Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1924, Page 30

o S 0 SPORTS. T HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JUN E 26, 1924, SPORT S. Nationals Strengthen Hold on First Place by Gelting Revenge on Yankees TRIUMPH OVER NEW YORK GRIFFS FACE REAL TEST N LONG STAY AT HOME larberry Shines on Mound in Taking the Fourth Straight From Yanks, Ninth in a Row and 18 of Last 26 Games Played. BY JOHN B. KELLER. AVING games Leaguce burage. subdued the in New H and world champion Yok and risen to the pinnacle of the American Yankees in four successive the Nationa's now face a more severe test of their abil- They were to begin today a home stand of thirty-seven ames, in which cevery other club of the Johnsonian circuit will be en- countered the first of them this For this run cleven double-hoaders are tentatively scheduled. | iiternpon with the last-place Athletics. The work of the Nationals in this long stay in Clark Griffith Stadium more than likely vear' determine whether they mad pennant chase. wil! are to continue real factors in this Ii the fighting spirit and excellence of performance that has gener- characterized their play during second western invasion of the past four wecks is continued the Nationals will be at the top or thereabouts when the time to start the | the vear arrives. There is no doubt of that Tn winning cighteen of twenty-six games and finishing with the better part of the score in the last nine, the Harrismen have revealed superh base ball qualities that now impending. The in thr rai calculated busy But so far they present seid days with header today tomorrow to Keep tin Although trailing clubs in_ the league visht White Elephants have becn the hunds of the Nationals season. Eleven tin the have met and althouzh the heh holds the cd Philadelphia opponent, nve, it gained it only week with two viclories Quaker City and one here the Athleties, while they finisacd we'l below the Nationals. w.re more troublesome to the local azzrexation than any other team in th leazue exeept New York. and they ce threatened to be o in this Ccenpaign The Red Sox. too. who were such marks for the Nationals in | have heen just the opposite thu season. The club due to f Athletics here in the | stand has won five « ayed with the Harr are booked for Six engi S n four days, starting Sundav. The Yankees., who are to come to Wash- ngton for five games in three days beginning July f. have been well drubbed by this hustling outfit of Harris’. nine of the thirteen tlts between the clubs going azainst the world champions, but with their har- dy sluggers they always are dunger- ous four game Mack ingle urday Harris ven (1 the other now. the <uch on all this tewms clan of ver s imes to the past in the Last vear far How nt the n gam s men. und tie gements he Wentern Clubs Then Arrive. With the east n the the the League, markable « ifith's rs come in four day atior will encounter the Americ did nothing re n orga ationals t & section they western pa n tadinm in here July . the In May. The Ty- for six game ans, who have whipped the ionals soundly so fur, July 12, for five engagements in ur days; the Browns probably July possibly the day before, for s tilts in four days, and the White Sox, July 21, for five clashes in four days. That makes a real schedule for any ball elub, While the Nationals have plenty of hustle in defense and at- tack during the past four weeks and there is nothing to indicate that a .t-up in this dash may be expected, success in the home stand will de- pend mainly upon the pitching corps Now that Allen Rus: tina apparcntly have rounded into form, the club boasts one of the best hurling staffs in the league, but #t_must hold to its stride to keep the club a strong pennant contender. All of the pitchers except Walter Johnson and Warren Ogden gave sat- isfactory demonstrations of their ability in the Yankee series. That Johnson did not hurl was due to.an unfortunate circumstance over which the club had no control, but his rec- ord of nine victories agaimst three fefeats for the seaxon speaks for it- “cIf The veteran is in superb form. Ogden, while a_valuable asset, is not “xpected to take frequent turns on the slab, being classed as reserve ma- t shown rial Marberry I Fine Form. of the other pitchers in the New York series work- Satisfactorily than the “outhful Fred Marberry. who hurled yesterday. when the Nationals swept the set of engagements by outscor- g the world chumpions. 3 to 2. be- fore darkness caused by an impend- 1 storm ended hostilities after se ¢n innings of play. The big Texan. rated a recruit slabman at the outset f the season, twirled with the cool- ness of a veteran after a somewhat unsteady opening inning, and more than matched the efforts of his imound opponent, the scasoned Bullev Bush. A sky too leagues ende seven inning: such that the umpires have suspended play @t sion of the sixth session. Marberry <peed was such that the Yunkee ters could take ‘only a hope’ul swing .t the ball after the fifth, but, when they did manage to connet, Nutiona! fielders were terribly handicapped by the gloom That the world champions raised their hit total for the gam= to five virtue of Dugan's single Teft the seventh was due entirely to the overcast sky. The tap was a liner to 11t that under ordinary weather con- ditions Goslin very likely would have handled easily. In the other ses- sions after the first, when they massed four clouts. the kees practically were helpless against the offerings of the raugy Texas pitcher. Poor Support Hu Bush, though, was no Nationais. The v was @ vietim of some in the first frame. when a pair of blows. while some clever base running by Harris proved costly ta the Yankees in the third. All told, hut five safeties were garnered off Rullet Joe, and only two of them fiwured in the run-making. All of the hits were granted in the first three rounds, but so was one of the two passes off Bush. and that helped the Nationats considerably. This_fra to first’ was Rice, lea inning. Then Matthews popped to short right, and Johnson ran for the vall. The Yankee second-sacker ped under the fly, but fumbled, and therc were National runners on first and second bases. Manager Har- sis laid down a neat sacrificiul bunt, ana the stage was well set for the Fluggink Goslin. Goose took a wild swing at the first ball pitched by the air below None e more for ment after ions were could well th- conel dark even the engas and cond x Bush. for the ren slabman poor support he gave up ark Kk handed to the sphere. The next fling, however. Goose met solidly and the ball soared to center field " Rice and Matihews raced home. but Meusel fielder the hit =o fast that Goslin had 1o stop at the initial bag. Judge fol- lowed with a single that sent Goslin The pair of Nationals were stranded, though, for Ruei's loft to Jeft was too short to permit Goslin to try for the plate and Peck ground- cd to Scott Ruth Gets Yanks Started. Yanks lost no time getting these runs back. Johnson and Hen- drick were easy victims of Marberry’s pitching prowess, the lead-off batter lifting to Peck, while the second man rolled to Bluege. Then the National hurler got a three-and-two count on Ruth, but attempted to_grove a third strike and—bloofe. The Bambino swung hard against the ball- and his eighteenth home run of the season followed. The ball landed in the third tier from the top of the right field bleachers, a swat that, made in Washington, would have cleared the . tof third. The con- | this | home | inst when it invaded Clark | I and Joe Mar- | | spec twilight | A bat- | off batter. in the opening | have faced no test as strenuous as It shou d make or break the club. STILL GOING STRONG R TASHINGTON. E ico. ... Matth ws, of. Harris. 25. Gaslia, I Judge. 1b Ruel, c..... Peckinpaugh Blucge. 3b. Marberry. > ] ccecoon~ocol « cooceommni H o 0 1 1 1 1 [ o 1 5 H. 0 [ 1 1 1 1 1 0 o o 5 5. B womenamae Totals 5 5 E Bl sorvnsnsinnd D consanomnd Ruh, rf Mou:ol Piop. ib. Schang. c. D igin, 3b. Seatt, s Wit Bush, areuunukmal v © ~osnocoronP © MesoooNOOR Totals 25 2 “Battod for Scott in seventh inniny Washington 20 Nw York Game called cn acoount of rain and darkness Threebase hit—Marberry. Home run—Ruth. Stowen bases—Judge, Hairis, Rusl, Meusel. Saciiices—Harris. Judge. 'Double playe— Pickinpaugh, Harris and Judge; Ruth and Scott, Leit on bases—New York. 4; Washing- ton, 5. Bases on balls—Off Bush, 3; off Mar. borty 1. Struck out—By Bush 2. Hit by gircher—By Marberey (Hendr'ck). Umpires— esars. Ormsby and Evans. Time of game—1 hiour and 35 minutes. right field wall of Stadium by ma The blow pos Marbers kee cingles 1} Meusel socked the eneral direction of right fleld it was good for a base only beca of Harris' game effort that partially blocked it. “Pipp poled a clout to left that put Bob at third and Schang hit to right, sending Meusel home with the tying tall But Dugan could do nothing more than force out Schang with a tap to Peck When Marberry bounced a triple st Meusel with one gone in the econd inning, prospects of another National run were bright. Fred, though. was caught at the plate agter Scott made a great stop of Rice’s ter- rific smash, and Matthews flied deep to Ruth. But the Harrismen came back in the third and gathered what proved to be the decisive marker. Harrix Initintex Rally. 1t was Manager Harris himseif who started the run-making with a slash- ing single to left and a theft of se ond. Goslin grounded to Pipp, the efiort was good enoush to get Harris to third base. Then Jud backed Ruth to the terrace in fro of the right-field stand for and Harris galloped home after Babe corralled the ball. Ruel singled and pilfered and Bush hit Pe but Bluege lofted to Meusel. Thereafter neither club was offered a worth-while scoring opportunity Harris was the only National to on base after the third frame. He drew @ pass in the fifth and took sacond when Goslin was retired. only to be doubled after Ruth made acular catch f Judge's drive. A double nullified a_p: to Ruth in the Yankees third, while with Meusel on sccond and two out in the xth Pipp popped to Peck Dugan's single with one gone in the seventh was followed by Pinch Batter W fiy to Matthews and Bush's force-play ‘rap to Peck Clark Griffith upset for came’ along the young three ~ Yan- immediate and P | | { RECEPTION to a Washingtor in the history of the sport he they arrived from New Yo have been blazing a bri'liant way in weeks greeted the Harrivmen as they alig sembled in the vast concourse of swarmed about the players as the proper. Cheers were, loud and prol team that has climbed from sixth to Manager Bucky Harris received a wire when the train stopped in Bal- timore informing him of the impend- ing reception and while *he deeply appreciated the spirit of the Wash- ington fans requested his charges to delay little as possible their de- parture from the station after reach- ing Washington. Harris, with Fresident Clark C. Griffith and Secretary Edward B. Ey- non, jr.. of the Nationals, led the column ‘iito the terminal and when the great crowd first saw them a tre- mendous cheer arose. There were handshakes and slaps on the back that threatened to put the peppery manager of the topmost team out of commission, while the club officials, too, were ‘the reciplents of hearty congratulations. Nor was any other member of the team, despite his efforts, permitted to get away from the scene without a {deal of good-natured greeting. It certainiy was a happy crowd that as Bush, but the bat split | | welcomed the returning victors, but |uot a Lit happier than the victors | themselves. Mike Martin, trainer par excellence |of the Nationals, was not expected to be able to do much work for the ath- letes today. He received so many | congratulatory thumps between the | shoulders last night that he probably | needs some rubbing himself now. There ix no more modest member of the club than young Fred Marberry, who hurled his team to victory yes- terday. The rangy Texan was recog- nized by the crowd 4s soon'as he neared the station gates, and given a rousing cheer, but Fred quickly ducked through a side exit to jump into a taxi and be whisked away. Presid-nt GriMith has worn a broad grin_ever since the club took that Lt i BATTERY TROUBLE? Call Main 906 Service Station AUTO SUPPLY CO. Son « [ © C 0 ol 0 ° o 0 0| against formidable rivals. sphere in the | ut | fiy catch FANS ACCORD NATIONALS " A NOISY WELCOME HOME hronged with thousands of admiring fans eager to glimpse the men who Many managed to get by the vigilant guards at the gates and |ALL TEAMS TO VISIT HERE IN NEXT MONTH During the home stand of thy tionals starting today thirty-seven gumes to be played, with all of the other clubs in the league visit- ing. The dates include cleven double- headers, morning and afternoon tilts being listed for Independence day, while others are the result of post- ponements during the rainy month of May. The tentative June 2 are schedule follows elphin (2 games), HW—Honton (2 gamen). 1—Boston (2 games). Buxton. t—Open date. 4—New Vork (morning and aft- erncon gume: S—New York (2 gamen). G—Now York, 7—Open dat S—Detroit D—Detroit 10—Detroit. d. 14—Cloveland, 15—Cleveland. 16—Open date, 2 gamen). | PENNSYLVANIA FIGHTERS | LISTED FOR KENILWDRTH ians. Mickey Pap- ner of Philadelphia and Pen O'Brien t anton, will meet in the next ring show at Kenilworth, which is | carded for next Monday. Both of these lightweights have earned recognition through suc. essful efforts Two Pennsylvi LEDOUX AND HOLMAN ENTER RING TONIGHT Charlie Holman, Baltimore ban- tamweight, will strive for a big pla in the spotlizht tonight when he bat- tles Charley Ledoux of France. for- mer French and Furopean champion in the bantam and feather classes in the Sportland Heights arena at | Berwyn, Md | Tt will be the fitst international | scrap ever to be staged at one of the { “local” club Georges Carpentier | will be in Ledoux's corner | Both Ledoux and Holman are rugged battlers and willing mixers, and the | ten-round bout should prove well worth the trip to the nearby Mary- land hamlet | Terry O'Day and Hank Dundee will | meet in_the semi-final contest, which is slated for six rounds. There will be three other bouts, all of which promise action | | MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Newark, 7: Baltimore, 3. Rochester, 8; Toronto, 1. The answer is. “Nothing.” pleased about something or other. the reason. ing a number of other S good tussles lately, now seek land and Virginia. They have select for a contest this afternoon in Un setting a_swift pace for other me League. Just last Sunday Maryland The Standard Oil club, however, be- lieves it can give the Marylanders a real, battle, and will use as battery this afternoon Humphreys and Mec- Carthy. . Play. is to start at 5 o'clock. Jorsey City at Reading (tornado). Syracuse at Buffalo (rain). AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Milwaukee, 3.2 Loutsville. 2-9. Toledo. 3: St. Paul 0. Konsos City. 9: Indianapolis. 4. Columbus. 8: Minnearolis. 7 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. | Asheville, 10; Spartanburg. 6 | Greenville, §; Macon. 1. Charlotte. 6; Augusta. 4. APPALACHIAN LEAGUE. Johnson City. 8: Greenville. 7. Kingsport. 2-0y Knoxville, 82 Morristown, 6-10; Bristol, 0-0. PIEDMONT LEAGUE. nsboro. 2-1; Danville, 112 igh. 5: Durham. 4. High Point, 10-1: Winston-Salem, 74 VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Wilson, 13:2: Norfolk. 9-6 Richmond. 5. Portsmouth, 1. Rocky Mount, 2; Petersburg. 1. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Mobile 2.2. Memph's, 0-3 Nashuill, 18: Birmingham. 3. Little Rock 3: New Orleans. 2 FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE Lakeland. 8: Orlando, 4. St. Petersburg. 5; Tampa. 4. Daytons, 5; Bradentown, 3. Gre R 1 base ball club never beiore equaled re was accorded the Nationals when last night. Union station was the American League the past four hted from the train, more were as- the terminal, while a, huge crowd y finally struggled into the station longed in the greeting worthy of a first place in less than a month. doubleheader from the Yankees Mon- day. So has his young nephew, Cal- vin Griffith, who accompanied the Nationals to New York as a mascot. Vice President and Treasurer of the Nationals Billy Richardson had to leave the club last night -when the train reached Philadelphia, his home town, but declared he would be among those present at Clark Griffith Stadium today. Billy lost fourteen pounds, according to the most accu- rate scales, because of violent rooting during the Yankee serfes. Walter Johnwon and Joe Martina were. expected to toil against the Macks this afternoon in the double- header. Other right-handers prob- ably will be sent against the visitors tomorrow ana_Saturday, for Harris is not keen about feeding the Macks southpaws. Little Wid Matthews failed to get | a safe hit yesterday after registering clouts in thirteen consecutive games. But he met the ball in each of his four trips to the plate and scored from second whe@ Goslin singled in the first inning. During his batting streak, Wid made twenty-three safeties. That wallop of Babe Ruth's in the first frame was a tremendous one. The ball went, high into the right- field bleachers. Such a clout here probably would soar over the park wall into Florida avenue. One of the hardest hit balls of the game resulted in only an out. It was socked by Muddy Ruel in the first inning when Goose Goslin was on third base and Joe Judge on/second. The sphere traveled directly to Harvey Hendrick (n left field, how- ever, who made a catch too close for Goslin to try to score. ] HEWITT TIRES 32x4 8, 8, S. CORD—3Z1.35 | aria Friends’ Athletle Club, representing the Friends playground of Alexan- wants a Saturday game with ten to twelve year old Challenges may be to Manager Allen at North Columbus street or telephoned to Alexandria 424 some Corinthian Athletic Club took the measure of the Centrals yesterday in a six-inning rain-halted 12-to-0 er gagement Cifa pitching for t Corinthians, allo but one hit Hartford Athletic ¢ gave the Serecas a sound 17-to-1 drubbing. Bunch held the losers to three safe- tiex, while his mates made seven hits and took advantage of the numerous misplays of the opposition. are to tackle eniors tomorrow -k, in the hollow ts Nenman's All-St the Knickerbocker evening, at 5:30 o'cl at 35th and T stre o Athletic Club will g0 to Sunday for a game wit T will be held on Alfred street diamond, o'clock Glen Alexandria the Rosebud the North starting at Chevy Chaxe Seniora overcame the Kanawha Seniors in a 7-to-4 battle. Frisbie, who relieved Batson on the slab for Chevy Chase, allowed one hit in four and two-thirds innings and fanned five batters. Kenllworth Athletic Club was easy for the Yellow Cabmen in a 10-to-3 game. Crouch pitched good ball for the victors. Truxton Athletic Club wants games with senfor teams. Telephone chal- lenges.to Manager Reesh at North 6103, Herxlx have a fleld and want a Sun- day game starting at 1 o'clock. Man- ager Jake Milwit may be telephoned at Franklin 4902-W between 4:30 and 7 o'clock. Columbia Athletic Club and Quan- tico Pirales will be opponents fin Alexandria_Sunday. The Columbias have won fiver games and lost none. Handley Athletic Club players are expected to report for practice today at 5 o'clock. The Handleys will play Naval Hospital Sunday. Mount Rainler J the Sherwood Juniors on the latter's field today at 5 o'clock. Virginia Athletic Club wants a Sat- urday game with some midget team on the field at 5th and L streets southeast. Telephone challenges to Lincoln 2242, Eastern Athletic Assocjation nine is seeking Saturday opposition. Mana- ger Chris Hutchinson may be tele- phoned at Lincoln §902. Yankee Insects want games with teams in the ten-eleven-year class The management may be called at Franklin 9619-J. Takoma Athletic Club would like to arrange games for Tuesdays and Thursdays to be played on the Silver Spring diamond. _Telephone chal- lenges to J. A. Walters, Columbia 2117-J. Comdorter C| woods, 5 to 3, in eleven innings. Col- liere and Reidy hit well and Mansey hurled good ball for the victors. -— It beeame no dark in the sixth in- ning that Umpires Ormsby and Evans conferred as to the adv! " calling_the game then. stopped It after the Scvent. sation of hostilities'was announced as temporary only, but rain descending in torrents a few minutes made fur- ther play impossible. When the Na- tionals, who were gathered in their dressing room, heard the game was off definitely they gave a great cheer. Double-Header TODAY BASE BALL.5%?x. AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK Washington vs. Philadelphia NATIONAL-HEWITT . CO., Inc. 1007 Sth St. N.W—Fr. 486 on Sale 's, 1338 G Bt. k2 A0 oyl g - Yem ¥ s Stanley Har: team. | nowed out the Sher- | When they | appears 10 be more or less Maybe some bright little boy can guess | 'STANDARD OIL NINE FACES ' MARYLAND OUTFIT TODAY TANDARD OIL COMPANY'S diamond athletes. who have been giv- first-c base ball teams about the city the scalps of clubs of nearby Mary ed a formidable nine as an opponent ion Park. The Oilers will stack up lass against nothing less than the Maryland Athletic Club team, that has been mbers of the Washington-Maryland A. C. took a double-header. HOW GRIFFS ARE HITTING G. AB. H. SB. RBL Pct. 13 24 9 0 z 378 .8 8 o .3 60 232 50 .20 [ 15 3 3 43 Martina Runnell lin Matthews Joknnon Gagnon Prothro Rice dge Peck Ruel ... Moxridge . Harrin Leibold .. Zachary Bluege Ogden . Shirley Speece | Smitn . Marberry Hargrave nixer ... Tate 381 32 20883 8 R U] .4 15 .. 8 6 17 s 14 231 205 200 sz v [] e o a1 o 000 N by the same score to the Robind. homer of the season: Detroit moved up into second place over the New York team by defeat- Louis. The score again was Rip Collins held the Browns its, while Shocker allowed two doubles and a single. Cleveland and Chicago changed positions when the White Sox won a double-header, 2 to 1 and 8 to 1, and moved into sixth place, the Indians dropping to seventh. The Phillies and the Braves split a double-header, the Philadelphia team winning the first, a ten-inning battle, 9 to 8 and losing the second. 4 to 1. Bancroft scored a homer in both games, while-Henline and Har- per went the circuit in the first en- counter. The Red Sox defeated the Athletics, 4 to 3, when Ike Boone, pinch hitting for Quinn in the ninth’ with two out ! | Cord Tires On Credit Small Payment Down, Balance Monthly T. 0. PROBEY CO. 2100 Pa. Ave. NW.- | i SEVEN GAMES TODAY IN SANDLOT LEAGUES Rain played havoc with the sched- ules of the amateur sandlot base ball leagues yesterday, but they were to attempt (o resume activities this afternoon. Seven circuits have con- tests listed In the Departmental League the Union Printers were to take the fleld against the Agriculture Department outfit, while Commissioners and vernment Printing Offi were to be opponents in the government 1oop. Treasury, War and Post Office De- partment leagues have dates. In the first mentioned, Annex No. 1 was to encounter Treasury Architects, while in the War circuit Ordnance and Army District of Washington were to clash. The Post Otffice t was to be between Shops and Railway Mail. Commercial Leaguers were to be entertained with a_game between W. B. Moses gnd the Willlams-Webb En- graving Company teams, In the Washington Base Ball and Amateur Athietic Association. Pierce and North- ern of section A of the midget class were to play Four Sunday games are booked for the Independent League, Petworth will tackle the Dominicans, Sham- rocks will fac the Knickerbockers, Arlingtons and Waverlys will clash and Mohawks and Cherrydales will meet. mrocks and Knicks also are to play a postponed game Satur- day. LEDOUX IS DEPRIVED OF HIS RING CROWN PARIS, June 26—Charles has been deprived of his title of champlon featherweight boxer of Europe by the International Boxing Union, which has named Henri Heb- rans of Belgium, champion. The ground for the federation’s ac- tion was that Ledoux had not ac cepted, within the time limit set, prior ‘to May Y. a challenge by Hebrans to fight for the title nor de- mand from the International Boxing Union any extension of the time limit for his acceptunce of the chal- lenge. Ledoux Ledoux won the championship of Europe last Febru- ary, when he defeated Bdouard Mas- cart in a twenty-round bout on points at Paris. Ledoux won fifteen of the twenty rounds. The featherweight title had been awarded to Mascart last December because of the failure of Eugepe Criqui, then champion, to meet him. (riqui was in bad shape physically and unable to box Mas- cart. Hebrans was defeated featherweight points by |GREB RISK i | world nd also lost Criqui in Paris in 1923 same year to Mascart in Paris the KING TITLE IN GO WITH BRITON 26.—Ted Moore, m be & the clock YORK. June middleweight, champion before strikes 12 tonight. He will make his supreme effort in this direction when he meets Harry Greb, present champion, in the fifteen-round feature NEW British 333 | Spalla. heavyweight ch 331 | rope, bout of the milk fund show at the Yankee Stadium. Another international mitts will take place when unnev. American light-heavy- titie-nolder, will -~ try _ to the aspirations of Erminio mpion of Eu- clashing of weight squelch rounds in twelve |crown will not he at stake, as Spalla e [cannot 18 | fimit of 1 o1 | YANKEES DROP TO THIRD; ROBINS END GIANTS’ STRING make the light-heavyweight 3 pounds. Paul Berlenbach, who was slated to meet Young Stribiing of Macon, Ga., but who injured himself in a recent fight, will be replaced by Tommy (K. '0.) Loughran of Philadelphia, promoters of the show announced late vesterday. Loughran, a hard hitter and clever boxer, should give the Macon schoolboy one of the hard- est_tussles of his amazing career. The negro middleweight champion- ship will be at stake in the third twelve-rounder between Panama Joe Gans and Larry Estridze. The show will open with a four-round match setween Sandy Siefert. yvoung Pitts- burgh heavyweight, and Dan Leiber of New Vork EW YORK, June 26—Both New York teams lost yesterday in a pair of seven-inning games which were stopped by rain, the Yankees dropping into a third-place tie with Boston and the Giants’ winning streak being stopped by the Brooklyn Robins. The Giants had tied the score in the beginning of the eighth, when the rain not only stopped the game, but washed out their counter, the score reverting to the previous inning. The Yankees were trimmed, 3 to which strengthened the Nationals' hold on first place. 2, by Washington. The Giants lost Babe Ruth knocked his eighteenth and the score tied, pounded out a single which scored Todt with the winning counter and elevated the Red Sox into their tie for third place with the Yankees. St. Louis and Cincinnati divided honors, the Cardinals winning the first game, 3 to 2, and the Reds the second, 2 to 1. In the latter encounter Mays won his own game with a double in the last half of the ninth. The Pirates and Cubs staged a fourteen-inning conflict in Pittsburgh which ended with the home team on top, 8 to 7. Emil Yde, Oklahoma southpaw, hit a double in the ninth with two out which sent the game into extra innings, and his triple in the fourteenth with two Pirates om base won the game. ~ Made of just o oo aead in, woven comfort and nomical collar. VAN H ' PHILLIPS-JONES Tunney's | ¥ ‘PIea.wnl, lazy, out-of-doors days, made pleasanter because the smart Van Heusen is so comfortable. i i f smooth, b Nothias | for starch. ‘woven the fold in, woven a faultless curve wilt. For all o(usionf b e W 1{ ost comfortable, et eulid 12 STYLES—50 CENTS EUS : the Worlds Smasaft COLLAR REVERSE OF USUAL DOPE Gothamites Heretofore Have Been Rank Poison to s Capital Cre ~—Locals This Year Stronger Than Promising Club of 1921. _— BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, June 26.—Washing first time in years. Not only N American League leadership but they did it at the expense of the the lordly New Yorkers down to a tie fo If there is one team in the league which cold poison to Washington. it is the casionally lost a game to V thing from Washington. Whenever ing pleased the Yanks more than to wallop it walloped the Yankees for an entire | BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS AMERICAN LEAGU W. L. Pet. 559 sas 26 an ANE a7 ez GAMES TOMORROW. Phila. st Washington. N ] PO g L 8t. Louis at Chicago. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAME! Washington, 3; New York, 2 (7 in- ningw, darkness). Boston, 4; Philadelphia, 3. Philadeiphia GAMES TODAY. Phila. at Washington. New York_at Boston. Detroit at 8t. Louis. Ciubs, New York .. Chicago Brookiyn Pittxburgh Cincinnat Boxton 3 ilzdelphia . St. Louis GAMES TODAY. Srooiiva v 34 37 378 GAMES TOMORROW. Gioe at 8¢ Loui. rooklyn at Boston at_ N Baston at New ¥ Chicago at Chicago RESULTS OF YESTERDA Philadelphia, 9—1; Boaton, St. Louiw, 3—1; Clncinnati, 2—: Brooklyn, 3; New York, nings, darkness). Pitisburgh, 5: 91 C;EWSilN REdATIA. PHILADELPHIA, June Ninets one crews have been entered in tbe | nineteen events of the I’eople’s re gatta to be rowed on the Schuylkill River, July 4th, officials in charge of the regatta have announced. The lis Includes crews from Detroit, Pitts- | burgh, Baltimore, Washington and | New York. Base Ball AS BIG LEAGUERS PLAY IT hicago, 7 (14 in's). AVOIDING GET BASE DIRECTLY BETWEEN (F!‘EY~”M YOU CAN SHIFT SPIKING AT SECOND BASE QUICKLY IN ANY DIRECTION FOR BALL THEN SHIET TO MARE way FOR SUDE AND TOUCH PART OF BODY NEAREST YOU. CAUGHT 8E- TWEEN BASE AND RUNNERT BUT IF YOU DO- LET YOUR LEGS GIVE AND “RIDE® THE MAN IN. How do you avoid getting spiked when a runner comes shiding into sec- ond and you have to make the put-out? Answered by JOE SEWEL Shortstop, Cleveland Indians; the hardest-hitting" shortstop in either league. Batted .353 laxt year. * x % To avoid being spiked by a run- ner who is sliding into a base have the base directly between the feet 50 as tq shift to either side for the ball which is thrown by the catcher. Watch which way the slide is being made. Hold the ball tightly in both hands to avoid having it kicked out of the hands, and touch the part of the body which is nearest to you Never be between the base and the runner who is sliding if it can pos- sibly be prevented. If you should | be between the runner and the basc let your feet and legs give way and “ride the man in,” as it is called, by falling on top of him while he is sliding. (Copyright, 1924, Associated Bditors.) Ask your dealer for Van Craft, a new neg- ligee shire with the Van Hewsen sewed to- e loom has smartwess in. It cannot s it is the World’s NEW YORK —~ shington, the Yan ! time ton is tasting sweet revenge for the have the Nationals climbed into the by an almost comiortable margin— orld champion Yankees, battering r third place in the process hove all others, has been When all other teams o ks frequently won every a: head popped up, noth- And now Washington ha w L Yankees a Senatori, serics. . Washingtan had ise of recent vears plaved well ail that ceason owest week end standing for th son was fth place. and for consecutive weeks they wer irg place. But they were lacking in tha something called punch which needed to carry a team on to viet This vear's Washington club better team than tn am of It also is a better team thar last vear. They have not the punch of the Clevelands ¢ Louis Browns. but they are hitting better all of | with good pitching th some of the American L wateh them disappear in t —because thes have found win That is the greatest | a ball club can make. Som &0 for years without finding New Orleeans Pressing Memphis Vhile the Washingtons are their days of elation in t League ~ their co-workers outhern Association, the players, are having a ba e New Orleans from overtaking them For a while Memphis was running awas with league, but jt sec out 1 to kecp New leans o thick of a Associa d they are v ond p coming from_ sc behind and giving t will last prob: ‘' 1 its greatest pr in 19210 7 n th questi of the on me Or- Souther g 1 In the Ameriean Axsociation the | dianapolis club is coming again aft having slipped for a witile. St. Pau which threatened to run away with the pennant for a time, is dropping back, although it is likely to re with renewed energy to the fight danger bug in the American ciation seems to be the Lo elub, which being handled admi- rably by Joe McCarthy. Some major league club is missing a clever younz manager by grabbing McCartt Denver Is Boss in Western. Omaha ¢li Western League. but western clubs has been sake Denver, which ho! at the top because batting like champions Tulsa outslugs them, but Denver ha been hitting around most of t and combined with other goo features has kept its place in fr because it deserved it. Some diffe ence between Denver this vear last, when they never seemc to get started (Copsright IRATE FANS IN ST. LOUIS ATTACK UMPIRE HOLMES ST. ini ar Ame against “Ducky” Holmes, umpire last night whe the struck in the eve by an sitting in a mac s double-header wit me Known today rina. twenty-nine, and Paschal, twenty-seven following the attack Holmes during his briel stay has been subjected to severe demnation because he ha ruled ad versely ugainst the home team in everal close decisions. His action aturday in nishing Manage- corge Sisler. Catcher lins » and Coach Jimmy Au o Eame for protesting a d [ & near-r were Holmes him to a consy gamblers.” The Far umpire kicked as they werc leavin M'BfMUTT IN DERBY. 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