Evening Star Newspaper, July 30, 1924, Page 28

SPORTS. IN LOSING FINAL TO TRIBE MENTAL LAPSES FREQUENT Weak Hitting, Headless Base Running and Wobbly . Fielding Causes Loss of Ground—Open Series With Tygers in ETROIT, July 30.—Perhaps the D Detroit Today. BY JOHN B. KELLER. transfer of activities from Cleveland to this city may bring about a change for the better in the work of the Bucks. If it does not the club piloted by Bucky Harris may just as well cease to consider itself a pennant aspirant. At}hat,_Cle\'gland folk who have seen the Bucks perform only on Dunn Field in the Forest City this season are wondering how they are in such a prominen t position in the flag race. They have seen a _club woefully weak at bat, none too steady in the box and practically witless in every department of the game. The Bucks’ first series in Cleveland this year was a weird affair, but To more so than that which came to an end yesterday with the Tribe scoring its third win in the quartet of games, 4 to 2. All the stupid base ball the Bucks overlooked in the first three engagements of the series they crowded into this last. As a result of the series with the "Tribe, practically a doormat for the other clubs in the circuit, the Bucks are well down in the third place, They started on their second Western invasion of the vear tied with the Yankees in the runner-up notch, just a half game behind the leader. Now Harris' " athletes. although still in third place, are two-and-a-half games in the rear of the pace-setting aggre- ®ation. That is losing a deal of ground in four games. Never a particularly smart ball club, the Washington outfit was un- usually poor in strategy in Cleveland, and most of the time played base ball that certainly could not be considered of major league caliber. Mental lapses were frequent. There ‘was an utter absence of the technique expected of big leaguers, and to make matters worse there was no fire in the players. Where Bucks Were Lacking. Although the pitching in two of games was spotty, generally the hurling was of a character good enough to deserve a better fate. But non-swinging batters lessened the club’s drive. headless base-running oast to the winds most of the rare scoring chances, and a lack of stabili- ty afield enabled the opposition to make much of what ordinarily would ®&mount to little. Altogether, the Bucks in the Cleve- land series gave about as miserable an exhibition of big league base ball as Washington clubs were wont to give in the many years they were rated underdogs in the circuit, and played accordingl Unless they come to with D in the four bat- tles with the Tygers here, there prob- ably will be no need of hustling in orders for tickets to a world series in_the National Capital. In the final of the Cleveland series Yyesterday the Bucl started as though they might make life so mis- erable for Joe Shaute as to cause his early exit. But their first inning @rive proved only a flash in the pan. ‘After yielding a couple of blows for = tally at the outset. the Tribe's prize southpaw was as tight as a_drum ex- cept in the eighth. Tom Taylor got a triple with two gone in the second and there were two out in the seventh when Roger Peckinpaugh hit a three- bagger. Shaute wabbled a bit in the eighth “when a pass and the Bucks' fifth and sixth bingles of the engagement net- ted them their second tally. But he came back strong in the ninth and the Harrismen were licked again. Marberry Is Off Form. Fred Marberry essaved to check the Indian wallopers, but Fred was some- what rocky from the start and in the third fell into a grave of his own 4digging so far that three Tribe runs were registered before Byron Speece could be rushed in. Speece had a tumultuous time in the fifth, but held the Tribe at bay thereafter. The Bucks tallied in the first inning that Rice opened with a single to left Leibold’s roller to Burns forced out Sam, but Harris doubled to right| center and Leibold scored. Bucky | tried_to make third on his blow, but a Speaker-Stephenson relay to Lutzke had the ball waiting for him. The tribe socked Marberry hard in the first two innings, but their terrific blows in the initial round went di- rectly to the fielders, while a double play offset a pair of bingles in_ the second. Then came the third, in which Fred got himself into trouble by fail- ure to do his bit afield Lutzke drew a pass at the outset and Shaute sacrificed. Then McNulty drove sharply to Judge. Joe Zot the ball, but too far from the bag to run for an out. Here came the first prize-play of the game. Marberry did not make a move to cover first and there were two runners on With one out. Taylor then handed the tribe a run with a poor throw, although he was not charged with an error. When Summa grounded to Tom, Lutzke dashed for the plate. Ruel had to Jump a couple of yards from the base 1o get the thrid sacker’s heave and the Indian slid in safely. Myatt’s Single Productive. McNulty and Summa tried a double eteal that resulted in the demise of the former at third. but Marberry promptly filled the bases by walking Speaker and hitting Joe Sewell. Then came Myatt's single to right that chased in the second and third runs in an inning that with sharp fielding by the Bucks probably would have been scoreless Speece was hustled to the slab and went along well until the fifth, when the Indians filled the bases without knocking the ball out of the infield and got a run thereafter while a trio of Bucks held a tea party in left field. Speaker smacked the ball down the right-field line, but Judge smacked it down to a single. Then Joe Sewell Tolled to Peck in deep short and Ra- 3jah could not relay it to Judge ahead ©of the batter. ¢ Myatt followed with a bunt toward third that Speece fielded. There was no chance for a play at first, so By- Fon heaved to third, but too late, and the sacks were loaded. Then followed the second prize play of the game. Burns looped a high one to short left and Goslin, Peck and Taylor set sail for the ball. As they neared it Goslin stopped, looked at his two teammates and started again. Then Peck stopped, looked about and got under way again. Then Taylor, Tot to be outdone by the others, pull- ed the same act. Finally all’ three were moving, but all three stopped again and the ball fell to the ground, narrowly missing the feet of the trio. That let Speaker score and left the Bases still filled. Stephenson. though, AUTO GLASS FOR WINDSHIELDS OR_BODIES. Tnstalled While You Walt. Taranto & Wasman 1017 NEW YORK AVE. N.W. TROUSERS In the City $A .65 EISEMAN’S and up TthatF NN Q SCALPED AGAIN. “WASHINGTON. Rice o, b o~oooon~ol Ful coossccconcl ol 00000000000 ey N Geeurnnuncall in 4 2l ounwwnonoolr Bl cconmuwomoop Bl ucuvbnasel cleussssenct wl ool cushunianllhial cosrtersuetll L] E ° 3| onobnnuwnn, 10000 102 00301000 214 Two-baze hit—Harris. Three-base hite— Taylor, Peck, Stolen base—Burns. Sacrifices —Shaute, Luizke. Double plays—Burns, Sewsll 20d Burhs: Peck, Harris and Judge; Judge, Ruel and Harris.'Left on bases—Washington, 7; Cleveland, 9. Bases on balls—Off Shaute, i 9 Marberry, 2 of Sposce. 3 Btrmek oui —By Shaute, 1. HitsOF Marberr. 4 ia 33 irnings: o Spoece, 3 in 8% Hit by pitcher—By Marberry (Sewell) Specce ), s Bl onantis e e Mossrs. Nallin: ah . Time of 1 hour ‘and 30 minutes. graciously rapped into double play, in which a runner was nipped at the plate, and after Speece hit Lutzke to put the fifth Indian on in the round Shaute batted into a force-out. The Third Prise Play. ' The third and last prize play of the tilt came in the Tribe's seventh, with Burns on first and two out. Burns, a notoriously slow runner, had a long lead off the bag, but Speece paid no attention to him. So while Byron held the ball George rumbled to second and was at the bag before the pitcher threw, really saving a balk by heav- ing to first The Bucks, who had been unable to do anything when they had men on first and second with one gone in the fourth, got something out of a simi- lar condition of affairs in the eighth. With Rice gone, Leibold strolled and Harris singled to short right. Gos- lin forced out Harris, but Judge sin- gled to center, counting Leibold, Ruel ended the round with a loft to Summa. CAUGHT ON THE FLY Walter Johnson, held out of the | series in Cleveland where he had not pitched this year, was expected to open fire against the Tygers today. Cobb used so many hurlers in the series with the Athletics that his pitching choice was problematical. President Clark Grifith refused to be considered the jinx responsible for the failure of the Bucks in Cleveland. He has come here with them. Harris and his athletes came to De- troit from Cleveland by boat last aight. Some of the boys did not prove to be good sailors. Judge made the most sensational play of yesterday's fray when he speared with his gloved hand Lutzke's low liner in the ninth. Joe had to {1‘"1‘]‘9 far to his left to get at the all. Marberry must have been pitching a_“rightfield” ball in the first inning. McNulty and Summa sent sharp liners to Rice and Speaker drove {ge ball directly into Harris' hands. A snappy double play checked the Indians in the fifth, when they got but one run with four singles and a hit batter. The bases were jammed when Stephenson rolled to Judge. Joe heaved to Ruel, retiring Sewell at the plate, and Muddy’s return to Harris at first flagged Stephenson. Sewell made two_ brilliant catches of line drives in the fifth to check Speece and Rice. Harris twice threw out runners af- ter fumbling their grounders. In the sixth Summa nearly . took the Na- tional pilot off his feet with a sizzler, but was nailed at first. Sewell was a victim in a similar play in the sev- enth. Rice and Judge got clouts again, to be the only Bucks to hit in every game of the series with the Tribe. To get an even break with the In- lians on the season, the Bucks now must win five of the six games re- maining between the clubs. The se- ries now stands ten_ wins for the Tribe and six for the Bucks. TTHE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, .D. U, WEDNESDXY, JULY 50, 1922 ationals Are in Throes of a General Slump : Ogden Has Been Big Help to Bucks N. Y. BOARD REFUSES |HUGGINS® YANKS CONTINUE | [5ic teacue stamsmics APPEAL OF TENDLER SETTING PACE THAT KILLS NEW YORK, July 30.—Lew Tend- ler, Philadelphia lightweight, still is under the ban in this State today, in spite of an appeal for reinstatement by Phil Glassman, Tendler's manager, to the State Athletic Commission. Tendler is under suspension in New York for engaging in a match with Mickey Walker, world welterweight champion, who at the time was dis- qualified for refusing to meet Dave Shade, coast welterweight. The commission agreed to lift the suspension of Dave Rosenberg on the appeal of his wife as soon as the boxer contracts for a match. Mrs. Rosenberg said the board's ruling had deprived her husband of his only means of support. HARPER'S FERRY, W. Va, July 30. —The Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers both were clear this morning. PIEDMONT LEAGUE. High Point, 5; Winston-Salem, 2. Durbam, 5; Haleigh 3. Greensboro, 2; Danville, 0. FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE. Lakeland, 63: Orlando, 20. Bradentown, 3-1; Cleas Bt. Petersburg, 4; Tamps, TILL setting the pace that kills, S the Yankees today continue to show the way to Detroit by a full game in the American League flag chase. By, coming to life enough to annex the final from the pesky Athletics, to whom they had dropped three in a row, the Tygers held their own. Washington slipped a notch through its loss to Cleveland, and now pur- sues Cobb’s outfit at a distance of a game and a half. Although Pennock has seen better days on the hurling hill, the effective hitting of his teammates carried him along to an easy 9 to 4 victory. In clouting his thirty-second homer of the season and his thirteenth of the month, Babe Ruth tied his best previous monthly average, established in June, 1921, the vear he set his home-run record of fifty-nine. Philadelphiz made a strong bld for the fourth game of its four-game series with Detrolt, but the Tigers pushed across the tying run in the ninth and won out in the eleventh, 4 to 3. Pratt_batted in both the tying and the winning runs. Alrtight pitching by Shaute enabled Cleveland to gallop away with a 4-to- 2 win from Washington. The Indian twirler let the Senators down with six hits. Murray and Workman of Boston had the misfortune to lose to St. Louis, 3 to 0, despite the fact that the Browns obtained only three bingles off thelr combined deliveries. HAMMEL OF SHAMROCKS VERSATILE BALL PLAYER| ON FIRPO AND WILLS P ICKLE” HAMMEL, all-around player of the Shamrocks of the Independent League, presents a striking rebuttal to the old adage, “A Jack of all trades is master of none.” The Shamrock tosser is considered the most versatile athlete in the circuit, having played prac- tically every position on the nine. He was sent in to relieve Lefty Kuhnert in the recent Shamrock-Dominican Lyceum tilt, and yielded but three scattered bingles in the eight innings he worked. He also played against the Lyceum tossers behind the bat, only one man attempting a steal, which was unsuccessful. Knickerbocker tossers remember Hammel for his stellar work at short stop, while the other Independent teams have envied his performance at third and second bases. The greatest compliment to Hammel, however, lies in his batting average, which is .412, according to wee Willie Glascoe, busi- ness manager of the Harps. A flock of fans regard the Shamrock player as the most valuable athlete to his club in the series. Although the Shamrocks failed to cop the title in the first series of the league games, they intend to give a better account of themselves in the second set of matches. Under the leadership of Mike Moran, captain of the Harps, the nine has shown con- siderable improvement in its last ten games. Southland Midgets are casting about for games through their man- ager at Main 2925 between 9 and 12 o'clock. Shamrock Semiors are to meet to- night at 8 o'clock at 529 Eleventh street southeast for the purpose of discussing arrangements for the game with Libertys tomorrow at 1 o'clock in Griffith Stadium. Shamrock Juniors are urged to re- port Friday at 5 o'clock at Fifth and L streets southeast. Burrows and Butts of the Modoc Athletic Club were the stars when their team nosed out the S. Kann & Sons’ team in a stirring 6-to-5 match. After striking out 20 batters of the Chestnut Farms Dairy nine, Cornell of the Western Electric team saw his team go down to defeat, 7 to 0, in the Commercial League. A four-base clout by Comer with two on the bases helped the winners. Ontario diamond athletes came into their own by pointing the way to the Tenleytown nine, 16 to 8. ~ Fifteen safeties, with Adams, Chadwick, Butts and Guiliani leading the attack, told the tale. General Accounting Ofiice team won the right to compete in the final matches of the Washington Base Ball and Athletic Association series by showing the way to the Post Office nine, 20 to 5, in the Government loop. Baldwin of the winners displayed a keen eve at bat, as he connected for a quartet of safe clouts in as many trips to the plate. Government Print- ing Office and Naval Hospital now are tied for second place in the Govern- ment series with the Commissioners ang tite City Post Office trailing in order. A deal of interest is being mani- fested in the benefit game between the Knickerbockers and the George- town Athletic Assoctation Saturday in the Georgetown Hollow. The pr ceeds will be given to the familiel of two residents of that section who :er'a injured in an automobile acci- ent. Slamming the slants of Hoyt and Barnhardt for twelve safe drives, the Pullman nine of the Railroad Y. M. C. A. series triumphed over the Southern Railway team, 5 to 0. Chase, OWL VENTILATORS ‘Wholesals and Retail RADIATORS, *PENDERE: BODIES, LAMPS MADE OR REPATRED, Eatrance at 1431 P N.W. Frank, 8088 WITTSTATTS B. AND ¥. WORKS 319 13th N.W. Fraak. 'UR Summer Van Heusens Bandless Seamless Economical VAN PHIL on the mound for the victors, touched for only four blows. was Registers and Anmex No. 2 of the Treasury Interbureau loop battled to a 9-to-9 deadlock. Chatterbuck, Noone, Jones, Dayton and Patterson smacked homers. Takoma Park Athletic Club upset calculations by holding the formid- able Standard Oil nine to a 6-to-6 tie. C. Miller and Schultz of Takoma and Corpin and O'Neal of the Standard nine batted well. Southend Midgets continued’ their winning streak by administering a 16-to-7 beating to the Eastern Mid- gets in one of the midget games of Section A of the Washington Base Ball and Athletic Association series. The winners accounted for eighteen blows, four of which were garncred by Feary. War and Navy tossers were forced to extend themselves to down the Railway Mails Service, 9 to 7, in the Colored Departmental loop. Turner, winning boxman, drove a triple. Registers and Annex No. 1 will be matched tomorrow in one of the newly revised games of the Treas- ury Inter-bureau loop. The game will start at 5 o'clock on - the west diamond of the Ellipse. The Regis- ters snared the title in the first geries. Other games scheduled fol- ow: August 1, Annex Two ve. Liberty Loan; 4, Liberty Loan vs. Registers; 5. Annex One vs. Annex Two; 6. open; 7, Annex One vs. Liberty Loan: 8, Annex Two vs. Registers; 11, An- nex One vs. Liberty Loan; 12, Lib- erty Loan vs. Registers; 13, open; 14, Regi.;s;rs vs. Liberty Loan; 15, An- nex Two vs. Annex One; 18, Liberty Loan vs. Annex One; 19, open. A’S SET FIELDING MARK; 21 ASSISTS IN 9 INNINGS DETROIT, July 30.— Philadephia broke the American League record for infield assists in the first nine innings of yesterday's game, making 21. This number also ties the Na- tional League record made by the New York Giants July 13, 1919. ‘Twenty assists were made in the American League at three different times, twice by the New York Yan- kees and once by Washington. Batting even better than he pitched, Arthur Nehf of the Giants beat the Cardinals practically single-handed, 5 to 2. Nehf skillfully sprinkled St. Louis’ ten hits over nine innings and clouted out two home runs, which ac- counted for three of his club’s mark- ers. Six hits and three runs were the measure of the Phillies’ offensive against Kaufmann, and the Cubs walked off with a 3 decision. While Kremer held Boston to three hits, Pittsburgh hammered out an 8- to-1 triumph over the Braves. Marty Shay, just acquired by the Beaneaters from 'Worcester, played second for the home team. Brooklyn leads Cincinnati by only a game and a half today as a result of its third loss to the Reds in five games. The Westerners slaughtered Roberts and Doak for seventeen hits and twelve runs as against the Robins’ two. Tillie Walker hit two home runs. BIG INSURANCE TAKEN NEW YORK, July 30.—Luis Angel Firpo and Harry Wills have been in- sured by Lloyds for $50,000 each, with Tex Rickard, promoter of their com- ing match, the beneficiary, it was learned today. The policies will protect Rickard against loss in case the bout sched- uled for September 11 falls to come off. Firpo plans to leave for his train- ing camp at Saratoga tonight. He was prevented from going yesterday, as he had contemplated, by a con- ference with Rickard 'and Frank Flournoy of Madison Square Garden, over a few technicalities connected with the match. The Argentine battler went shop- ping yesterday, buying six suits of clothing, a dozen vari-colored shirts and a few flashy cravats. He said he wanted to look “North American- ized.” AMERICAN LEAGUE. L. Pot. Win. Lose. 41 582 586 41 577 567 43 561 551 47 506 AYS 51 464 434 53 484 454 52 458 448 Philadelphia . 57 A1Z .402 GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. ‘Washington at Detroit. Washington st Detroit, New Y:r‘kul:ll&. Louis. ="‘°Yna{? at 8t. Louis. Boston ; oxton ot Chicago. PRIli"at Gloveland. Phila. at Clevelaad. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES Cleveland, 45 Washington, 2. New York, 9; Chicago, 4. Detroit, 4; Philadelphia, 3 (11 in- nings.) St. Louls, 3; Boston, 0. New York ‘WASHINGTON .. St. Louis .... Chicsgo ..... Cleveland Bosten .. NATIONAL LEAGUE. L. Pet. Win. 3z 656 .660 54 39 581 585 41 540 554 45 526 531 510 515 411 417 New York Chicago . Pittsburgh .. Brooklyn . Cincinnati e astani 409 ‘415 P elphia . E e Boston ... . 362 368 GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. 'gh at New York. Pittsb'gh at New York. cage at Brooklyn. * Chioago st Br cinnaf 5 cinnaf S CaaiatPhta, " Bt Louis at Phila. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY’S GAMES New York, 5; St. Louls, 2. Chicago, 4; Philadelphia, 3. Pittsburgh, 8; Boston, 1. Cincinnati, 12; Brooklyn, 2. MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Jersey City, 8-0: Toronto, O-1. Newark, 56 Reading, 12-5; Syracuse, Baltimore, 9; Rochester, 2. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Milwaukee, 9.9: Mioneapolis, 7-2. Columbus, 7; Indianapolis, 3. Toledo, 22; Louisville, 1. ' "~ 8t. Panl at Kansas City (rain). VIRGINIA LEAGUE. 3 - Richmond, 2. Rocky Mount, 17; Porismouth, 4 Petersburg, 14; Wilson, 0-10. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Pitts] Ohi SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Asherille, 9: Charlotte, 4. Greenville, 5; Augusta, 4 Spartanburg, PRINTERS’ NINE IS EAGER TO DEFEND CHAMPIONSHIP U NION PRINTERS, primed for the occasion and eager to defend the title they copped last year, will leave Friday for Chicago, where they will compete on the following day in the opening matches of the Union Printers’ International Base Ball League series. Those who have followed the nine this year believe the Typos have im- proved considerably over last season, both in defensive and offensive work. The District team really has carned an enviable reputation this year, having garnered the title in the Departmental series, in addition to being a favorite in secticn B of the Potomac loop. It is regretted that Feldman, stellar outfielder of the Typos, will not leave with the team tomorrow. The player was injured several days ago. Four of the most talented hurlers in local sandlot competition are ex- pected to “bear up” in_ the Chicago tourney games. Heinie Webb, pilot of the Typos; Hutchinzon, Pound and Simons will do the flinging. Accord- Ing to the present dope the Washing- ton combination will open the tour- neyflinlnsl the formidable Chicago outfit. Eastern Athletic Ansociation un- limited tossers are at Fredericksburg, Va., today meeting the White Sox of that place. Chris Hutchinson of the local nine booked the game in order to prepare his athletes for the im- portant match with the Ransdell team Sunday at 3 o'clock, in section C of the Potomac League. STUDEBAKER Just Drive It; That's All ‘Tobacco Co., Inc. 004 Peansylvania Ave. N.W. Cord Tires On Credit “PAY AS YOU RIDE” Small Payment Down Balance Monthly T.O.ProbeyCo. Alexandria Post Office and the Co- lumbia Engine Company were to be opponents in the first match of the second series of the Alexandria Com- mercial loop today at 5 o'clock at the Dreadnaught Park. Langford, for- mer Alexandria High School flinger. is due to hurl for the Post Office. while Naynes or Lunsford will toil on the mound for the Engine com- bination. Pastime Midgets disposed of the City Park tossers, 12 to 5, with Lewis driving four bingles for the winners. IMACK’S DISCARD HAS WON 8 AND LOST 1 FOR GRIFFS Browns Alone Have Defeated Pitcher Who Proved Such a Dismal Failure With Athletics—Form Reversal Puzzles the Experts. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, July 30.—The tran sfer of Ogden from Philadelphia to Washington is an improvement for the Senators any way you figure it. Connie Mack in a generous mood said he could not wish Washington hard luck in obtaining so valuable a chap as Ogden has turned out to be. Yet Connie in his most amiable mood would like to have the eight vic- tories which Ogden has pitched for Washington since he has been there, while losing but one game. . Griffith has not overworked the young man, and that may have helped him. For the matter of that, Mack did not overwork him, either, but when he found that his other pitchers were not living up to expectations he put Ogden in rather frequently to see how he would work out. As he did not work out very well, he let Washington have him. Since Ogden has been with Wash- ington he has defeated Cleveland twice, Chicago twice, Detroit twice and Boston twice, The only game he lost was to the hard hitting St. Louis club, which every now and then turns in and drives some good pitcher to the showers. \ _This present month Ogden has been pitching better ball than he ever has pitched since he started following in ' the footsteps of his brother. He has won five games and lost one. In June he was not worked very hard. Grif- fith was breaking him in with his new family at the capital. Mack Has No Explanation. Mack cannot explain why Ogden could not win for him and has been able to win for Washington. The! real reason probably is that Ogden | was coached into "a condition of nerves with the Philadelphia team. No one can force a ball player be- yond his actual physical and mental abilities. Once in a while a player will cut loose and do something that he never did before, but he will come back_to his natural condition. Mack has_had players whose inspirational performances he took for the real thing, and he has had other players whom he has tried to inspire, but who got so wrought-up that they did not amonut to a great deal. Ogden has got a good start toward a prominent niche in tne hall of fame this year. Whether Washington wins the championship or not, if Ogden can put on another five victories as his_contribution to the pitching job of 1924, he will be one man whom Washington will have to rate as hav- ing held the club near the top. Burke Big Aid to Tygers. If Burke, the Detroit Tygers' sec- ond baseman, could come through and bat for the Cotbites as he did for Richmond in 1923 Detroit's per- centage would rise like the mercury on a Summer day. Burke is one of a pair of Virginia League men who advanced to the big show this season, the other being Wilson of Portsmouth, who came to the Giants. Both have made good, but not In every respect as expected. Wilson led the Virginia League in | batting, with a .388 average. All hands agreed he could swat, but some questioned whether he would not auickly get too fat to play good ball. Burke was fifth in_batting in the Virginia League, with .346. That was something of a surprise, for when Cobb sent him to Richmond he did not figure on him as a slugger. What he did like about him was the easy manner in which Burke handled him- self around the base and the alert way in which he picked up every- thing in sight. Burke's Hitting Ix Light. Wilscn _came into the National League and began to bat around .350. | picking up where he had left off in Virginia. Cobb waited a while fore he put Burke on second, mea: while giving Pratt a chance to what he had. When Burke did get WHY a_ in he did not start off to hit like Wil- son had. In fact, he has not been within gunshot of .300. It was Burke's admirable play of sccond base that put Richmond up in the race last year, but Wilson, with all his good batting., could not lift Portsmouth out of next to last place The Detroit infield is batting rather light. " Burke is hobbling around .240 Rigney is no better than .2¢5. Jones is shading .300 with .296, and Biue is just on the .300 mark most of the time. Last vear Rigney hit around .315 Blue, who had a bad year, hit around 3. Jones finished the season with Rigney Is a Disappointment. With both Blue and Jones doing somewhat better, Rigney is the b disappointment of the last year me: o5 he has dropped. However, he ha. not dropped alarmingly, and if Burk- could get a little more chipper with his club the Detroits would carry a bigger punch—and they need all tha punch they can get. It is the games that are close and well pitched that bother Detroit the most. for they can’t get that one run that kills a tie and wins & game. Burke is fielding his head off for Detroit. but that isn't enough to pull them through. They are at the stage where they must hit and force runs through. After their successful East ern trip t need to play some 667 ball on their home grounds. If they do the chance is open to win the pen- nant. (Copyright, 1924.) HOW GRIFFS ARE HITTING Tate . Peckinpaugh Matthews Ogden . Harris Zachary . Bluege Mogridge Shirley . Speece . Zahniser Hargrave Marberry Miller BASEBALL: MUTUAL THEATER Formerly TEE COSMOS ing "n‘_bmx{ with Detroit, 3 p.m. loczl sporting results posted A1l seats 25c. exoept Saturday and Sunday, 50. Electric rd. million daily? Only one thing can account for such popularity —VALUE, most remarkable Value —