Evening Star Newspaper, May 13, 1924, Page 24

SPORTS. INDIANS MAKE POOR START, DUE TO LOSS OF REGULARS Speaker’s Club Should Climb in Race When Its Full Strength Is Available, However—Final With Tygers Is on Today. BY DENMAN THOMPS ITH the arrival tomorrow icted to two games by bad weathe t a club that has pre rest have the chance to pointment to its followers than the anchored in the basement as a result of drc in a row. The sagging of the shadowed even the complete f was expected of them, has subm rated in the pre-season dope as best qualified Yankees a race to the wire. A margin of only five points separates Griffs and Indians, but so and tail- for a clean sweep to land cither of the con- tomorrow hed are the hali-dozen enders that it is possible tenders the starting at ( second place Wretched pitehing and anemie bat- ting is responsible for the lowly po- sition of the Mackmen, who have floundercd b athletes de- pended upon failed to deliver but it is ifferen 3 ns, who h closcly b " series gulars, due club_on and its just re of influenz: Speakerite p of the A’s simply Cleveland Indians the Detroit the series of with Philadelphia « whose poor showing has to give the teams between the leader: lark Griffith | Stadium AMERICAN LEAGUE. Clab. W. L. New York. .14 6 Detroit o Boston S St. Louis 10 Chicago ... 9 10 Wasbing'n 10 12 Cleveland . 9 11 Philadelphia 6 14 GAMES TODAY. | Detroit at Washingt 300 following Tygers, Washington fans will d even more of a disap- Athletics, now securely ing their last eleven games over- ecause so much more rged to seventh place a club generally champion | BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS GAMES TOMORROW. | Cleveland st Wash'n, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 'O.. TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1924 FIVE BOUTS TONIGHT Fistic followers from Washington's “Little Italy” will watch their favor- ite, Jack Renzo, tackle Mike Schultz of Philadelphia in the twelve-round !feature bout tonight at the Washing- ton Sporting Club of Kenilworth, Md. Both boxers jare reported to be in fine condition and a lively scrap is expected. Hoth Schultz and Renzo are sluggers of the first order, and a knockout would not e surprising k nd Billy re to mix ‘ouis Gugli- nd Charley heduled to idelph 3 an cight-round afair menni of Washington Barber of Baltimore arc 0 six round.. Joe Rivers re and Kid Hogan, local boxers, ares to appear in four-round curtal vt get under way at 8:30 o'clock. Juck Kaufman and Jack Winsted will be opponents im another four-round bout. both the will PECK BOXES CAPONI IN SPORTLAND RING When Tony Caponi of Rock Island faces Joe (Kid) Peck, Washington featherweight boxer, Thursday night in the twelve-round feature bout at Sportland boxing arena, Berwyn, Md., he will have quite a job on his hands, judging by the record of the District miuler. Since Peck this city he victories over Loufs in has made his home in tmpressive Giblemenni, Andy Leslie, a trio that high in fistic circles. Peck ved the limit with Young in a twelve-round affair. rddy Tendler, who once pointed the way to Terry O'Day, Mohawk Ath- has scored Bowen and George ranks tko. Striblin BY JOHN B. FOSTER. N EW YORK, May 13—Catcher Perkins of the Philadelphia Athletics is one of the best catchers in base ball—the very best, they were saying over in the City of Brotherly Love when the season started —but today he is perhaps the worst panned man in base ball. The reason? During the month of April, when the Athletics and their supporters were just crazy for a little batting to help them on to a few victories, Perkins turned in a batting average of .083. Twenty-four times at bat and two hits. That was his portion. A pitcher who could not do better would feel sad. But a catcher—oh, my! Since May Perkins has been batting 444, But the fans have not noticed that he is picking up. They re- member only that long string of games when he did not do & thing while the Athletics rolled and shipped water in a heavy sea, and they have clamored for his hide as earnestly as they lauded him when the scason started. But Perkins is only a rallying point for the Athletic fans. _Connie Mack's club i& riddled all the way through with light hitting. Hauser hasn't started. ~ Miller is _ sliding around the barrier instead of break- in y from it. Strand hasn't come within a mile of his first score of hits. Hade is fifty points behind his normal fignre and no one much is stepping into the ball except Sim- mon: ‘Where the Trouble Lies. It does not take an expert to tell what is the matter with the lowly Athletics. It is poor batting plus poor pitching But_suppose the players begin to pick up as Perkins picked up in the two weeks. Then the Athletics might get into the fight as they were expected to do at the start of the season. Exaggerated importance may have been placed on the part Rommel would play in the campaign as pitch- er. Naylor may not be able to do as well as the spurt he showed in 1923. Other pitchers may be going to flop after promising to amount to some- thing. If that is the case the Ath- letics are hard hit where they least expected it The pitching staff had been reckoned on to overcome breaks coming from occasional poor work elsewhere. A team that cannot bat better than .240 and that has been compelled to work pitchers who canot get into the games-won column because they are swatted out of the box, or are too wild, is bound to have a hard go. The ‘present collapse of the Athletics is, if anything, more sensational than that of Cleveland, for the latter is beginning to smack its way into the strifo with its bats. If the Athletics can take a leaf 6ut of Perkins book, though, and gain -361 batting points in ten days, they may get into the fight (Capyright, 1924.) RIVERSIDE NINE IN RACE KENILWORTH OFFERS |SAD HITTING AND HURLING |HIGH SCHOOL NINES CAUSES OF MACK’S PLIGHT| RESUMEPLAY TODAY Competition in the high school base ball championship series will be re- sumed today with Western and Cen- tral megting in a game that will de- cide the lead. Play will start at 3:15 o'clock in Central Stadium. McGahey of Western and Phipps of Central will draw the mound assign- ments. Both nines appear :evenly matched, and a real battle is ex- pected. Four junior high schools here plan to hold their first trac and fleld meeot on June 7. in Central Stadium. Columbia, MacKFarland Hine and Langley expect to be well represent- ed. Miss Alice Deal, principal of Co- lumbia, is in charge of the me "Ten teams of Business and Ce tral are scheduled to meet tomorrow at 3:15 o'clock on the latter's court in the second match of the championship serfes. Tech trounced the Stenggra- phers in the opening encounter of the scholastic league. oy OLYMPIC DISTANCES ARE GIVEN IN YARDS ¥or the benefit of now devotees of field and track sports, who are fol- lowing Olympic news for the first time, the following translations into American measurements of the ubiq- uitous French “meter” are set down: The 100-meter sprint is 9 yards longer than our 100-yard dash. The rint is 2 yards short of our 220-yard run. The 400-meter is 3 yards the American quarter mile. The 800-meter ix 6 yards short of the American half mile short of C sprint ends. SPORTS. Crippled Tribe in Debut Here Tomorrow : Reds Now Set Pace in National League FIGHT THEIR WAY TO TOP AS GIANTS HIT TOBOGGAN Cincinnati Club, Although Fifth in Team Batting. Has Won 12 of Last 17 Games—McGrawmen Finding Going Rough in West. IN'CIN VATI, leading the National League today after trailing the Giants for three weeks, breezed past the faltering champions with a speed that may land the rushing Reds a lap in front before their Scoring only nine more runs than their opponents in the last seventeen games, the Ohioans won twelve of the contests, averaging less than a one-run edge in each battle. Fifth in team batting with an average of 272, with only three regulars hitting .300 and the highest of these .. . the Reds won twelve of sixteen games from Pittsburgh and Chicago after hard fights. A five-day interruption by rain last week check, but yesterday’s convincing 4-to-1 victory over Philadelphia indi that the spirited team was off on anotler run to ' ship should add a new inspiration. MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Norfolk, 3; Richmond, 2. Wilson,3; Portsmouth. 2 Bocky Mount, 8 ; St. Petersburg, 0. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Atlanta, 6; Memphis, 5 (11 imnings). Birmingbam, 1 Chattanooga, Little Rock, 6. ‘Mobile, 7. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Toledo. St Paul. Kansas City, 2. Lonisvills, 5. Milwaukee, 5: Columbus, 4. Minnespolis, 4; Indisnspolis. 3. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE, held them in momentary ted which the league lcader- Contrasted to the sna ities of Tack Hendricks tesm ine play of the Glants has been almost rad Yesterday's 5-to-3 d St Louis was the fifth to wh champions “submitied from nines within the last several Ragged ficlding, plentifal but ine- fective hitting and the collapee or Youthful pitching hopes have repiacec the even balance which sent the thrae time pennant winners away to strong =tart Warland Dean, whoss early st caused observers to compare him i Christy Mathewson, was driven or of the box after the Cardinals deve oped the same ability to hit htm f home runs that the Robins and Ph lies had previously shown. Youn and Southworth debated as Botiom ley stretched a three-bagger int homer. The Giants made eleven at 3 b th cellar das FOR CITY SENIOR CROWN s | “HOSE teams affiliated with the senior division of the Washington oft three pitchers and mixed one o these with a sacrifice fiy and five walks in one inning, but could oni score three runs throughout the game Falling prey to tail-enders and playing loose ball, with Pittsburzh Chicago and Cincinnati vet to_facr the immediats future of the Giant looms dark. Brooklyn won from Ch cago. 7 to 3, behind Vance's stea. pitching, and is only three gam away from McGraw's team All American League games veste day were canceled by rain as wa the Boston-Pittsburgh battle in ti National | Chicago at N Chicago at_Boston. St. Louis at Bos L. at New York. Cleveland at P. t at Phila. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES, All games postponed, rain. i The 1500 meter is 120 yards short of the American mile. The 5.000 meter is 3 miles and letic Club battler, will endeavor to troun the local Irishman again in the eight-round semi-final. Terry has improved considerably and is out to show Tendler something about the ring game ddie lLeonard and Frankic Neal, two Baltimore boxers, are to meet in a special six-round bout. round bouts are carded— of Washington will oppose Pete K . while Young Toney w tackle Kid Hogan of the Mohawk Athietie Club. FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE. Tamps, 4; Bradentown, 2. Orlando, 10; Daytona, 2. Lakeland, 1: St. Petersburg, 0. PIEDMONT LEAGUE. Darkam, 7; Danville, 3. Greensboro, 3; High Point. 2. Other games postponed (rain). INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. All games postponed (rain). COLLEGE BASE BALL 0 W from a _collision of the White Sox s understudy, 1 a finger that ordinarily would keep him confined the bench; Third Baseman Luizke is suffering from a heavy cold.and George Uhle, the ace of the pitchi staff, is inactive with Speaiker nor Uhle was with when it started on its in- |Brooklyn vasion of the east last week, 1- | Boston though they are expected (0 be | Pitisburgh amonx those present when the Tribe |$t. Lou Chick rforming with | The marathon casurement of is 26 our regular miles, 335 Base Ball and Athletic Association series are expected to produce a flock of real battles before the title garnered. Riverside | Athletic Club, which has mustered a formidable bunch of athletes, hopes to cut a wide swath in section A of the senior division. Its 9-to-S victory over Epiphany Athletic Association startled the sandlot fans and set them buzzing over the performance of Clarence Smoot, former south- paw of the Arlington Athletic Club, who struck out ten of the Epiphany NATIONAL LEAGUE. W Pct. Win. Lose. 14 88T 638 11 636 809 14 654 538 | 1 4TS | c Clab. Cincinnati I~ | Chicago 1i0-meter hurdles are prac. ally our regular high hurd The 400-meter hurdles yards short of our 440, and foot hurdles as compared with our 2% -foot hurdle The decathlon the 100-meter dash. 1i0-meter hurdies, broad jump, shot-put. L. is contest includes gets here tomorrow. Uhle has pitch- ed but one complete game t seu son, winning that and getting credit for winuning another when he forced to quit the hill late in game, wher season at time the former sandlotter was = viet great regulari ddition, skie, veteran spit ball manipulator, has been un- able to win a single contest, three defeats being against him. the this Tribe Has Array of Sluggers. For all their failure to maintain a place high in the race, the have been hitting well, and Indians will do is available, shortly v 1 the jo y sluggers in the their regulars on © half a dozen real 325, and Stephenso: the box, the Tribe as another clouter availabl th pitcher attained a .361 aver: year, and Catcher Glenn Mvatt this Season has been listed up with the firse five In addition to Coveleskic Morton, veterans, the an effective portsider Smith, who 25; Bu With Uh Uhle and indians have in old Sherry alf of his four games to air of very promising voungsters in Jim Edwards and Joe Shaute, while Logan Drake, another newcomer. has displaved a world of stuff. Right now the In- dians, despite their seventh-place standing, are but five games back of the league-leading Yanks, and with their potential strength should vet make things interesting for the Hug- men and Tygers when they begin hit- ting on all cyli n any event starting even terms with_the ne or the other of the two should have its percentage materially improved as a | result of the series which gets under way here tomorrow. Final With Tygers Today. Having nosed out the Tygers in the first mixup of the season with them ast Saturday, the worst Harri men can get is an'even break should they lose to them in the final today, and they are no means resigned to this fate. 1t was Pilot Bucky's inten- tion to send George Mogridge to the mound this afternoon. while T. Ray- mond Cobh was expected to choose between Bert Cole and Earl W hill, which would give the cont thoroughly left-handed aspect. White- hill is a voungster who was pur- chased from the Birmingham club of the Southern Association and he has proved one of the pitching sensations of the circuit to date. Carr Smith, the Raleigh boy who has been recalled from Chattanooga, where he has been punishing South- ern League hurlers, is not expected 1o arrive until tomorrow, but is slated for use against southpaw pitchers when he does show up, the plan being to altern him with Nemo Leibold in right field. The arrival of Smith will not in- crease the roster of the Nationals, as Yred Wingfield, the curve-ball ex- pert obtained from Chattanooga. has been shifted back to that club. Wing- field displayed a fine assortment of hooks, but didn’t have enough on his fast ball to make the grade in fa The chanc not again b he goes with no strings ¥t is considered doubtful that Goose Goslin, whose work has been severe! handicapped by logginess due to in fected tonsils, will submit to an oper- ation before the end of the season. the club physician having advised against it, following a thorough ex- amination’ yesterday SANDLOT NOTES Comforters were to face the Milans today at 5 o'clock on the grounds at 18th and B streets southeast. Play- ers of both teams are expected to re- port prompti®. Navy Yard Marinex will be the op- ponents of Petworth Athletic Club of the Independent eLague tomorrow in a game starting at 5 o'clock on the former's grounds. Petworth will face Tech High's nine Thursday at 4 o'clock on the Washington Barracks fold. Peerless Athletic Club nine was to meet the American Railwav Express team today at 5 o'clock on the Terminal Railroad Y. M. C. A. grounds. Peerless players are to be at hand at 4:30 o'clock. Asmbassador Midgets nosed out the Pirate Cubs, 1 to 0. A double by Cas- sassa decided the issue. Shamrock Juniors are to meet today at 5 oclock at 5th and L streets southeast. Manager Vic Guazza of the Mo- hawks will send his team against the Seamen Gunners tomorrow at 5 o'clock on the latter's field. Mohawk players should report at the club- bhouse at 4:30 o'clock. START NET EVENT TODAY. Play in the first round singles matches of the Wardman Park invi- tation teunis tournament was due to start today at 2 o'clock, if the courts are sufficiently hardened. was | | Philadel GAMES TOMORROW. | New York at Chicago, Phila. at Pittsburgb, Brooklyn at St. Louis, Boston at Cincinnati. | Bro | Cincinnati, 4; Philadelphia, 1. St. Louis, v York, & Boxton at Pittsburgh (rain). ITERMINAL Y NINES league ground cond ern Electric nine and team were Commercial Li mond No. 4 ions permitting. In. the Chestnut at the Railroad start play in the %A Terminal C the first ball. Clark Griffith of the V ner. yet arranged their schedule. Terminal ni lowing games First saction. 18~ Pullman ve. Penna. R. B 14 Express vs. Southorn... ... | 16—wash. Torminal ve. B. & W. 19—Penua. B. B, vs. Expross 21—Pullman vs. B, & W 3 Southern vi. Wash. Terminal. 26 Puliman ve._Southern 26 Express vs. Wash. Terminal B_5.& W. v, Poasa. B B.. ume 2~ Penna. . R. vs. Wash, Terminal iB. & W. vs. Southern 16—Southern vs.” Express 18—Wash, Tei vs. B. & W 20—Penna. R. B. ¥ 23—Pullman vs, B. & W_ Ty 2~ Espress vs. Wash, Terminal..... 3—Pullman vs. Southern ens 7—Penna. BR. R. vs. Wash. Terminal. 11—Ezpress vs. Pullman. A 14—Wash. Terminal vs. Pullman o | GPEN LEAGUE PLAY | even better when their fulll strength | it is expected to be | Plav in two more sandlot base ball was to get under way today, West- llation Department Farms Dairy o make their debut in the sue at 5:15 o'clock on Monument | tossers and the Pennsyl- athletes expected to shington Termi- superintendent of the mpany. A trophy ash- will be given to the was Commercial League teams have not The will figure in the fol- Second section. BRBRERRE Lk Pullmaa.......... S—Southern v5. B. & W.......onneiiesis Base Ball AS BIG LEAGUERS PLAY IT When should a calcher field @ bunt and how? Answered py “CY” PERKINS Catcher, Phlladelphia Athletics. Her- alded by many as the best catcher in either league. £+ % % A catcher should ficld a bunt only when it is in his own territory. A catcher should, at all times, call the right man to ficld the bunt, be- cause the play is directly in front of him. He should also call the base the play should be made to. For instance, if a man is on first and a bunt is made and fielded by the first baseman, the catcher couid call the play for second base and complete a force-out. The first base- man would have his back to the play d would not know when to throw i the catcher did not tell him. (Copyright, 1924, Associated Editors, Tnc.) Cinco smoker why he picks that cigar. Tento one he'llsay — as many already have said — ‘Cinco is better than the average ten-cent cigar —and 1 save 2§ percent.” The Eisenlohr Proc- ess has put extra value into cigars for over 7! years. ; An investment of 15 cents will give you the whole story. W. H. WARNER 504 Eleventh St. NW. Exclusive Washington Distributer J. S. BLACKWELL & SON Alexandria, Va. - Northern Virginis Distributors batters, Johnny Gollan, stellar basket ball player of Peck Athletic Club; Bob Chaconas, formerly of Business High School, and Fax Taylor, a clever third sacker, are among the leading River: players. Riverside has an open Sunday and it would like to mect some strong unlimited nine. Challenges ure being received by Manager Bob Donohue at West $31 between 5:30 and 6:30 o'clock. Mem- bers of the club are to hold a meeting Thursday night at the home of Carl Saul, 1056 Jefferson street Manager Chris Hutchinson of Ea: ern Athletic Association unlimited is casting about for games to be played Wednesdays and Saturdays. He may be telephoned at Lincoln 6902. Games are wanted this week particularly. Rosslyn Athletic Clab will strive to mow down Lehigh Athletic Club tomorrow in a game beginning at 5 o'clock on the former's diamond. All Rosslyn players are to report at 4:45. Cherrydale Athletie Club is to hold its last dance of the season tonight in the Cherrvdale auditorium. Songs Smith will be a feature of the entertainment. to gather to- night at the home of Ralph Bennie. Charfie Barber and Jess Burch, for- merly of the Silver Spring nin to leave this week for Salisbury, Md., Ask where they will play in the Eastern Shore League. Life for the O’Donnell's nine will be one hard game after unother this week. After meeting the Washing- ton Barracks team today at 5 o'clock on the latter's field, the O'Donnell's players will tackle ‘the Interior De- partment Club tomorrow at the same hour at the Unlon Station s. Palace Athletic Club will opponent of the O'Donnell's 5 o'clock on the ond. The Union Printers Sunday at Washington barracks in a Potomac League game. O'Donnell’s tossers are to meet for the week-day games at 4:30 o'clock at the 9th street store. Members of Lehigh Athletic Club have called a meeting tonight at § o'clock at 109 Allison street, Uni- forms will be issucd Ransdell players were to oppose Doc Farrell's All-Stars today at 5 o'clock on diamond No. 7 of the Monument grounds. Peterson, Free- man, Huntington, Perks, Charles, Wilver, Frew. Miles, Nolan, Morse, Hessen and Haight are expected to play for the Farrell team. Knlckerbockers were to be sent through a drill today at 5 o'clock on | the Georgetown Hollow field. anager Rice wants all gets to attend tonight's meeting 7:30 o'clock. O see Country” Suit. 4 pieces at the price of three. With the knick- ers a golf suit; with the trou- sers a business suit. Thirty- five dollars. The Hecht Co. 7th at F. Aurora | high jump, discus, pole vault and Javelin. The pentathlon includes the 200- meter dash. 1,500-meter run, broad jump, javelin and discus. e Fessus GIBSON TO JOIN BRAVES. BOSTON. Mass., May 13.—Catcher Frank Gibson, who has been a hold-out. At Urbzna—Iillinois, 6; Tows, 4. At South Bend—Notre Dame, % Northwestern, 4. At Macon—Oglecthorpe., 4; Mercer, L. | Agricoltural College—Minats- At wipp! Agxies, 3; Misainpi University, 2. At will join the Boston Nationals at Cin- cinnati tomorrow or Thursdas. igan, 2. 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