Evening Star Newspaper, April 22, 1924, Page 24

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1924. SPORTS. Nationals Take First Trip Tomorrow : Giants’ Record Is Marred by Chicago Cubs | TO HELP ATHLETICS OPEN CAMPAIGN IN PHILADELPHIA Marberry May Draw Box Assignment in Quakertown. Zahniser to Face Yanks in Final Here Today Bush Outpitches Mogridge, 4 to 2. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. OLLOWING the wind-up battle with the Yankees this afternoon Harris will bundle his athletes aboard a rattler for Philadel- where they are scheduled to assist the Athletics in opening son at Shike Park tomorrow. ritial trip of the Nationals will be a short one, as they are listed r inst the A's before returning to the Capital , when the revamped Boston Red Sox will arrive for a quar- F to thwart the Yankees with a lefthander yesterday, finished on the short end of a 4-to-2 count, Harris prob- card any plan he may have had for using Jezebel Tecumseh 1st the world champions this afternoon, “weather permit- give the assignment to Paul Zahniser, which probably means Marberry will get a chance to perform in the curtain-raiser at adelphia tomorrow. It was belicved Waite Hoyt would hurl for the :s to idge 1o get without de- the Griffmen to | esterda exhibi md B inabilit YANKS, 4—NATIONALS, 1 ron Speece frames I given way to an | Riee , performed in an | Goslin, but it proved umr;hhlu. ush displaying a pen- uel, - linse out o tiht | Erothro. 3 ank, who has | poetialet® sore | T unste Speece. ¥, tened, always 4 Richbourgt.. . rve and prevented f bingles. | Totals | 2 First Inning In Coxtly. W o of the season | Dugan, ast week, Mog. | Buth. three runs in | erday singled to right, the pair Meusel frer | Judge, Ne Harris, > with nt for The Joe wris 4 5. HooN®@ARBL eccocorooros Hoeoo~MOoNeN coorpmomBmst: o~ons~oooouOP oncoosonsone!? Meusel Peck and | trived to regis- f Tuck exas leaguer Ward, Pipp. . Doubl yl.lp—. -Du. Peckinpaugh. L, Pipp. uble - gan to Ward to Iia; Harris to F-chlfih to Judgs Left on bases—New York, 9. ash- | ington. off Mogridge, 3; : B erlane. T 1o 7 Janin » b —off Migridge, 7 in 7 i H in 2 innings. Hit by pitcher—B; Judge). Losing _pitcher—M A pass to | pires—Messrs. Rowland, Evans an Time, 2 bours and 3 minutes. ht, but other Ruel pro- with a up with ked, on lowing mpionship in 1917 and now is es- ing umpiring duties, had a rather tough time of it back of the bat, particularly in the seventh inning, when the plavers of both clubs took exception to his rulings. If Rath's loft in the second had n straightened out it would have : fence easily, the ball go- ing a_mile high before it descended into Fisher's paws. Peck and Judge tore in hard for Meusel's little fly in the third, but couldn’t get there and called to Mo- gridge, who looked up at the last second and gloved it. Wedge leh moved 14 wa also walked, | The fouled to Speece Yields Unearned Run. er viel h and riple to | breezed W the sev- | a pinch | hill. The v got him- walked Meuse int and threw th itter ubmarine self in a ja ind then took tardily Peck’s relay to Prothro of (Goslin's | throw on Pipp’s extra-base blow in the third beat Wally to the far cor- ner, but he eluded Prothro's effort to tag him. Goxlin made a fine running catch | of Schang’s fly close to the foul line | |in this frame, with two Yanks on! | base. o Judge fe. tl Griffs to he cighth, one gone | vho moved Prothro handled Witt's bunt in nice styfe in the fourth, but he bad to| to center, |burn the ball across to Judge to nip | When Pipp | the fleet Whitey rap, i was afforded | rhbourg, s fter Peck had I's single ia faded n Prothro's h cha wher A young gale aided Rice in being | credited for a double on his texas | | leaguer to short right in the fourth. | Ruth came in fast, but barely was | the far corner |able to Teach the ball with his finger to Scott and |UPS. pped out ON THE SIDE LINES | There wax nary a peep out of Ruth | when Mogridge hooked a third strike | over on the Babe in round 5. George | then served Meusel the same way | and also handled Pipp's rap. Richbourg is shaping up as valuable for urposes. { Harrix made a fine play on Ward's| ; hot smash in the sixth. Judge saved pinch-hitting his boss an error leaping for the | appearance in | throw and tagging Ward as he sped | he poled a | DY 1 an Harris of the Ath-| The high wind made the fielding ush for | of flies an uncertain proposition. Rice ran around in circles beforc he got ian may | £ to work regnlarts, | Under Bush's iy in the cight. Lan. et get a chance INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Toronto, 8; Torsey City, 1. Rochester, 3 Buffalo, 22; Reading, Syracuse, 6; Baltimare, 4. rst innings r Mogridge this year. The veteran ofthander appeared to advantage ifter being hammered at the outset vesterday | seem to be a jinx AMFRICAN ASSOCIATION. Columbus. 15; Milwaukee, 14. Minnespolis, 16; Louisville, 2. Other games, rain. Although a bit unsteady at the | start, Speece displayed a lot of stuff | Jter going to the hill in the cighth. Witt's puny Texas leaguer was the only bingle made off him in two rounds VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Decamenth, $; Becky Mewsi, ®' (9 ixzings, darkness). Norfolk, 1; Petersburg, 0. Wilson, 7; Richmond, 6. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. According to Umps Billy Bvans Speece’s throw of Pipp’s bunt in the | ghth didn't draw P off second base, it merely arrived late. Accord- ngly Wally was given credit for a | acrifice One free ticket was the best Ruth t at the bat. On his other trips against Mogridge he fiied to Fisher, anned and rolled to Judge, while a foul to Protho resulted when he faced Speece, BASE BALL,.50% AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK ‘Washington vs. New York Tickets on sale Spaldings, 1338 G St., N.W, from 8:30 AM, o 1:00 P, Tickets on_sale at Heoht Co. 517 Tth Bt. Radiators and Fenders ANY KIND MADE OR REPAIRED. Cores _installed RADIATORS WITTSTATI’S R. and F. WORKS 319 13th. Fr. 6410. 1435 P. Fr. 8036, Clarence Rowland. who piloted the | Vhite Sox to a pennant and a world Havre de Grace SEVEN RACES DAILY Special B. & O. truin leaves Union Station 12’ o’clock noon. Parlor and dining cars attached. Special Penna. R. 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Urban Shocker, star twirler, who is | said to have disappeared after Satur- day’s game in Detroit, had not deserted the club, but had gone to the home of a sister in that because of a bad cold he had contra Shocker was knocked out of the box | by Defroit Saturday, and, it was said, had not been seen since that time. Friel added that he knows of no grievance that Shocker might be hold- ing against the club, and stated that | Degpott. .. .. Manager Sisler intends to give th®|gclfol- " " 3 er ample opportunity to explain | puilwdeciphin 3 absence before taking action 2t DETROIT, April 22.—Urban Shocker | ¥5w York. - 2 star pitcher of the St. Louis Browns, | {leyeland. . 1 who left the club's head je om urday, went to his sister’s home | eaMES ToDAY. Manager George Sisler said toda |l st W . belittling reports that the ball st Wandngtan had deserted the team. Sisler ass | Cloveisnd at Chicago. Shocker has been sufféring from a cold | St. Louis at Detroit. Detroit at Cleveland. and sore throat and that because of |pEErLTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAME the raw cold day Sundav e did not |TEot e 4 Wk appear at the Detroit ball park. ) ‘\e:lv ‘nl 3 :4. :‘-'-.nx n:.-. 2. There is mo basis for reports of | Fhiladelphia, 4; Boston. 0. dissension between ocker and the Cleveland at S ) club,” Manager & said, adding that | St. Leuis at Detroit (rain). Shocker would rejoin the: team today | if a game is played. SADDLE HORSES POPULAR. LODISVILLE, Ks.. April 2:—In- | Cifego creased interest was shown in the | Brookiym . breeding of saddle horses during 1ast | gg. Liouts vear, according to Roger Lawrenceburg, Ky.. secretary Amgrican Saddle Horse Breeders' sociation. Claude M. Thomas of Paris, | HE GIANTS won their fifth = win to another pennant In beating Boston 2 tc | Splendid pitching by Ben | hined with effective hitting by Groh | leaping ahead with surprising speed 1, Jack B AMERI Clab. Chicago GAMES TOMORROW. Washington at Phila Boston at New York. Chicago at St. Louis. NATIONAL W. L. Lose. 714 71 | 420 375 =6 200 GAMES TOMORROW. Phile. at Boston. St. Louis at Chicago. Philadelphin Bostom ... GAMES TODAY. Boston at New York. Breoklyn at Phils. Pitts. at Bt. Louis. Chicago at Cincinnati. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES. St. Louis, 11; Pittwburgh, 9. Gineinnatl, 2; Chicago, 1 (10 inn'gs). 1 3 3 4 + 1 3 1 1 Ky., was elected president, and H. M. | Hobbie, Montgomery, Ala.. one of the vice presidents, at the association's thirty-fourth, annual “meeting, held ere. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Ashoville, 2; Grosuville, 11, Charlotte, 11 nbire, 9. “Angusts, 20; Bacon, 7. ‘A Quality Product for Hair and Scalp For twenty-five years Newbro’s Herpicide has maintained a standard of superior quality and excel- lence. *Pure and clear, free from all grease and oil, without stain or dye, it can be used upon the most delicate scalp with absolute confidence. A Hair Saver—Use It Now | | w York, 2; Boston, 1. ning created food for though who, counted upon a floundering pitching staff to block McGraw's | Dcan and Huntzinger, all youngsters. com- | for the. winners Brooklyn, 7; Philadelphia, 4 (10 in.). TUNNEY’S MANAGER NEW YORK, April 22.—Legal pro- ceedings to prevent Georges Carpen- tier, French light heavyweight, from meeting Tom Gibbons of St. Paul in Michigan City, Ind., on May 31 will be started immedially upon Carpentier's ar- rival in the United States, Billy Gib- son, manager of Gene Tunney, has an- nounced. Gibson said he would base his ap- plication 7or an injunction on his contract with Descamps, the French- man’s manager, for a Carpenticr-Tun- ney match. This, he asserted, con- tains a clause prohibiting Carpentier from engaging in any other match in | the United States before meeting | Tunney. | _ KNOXVILLE . _April 22 | Tommy™ Gibbon: Paul_ heavy weight boxer, who appeared here last night, received a cablegram from his o iddie Kane. who is no stating t the match with Georges Carpentier on May 31 had oeen definitely settled | “Gibbons .left hern today to start | training at St. Paul. ‘M OHAWK ATHLETIC CLUB with the best the Independent League this year. in the opening series May 4, at Union Park. Givonetti, regarded | most efficient catchers es here, has been | Guazza. Kelly for the Mohaw and Wood ar. this season. Riley distinguished himself with the delphia Marines last season. while { Wood gave a good account of himself with the 1923 Alexandria Cardinals and the Virginia Grays | _ Lexington Midgets swamped | Corneli Midgetts, 33 to 4. The w rs connected for forty-two bing! ames with the Lexingtons can be arranged by calling the manager at North 3672-J. Towm LONGBOKT Jamous Ttdan Runner LosT 8uT ONE MARATHON i 39 sTARTS as one of the n sandlot cir- corralled by last year, but Riley aking their debut reported to have Tartan Midgets had an casy time with the Tivoli Midgets, winning, 30 | HAROLD ScHMipT Kansas Gty High Scroor. SHOT 48 BASKETS FRom THE. FLoOR! {N ONE GAME |to 25. Miland _Zin hurled for the Tartans. well did the catching. and F Ceril her Box- Agriculture and Treasury teams el B_opp starting at 5 o'clock tomorrow on the Departmental League grounds. Manager Frank Kersey planned to drill his Waverly Athletic Club charges today at 5 G'clock on the | Union Station Plaza | Olympic Juniors 1cll Lefore the Mypfarland Junior High School ciub in a 12-t0-9 match. Ritzenberg of the winners drove four safeties out of five trips to the plate. Siegel was best | for the Olympics traight game yesterday, and in the among followers of other teams Stanley tossers made it four in a v taking the measure of the ille nine, 4 to 2. Baker, Young registered timely clouts Baker allowed the |~ Hyatts entley held the Braves to seven hits, | Hyattsville losers but five P Street and Frisch, have sent the champions ationals arc on the look- nts beat Jess Barnese after | out for players averaging thirteen to apparentis on his way o afifteen years old —Those intere: one- ctory son’s ho are urged to_get in touch with Man- ne-hit victory kson's home run | S0 TG, “Winterbottom, 1503 215t in the d the score and | street. The Nationals showed th Groh and atted a victory in [way to the Duponts, 5 to 2, yesterday. the ninth. victors made but | four hits. | De B Brooklyn catcher, hit a homer with two men on in the tenth ind the Robin ted Philadelphix | Club today at 1 o'clock on the Pl 7 t9 4. It was the third extra inning | grounds. Eastern High's nine will game of four plaved in Philadelphia | be the opponent of the Peerless team this sex second ten-inning | tomorrow at 2 o'clock on the Rosedale defeat fe playgrounds. Waverly Athletic Club After will be met Thursday at 5:30 o'clock innin The ¢ he was Peerleas diamond athletes have 1i ed three games this week Th were to tackle the Black and Whit g itching Grover innati's bs 2 to 1 the score i ton gave the Pittsburgh pl e ball for eight Alexander weakened d fighting team beat |ager George A. Simpson is booking in_the tenth after Eames for the Peerless Club at North the ninth. Rube | T194-W. s only four hits. | =—— another close | G. Cifala, on the mound for the game but for the first time it was a | Corinthians, held the St Joseph Mid- slugging battle. The Cardinals de- | gets dawn 'to a pair of bingles, his livered the final punch and won, 11 |team winning, 15 to 0. The winners to 9. 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Th National an temporarily took the s _had not come to a week is the longest weck end . so far as available recor | that the very next day—- ago, they again took the 4 only be eliminated, thew tarted and finished in 1923, It s who stood between them for all their whather the other lost record ven clubs like were in fielding, club. 1 tim rom th has a quartet of flingers Finney Ke rank Hudson hits been able meant mos to take tl Kelly is expected to toe the mou Athletic A money at | Banl ana |its forfeit night. tion postea eet s last yed Brook R . and with about the Smithfield Midgets won | straignt game b 1to the Hartford Midgets, of the winners yielded clouts. 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April 22.—Jo Dundee lost a decision to an old foe | when Rocky Kansas outpointed him |in ten rounds of heavy sluzging, in which the double champion was twice sprawled on the canvas and severa times in serious trouble Dundee, world featherweizht and junior lightweight champion. entered | the ring at 132 pounds. His tit ‘ {iere not at stake.” Kansas weigh in at 134%. | SCHLIEBNER JOINS BROWNS. '"p30, 0005, 0 1o sentin ST. LOUIS, April 22—Fred Schlieb- Start, and his heavy _rigl man for the St Leouis|raised a purple across Dunde who contracted blood | Where he beat a pe poisoning his ft foot and leg|the clinches. Despite his weight. |during spring training. has returned | Kansas showed speed that repeatedly |here from his home ready to don a |£ot his left jab through to Dundee’s uniform when the Browns open the |Jaw. |American League season here| Only twice did Dundee attempt his | Wednesday. He reports the foot in |favorite trick of bouncing off the | playing condition. ropes. 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