Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1924, Page 19

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D.. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, - 1924. SPORTS. 19 Ogden to Face Yankees for First Time : Title Tennis Field Is Reduced to Eight BUCKS TODAY SEEK THIRD IN A ROW OVER HUGMEN Goslin Again Batting Star as Johnson Hurls Brilliant- to Get 5-to-1 Decision, Although Forced to Quit by Inj ured Hand. BY JOHN B. KELLER. red-hot series with the Yank N that they will return to W EW YORK, August 30.—Assured of at least an even break in their ees, the Nationals today were in a fit mood to step out and grab another contest here to make certain shington tomorrow night at the head of the American League. Of course, the Yanks may force the Nationals to change their minds, but it does not seem able to. likely Miller Huggins’ gang will be That S-to-1 success yesterday, the second for the Bucks in the series here, developed a strong winning iurther reduced the already low morale of the locals. complex in Bucky Harris’ club and The Yanks were doleful enough in this second setto, and will have to brighten considerably to finish on even terms with the Nationals in this set of tilts. Manager Harris, who is working his pitchers on regular schedule nowadays, planncd to send Warren this afternoon. Curly has not faced but if he pitches up to the form under Harris esting time. But Curly would have to do a won- derful bit of hurling to give the husky Gothamites a more interest- ing time than did the veteran Walter Johnson yesterday. The dean of major | moundsmen turned one of his best efforts of th seass and all but stood the Yanks on their cads A]urlv‘lu the little more than en innings he toiled. That Walter did not go the full route w; due to an injury to hi pitching hand inflicted by a dri off Wallie Schang’s bat in the eighth round With Walter Pip on base as a result of a pa: Se flammed the ball directly at John The hurler knocked down the sphere and threw tb Judge to retire the batter. Then, holding his right hand, Le sank to the ground. Walter Momentarily Dazed. The ball had hit his hand just below the third joints of his fourth and fifth fingers and the pain was severe enough to daze Walter for a minute or two. But he arose and zamely went back to the slab, only to discover that he could not grip the ball well because of the bruise, 8o Fred Marberry was called in to replace the veteran First aid was given the pitcher by Trainer Mike M later the hand was cxamined by a surgeon, who was unable to de- termine at the time whether a hurt more serious than a bruise had re- sulted from the blow. Walter was advised by the doctor to have an X-ray photograph of the hand taken. He was to return to Washington this afternoon and may wait until he gets home to have the picture made If there Walter may regular turn on or at the worst of mound duty. put the slabman out for the re- mainder of the season, a serious thing for the club to contemplate injured rtin, and are, be no able the bones to hill broken, take his next week miss only one trick Loss Would Be Hard Blow. Johnson has been the main strength of the National mound corps thi season and his recent pitching efforts have been especially remarkable. Losing his services would put a ter- rible crimp in the pennant chances of the team that has been battling so desperately the past three months. Before his hand was hurt y day. Walter had the Yanks caily at his mere, skill and coolness in emer most notable. In three innings after the first, the Yankees threatened to go on the warpath, but Walter with his courage and cunning kept them at bay. The first of these critic came in the second session af Meusel fanned. Pipp and singled successively. the former get- ting to third on his clubmate’s wallop. But Walter took Aaron Ward over the strike-out route and ‘De; Scott's best was a loft to McNeely. Johnson ran into another squall in the third inning. Joe Bush began the frame with a one-base knock, only to be forced out Ly Whitey Witt. Joe Dugan popped fo Ossie Bluege, Dut Babe Ruth, with two strikes against him, crashed a single to right, sending Witt to third. Then Walter tightened and whiffed Meusel for the sccond time But Johnson rose to his greatest heights in the fourth inning, after temporarily losing control. Pipp and Schang. first two up, drew passes and Ward bunted toward thi John- son fielded the ball, but was in an awkward position to attempt a play on Ward. He turned for a throw to third that would have forced out Pipp, only to find the bag uncovered, as Bluege also had come in for the tap, so_the basses were filled. But a fracture would | Ogden against the world champions the Yanks since becoming a National, displayed in his other engagements ’ direction he should give Babe Ruth and company an inter- It was expected that Waite Hoyt would oppose him HOW GRIFFS ARE HITTING . SB. RBL Pet. 4 8 a5 29 o 58 L3 65 20 Goslin Ruswell . Rice . McNeely Judge . Leibold . Ogden 15 o 19 o 12 [3 o o 12 Peckinpaugh Taylor Bluege Shirley oxridge Hargrave Zahnixer . Marberry . Miller . sss2s3suuabss snuaa=nZal Then the great hurler put every- thing he had into his work. Scott fouled to Goose Goslin and the latter whipped the ball to the plate so fast that Pipp did not dare attempt to score after the catch. Bush, nenown- ed for his batting prow, waved lustily for a third strike. Witt, though, slammed a fast one toward right, but Sam Rice came to the aid of the master moundsman with a magnificent catch and the danger was past In the seventh, the Yanks kicked up a little fuss and managed to land runners on first and second bases with two out, Johnson, though, w | equal to the oc on and fanned | Meusel for the third time in the after- | noon. z All told, the Yanks got six hits off |the old master in seven and one- third innings. He gave four bases on balls, whiffed seven batters d hit one.” By blanking the Yanks in the first seven frames he ran a string of scoreless innings pitched to , one of the three best totals of this ature in the American league this season, had he gone through the game to a shutout he would have estab- {lished a campaign mark for con- | secutive goose egg frames. Bucks Waste Very Little, The Bucks made much out of little in beating Bush. The Yankee moundsman allowed but six blows and two walks, but all but one of the safe hitters tallied. The Harrismen began their scoring in the second round that Goslin opened with a sin- gle. Judge followed with a triple to | count Goose, and a squeeze play with Muddy Ruel doing the bunting got Joe home. In the sixth session Goslin got his second homer of the series, driving the ball high into the right-field stand after two were out. The last batch of tallies was reg- istered after two men had been re- tired in the eighth. Rice doubled and scored as Goslin singled. ~ The hitter took second as Ruth threw the ball in. Ruth then dropped Judge's fly for a two-base error and Goose scampered home. The only wasted ational hit was Peck's single with one gone in the ninth The Yanks got their lone tally in the eighth. Pipp walked and took second when Johnson, after suffering injury, tossed out Schang. Mar- y replaced Walter on the hill and Huggins sent Ernie Johnson to the plate to bat for Ward. The pinch batter singled to second, counting Pipp, but McNally, batting for Scott, rolled into a double play. With Bush gone in the ninth, Witt singled off Marberry. Dugan, though, ended ilities by slamming into a two- NATS EARN MORE PRAISE FROM NEW YORK WRITERS A “Men may come and men may g FULL meed of credit is being accorded by Gotham scribes to th.e Nationals in their game bid for Washington’s first pennant, as is apparent from a perusal of the New York morning papers of today. 0,” writes Monitor in the World, “but Walter Johnson goes on and on and on. Eighteen years in the pitching business, hero of 107 shut-out victori es, he escaped ringing up another on his list yesterday afternoon when he was badly injured by a batted ball in the eighth inning of the game with the Ynakees. The Yanks hit Johnson in spots, but when they needed runs the great smoke artist” from Kansas held them down and prevented scoring. There were three occasions of this sort, and the Yankees cannot cry hard luck or the “breaks of the game,” as they might have after the game on Thurs- day. They were simply outpitched and outplayed, and there isn’t any alibi. 1f Johnson was a stone wall on the defense, the Senators had a berserker on the offense—Leon “Goose” Goslin, who cut such a swath of terror on Thureday. Goslin continued his won- derful hitting streak and every one of the three hits he made counted in some kind of scoring. He topped off all of his big doings with a home run. HERALD-TRIBUNE. Yankee players, as well as Wash- ington athletes, gathered around the stricken pitcher on the greensward. It s supposed that the Senators were offering him sympathy. It is also denied that Miller Huggins tried to persuade Johnson that the only way to treat a bruised thumb is to break it off. The injury is not likely to keep Johnson out for any length of time. Ruel canght Scott's foul in a fleld box in the sixth, and then almost made a graceful dive into the laps of the occupants. Muddy is still a fair sort of catcher. Johnson’s pitching to Ruth in the first was a work of art. Three pitches and three strikes. The last was & sharp and wide-breaking curve that started for the outside and broke - cleanly across the middle. Ruth was looking for a wasted ball and was completely fooled. Schang ordered a pitchout in antic- ipation of a steal by Harris in the third. The program went through as advertised, except that Buck slid around the throw at second. TIMES. They (the Nationals) looked more like a championship club than any other outfit that has yet appeared at the stadium. tion ixn’t any fered by the Yanks the Capital club will walts through to its first Ameri- can League pemnant. In the second inning the Yanks had men on first and third and one out. They didn’t score. In the third they had the same situation, with two out. They didn’t score. In the fourth they had the bases filled, with none out. They didn’'t score. The complete an- swer is Walter Johnson. After Pipp and Schang had walked in the fourth and Ward had filled the bases by beating out a bunt, Johnson got Scott on a short fly, fanned Bush and killed off Whitey Witt on a fly to right. ‘Twice Johnson fanned Bob Meusel for the final out with two men on the base path. He fanned seven during the afternoon, Meusel three times. ‘The masons, plasterers and plum- bers in an apartment building going up on the hill above the Stadium ad- journed to the upper windows and watched the whole performance. Put- ting up a bullding in the vicinity of ball park must be rather sxpensive, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. —1he Brooklyn STrong boy— —By RIPLEY. A MINER OF RHONDDA, WALES HAS SPENT 65 YEARS UNDERGROUND MADE 2 “HOLES 1N One™ N ONE GAME Boslon. / & Joe NorRDDUEST WAS AN ARM THAT MEASURES | INCHES STILL ON THE CLIMB | ‘WAGHINGTON. AB. 0] cowomanmN~g Johnson, p. .. Marberry. p. Totals ..... NEW YORK. witt, of . PYSRRS coooomumool corcomwmool wmwonmoamol D————— T Cllesssooctotenliiallceanaserast | cccccconcccol o [ [P N 1. 5l woomomoooonod 5 *Batted for Seott in eighth. ashis 0200010205 NS 8 3000001 o1 Two-base hit—Rice. Three-base hit—Judge. Home run—Goslin. Stolen base—Harris. Sac- rifices—Rusl, ‘Marberry. ~ Doubls plays—Mar- berry to_Peck to Judge, Bluege to Harris to Judge. Left on bases—New York. 10; Wash- ington, 5, Bases on balls—Off Bush. 2: off Johnson, 4. Struck out—By Bush, 3; by John- son, 7. Hits—Off Johnson, 6 in 7 1-3 innings: off Marberry, 2 in 12-3 innings. Hit by itcher—By Johnson (Ruth), by Bush (Judge). inning _pitcher—Johnson. ' Umpires—Messrs. Nallin, Moriarty and Holmes. Time of game— 2 hours and 10 minutes. Fanning seven Yanks in the sec- ond game of the big series, Johnson raised his big league career strikeout total to 3,196. Meusel was a strikeout victim three times. Ruth, Pipp, Ward and Bush also were whiffed by the master moundsman. Busttn’ Babe batted .500 for today. He was struck out by three pitches in the first inning, took two srikes and singled to right in the third, was hit by a pitched ball in the fifth and walked after taking a couple of strikes in the seventh. Goslin consinued socking the ball, getting half of the Nationals’ total of six safeties. Goose slammed a brace of singles and a homer in four times at bat. The circuit drive was made off the first pitch to him in the sixth session. Ruel had to bunt a pitch-out to execute his squeeze play with Judge in the second round. the ball was high and outside, but Joe had start- ed homeward with Bush's swing, so Muddy had to go through with the play, the bunt hugged the first base line, rolling just too far for Schang to handle. In the fifth frame with Ruth on first, Meusel lifted a high fly back of the box. Judge tried a catch, but fumbled. He save himself an error by throwing to Peck for a force play on the Bambino. Ruel made a great catch of Schang's foul in the sixth inning, running to the stand and leaning over a fleld box wall to get to the ball. Goslin, batting star of Thursday, got a home run and two singles yes- terday. He scored three runs and drove in a fourth. During the. two games Goslin has driven out seven hits for nineteen bases. TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va., August 30.—The Potomac River was clear and the Shenandoah muddy this mornipg. POLO AN ANCIENT SPORT; IS HIGHLY SPECTACULAR BY LAWRENCE PERRY. (This is the first of a scries of six dispatches by Lawrence Perry, noted authority on polo, as well as other amatcur sports, preliminary to the great in- ternational polo matches between England and America. to be played at Meadow brook om September 6, 9 and 13. In this series Mr. Perry deals with the his- tory of the game, its rules and the prominent polo players of the world. The fact that the Prince of Walcs and high dignitaries of both countries will attend the matches this year gives them an unusual interest as a social, as well as a sporting, event.) N EW YORK, August 29.—In point of color and brave display, in lhr?" and all the panoply of social circumstance, the sport of polo v.lfll have its highest expression when two teams representing the pick of England and the United States line up for the throw-in on the Inter- national Field at Meadowbrook next Saturday. 5 It will be the first of a series of three matches for the famous inter- national trophy, which was first taken to England by an invading four in 1886, and since then has crossed the ocean several times. Now polo is comparatively a new sport in the United States, so far, at least, as its acceptance on a wide na- tional scale is doncerned, but the game, Wwith characteristic American energy and thoroughness, has been carried to a plane of technical excel- lence which has set a standard for the polo-playing nations of the world. And while the approaching series is nominally a contest for supremacy as between England and the United States, the championship at issue really relates to the world. Combining as it does all tha more thrilling aspects of a horse race among highly trained thoroughbreds, with not a few suggestions of the basic principles of ice hockey and in- tercollegiate foot ball combined, polo stands out as the most spectacu- lar of all games played with a ball. With a sure hand it reaches back into the days of chivalry and brings to us a vivid impression of things that were—fluttering pennons, jousting knights, the fanfare of trumpets and the glitter of soclal display and the unctuousness of official sanction. Dates Back to 17th Century. So far as history goes, polo appears to have had its genesis in Persia in the 16th or 17th century. Thence it drifted to India and it was here that British army officers stationed in that possession took up the game. Thence it came to England and for many years remained a sport which was al- most exclusively the property of the British army. Civilians eventually went in for it and at length, in the 70s, a handful of Americans went in for the sport. A narrative of the extraordinary growth of polo in the United States which in a _comparatively few years has attained a status where we lead the world in proficiency in the game and stand a close second to England in the number of men and women and ponies who participate, involves a story not without interest and one that should stir national pride. But in deference to those who, for various reasons, have hitherto taken scant, if any, interest in the game and thus have little knowledge of it, the writer proposes to give precedence in this series of articles to a description of polo, what it is and how played. In general, then, the polo field is rectangular in shape, 300 yards long by 150 or 160 yards wide. It is beautifully carpeted with turf and throughout its area should be as level as a billard table. At each end of the field are the goal posts, set 24 feet apart and centered on the back line. In other words, a polo fleld suggests BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS AMERICAN LEAGUE. SRR §13 ] EFJE ;‘,E-l i Bl NATIONAL LEAGUE. EEEEEE E*ikég % 12(13] 7 9| 8[10[14173[641.576 New York ....[ 8i—I 9/ 0| = Detroit .......| 6/10/— 8/14/11111] 7167/58].53 TI3[10/T8/—] 9] 71 9] 6185160].530 1]10[14[70]641.565 | 1 =1 6133111111081 7147] FHEH] k] S1111[18{71] |—[10/11]13] 8/10[7054(.565 16] 4 6 1/12/10[58/66].488 ... IT1] 8] 7I_5| 8/—I10]10[69[68].465 Philadeiphia .| 6] 6| 8/10] 8/10/—] 956711441 Chicago ... | 6| 6/ 8113] 910/ 9i—[58[70]. 451 Games Tost .[54[54158160[6010617170/—|—| YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. WASHINGTON, 5; New Yeork, 1. Boston, 5; Philadelphia, 1. Cleveland, 5; Chicago, 4 (10 in’gs). 8t. Louls, 3—7; Detroit, 0—8. GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Wash. at N, 3 . at N. S ash. at N, ¥ Wash. at N. York. land. Ghicago st Gleveland. Dotrolt’ 3t B¢ Louis. Dovrals st Ber Lowts. Fhila. at. | 9—1 7/15/13(18/6756|.545 9| 9[—| 8/14] 9[66161|.550 6/ 6] 8/—] 8/14/54/73).489 .1 4| 6[ 5| 6i 5/11j—[10{47|75].385 -1 3(_71_B|_510| 5|10/—|45/79].36> 147|511541561 61178175/ 79|—i—1 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Brooklyn, 3; New York, 1. Pittsburgh, 5; Cincinnati, 4. Boston, 6; Philadelphis, 4. St. Louls, 12; Chicago, 5. GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMOREOW. A% . N. Y. at Brooklyn. Famnt 2TE) rm.m?nn at Chicage. 8t. Louis at Chicago. Bt. Lo at Cincia. 8t Phila, | a magnified foot ball field, lacking, of course, the vardage lines. The posts are of papier-mache, or even carboard, fastened over a wicker- like frame so that when a player crashes into them ncither man nor mount is injured. A game consists of eight periods with intervals of three minutes after each period. Played With Willow Ball. Teams are made up of four men to a side, known as No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and back. The game is played with a willow ball, not more than three and a half inches in diameter and each player is armed with a mallet- like stick, the handle of which, made of malacca or bamboo, is about 49 inches long and rather whippy. The head is a solid, cylindrical plece of hickory, six inches in circumference in the middle, tapering to five at either end. At the start of a game three men of each team line up side by side in single file, with a back flanking each trio. They are, of course, in the center of the field. The referee tosses in the ball so that it rolls be- tween the lines of horsemen. The object of the members of each team is to gain possession of the ball and to knock it through the opponent's goal. One might imagine that this would involve a helter skelter dash of horses and riders who are playing nothing other than shinney on horse- back. And.so it does in the case of inexperienced poloists. But in well played polo this is not so. In fact no game is laid upon lines more sclentific in the way of combination play or is more rigid in specific duties assigned to every player. No. 1, for instance must always be ready to shoot for goal on a pass to him by the No. 2 and both No. 1 and No. 2, upon whom rests the brunt of the offence, must be ever ready to take passes from the back or the No. 3, both of whom are regarded as defensive players. But, particularly under the American scheme of play, the two backfield men are not always defensive players. In a flash, when opportunity arises, they will come through with the ball, very much on the offense, where upon it devolves upon the forwards to reverse their roles and. make certain their own goal is not in danger should the ad-i vance be checked and the ball come into possession of the enemy. Change Goals After Each Score. Once a team puts the ball through the goal, the fours change goals and 8o it goes. One of the essential qualifications of a good polo player, an internationalists says, is that he be a long and accurate hitter on the high side or offside, either forehand or backhand, while his mount is going at full speed. It is understood of coyrse that he shall be an expert horseman. Also he must be game, courageous to a degree and know every rule so thoroughly that he re- m] to it instinctively in the heat of play. This last is essential; for very largely the rules are designed to minimize the element of physical danger and where they are infringed upon the gravest consequences may follow, and have, as a fact, followed only too often. Any game which involves physical contact is a dangerous game and in polo men come -into contact while borne upon the backs of steads on a dead gallop. No. 1 always is inter- fering with the opposing back. N 2 must cover the rival No. 3, while No. 3 pesters the other No. 2 and the back's chief aim is. to out-ma- noeuvre the opposing No. 1. Rules designed thus to mitigate the dangers of this clashing of man and beast are highly important and in- volve 80 many complexities that further discussion of them—together with additional consideration of polo as a game—must be reserved ‘for the second artiole In this series, which will appear tomorrow, HORNSBY AFTER 257-HIT MARK HELD BY SISLER NEW YORK, August 30—~The batting spurt of Rogers Hornsby mot only promises to make him batting champion of the Natio: League for ffth consecutive year, but also endangered George Sisler’s major league rec- ord of the greatea: number of hits during one seasom, 237, made In 1020. Hornaby yesterday clubbed his two hundredih hit of the yea 1920, the season in which he September 4. ug- -xer now has made 200 hits or more for five consecutive years and is oaching the major league rec- ord of eight years held by ‘Willie Keeler and Ty Cobb. OWNER OF EPINARD ARRIVES FOR RACES NEW YORK, August 30.—Pierre Wertheimer. owner of the French four-year-old Epinard, arrived yes- terday on the Berengaria from Parls to witness the series of three inter- national races, the first over six fur- longs at Belmont Park Monday, in which his champion will meet Amer- ica’s best thoroughbreds. He did not predict a victory for his colors, but was obviously optimistic. Epinard, who placed 13 times and second twice in 15 starts, will run his last race at Latonia in the third of the international series and will then be retired to the stud, his owner said Mr. Werthéimer will remain in New York until after the Latonia event, which concludes the series. Epinard in his first trial was caught in 1:421-5 for the mile yesterday over a good track. Jockey Everett Haines did not push his mount, acting under orders from Tralner Eugene Leigh. Mr. Wertheimer, when informed of the workout, remarked: “Leigh will let him show his speed on Monday. DECK, AT 65, WINS TRAPSHOOTING TITLE DAYTON, August 30.—H. C. Deck, an unpretentious little carpenter of Plymouth, Ohio, won the grand American handicap trophy at the A. T. A. trapshoot yesterday. He is 65 years of age, the oldest man ever known to win the diamond trophy. Deck’s victory was decided in a shoot-off with three other contest- ants who had attained the score of 97. These men automatically went into second, third and fourth places, each winning silver cups. They were: Dr. C. C. Hickman, Logansport, Ind., second; William A. Beers, New Britain, Conn.. third. and John Gheen, Jersey Shore, fourth. On a shoot-off between six con- testants who rang up scores of 96 targets, Dr. N. H. Noble of Ohio, and R. 1. Bell of Gettysburg, Pa, won fifth and sixth trophies ,re- spectively. The handicap champion shot from a 16-vard rise. Hickman shot from 20 yards and Beers and Gheen from 17 and 18 yards. respectively. Noble and Bell each shot from an 18-yard rise. L TYGERS DROP TWIN BILL TO ST. LOUIS Detroit lost ground when the Tygers dropped a double-header in St. Louis, 3 to 0 and 7 to 6, and now are five games behind the Nationals and three and a half games behind the Yankees in second place. Dixie Davis shut out the Cobbmen in the first game, and a three-run rally in the ninth inning of the second game gave the Browns their second victory. Cleveland took a ten-inning game from Chicago, 5 to 4, Uhle outpitching Robertson and fanning six batters. Ehmke’s sterling pitching gave the Red Sox a 5-to-1 victory over the Athletics in Boston. Dazzy Vance of the Dodgers, king of the ‘speedball, scored his eleventh straight victory and his twenty- third win of the season when he beat the Giants in the opening game of the serles at Ebbets Field, 3 to 1. Barnes faltered in the eighth inning after holding Brook! scoreless while his teammates were collceting a lone tally, the Robins scoring three runs before-the side was retired. Vance's victory over the Giants de- creased the Clan McGraw's lead to four games when Pittsburgh, in sec- ond place, took a close game from the Reds, 5 to 4. Pittsburgh leads the Dodgers in third place by two games. St. Louis licked the Cubs in a free- hitting game in the Windy City, 12 to 5. Though outhit, 16 to 12, the Cardinals’ blows came when ~hits counted. Hornsby wass forced to re- tire from the game because of a wrenched back, but before going to the showers he Increased his batting average with a single in one time at bat. The Braves landed hard on the of- ferings of Oeschger and Couch of the Fletcher crew, winning a nine-inning game, 6 to 4. MUNY RACKETERS OPEN TITLE TOURNEY TODAY Municipal court tennis players planned to start their annual cham- plonship games on four sets of courst today. The initial matches were to get under way at 2 o'clock. Competition will be resumed to- morrow morning at 10 o'clock. The matches will be played at the 16th street reservolr, the Henry Polk. Monument lot and the bathing beach courts. —_— THREE-MILE SWIMMING RACES ON CARD TODAY Long-distance swimmers in this section were to hold the stage on the upper course’ of the Potomac today, competing in the men’s and women's 3-mile races, from Chain Bridge to the Washington Canoe Club. ;The women’s event, starting at 3 o'clock, was to be followed by men's race 15 minutes later. George Jones, swimming director at the Wardman Park pool, will be one of the officials. 6; Columbus, 5. uisville, 5. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. 8yracuse, 8; Jersey City, 3. Bataio, 12; Heading, SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Atlanta, 10: Nashville, 4. Memphis, 10; New Orleans, 5. Birmingham,’ 7; Little Rock, 3. Only three fames scheduled. Branck Office DISTRICT NATIONAL BANK Coan. Ave. and K Street No Parking Restrictions “Park Your Car at the Door” ONLY TWO FOREIGN STARS NOW REMAIN IN TOURNEY Patterson and LaCoste Alone of Invaders Survive in Event That Has Broken All Records for Upse and Form iy nis stars, survi OREST HILLS, N. Y., August 30.— Reversals. ight of the world's premier ten- ors of a field of more than 80 players representing eight nations, remained today in the dramatic fight for natianal singles championship at the Westside Tennis Club. Led by William T. Tilden, 2d, of Philadelphia, who is secking his fifth straight crown, six Americans, including three from the East, two from the Pacific coast and a youngster from the middle West, form this country’s line of defense against a pair of foreign aces—Gerald Patterson, captain of the Australian Davis cup forces, and Rene LaCoste, French Davis cup star. In the upper half of the draw, to dispose of Jack Wright of Canada, plays Howard Kinsey of Tilden, who was extended yesterday San Fran- cisco, while Vincent Richards, Olympic champion, tackles Wallace John- son, Philadelphia chop-stroke star, whose comeback has been one of the sensations of the tournament that h; form reversals. URGES SUNDAY GOTHAM TRIP FOR LOCAL FANS Sporting Editor, Evening Star: May 1 ggest through the columnx of your paper that one of the raliroad companiex be re- auexted to run a special excursion to New York city Saturday night in order to accomodate the thou- sands of local hawe ball fanx de- siring to wsee the g: e Sunday afternoon. There in no doubt but that it would he well repaid for itn enterprie. T have just inquired of the Penn- sylvania line and there ix some doubt, but the Baltimore and Ohio may poxsibly do it if the fans could in wome way show them- selvex in sufficient numbers. I therefore make the suggestion that all those desiring to g0 meet at The Star during the running of your electric score board Satur- day afternoon and that xome one find out approximately how many will go. Thix will give the com- pany time enough to get together the cars for Satarday night or Sunday morning. Of course, the fans xhould have the advantage of the wspecial excursion ratex now ying to other excursions. ery truly yours, IRVING M. GREY. G. A. 0. EARNS RIGHT TO PLAY MT. RAINIER Having eked out a 4-to-3 trfumph over the Registers, the General Ac- counting Office nine of the Govern- ment League is primed to tackle Mount Rainier tomorrow at 3 o'clock on the latter's grounds in the first of a three-game series that will decide the unlimited championship of the Washington Base Ball and Athletic Association. Buck Clatterbuck, who adorned the slab for the Registers yesterday. hurled in impressive style, except for the third inning, when General Ac- counting Office bunched five bingles to push across {hree runs. Conover, winning boxman, fanned nine batters but he was combed for ten wallops. Wright, Clark, Baldwin and Neidfeldt of the victors each bagged a pair of safeties. Trojan Juniors claim a forfeit over the Paramounts, In preparation for the match to- morrow with the Virginia Gray Ath- letic Club of Alexandria, the Hand- ley diamond athletes planned to prac- tice today at 5 o'clock on their field. Plenty of base ball will be offered in the Montgomery County League tomorrow and Monday. Rockville will visit Bovds, Bethesda will enter- tain Glen Echo and Dickerson will play host to Washington Grove to- morrow. Monday's games follow Morning, Rockville at Bethesda, Dick erson at Boyds and Washington Grove | at Glen Echo; afternoon, Boyds at Rockville, Bethesda at Washington Grove and Glen Echo at Dickerson. Inside Golf By Chester Horton. It {s largely true that the successful ®olf awing i governed by the back | Awing. Get it right, is the rule, and the forward action will take care of e area | al w e SWING FINDS | hing in the for- CLUB HOR\ZONM word wwing that the player should understand, even after he haw pretty well per- fected his back awing. From the top of the bhack swing, everything moves gracefully forward. I often ¢hink that succexs in golf depends on the player’s abil- ity to atop his back swing short enough. 1t the average player would make a half awing, then stop to look at it, the chances are he would find his club horizontal across his shoulders—which is just where it should be. From thix point, and with a firm finger grip on the shaft, let the whole body start easlly forward. The pace with the clubhead then sradually is accelerated. The for- ‘ward movement is arrested when all the weight has been absorbed by the left lez. Make this & forward sweep, not a jerk. (Copyright, 1924.) Pty TWO POLO MATCHES ON. ‘Washington polo enthusiasts ex- pected to turn out for a pair of prac- tice games, involving the War De- partment players and the 16th Field Artillery four of Fort Myer, today at Potomac Park. The first tilt was due to start at 3 o'clock. LABOR BASE BALL 53¢ 10:30 A.M. and 3:30 P.M. American League Park Washington vs. Philadelphia Tickets on Sale at Park At 8:30 A.M. NATIONALS AT NEW YORK August 28, 29, 30, 31 Every Play in Moving Pictures ‘While the Game Is Being Played Coleman’s New Invention President Theater Game Starts at 2:30 P.M. Daily Saturday and Sunday 2 P.M. | of 19 foreign entries as broken all records for upsets and In the lower half William M. John- ston, veteran champion of 1915 and 1919, and Tilden’s chief rival for the past few years, will face La Coste while the remaining international tussle brings together Patterson and George M. Lott, jr., 17-vear-old Chi- | cagoan and national junior champion, whose showing against more expe rienced rivals has stamped him one of the country’s most promisinge young stars, | La Coste, fvho upset predictions.. yesterday when he eliminated Brian orton, former South African, now a resident of St. Louis, and Patterson are the survivors of an original Mst Through four most startling sort of tennis the 17 others, together with ma American ranking aces, have passed from the tournament in an amazing series of upsets Most of these reversals have been caused by young and unheralded players. Lott was the hero of victo- ries over R. Norris Williams, Ameri- days of th | can Davis cup captain, and Willard Crocker, Canadian Davis cup star. John Hennessey of Indianapolis put out three foreign contenders in a row including Jean Borotra, this year's Wimbledon champion, before he was himself eliminated yesterday by Wal- lace Johnson, while another unrank ed performer. Kirk Reid of Cleveland, put out Pat O'Hara Wood. Australian ace, before he bowed to Howard Kin- sey. On form displayed far, Tilden and Richards are favored to gain the semi-finals in the upper half as a re- sult of today’s matches, while John- ston and Patterson are come through in the lowe semi-finals will be played Labor day and the finals on Tuesday. with the onsensus of expert opinion viewing as probable another Tilden-Johnston encounter. The two “Bills” have faced each other in the finals in four of the last five championships, with Tilden victorious in three of them WOMAN’S SINGLES NET PLAY WILL OPEN TODAY Washington's leading woman racket- |ers were to open the singles compe- tition in the annual tournament of the Women's Tennis League today {on the 16th street reservior courts. The first match was scheduled at 2 o'clock. Today's drawings follow Preliminary round Raine vs [Mrs. Graham, s, 2 s. J. Ed- { monston, . . Helen John- son, Louise Kelley vs. Maycita De Sou *irst round—E. dinst, D. Heyl v xpected to half. The Petrie vs. V. Cline- . Kathleen -Johnson, F. Krucoff vs. Mrs. Stambaugh, H. Sinelair vs. L. Welchel, C. Frazier vs winner of Raine-Graham match, P. Moréhead vs. winner of Heyle-K Johnson match, E. Pyle vs. Mrs. B Smith, F. Walker vs. M. Wooden. VANCE MAINTAINING STELLAR BOX PACE CHICAGO, August 30.—Many of the season's pitching records already seem to be in the hands of Arthur (Dazzy) Vance, Brooklyn twirler, who ran his victories to 23 yester- | day, with four defeats_by defeating It also_evened his core against New York three wins and three defeats, Boston being the only other club to triumph {over him this s on. Two of his victories, against Chi- cago and Cincinnati, were shutouts, and in a close game here last Satur- is strikeout record for 5 in one game Vance led the National League last year in strikeouts, with 197, and has registered 202 so far this year, with possibly seven or eight more games to pitch. One of the secrets of Vance's effectiveness is said to be Manager Wilbert Robinson's discov- ery that Vance's great exertions, be- cause of his terrifiic speed, made it necessary for him to have four days' rest instead of the usual three. Vance is said to have the greatest speed in the National League. Jess Haines of St. Louis, the records show, has given Vance his hardes battle this season, a 13-inning strug- gle on May 17, which Brooklyn won 4 to 3. Only once has Vance failed to go the route this year, being tak- en out against the Giants on June 24, When New York won 6 to 3. That stopped Vance's early season winning streak at six, but since the Boston defeat on July 6 Vance has run his consecutive wins to 11. 8 = e SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Charlotte, 13; Greenvill Spartanburg, '8: August Asheville._13: Macon COWL VENTILATORS Wholesale and Retail We Install These Also RADIATORS. FENDERS, BODIES, LAMPS MADE OR REPAIRED. Entrance at 1421 P N.W. Frank. 8036 WITTSTATTS B. AND P. WORKS 319 13th Frank. 6410 NATIONAL-HEWITT CO., Inc. 1007 9th St. N.W.—Fr. 4056 CIGARS Made in Tampa Ask for them At All Smoke Shops 10c—23$er 25¢—15¢ Strt.