Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1924, Page 30

SPORTS. SPORTS. STAR HURLER SHOWN BY AIR SERVICE NINE Air Service nine of the War Depart- @ent League presented a hurler yes- terday, in Starks, who is expected to lead his team to many victories in the series. On the mound agalnst Ordnance, the Air Service flinger turned in one of the best games in 1 the thus far, his team ning, 7 to He was nicked for only three swats, BY JO B. KELLER. two of them being garnered by . Karnes. Starks also smacked a tri- HICAGO, June 18—With the ice %hroken by that 12-to-6 victory Karacs, Stirks alseanileied 4 ol over the White Sox yesterday. the Nationals were expecting clear AL was to toe the slab in an effort to aet the Harrismen an even break in '‘MOGRIDGE DUE TO FACE WHITE SOX IN FINAL TILT ationals Batter Way to Victor Yesterday, Pounding a Quartet of Pale Hose Hurlers for Fifteen Bingles and a Dozen Runs. JOHNNY NEUN IS PROVING SENSATION AT ST. PAUL Young First Baseman Owned by Detroit Is Batting Over .400 and Is Chief Reason Why Nick Allen’s Club Is Leading the A. A. ——— BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK. June 18—Lou Blue, first baseman of the Detroit Tygers may not know it, but he has a rival, and a serious one. The rival is Johnny Neun, first baseman of the St. Paul American Associa- tion club, and surprise package of the whole American Association cirea.s The writer first lamped Neun down at Augusta, where the Georgia Peach works his ball players out in the spring. He was a long legae, kid then and was playing first base with his lege tangled up frighifolls “Who is he?” Cobb was asked . “Johnny Neun,” said Cobb. “Had him over in good sometimes, and I'm wonderingif he eecs il Ty sent him back to Birmingham and k season he played with Birmingham. He | = ¢ cirel win- Wentern Electric Company nine fell before Willi nd Webh, 10 to 1, in the Commercial League. Smith of the losers led both teams at bat, with a pair of safeties, but it was Jer- main, winning boxman, that smacked the only triple of the game. A sailing today in the final game of the series here. George Mogridge this set of four games, and ii he produces a brand of pitching as good as that he gave out in St. Louis last week the Nationals ought to regain | their first-division berth MRs. LutiLle WiLLIAMS o the Baraca-Game! feam KANSAS CiTy. \ SHOT 35 FIELD GoALS IN ONE GAME The game vesterday was as weird as either of the two preceding engagements here. Frequent rallies were staged by both clubs, and most of the hurling was of low order. However, it was the turn of the White Sox slabmen to do most of the poor work in the third setto. apparently, Annex No. 1 team registered nin teen bingles o down Annex No in the Treasury Interbureau series. Swindlchurst, Shanklin and Parks fattened their batting average at the expense of the losers. McCormick 2 5 rmingham. Looks be a great batter.” All last Pt on wondering and they copied the performances of National boxmen in the first two | matches quite faithfully Four pa d pitchers were man- handicd Southpaw Mike Cyengros, who started, lasted but two-thirds of _an inning, while his suceessor, Lyons, gave way to a pinch in the White Sox third round. Then Ted Blankenship hurled five innings | and Douglas MeWeeney went to the nill in the ninth. Al were reached for runs made from @ total of fifteen hits, six bases on balls and a hit Latter. Behind such hurling the | White Sox faltered and_kicked in | with four errors to help the National | cause Jez Zachary. who | jinx to the Whit \against them, but ining in the third Fred Marberry third round wjith but_when the * four hits and as a thirds of the long had been Sox. opened fir he lost his cun- 1 was relioved by | ch started the an cight-run lead »x lammed him for | many runs in two- | session Harri ided Tto call it a day the left-hander Griffs Get Flying Start. The Nationals got away to a fiving start. Rice single to I-1t " Matthews' Lunt the batter made first and Rice took third. Harris bounced | a double over the middle sack, count- | ing Rice and Matthews, but Buckey | “tried a delayed steal and was re- | tired at third. Goslin strolled and * was doubled to the home plate by Ruel o After - wal on the for begun the game with a | to Bluege fouled nut i and Lyons replaced ¢ hill. The new pitche < Shorley, filling the buses crashed a single to center = Ruel and Peck and sending 5 1o third, hut Rice, up for the »time in’ the frame. ended the with a roller to Collins Both clubs ran wild on the third. Peck drew poor throw, after fielding suerificial ' bunt, put two . Zachary flied to Arch- . deacon, Peck going to third after th atch. ' Rice's single counted I d Matthews' double tallied Shirley. Harris lofted to Arckdeacon. Rice oring after the catch, but Matthews Wwas caught off second base to com- plete & double play In the Sox portion of Barrett flied to Goslin walked and scored tinz for Lyon doubled Thurston lins poled a second. lins took out Mostil scratche Collins showers box and Kamm Score oft Blankenship. The Nationals got to Blankenship for a run in the fourth. Goslin be- gan, the round with a double to cen- ter and Ruel sacrificed. Bluege's hit tallied Goslin, but neither Peck nor | Shirley could aid Ossie after he pil- —fered second The Sox nicked Marberry for mark- | ers in the fifth and sixth frames. Two | were gone and Mostil on first in the former inning when Falk walked and Kamm singled, putting Mostil home. | In the sixth Cro banged a two- | bagzer, went to third when Arch- | deacon rolled to Shirley after Blank- nship fanned and scored as Collins ed engros passed chary cond rally the paths a pass and the session. but Crouse s Thurston, bat- | tripled. Archdeacon home. “Then Col- | hort hit to left and stole deacon tallied and Col- | third, while Bluege threw | Sheely walked and Falk a hit off Peck that sent| home and Zachary to the Marberry was sent to the| ended the rally by fanning National runs were gleaned nff McWeeny in the ninth. Peck sin- Shirley sacrificed. Marberry s hit by a pitched ball. Rice's sin zle counted Peck, and when Mostil made 4 poor return of the ball Mar- berry got home and Rice took third. Matthews hunted and McWeeny tried to retire Rice at the plate, but Sam Dbeat the throw. CAUGHT ON THE FLY ery National in the game yes- terday except Shirley and Marberry hit safely. Rice led the lot with four hits in times at bat. Collins and Falk with three wallops each got half of the White Sox hit| total. - Goslin _went into a trance after flelding Collins'_ single that moved Archdeacon to third base in the third inning and held the ball while Eddie stole second. Bluege went to third base for the Nationals, Prothro having developed a “soreness in his right leg.” The Doc may return to the line-up today, however. In the third the Sox were virtually presented with a run when Bluege, after fielding Mostil's tap, threw for a play at first and let Archdeacon romp home from third. Archdencon hurt hix leg sliding into a base and was removed from the game after the sixth inning. Mostil shifted to center field and Hooper was sent to right. Radiators and Fenders Cores_installed in an mfi%l'. ANY KIND MADE OR REPAIRED. WITTSTATT'S R. and F. WORKS 9 13th. Fr. 641 Fr. 8038, “Pay as You Ride” Cord Tires On Credit Small Payment Down, Balance Monthly T. 0. PROBEY CO. 2100 Pa. Ave. N.W. | Barrett. | Cvengros. When Sheely fumbled | bswe | off Lyons. 2. off Blankenship, 2. THAT’S HITTING "EM ‘WASHINGTON. Rice, . Matthews. Harris, 2b Goslin. 1f. Ruel, c... . Bluege, 3b. Pock. ss. Shizley, 1b. Zachary, p. Marberry. sk 0oomoono000mmont B morwontonal of. P Totals. ... CHICAGO. Archdeacon, Hooper, f Collins, 2b....... Mostil, rf.-cf.. Sheoly, 1b. Falk, If Kamm, 3b. 7 Crouse. ¢, . Lyons. p. Thurston® Blarkenship, ». 0omHoororworuoN B ororsmmpeRl P L3 . cooocounuroramnl 8 convonmnnul cansnerbsssanent el uesraserBel McWeeny. p....c..... Totals. 6 13 37 *Batted for Lyons in third inning. +Batted for Blankenship in eighth inning. ‘Washington 50310000 312 Chicago 00401100086 Two-base hits—Harris, Ruel, Matthews. Gos- lin. Archdeacon, Cruise. Falk. Three-base hit —Thurston. Stolen bases—Collins, Bluege. crifices—Matthews (2). Shirley (2), Ruel, Double plays—Zachary to Ruel to : Archdeacon to Sheely to Collins: Lyons to Barrett to Sheely. Left on bases—Wash- . 12: Chicago. 9. Bases on balls—Off 2. off Marberry, 1. off Cvengros. 2. Struck out— By Marberry. 3. Hits—Off Zachary. 5 in 23; innings: off Cvengros. 4 in %; inning; off Mar- berry. 8 in 6% innings; off Lyoms, 4 in 2% innings: off Blankenship, 5 in 4 innings; off McWeeny, 2 in 2 innings. Hit by pitcher—By Marberry (Crouse) : bLchNny (Marberry ) Winning pitcher—Marberry. Losing pitcher— Cvengres. Umpires—Messrs. Holmes. Nallin | and Rowland. Time of game—2 hours and 15 minutes. ] BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS LEAGUE. | Pot. Win. Lase. | 580 588569 4 561 544 | 540 540 29 | 10 490 | ASL| 81 460 A51 ‘s 73 GAMES TOMORROW. Chicago at St. Louis. Cleveland at Detroit. »! cooorocscorrroa o cosssssssal o AMERICAN Clubs. New York Detroit Boxton hicago S Waxshington . St. Louis ‘leveland Philadelphia .. GAMES TODAY. Wash'ton at Chicago. N. Y. at Cleveland. Phila, at St. Louis. Boston at Detroit. RESULTS OF ¥ ‘Washingten, New York, 7; Cleveland, etroit, 7: Boxton, 4. Philadelphia-St. Louis (rain). ERDAY'S GAMES. NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. Pct. Win. .34 s e Clubs Lose. New Y Chicago ... Brookiyn Cincinnati . Boston . ... Pittsburzh ... St. Louix . Philadelphia . GAMES TODAY. St. Louis at N. Y. Cincinnati_at Bkin. Chicago at Phila. Pittsburgh at Boston. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES. Pittsburgh, 5—0; Boston, 2—1. New York, 5; St. Louis, 3 rk . o GAMES TOMORROW. New York at Boston. Cincinnati at Bkin. Chicago st Phila. YALE ARENA BURNED. NEW HAVEN, Conn,, June 18.—The Arena, leased by Yale hockey teams during the winter and used this spring as a storage house and salesroom for used automobiles, was destroyed by fire early today. Two hundred cars were burned. Furnished and Installed We sell and apply Falls, Fisk, Goodyear, Goodrich, General, Firestone, U. S. Royal and Lee Balloon Tires. Let Us Estimate The John A. Wineberger Co., Inc. 3700 Ga. Ave. Col.. 565 | the, Feb. 25 o CONSECUTIVE SEASONS N THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION 192 ATHOR SAXoN PuT uP 386 POUNDS WITH ONE HAND TYGERS CLIMB TO SECOND PLACE OVER THE RED SOX VER the prostrate forms of : today again are threatening pion Yankees. Boston. by an operation on his tonsils. After staking Cleveland to a five-) cad in the first three innings the d by Ruth, who clouted ixteenth home run of the season, pulled themselves together nd won an uphill victory, 7 to 5 Babe brought in the winning run in the seventh, when, by « brilliant burst of speed, he scored from second while Fewster was throwing out Pipp first Pipp and Speaker also hit cireuit The three at {rvr‘ leaders in the National League, the Giants, Cubs and Robins, maintained their relative standing with victories Long George” Kelly umed his home-run spree by| slamming one of Sothoron's offerings for a round trip in_the fitth. The final count was 5 to 3. with the Car- dinals, as usual, on the small end.| Bentley reversed his customary pro- cedure, starting unsteadily and fin ing strong. . 'he Cubs, who are rapidly earning the White Sox' former nickname of “hitless wonders,” produced six runs| on four hits, coupled with five Phila- delphia errors and eight passes, and trimmed Art Fletcher's not too hope- fuls, 6 to 5. The Phillies gave an excellent exhibition of how to waste hits by turning twelve solid wallops into five marker: Sand of the Phillies got four bingles out of as many times at bat. In spite of the Herculean stick work of Roush, who hammered out a double, triple and homer, Brooklyn made it two straight over Cincinnati, the ®idding Red Sox the Detroit Tygers climbed into second place in the American League, and the supremacy of the world cham- With a 7-to-4 victory Detroit made it three straight over Joe Harris, Red Sox first baseman, was prevented from playing four errors and the game on a plat- ter in the seventh and graciously handed it to the Robins. Jake Daubert. who has been out of the game since May 28, when he was beaned by Sothoron of the Cardinals, reported to Manager Hendricks, but did not play. Pittsburgh partially ruined Bos- | ton's Bunker Hill day celebration by taking the first'session of a double- header, 5 to 2, and giving the Braves se rub in the sunset encounter, b the home team nosed out by 0. Sterling defensive play by Bigbee and Carey of the Pirates ma- Yerially aided Pitcher Ray Kremer in the opener. | U. S. SHOOTERS PICKED TO WIN AT OLYMPICS PARIS. June 18.—The first Olympic rifie shooting competition to be dis- puted at 600 meters will be held at Rheims, June 23. The pistol and revolver shooting will be held at Chalons, June 26, 27 and 28. Fourteen nations have en- tered in the shooting events. The United States is considered the favorite. Switzerland Is expected to give the Americans a hard fight, while Ar- gentina is third choice. with a 5-to-4 win. 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VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Wilson, 4: Rocky Mount, 1. Portsmouth, 10; Norfolk. 3. Richmond, '10: Potersburg. 3. FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE. Takeland, 2: St. Petersburg. 0. (Other games, rain. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. ; Columbus, 7. Louisville, 2 Toledo, 8.8; Milwaukes, 2-8. Minneapolis, 6-8; Indianapolis, 4-8. PIEDMONT LEAGUE. Groensboro, 7-0: Durham, 2-2. Danville, 5: Winston-Salem, 4. Raleigh, 1: High Point, 0. APPALACHIAN LEAGUE. Greeneville, 10: Bristol, 4. Enexville. 9: Johnson City, 8. Morristown. 8, Kingsport, 4. izl CAPITAL NETMEN FACE FOR VIRGINIA HONORS NORFOLK, Va, June 18.—T. J Mangan and John Temple Graves, jr., both of Washington and the former middle Atlantic singles tennis cham- pion, were survivors of the semi- finals of matches in the Virginia state tennis tournament. Mangan eliminated R. S. Voight and Graves disposed of Seaborn Flournoy. Mangan and Graves will meet to- day in the final. clouted a homer for the. winners. Naval Hos; tossers of the Gov- ernment League were forced to ex- tend themselves to nose out the Com- missioners in a i-to-6 engagement. Steele of the losers accounted for three bingles in four trips to the plate. Both Morris of the Commis- sioners and Ramsay of Naval Hos- pital hurled well Bureau of 6-to-5 victory team in the artmental _ series, Both teams hit heavy. but Dorr of the winners supplicd the feature with four clouts in five tlmes at bat. Stewart also did well, as he knocked a single, double and triple. eked out a Agriculture Pullman tossers and the Washin ton Terminal nine of the Railroad Y, M. C ies waged a 2-to. deadlock, nof the Terminal team and C: of the Pullman nine each smacked & pair of safe drives, | War and Navy dixposed of the Reg- isters, 16 to &, in the Colored Depart- mental loop. Dorsey of the clouted the only tripie. — REAL SCRAPPING DUE IN MILK FUND BOUTS | BY FAIRPLAY. | | NEW YORK, June 18.—If the milk | | fund topline bouts live up to the bal- |i¥hoo, there will be planty of thrill- | | ing activity at the Yankee Stadium | next week | Ermino Spalla is being touted to give Gene Tunney a whale of a fight and maybe he will at that. The writer knows of bets being made that Tun- ney will not knock out the Italian, | although it is conceded he will prob- ably outpoint him. Spalla is working | hard out at Summit, N. J, and as ! as the writer has already said he leeks | | to be a greatly improved fighter. | As for Harry Greb and Ted More, the talk that the English middle- | weight is likely to take Harry's world title away from him. It should be | | borne in mind, however, that Harry | |is no easy guy from whom to grab |a title | The curious thing about | that the British think he is inferior to Roland Todd, whereas Americans who have seen both in the ring here in recent months figure Moore to be by far the better fighter. It is true that Todd is more scientific, par- ticularly when it comes to defense, but Moore is a mixer after the Ameri- | can manner and is regarded by the | experts on this side of the water as | having a much better chance with high-class Yanks than any Britisher who has been here in a long, long time losers Moore is | Since the crop of imported heav | is beginning to run out F! | son will shotly face the neces: | beating up some real nAmerica fighters | | CUBAN FENCERS SAIL. HAVANA, June 1S—The Cuban | Olympic fencing team has sailed for France on board the steamer Espagne The selection of the team without the usual formalities of tryout bouts is causing much criticism in the newspapers. BOBBY JONES MARRIES. ATLANTA, June 18.—Two of the south’s oldest and most prominent families were united here vesterday at the marriage of Miss Mary Malone and Robert Tyre (Bobby) Jones, former American open golf champion. Mrs. Jones was a member of At- lanta’s younger set and an admired belle. habit of getting his legs twisted while play thought a change in climate might improve h him to St. Paul THIRD TITLE IS WON BY MONROE SCHOOL Monroe School now boasts of threc graded school championships. With the socoer ball and the track and field meet awards tucked away, it remain- ed for Monroe to eke out u 6-to-3 victory over the Lenox nine yesterday in the second titular match of &« three-game series for the diamond championship Baker, young fiinger Monroe turned the trick. He yielded but three safe blows. two of which were garnered by Riley. Rallies in the sixth and seventh innings, which net- ted a half dozen markers, put the game on ice for Monroe Before Monroe's attack joyed a 3-to-0 advantage, and the jatter threw a scare into the ranks of its opponents when it fell short of one run in the ninth to deadlock the count. Dean, Lenox hurler, was combed for six wallops BIG RACE TO DINKIE. By the Assoriated Press ASCOT HEATH Dinkie, by Pommer daal, owned by Mrs the Roval Hunt Cup run here today Weathervane was Duke of Westminster's pointer was third. Twenty Lenox en- ngland, June of Rose ferey, won 0 pounds George s and the welve- of 1 King second r BATTLING FOR BERTHS By the Associated Press. ON BOARD STEAMSHIP AMEF June 18.—Final selection of the letes who are to represent the Un States in the Olympic track and fie events is being delayed to the eleventh hour, stimulating the substitutes to fight for places and keeping the stars or: edge. This policy was decided upon by the coaches today, and announced to the athletes by Lawson Robertson, head of the coaching staff, who emphasized that an open mind would be main- tained regarding the selections. Thy the showing on shipboard is of para- mount importance since the definite entries of which there are not more than four for each event will be filed with the French committee in Paris on Tuesday, when the America i1s due to dock. Joie Ray, who won the tryout, is anxious to race .500-meter event against Paavo © it is understood the coach that his best chances of victor. the 2.000 or 00 meters. Some radical changes are result from the tests that were swing today under the eves seven coaches 10-meter in the BIG TEN GOLFERS PLAYING. CHICAGO, June 18.—Golf teams from all the big ten universities except Ohio State competed today at Briergate Club for the team championship and for qualification to enter the individual championship Thursday and Friday. 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