Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1924, Page 30

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTOY, D. ¢ THURSDAY APRIL 24, 1924, SPORTS. Martina Will Try to Crush Athletics Jinx : Pratt Is Proving Worth for Tygers VETERAN GOES TO MOUND AGAINST MACKMEN TODAY Marberry Not Beaten as Badly as 6 to 4 Score Indi- cates in Philadelphia Opening, Mates Proving Sloppy Afield a nd Weak at Bat. BY JOHN B. KELLER. P Bucky Harris today to do two Nationals, a streak now of three games’ duration, Athletics seem to have cast over Ha Teague campaigs The losing streak has the youn parent helplessness against the Athletics have him reall nes so far this spring the Nation latter grabbing the better end of Harris believes t the hurler whe debut against the world champion Y. crush the Ph six National pitchers used against th For a time in the game here v had a fair ¢ got in its dirty work and gave the opening with a 6-to-4 victory. While the Athleties were handy with their war clubs ac ng to the official score berry, Nafionals' starting pitcher, not as badly beaten as the ten feties and six tallies gleaned off m would indicate. Marberry was more the victim of his teammate rors of « ission and omission han weak slabbing by hims tiiven zood support afield he mi have gotten through the vound i which t Al their runs undamaged or at Worst given up but three runs, True, Marberry was wild in the arly the fray, but his wild help “the oppositio vitched himself into a the first six frame himself into several ¥$ pitched himself His sixth round was particu- zood, the Athletics taking in order with Bing Miller ! usually formidable ng and i Mart, a pinch batter in th ron Speece a chance an inming Grifis very -ord- pa failed t Whenever he liole in any of d he pitched deep ones—he al to slab for Lacking in Punch. Not only did the Nationals fail to riorm properly afield, but they #lso lacked punch in attack. Fred Ficimach's southpaw hurling surely Was not to their liking through t first seven fra s they got only two bi out in that ti e comfortable lead, Heimach « his work in the eighth the Nationals be cle batting eves found it tmpossible to himself. Then in Harris only one to terminate the Nationals est went blooie, pitchers’ standup inn- the seventh I'rothro, but 1) whistling line all the This gave Aft gles long | out was any ¢ had of taking t The zame wa duel until the ing. Heim round by rolling to Doc Jimmy Dykes sent the down the left field foul ¥ ie end of the lut sle, but had axish in .'!m anc con play and ng th might ade o ef- base id Goslin Lis throw covered the sphere n an easy out 1ad come Hop_a into heave n made as_soon hers. w s up ield anc ager should have on a n-chief Nz rmi n o ound rule, but Umpir we have it At that kes 1 ¢ been retired stead of scoring, Sa ed short to Peck and Dykes never had a chance to beat a throw to the plate. He tried though, and was trapped by Mudd nel. Ruel endeavored to run down Jimmy and all but succeed when he suddenly tossed the ball too wide of third ba to be caught by Pro- thro. Dykes, of course, wheeled and dashed hom while Hale raced to third on th Tor. Hnuser Gets a Homer. Then Strand singled Hale home and romped in ahead of Hauser, who h cked the ball over the right-field barrier fi a ecircuit wallop. Sim- mo dribbled thirough F 0 that o official Th veteran rwed with miserable er's low flv. Gallowa hut Perkins singled the plate and Heimach sw Miller home. Spe had the ties w tow in tk eighth, the damag d been done ) The Nationals did all their effec !I‘I'¢‘ sla ing in the last two sessions. In the clgnin Gostin's double, Fisher retirement and R « tally. Successive 1 Rice and Goslin. Smith's roll-out to Hale and Chick Gagnon's pinch safety aocounted for the three mar +rs in the ninth. All of this was done before Bryan Harris toed the slab, The long h ver had to pitch to but one man—Doc Prothro—to end hostilities. CAUGHT ON THE FLY er A hit uft of flied to Rice, tted to get Ath- but singles by Harris, Joe Judge sparkled afield in the season opener here, two of his efforis being e fine. In the fourth inning prostrate himself to take throw to retire Galloway and e sixth he made a remarkable hand running catch of a foul from the bat of the Mack- men's short fielder pecially he had Peck's to wide one w center Seramd, the Ma Sirmma on's form , batted in s ,t:-:fl’i;z both of the Nationals' hurl- ers. The slugger who set the Coast lLeague on fire in 1923 faced Mar- berrv three times, for a double and « single, and Speece once, for a one- base blow. user's homer in the rotios Hventn. batting turn barely cleared the right field barrier. The ball scraped the top of the wall and bounded into the street beyond Shibe Park. Ath- George Fisher did not take kindly to Helmach's left-hand fings, so Ma ager Harris sent Carr Smith, a right- hand hitter. to the plate when Fish er's turn came in the ninth. Smith could do nothing against Heimach, vither. Three pinch batters were tried by Manager Harris and they walloped for a .333 record After Red Har- grave and Smith fell by the wayside Chick agnon came through with a neat single lined over Dykes' head. Incidentaily, the clout drove in two tallies ¢ There was little ceremony about the season opening here. Mayor W. Freeland Kendrick tossed a nice mew ball to Pitcher Heimach and the game got under way without further ado. NAVY RACKETERS SCORE. ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 24—The vy tennis team whitewashed Syra- fe in a dual contest, winning all six matches. N e PIRATES OPEN AT HOME. PITTSBURGH, April 24.—A capac- ity crowd of fans is expected to wit- \éss the opening game of the Pitis- urgh Nationals’ home season here »iay. The es will have Cincin- sati as the seventh | Athletics scored | the | " | Simmons, when | to rest among a | Simmons across | el's single produced | HILADELPHIA, April 24—Joe Martina, ;new in the big base bah show but old in the game, was to be sent to the mound by Manager ) things—end the losing streak of the 1d break the spell the rris” outfit this carly in the American g manager nettled, but his club’s ap- worried. Four Is and Macks have clashed, with the the count on three occasions. But o made such a successful big league ankees last week ought to be able to delphia jinx, something that only Walter Johnson of the he A's this spring has done. esterday it seemed that Harris’ club ce to triumph over the Macks, but the ancient jinx at last Philadelphians a good home season NATIONALS, 4 5 ‘WASHINGTON. Judge, 1b. ] wrwaaee® wleocococcommro? Peckinpaugh, ss. | Marberry, p.. | Hargrave, c. | mrsnmo Zl comwococcsomn? ¥ | Totals | PHILADELPHIA. | Dykes, 2b....... | Hale, " 31 Strand, of | Hauser, 1b I o L] 2 Rluonrenraennnsd > 7] " 2 ol e0oommmmmm | Miller, rf | Galloway, s | Perkins, c.. | Heima weoBonom CRBRBE G |l orroonmun=H ol cornronsonmre® | nomnocoora 8l omn B | *Batted for Ficher in ninth | tBatted for Speece in ninth, ‘Washington 00000001 54 Philadelphia ... 0 0 0 0 0.0 6 0 x—6 Two-baso hits—Goslin, Strand. Three.base | hit—Dykes. “Home run—Hauser. Stolen base | =Hale. Sacrifices—Miller (2). Double play— Perking to Galloway. Left on bases—Wash- ington. 3; Philadelphia. 10. Bases on ballee | OF Marberrs, 5. Struck out—By Marberry 2: by Speecs. 1: by Heimach. 3. Hits—Of Marberry. 10 in 7 innings; off Heimach, § in 823 imnings; off Speece: 1 in 1 inning; off 5. Harris. none in 1.3 inning. Winning pitcher } —Heimach. Losing pitcher—Marberey. . Um- ires—Messrs, Nallin, Rowland and Evan. ime of game—1 hour and 55 minutes 'SHOCKER, ILL, DENIES ' HE JUMPED BROWNS CLEVELAND, that he had 1 the st | Browns w a late | Urban Shocker, star pitcher | who tonsilitis, which his physicidns said just missed Leing diphtheriz, came her from De- troit to be at the hedside of his father, who is eritically ill “Reports that 1 jun came about through a misunderstand ing," Shocker said. I took ill after Saturday’s game in Detroit_and told | the trainer to tell Manager Sisler that I would be unable to leave with the | tea The t Jiver the Tam able.” | Shocker expects to be out in a fe YALE TENNIS TEAM BEATS DUMBARTO Dumbarton Club racketers dropped their second straight match of the n, falling before the Yale netmen, the courts at Wis- April Reports Loui, today Sho is suffering from ped the team 1ge on nd R street. ® Haven team took f one doubles matche tches went three o ingles and | Only two sinsles sets. Sheridan of Yale was forced to extend himself to point the { Graves 3 | of Yale won over Burrei, 6—4 Netmen representing the Tth Regi- ment of New York will be the oppo- nents of Dumbarton Sunday at Wis consin avenue and R street. The first match will get under way at 1 o'clock. Yesterday's Sammaries. SINGLES—Foster of Yale defeated Purinton of Dumbarton, 6—2, 6—2; Arnold Jones of Yalo defeated Charest of Dumbarion, 71—, 6—3; Coxe of Dumbarton defeated Hubbell of Yale, 7—5, 6—3: Babb of Yale defoated Bur- rell of Dumbarton, 7—5, 3—6, 6—4; Col. John. son ‘of Dumbarton defeated Schoonmaker of Yale, 6—3, 6—1: Sheridan of Yale defested John Graves of Dumbarton, 3—6, 6—3, 7—b. DOUBLES—Col. Johnson and Charest of Dumbarton defeated Jones and Hubbell of Yalo, 86, 6—3; Sheridan and Babb of Yalo defosted Purinton and Robortson of Dumbar- ton, 63, 6—1; Elliott and Goro of Dumbar- ton’ defeated Schoonmaker and Babb of Yale, ur way to while Ba s FREAK HIT SMASHES ICE AND WINS GAME By the Associated Press. / TSINGTAO, China, April 24—Win- {ter Lase ball may not be in order in | the United States, base ball’s home, ut in its transplanted existence here the game is played in all sorts of | weather and all seasons. These facts are responsible for one of the most remarkable freak plays to be |found in any fan's scorebook. Two teams of Japanese were so eage settle their differences on the diamond that they played a con- test recently with the temperature at 22. A rainfall had left a mini |Ture pond where the pitcher's box ought to be. This the cold had turned 1nto an jey area so smooth the play- ers could not stand on it, and the pitchers were moved up nearer the home plate. A wind and this reduction of the at to to hold the batters at their mercy until the last half of the ninth inning. Then somehow the catcher of the home feam managed to connect with the ball. It soared skyward, just over the plate. The wind blew it over the infield and there, as it descended, batterymen and inflelders circled vaguely trying to get under it. No- body did, and the sphere finally landed equarely in the middle of the ice, broke through and was lost to view. The frenzied players smashed up the ice, searching for the ball, while the runner headed for third base. The pitcher finally fished it out and hurled it toward the shortstop who, with the runner, was nearing third. The ball struck the shortstop quarely in the head snd rendered him sensele The runncr continued hig journey and scored the only tally. ol cocececsce! ulcorosencsscss!” iner nezlected to de-LChicage I will as soon asTBreoklyn standard distance enabled the pitchers | BELIEVE IT OR NOT. HERS PRUETT Qilchmg for St.Louis FANNED BABE RUTH \3 ouT OF 14 TES 923 AMERICAN w. L. LEAGUE. Club, Detroit Philadelphia Chieng Boston w York ANAGER which DAVE gave his team M Couch, going the route and Boston broke up the Stryker. who r | seven frames. Boston After Ruth eme presented the Ameri crowd of nnings). delphia at Boston yester Waxhington for St. Louix e 15 game | MceN er | GAMES ToDAY. Washington at Phile. | Boston at New York. Detroit at Cleveland. Chicago at St. Louis. RESULTS OF YES Philadelphia, New York, 1 Cleveland, 6 St. Louix, GAMES TOMORROW. Washington at Phila Boston at New York. Detroit at Clevelan Chicago at St, Louss. Yunkee in X frofn entire the York, com, repertoire League opening After cro by hitting DAY'S GAME o iy Washington, 4. Boxton, 4. Detroit, 5 Chieago, an 000 | outfield truck out run_of it fie irld ¢ ix d took toll for th n mad in ONAL w. L. il wcond b vorite v The s parti ton lust Grant of the vietars League, and the Cardin run hono) hit Club. New York Cineinnati ampions pitchers I t-4 victory feats at I ur third home Chicago’s st uis in the Natic ticd Rogers Hornsby for major league ho: Girimes of the Cubs for the circuit levela from leagu in Detroit, in a stirrin, inning battic r two were « {the ninth, the Indians tied the with two runs and four hits Tygers tallied one the tenth, the home team it a xlor: day with threc and two m runs The B by ouis New York, Brooklyn, Pittsburz n the "National Lea scheduled to play Philadelphia | over GAMES TODAY. Phila. at Boston 8t. Louis at Ch | N ¥. at Brookiyn. | Cincinnati at Pi GAMES TOMORROW. Phila. at Boston. St. Louis at Chicago. N. Y. 2t Brookivn: Cincinnati at Pitts. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAME o i Chicago, 1 Hoston, (15 in'gx). No other games cheduled TILDEN CASE GROWS in made hits their the from w streak MORE COMPLICATED * Cincinnati were not BY WALTER CAMP. - . NEW YORK. April 24.—Wiliiam T 0 ,\,‘ Ny Tilden's refusal to th feated by B | Davis cup committee vesterday, 1 held here Friday, presumably for the | purpose of discussing his resignation | as a member of the Davis cup and Olympic teams, further complicates a situation which already promised | to deprive America of the services of [ her champion in the two big tennis events. | Although Tilden explained his de- lination by a “previous engage- | ment,” “the committee may not be altogether pleased with his refusal to appear and talk things over. Tilden's | letter of declination restated the posi- {tion he set forth in his letter of | resignation—that he will not play until his amateur status is “definitely settled.” No one doubts the good faith of the | United States Lawn Tennis Associa- | tion in its efforts to uphold the stand- |ards of amateurism, but there are | many “who sympathize with Tilden |and believe him. as a player-writer, | to be anything but the “evil influence’ |in the sport that his activity as | professional writer on tennis was de® clared by one tennis association offi. | cial to make him. Until the recent developments came up it was widely believed that tha committee would make an exception of player-writer rule in Tilden's case. But now—especially in view of Tilden's refusal to attend the meet- ing—that hope seems to have gome glimmering. ZEV WILL RUN SOON. SW YORK, April 24.—Zev. thor- oughbred champion of 1923 and great- | est money winner of alf time, is expect- | ed to make his debut as a four-year- old next week in the Paumonok handi- cwp, feature of the opening day of metropolitan racing at Jamaica track. I.ANéF VENICE, April 24 The Amer ball m ckheath at Peddi to 8 appear at the meeting to be | to e e 'ORD IS DEFEATED. Calif., April 24 Langford, negro heavyweight fighter, lost the decision here t | | night in a four-round bout with Eddie | Trembly of Bangor, Me. Langford is | pearly blind. il NAVY'S ONE RUN TELLS. ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 24—The Navy defeated Penn State in a splen- didly contested game yesterday, 1 to 0. Heisser let Penn State down with one hit. Navy got its lone tally in the third as a result of McKee's triple and Fenno's single. DES;OLDOWING BOUT. . BOSTON, April 24—Frank Moli- nari, who was knocked out by Jimmy Picardi of East Boston in the first round in the 112-pound class of the open bouts run off in connection with the intercity amateur boxing how Tuesday night, died at a hos- pital yesterds ANCROFT of hitting game —By RIPLEY. JAPANESE LONG-TAILED CHICKEN OF KOCHI Tail feathers 12, feet long the Braves drove in the 3-t0-2 fifteen-inning victory over Phi weakened in the was retired. but two hits the efore amara e 1 roriess in the last MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS AMERICAN Columbus, 12; Minneapolis. St. Paul. 6: Toleo. 0 Indianapolis. 6: Milwaukee, 0. Louisville, 7; Kansas City, 6 {v. r 3a 704 ASSOCIATION. s 10 innings SOUTHERYN ASSOCIATION. lanta. 4; New Orleanc, 1 Little Hock. 9: Chattnocga Nashville. 9: Memphiz, 8. Birmingham, 3; Mobile. 1 ded 4 n SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUL. Avgusta, 4: Macon, 2. Charlotte. 18: Spartanburg. 2 Asheville, 5: Greeaville, 4 run omal | of | me- | also | VIRGINIA LEAGUE Wilson, 2; Richmord, 2 (13 innings Portsmouth, 8: Rocky Mount, 5. Petersburg. 10; Norfolk. . e INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE The | Bufialo, 16; Jersey Citr, 2 Jus JAP NETMAN TO PLAY. PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Ap i Ha teinis cha lay court which town Cricket Club ival to up team and zu vham! tournament nday at th 1 will 1 play starts M G Harad coun ry on the Janans Davis Be wise when you buy cigars. You get more for 15 cents in Cinco than you can get for 20 cents in most ten-cent cigars. And you don’tobject to sav- ing 25 percent,do you? The Eisenlohsr Proc- ess puts Cincoin aclass by itself. e W. H. WARNER CO. 504 Eleventh St. N.W. Exclusive Washington Distributor J. S. BLACKWELL & SON Alexandria, Va. Northern Virginia Distributors ' run fifteenth, ] DEMPSEY WILL BOX FOR GLYMPIC FUND LOS ANGELES, Calif., Jack Dempsey, world heavyweight champion, will box two exhibition bouts of two rounds each here May | 24 at an athletic program to raise Los Angeles’ quota of $50,000 to send | American- athletes to the Olympic | games, Two *“logical heavyweight con- tenders” will be picked as opponents, | it was announced at the meeting. The bouts will headline a program of American Olympic team tryouts | in which between 400 and 500 athletes | are expected to compete. MARYLAND U. TEAM | | HAS ITS HANDS FULL' University of Maryland's base ball | team that was given a 23-to-3 troune- ing by Georgia yesterday at College | Park is the only local collegiate com- | bination that is very active this wee The Old Liners, who planned to come back aguinst the Georgians this afternoon at 4 o'clock | contest tomorrow wi ble West Virginia allaudet, which beat Briarley Hall | vesterday, 16 to does not play | again until Saturday when the Ken- | dall Greeners will g0 to Quantico for a cla the Marines University also has a game the ot North, | | April 24— | also have a e formida- 11 be met. with ity Trinity Catholic | Saturd arolina id Maryla in the turday George Washington traek athletes will fig- | Penn relays tomorrow and Philadeiphia and on the d Linc lacrosse team lehem, Pa., for a clash farcical game th n Maryland ace of tl sainst the aders the second { mixturs of things, not of the pitcher, he was yanked to saved fo ame.” Non the | hurlers t1 ‘oach Shipley to the firn: fine r that could check | the G reians ran wild, fat- | tenin: their g marks with | twenty-tvo hits | On the other hand, asson, the | | Georgians' star first sacker, who is| interesting big league scouts. turned pitcher for the except for wildness, rkable allowi afeties. amsay, right ficlder, led the Georgia | wttick with a homer, two doubles and | Gallaudet scored eleven runs in the first inning five ion affair in ating Briarley Hi a game that | pled that at College Gallaudet en hits and the schoolboys’ erratic seorgia | yesterday oOld 1. e staff, | Bulldogs, but | got a e-run | ning, due to a sch the fa lead in work | POTOMACS OPEN SEASON IN GAME WITH CUBANS Commissioner Jumes ¥. Oyster will irow the first ball today at 30 it th an League W nacs n their o ame Col )y ot tock Park, when the start hos in the ment i the tern Cub 1o Williams second: Washington, center: ewsome, Hampton Two will b played morrow at the Amer- Moveard Ln a for more zames SEVE! Special Union Sta Parlor and dining ears DAILY train lenves FIRST RACE AT 2:30 P WORK OF VETERAN FACTOR IN BOOSTING CLUB TO TOP Cobb Also Getting Good Pitching From Dauss and Whitehill Particularly, While Ty Himself Still Is Playing a Whale of a Game. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, April 24—When Ty Cobb announced down in Augusta. 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