Evening Star Newspaper, September 3, 1924, Page 24

24 SPORTS. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1924 SPORTS. American Race Now Two-Club Affair : Dodgers’ Rise Adds to Misery of Giants| SCHEDULE FAVORS YANKS IN HARD DRIVE TO FINISH New Yorkers Have Qutplayed Harrismen in Battles|conditionica work With West—White Sox Have Practically Put Out Tygers—Red S BY JOHN B. KELLER. O the wire, this American League pennant race promises to be a ding-dong affair between Nationals and Yankees and considered ox Here Tomorrow. l coldly the Nationals can be favored to finish first only because of a noticeably better spirit within the club than the New Yorkers have revealed and by virtue of their present lead which can be cut to one game today only if the Yanks topple the Red Sox. . Beaten twice vesterday by the White Sox, the Tygers practically were climinated from the flag contention. As the race stands now, Ty Cobb’s bunch would have to win 19 of 23 games while the Bucks were winning only 11 of 23 to nose out the latter. The Tygers are not likely to play that fast nor are the Bucks likely to travel so sluggishly. - But on past performances, discounting the fight and dash of the team led by Stanley Harris and the scant lead it now holds, it has no more chance to get to the wire first than the Yankees. This may not sound sweet tc|The Yankees seem to hold the whip frenzied Washington fans who can) hand there. sec nothing but a vennant for the| Now for the West. As explained be- National Capital. its first in Dbig| fore, the White Sox give the two league base hall. nor is the statement | main contenders a standoff. But the intended to disparage the Bucks. We|Yanks have traveled faster against lave a hunch that the outfit piloted | the Browns and the Indians than the by Bucky Harris is absolutely the|Bucks, while the crew of Harris has best in the Johnsonian circuit and |done much better than the Hugmen clearly on the way to the ganfalon.|against the Tygers. But dope does not point that way.| The Yankees have won 11 of 19 And. remember, it is not safe to count [games played with the Tribe. The N your chickens before they are|tionals have taken but 8 of 19 and hatched on only once in 8 starts en Dunn Fav 1d _in Cleveland, where they play St ke their last 3 contests with the Indians. From the Browns. the Yanks have taken 9 of 19 engagements; the Na- 7 of 19, But the Tneluding that game with the Red Sox today. the Yanks have 24 contests aining on their schedule. The | tionals have taken 7 € Tave 23 Both pennant con- | Brgks have grabbed 13 of 19 tilts are to meet the same teams!from the Tygers, winning 6 of 8§ in Yankees have classed just|Detroit. And the Tygers have trounc- & better than the Nationals|eq the Yankees 10 times in 19 starts. t certain of thé clubs yet to bel g it will be seen the schedule to wake them appear able to| proughout the remainder of the | up the distar that now | month gives the Yankees a slight ates the first and second aggre- | aqvantage, but do not forget that gations in Ban Johnson's company. | Manager Harris realizes It and will The Nationals really finished with|be sure his team does, too. Instead one of their best bets when they beat of discouraging the Bucks, however. the Yankees last Sunday. Of the|it more than likely will add to their between the clubs, the|fight and pepper. They have been s won 13 Se far. the Yanks made to work hard so long that they only one interclub series record | have grown to like it and are certain They have won 14 of |to put everything they have into t ne the White Sox. Sodrive through the home stretch. The the Nationals. dope does not favor them, but good has three to | pitching, fine flelding. a never-failing 1 record nerve and high spirit does. apparently have a better chance to| The club went through a strenuous overhaul the Athletics and the In-|drill this morning in preparation for dians particularly than have the Na-|the three-game series with the Red tionals to do t ame to the Red|Sox that opens tomorrow. the final Sox and the Macks. That the Bucks|home, stand of Harris' galiant outfit. will take more than 13 games from | All except a couple of the players the Tygers and the Yanks more than are in superb condition and those 13 from the Red Sox is conceded, al- | ailing are able to make up mentally though there is nothing certain in | what they lack physically at present. base b Johnson Hurls Tomerrow. Otherw the Yanks have a slight| Games with the Red Sox will be edge over the Bucks owing to sched- | played tomorrow. Saturday and Sun- ule advantages. The Harrismen have | day, the schedule making Friday an four more games with the Macks and | off day. Then the club will hit the the Yanks have seven. Each club has|road for 20 contests. Walter John- performed at a .667 rate against the | son, leading pitcher of the American I'hiladelphians, giving the Yankees a | League, is expected to toe the slab better chance here because of the|for the Harrismen in the opening en- difference in the number of tilts re- | counter of the Red Sox series. His maining. pitching hand, it seems, was not New York has five more games with | serfously injured by the drive off Wally Schang’s bat in New York the Red Sox and the Nationals seven. New York has beaten the Fohlites at |last Friday and the bruise healed quickl HORNSBY EXCELS RUTH AT BATTING, DOPE SHOWS By the Associated Press, HICAGO, September 3.—When President Heydler of the National League proclaimed that, in his judgment, Rogers Hornsby was a greater batsman than “Babe” Ruth, the admirers of the Bam- bino, after a scarch through the records, discovered to their amaze- ment that Hevdler was exactly right. The figures bear out his assertion. Ruth’s admirers throughout the socked out 231 home runs. including Nation, after reading Heydler's words | those of this season, while Hornsby of praise in behalf of the great St.|had connected with 112. The St Louis sccond baseman, no doubt|Louls star, however,. captures the thought the National League pry | honor in total number of hits and in dent favored Hornsby slightly. The | doubles and triples. Hornsby in the, figures revealed today. show that for |last four yvears, excluding this sea- | the last four years Hornsby had a|son, garnered 866 hits, while Ruth's the again faced pick sepa have to ex om more chances and the keos‘ grand average of .388 as compared with .366 for the American League star. The figures show ing the Yankees in that since join- Year 1920 1921 1922 G. 119 154 154 AB. 0 R. 96 131 141 59 H. R. 158 177 94 131 205 TOTALS FOR R. - H. 45 566 Ruth %0 709 An idea of Hornsby's remarkable batting this season may be obtained from the fact that if the Cardinal star were to play in the thirty-odd remaining games scheduled’ for his team and fail to get a hit for the bal- ance of the 1924 season be would MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Baltimore Buffalo, ames postponed, rain. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Louisville, olumbus, 3. Indianapoiis,’ 5; Toledo, 2. Others ot 'sclieduled. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Atlanta. 12; Mob Nashvilie, T5-1; Chettanooge, 4-3. Others not scheduled. VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Norfolk, 2; Portsmouth, 4. Petersburg, 3: Richmond, Rocky Mount, 6: Wilson, SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Macon, Spartanburg, 4: Greenv, Others postponed, rain. LEWIS CRUSHES M'GILL. SAN FRANCISCO, September 3.— Pat McGill of Omaha was unable to continue a wrestling bout here last night after Ed “Strangler” Lewls, world heavyweight champion, had gained the first fall with a headlock in 50 minutes and 24 seconds. The Omaha wrestler was removed to a hospital in an unconscious condition, where it was learned he was suffer- ing from a wrenched vertebra. 1920 Ruth has| ROGERS HORNSBY: best effort was 709. That Hornsby has the edge on Ruth in all-around batting is shown in these records for the last four sea- sons: HR. ) 21 TH. AV, 329 378 401 17 384 RUTH: TB. 388 457 273 39 45 3B. ° 16 8 13 HR. 54 9 35 41 sB. 14 17 17 AV, 376 378 15 308 FOUR YEARS: TB. 2B. 38, 1 1668 6z ~9 4 SISS 1517 149 46 189 50 366 wind up the season with an average better than .330, based on four trips to the plate in each of the games. Hornsby, at present, is out of - the game due to a damaged hand. He had a batting average of .431. He| had made 200 or more hits, four out| of five years. 5 | RICKEY OPPOSES LIMIT ON SUBS IN BASE BALL | September 3—The re- tion of Ban Johnson, president of the American League, that the time of league games be shortened by restricting the num- ber of pitchers and substitute bat- ters permitted in the game, meets with the dixapproval of Branch Rickey, manager of the St. Louis Natio Rickey declares that in his opinfon xuch a rule would de- feat its purpoxe and work to the disadvantage of clubs bound by it. Rickey sald that the plan would prevent the use of young players, nd believed that the rule would result in sharp practices. PENN GRIDMEN START. PHILADELPHIA, September 3.— The University of Pennsylvania foot ball candidates, 40 strong, lef€ yester- day for Cape May, N. J., where they will put in three weeks of intensive training before the opening of the season, BUCKS TO SEE SHOW. Members of the Nationals and their families have been invited by the management of B. F. Keith's Theater to be guests of the house at tomor- row night's performance. HR. SB. Av. A 12 UP; 12 HITS. Albert Raymond, outflelder of a semi-professional team of Clifton, N. J., who has been signed by the New York Americans, established what is believed to be a semi-professional record for consecutive hitting when he made his twelfth safety in 12 suce cesslve times at bat. HEWITT TIRES | 32x4%° S.S. N.S. Cord—§24.05 NATIONAL-HEWITT CO., Inc. G. U. AND MARYLAND START GRID DRILLS Georgetown University’s ‘foot ball huskies, who opened their initial at Woodberry rest, Va. yesterday in a driving rain. were primed for another arduous drill again today under the direction of Coach Lou Little and his assistant, Mike Palm. All of the candidates appeared to te in fine shape yesterday. Coach Little gave a few pointers to the linesmen, while Palm hardled the backfield men. Tony Plasky was missing from the squad yesterday, but he iy expected to report soon. The squad at the Unliversity of Maryland was all set for its open- ing practicc yesterday, but after 20 minutes of preliminary work a heavy downpour intervened. The Blue #and Gold athletes were to be sent through the paces today. CAPT. HALE IS MEDALIST IN ARMY GOLF TOURNEY LEAVENSWORTH, Kans., September 3.—Capt. Frazer Hale of Atlanta, Ga., who flew to IFort Leavenworth to take part in the first annual tourna- ment for the golf championship of the United States Army, vesterday won the title of medalist when his score of 150 for the 36 holes of the qualifying round was low. The Second Corps Area team, com- posed of Lawyer and Lieut. E. A, Baldwin of Lawrence, N. J., won the cup awarded for the corps area team, making the lowest score with a total of 311. Inside Golf By Chester Horton. Because the speed of the clubhead, when it nears the ball in the forward swing, ix w0 great. it ix a common tendency among —~mo T = average golfers to | BROKE “:k let loone with the BACK FROM right hand. This TH constitutes a loss of direct eontrol of the clubhead and may result in a persistent hint of a slice, if not in badly sliced balls, Players “lowe™ the clabhead's feel in the ingers, usu- ally Iy breaking the clabhead back from the ball too quickly at the start of the back swing. Thisx puts the club- head far in advance of the body. It should travel more slowlyand leiaurely in the back swing and be kept in step with the turn of the body. Breaking the left wrist to e rixl from the , will couse the clubhead to mov several feet, whereas in thisx inftial part of the back xwing it xhould move only a few inchex, since the body has barely turned at all. Losing the club- head's feel in the fingers often uses the right hand (o looxen entirely from the shaft, at the top of the hack awing, and to have no part at all in the forward swing. The right hand puix the kick into the forward swing Juxt ax the clubhead getx to the ball. You throw the clubhead mostly wit a right hand whip on it BOUT “IN THE BAG.” LOUISVILLE, Ky., September 3.— A scheduled 12-round bout between Eddie O'Dowd, Columbus, Ohio, and Tim O'Dowd, Atlanta, Ga.. bantams, was stopped in the seventh round last night by members of the State Athletic Commission, who asserted the fighters “were not trying. SEATS FOR 36,000 HERE IF BUCKS GET PENNANT F Washington is to be one end of the world series circuit next month, Clark Griffith Stadium will be prepared to actually seat ‘more spectators at a game than any other big league base ball park in the country, excepting only the Yankee Stadium and the Polo Grounds, according to President Griffith of the Nationals. .. Griffith has arranged for the installation of temporary stands that will raise to at least 36,000 the actual seating capacity of the park on Georgia avenue and every seat will be reserved. Unless the base ball commission, which has full charge of the disposition of tickets for world series, declares otherwise, no general admission tickets for seats will be sold here in the event the Nationals bring the series here by Inow GRIFFS ARE Hm'mcl LEADERS FEEL PRESSURE Martina Geslin .. Russell Rioe .... MeNeely . Judge .. Tate . Leibold Ruel Ogden Johnsen .31 Hareis .......121 Peckinpaugh 131 Taylor ...... 31 Bluege ...... 04 .22 .135 .31 ..133 .23 .. 18 .7 ..125 .14 . .133 447 38 489 13 547 81 14 104 5 181 26 143 12 69 as 28 a7 46 [ 451 441 14 14 18 83 4 13 ° 20 5 101 G, AB. H. §B. RBL Pot. a4z 335 333 am1 a31 320 302 283 .283 215 264 263 To bring the park's seating capacity up to the figure mentioned, President Griffith has planned to first remove the scoreboard from Its present posi- tion to a place along the right field wall next to the foul line. The board will be taken down, starting next Monday, as & new one will be con- structed for next season, but will be kept for reconstruction in the pro- posed new position as soon as the Bucks are assured flag winners Field boxes ecxtending from the present row in front of the third base side of the grandstand to the new concrete stand_in left field will be constructed. Temporary bleachers, such as were used at the foot bali games in Clark Grifith Stadium last Fall, will be erected in front of the left fleld stand as high as the wall of that structure; from the outfield end of that stand to that part of cen- ter field where the scoreboard now is, will be more temporary bleachers rising almost as high as the outfield wall and from the end of this high bank a lower bank of temporary bleachers will be et up along the wall to the right field foul line. According to President Griffith, while the: seats will greatly in- crease the capacity of the park it still will leave it with a greater expanse of playing field than is to be found in most of the major league parks. Of course, all of these plans except that for removing the scoreboard are contingent upon Washington winning the pennant and also upon the sanc- tion of the base ball commission. President Griffith has requested Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, high com- missioner of base ball, to visit Wash- MEL SMITH GETS 67 ON CALUMET LINKS CHICAGO. September 3-—Scores of America’s best professional golfers and a goodly number of amateurs today tried their skill with drivers, iron and putter over the links of the Calumet Country Club in final prepar ation for the start tomorrow of th Western open champlonship, and among the plavers was Jock Hutchi- son of Chicago, defending champlon. Many of the 26 entrants in the record field took part in an amateur- professional match, but none of the players had strong hopes of better- ing or even equalling the fine score turned in by Mel Smith of Pasadena who shattered the record: of the course in one practice round with a 7, five strokes better than par, which wag the best score for the 6,614-yard course. John Black of Wichita, Kans., yesterday shot the links in 70 and Hutchison scored a 71. The best known amateur listed for today's event was Chick Evans, who has recovered his old crutch putter from & woman to whom he gave it in disgust, when he was defeated by Jimmie Manion of St. Louis, while trying to win his ninth Western amateur title. He did not know the woman. but she heard through the papers of his desire to have the putter again, and she agreed to lend it to the former national open and amateur champion for the Western open and the na- tional amateur at Philadelphia. 1poosg “osworp an American League pennant triumph. Ington to look over Clark Grifith Stadlum and consider the proposed plans for seating increase, Should the commissioner approve the plans the erection of the stands will pro- ceed as soon as the National Capital is assured of the flag. . 26 .19 .6 19 .23 50 48 10 1 15 1n Hargrave Zahniser cusamovabolfaciBalale M. be, ROBINS CLOSE ON GIANTS BY BEATING PHILS TWICE B Throughout the season the ROOKLYN, John Alden of the National League, has abandoned its suit to Miss Pennant for the Giants and is speaking for itself. Flatbush representative obligingly lost game after game to its Manhattan neighbor; on the last Western trip, after the Pirates had taken four straight from McGraw's team the Robins temporarily blocked the path of McKechnie's men by inflicting three defeats. But still the Glants were bashful; the bold Corsalr pressed his suit in- sistently and Brooklyn, heeding the urging of Dazzy Vance, began to speak for itself. The Robins have won 21 of the last 25 games played, have picked nine contests off the Giant lead in three weeks and are to- day only two contests behind the leaders and one back of Pittsburgh in_second. Famillarly considered as a tail to Dazzy Vance's kite, the Robins yes- terday reversed the arrangement by batting out a 12-to-9 victory, after the Phillies had knocked Vance from the box in one inning. The feat tem- porarily preserved Dazzy's string of victories from interruption. Hollings- worth, a recrult, held the Phillies to five hits and won the second game, 403 The Giants exchanged bows with Boston. Cooney beat them 7 to 3, in the first game, but McQuillan held the Braves to five hits in the second for a4 10-to-2 victory. Jimmy O'Con- nell, famous $75,000 beauty, who broke into the game when Wilson was injured Monday, made six hits in nine times at bat. The youthful Pirates and the Cubs were restrained by vain at Pitts burgh. St. Louis were not scheduled. Washington, after winning 14 of its last 17 starts, rested yesterday, but the Yankees remained a game and a half behind the Senators by splitting a double-header with the Red Sox, losing the first, 14 to 6, and winning the second, 5 to 2. Ruth retired from the second game with a lame left arm, but the diffi- culty is not serious. Karl Combs, promising recruit, who broke into the regular line-up in June and a few days later broke a leg, returned to th® game for the first time yesterday as a pinch hitter, but failed to pro- duce. Detroit virtually fell out of the race seven games back of Washington, by dropping two to the tail-end White Sox, who almost climbed out of the cellar. In the first game Thurston al- lowed seven blows in the 6-10-2 Vic- tory, his 18th of the season. Lyons went the route in the 8-to3 win of the second, but Leonard was knocked from the box. Cleveland drove Shocker mound, and won a 12-to-4 over the Browns. Jamleson of the 19 Indian hits. was not schedule and Cincinnati off the verdict had 5 Philadelphia BCOOC ot i i i 3 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Boston, 14-2; New York, 6-5. Chieago, 6-8; Detroit, 2-5. Cleveland, 12; St. Louis, 4. GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Boston at New York. Boston at Washington. Detroit at Chicago. ‘Phila. at New York, Cleveland at Bt. Louis. -St. Louis at Chicago. — TAYLOR-KORMAN OIL COMPANY Distributors, Rosslyn, Va. 1007 9th St. N.W.—Fr. 4056 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. Brooklyn, 12-4; Philadelphia, -3 (1st game, 10 innings; 2d game, 5 in- nings—rain). Baston, 7-2; New York, 3-10. Chicago at Pittsburgh—vwet grounds. GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. New York at Boston, New York at Phila. Brooklyn at Phila. Brookiyn at_Boston. 8t.Louls at Pittsburgh, Chicago at Cincinnati, Chicago at Cincinnati. St. L. at Pittsburgh. Peppy —peppier— peppiest —that's Tydol! Every drop chock-full of speed and power. Speed that answers yourevery demand. Power that sweeps you irresistibly up the steep- est hills. ‘To put new life in the old bns, or more life in the new one—Tydol. You'll be thank- ot rid Tel. West 3054 ~~ . ~ - —— o~y IO v T AT L MORE THAN TWO RIVALS Brooklyn, National League Sensation, Due to Good Pitching, Gains 40 Points and Pirates, 36 While McGrawmen Drop 41 in August. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, September 3—One fact that stands out clear in the National League race is that if the Giants lose as many points in September as they did in August, their pennant goose is cooked —provided, of course, that the teams which gained in August at the Giants’ expense continue to forge ahead. The Giants dropped 41 points in August. That is more than point a day, and no team can stand that kind of anti-fat treatment with out entirely wasting away. While “the Giants were slumping. Pittsburgh Brooklyn_gained 40. The Brookiyn outfit league.” Starting with an outfit that seemed doomed to the dog pit the combination has been patched up here and there, especially in the pitching department, until today it is the big thing in the league in pitching talent and one of the best in either league in that respect Vance has run wild with victories|September at the same speed, and it and Grimes has steadied up a lot.|the big leaders don't head them off The kid pitchers have caught the in- |they will win their customary four fection and the only one who is not|year championship. They bit it off in coming through is the vacillating|1916 and again in 1920, and they ar Ruether. From now on, Brooklyn|due again. must be reckoned as an honest-to- &oodness contender in the race. Bucks' Play Praised. The American League race in Au- Bust wus one of the tightest little old shows that ever broke loose in base ball. On August 1 the per- centage of the Yankees was .574 and | they were in the lead gained 36 points and is the real sensation of the (Coprright, 1924.) { TWO COLLEGE PITCHERS ARE SIGNED BY GIANTS BOSTON, September | ney. former Holy Cr The Yanks lost 11 peints in Au-|player, and Hugh Magevn gust, however, and the Harrismen|Dame, have been signed to play with gained four. Not such a big change | the New York ational League base —but enough to put the Nationals|ball club. Tunnev was one of Holy at the top and the Yanks down into|Cross’ leading varsity pitchers second place. The Yanks were able| Magevney also is a pitcher to drag the Nationals down out of |both will be used on the mound the lead once this season. The big| .. s question is whether they can do it |, NEW VORI, September 2.—Hugh again. Right now Washington is|Magevney. rfouthpaw, signed by the playing some great base ball. 'xlan(_a, was the _l-admz pitcher of Detroit lost 21 points during the | the Notre Dame University base ball month, a sad falling off for the 'ry-‘."”" this vear lin'd a4 member of the gers, who had been on the winning staff for three seasons He was the aide prior to then. The Browns, whe |1€2ding cundidate for quarterback still feel that they are the dark horse | O Coach Rockne's grid squad tw. in the pasture, gained 15 points. The [ ¥*4TS &% “":“,“‘"_""" leditoiquic the Browns would be a better dark horse | SA7® ¥ 47 Injury. His home is in | if they showed any signs of stability. | ¥¢mPhis, Tenn. Tygers Are Handicapped. Detroit cannot be counted out of | the race for the championship, but as they lost nearly a point a day when they should have been gaining, any- | body can see how they handicapped themselves by their inability to take advantage of one of the best oppor- tunities they have had in ‘many years. Of all the teams that are playing, the Dodgers were the big show in the month of August. They have started and —— CARPENTIER GOES HOME. NEW YORK, September 3.—Georzes Carpentier, French light-heavyweight who lost matches to Tom Gibhons and Gene Tunney while In this country, will sail today for France on the Bere garia. e will continue fighting & will appear in the movies. Franco Descamps, his manager, will accom- pany him. )4 SOCIETY BRAND- The INew Cornell forFall The first time we saw the Cornell model, some three seasons ago, we predicted for it an extraordinary vogue. Right. Each season has seen it favored more emphatically by the well dressed man. This fall its cut is better than ever. You'll see noth- ing like it anywhere, at any price. A large variety at *40 t.°65 TheHecht Co. F St. at 7th Tl r oa ey e, ks e LA SE e ey LA e