. By the Associated Press. TLANTA, Ga., April 5—Playing over a sticky course at Lake Club links here today, Arthur Havers, British of ipion, in a thirty-six-hole exhibition match, champion, defeated Bobby Jones of Atlanta, American open cham- 2 up. {- " Jones, playing on his home course, fought valiantly for the mat i but in the final holes of the game was unable to overcome the com: 1ing lead which Havers piled up due to Bobby's erratic start, Playing | consistent. golf throughout, althought slightly cutdriven by his opponent 1 Havers never once was headed after he had taken the lead ! The match, played most of the time i izzle of rain, furn isome of the most sp lar golf ever seen on a local course. Both men {made tremendous drives consistently despite the soggy condition of the (ground and displayed remarkable abilit recovering irom the bad lies and approaching, 'HAVERS PLAYS SARAZEN |- 'IN NEW YORK ARRIL 27| NEW YORK, April S—Arthur |312°7¢ champion Havers, Hritish open golf cham- |Dia¥ers approaching = championshis with 2 par 3 after the first had bees lved, but Jo € next one to Jones he English in gained th aking the hole Jc putting, sev eal shots which rould him the mateh. The morning round began in me fashion, with neither of t appre Amteriean open champ! lanta today, will meet wen, holder of the United professional title, at R April Saruzen won an unofficial world professional championship Havers earlier in the year. ame back w and at one time had tk down The rounc ers 2 up, six of th halved bhy éntered the ring & EXHIBITION EASE BALL ‘ At Shreveport, La. Boston (American) Shreveport (Texas) Quinn and O'Nei fternoon rou pair of hot ed him badl, the nineteenth, to halves for the nOH. ® 11 N ; Harris and Gra- | ~third Jone took the ho! At Memphia, Tenn. oot put New York (National) Memphis (Southern) Bradshaw, Oeschger Merz, Warmouth and Ya work on the p champion. Thesy nd x At Bradentown. 3 St. Louis (National Milwaukee (Aw Sothorow, and Vick. Neibergall; Holm, Schaack, Keefe and Shinault. Young. 3 ught in emerg green an to the At t left Joncs At Kansas City. Pittsburgh (National) Kansax City (Amer. Axsc.). o | _Cooper, Kramer and Schmidt: Cala- | 74!y | well and Skiff. lant unsuceessful eff traps at cone uth At Wichita, Kan. | Fittaburgh (second team). 9 Wichita (Western) ShaR | _Stome, Demarext and kKnox: Namara, Musser and VeMullen. R his opp 1 luck in landing in on he whth d placed Me- At Dallas, Tes. Louis (American) Dallas (Texas) .. & { Danforth, Davis and Severeid |drew, Bryan. Love and Wheat., An- | Tinzale, ) < L" Cards of the Mateh. Richmond (Virginia) ..... 0 7 1| Moraing roun | Pranks, Farnshaw, Cobb and | JORes out— Greenne; Dodson, Manning and Ab- 84 4 4.8 | bott. | Havers out— - | 6354 Birmingham, Ala. | Jomes in— | St. Paul (Amer. Asso.) . 4435 Birmingham (Southern) 1 | Havers in— | Merritt, Holtzhauser and * 545 | Hyman, Gray and Robertson. the with thirty and the matc! 2 n | At Richmond, Va. Baltimore (Int.) H. * X i ! Dougan; | " E 1 Afternoon roun = Jones out. At Savannah, Gn Bl 5 1 Toledo (Amer. Asso.) . Roehester (Int.) Scott and Gastom: and Lake. R, H. w1 8- e Moore 5—36 Terhine, e 1 4 Havers in— | 4144 X BT I 48 - At New Orleans, n. | Cleveland (American) . ® | New Orleans (Southeru) = ! Shaute, Speaker and Sewell; Cavet, ‘homas, Holiingsworth and Parker, At Daytona, ¥la. ! Daytona (Florida) . Cincinnati_(National) Green, Cussaic and Sim w1 X372 145 'NAVY LOSES OPENER |70 VERMONT U., 8-4 lm beforehand by every critic writing for the British press. What brought ' nue, Mays and Hargrave. about their defeat and the dumbfounding of the “experts” was another | better men. From the start of the race at Putney bridge to the finish at Mort- | lake, 4% miles up the Thames, the | elght bodies in the Cambridge boat | { moved with a smoothness that was fSnished in every detall, while Mel- !len’s men never really got belind him. He seemed to tire himself after two miles and the lead that had been but half a boat length’a mile |and a half from the start -was ex- tended to 41 lengths as the crew approached the end of their ex- | hausting struggle. Racing Conditions Ideal. Weather and water conditions | were ideal. The surface of the | Thames was smooth and bright sun- | shine, its heat tempered by a mod- erato breeze, gleamed upon the water | and comforted hundreds of thousands |of cheering Britons massed along | both banks. | At the start Mellen hit up or furious | stroke of 39 to the minute, while | Cambridge was content with 38 to | get things going. At the half-mile | they both stroked 31, but Cambridge | was moving faster. The Light Blues seemed to_get more length from each stroke and their unison was flawless, while there were obvious “breaks’ in the Oxford rhythm. As a result Cambridge cased _siightly ahead. Mellen had increased his stroke, but Cambridge met this first chal- lenge and moved a few more yards away until daylight broke between thoir_stern and Oxford's bow. This was befors two miles had been cov- ered. After passing under Hammersmith bridge, almost two miles from the {CHINA PICKS NETMEN . FOR DAVIS CUP PLAY | “BOSTON, April 5.—Plans of the |first Chinese Davis cup tennis team were announced here today by W. Lock Wei, captain of the team, who has iust -arrived from Shanghai. tWei has plaved on varsity tennis teams at the Massachasefts Institute of Technology and Cambridge Uni- versity. R He said he would meet the other three members of the.team in Eng- in May. They are Ng Sze vone " champion ot Hongkong: {§ C. Wu and Hool Hye, champior’ of | /| Singapore) “Wu has resided for some years in England. : i Atfter playing in various tourna- ments, mcluding the British cham- | pionships - at Wimbledon, thc . team | will dompete in the Olympics at Paris in July and will come to America for i= round matci ‘Sut Australla in the Davis cup series, ] example of the triumph of teamwork over the ill-co-ordinated effects -of | {dark blue ribbon souvenirs tonlght, CAPABLANCA WINS OVER DR. LASKER IN 50 MOVES NEW YORK, April 5—Jose H. Capablanca of Cuba, who de- throned Dr. Emanuel Lasker of Germany an world chess champion in 1921, tonight inflicted upon the Iatter his Srst defeat of the inter- national chess tournament in Afty moves. start, Mellen seemed to show weari- ness. His head, always turned a lit- tle downward on the right Side, seemed to sag even further than usual at each backward pull. Maintnins an Even Pace. The~Cambridge stroke still was as gerebt in the middle of each pull as he had been at the very first stroke, Those'behind him were in the same condition. - They ‘kept to an even 31 and continued drawing away. Pass- ing the three-mile mark, the Cam- bridge coxswalin steered to the left oft of the usual midstream course, and Oxford gained a little, cutting the Cambridge lead to slightly over one and_one-half leagths, Then Mellen spurted again, but the conquering Cantabrians would not be denied their victory. They just kept plugging smoothly at 31 and the des- orate Oxorians wore themselves out. hey lagged further behind on the last helf mile, while the Light Blues from thelr easy eweeping swing, seemed capable of going on for a mile or so further. They were fresh at the finish, while Mellon and the men In his shell dropped over their oars from exhaustion as soon as the last stroke had been completed. Cambridge’s time was 18 minutes 41 seconds, the fastest ever rowed in an Oxford-Cambridge race. with the one exception of Oxford's victory in 1911, when the time was 1§ minutes 28 sevonds. . Vietory a Popular One. The Cambridge victory was a most popular one with the vast element in the sport-loving - population = which has no personal connections with either university or, for that matter, any institution of higher learning. To these pecple, thousands of whom mingled . without _colors, among the gthier ‘thoumnds with tiels lght or - bridge was “the all-British crew.” They never forgot that Oxford had a foreignor—a Yankee—strokipg " its shells s The “experts” who Hive been writ- Ing pieces fcr the papers about th race dafly for weeks,will have un in- terosting task explaining why their ‘predictions fell flat. Iu the m (heuter :’nd abaet distriot of on is e ng “boat race ight” festivities w;a unusmual gayety strong this af | COLLEGE BASE PALL Academy Tost b i tors carried oft th | [ S bat and afield, and fou | At Brookland—Quantico Marines, three of the pitchers 12: Catholic University, 6. es. Peterso . | At College omisge, but w landet 1. wton pi At Annapolis—Vermont, . (the visitors and the Mids At Philndelphia—Penn, 2 got home than one hit 5 first . the Naval The v Park—Maryland. ipmen inning « 8 ton—Princeton, GCooper,ss. Ellis 6., Waid.rf, Crowe,rf. Forsb'g.gb. 4 Harris.c. Haerlin,c.. Petorso Dyer.p.. Heiser. ewton® At Cambridge—Harvard, rersity, 3. v aven—Yale, 4; Fordham. | omowam® bl eonbnsconS T e At Athens—Georgia, 6; Dartmouth, - 3 At New Orleans—Mississippi siex 3: Tulame, 2. At Morgantown—Duquesnc, f; West Virginia, 5. At Harrivonburg. Va.—Bridgewater, 63 V. M. L. Freshmen, 1. A€ Tusealoosa—Alabama, neswsee, 2. 1 At Indianapolis—Butier, 10: Wix- | consin, 2. ] At Lafayette—State Normal 7: Pur- due, 2. | At Lexington—Cornell, Am- COOOPODO DN S i Tvert. Wellingst.. 1 Totals.. 34 in fourth inning %] coeose 33 Tem~| spateed for Peterson j#Batied for Dyer in seventh inaing. Batted for Heiser in ninth iaaing. Vermont. 10612013 Naval Academy.. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Three-base hits—Cheovalier, Barohet. base hits—Keating. Nowton (Vermont), Forsberk. _Sacrifice Ready, Fenuo. 0—s 1—4 Two = hits—Cheval Stolen bases— LV.LL, 6. — e Fenno, avwood, INDIANS RETURN SULLIVAN. | rick (2), Barchet, Waid. ~Bases on balle | CLEVELAND, April 5 — Pitcher | Novten (@), Dyer'(@), Struck out—By New | tan, 7; by Peterson, 2; by Dyer, 8. Hit by James Sullivan has been returned by | pitcher—Haerlin (by Newton). Wild pitch— the Cleveland Indians to the Deeatur | )yer. Passed -Ready (2). Double plays club of the Three Eve Leaguc. Sul- | gicatiag and Caywood; Patrick, Cols and livan, purchased from Decatur last Garwood: Ellis, Harris snd Cooper; MeKoo ani season, has been bothered with & SOTC | xnd Hughes of Weehington Time op oot arm und Hughes of Washington, Time of game— it 3% s FIRPO KNOCKS OUT REICH IN LESS THAN ONE ROUND By the Associated Press. H UENOS AIRES, April 5.—Luis Firpo, the South American heavy- | weight champion, tonight added another victory to his record, by ' knocking-out A, L. Reich, the American heavyweight, who came jto Buenos Aires with championship aspirations. Y "Firpo's powerful right turned the trick. after the sound of the gong in the first round, Firpo landed on Reich’s :jaw, and Reich crashed to the floor. Notwithstanding desperate efforts, he was unable to rise within the allotted time and after the count of ten |was carried to his corner, i Firpo wasted no time in going af {QUINT FROM SMALL TOWN |Zignii "% "5 hoas. * Sni®isotm o | SCHOOL TAKES U. S. TITLE | ceeded in putting a light 1¢it on the | South American. They clincned sov- i CHYCAGO, April 3.—Five boys ! from Windsor, Col., o little town of |cral times, and Firpo punished the 1,300 persons with sixty-two girls i 3 i In less than two minutes | Amerfcan ~ severely between the clinches, Suddenly. he let Tese ¢ | series of rights to the head and body 5\ hich left Reich helpless, Reich tried to block the blows, but without suc The knockout was the third o | wemool, wou the nationai | interscholastic basket hall cham- | cess. ,‘ pionship tournament held umder | three heavy rights to the jaw | awspices of the University of Chi- | [Firpo received a great ovation ‘ cago, decisively defeating Yankion, hie went over to Reich’s corner.to champious of South Dakota, 25 to | certain if he had seriously injured 5 18 (ke Snal seme. Bis oppoment,