Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1924, Page 20

WOBBLY DEFENSE SHOVES NATIONALS BACK IN RACE Ninth-Inning Loss to Browns Costs Chance to Ti e Yanks for Top Position—Martina Scheduled to Pitch in First Game Today. BY JOHN B. KELLER. AVING dropped 1o a second-place tie with the Tygers as a result | oi reach of a first-place ti a battle ¢ position. engagements, while isler’s hard-hitting crew in two | The THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, [T BELIEVE IT OR NOT. ! } the 7-to-0 defeat handed them by the Browns, when within | vesterday, the Nationals expected to have | ! their hands this afternoon to keep themselves out of third They were to tackle George the Tygers were mixing with the Red Sox. Boston bunch has not been bothering any one much recently, but, so far | as the Nationals are concerned, getting away with § game in which the ! Browns are opponents is nothing easy Something has happened to that stonewall Harrismen to many victories not so far back. Per as a result of so many double-headers in the fast few weeks. ! infield that helped the It certainly did not periorm impressively vesterday and cracked badly at the finish This faltering at the fag end of contests has been quite frequent in recent tilts, unfortunateiy It costs the Nationals an all-importan the Yankees, proved disastrous on two occasions while the game with liere and put a damper on the works vesterday Nor have the Nationals moundsmen been del ng in the superb style that characterized their performanc not so long ago. In fact, the hurling staff _has d to such un extent that Manager Bucky Harris was at his wits” end in selecting slab artists for this afternoon’s dual attraction. He expected to use Oyster Joe Martina in the opening number of the bill, could not declare himself as to the pitcher for the second game. Re- cently so many pitchers have been led upon for single contests that the harassed pilot cannot very foretell who will be available duty iu any particular game for First Loas Here for Ogden. worked through innings of yester. <lab_and was a Warren eight and day's fray on the loser for the first time since coming to the Nationals from the Athletics. Tn compiling his record of gix straight victories for the Griffs.” Ogden times was not so steady. but S0 uncertain as he was in this battle of the Brown series Curly seemed to ha ball vesterday, being hit hard all the way, and only superb fielding kept him ‘out of serious trouble before the ninth inning. Then he lost his cun- ning altogether, and had te give way to Fred Marberry. With the departure of Ogden, the National defense buckied and a chance to climb to a first-place tie with the Yankees was dissipated he game tirely in th ed out. The frame ‘with a 5-to-4 advantage and everyth went blooie. Ogden, who had been pitching none too well, be- came worse, and Urban Shocker, who went to the slab after Eraie Wingard had ziven way to a pinch batter in the Browns' batting portion of the final frame, proved a lamentable fal ure, despite dilatory tactics employed by his teammates ti give him a chance to “warm up.” But Dave Dan- torth was rushed to the mound by the visitors in the nick of tinis, and he had everything necessary to tame the none too wild home aggregation. Beans Spilled in Ninth. Ogden began the ninth by slam- ming the ball into the ribs of Harry Rice, who stepped to the plate in place of Wingard. although the frank to first was recorded as a base on ballg, as the pitch that hit the batter came after three balls had been thrown. Johnny Tobin forced out Rice with a roller to Peck, but Her- schel Bennett poked a single past Bucky Harris and the trouble started. Marberry replaced Ogden on the mound and apparently had enough to keep out of trouble with fair support. George Sisler took several pitches, but fouled to Tom Taylor finally. Then Marty McManus sent a roller to Peck and Rajah foozled it sufficiently to miss getting any one, so the bases were crowded. Along me Baby Doll Jacobson to promptly unload them with a screeching triple to center. ne rtson flied to Nemo Lei- 1d, but it was somewhat late for o & Rifionals staged a few fire- works of their own in the last half of the ninth, but it got them nowhere Leibold, first to face Shocker, drew a pass. So did Harris and the s cks were jammed when oose Goslin bounced a single off Shockers pitch- ing arm. The blow pained the Brown hurler o much that Danforth was called to the slab and the Nationals chances of success went into the ashcan. Telling Pu Ogden a third really e ninth ining, played as it turl h Missing. first to bhat against Dave better than a foul to Joe Judge did a bit bet- ter, fiving to Bennett deep enough to permit Leibold to tally after the cateh. Muddy Ruel also lifted the ball toward left field, but Bennett found it casy to make the final out. The Browns began their scoring in the second inning. Robertson’s sin- gle, Severeid's triple -and Gerber's one blow accounting for two runs - a batter was retired. The Nationals matched these tal- lies in the third. Rice doubled to Jeft and lLeibold tripled to center. After Harris lofted to Tobin, in short right, Goslin sont a ily to deep cen- ter. Jacobson collared it, but could not throw home in time to head off Leibold. The fourth frame saw the Nationals go to the front. Ruel singled, only to be forced out by Peck, but Ogden singled Rajah to third and Rice strolled. filling the bases. Leibold hit_to left for a base, scoring Peck and Ogden, while Rice pulled up at second. A chance for more runs was lost, though, when Liarris forced out Taylor, got mothing Robertson Leibold and’ Goslin grounded to Me- | Manus. Ogden Pounded in Fifth. This lead was lost in the fifth. Ogden walked Tobin to start that inning and Bennett doubled to count his teammate. Sisler promptly sin- gled past Harris to count Bennett and deadlock the game. McManus sacrificed to put his boss on second, but the next two Browns were easy outs. A miscue by Sisler let the Nationals take the lead again in the second half of the fifth. With two gone Ruel and Peck walked. They ad- vanced a base when Wingard un- corked a_wild pitch home as Sisler fumbled Ogden's tap. Thereafter little action was no- ticeable until the fatal ninth. Judge picked wp Robertson’s hot grounder in the eighth and darted for first, but the Brown was coming down the line so fast that Joe had to | slide to the sac HOW GRIFFS ARE HITTING Pet. for.a put-out. > i YEg.c¥Bupi¥al, o BeoB&=na coulionndcsed - B 314 312 311 270 268 259 Y zalalB8iumatBvabibatelr e Shirley .......15 Gagmon ..... puusacordiaddtensd woRllaks boosscccusia and Ruel got| well | | third | ve little on the | | { | ber, als entered that | ninth); off Danforth, 0in 1 | | | i 1 | clash FRITTERED AWAY ST. LOUIS. Tobin, f.. Bonnett, 1f Sisler, 1b.. MoManus, 8 Jacobson. cf . Robertson, 3b Severeid, Gerber, 'ss.. Wingard, p. Shooker, ' p. Danforth, p. H. Rice® » cooussummmomy L] PRSP OISO W% ] coscor~oronER coormrpomuenll coonuonourool ecococcoo~o0 Totals H L] ‘WASHINGTON S. Rice, f. ... Leibold, cf Harris. 2b Gaslin. 1t Taylor, 3b. udge.’ 1b conwBrwano, Peckinpaogh Ogiden, p Marberry s PPN covwovouss ® @ orrroceon~? = comowessss 3 9 18 00 37 00 1—6 Rice, Ger- Totals St. Lems 0200 Washington 00232 Two-base hits—Peckinpaugh, Bennett (). Three- Leibold, Jacobson. Stolen base— Sacrificcs—Wingard, = Goslin. Mc- Left on basec—St. Louis, 8: Base on balls—0F Wingard 4: off Shocker. 2: of Ogden. 2. Struck out— By Ogden. 1. Hits Wingard. 8 in 8 in- nings: off Shocker. 1 (pitched to 3 batte:s in inning: off Ogden. 813 innings; of Marberry, 1 in 23 Wild pitch—Wingard. ' Winning itcher—Danforth, Losing pitcher—Ogden. Bmpires—Messrs. Dineon and 'Nallin. Time of game—32 hours spd 18 minutes. CAUGHT ON THE FLY Nationals and Browns were to in a double-hedder today ginning st 1:30 o'clock. The local schedule calls for but one more dual bill after this afternoon in the pres- ent home stay, that with the White Sox mext week. oy Seversid, Leidold. Manus. ' Judge. Washington, 10. Tobin tripled to bezin the game for the Browns vesterday, but re- mained at third while Peck threw out Bennet and Judge dropped Ruel's toss that should have retired Sisler. Then Johnny tried to score on Me- Manus’ roller to Taylor and became a soft out An odd play occurred in the tionals’ first batting turn. With I bLold at first, Harris grounded sharply toward Sisler. George knocked down the rap, scrambled to the bag to retire Bucky and with a toss to Ger- ber blocked Leibold's path to second. ut Nemo turned quickly: and made first again. A few moments later Leibold stole second Peck was givem a two-base hit in the second inning, when his fly was misjudged by Bennett. The Brown left-fielder ran a trifle toy far back and had o stoop low for a witch The ball trickled through his hands After singling in the third, Jacobson tried to pilfer second. He got to the bag ahead of the ball, but failed to | remain on it and was tagsed out by Peclk In the fourth imming Peck nearly lost Severeid's pop in the sun. The veteran shortfielder had to duck just before the ball ot to him, but man- aged to grab it while sitting on the ground, Taylor turned a meat play in the sixth, when he came in fast for To- bin's 'drive and made a fine throw to Harris, snaring Wingard going into second and retiving the side Another good plece of fielding was done by the new National third- sacker f1 the seventh. With Bennett at third and two out, Jacobson rap- ped smartly e2ong the line toward the far corner, bul Taylor made a bril- liant stop right at the bag and an equally sensational throw to nail the runner at first. PITCHER MAYS ILL. CINNATL July 19.—Pitcher Carl Mays of the Cincinnati Reds is suf- fering with an affliction of the gall bladder that may keep him out of the game for some time. His physician announced that unless the pitcher is much improved soon he will be re- moved to a hospital for treatment WHITE SOXWGET SCHULTZ. HOUGHTON, Mich., July 19.—~Webb Schultz, a_member of the Houghton team of the Upper Peninsula Asso- ciation, will join the Chicago White Sox in the spring of 1925, it was an- nounced today. Schultz has been pitching for Houghton for two years. A. L. LEADERS DAILY GET MORE CLANNISH Day by day in every way the three | leaders of the American League be- come more exclusive and clannish. New York today leads both Washing- ton and Detroit by one game, while the Tygers have left Chicago six games in the rear. Cobb's Jungaleers climbed to the select level occupied by the Senators, while the latter were [1osing to St. Lowis and the Yankees were staging a no-decision dauble- header with Cleveland. Sherrod Smith, southpawed the In- dians to an easy 9-to-2 win in the opener, and Pennock portsided the Tribe to a 7-to-2 defeat in the final. Myatt made his second home run in two playing days in the first game and Jamieson hit for the circuit in the second. A timely triple by Jucobson, with the bases full in the ninth, enabled St. Louis to gather in a belated vic- tory over Washington, 7 to 6. After saving the game for Detroit with a spectacular leaping catch in the ninth, Manush singled and scored the winning run in the eleventh for a 4-to-3 triumph oVer Boston. Holding Chicago to six hits, Baum- gartmer was the prime mover in Phil- adelphia’s 4-to-3 win over Chicago. Mostil's two-base muff of Perkins' fly in the fifth paved the wey for the de- 08 ciding tally. Perhaps it has gone stale | ‘ygers were | STAUNTAN (TI1.) HiGH ScHooL DEFEATED THE GILLESPIE HIGH 232-0 GeorGE AuLsac “Winthrop, HAss., Propssional MADE A 355-YARD HOLE IN ONE - hits—Tobin, | TOUGH PACE Ths SEAsoN o T IN SANDLOT | | RACES TAKING ITS TOLL| ASHINGTON'S take their toll. strenuous Ouly those are standing the pace, whil decided to to a less arduous senior and junior nines of the Argyl | to stand the gaff in the Washington se They have ioricited their l; permanent suspension from the rac EAST MEETS WEST IN ILLINOIS TENNI CHICAGO, July 18 {in the men's xingl | State tennis championship ment will a clash between and West, regardless of the res today's play in the semi-finals liam Tilden. 2d. of Philadelphia, n tional champion. is favored win over Alfred H. Chapin of Springfield, Masg., while Western contender { will be eliminated in the mateh b tween Howard San cisco and Bri Norton Louis. Chicako chance to take retire | i ! ~The of +1 match Iiling tourna Eas the be is to one Kinsey of St considered to have a the men's doubles ti- tles since tl at of Tilden and Sandy Weiner, his youthful protese, by Lott and Gravem zoans, who meet the Austr. : erson and Wood. in today's pla foward and Robert Kinsey, the Californians, are scheduled to meet Norton and Brown, St. Louis, Vesbrook and Snodgras Pacific Coast team, in the other dou- bles contest. Ruth Dunscomb annexed the girls and Johnny Farrin and Julian Jack- son. Chicago. took the hoys' doub title in yesterday's play. Sandy W ner, Philadelphia, and Emmet Pare, Chicago, survived the semi-finals in the junior singles, and Miss Marion Leighton and Mrs. Leo Alter, Chicago, were victors in the semi-finals of the women's singles-play Forest - in the singles, 24 SAILING CRAFT IN CHICAGO REGATTA CHICAGO., July 19. racing craft, cream of the yacht fleets of Lake Michigan, await the starting gun at 4 pm. today to set sail in the nineteenth annual race to Mackinac Tsland, the longest fresh- water contest in the world. Five schooners, & yawls and sloops comprise the fleet of con- tenders, which is the largest in the I history ‘of Lake Michigan. Last-min- ute mishap forced out the sloop Nabob and the yawls Rebel, Avalon, Amity and Hilda. The latter, winner of third place in_the 600-mile ocean race to Bermuda last year, could not be trimmed to racing form in time to enter. In the schooner class the Milwau- kee entry Ranger 1s expected to give the former Roosevelt yacht Gaviotta a hard tussle, with Wendameen, Natant and Chipmunk considered just as dangerous in the weather that is expected to break before the finish line is crossed. The ruling favorite in ‘the vawl class is Kayosihka II, with Siesta a close rival. Competition is keenest in the sloop class, with Virginia, cup defender, stepping the best pace of her caréer, and Jackson Park, II, another favorite. Dorello, which paced last vear's race; Dorinda, the new craft brought west by Gordon Seagrove, and the big mahogany racer Intrepid are picked to finish among the leaders. MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. ‘Rochester, 10; Je City, 6. Readia, ru;a; Tei"l'éa 31:’5. 4 Byracuse, 3. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. fiuhvl;l:“ 7; _Tols innea; ; _Toledo, '8, Indianapolis at' Kansas City—Rain. Twenty-four Baltim Newark, VIRGINIA LEAGUE. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. New Orleans, 2: Atlanta, 1. Feahvill, 15; Little Reck, 3, Pl foUENNTE e sandlot s | Standard races now are beginning to teams with the courage and stamina c a few, battered and weakened, have The Apache Seniors and the e Athletic Club have found it difficult 1 Base Ball and Athletic Association ist three games with the penalty of 7S life Waverly Ath |ite followers b ! independent loop. Its loss | Le felt Ly the 1 rivals, {as the Maryland_ Athletic Club of | Washington - Marvland series has |agreed to itute for the W of the Waverly sign contracts rendent League ylanders intend to is N. McCormick, 5. Osendorf, J. Rarrett, T. Haycock, W. Houchen. S. Hiser. J. Holden, E. Kelly, J. Dresher, J. Nairn, King and L. Richardson. tie Club dropping surprised from the will not though. the with iubs use such | Purdine | Hook. E. Cherry, O. [ Viehmeyer. Roberts, the Skould Domintean Lyceum take the measure of the Shamrocks today at |4 oclock at the Washington Bar- | racks it wiil cop the title of the first series in the Independent | League. A win for the Shamrocks | would “tie them with Dominican | Lyceum. Arlington and the Mohawks | for tep position \ Union Printers snared the title in | the Departmental series by downing the Treasury team in a 10-to-2 ragement. Effective hurling by | Simons, who yiclded but five bingles. kept the Treasuby tossers at bay throughout Vankee Athletic Club planned to | tackle the Naval Medicos today at 2 o'clock on diamond No. 1 of the Monument grounds. | Oll players ran shod over the Naval Receivin, team, winning, 13 to 3 rough- & Ship Mount Ralnier Juniors expected to point the way to the Hilltop Junior: today at 4 o'clock on the former's |grounds. Earl Bauman probably will hurl for the Mount Rainiers, Hornet Midgets came into their own | by beating the Arctic Midgets, 9 to 4. Mulhall pitched in fine form for the winners. Cardinnl Insects scored an $-to-§ victory over the Victoria Athletic Club. ° McCerlough displayed his wares to good effect for the victors. General Accounting Office again triumphed over the Naval Hospital team, winning, 9 to 3, in the Gov- ernment serfes. Mackey, Loomis and Wright batted well for the winners. _Scortng mime runs in_the ning, Equipment and_ Supplies nine tookthe scalp of the Chief Inspectors |Office team, 10 to 1, in the Post Of- fice loop. Fredericks held the losers to three wallops. Express tossers upset the dope yes- terday by routing the Southerns, 8 to 4, in the Washington Terminal Y. M. C. A. series. Rowe and Welch led both teams at bat, as each drove a trio of safeties. ‘Willlams-Webb diamond athletes registered thirteen safe clouts to down the Chestnut Farms combination, 14 to 5, in the Commercial circuit. Mc- Donald and Jermain of the winners each accounted for three blows. The unlimited team at Fredericks- burg fell before Fort Humphreys in & 13-to-3 engagement. Viar dished out -a puzzling brand of ball on the mound for the winners. St. Martins, who turned back the B. B. A. A. serles junior matches, presented a clever flinger in Stafford, who was nicked for only four safe drives. Schwartz, losing boxman, was combed for nine’ bingles. Kiwanis Clul of the Al dria Commercial Lea y ot c o disposed of the No. 1 Engine Company team in & 14-to-3 game. Sullivan of the losers was the only player to connect for three swats. Slamming elevem safeties off the slants of Randal and Brearey, Annex No. 1 of the Treasury Interbureau series lowered the colors of Annex No. 2 in a 6-to-3 match. The losers registered only five bingles off Whaley. Bureau of Engraviag had to battle all the way to turn in a 9-to-6 vie- | tory over the Railway Mail's nine {in the Colored Departmental series. | Wells an@ Yeargin smacked triples. - M Lawrence of the Sham- fock.mts ‘wants all players to be on hand today at 4 o'clock at Fifth and L streets southeast first in- | Kanawhas, 6 to 4, in _one of the W.! ). O, SATURDAY, WON MORE GAMES THAN ANY PITCHER WHO EVER LIVED. HE DRUED 3 No-wT NO-RUN- GAMES . HOST OF GOLF STARS |POLITICIANS ARE BATTLING INWESTERN TOURNEY| [N WALKER-LEONARD ROW CHICAGO, July 19.—A galaxy of champions and former title holders among the 152 plavers entered for the twenty-fifth annual amateur | golf championship of the Western Association. beginning Monday Hinsdale Golf Club. g the leaders of the ngents are i R. Johnston, White ar “Yacht Club, the Minnesota | champion: Jimmy Manion Louis, trunsmiasissippi = champion rank er. former metropolitan champ- . now of Memphis; Lasson Watts, Louis runner-up in the Southern hampionship: John M. Simpson, for- mer Indiana champion; Ellsworth Au- nd. former Ohio ch fast Liverpool, stern amateur last E former transmis- ippi champion,'and James E. Ken- . Tulsa, three times champion of Oklahoma | Chicago is well represented by a list of present and former champions. They are: Chick FEvans, defending tern amateur titlist and former tional and amateur open champion; Robert A. Gardner. twice holder of the national amateur crown; S. David- son Herron, national amateur king in 1919: Capt. F. Carter. former | Irish champion: Rudy Knepper, one- |time transmississippi title holder; Dudley Mudge, Ira L. Couch, Albert Seckel. E. Hoover Bankard and a | score of others. are GUILFORD MEETS GORTON IN BAY STATE GOLF FINAL NEWTON, Mass., July 19.—Jesse Guilford of Woodland and R. R. Gor- ton of Brueburn will meet today on |Guilford’s home course here in the |86-hole final of the state amateur | golf championship tournament. In | yesterday's two rounds Guilford covered only 26 holes, defeating E. P, Stration of Braeburn in the morning nd 4, and in the afternoon w & from B. W. Estabrook of the suntry Club, 5 and 4. In the morning Howard Paul, Belle- view, carried Gorton to the seven- teenth green and it was only by pro- ducing two birdles in a row that Gorton won. In_ the afternoon he defeated W. A. Whitcomb, Worcester, 5 and & DISTRICT GOLF AND NET FLAYERS IN TRI-CITY TILT RICHMOND, Va., July 19.—Play in the annual tri-city golf and tennis tournament, inaugurated last summer, began at Lakeside Country Club here today and will continue "throughout Sunday. Teams from Town and Coun- try Club of Washington, Lynnhaven Country Club of Norfolk and the local club will compete for honors in the two branches of sport. In last year's tournament, held in | Washington, the Richmond club won the golf championship, while Town and Country Club players carried off the tennis honors. BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS AMERICAN LEAGUE. L. Pet. A70 in, 4 453 414 GAMES TOMORROW. 8t. L. at Wi St. Louis, 7; Washington, 6. Detroit, 4; Beston, 3 (11 ianings). Cleveland, 9—2; New York, 2— Philadelphia, 4; Chicago, 3. NATIONAL New York ... t . T. st Cincinnati. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY’S GAMES Pittsburgh, 9 New York, 2. Chicago, 2; Philadelphia,’1 (10 in.). Cincinnat, 4; Brooklyn, 0. St. Louts, 10; Boston, 4. AL e e APPALACHIAN LEAGUE. Joimeen city, ¥ m-;m .. Bristel, 4; " " [must not be held in Jersey. JULY 19, 1924, AMERICA WELL AHEAD IN OLYMPIC AQUATICS By the Associated Pres: PARIS, July 19.—The standings of the various countries im the aquatic events, given out officially by the French Olympic committee at the end of the sixth day’s com- Detition, show the United States to be in the lead with 116 points. Sweden, by virtue of a victory over Belgium at water polo, earned second place, with a total of 39 points. Great Britain is given 36 points, Australia, 30; France, 14; Belgium, §; Hungary, 4; Denmark, 3; Japanm, 3; Switzerland, 2; New Zealand, 2, and Holland, Austriz and Luxemburk 1 each. M {U. S. ATHLETES LEAD IN BRITISH GAMES By the Associated Pre LONDON, July 19.—American and | | British athletes met this afterncon | at Stamford Bridge in a series of re- lay and team contests, under the auspices of the Amateur Athletic As- sociation. The British team won the mile relay in & minutes 18 4-5 seconds.. The American yard relay in ping 1 1-5 second | record. The British runners led all the way until the last lap, when | Harold Abrahams, winner of the 100- | meter dash at the Olymplc gumes, hesitated badly in his start { Most of the athletes are members lof the teams which competed in the | Olympic games at Paris. The con- | test consists of 14 events, including 6 fleld event. The scoring will be |on _a team basix | _The American team won the shot- Iput event with an average of 48 feet {5 1-3 inches to Great Britain's aver- ]age of 41 feet 4 inches. The best | team won the 400- 4-5_ seconds, clip- from the world American put was by Ralph G. Hills, | | Princeton, whose mark was 49 feet 104 inches. America also won the 4-mile relay 17 minutes 46 2 seconds. and the high jump. | _The British tcam won the irelay by half a yard in 7 564-5 seconds The Ameri. vurd hurdles 13-5 seconds won qregate 2-mile minutes, team won the race in 1 Americans also erthrow with an ag- feet 63 inches. The British gregate wus 464 feet 3 inches. The 2800-vard Steeplechase n § minutes 13 second 450- inute | BY FAIR PLAY. EW YORK, July 19—The Ne politicians of New York and managers ct al. arc fighting a N invading | has been staged in any ring around New York for moons. And ail ove Leonard fight scheduled for Jersey City August | | the Mickey Walker-Benn and which probably would draw The New York Boxing Commission, | according to an outline of its stand | by Chairman Brower, says in effect | that it is nothing—less than nothing |—-in their voung lives where the| | Walker-Leonard Lout is held, only it| 21 { The board indicates that unless | Walker meets Dave Shade in a de- | cision bout for the welterweight title | before he meets Leonard it will ex- communicate Leonard Walker. Tex | Rickard, Billy Gibson and others after | they have previously been shot, hanged, drawn and quartered and burned at | the stake. The board also, however, |indicates that it would reconsider this | ultimatum if a Leonard-Walker bat- | tle were to be arranged to go to a de- eision o decisions are permissible |in Jersey. Moreover, Gibson, Leonard's | manager, asserts he will not permit | Walker to meet any one before he Imkvl:fl Leonard. liowever, both sides of troversy have, if mot the woman's privilege of changing her mind. the right (o reconsider and it remains to| be seen just to what extent the box- ing commission on the one hand and the biz promoters and big money fighters on the other can get along without each other. the con- Georges Carpemtler, if he wins or makes any kind of a showing against Gene Tunney, will remain in this| country for some time. perhaps until | fall. | Promoters figure he has enough color left to draw spectators, o, rather, will have, even assuming that Tunney rubs quite a bit off him next | Thursday nizht Ji Delaney of St. Paul is being mentioned as an opponent. Jimmy is a real fighter, as easterners have yet to learn. Some idea of how he is sized up just now is gained by the fact that Jimmy Johnston wanted him to open the show at the Polo Grounds on Tunney-Carpentier night. “I'm looking for work.” was De- laney’s comment, “but I've fought all the good light-heavies in the country SPORTS. Griffs Now Fighting for Second Place : U. S. in Line for Four Olympic Net Titles IYANKEE SWIMMERS EARN AN OVERWHELMING LEAD Victories in Four of Five Finals Yesterday Give Americans Commanding Advantage Over Sweden—Boxers Are Hopeful. By the Associated Prese ARIS, July 19.—Miss Helen Will: pion, today is the attraction championships, and tomorrow, with Mlle. Enymilienne Vlasto, the Grecian maid of the United States star is expected to trophy. While the experts are of the opinion defeat Mlle. Vlasto, the outcome is Vlasto vesterday sprang one of the sur quering the Wimbledon champion, M tinues her fast game tomorrow it is may have her hands full. . Miss Wills, who has not exten singles play, vesterday defeated Mn match. The American girl apparent] She has become accustomed to the cl edly is the favorite for the title Americun players also are in the running for the other four Olympic net crowns. Vincent Richards to- morrow wiil play Henri Cochet of France for the men's singles cham- pionship and will pair with Hunter this afternoon in the men's semi- finals doubles match against Borotra and LaCoste of France, ‘This afternoon Mixs Wills, paired with Mra George Wightman, will oppose the two best woman players of Great Britain, Miss McKane and Mrs. Phyllis Covell, for the doubics champlonchip. America’s representa- tives in the mixed doubles semi- finals are R. Norris Williams, zd, and Mrs. Wightman Anti-Climax in Swimming. The swimming competition today and tomorrow will be virtually an anti-climax, because the United States. by sweeping victories in tou. of the five finals yesterday, rolled up | an overwhelming point margin over | her nearest rival, Sweden, and clinen ed the team championship. When | today’s events began the Americans | had 116 points to 39 for Sweden. | The ranks of the American boxe have been thinned for the aproach- | ing gemi-finals, particulariy in the | heavyweight division. in which nn-l last of the United States battlers was eliminated vesterday. The Argentine, | w F ] | York Boxing Commission, rival New Jersey, prize fight impresarios. | more vigorous battie at present than | a gate of $300,000 if held. | BLACK GOLD RACES | TODAY FOR RECORD ASHLAND, Ky., July 19.—Assigned top weight, 126 pounds, Black Gold ruled favorite in the field of five three-year-olds entered for the inau- guration of the Raceland Derby at the new Raceland course near e | today. Bobtail, Altawood, Post Dis-| patch and Phidias have an impost of | 115 pounds each. | With (riumphs in the Louisiana,| Kentucky, Ohio and Chicago derbies | to his credit, Mrs. R. M. Hoots' son| of Black Toney-Useeit already has ticd the record of Claude, made in 1903, for four classics won in a year, | and victory today would give him 4| new record. | The racc carries a purse of 000 and is over a mile and one-quarter | distance. | Altawood, owned by C. Bruce Head, Louisville turfman, has been figured by turf observers to furnish the strongest opposition to the Hoots colt. P McCOY BESTS SMITH. CHICAGO, July 19.—Harold Smith, Chicago bantamweight, last night lost a ten-round contest with Johnny McCoy of Cleveland, at East Chicago, on a newspaper decision. They weighed 118 pounds. In another ten- round contest Sammy Mandell of Rockford had the betier of Joe Az- zerella of Milwaukee. They weighed 133 pounds. U. . Ad Man Golf Winner LONDON, July 19.—A. R. Gardner. cne of the New York deiegates to tha International Advertising Conven- tion, won the gold challenge cup | and 1 don't think it would help my reputation any to make my bow in the East as an opener.” ITUATIONS arise when women in matches between men. The 5 championship tournament of 1923 at intercity match was played, with won and Philadelphia competing. Mrs. Ron H. Barlow of the Merion Cricket Club, Philadelphia, formida- ble figure in any tournament she en- ters irom local to national. was my opponent. We were having a hot match of it, notwithstanding that an extremely stif wind was making play difficult for both of us. Handi- capped by our skirts, we were fairly, buffeted by the blasts that struck us. Holding a stance was a genuine task. Coming to the twelfth hole of about | 150 yards, the wind had reached al- most_the proportions of a gale. It | was frightful. | Mrs. Barlow reached the green in {one, but my tee shot, made with a jlgger, didn’t reach, and I needed an- other to get on. Even then I was | tar from the cup, and, allowing for | two putts, it appeared that I would | take a four on a par three hole. Mrs. Barlow was wearing a stiff sailor hat. Naturally it was catching large quantities of wind. It bothered her a lot—so much, in fact, that with an easy three before her, her first putt left her two yards shott of the cup. In that gale it was easy to miss a two-vard putt but my oppo nent was equal to the occasion. “Here, Alexa,” she said, “you hold my hat 1 laughingly agreed. Then was presented the amusing picture of Mrs. Barlow carefully studying and exe cuting her putt, while I, standing as far from her as possible, so as not to interfere with her movements, ex- tended one arm and pressed down upon the offending sallor hat with a firm but friendly forefin And what did she do? She just naturally sank her putt and won the hole. Then, with the gallery, we had a hoarty laugh; Fortunately I wae able to get that hole back. timately I matoh. ‘won the (Capyright,. 19240 ALEXA STIRLING TELLS The Funniest Play in My Memory | the shot, not tke club. The club has a. presented by Lord Riddell at the golf tournament for advertising men at Walton Heath. | the {local club to cut {ana s, the young American tennis cham of all attractions in the Olympic in her final match of the tournamen: French nationality romp home with the women’s single~ that the California girl wi Y any means certain. Mlie pri’:ts of the tournament by cor s Kathleen McKane. Ii she con kely that the American champior not b, fis. 1 ded herself since the start of the me. Golding of France in an easy s at the crest of her form right now 2y courts of Colombes and: undoubt Porzio, tender. The United States with six individual qualifiers in the nals. “sees the Argentines econd, with four. Five straign last ‘night. coming arter & straight wins during the atitcrnoor made the American boxers more a« termined than ever to score vt their lighter men in the semi-tina AMERICANS SCORE IN TODAY’S OLYMPICS By the Assor PARIS, mulle Sam three eam entered free style, i tion, qualified looms tle cor though leading ted Press. July 19, — Johun . American and Duk members Weic swimming ace, an Kahanamoku. tl the United State the 100-meter swin Olympic compet the sem today for | finals. winning their respective hea: in the eliminaiton trials Bourne of Canada and Argentina qualified Ly fini two in the third heat. . of Sweden, Takahishi Stedman of Australia swimmers to reach and appear to be the ones mos likely to zive the American swir mers a battie in the final Clarence Pinkston and Albert « White, the ( ns, led their se ries in tion’ trials of th high . Pinkston totaling v points and White ; Although the United States wx eliminated in the first round of the water polo, the Americans, owing to he intricate svstem of the compet tion, still have a chance to qualif: for sccond place, which has noet yet been allotted 1o Belgium, in spite o fact that she finalist wit “rance The teams shall tails il Zonilla ng one ne Borg of Japan an were the oth the semi-final Unit meet 4 States and today to settle whic occupy second place. The d of this system of competitio a good-sized volume which one here appears capable of accur ately interpreting. _Its inventor, Swede. is absent in Sweden. Dave Fall, Leland Stanford Uni- versity, won' the third series of th high diving elimination trials with score of 7 points, thus with Pinkstor and White making a clean sweep of the preliminaries for the United States entrants. Miss Mariechen Wehselau of Honolulu won the first trials of the 100-meter style swim for women in 1 minut: -5 seconds, breaking the world rec- Belg Helen Wills and Mrs. George Wightman, the American pair, won the woman’s doubles championship of the Olympic lawn tennis competiticn, de- feating Miss Kathleen McKane and Mrs. lis Covell in the finals toda: —5. S—6 — WASHINGTON CANOEISTS IN RACES AT BALTIMORE Washington Canoe Ciub paddlers are at Baltimore today competing in the Arundel Boat Club regatta. Aquatic fans have expected the swath in seven three doubles Harbaugh Leckert, Gates. Proctor. Anderson White, Ruppert, H. Miller and ¥ ler were to répresent the colors of hington. —e C.-l. RACKETERS SWEEP POST OFFICE MATCHES Commerce-Interior racketers of the Departmental Tennis League scored another impressive victory by taking all five matches from the Post Offic teamn yesterday. The summary: Davis and Kragoe defeated Somerkemp and Gamble, 6—4, 6—1: Bealo and Fowler de- feated Neibeli and Hurley, 7—b5, 6—1: Klo- pach and Harmon defesied Richardson and avidson, 6—2, 6—3: Somervile and Whit- more defeated 'Martin and Faustman, 6—I and_Harring and Thompson defeated Hall' and Young, . 6—0, POLO MATCHES TODAY. Local polo enthusiasts expected i watch a double attraction today at events—three one four. are playing golf that are impossible funniest incident ever to engage my risibilities on the links occurred just prior to the eastern women’s Whitemarsh, near Philadelphia. An men's teams from New York, Bosmull Inside Golf | By Chester Horto! While towching om the value of clabs, my experience is that it is not 100 per cent true that the man makes lot to do with it. The better the molf:r the more exacting he ix about his clubs, an a general rule. It i one thing to say that an ex- pert goifer can make nhots with any old ciubs, but the cotd fact s ke >ver doow tt. The irom clubs should fit the handw and the player so well that they feel “alive” to the Suck clubs zive any s the exsert golfer can maks hix shots partly because he has clubs that exactly fit him and over which ke feels a comsicte wemne of com- mand. When a club gets “balky” he cither concmers it or ensts it out. A complete renewal of club equipment s a mood thing for the goifer mow and them. It tones up hin whole game. £Copyright, 10243 Potomac Park. The War Department Whites planned to oppose the 3Srd Cavalry of Fort Myer in a match starting at 3 o'clock while the W: Department Greens hoped to battic the 16th Field Artillery an hour later TIP FOi‘FISKEBMEN. HARPERS FERRY. W. Va, July 19.—The Potomac and Shenandoah rivers both were clear this morning PIEDMONT LEAGUE. Durham, 3; Greensboro. 1. 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