Evening Star Newspaper, July 9, 1924, Page 26

THE EVENING 'STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1924 SPORTS. Griffs Fighting to Stay in Front : Old League Race Unchanged in Three Weeks OPEN SERIES ONLY THREE THE AMERICAN LEAGUE CONVENTION. —By R;PLEY. VX!I_LIR gm \L% r:‘Torlf?r g%LsT HECTIC, SHIFTS IN YOUNG GAMES AHEAD OF TYGERS : G oA T T R L s CIRCUIT IN THAT PERIOD the boxing show at Kenllwort KFive bouts are scheduled, the prin- cipal one of twelve Nfln::: bring. . . . . i 1 togeth ‘H anegan . Place Reliance on Strong Pitching Staff in the Seven { oF Bonton and Kid Teoks, ciaimant | Pirates Appear to Be on Uptrend Now, But Only- of the wouthern featherweight Contests to Be Played in Next Four Days. 3 - : O Nimint| 5% WaskisEion Concentrated Attack by Seven Rivals Can Stop o as v - ¥ and Charicy Barber of Baltimore 3 = 3 g Cobb Has Two New Athletes. i LAl Giants From Copping Again. A and a four-rounder are on the BY DENMAN THOMPSON. program. UANTITY as well as quality in base ball will be on tap at Clark BY JOHN B. FOSTER. Griffith Stadium for the remainder of the week i the weather ] ( BENNING GOING FAST | N EW YORK, July 9—Far three week ends in a row the pennant race man decides to alter his recent program and provide some sun- in the National League has been without a change. On the week | shine. Exactly seven games in four days are on the list for disposition, Sy o ek IN BENGEORGE I.OOP‘ z end of June 21 and again on June 28 and on July 3 the order of and on their outcome will depend whether the Nationals retain for the standing has been New York, Chicago, Brooklyn tyhvrd weck end in succession the league leadership they attained on < . ’ _— Boston, Philadciphia.and St. Lo . une 24 or slip a notch S . st Eows. ¥ = ) o . s nning nine is running along 4 s ato andings for three week ends in su onias Following the double-header slated for this afternoon with the Tygers, | e g g at| Unchanged relative standings for three week ends in succession are i : 5 v i S 5 & a rapid rate in the Benning-Prince = . . starting at 1:30 o'clock, another bargain show will be staged tomorrow. = : i b e ::",f pretty rare. There is a strong chance that some of the clubs will drop then a single contest with the Cohbmen Friday and a twin bill Saturday and others will rise in the next few weeks, owing to the start of the new _sing] 3 Sa 3 = ihe Gix eames it h layed in the | and others will rise in next few weeks, owing to art of new with the Cleveland Indians. who are to remain through next Tuesday \ = . = cireuit, completely - outeinesing 'no| castern invasion of the west. Philadelphia and on already have With the official sanction of Ban Johnson, boss of the circuit, the game ) ! ; = ——— 23 ( iy < . R s | traded places. originally carded for vesterday will not be played until the third visit L ( jgbugsttton Slsi lnativictory, wxamione The three weeks just mentioned have been as he American 3 ) here of the Tygers, when open dates in the schedule are available on : hd 3 3 | st Louts iy of @ €oi5 in ten Innings over Mary- |y . v % e have been changeless in th Natic 1 d Bos- 4 August 19 and 0. : T . e 11y anday. Benning will en- | 1on slipped from third to sixth, Washington ady m to first, New York's failure to get better s Rreatest rival, Bradbury / have been first, second and third than an even break with the White | Helgnts, on fhe BoweniHoad fiEln; the eyl b g g 4 a S anieven Drea iiie Wit ey The Bengeorge leader has As for the N se. it is a e aneaierany iehalied tthe foxifistte [H1UBIG SEEAGUE STATlSTICSI | Cleveland' and Willixms a pair of | corcionc " conciu o Boston, It Cinsent | ivils byl e so ot clever pitchers, while its catcher, | Philadeiphia 2 s are out of although the advantaze still remains 0 7 Ted Colvin, is’ good. Sampson, & the champi it like busy ut one full game and thev are just AMERICAN LEAGUE, Colvin and Farr of the outfield also mosquitoes the n buzz around and three games ahead of their rivals in. Lose. 4 — give considerable strength to the 5 = do a lot of stir other clubs of today But so closely are the | Washington. ... , cluby AS BIG LEAGUERS PLAY IT |><‘ u‘x';' n E be caders bunched that it will be pos. | New York . i - — sb a nnati must well as the Yankees and T 5 te St Louis < SEA> stage a benefit show for {he Wash- Gt imto) the = e an overhaul the Harrismen betore the | hieago 4 23 ? ington Base Ball and Amateur Ath- | brac their sy and the Cubs SR of: dhis week firould A ihesy || iy aana . letic Association as soon as opponents have got to win I their own L e e = . ) can be found for the soldiers. Bobby and to renew the e Al el floundering. | Wl eaths Hoca s a ] ce 2 reia, Bobby Marriott, Jack Cafoni, fidence that their owners find empty B = | . E X E ddie Burnbrook, Jimmy Brock and ing si the Cu back home Grifts Have a Big | GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. XV ¢ Jerrord are the fist flingers of the s On the strength of returns | Detroit_at Wash. Detroit at Wash = 3 g military post prepared to step into iy Prend. the Griffs figure to win a majo | Cleveland at Phila. Cloveland at Phila. g the ring to aid the sandlot organiza- The chances are that Pittsburgh of their five clashes against the " | St. Louis at Boston. St. Louis at Bosten. 5 / tion. Goldie Ahearn, local feather- en the up trend. Cine ih Zalstwith ease; for thev have leap: | os toin How o SORlogafatiNowork> \ 4 2 X weight, may be pitted against Garcia. | P O i Sl tured all but one of the six engage 5 S e i i The Washingto® boy has volunteered ik abinlon.. and. St Touls ments with them thus far. but that I ED AL VIGARIES 7 his services. If the bouts can be ar- 0N Jinsion.ang St Toulsiennow no accurate forecast can be made| MyivRinkton-Detroit (rain). anged, they will be held in the rid- - Ay MLt st avse it from previous performances in base |, 2 A9Cibhin: & Cleveland, 0 (7 dn- | ing hall at Fort Myer. has everthing t ind nothing ball was conclusively demonstrated | PILEN, rain). o = T o lose—it ¢ - Gt e o th e o malvelydEmonatrated (R Boxton, 7, s Cherrydale Athletic Association to 1 it can't get lower than last in the case of the ¥ ees, who had 0—S5; New York, 2—sS. will give a moonlight excursion on place een beaten in nine of fourteen 2 pra=se Ziliely: ® maonlien s exoriiion jon R Piidsbuieinever-sete sotiiedmo s, e S 3 ning, starting at 7:15 o'clock. Mickey | 2=ue of mind wherei Il has 5 ifixed their recent wvisit here. but who pro- | NATIONAL LEAGUE. D e e ey batting order and fixed fielders, the Ses |New York ......40 25 667 653 ace f ace in fight. But e (o baops Joe e Ransdell Incorporated wants an INFIELDERS MOVE BACK 3 a chance to put the Déct to the Tygers 1t 1a Just as likely not to hold good in the c Brooklyn ... out-of-town game Sunday. Send AND PLAY FOR BATTER 3 lead. It w ca of the Indians, o) t6llow || EiteibuEph challenges to John T. Morsell, ‘1315 oncentratd at by the rest of the Finealeers inta oA ann oy Nes i e | cARPENTIER To UIT C street, or telephone Main 1661, BASE HIT AND ERROR league todojt. e serl iladelphia . — When the Giants went through the couraging food for reflection is of- Sherwood Juniors are casting about. MUST BE MADE TO SCORE 'st trip, they appeared J Boston ... Ve fered here. for of the seven battles | Louis | S ".' LOSER To TUNNEY for a Saturday engagement. Man- RUNNER SO THERE IS NO musty and mildewed, but after they 1:;-(1' 3 \I\‘nv ‘,‘vy” nr(-ivn; xy«\ date Wash- e irebas e e A A a.g(;r \\;olf ma; lg-:» lelbphdnnml a NEED OF PLAYING IN. rv‘("rv: wome they ’("w‘.r-. d them- =ton has annexed but one vietors 5 2 ; Main 7612 between 8 am. and 5 p.m. | | selves 4 commanding position, s fracturtd by a drive from Bush's | Boston at Pittsburgh. Boston at Pittsbargh. e b 5 . .| Warwick Juniors will go to Fred- doing for so that the fans rub in the morning game of July 4 on |Ebila, at Cincconati, Phila. at Cinc:nnati. NEW YORK, July 9.—If Georges|.ricksburg tomorrow to play the| ' their weary heads and wonder why shelf, Mana Harris has haif a |Brooklyn at Ghiosge, Brooklya at Chicage. I 5.\5'[‘ met west in the first round of the third intersectional series in | Carpentier is defeated by Gene Tun- | Giants of that cit —-¢ | it is that “ven other mana dozen gers entitled to the rating | RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES z 5 i £ ; ney, American ligh PAVY W 3 T m - > the S UL 3 S GA) e e e ey A S 4 ght heavyweight - 5 L in the league never seem to be of AllablEior | bcAu e e the major leagues with indecisive results. Of the nine games played Whet is position of inficlders with a ret MoGray cnee 15 ahead and | proowtom, 13; © | 2 in the two circuits. the representatives of the Atlantic seaboard [ shampion when they meet at the| EATAL ACCIDENT CAUSES |sman on third base and fico men out? | There mutt be net diference of at i s Pittxbur; oxtor s fiv eir ri i 5 . S raa e | game present spect than any « ¥ | :'ll:l‘l::l‘:*l;hl.njl!ln—lz e e nosed out five from (hurvrnals of !hcv wide open spaces man will hang up his gloves for| SUSPENSJON OF PLAYERS _Answered b o Eam o I s et ot Georse Mogridge | (1xt xame, 10 innings; Znd game, 16 Only one alteration in the standing of the clubs was recorded today | good and cancel all future engage- P IEIISOE > race has been going and Paul Zahniser would be delegated z = 2 = S CANSAS » 9wl d bane New rk Glantss | three ot & enratna oy to start the battles agniner e Saied |inningx). on the strength of the outcome. The Philadelphia Nationals changed |ments. This statement was made by || KANSAS CITY, Mo, -L‘;'”‘(U_a”‘h""r‘l:"'":" Eescmeniien Yast diant 2 = B o gals this afternoon. Both have demon- === places with the Boston Braves, the former advancing to sixth. Francois Descamps, the Frenchman's | B2 oti800 HELE SO AN | bin timely bisting has im | £ wer l“";“"’ good form aga n;l the Jungle| VERNON RELEASES CADORE. [-- ———— —— The Yankees failed to improve their | manager, today in discussing the Pa- | Kansas City vm; fiball ltmm have ""“:I‘ an L““' Eame wrec ‘1 s Best ats in previous games this vear. & e : St Saies st it : ican | been suspended indefinitely by George | second sacker in the National League. | (Cop: Manager Cobb's probable choice of| LOS ANGELES, Calif., July 9.— TUNNEY cOVETS GO opportunity to gain on Washington | Fisian's chances with the American | heen suspended indefinitely by Georie 2 flingers was announced, but the |Leon Cadore, pitcher obtained by the | while the Nationals were prevented|champion SKiff and Scott were being question- e veteran George D liKel. be | V- Tub 'of the Pacific Coast | booked matches|ed in_connection with the death of [ iy d | €ran Georse Dauss is Ikely to be | Vernon club of the Pacific Coas | from meeting Detroit by rain s booked s | e onnection with the death of | When two men are out and there B e e teothe atter is the S R tailed | ! world champions could get out of a ool boy, and Jimmy Slattery, Buf- a VAt & Mol B = % ‘Wholesale and Retail athlete whose alleged delibebrate at- | released. It was said Cadore faile double-header with the invading | falo light heavyweight, both of which |an elevator shaft in a local hotel| .us play ba and play for the Ve Tnstall These Also to “bean” Bob Meusel of the |to round intoe form. White Sox. Chicago breczed through | bring him guarantees, but |after attending a party in the ball ¥ ¥ y ¢ | gADIATORS ~FENDERS. BODIES, LAMPS Statted that ‘nearTiot int De BY FAIR PLAY. to an easy 10-to-2 victory hehind | these will be thrown into the discard |Players room. " - batsman. A base hit or an error is| 2* HMADE OR REPAIRED troit about a month ago. The left- @ o Thurston's skillful pitching in the |if the Frenchman loses the decision | Muehlebach said he was not passing | . 1y thing whick 1 t trance ut 142 Fraok. 803¢ hander and his fellow finge 1l be SW < g firmt e R GhlaaE e a0 Tunne judgment on the two play Bug | E1c onvETINE Ve W ore the | "WITTSTATTS R. AND P. WORKS careraly watched for any soen ‘tactiee | | MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS sl ", el - R T R e 0 reiating facts incident to Car. |desited the incident to be cleared up | runner, so there is no necessity of | 819 13th X w. Fras here. Tt is unlikely they will get a neyfecty by Carnsuticcoawhic {“ oh1| the closing engagement” New York | pentier's defeat at the hands "of entirely before permitting them to | playing in, as there would be when with anything. H and his gang e pects to do—his next opponent will | oot (GOLVR IEISCNING LR, AOTR | Dempsey, Descamps alleged that Car- |Play again. less than two men are out, because know how to deal with the birds that [ . INTERNATIONAZ : In all probability be Tommy Gibbons. | hits, registering an 8-to-5 triumph. |Dentler's’ true weight the day he ey a squeeze-sacrifice play is impos- T e e | Other ames. rain. such a match to date, because of the | 3¢ ‘05 SConAl itnine; ke Bed1451" was 163 pounds, while Dempsey | in the: $0.000° Chicaro, Derhy. whien | hit by the batter in such a situation o e ouplefof exceptions the AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Dellef that Tunney i3 not up to the | sion to St. Louis. ~Veach made his | tinped the scales at 190 bounds. * | |will be decided at Hawthomne Satur- |will be played so as to get the easiest 3 a0 DOSS- | Minneapolis, Indinnapolis, 4-4. : : i s second home run in two days. oth Carpe: and De s day. Giblon, which finished second | and surest o Tonalle this meae Ing is the same he opened the cam- [ JoiiShC Paul. 5 [ Zaal “,‘""°':,' 1a ke a better| In a game halted by rain at the|be in the corner of Barthelimey Mo- |in the Latonla Derby, has arrived and Suest ouCeiL eyt i ean paizn with, but they are rather Milwauke But if he should make a be ! : Pl linero, French middleweight, when e e | that the ball will be thrown to first « 3 S DL ey iine 1S Columbus. 4: Milwaukee, showing against the Frenchman than | end of the seventh inning, Philadel- , Fre = . the track to train for the race 5 Just a Real Good Car’ A meondibie e e oo Hemel 3 Tommy the fact that the St. Paul | Dhia ‘shut out Cleveland, 4 to 0. Joe | he meets Phil Krug of Xewark at the |Lagkin won' the $5000 Dwyer stakes | for the put-out. sec vase in Leslie Burke, ob- > : ¥ A auser's ho g Laurel A. 2 on ) st S ;. (Cony 9: tained from Richmond of the ' Vir- BIUE R B ERGUE. mittman fought "under conditions | Hausers homer with two on In the | FHIEl 4; ) & & brotega, of| Car. |St Adueduct Usst; Suturday, Copurieit; 14 ginia League, whose agility and pep- [ All games postponed, rain that prevented him from doing his| i, .0 2 pentier’s and member of his staff per have relagated Oldtimer Derrill SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. best will be lost sight of generally | % P 5%, 1, 40 pitchers falled to|Of sparring partners. Prait to “the sidclincs 'for WY | g, S and a Tunney-Gibbons meeting will [ Three St. Louis pitchers falled to| - duties, P . and he has a promising re- Mobile, shil h“‘:" amoncy pralue. i the Giants drew first blood in the cruit ‘pitcher in Tdwin Wells. " The | New Grienps, 47 Citta bt LT gk s Bhoad to auie | opener by a sédre of 11 fo 6. Hack GOLDSTEIN WILL DEFEND latter is a lefthander discovered at| Memphis. 7; Birmingham, e Ach S G oMY 5| Wilson lived up to his reputation as Bethany College. According to com- FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE. brother Mike to coach him for Card?|an extra base slugger with a drive TITLE AGAINST LEDOUX petent critics Wells may prove the | o TORIDA BRTE & Riesprencrtsiouimy i ke s | coith iciycnic | best of the flingers who have made | grafenionn. 4: fragie. b . B e I e o P oather | Brooklyn cut down the four-game | NEW YORK, July 9.—Abe Gold- their biz league debuts this season. Tawps, o; Lakeland, 1 J of t z;_ two fighters, _v\e're"_-[ 'd[ AT | jead by which Chicago held second | stein, bantamweight champion of the He is tall and strong with oodles of from fraternal in their attitude to-| ;jace to three with a 13-to-11 see- | world, will defend his 118-pound poise for a fledgling. PIEDMONT LEAGUE. ward each other. saw triumph. A grand total of thir- | crown in a fifteen-round match Regardless of how the forthcoming High Point, 1 On the other hand, it would be car- ty-five hits was made by the two|against Charley Ledoux of France, frays result they are sure to provide I 1 rying a feud rather beyond all re-| ttams, the - Robins accounting for |former bantamweight champion of the local fan flock with thrills aplenty, | ieston‘Salem-Greensboro. rain. Sett ol e thnim ereR ML ottol S ieweniy: b (Each club used three| Burope, in the New York ' Velodrome, The Tygers always Have been' splen- ACHIAN LEAGUE. s ny o ef | pitchers. Stock, Wheat and Grantham |July 16, according to an announce- did atiractions In the capital., —They ,,‘,,N,,,,A:(P“ < Tom ithroughy Munney. S Ands all ithe 13Hs momers: | ment by Tex Rickara. are within striking_distance of the | Greenville, i i f::';fffhgr:mh; v Pittsburgh nursed its embryo win- —_— 0 ow and e XNationals Morristown, 9; Knoxville, 3. g X 0od is 3 ning streak to four games by down R e e | S e g b e L L B Bl N ZIVIC WHIPS BARBARIAN. pennant bee buzzing loudly, so the b : & ent | ciubbed the Braves' twirlers at willl Npw YORK, July 9.—Jack Zivic, fur is sure to fly Asherville, 5. Ma 4. | for sixteen hits. After twenty X Pittsburgh Ilflhlwvl.ghl was given a te Greenville, 0-6: Charlotte, 6-1. Parul Berlenbach, in the opinion of | jiv. L e e %0 T Cincinn, ttsh e ight, was g —_— Augusta-Spartanburg, rain. ring experts, will never be anvthing | M Er 0 dohia were np Datimeaf j[\lx ges’ decision (ver Sid >:rbar|an, POTGMAC CLUB PADDLERS VIRGINIA LEAGUE. but what he is. a-slow, unscientific | {ian when they started. The Phillies | Detroit, in & twelve-round matn “tocky Mount. 2-6; Richmond 0.1. man with a wallop—good agalnst | igok the first by & 3-to-1 margin in | 188 RIERL (e Bont was one of & Y REGATTA| Erimostiifar, el Smnds Quba, but s lloss againat” champions | e cantos, and the Reds reciprocated |serics, of JIEhtwelsht, climination STAR IN PHILLY REG ot i, vet e fubs shutiagloseas (e gantox, and the Heds recinrocaed | Sonilns ortorod by the ‘state ‘atn: Since it absorbed the Colonial Canoe WESTERN LEAGUE. ey e I e ounds A dour initlal | ogical contenders to challenge for Club, Potomac Boat Club has been . FILLY TROTS TO RECORD. oEmetiwentthe o Benny Leonard's crown. cutting auite a swath in canoe racing | g iy 3 L S Z . circles. The late s ss of the ‘0 games listed. y the Associated Press. % Red and White watermen was a| ©°0F ™F COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 9.—A world HURLS NO-HIT CONTEST. most decisive one, scored in the an- BLUE RIDGE TEAGUE. record and a season'’s mark were| ROCKY MOUNT, N. C., July 9.— nual regatta of Philadelphia Canoe Dover, Crisfield, established vesterday in the Shepard |Only twenty-seven Richmond Colts Double-Header Club_in Philadelphia. In that affair,| Other games, ri |and ~Swisher $5000 stake for 2.12[faced Jake Hehl, star pitcher of TODAY the Potomacs finished first in scven — trotters. By .trotting the first Meat | Rocky Mount, in'the first game or 1:30 P.M. of twelve events and a captured in 212, Etta Druin lowered by a |vesterday's double-header. though . \ LEAGUE PARK three second and four third places. BIG OFFER TO DEMPSEY. quarter of a second the record for |Hehl struck out but one man, no AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK Washington Canoe Club entrants| NEW YORK, July 9.—Promoters of | four-year--old trotting fillies. She | member of the Richmond club suc- w“hmg(on vs. Detroit were victors in two events, finished | the Queensboro Athletic Club in |did not win the event, however. Fay-|ceeded in reaching first base. Hehl [ 1o 008 R0 15006 o, o, second in three and third three. |Tong Island City Have announced |ette National took the next two heats |also came through with a hit which from 8130 AM. 5 PRt = that an offer of $200,000 had been |in 2.03% and 2.05. The lirrrleh(or the Auoul;(ed for the two runs which || Tickets on sale at Hecht Co., 6 made to Jack Kearns, Jack Demp- |three miles was the fastest of the year. | won the gam _ TIP FOR FISHERMEN. sey's manager, for a title bout be- HARPERS FERRY, W. Va, July 9. |tween the champion and Bartley «=The Potom da henandoah | Madden of New York on Labor day. Rivers both were very muddy this|Kearns would not say whether the mornin offer would be accepte i How's BuicKs The wise fisherman takes » new 8130 ? at any store. 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