Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1924, Page 28

28 SPORTS. Washington Awailts GRIFFS READY FOR START WITH MACKS TOMORROW Record Crowd Is Expected When President Coolidge Tosses Out Ball to Inaugurate American | ' League Campaign in the Capital. BY JOHN B. KELLER. ASHINGTON'S 1924 season in the American League opened tomorrow afternoon with a great deal of newness about the inaugural. For the first time in his career as Chief Executive of the nation, President Calvin Coolidge will toss out the ball to formally start a big league base ball engagement. The new Secretary of the Navy. Curtis Dwight Wilbur, wi'l officiate at the flag raising prior to the game. A new manager, Stanley Raymond Harris, will lead the Nationals onto | the field to do battle with Athletics of Philadelphia, and the contest | will be staged in the new Clark ( h Stadium, never before used for a major league championship struggle , b The ceremon tending the inaugular match will about 3:15 o'clock, and play will begin promptly at 3:30. The stadium gates will be opened at noon d 1 o’clock 4 brass band will start a my al program, to be continued until Umpire-in-chief Billy Evans calls, “Play ball! is According to club ¢ s, all rv served seats and boxes for the inau- . T Sural game have b posed of. Here Are the Line-Uy but at Spalding’s store on G streef m : the sale of 13000 unreserved seat For Opener Tomorrow tickets will continue until noon to- NATIONALS. THLETICS. morrow. Thice tid slso may be| | gulATQl had at the stadium. bos to- | | §%Fis en. morrow, the s | o'clock With £ ather, an | apenini crowd of @ proportions seems assured } The formal { will begin with the | dent the stadium at 3:15 { After Executive and his | party of ated i he Natio | s Navy W i I, presidern ] ad the par | stafr. < will b of b Athletics 1 winl th Loses Control. tollowed and w i the s dvantag duced ir gin for tor al Bu upon Johns: man of the the American being b of the best t experienced been wo ! ha - is quits hind the bat to ones will be Muddy t catcher of was of frame and the two double nother 1 third. s, hi kis four d driving two of itory th th ast five mnings of Braves not in the 1 been v MeGowan so the Na 1 Mack m portion of the fray | past >s a2 good hunch i ordered them to the el hoosin n tomorrow. C¥ house before the Nationals' four Perkins, lon s one of the best | hatting turn opened. Play was de- | catchers in ness, will com- d nearly ten minutes by | Plete the Athletic battery Ancroft's vigorous pre > The Athletics taking hte fleld to- | pench finally was cleared | morrow e cxpected to” be much | . izl | stronger t e of last year, who | SRR W N0l MAISELS LOSE FATHER. | sneed, only to flon aismally ADOUL ourPrMORE, MA., April 14— 1 R | tian Maisel, father of Fritz acks Have New Talent. jGen ! Mathn Have New, La {of the Baltimore Orioles and George crs to the club to e o2 Maisel of the Toronto clud, died yes- m. the Macks ' ceoonq|terday at his heme in Ca haop, as second| after an jllness of several nsation with { was seventy-two years of a | tern i - | while Paul in the ou great them { HAVERS-OCKENDEN WIN. | r upheld | prILADE April 14—/ i champion of | mes Ockenden defeated | recent | i Engl | Fred north and e quite the game last als, too, winner of th south tournament at Pi J. Wood Platt, Ph S Or s e hibition match yester- phis. who proved man steri ere Saturda MOTOR CYCLIST KILLED. | who failed to 1na SLES. Calif, April 14.—| Tred by the Nat thirty-one, nationally | but wh. seems d own motor cycl racer, died last | cesstul night of injuries receive t Ascot rae tin Speedway vesterday when his motor ! for two < ded on a turn and crashed lengthy pr ice this morn - —— | appea v for tha st | ed by Sam Rice PHILS SELL WEINERT. { on with Rog LOS ANGELES, April 14—Phil | Inpaugh, | in Yesterday's exhibition| weinert, southpaw pitcher, has been | 4 - serious, 2 purchased from the Philadelphia 3 dener tional League Club by the Los An-! cod style Seles Pucile Coss Clues o aifical aioSHin | geles Pacific Coast League Club i ¢ tion, a his hat he now is prepared to take the ficld Griffs Win Again Sunday. By beat 8 to 7, t spring not a tilt w intare: tered he 1bout t fith S ) f commission and o n were frequent enough | to keep hoth clubs in the running trotted threes pitchers to the mound . tionals man- hand Jimmy Tim Me- Namara and Ited Lucas more than the Braves did Paul Zahniser, Fred Marberry and Byron Speece, amassing BOSTON. AB. R. H.PO. A E, Bancroft, s e e i McGuire. of 3 213 0 0 Canningham, I 4 1 1 3% 0 0 y. 2b 5 0 1 2 0 o Mclnuis, 15 501 2 0 0 Sperber, f . 3.0 02 0 0 Padgett, 3b 1201 20 O'Neil - $ 12130 gin, D 0 0 o0 3 McNamara, 1000 2 ¢ *Smith 1000 0 0 +Cooney " 0 0 06 0 0 0 Lucss, p.... 00 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 7 6721 1 *Batted for McNamara in eighth, +Ran for Smith in eighth. .. ‘WASHINGTON, AB. R. H. PO. A, E. Indye, 1b - 472 g78 0 o Harris, 2b. & 01 s a9 Rice, of.... 3 01 2 0 0 Leibold, "of 9 0 0 0 0 0 Goslin, 'If 3 21300 Fisher. f A 2z 2 0 0 Prothro, 3b, 4 02 1 90 0 Peckinpaugh, 2 105 11 Ruel. o 4 005 2 0 Zahniser, p .. 0 0 0 0 1 0 1100 20 100 0 0 1 50 8 9 27 8 2 000021 07 200300 x—8 Summary: Two-base hits—Judge (2), Gos- Lin. Prothio, Tiorney, Three base hit—Plothro. Stolen base—Rice. Sacrifice hits—Rics, Y gin. Double plays—Bancroft to_ Tierne: Harris to_Peckinpaugh to_Judge, McNamar fo Baneroft to Mclunis. Loft on bases—Bos. ton, 6; Washington, 6. Bases on balls—O; Zarniser. 3; off Yeargin, 2: off Marberry, 4; of MoNamara, 1; off Speece, 1. Hite—Of Zabaiser, 1 in 113 innings; off Marbery, 2 in 6 innings: off Yeargin, 5 in 4 inning: McNamara, 4 in 3 innings; off Lucas, none in 1 inning: off Speece, 2 in 123 innings. Hit by pitchor—By Zabiiser (Padestt). by Lucas (Judge). Struck out—By Zahniser, 1: by Marberry, 3; by Lacas, 1; by Speece, 1. Wild itch—Speocs. pitcher—Marberry. Fosing pitchar—ye Umpires—Measts, m-u Fame—2 cellent! McGowan and bours and 10 mi A PROGRESSIVE age indeed, Sirs! But what cigarette of today can equal English Ovals, the cigarette that’s blendedin the goodoldEnglishway? There’s no quality like good old fash- ioned quality—and so, for English Ovals you can thank your lucky stars and Philip Morris. Egad, but they are ex- SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Openi YOUNGEST AND OLDEST MANAGERS WHO WILL MATCH HERE TOMORROW WITS IN OPENING GAME OF SEASON MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1924, ng of Season : Eyes of Fans on Cincinnati and Detroit CURTAIN RAISERS THERE | EXHIBITION BASE BALL | X . By B 4 B rxzx MAY DECIDE TWO FLAGS 8t. Louis (Americans) 4 10 2 Dyer, Doak and Viok: Davis, 2L ko e ana Colies . ) : oAt G » u o Initial Meetings of the Reds and Pirates, and Tygers Chicago (American) . o ] Barnes, Oeschger au: th: Leverette, Cvengros, McWeeny, Davenport and Schalk. At New York— . And Indians Find Logical Contenders of Both Big Leagues Clashing. Brooklyn (Nationa)). 5 9 1 New York (American) 6 11 o Grimes, Docatur an ; Hoyt, Bush and’ Schavs. At Cincinnati— S BY JOHN B. FOSTER. Cloveland (American) 513 3 EW YORK, April 14.—Perhaps the m important curtain-raising game that will be played in either major league on the opening of the season tomorrow will be that between Pittsburgh and Cia- | Cincinnati (Nationsl) Edwards and L. Seweli Sandberg and Hargrave. At Baltimore— SR 6 8 0 May, Sheehan and N Fhiiadetphin] CuationsD) 14 13 3|cinnati of the National circuit, scheduled for Cincinnati Hamilton, Betts, Bishop lson, Wen- | In it Cincinnati will try to get off to the flying start which is aboul dell; Groves, Thomias, Wesol and Cobb, Greene. | | the only thing t can land it in championship row. On the o er hand, | At Momphis— S = ;n.mu"()‘;‘.‘...fimyw.‘, .. 2 & 1[it will be the first testing of a club about which lcss is known t : Memphis (South Atlantic)... . & The DPitates. haviag traned or 4 aiw | Mo, (South, AL L0 | other club of the league” The Pirates, having trained on the far coast, | Craft and Yarma have come under the eyes of few critics. It is not beyond the realm of | possibilities that this game may decide the National League championship. 7 12 2| Both clubs are prominently listed as contenders against the Giants, and - .6 10 4|the National is going to be a tight race. immor rton and iR e b gl Both leagues start the season simul- | Erie Bob Cats, Detroit and Cleveland e taneously this year. Last vear, be-|in the American League, who ars | At Louisville— | tossed together with their tails tied | Pittsburgh (National) 5 5 3|cause of the placing of some Sunday | {730 ! e el ! Ergmer, Yo sl Smith: » do Berry | gtarted ome day later than the Na- |(po L “ESting than that affray is . = S for the other Natlonal | Yerybody is anxious to sce what Sis At Jersey City— The lineup for the other Natlonal| ey ihe boy manager. will do in his Jersey Coy (International). 9 3 2| Leaguo clubs is as follows: New York | firgy 'start, The reinforced Athietic B T N feicn s Tyemusa | B¢ Erooklyn, Fhiladelphia at Boston |are up against Washington, and t: Zellass g Finitegy Pirien;wad Svacuan: | snd/Chicigo at St Eouls. butlt-over Boston Red Sox again At Kansas City— Two Other Contenders Clash. the champion Yank: A e e 12 21 2| yite less interesting than the| Opening games and opening serics | A A i) Wilkinson ang | Pittsburgh-Cincinnati struggle, if any, | aly are important in base bal [ e i is the opening game between the Lake e D y be expected of the various st for the first six week start with a rush with amb. even though they se to lack reserve power to carry the at I that 'SEATS FOR EVERYBODY ST, Y HARRIS., Direction of play in the inaugural battle of the Amer will find youth pitted against age. The venerable leader of the Athletics was a’ ve sprightly boss of the Nationals was born. There is just thirty-four years’ difference ty-seven and Mack sixty-one years old. LITTLE CHIEF FIRST IN TIA JUANA STAKE CONNIE MACK 1 League campaign at Clark Griffth Stadium tomorrow 1 of the diamond before the o their ages, Bucky being twen- TWO BIG GOLF BODIES M'GLONE,TRIPLE STAR, ARE NOW IN ACCORD' IS LOST TO HARVARD SAN DIEGO, Calif, April 14—| CHICAGO, April 14.—Sanct of | CAMBRIDC Mass.. April 14—Joe Little Chief, running in the colors|steel shaft golf clubs by the United one, Harvard three letter athlete, of 1. B. Humphrevs, Denver sports-|States Golf Association removed the Crimson athletes for all ti; man and polo plaver, won the Tia|only open diffe. between that | Recently an old knee injury began to Juana cup yesterday at the border|body and the Western Golf Associa- | trouble and doctors said that fur- race track % tion, which, er thoro trials twa | t w sitate a serious Tree, owned by Baron Long | years ago, auth. teel possibly stiffened 4 the | shatt clubs in tor 1t tor, the property o | Shortly after me expected b of Louisville, & taced (o (ke munrhs ' he base ball lowered the track record by 0.4 1-3 |raised to th 0 3 man and s seconds and within 0.2 1-5 seconds of y ‘ . (the American record, made at Bel- > t of Capt. | similarly mont Park Little Chief won for his owner the silver five-foot cup and a purse of $11,600. ory they did n Little Chief shouldered the heavy | "¢ = impost of 125 pounds, 5 i oee wun Tacish o ok [but that the RICKARD SIGNS SPALLA win by four lengths. | elasticity d torsio 5 otkey Sack aiben e FOR TWO RING BATTLES e terioriated and had MO 110, 32,000 AT CHICAGO GAME. |, In the Wester CHICAGO, 14—While vari- | players Bob Western World ous ba Is throughout the ! Hutchison and r:'r count. Snosticating a pros- | many balls with b o perous season for 1921, close to 32.- |shafts. The results ckard, A i 000 fans turned out yesterday to see | apparently the steel ohatt ¥ oy d JaRtROL S the New York Giants defeat the|the heeled or toed shot f il Chicago White Sox, 9 to 3, in an|straighter, the distance was cut « b exhibition game. | siderably. These experts be — . | distance with hickory shafts and CHICAGO U. .ADDé ME—ET pressed a preference for th . 3 WICHITA GETS BECK. assertod that for general us - ey > ST. PAUL. Minn, April 14—Fred{formity of metal shafts made them | CHICAGO, Aprl 14.—Two dual meets be added to the University of Beck, first baseman’ of the St Paul |desirable, as the ordinary player could | Amorican Association club, has been select fine wooden handles. | Thicago track and fleld schedule. Chi- Sold to Wichita of the Western = a——— Fio May T ond pyesiom ut Stax 2l - Fieid May 24 and Ohio State here May emiors are to meet to- |1 ng dual meet will be Sth street putheast, May 10. cause it's advertised. palate and make him duplicat: his order. 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All reserved seats have been disposed of for many weeks, but there are more than twice as | many unreserved accommodations that will be occupied on a first-=come= | pitching _Chicago, Osborne | first-served basis. s Dovelis } It invariably has been the history of “big days” in this as well as ‘Louis, Schocke other cities that many who desired to be present have stayed away for i g e, fear they would be unable to find a seat, only to have the contest | .is; Coveleskie pitching, against Faber and Mack | staged with tier after tier of vantage points vacant. In the left and right field pavilions and in the new center field ‘f‘:'h (-Tmlnm-u ’\!v'{"‘ my!;m_:fi aga’:nfi stand approximately 15000 persons can be cared for. While naturally |/ 3Pingion, Walter fohnson: New { not so desirable as the reserved seats, these places will afford an un- mke. > o i | obstructed view of everything that happens. 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