Evening Star Newspaper, June 14, 1924, Page 21

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SAMURDAY, JUNE 14, 1924. SPORTS.: 21 ' Griffs Seek Third Straight Today : More Marks May Go in Final Olympic Tests MOGRIDGE FACES WINGARD - IN FINAL TILT AT ST. LOUIS Johnson, Speece and Marberry Share in 6-to-4 Vic- tory Over Sis lerites, Which Again Boosts Nationals Into First Division. BY JOHN B. KELLER. T. LOUIS, June 14—) strain each team labored under > tionals and Browns have reacted oddly to the in its last series. The former, over- confident at the outset of the clashes with the Indians, created for themselves a meatal hazard they could not overcome and dropped four games in a row. But - the Browns energy in bagging three of four tilts apparently expended most of their with the Yankees, and the flounder- ing about of the local aggregation in the present serics has become a wonderful tonic for Bucky Harris an: That 6-to-4 victory over row here for the Nationals, restored the Browns d his athletes. yesterday, the second in a the victors to the first division berth they lost in Cleveland and knocked the vanquished out of that select class into fifth place. Naturally, the Nati onals are “feeling their oats” again, but they are not permitting themselves to be overconfident, as was the case aiter they had twisted the Tygers’ tail percentage and so rare The .500 winning coveted by the Nationals with them will be sought again today in the final joust of the tourney with the Browns. The game promised to be a duel of left handers for Manager | Bucky Harris' early slabbing nomination was George Rochester Mogridse, while Pilot George Sisler expected to depend upon the southpaw slants of Srnest Tombigbee Wingard. The Browns' young fork-handed hurler. who hails from Alabama, and who spent a vear at the university of that fate. learnine the fine art of slabbing among other things, has won six Eames and lost two for the Sislerite this season. George Rochester's rec-| ord is nothing like as impressive, but the long National left hander deciares himself to be in better phy: con- dition now than at any previous time in.the campaign it required a deal of pitching to grab vesterday's encounter and climb into the first division of the Ameri- can League. Walter Johnson started on the hill for the Nationals, but the combination of the juicy St. Loui heat and the ravages of a recently re- lieved cold quickly sapped the low’s strength. With two Browns [ and two on the paths in tie fifth Walter gave way to Byron Mi Speece soon retired the side, but got | fMiculty in the next round by the first two batters up and third single a run home Speece was vanked and Iron Man I'red Marberry went to the slab. Mar- | herry had to “bear down™ on the ball | he remainder of the route and got | into serious trouble in the seventh in- | ning but kept the Browns at bay thereafter. Credit for the victory went to| Johnson, for while he adorned the| mound the Nationals piled up at Dave | Danforth’s expens were unable to overhaul. Danforth | wus bumped out of the game in the third round and Dixie hurled from then on. Off the re- lief moundsman the Nationals gar- nered their runs in excess of ememy’s total, but generally th found the tarheel a tough propos! tion The Nationals started their making in the third frame, that hegan with a stroll. Shirley, at- mpting to sacrifice, forced out ltoger, but Johnson singled Mule to third. ' When McMillan fooseled Rice's rap Shirley scored and Johnson took third. Matthews double tallied John- ®on, but Rice pulled up at the far corner. Harris got Sam in with a sacrifice fly and Goslin _counted Muatthews with a two-bagger. Then Davis stepped to the mound and made an easy out for Ruel. Johnxon Nicked in Fourth. Johnson was nicked for a Brownie tally in the fourth. With Williams out'of the way, Jacobson singled, so | did McMillan, sending Jake to third. | Severeid popped to Harris, but r- | ber poled a hit to right and Jacobson romped home. The Browns threat- | ¢ned to count in the fifth, after two were out, when Harris fumbled Si ler's roller, and Johnson passed Wil- liams. = Speece, though, was rushed in and Jacobson ended the rally by lining to Harris, Both clubs scored in the sixth, Har- ris' walk, Goslin's single, a double play hit into by Ruel that put Bucky | at third and Bluege's one-base blow accounted for the Nationals' tally Passes to McMillan and Severeid and Gerber's _single gave the Browns | their marker. Marberry then came to the rescue and stopped the Browns in _that frame, but in the next, after Sisler was retired Williams walked and Ja- cobson singled. McMillan then fiied to Goslin, but Severeid doubled to center, chasing in a brace of runs. That ended the Browns for the day, but the Nationals combed Da for ‘a marker in the ninth. McMil- lan's error on Shirley's grounder, a fielder's choice that failed to work when Marberry bunted and Matthews' single after Rico flied to Jacobson manufactured the score. CAUGHT ON THE FLY James Thompson Prothro, the Na- tionals’ tooth-extractor, probably will be missing from the third-base sta- tiom this afternoon. During fielding practice yesterday, a ball hit at him took a mean hop and bounced into his right eve. Doc had to lay off yester- day and can scarcely see with the blackered optic. Ossie Bluege filled in very accept- ably at the third sack yesterday. He batted .500, with two hits in four trials, and made a fine fielding play | in the eighth, when he came in fast to| get a rap that had bounded off Mar- | berry’s glove and threw out Bennett. | In this particular play Mule Shirley also did a fine piece of work. Bluege's throw was hurried and wide and Shir- ley had to make a leaping one-hand catch. Quick as a flash Mule swirled and touched out Bennett on the line. 0ddly, the next retirement in the eighth Wwas a_three-man affair, Rob- ertson's slap bounding off Marberry's glove to Harris, who tossed out the runner. Willtams made a splendid catch of Harris' fly in the third, going to the Jeft-field fence for a one-hand stab at the ball. But the clout was deep enough to allow Rice to score easily from third after the catch. run- Peck Joknson hit McMillan on the right wrist in the second inning and Col- lins was sent in temporarily as a run- ner. Mac¢ went back to second base at the start of the third frame. ARMY POLOISTS PIAY. NEW YORK, June 14.—A match be- tween the United States Army four and the Freebooters at Meadow Brook today will inaugurate the polo season on Long Island, where the classic matches for the famous international challenge cup will be played later in the year. Today's clash will be the first” game for the Meadow Brook Club cups. SIXTEEN IN AUTO CONTEST. ALTOONA, Pa, June 14.—Sixteen speed pilots, including the principal kizures of the automobile racing game, will face the starter this afternoon kor a 250-mile contest on the Altoona biK Lto Sisler. e a lead the Browns | Davis: team yesterday, the | | him with edway with a purse of $25,000 and Deats In the national championship s _the prize. SECOND STRAIGHT PO.A. 2 ~ ® R, H. B, Srmweno: 3 %l ooe | ummonooone?r ol sonsomnmonsol Sisler. 1b. Williams, ompmneEuo) ISR e ] N oo u ks wennmars ) st Beubentns 9 & wonuwswassl Bl consussanns 2l ssamnoseifiin] serasiensis wor Washington .... 0 0 St. Louis 00 Two-base_hits—Matthews. Goslin, Seversid. Sacrifices—Harris, Davis, Marberry (2). Dou. ble plays—Davis to Sisier: Gerber to McMillan —o oo Left on bases—Washington, 6: St. Lo~ 10, First base on balls—Off Johnson, 3: off Danforth, 1; off Davis, 1; off Speece, 2: off Marberry. 1. Struck out—By Johnson. 2: by Davis, 1:'by Marberry. 1. Hits—O® John. son. 4 24 2.3 innings; off Speece. 1 in 1.3 in- ring: off Marberry, 2 in 4 i : off Di forth, 3 in 214 innings: off Davis. 5 in 6% irnings. Hit by pitched ball—By Johnson (McMilian). Winning pitcher—Johnson. Los- ing pitcher—Danforth. Umpires— Messrs. Di- neen and Commally. Time of game—2 hours and 19 minutes. PATTEN OF THE ROAMERS PITCHES A NO-HIT GAME Theodore Patten, hurling ace the Roamers of Maryland League, turned in a hitle: game against the S. Kann Sons Co. his nine winning, of 5 to 1. The winning boxman retired his opponents three times via the strike- | out route and in one inning he threw only nine balls. He fanned fifteen batters in eight innings. Errors ac- counted for the losers’ lone run. Roamers were to meet the Interior Department in a postponed game of the Washington-Maryland League to- day at 4 o'clock, at Union Park. |U. OF M. VARSITY TEAMS TOO STRONG FOR ALUMNI iversity of Maryland varsity ath- letes were victorious in two sports yesterday, the base ball nine and lacrosse team downing the Alumni, 6 to 0, 8 to 2, respectively. The Varsity diamond performers had an easy time with the Grad- uates, who got only two hits. The 0Old Line regulars connected for ten safeties. Marden and Rowe turned in half of the Varsity points in the lacrosse game. Branner and Miller scored for the Alumni The gam: were played in connec- tion with commencement week. TENNIS TEAM REWARDED. Six_of St. John's College tennis players, who were responsible for their team winning the Preparatory School League title, have received letters. They are Capt. Gollan, John Morris, B. Bonner, John Kelly, Ed- ward Kelly and Raphael Donero. HOLDING REGATTA TODAY. Potomac Boat Club members were to hold a regatta today at 3 o'clock in connection with their annual bazaar. Rugby is played in_virtually mno part of the United States except California. YANKEES WIN ON FORFEIT | AFTER RIOT IN DETROIT ETROIT, June 4—Navin Field will be crowded today, officials pre- dict, for Detroit's fourth and last game of the series with New York. A rush for ticket rescrvations followed the altercation be- tween Yankee and Tyger players yesterday, which culminated in the crowd surging onto the field and Umpire Evans declaring the game for- feited to New York, 9 to 0, at the start of the ninth inning, when the score D stood 10-6 in favor of the Yankees. Trouble yesterday started in the first of the ninth when Right Fielder Meusel was hit by a pitched ball and rushed toward Pitcher Cole, oharging intentionally hitting him. Babe Ruth, who narrowly missed being hit in a previous inning, sup- ported Meusel's contention, which was vigorously denied by Manager Cobb. Order was restored, but only for a brief period. Meusel and “Buliet Joe" Bush went to the Detroit dugout and an_argument started, which brought a rush of fans to the playing field. When police found it impossible to clear the field, Umpire Evans declared the game forfeited. During the melee, the spectators assert, only one blow was struck, that one by a policeman. The policeman was immediately ordered off the field by the officer in charge. Several Suspensions Likely. How many members of both teams will be out of the line-up with sus- pensions as a result of yesterday’s contretemps will not be known until Umpire Evans makes his report and Ban Johnson, president of the Ameri- can League, announces his action. Fans who gathered on the field not only caused the forfeiture of the game, but got several gloves belong- ing to Yankee and Tyger players, the members of the teams claim. Among those taken was one belonging to Babe Rath, and the home-run hitter has offered a reward of $50 for its return. After the battle the world cham- pions remalned tied for first place with the Red Sox, who defeated Cleveland, 8 to 3, when Uhle weak- ened in the eighth after outpitching Ehmke until that time. The trucu- lent Tigers fell two games behind the leaders. The Athletics won a 7-to-6 dattle from the White Sox, whose three-run rally in the ninth was checked by Baumgartner after Meeker was bat- ted from the box. A less spectacular but more impor- tant disaster visited the Glants, who | ican League batters, is rushing to the | top with an average of | @estinction of playing jn every game the Washington- | | been received for th GRIFFS GET OUTFIELDER IN TRADE FOR McGREW , Roy Carlyle, promising ¥ outfielden of the Mem ern_Asxociation Club, has been of tained by the Nationals for de- livery in the fall in exchange for Pitcher Walter (Slim) McGrew, it was announced at base ball he: quarters here. ..According to Preaident Grim who personally inspected him, Carlyle seemx likely to develop into a second Goose Goslin as a hitter and Is a better fielder right now. Carlyle, who Ix a six-footer, about twenty-two years old, %ports an averaga of 376 for the Chicks thix xeaxon. He went to them from Charlotte of the Sally League, where he had a_ sticking average last eason of .337 in 110 games, his 143 424 timex at bat incl ing 25 doubles, 10 triples d 15 home run: Hi - hand hitter. S W McGrew, who will depart for his new berth Immediately, becomes the outright property of Memphix, Manager Harrix having declded that “Dangerous Dan” lacks the claxx to make good in fast com- pany. COBBNOWIS THIRD | ON SWATTING LIST By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 14.—With ninteen Years of major league service behind him, Tyrus Raymond Cobb, pilot of the Detroit Tygers, instead of slip- ping toward the bottom of the Amer- .351, placing him third in the list of leading hit- | ters, according to figures through Wednesday’'s games. The famed Georgia peach has the this season and has beer at bat more often than any other player in the league. Going to bat 202 times i 50 games, Cobb has connected with 71| hits, including 10 doubles, 2 triples| and a pair of home runs, and has crossed the plate 29 times. Jamieson of Cleveland, eighth in the list & week ago with .343, climbed into a tie with Babe Ruth of the Yankees with .356 for second honors. Harry Heilman of the | Tygers, although out of the game as | a result of an operation, still is lead- ing the parade with .376. | Eddie Collins, acting manager of| the White Sox; Barrett, White Sox shortstop, and Jamieson of Cleveland are in a triple tie in base stealing | with nine each. Ruth has 14 homers, | with Ken Williams of St. Louis tr: ing with 9. batting | 116 LINKSMEN LISTED. NEW YORK, June 14.—One hundred | and sixteen entries already have | e national public | championship to be held at Dayton, Ohio, June 24 to 28, the United States Golf Association has announced. Owing to the bad weather, which has kept players from prac- tice, the association decided to close | the entries on June 21 instead of | June 9. BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS AMERICAN Clubs. Boston .. New York Detroit ‘Washington St. Louls .. links’ LEAGUE. L. Pot. Win. 19 587 596 19 587 596 24 538 547 24 459 500 25 47D 490 24 ATN 4S9 20 .435 447 2N 404 417 GAMES TOMORROW. Wash'ton at Chicago. Phila. at St. Louis. N. Y. at Cleveiand. Boston at Detroit. Chicago ... Cleveland ... Philadelphia . GAMES TODAY. Washington at St. L. Phila_ at Chicago. Now York at Detroit. Boston at Cleveland. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES, Washington, 6: St. Louls, 4. Philadelphia, 7; Chicago, 3. Boston, %: Cleveland, 3. New York, 9; Detroit, 0 (forfeit). NATIONAL LEAGUE. L. Pet. 20 608 600 53z 531 Cluds Loss. 596 58N 521 520 458 447 A31 412 378 356 | GAMES TOMORROW. Cincinnati at N. Y. St. Louis at Bkla. Pittsburgh Boston ... St. Louis . Philadeiphia .. GAMES TODAY. Cincinnati at N. ¥. St. Louis at Bkin. Pittaburgh at Phila. Chicago at Boston. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES. St. Louis, 8; Brooklyn, 3. Cincinnatl, 4; New York, 1 (10 icago, 5; Boston, 1. Plttsburgh-Philadelphia (wet gri. were forced out of the league leader- ship by losing to_the Reds, 4 to 1, in ten innings, as Chicago beat Boston. 5 to 1. A bad day was completed for the metropolitan teams, as Brooklyn lost to St. Louis, 8 to 4, and dropped to within one point of the Reds, in fourth place. Pittsburgh's contest at Philadelphia_was postponed by rain. ‘Wayland Dean, impressive recruit of the early season, failed again, as the Reds fell upon him for three runs in the tenth, after he had relieved Watson, who had engaged in a duel with Rixey until the eighth, when he was removed for a pinch hitter. Gowdy’s home run was the only run scored off the Red southpaw, who pitched brilliantly. The Cubs bunched hits off Stryker in two innings, while Kaufmann, though hit hard, held the Braves in the pinches. The Robins fell when Osborne, after allowing only four hits in seven innings, exploded in the eighth, when the Cardinals made six runs. BAN DELAYS DISCIPLINE PENDING UMP’S REPORT CHICAGO, June 14—B. Ban John- son, president of the American ue, is awalting a formal report from Umpire Billy Evans before com- menting on the riot at the New York- Detroit game yesterday. “I do not care to make a statement at this time,” Johnson said. “I have not re- ceived a report from Umpire Evans, but probably will get his version in the mail today. “I am indeed sorry that such an af- tair should have occurred.” No such disorder as that which pre- vented completion of the Yankee- Tyger game Is recorded in modern base ball history. Batting and flelding averages of yesterday’s game will stand, but_the 9-to-0 score of the forfeit to New York also will go into the records. | Club, Boston, qualified for the final | | struck out | forwara merrily. NAVY HAS PAIR OF CREWS LEFT IN OLYMPIC TRIALS [ pic eight-oared shell trial, in greatest races ever seen in America. HILADELPHIA, June 14—Oarsmen of Yale, Navy officers, Pennsyl- vania and the Navy varsity will clash late today in the final Olym- what is expected to be one of the By virtue of the positions in which they finished their trial heats yesterday, the Navy officers were given No. 1 course, on the west side of the Schuylkill; Navy varsity No. 2, Pennsylvania No. 3, and Yale No. 4, on the east side. Yale, coached by Ed Leader, kept its two-year record clean when it won the first heat, with the Navy varsity second, in the fast time of 6 minutes 9 3-5 seconds. Following closely on the Elis' vie- tory over the mile and a quarter course, the Navy officers, made up | principally of the stalwarts who rowed in the Middies' champion eight at Brussels in the 1920 Olympics and several from the record-breaking 1922 crew at Poughkeepsie, bettered Yale's time, when it did the stretch on the rain-swept course in 6 minutes 71-5 seconds, finishing a length and a | quarter zhead of Pennsylvania. This | was the first defeat of the year for | the Pennsylvanla crew. | Russell Codman of the Union Boat | of the single sculls today and will face W. B. Garrett Gilmore and Paul V. Costello, both of Philadelphia; Walter M. Hoover, Duluth, and ward McGuire of Buffalo. Costello is the holder of the Phila delphia gold challenge cup, emblem- BALL GAME, AUTO RACES TO BE HELD AT MIDNIGHT FAIRBANKS. Alaxka, June 14.— A midnight base ball game and automoblle race are to feature the annnual celebration of the Midnight Sun festival here June Hundreds of visitors from Britixh Columbia, the statex and Alaxka are expected. Continuous daylight prevalls here for more than ten days every June. PETWORTHS TACKLE TERMINALY. M. C. A.. Petworth Athletic Club planned to tackle a picked team from the Termi- nal Y. M. C. A. today at 4 o'clock on the latter's grounds, in preparation for the Mohawks of the Independent League 3 o'clock at Union Park. tomorrow at Alexandria Poxt Office cas posed of the Potomac Electric Com pany in a 10-to-3 ch. Brenner huried well for the winners through- out, as he yielded only six Hlows and leven batters. Grimes o1 the losers was the only player to con- nect for a pair of safeties dis- A rally in the third inning enabled | the Southern Railway team to down the Pennsylvania Railroad nine, 5 to 1, in the Washington Terminal Rail- road Y. M. C. A. series. McConnell, hurler of the winners, allowed but two bingles in five innings. Green of the winners collected two safe drives in as many times at the stick Dominiean Lyceum players are Quantico today for a game with M, rin | Eastern Athletle Association un- | limiteds expected to face the Chest- | nut Farms Dairy of the Commercial | league today at 5 o'clock on the grounds at 15th and C streets north- cast. Wintons ran roughshod over the Shamro: winning, 15 to 1, in sec- tion A of the junior division of the Washington Base Ball and Athletic Association series. A barrage of six- teen wallops won for the Wintons. Causey and Reilly hit homers for the winne g B ERB IS MADE COACH OF NEVADA GRIDMEN Foot ball is still five months away. but coaching changes are still going Charley Erb, for- merly quarter on the California eleven, has gone to the University of Nevada to succeed R. O. Courtright, claimed by the Colorado School Mines Nevada's tie game with the Bears | last fall has not heen forgotten and | evidently Courtright's share in the pro- ceedings registered in Colorado. Except in the minor sports, where rumors of changes are rife, western conference coaches are all fairly well settled in their jobs. now of In the fact that Joe Duggan, guard for the last two years on the Univer- sity of Chicago basket ball team, has been elected to Phi Beta Kappa comes a reminder that scholarship of athletes in the middle west has ad- vanced rapidly since the war. Strict_eligibility rules, the virtual abolition of the tramp athlete, closer co-operation between coaches and faculties have been factors in this amiable situation. The Big Ten has led the way in all acts designed to lessen the gap between the curricular and extra curricular affairs; smaller conferences have almost without ex- ception followed . Nowadays the average coach in the middle west is @ member of the col- lege or university faculty; he is ro- spected and asserts everywhere his professional dignity. —_—— SCHOOLBOYS IN MEET. Graded school athletes are compet- ing in the annual championship track and field meet under the auspices of the municipal playgrounds depart- ment today in Central Stadium. The | first event started at 10 o'clock this | morning. GOLF EVENT IN TORONTO. TORONTO, Ont, June 14—The Ca- nadian amateur 'golf championship tournament, after an absence from Toronto of five years, returns this year and will be played over the Rosedale course the week of June 30. This will be the twenty-fifth renewal of this annual competition. -—s. C. . NET TEAM LEADS. Commerce-Interiar netmen were leading the War Blue team. 2 to 1. yesterday in the Degmrtmental Tennis League when rain halted further play. Summaries: Beach and Foxler of Commerce-Interior. de feated Hoover and Leech of the War Biues, 6—2, 7—5; Harmon and Davis of Commerce. Interior defeated Cole and Blakels of the War Blues, 6—3, 9—7: Scott and Matlack of the War Blues defeated Tracey and Thompson of Commerce-Interior, 6—2, 7—3. R, CA;DS BUY PITCHER. SYRACUSE, N. Y., June 14.—Syra- cuse Internationals have sold William Hallahan, left handed pitcher, to the St. Louis Cardinals. Hallahan is a youngster picked up this spring by Syracuse in Groton, N. Y. He had three semi-pro no-hit games to his credit. e OARSMAN IS ILL. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., June 14.— A shadow of gloom has been cast over ~the Washington University camp. Luft, veteran No. 4 of the varsity crew, has been taken to Vas- sar Hospital. Physicians said he had developed symptoms of typhoid, atic of the world amateur sculling title. Gilmore formerly held the cup and is entered in the diamond sculls in England next month. Hoover lifted the diamond sculls trophy in 1922 and McGuire is the present na- tional champion. Codman tried for the diamond sculls two years ago. Today's field is one of the greatest lots “of scullers ever brought to- gether in America. Jack Kelly, former world single sculling champion, assured himself of another trip to the Olympics when, paired with his cousin, Paul Costello, they rowed to victory yesterday in a double sculls, I'hiladelphia also turned out winning crews the in pair oared shells and four-pared shells, both _with coxswain, 'the Pennsylvania Barge Club taking the first race and the Bachelors’ Barge Club the seccond. Both crews will go abroad. D. C. NETMEN AHEAD IN CUP EVENT MATCH NORFOLK, Va., June 14 —Wash- rston racketers, who were leading the Norfolk netmen, 3 to 2, the Hotchkiss cup series, hoped to hold the advantage over the Virgin- ians this morning for the right to meet Baltimore in the deciding round this afternoon. Rain marred yester- day's activities. Baltimore, winner of the cup for three consecutive vears, is a favorite as a result of us decisive victori over Richmond yesterday. Yesterday's summaries Washington Norfulk—T. Mangan of Wash ington defeated J. W. Eggleston of Norfolk, 64, 6—4: J aves, ir.. of Washington defeated . R Jones of Norfolk. 6-3, & I. A. Cox of Washington va. Stedman Voight Norfolk i Ineompiete, seore -2 llan of Washington defeated rtolk, f- ted_ W. M 5—17, P—; D. a Robert H G Elliott of Herbert Bickeil of Rich 1ip L. Goldsborougi of Buford with Goldsborough leading. incomplete 31 defeated Meade Spicer of Richmond. b 6—1; John Magee of Baltimore defeated Be ramt’ Robb of Richmond, 4—8, 6—2, 62 Malcomb Outes of Baltimore defeated W. Blanton of Richmond, 6-2, 6—8. Base Ball AS BIG LEAGUERS PLAY IT Balts 1 QUT:FIELDERS START: THIS .WAY 2 NOT THIS WAY \ /e T 3 IT SPEEDS YOU UP. How are you able to cover so much ground in going after fly balls? Answered by MAX CAREY Cnptain and outfielder, Pittsburgh Piratex. in stolen bases, ax well as being terrific hitter. * x % x The secret of going after flies and getting them, even when they are nowhere near you, lies in the fact that the fielder is always calculating that the next ball pitched may come from the bat to him, and the fielder should be ready to chase it. This demands that an outfielder be on his | toes, literally, all during the game. An outfielder who stands flat-footed loses from two to three steps in getting started and then does not gather up the speed so quickly as does a player who starts “from his toes.” Another thing which will help in catching difficult flies is the player’s confidence in himself that he is going to catch them. (Copyright, 1924, Associated Editors, Ine.) [ — GUDE IS OUTROWED. Granville Gude, the Potomac Boat Club sculler, was shut out in the Olympic trials at Philadelphia vester- day. He finished fourth in the heat in which only two qualified. Russell Codman of Boston won the heat with A. E. Fitzpatrick of Philadelphia second. et LEADS TIGER TWELVE. PRINCETON, N. J., June 14.—Rich- ard T. Shackleford of Baltimore has been elected captain of the Princeton 1925 lacrosse tea: He played sec- ond defense on this year's twelve. HOW GRIFFS ARE HITTING Pet. 500 353 & hnoua-nusuuflua=lafin!=afinuuog L ERELLEEL L &5k FPTINE -1 1- 7% & A - 200030000 uNNAROILACOAS000] HHE vesterday in | 3. 6—4: N. | of Richmond, | Ferdinand Tarnbull of Raltimors | Lends the National League | GOLF FINAL TO DUNCAN OVER MITCHELL, 8 UP By the Assoclated Press, GLEN EAGLES, Scotland, Ju 14.~George Duncan, veteran Bri ish golf professional, today de- feated Abe Mitchell, another noted solfing champion, by 8 to 7 in the deelding 36-hole match of the thousand guineas tournament. Thix is the first time in his pro- fenslonal career that Mitchell has lost a 36-hele match, Duncan was invincible in today's piay, reeling off frequent birdies and exhibiting a putting touch.that was almost magic. He had u eard of 68 for the last 15 holes. SCRIBE GOLF EVENT IS WON BY LINCOLN CLEVELAND, June 14—G. Gould Lincoln of The Washington Star yes- terday won the jinx golf tournament arranged for newspaper men ‘“cover- ing” the Republican national conven- twenty-five participated, | seventy-five others, including D. Preston, superintendent of nate press gallery, being kept | away by a lengthy session of the na- | tional committee, Lincoln’s _score for holes was 101, The handicap winner was Charles S. Groves of the Boston Globe bureay in Washington with a 108—25—83. J. G. Stahiman of the Nashville | Banner, with 104—16—38, was bandi- | cap runner-up. J 'E. Rice, Dallas News-Journal, made the longest drive of the day, 225 vards. he prize for the highest went to William J. Donaldson. intendent of the House galle D GIDDENS the cighteen score WENZLER AND IN DIXIE LINKS FINAL By the Associated Press. | LOUISVILLE, Ky, June 14—Jack | | Wenzler and Nelson Giddens, mem- | | bers of the Colonial Country Club, Memphis, Tenn., are the finalists in | | the Southern Amateur golf cham- | pionship here today | | Wenzler yesterday won the right to | | meet Giddens by defeating Frank | | Dyer, Memphis Country Club, in one | of the hardest fought matches of the | tournament. The struggle ended on | the eighteenth green, where Wenzler |sank a long putt for a birdie 4. | | Giddens also emerged victorious on | the last green, defeating Chasteen | Haries, Memphis. 'WILLS . NOW TRAILED BY MANY FIGHTERS | | | | BY FAIR PLAY. | NEW YORK, June 14.—Harry Wills' poor showing against Bartley Madden | has made him a target for a lot of | fighters who trembled at the thought | of him before the Queensboro fight They all want to fight him now Chlef among these bellicose fighters | is Jack Renanlt. The Canadian, act- ing upon the advice of his manager, laid off the Wills game some time ago when he could have had a bat- tle. In advising thus Leo Flynn seems to have booted one. Hind- sight Is always illuminating, and it would have taken a clairvoyant to foresee thg¢ manner in which the | | Wills-Madden bout turned out. | " Just the same, that does not kiss | Lo Flynn out, because Leo has a reputation for picking things right. | Wonder what Jack said to him as he | watched Bartley do his durable stuff? | | Had Renault been in there he would have had a sweet chance for world- | wide fame. | But as things are the Canadian | champion has got to do a little up-| hill work to climb into a bout against | some of the good ones. His first step in that direction will be taken on| Wednesday night when he meets Andy Schmader of Omaha. later on in the summer, having bowled over a | | few set-ups, he wants Gibbons and | | Wills, and, if possible, Firpo. His | | final ‘aim.’ of course, is Dempsey. | | Renault was the one man Demps never knocked down when he was| training for Carpentier at Atlantic | City | | ~George Godfrey, the biz black | | heavyweight, is another fighter who | is ‘mourning ‘over the fact that Mad- | den had the crack at Wills But, | unlike Renault, Godfrey has no kick against his manager. Jimmy Dough- | erty raised heaven and earth to get | Leo Flynn to promise to match his | man " against Gawge. but without success. As a matter of fact, all the | heavies are fighting shy of Godfrey | a fact, says Dougherty, that does not | affect ‘the big fellow’s appetite, what- | ever else it may affect | | — | FIGHT To JOE DUNDEE. | | BALTIMORE, Md., June 14.—Joe | | Dundee, Baltimore lizhtweight, won a | decision over Sailor Friedman of Chi- |cago in a twelve-round bout last night. They met at catchweights. P LEWIS INJURES RIVAL. WICHITA, Kans, June 14—¥Ed | “Strangler” ‘Lewis, ‘world champion |heavyweight wrestler, defeated Dick IDa\‘lsmurl last night by tossing the | | | challenger one fall in twenty-seven minutes with a headlock. Daviscourt was unable to re-enter the ring. I to a golfer, the greatest sorrow next succeeding title tournamen was almost visited upon me at Floss Every man who entered the qual And putting was even more difficult. upon the greens. At the end of the morning round I had run up a total | of forty putts and this had given me a score of 0. It had been figured that a score of 160 or better would be necessary to qualify. As the defending champion, I recalled the case of Bob Gardner, who, if memory serves me right, captured the title at the Chicago Golf Club in 1909, and at Brookline, in 1910, failed to get into the match play; and my heart fell as I realized that' I was in danger of having a similar experience. In the afternoon I got going good again and was all par until 1 reach- ed the sixth hole, just about the hardest on the course. There it seemed that my worst fears were to is a dog-leg hole. The fairway bends around a clump of big trees on the right and connects up with a long, rather nar- row green. The tee-shot should be to the left side of the course, so that a clear shot for the green can be obtained. My tee shot did not go as intended, 50 it was necessary to use a slice on the second stroke in order to get around the trees. This was accom- plished successfully and I congratu- lated myself when 1 found that I had placed my ball just off the cdge | Athletic League was especially keen | | dome without havinic the wrint or the JESS SWEETSER TELLS: ~ My Near Tragedy of 1923 F to win a national championship is the greatest joy that can come with a shiver the hardness and slipperyness of the greens, due to a con- tinued spell of dry weather. Pitching upon them was a very ticklish task. My game was not off form exceptof the green, on smooth turf and not OPENING DAY’S TRYOUTS PROVIDE STIRRING FEATS Scholz and Taylor Break World Records for 100 and 400 Meters—One Mark Tied and Eleven Olympic Times Are Bettered. By the Associated Press. Y AMBRIDGE, Mass., June 14—Survivors of the preliminary batt'y of athletic stars will fight it out today in the Olympic track an| field tryouts for the coveted places on the American team th:it will sail on Monday for France, where the international championshirg will be held in July. Performers who shattered two world records vesterday in the quali- fying tests, equaled one of these and also bettered Olympic record time in eleven instances will make their final bid for honors in what promises to be one of the most keenly contested meets in American track and field history. . Finals will be in eight field and eleven track events in the Harvard Stadium. Together with the record of finals held in the 10,000-meter walk yesterday and in the decathlon, pentathlon and cross-country, held earlier in the week at New York, the results of today’s tests will be the deter- mining factor in final selections for the team tonight by the American Olympic team. The marathon unit of the track and field forces already s in France. | Out of a total of more G. U. HAS QUARTET LEFT |pated in“or “renched the ‘oot ot IN THE OLYMPIC TRIALS various track and field features, a picked squad of approximate 100 men will be chosen, with the first Georgetown hax four men left |four finishers cach event figuring in the final Olympic trials in Box as the general basis of selection ton today. Burgess ix in the 400 Jackson_ Scholz, sprinting star of meters, Marxters in the %00 |the New York Athletic Club, yester- meters, Dowding in the high jump set a new world record of and Helme in the 3,000 meters. seconds flat for 200 meters, while Haasx of the Hilltoppers and Nor- ton of the Washington Canoe Club placed in the first heats of the C. Taylor, a club mate, created |4 new mark of 451-10 seconds for hurdles, but were xhutout in the memi-finalx. A surprise W the 400-meter run, which was equaled ciimination of Ascher of Geors shortly afterward by Ray Robertson |of the Boston A. A Scholz Conguers Paddock. town and Bohannon of Virginia in the 400 meters. Clarke and Booth of Hopkins Scholz, who previously gained glory by conquering Charley Pad- are in the 200 meters and 3,000 meters, respectively. TRACK MEET HONORS T0 DUNBAR AND SHAW |heats he won in Olympic record equaling time, smashed by a tenth Competition in the annual track and | field games of the Public Schools than six of a second the 200-meter figure stablished only two weeks ago by c Wilson. Previous to that the ord was held by Paddock at 212-10, time which the chunky Cali- fornian equaled in winning his heat vesterday. Taylor and Robertson displaced the twelve-year-old mark of 4%2-10 sec- onds, inade by Charley Reidpath, former Syracuse [University star, the 1812 Olympics at Stockholm Finals in both sprints today prom- ise a thrilling struggle, with Scholz, Paddock, Loren Murchison, the Na- tional champion, Frank Hussey, sen- sational New York school boy and Alf Leconey, former intercollegiate Speed king, the centers of at- traction Spectacular races also are prom- ised in the 400-meter finals, where Robertson and Taylor will be pushed to keep the Laurels they gained to- day, and the 1.500-meter event, With George of Dunbar, Richardson of | the veteran Joie Ray facing a strong Shaw, Armstrong of Vocational and |field of younger rivals N Neal of Lovejoy displayed their wares | Sectional rivalry for places will be to_good effact. . | renewed with the east holding a The affair was in charge of L. Wat- | (icht advantage as a result of ths son. J. Burr, Russell, Evans, Miller, | 3o 8in 00 tEC*ET Chich this section , Wilkinson, Contee. Hughes, Matthews, | placed forty-four men. The middls Pinderhughes. Cupid, Henderson, Wes. | RIACEQ FOTATAIONT WIEC, J0g dhe far ley, Wormsley, Dale, Turner, ROBErs | (oot swenty-seven. and Adams. this year. First honors in the high school events went to Dunbar High, while Shaw Junior High won the mid. dleweight division, and Randal Junior athletes turned in the highest num- ber of points in the midget class Lovejoy School of the thirteenth division was best in the graded school competition. Wilson School of the| tenth division was second, and Doug- las of the twelfth division third. YANKS éHOO{'ING WELL IN PRACTICE MATCHES NEW YORK, June 14 —Members of the American Olympic trapshooting cam are practicing for the British championships. which will be held next week. preparatory to Crossing the channel for France and the Olym- pic contests. In a shoot against the Waltham | Abbey Gun Club at Waltham Fred Eachen of Coffeyville, Kan., captain of the Ameriean team, broke %7 out | of 100 targets. Others scored as fol- lows: W. S lkworth. |and Samuel H. Scharman, | city, : Frank H. Hughes {and Wilford H. Fawcett, Minn.,.95, and Clarence B Camden, N J., and John Nashville, Tenn., 54 In a 60-target match Hendon Gun Club, one of the ing trapshooting organizations in England, the Americans scored as foliows: Hughes, Etchen and Faw- cett, 58; Silkworth and Scharman, 57, and Platt and Noel, 56 ORIOI.E BUY CATCHER. BALTIMORE, Md., June 14.—Lew | McCarthy, catcher of the Kansas City American’ Association club, has been purchased by the Baltimore Inter- nationals. McCarthy is a former New York National catcher. TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPER'S FERRY. June 14.—The Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers were very muddy this morning. Inside Golf By Chester Horton: “How in blazes can I keep my wrist firm and at the same time swing a club?” a correspondent hax asked me. “Does thix mean you stab at the ball with a stiff leftarm? 1t seems to me that thix wrixt must_bend if not break w less you are to make a stiff arm Jab I have meant to urze golfers 1o keep the left wrist stiff and firm in order to keep it from breaking. Nor does one under any circumstances make a _ swing with a wtff left-arm jab. What I mean by keeping the left wrist from breaking ix this: Taks the club back- ward with the left wrist, maintain- ing exactly the position it ix in when you first xtart the club away from the Pall.. Inxtead of trying to met the clobhead farther hack by breaking thix wrixt. maintain, the wrist poxi- tion and use more pivot. This can be FPlatt of H. Noel against the lead- Ul — "CANCELS EPINARD'S RACES. PARIS, June 14—Terre Wert- _ heimer has canceled all Epinard's engagements in England and intends sailing with his famous horse direct to New York from Havre during thi;, never | early part of Jul FRISCO FARMS CATCHER. LOS_ANGELES, Calif, June 14— Pete Ritchie, catcher for the San Francisco club of the Pacific Coast Base Ball League, has been farmed out to the Albany club of the Eastern League. MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Milwaukee, 5: Columbus, 1. eft arm stiff or rigid in the least, and it is by all odds the better way. Be careful also that the left forearm doex not roll over to the right during the .back .xwing.. .Remember .the atance poxition of the left wrist and “keep it as was." (Copyright, 1924.) SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Maoom. 3 Spertunburg. 7. Charlotte, 9-5: Asheville, 3-10. Augusta, 3; Greenville, 1. VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Portsmouth, 11: Rocky Mount, 2, Wilson, 2; Petersburg, 2 (9 innings, rain Richmend, 4; Norfelk, 2. PIEDMONT LEAGUE. Raleigh, 6-1: Greensboro, 1-5. Winston-Salem, 8; Durbam, 0. that can befall him is to go to the t and fail to qualify. This tragedy moor in 1923. ifying round at Floosmoor will recall FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE. Lakeland, 5; Bradentown, 2. Daytona, T , 1. more than thirty feet from the cup, | St- Petersburg, T4: ‘oriando, 13. By good luck 1 had barely avoided two sand traps at the right and pros- pects seemed good. From where 1 lay the green had an upward incline. 1t was as slippery, | almost, as ice. I used a chip shot and | laid my ball two feet beyond the hole. The next putt was a short one, but down hill. Although I barely tapped my ball it slipped past the cup and four feet down the slope. The next try returned me to the ex- act spot from which 1 had just come. My heart was in my mouth as I putted again, but this time I went down—in six, two above par' This was decidedly unsettling. And when 1 took three putts on each of the next two holes I knew the pangs of genuine anxiety, Coming_in it was necessary for me to get a 79 to be at all sure of quali- fying. With the last two holes still to | be played, I had 69 strokes, but par for ‘each of these holes was five. One was 590 yards long, the other 560, and there were numerous opportuni- ties for trouble. Following my disastrous experience on the sixth, seventh and eighth holes, 1 had buckled down and play- ed better golf, but now I played in real earnest. Things broke well for me and I got & brace of birdie fours. This game me 77 for the afternoon round and 137 for the 36 holes. APPALACHIAN LEAGUE. MAKES ANY KIND MADE OR REPAIRED. WITISTATTS R. and F. WORKS Match your odd coats with our All-wool Trousers, $4.65 and up: all colors, sizes and patterns. Eiseman's Seventh at F Sts. NW, { HEWITT TIRES: NATIONAL-HEWITT CO., Inc. 1007 9th St. N.W.—FF. 4056