Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1924, Page 24

24 SPORTS. WID OUT FOR REST ONLY; « PILOT HARRIS DECLARES Frail Outfielder’s Strength Is Taxed by Overwork. Fan’s Frenzy, After 15-to-11 Win Over Tribe, May Mean Trouble ME RUMOR having eliminat consideration as a National arises to state that much of D for Nationals’ Boss. ed little Wid Matthews from further outfielder, Manager Bucky Harris her talk is “applesauce.” True, Wid has fallen off in attack to a great extent recently and has beéen missing from the National line-up on several occasions, but his absence has been duc entirely to the manager's desire to give the willing worker a much- needed rest. Matthews is of unusually slight physique as big league ball players go and the strain of repeated double-headers recently has taxed him severely. Wid poss sses a wonderful spirit and is more than anxious to remain in action, but the Nationals’ lcader deems it wise to give the hustling hali-pint outficlder a chance to recuperate that he may be of more value to his club when double-h, In the meanwhile it is planned to use Tom Taylor, recruited from Mem- vhis, as an infielder and Nemo Lei- hold in center Zeld, tire former when lefthandes are pitching for the op- position and the iatter when ortho- dox flingers are facing the Nationals. It may be. however, tkat Leibo have to assume the job by b 1f, for if Harris draws pension for his run-in with Umpire Ducky Holmes In ves ‘s game Taylor yrobably will su at second "an Starts Trouble. Harris drew the irc of Holmes w ke questioned the umpire’s judgment of Paul Zahniser's pitching after two Indians had been retired in the final frame and was promptly ejected from the fray, but declares he did not use JOHNSON AWAITS RE;’ORT ON HARRIS FROM HOLMES { CHICAGO, July 11.—President an Johnson of the American Yeague xaid today that he would fake no action regarding the prob- able suspension of Manuger Ha Tix of the Waskington cluh, or. with Cles on yesterday, f the reports umpires. Umpire Holmes, who had ban- Ished Harris for protesting de- cixions on ballx and strikes, was assaulted by an excited spectator after the game. sive language that would warrant . H what followed b 11 victory over the tribe may influence President Ban on. who has a habit ot stickin v his arbiters to the finish, to inflict gome penalty upon Bucky after Holmes' official report of the banish- ment is perused. That sSome hot-tempered, loose- n should le from the stand and take a punch Umpire Heolm after the game was over certainly was no fault of Harris', who was off the field at the time, but Johnson may take the view that Harris' com- incited the one-man riot. The fan came out second best attack, for he inflicted only a seratch upon Holme op fro ho, with_ Se wster of the Indians, to the arbiter’s rescue. The actual slam-bang exhibition was over quickly, for the rabid par- tisan was grabbed by police and hus- tled to an exit, where he managed to wrench sp of the officers appear in the depart- ing However, hundreds of fans swarmed the ‘field after the incid , but they were not in a bel- ligerent mood and it did not take the cops long to convince them it was best to travel. Game Was Real Riot. Really, the ‘only mob business the afternoon was staged b testing clubs. Th. fourteen actors and 5 only one less, and a riot in nine scene was offered. Eight of the thesp were cast in pitching roles, five of them members of the Trib and none succeeded in distinguishing himself to the satisfaction of his stage manager, except Frank Brower, erstwhile National. who lately has been first base understudy for the In- dians, and Allen Russell Frank slipped from his firet base role to the pitching part in the sixth scene after the Nationals had all but elubbed several other Trib death and pl. d to the end s His predeccssors in the part corge Uhle atson Clark, Luther Roy and Virgil Cheeves. All told, the Nationals raked this quintet for eizghteen blows that totaled twenty- five bases and were 3 portation to firs Fred Marberry, Russell assumed the pitching role for he Nationals in the order mentioned. ¥red gave up only four hits in five in- nings, but one was a homer by Tris Speaker that accounted for two runs in the fifth, and he also added five passes. Zahniser, sprained wrist and all, then toiled until two were out in the minth, when he filled the bases with a trio of walks. Here Russcll teok up the burden and Joe Sewell ended the play by kindiy L to Sam Rice. War Clubs Are Wielded. The Nationals lost little time get- ting under way, scoring two runs in the first inning after having blanked 1he Indians through the assistance of & neat double play by Harris. Peck and Judge. With two gone, Harris slammed a double into left center and came across immediately on Goslin's double to the score board. Judge then landed Goslin at the plate With a neat single to center. Marberry ¢t the visitors down in order in the second round, but the Nationals were in a hitting m and, driving istered three more runs. Peck sin- zled and Bluege sent him along with a neat sacrifice. Tate singled to chort right and Peck stopped at third. Marberry forced Tate, Peck scoring on the play. Rice then biffed a triple into right center, scoring Marberry, and scored a minute later on Leibold's single. * A five-run lead generally sews up a zame, but the tribe as well as the Nationals was in a savage mood, Which was_quickly demonstrated in the third when Marberry became wild und passed three batters. These \alks mixed with singles by Myatt n, netted the opposition three run; In the fifth, the Tndians tied the score and the Nationals at once un- | tied the knot. 2 | With one out, Jamieson doubled to right, Speaker lofted the sphere over the right field fence for a home run. Grifiith batted for Marberry in the National's portion of the frame, but flied to Fewster, and Rice followed with a fly to Speaker. But singles by Leibold and Harris and a double by Goslin meant a pair of tallies. Sixth Settles Scrap. In the sixth the Indians shoved a pair of runs over the rubber, again knotting the count for a minute or iwo. Brower walked and Fewster singled. Lutzke laid down a sacri- fice, and Clark came through with a nifty single to center that regis- tered Brower and Fewster. Then came the blow-off for the Nationals, who put’ eight runs over the rubber. In the melee there were three passes and six hits, Judge get- ting a pair of doubles and Peck two singles. That ended the run-getting ‘of the Nationals, but the Indians con- tinued their clouting and with walks recorded throe runs in the seventh and one in the eighth. They merely threatened In the ninth. —_— of the and Jamies eader days have rolled by. ACTION APLENTY y oo} CLEVE McRulty, of. Jamieson, If. Speaker Cf .. Brower, 1b. . Fewster, 2b. Lutzke, 3b. WASHINGTON. Taylor, 2b.. Goslin, 1f. Judge, 1b. . Peckin mormbaamronnel &l muoononatanwanl Grifith} Totlss T “Batted for Lutzke in ninth inni; +Batted for Marberry in fifth innin Cleveland . 00302231 0-1 Washington ... 2 3 0 0 2 8 0 0 x—15 Two-base hits—Harris, Goslin (2), Jamiesor Judge (2), Speaker. 'Three-base hit—Rice. Home run—Speaker. Stolen_ bases—Feowster, Rics. _Sacrifices—Bluege, Lutzke. Double plays—Harris to Peckinpaugh to Judge; Judge to Peckinpaugh. _ Left on bases—levelany, 11; Wushington. 4. ~Bases on balls—Off Roy, 2; off Cheeves, 1; off Brower. 1: of Murberry. 5: off Zahniser. 6. Struck out—By Zahniser. 5 by Clark. 1: by Marberry, 1. Hits—Off Uhle, 7 i3 1% ianings: of Marberry, 4 in § innings; off Clark. § in 3'5 innings (none out im sixth, Zabniser. 8 in'3% innings: off Roy, 1 in 15 in. ning; off Brower, 2 in 2 off Cheeves, 2 if % inning; off Russell, 0 in % inning. Winning pitcher—Zahniser. ' Losing pitchere Clack. * Umpiros—Messrs, Hoimes, Moriarty and Hildebrand. Time of game—2 hours and 45 minutes, | comnmonnnennnl 2l coconoonwmormnol 5l oomonnuanonnull Bl oncoroonrnmnnoll | cocognuncsncop &l onscoonanswoonp ~l cocconcsscess!’cl coscooccssccss!! %l csooncnSuonnud 2l cucosonusn & Two more games ationals will be through with the Indians for the present. One was to be played this afternoon, beginning at 3:30 o'clock, with Curly Ogden toeing the slab for the Harrismen. Speaker may depend upon the pitching of the vet- cran spitballer, Stanislaus Coveleskie. Ralph Miller, infielder purchased by the Nationals from the Reading In- ternationals, is expected to report here today or tomorrew. Miller, who sported a Philly uniform a couple of seasons back, did well at Reading ast year. He made good records at second and third bases and the short- ficld and hit for .334 in 149 games. jindge equaled a major league bat- ting record and Peck tied an Ameri- can League mark in the sixth inning of yesterday’s game. Joe's feat of smacking two doubles in a single frame had been done but five times in the American circuit and three times in the Nationals. Peck’s busi- been done by many players, but none ness of two singles in an in cver has made three in a n, as did Burns of the old Chicago Nation- ais back in 1883. Judge also tied an American League mark by scoring twice in the sixth, Speaker was in a batting mood and had a perfect day with the flail. Tribe chieftain in three legal times at bat crashed a homer, double and sin- gle. He also drew three passes to first. Spoke's circuit clout in the fifth was a terrific drive that cleared the | right field wall Judge gave the veteran Indian a good brush for batting honors, get- ting a brace of singles in addition to his pair of two-baggers in five trips to the plate. Notwithstanding the terrific slug- ging, the old sacrifice hit managed to squirm into the summary. Lutzke and Bluege were responsible for the suicides, each of them bunting to aid a mate. With all their wildness, the pitchers failed to dent the anatomy of an op- posing batsman or make a weird heave. Fifteen bases on balls wére handed out by the eight'hurlers, but a batter had the ball slammed inst him, nor did a pitch come too wide for the catchers. 4 sers idled, the Nationals inereaskd their lead over the third place outfit to'a full game, but picked up no ground on the Yankees, who walloped the Browns. Brower, wha used to'play the out- field and occasionally sub at first base while with the Nationals, had to be called upon as a pltcher by the Tribe late in the fray, and got along well Frank broke into professional base ball as a hurler, but was shifted to the. initial sack when in the minors, because of his hitting ability. — AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. nsas City, 5: Oolumbus, 1. ey I!.l"lnkn 7—8; Tolodo, 6—9. On Credit “PAY AS YOU RIDE” Small Payment Down, Balance Monthly T.O.PROBEY CO. 2100 Pa. Ave. N.W. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. 1; Buffale, 4—3. The | | Clevelanda THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JULY 1 Matthews to Return to Griff Line-up : SEEING AMERICA FIRST. YANKEES TAKE FIFTH IN ROW TO HOLD LEAD Preceded by a barrage laid down by its beavy artillery and supported by a reformed hurling corps, the Yankee division is advancing irre ibly toward the heights of a fourth American League championship. The invading host from St. Lo withdrew with severe casualties for the second time in two davs under the deadly fire of “Bullet Joe” Bush, who turned them back with five hits on the short end of a 6-to-2 score Ruth, though he failed to bring his Big Bertha to play, was the leading marksman with three out of four, in- cluding a triple. It was the fifth straight win for the Yanks. Intense heat and the strain of their team dogging the footsteps of the sprinting Yankees evidently affected the nerves of the Washington fans, but the Nationals kept fairly calm and collected and won over the In- dians, 15 to 11 r The Giants put a damper on the Cubs’ pennant aspirations by winning an uphill victory before a record crowd, 9 to 6. Home runs by Wilson, Kelly and Jackson featured the New York attack. Jake Fournier was the big gun in the Brooklyn offensive against St. Louis. which resulted in a 9-to-4 vie- tory for the Robbins. Fournier hit his twenty-first home run of the sea- son and drove in two more counters with a single. BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS AMERICAN w. ...46 llas LEAGUE. L. Pct. Win. Lose. 568 549 New York Washington Detroit Chicago St. Louis 494 481 469 469 49 387 195 353 GAMES TOMORROW. Cloveland at Wash. 8t. Louis at N. Y. Boston . Philadelphia .... GAMES TODAY. Cleveland at Wash. 8t. Louis at N. Y. Detroit at Phila. Detroit at Phils Chicago at Boston. Chicago at Boston. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES ‘Washington, 15; Cleveland, 11. New York, 6; St. Louis, 2. Brookivn at B2, Louis. Breckiva at OF Low ut o, Hrockiyn ot Ot Boston at Cincinnati. Boston at Cincinnati. N.Y. 'at Chicago. New Tork at Chicago. Phila. a¢ Pitts. Phila. at Pitts, RESULTS OF YESTERDAY’'S GAMES Boston, 4-0: Cincinnati, 0-6. Brooklyn, 9; St. Louis, 4 New York, 9; Chicago, 6. | in the ninth with two on the HOT BATTLES —By Fields NAUGURATE NEW INDEPENDENT SERIES ANDLOT base ball had a great S Potomac and Washington-Maryland Sunday. While numerous nines en- gaged in outside tilts, those teams affiliated with the Washington Basc Ball and Amateur Athletic Association and the Independent, leagues held the center of the stage. A flock of fans enjoyed the opening play of the second series of the In- dependent loop, composed of eight of the city’s leading unfimited clubs. Dominican Lyceum of the independ- ent circuit, scored an impressive 4-to- 3 victory over Cherrydale Athletic Club, and now looms s one of the formidable title contenders in league. The Lyceum players pushed ucross the winning marker in the twelfth frame. Arling®on Athletic Club, which has been setting the league on fire, ral- lied in the ninth inning to nose out Petworth, 4 to 5. A series of bin- gles by Beauchamp, Lunn and Utterback were factors in the spurt in_the final session. Knickerbockers absorbed an $-to-2 beating from the Mohawks. Sweene: Williams and Charles led the Indians' attack. Shamrock unlimited tossers adminis- tered a to2 beating to Waverly Ath- letic Club, Schneider, Serrin, Matting- and L. Kuhnert slamming the ball agely Interior Department players of the Washington-Maryland League _upset the dope by trimming the Prince Georges combination in_a twin bill, 10 to 4, and 12 to 6. Kyle, Quantico marine flinger, was assigned the mound duty for Interior in the first match, while Lusby and Hendrix toiled on the mound for the Clerks in _the second In another double-header land At tic Club beat Seat aut 11 to 3 and 4 to 3, and Rainier continued its winning by handing the Clinton tossers ble defeat, 4 to 0 and 7 to 2. Snyder-Farmer Post of Hyattsville took the measure of the Roamers in a 14-t0-12 engagement, then was awarded a forfeit in the second tilt, as the Roamers walked off the field with a 10-to-0 count against them. Mary- Pleas- Mount streak a dou- Union Printers of the: Potomac League disposed of a formidable rival, dowhing O'Donnell's Drug Store team, 12 to 5. The Typos slammed for eighteen hits with Simon, Lowery and Warren each connecting for three. One of the most spirited matches of the day was waged between the St Joseph and Georgetown Athletic’ As- Sociation ninecs, which the latter won, 3 to 2, as a result of Sullivan's double hases. A home-run clout by Hazelton, with two on in the eighth, gave Brad- bury Heights \combination a_5-to-4 victory over Benning Athletic Club in the Benning-Prince Georges League. Wissman, winning boxman, gave only | seven hifs. Tuxedo ran roughshod over Cap- itol Heights, winning, 19 to 0. Mac- Cubbin slammed a homer with the bases loaded. Plenty of actlon was supplied in the Washington Base Ball and Ama- teur Athletic Association. In the senior class Northern disposed of stern, 10 to 1, in class A. Chevy “hase Athletic Club scored half a dozen runs in the sixth inning to beat the Linworth clubmen, 7 to 4. in Section Adelam clouted a triple and a single for the winners. Competition of the keenest sort re- suited in the junior games. Mount Rainier tossers were forced to ex- tend themselves to point the way to Boys' Club, 2 to 1, in Section D. A. Bellman, winning boxman, was in rare form, as he was touched for only three safeties. Hilltop and Tremont nines battled to a 1-to-1 deadlock in Section B. Wesley, who hurled for the Hilltops, allowed but one blow, which came off the bat of J. Galotta. Jett pitched creditably, too, as he let the Hilltops down with three safe clouts. Warwicks of Section B drove 11 bingles to take the scalp of the Crescents, 6 to 1 ght hits were registered off Demarco, winning moundsman. Miller, on the mound for the El- liotts in Section B, was combed for only three wallops by the Peerless tossers, his team winning, 6 to 2. Midget teams were quite busy. Hanovers had an easy time with the Nationals in Section C. winning, 15 0 9. Trinity Athletic Club turned in a 7-to-1 victory over the Stanleys in Section B. Duffy of the losers vic- timized ten batters via the strike-out Toute, but his team gave him ragged support. Arrow youngsters, who pointed the way to the Mount Rainier tossers in section B, presented a clever hurler in_Zimmerli, who ylelded but three safe clouts. ' Weir of the victors led both teams at bat with a pair of hi Shamrock Midgets fcll before t Meridians, 8 to 0, in section Stevens of the winners turned some fine mound wory and Shamrocks connected for only blows. Corinthians scored all their runs in the third inning to down the St. [ Joseph Midgets, 6 to 0, in section D. T. Farrell of the losers drove the only bingle off Jones, who fanned twelve batters. Peerless tossers of scction D low- ered the colors of the Hyattsville team in_a well played 5-to-3 enga ment. Fach side accounted for five hits. Amick slammed two blows to ot in the two lead the fleld: “I’ve got London!’ shouted the radio fan. “‘Keep it,”’ said a friend, “I’ve got a bottle of . QallepForge Special AS GOOD AS IT LOOKS Adam Scheidt Brewing Co., Norristgwn, Penna. Valley Forge Distributing Co. 624 L St. S.E. ‘Washington, D. C. Tygers May be 1924, CARP AND RAY CLASH IN KENILWORTH RING An unusually attractive boxing card, including a twelve-round fea- ture mill between Nate Carp of Bal- timore and Charlie Ray of Philadel- phia, will be pffered tonight at Wash- ington Sporting Club, Kenilworth, Md. These two flyweights supplied a red-hot scrap in a recent meeting at Atlantic City and are expected to bat- tle from gong to gong tonight. The Baltimore contender, who claims the fiyweight championship of the south, appears to have the edge, but proba- bly will have to show a deal of skill if Ray is to be overcome. Andy Bowen and Goldie Ahearn, Jo- cal featherweights, are to be oppo- nents in a six-round semi-final. Ri- valry between these two is keen. In a six-round opener Jack Turner of California will exchange swats with Kid Shattuck. 2 e Lo SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. New Orleans, Birmingham. 0. Chattanoogs.’ 7—2: Mobile, 6—1. ville, 10—5; Little Rock, 4—4. PLAY OPENS P turned in over the Town and Countr: weeks ago. Playing under the ideal seoring conditions, Waiter R. McCallum broke the amateur record for Washington Golt and Country Club yésterday afternoon with a mark of 73, three over par for the difficult Virginia ayout and a shot under the previous ord of 74, established by Walter . Tyckerman nearly two years ago. McCallum's score is a_stroke above the professional record of 72, made four weeks age by Dave Thomson, the club professional. The new amateur mark was made by McCallum when playing in a four-ball match with R. M. Waldron, 8. L. Mosby and James . Turner. The card follows: Out— 5 Par —4 3 45 4 4 45 3—35 McCallum— 4335555 4337 In— Par— 4 3 McCallum— 335 44 4 4 4—36—73. Par never has been equaled on the course of the Washington Golf and County Club, although Thomson has had frequent opportunities to equal or break par. Yesterday afternoon he Inside Golf e——By Chester Horton: The Evans method of starting the clubhead back, described yesterday, is usually adopted as a method of “fix- ing ‘the wrist” at the beginning of the back swing. Cvans, however, does mot fix his wrist. By “fxing the wrist” I mean that the wrist is positfomed with relation to the whaft, in the for ward press. them held to that posi- tion during the first balf of the back swing, or until the wristx «l 4.4 3 444 4—31—70 fix the wrist or, as the clubhe: in taken back, you can let the wrist bend inward some, which allows the clubhead to drag a little. The left wrist never breaks the clubhead backward directly away from the ball. The inward bending of the left wrist is very zood. It lets the clubhead lac behind the wrists until, about half way back. this slack in the wrists i» suddenly taken up. This promotes a good throw of the ciubhead coming down. The player must be carefal mot to permit his wrists to become rigid dur- ing the back swing. There ix a great difference between rigidity and hav- img & good memse of control of the shaft in the thumbs and fingers. The wrists are held »o that “if the club- head weighed two oumnces more it would slip from your fingers during the address.” Gopyright, 1924) Open Until 6 p. m. “Wonder What Merts Will Say Todayt™ At the Sign of Established 1883 the Moon ‘ Mohair Palm Beach » Or Serge Suit In Our Semi-Annual Sale 14 to /3 off Make selection from a magnificent stock of fabrics. $ $97.5 $ Tailor-Made Means You Get the Suit as You Want It. Mertz & Meriz Co., Inc. L. %8F5 Regular $35.00 Value Regular $45.00 Value Regular + $50.00 Value SPORTS. N unless the signs fail. even cly since the season started. gets his eye on the ball as it was is where they look good. D. C. PRO HANDICAP GOLF AT COLUMBIA ROFESSIONAL golfers from all the local clubs are playing this afternoon in the first of a serics of handicap tournaments con- ducted by the newly organized District Professional Golfers’ Asso- ciation. The tourney is being held over the course of Columbia Country Club, but a brace of the best playing professionals about the city will be absent, for Leo Diegel and Peter Jackson are at Shawnee playing in the annual Shawnee open. Handicaps will be arranged on the basis of scores y Club course in a team match a few had par from the fourteenth hole for a 69, but finished with a defeated the team of Bannockburn Golf Club in an interclub affair at Columbia yesterday, winning the team match, 11 points to 6. A fea- ture of the contest was a victory of Albert R. MacKenzie, last vears middle Atlantic champion, over th present holder of the title, R. C. Mc- Kimmie of Bannockburn. MacKenzie won on the last hole. George J. Voigt, winner of the Columbia tournament, who has re- cently become a member of Bannock burn, defeated Guy M. Standifer, former District champion, whil Miller B. Stevinson, one of Columbia’ crack players, gave Charles N. Agnew Jr., also a new member of Bannock- burn, a fast ride, defeating him by 7 and 6. Stevinson and Voight scored 55 and H. E. Doyle & 76. The summary: Harry S. Krauss, Bann., defeated G. H. Ghasmar, Col., 2 and 1; W. F. Turton, Bann., defeated Austin M. Porter, Col., 3 and 1. Best bail—wor by Bannookbura, 2 and I. G. J. Voigt, Bann., defeatod G. M. Standi- for, Col.. 6 and 5; A R. e, Col., de. feated R. C. McKimmie, Bann., 1 up. Best ball—won by Bannockburn, 4 and 3. F. 5. Appleman, Col.. defeated B, Hayes, Bann., 5 and 4; J. B. Murphy, Bann., defea. Col., 3 and 1. Best ball Col., defeated L. D. Neu- mann, Bamn., 7 and 5; W. E. Baker, Col, do feated J. M. Johnston, Bann., 5 and 4. Best ball—won by Columbia. 5 and 4. J. C. Davis, jr., Col., defested Les Cran- dali, jr. Bann. 7 and'5; M. B, Stevinson, Col., defeated C, N. . jr., Baam., 7 8. Best ball—won by Columbis. 8 and 7. H. E, Doyle. Col., dofeatsd E. L. Bono., Baun,, 7 and §; G. A. Saffold, Col. defeated Best ball— STRIBLING-GREB BOUT FOR JULY 26 IS Oi3F CHICAGO, July 14.—The proposed 10- round contest between Harry Greb, world middleweight champion, and Young Stribling at Michigan City, Ind., July 26, has been called off following Stribling’s refusal to accept 25 per cent of the receipts. The southern light- heavyweight had been guaranteed $15.000 to box Greb at the Fourth of July match, which was postponed. _— TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va. July 14.—The Potomac river was siightly cloudy and the Shenandoah very mud- dy this morning. 1 $1.67 $4.00 Shirts, $2.67 stock every man. ‘When Heilmann thoroughly recovers the s v cfore he was taken ill, the Ty be a bigger menace to opposing pitchers than they have been, and that Next to Furnish Thrill COBBMEN SEEM DESTINE TO ACHIEVE FIRST PLACE Recovery of Batting Punch, Lost Through Crippling of Regulars, Should Send Detroit to Front in the American League. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, July 14—Advent of the Detroit Tygers into first place is the next sensation that may be expected in the American League The Tygers have been flirting with first place for much of the sea- son, and they have started their eastern tour as if they meant to ciffhb into the leadership before they return home. in four games of the top more than once this scason. cr now, and they are putting up a Cobb’s men have been with- They have crawled better front than they have use of his batting grip and zers will Tarly in the season the Tygers werr one of the best batting clubs in the American League. Then they fell off. Crippled players and ineffective pitch- ers were given as the main reasons for the decline. The principal reason however, which was overlooked, was a batting slump. The Tygers tumbled from over .300 to .290 in batting. That is a header with & vengeanc If they can fight their way bac to .300 in the batting column, t process is likely to land them in fir place, the pitchers of the oth clubs better watch out for the wolverines and keep them off the bases. > Burke Is Making Good. Burke is playing second base Detroit about as well as he pla it for the Richmond club, and he justified Cobb in retaining him. as been criticized for holding on ratt, vet Pratt helped the team a the start of this season. If Burke soming through, as he now seems to be doing, the hole that other club insisted gaped so wide at second wi Dbe closed and the infield will be muc nearer the standard that is necossary to give battle to the Yankees aud the Griffmen. Blue is beginning to pick up in batting, and that is another good point for Detroit. If Heilmann, Bluc Manush, Cobb and Rigney get the swing of 1922, and Burke can ap- proach .300, the Tigers will be-.a harder team to down than they hav been, and it has been impossible to put them in second division as things have been going. Even at their poor- est, with Heilmann out of it, thex refused to descend into the second division. Haney has been a valuable player for Detroit. He is a utility man who saves the infield when it seems to be broken. He has spirit and grit and the harder the job the harder he hustles. He lacks so little of being_a strictly high-class regular that he may ultimately break his way into it, even though a good man would have’ to be set down to make a place for him ‘Washington recently has lost three important games by an error that led to the winning score. It's tough to lose that way, especially when « team can field in general as well as Washington. 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