Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1924, Page 30

30 SP ORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1924. : SPORTS. Bucks Fighting Like Detroiters of 1908 : Tygers and Browns Still Scrappy GRIFFS DRIVING TO FLAG AS JENNINGS’ TEAM DID Old Tygers, in Front Labor Day, Later Dropped, But Won Pennant—National League Race Similar. Red Sox Open Last BY JOHN S the 1924 major league base bal! 1908 scason, to continue the sim races? *will come to Was Brooklyn. Never before has there been su practically every respect. In 1908 in months of the campaign caused man magnates nervous prostration. At threatened to run hog-wild to the came along the field narrowed to Series Here Today. B. KELLER. eason, that so far has paralleled the ilarity to the finish of the pennant If so. you can say right now that the American League flag ington and the National League flag go to Pittsburgh or ch a resemblance between seasons in clement weather during the first two v postponements and almost gave the the outset in each circuit one team finish. But when the double-headers four teams in the American League and the same number in the National. By September sach league was waging a three-team fight. On Labor day Detroit was in the lead in the Johnsonian group, and though it dropped to second place later in the month came back to v half a game. in the championship by In the National League, New York was in front on the workingman’s holiday, with Chicago and Pittsburgh right at its heels Chicago finally captured the pennant, with New York and Pittsburgh tied for second place a game back. And ential elec- tion year, too. s a deal of folitical arguing going on now. In fact, in every way one looks at this season, one sees the 1908 campaign in everything except the particular < ubs involved Moncgers Sim Too. This similarity between the seasons may comfort some of the timid fans who are loath to believe the Bucks will stand the gaff of the desperate September drive thi: Yankees. But it is not calculated to inspire any confidence in the hearts of the Giant rooters. And, the Bucks in the main a Dbeing helped by just the thing that Kept Detroit ‘going through t strenuous past campaign—a fiery manager. Whenever the Jungle Cats began to feel the pressure of the struggle too much, Hughey Jennings was right at hand with whistle and words of encouragement, and the team pepped up instantl Jennings, more than anything e Kept in the race to the finish a te potentially strong, but not great. And the Bucks are potential strong in almost every department of the game, although not a great club. But inspired by their young manager, ‘mond Harris, the Bucks at times achieve greatness. Harris has developed the hustling, aggres- sive never-say-die spirit of the team and kept it aiive under all conditions and in every crisis. It ix his remarkable leadership as well as the fighting qualities of the players that ought to tell in the last 23 games the Bucks will play. They have. on past performances against the clubs they are to meet, a rougher road to travel than their closest rivals, the Yankees, but the Buck have tackled rough roads before th season and gotten over them with but few bumps They have not found the going so easy against the club they are to meet today in the jnitial encounter ot the last s Griffith Stadium. The Red Sox proved tough customers when they first ap- peared here this season, and were much tougher when the Nationals first invaded Boston. When Harris and his crew went to Beantown in May, they won but one of four en- gagements. Bucks in Fine Fettle. Since then. however, it has been a different story, and with the Bucks feeling their oats, although not a whit overconfident, Manager Lee Fohl's club that threatened to upset all pre-season dope by forging to the front early in the campaign, i and finish ahead of | his shrill | ries of the year in Clark | GRIFFS ARE HITTING SB. RBL Fot. 5 4. ' HOW Martina Goxlin | runsent | Rice . MeNeely Ruel Ogden hnxo: Harri; apt to feel the sting of an agsrega- | tion that believes it is good enough {to win the pennant, and will win it | Heretofore lay-offs have not been | particularly good for the Nationals but they sorely needed the two days | without competition following their terrific_series with the Yankees in New York and the severe scraps | staged here Monday. After a day of “4'0mnl\h‘ rest, that batting and field- | ing drill vesterday probably has put | them right on edge for the trio of tilts with the Red Sox i And there's nother day of rest | coming tomorrow, thanks to the | schedule makers. Unless rain cause | postponements. the Friday holid; will be the last for the Bucks until use one traveling from the West to Boston the latter part of the month for the final series of the campaign September 12 would have been an off-day for the Bucks, but they will | use it for an exhibition game in Pitt- ston, Pa., Manager Harris home town. The club will stop off there en route from Philadelphia to Detroit and swing into action against the local outfit. In all likelihood the reg- ulars will be in the contest only an inning or two, the reserves replacing them. 1t is not the policy of the manage- ment to indulge in exhibition con- tests with the team in the thick of the flag chase, but the Pittston game was scheduled mainly to show Harris' fellow citizens just what kind of a club their townsman can make. STURDY TEAM MUSTERED FOR PLAYGROUND GAMES MOVEMENT to inaugurate a tition between Washington all-star team from the Oriole City c a bunch of District youngsters. nnual intercity track and field compe- playground athletes and those from Baltimore will be institufed Saturday in Central Stadium, when an omes here for its first meeting with The first event will start at 2 o'clock. Should the carnival prove successful, officials in charge of the affair will strive to make the event an annual one. Reports from the Monumental City indicate that the District team will have a job on its hands Saturday, but this city has drafted several high school stars in an effort to cop the affair. A few of Eastern High' athletes hope to uphold this city prestige. Adolph Bond, one of the most talentcd high jumpers in the local schools, will display his wares Saturday. Gregory, Doer and Con- nolly are three other schoolboys who hope (o make an impressive show- ing. The first two mentioned young- sters arc entered in the unlimited medley relay race, while Connolly will compete in the senior 135-pound century event. Roudabush of the Light Blue and White has consented to go in for the quoit throw. Palmer, one of Central's outstand- fng dash men last year, has been mustered for the unlimited dash, and Jimmy Mitchell of Western will enter the senior unlimited 100-yard run. Howard Garrett of Tech High also has a fine chance of copping in the 135-pound senior dash event. Washington will have to step lively to snare the hop, step and jump in the 115-pound class. The Baltimore record is 36 feet for this event. while the best mark made by local jumpers was registered last Spring by J. Pittleman of the Monroe School, at 34 feet 6 inches. But the District team is counting on placing in the high jump. - Bond holds the high school record with a mark of 5 feet 8 inches. Herman Riley of the Peabody School achieved 5 feet 3 inches. Baltimore's record for the high jump is 5 feet 1 inch. Elmer Hardell, coach at Tech High, will act as official starter and, Jimmy Connolly, former Georgetown ‘athlete, will judge the races at the finish. John Dugan has been appointed clerk HEWITT TIRES 34x5 §.8, N.S. Cord—$33.95 NATIONAL-HEWITT CO.. Inc. 1007 9th St. N.W.—Fr. 4056 OWL VENTILATORS select BASE BALL .55 American League Park Washington vs. Boston Tickets on sale Spalding's, 1338 G St. N.W., from 8:30 a.m. te 1:00 p.m. Tickets on sale at Hecht Co., 62¢ F St | of the course. Dick Tennyson, head | of the boys® playground activities, will supervise the affair. Entries received for the Washington team follow: Junior 80-pound class—50-yard dash, Tauches, Bressler, Dingler: standing hop. step and jump, Lamond, Lieb, Sheely; relay, Long, Goldstein, Reno. Gendre 3 Junior_95-pound class—80.yard dash, Tucker, Miller, Bailey: running broad jump, Sheehan, Botazzi, Harris; relay, Wills, Colley, Duryee, Haywood. Junior 115.pound class—100-yard dash, Ab- ramson, Jones, Price; running hop, step and gump. ‘Hengstler, Laichen, [yers; relay (to e named). Junior unlimited class—100-yard dash, Cor- son, Ritzenburg, H. Ritzenburg; running high jump, Jewel, Baker, Bowling: running hop- step and jump. Gootch, Rhoden, Hutchinson; Telay, Colley. Jones, Cole, Horton. Senior 136.pound class—100-yard dash, Con- pers, Garrett, Howard: running high jump, El- liott, Walls, Hopper: <sunning broad jump, Acton, Sandoz, Murray. 5 Senfor_unlimited class—High jump, Bond, Stotzel, Riley.; 100-yard das ‘homas, Palmer, Mitcheil; relay, Doerr, Gibson, White, Gregory. CARDS WILL GO TO COAST. CINCINNATI, Ohio, September 4.— The St. Louis Cardinals will train at Stockton, Calif.,, next Spring, having abandoned their camp at Bradentown, Fla. ON CREDIT “PAY AS YOU RIDE” Small Payment Down Balance Monthly T .O.ProbeyCo. 2100 Pa. Ave. N.W. MT. RAINIER-G. A. 0. REPLAY ARGUED TILT Yesterday's game having precipi- tated a controversy, due to a mix-up in the seventh inning, Mount Rainier and the G. A. O. nine were to replay their match today at 4:30 o'clock at Mount Rainier, in the second of a three-game series for the unlimited title of the Washington Base Ball and Athletic Association. When darkness threatened yester- day in the seventh, Mount Rainier was In the front, and it Is alleged to have taken the ficld with but two outs charged against it, due to mis- understanding of a ruling by the um- pire. G. A. O. came back in the eighth and pushed over three runs, to offset the three scored in the same round by Mount Rainler, giving the Accountants a supposed victory by a one-run margin. The Washington Base Ball and Athletic Association has not officially | ruled on the controversy regarding yesterday's game. Should Mount Rai- nier win today, there is some possi- Lility that G. A. O. will file a protest {on yesterday's tilt. TINY CHESS GENIUS MAY BECOME RABBI CHICAGO, September Sammy Rzeszewski, 12-year-old chess prodigy of Detroit, four vears ago easily de- feated Julius Rosenwald, Chicago millionaire philanthropist, in a game of chess at the latter's home here 1t now is apparent that those few moves may prove the most important the tiny genius ever made. Mr. Rosenwald is making arrangemecnts to take over the direction of his edu- cation and to bring him to Chicago. Rabbi Saul Silber, president of the Hebrew Theological College, Chicago, believes the chess marvel holds great promise as a Hebrew theologlan, and if Sammy agrees, Mr. Rosenwald plans to enter him in the Chicago college, paying all his expenses. Sammy, now in Detroit with his parents, when eight and one-half years old, played 20 games simultaneously at West Point, defeating old Army officers and the student select:d & the best undergraduate player. In Chicago he played Edward = Lasker, prominent local chess player, at the home of Mr. Rosenwald. . U. AND 6. W. OPEN GRID WORK MONDAY College foot ball squads in this section will all have undergone their ing work one weel hen Georgetown University's g Woodberry Forest, Va., for a 15-da) training ~ campaign, three other ous work soon. Although the University of Mary- land huskies have been on the field this week, the more strenuous drill- ing will get under way next week. Then there is George Washington that is scheduled to hold its first foot ball conflab next Monday at the university under the direction of the new coach, Harry Crum, a for- mer Princeton star. Monday also is the time set for Catholic ™ University to look to its material. Tom Gormley, mentor at Brookland, expects 44 men to re- port. From pre-season reports it appears that the Brooklanders are to enjoy a successful season on the gridiron this Fall. Coach Lou Little of the Hilltop- pers has designated tomorrow and Saturday for the rough work, scrim- mages and interference drills ‘being on the program. YOSEMITE A. C. GRIDMEN MUSTERING FOR SEASON Yosemite Athletic Club muster its foot ball material at a meeting tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock at the home of Louis Joynes, 129 Eleventh street northeast. Coach Merlin Cornell of the Yose- mites has called praitice for Sunday at 10 o'clock at Thirteenth and D streets northeast. H. C. Wayland is manager of the eleven this season. It is expected that the Yosemites will enter the 145-pound competition. hopes to e RECHECK SHOWS COMER SECOND IN AUTO RACF ALTOONA, Pa., September 4.—Fred Comer won second place in the 250- mile automoblle race here Labor day and not Tommy Milton as had been officially announced at the conclusion of the race, it is declared by Paul C. Pommer, official scorer, following a check of the tape of the electrical scoring machine. Milton had been given second place and Comer third. A loss of a lap for Comer in opera- tion of the hand scoreboard was said by the official to have caused the error. As a result of the reversal of positions, the $4,500 purse will go to Comer and Milton will receive $2,500. Officials spent almost the entire day checking the tape. The Blue Grass Base Ball League probably will expand its circuit to elght clubs before next season. At the Sign of the Moon Open Daily Until 6 P.M. “Wonder What Mertz Will Say Today?” The_wonderful special values be- ing offered now will enable you to buy smart clothes for little. Medium-Weight Fabrics for Fall in the Display SUITS To Order Regular $30 to $50 Values first series of preliminary condition- | With{pitching remarkable ders at|eighth inning wh elevens are due to begin their ardu- | gerious contender, | BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS AMERICAN LEAGUE. Brooklyn __...| 7112/—/10]1 ] Chicago .. 1771 6| 9i—]| 814]13(12/69/50/.539 <1 6 5/ 8(10110/10, LK YESYERDAY'S RESULTS. New York, 11; Boxton, 6. Detroit, 6-6; Chicago, 2-4, St. Louis, 7-5; Cleveland, 6-9. GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMOXROW. Boston at Washington, Cléveland at_Detroit. 8t. Louis at Chicago. St. Louis at Chicago. Phila, at New York. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. New York, 4; Bowton, 1. Brooklyn, 7-7: Philadelphia, 6 Pittsburg! 14; St. Louis, 1. Chicago, 6; Clucinnati, 0, GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. New York at Phila, Brooklyn at Boston. Bt. L. at Pittsburgh. Chicago at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at Boston. 8t. L. at Pittsburgh. Chicago at Cincinnati. RIVAL SUITORS ACTIVELY WOOING PENNANT SISTERS T Wilbert Robinson. HE pennant sisters, blonde daughters of former Judge Kenesaw Landis, are engaged in a serious flirtation with Stanley Harris and John McGraw and Miller Huggins, who have been keeping steady company with the two sisters since 1921, are finding their time being beaten by rival suit tenaciously in a spirited battle wit! coveted hand of the elder sister. The sudden appearance Brooklyn, in the romance, i camps of Pittsburgh and New York. Today McGraw stands at the top of the heap, 7 points ahead of Pitts- burgh and 14 points ahead of Brook- lyn, with the remaining callers virtu- ally out of the running. The three leaders, yvesterday, all strengthened their claims for a date to take Miss Pennant to the World Series by win- ning from their rivals, New York de- feating Boston, 4 to 1: Pittsburgh handing a lop-sided setback to St. Louis, 14 to 1, and Brooklyn lambast- ing the Phillies twice, 7 to 6 and 7 to 0. In the other National League con- test, Chicago blanked Cincinnati, 6 to 0. The race for American ter, has the hand of Miss Pennant, the younger sis- narrowed down to a two- some. Miller Huggins called vester- day and strengthened his argument for the coveted date when Stanley Harris failed to show up, his team re- maining idle. The Yankees bumped off their Boston rivals, 11 to 6, Walter Beall, a Washington boy, the newest Yankee acquisition from Rochester, ball until the en he found the go- ing rough with the wire in sight. Detroit, previously considered a 8 is virtually elimi- ors, although McGraw is hanging on h Robinson and McKechnie for the of Uncle Wilbert Robinson, rotund pilot of causing consternation a-plenty in the rival nated although mathemathically Tygers stand a chance to tbrough. The Bengals ye: turned back the Chisox twice, 6-2, 6-4, but even with this added impetus they are far in the vuck and their case appears almost hopeless at this writing. St. Louis and Cleveland, the former just inside the first division and the latter looking in from the outside, pulled the Alphonse and Gaston stunt in a double-header, the Browns put ting the first game in their pocket: 7 to 6,_and the Indiads walking home with the second, 9 to 5. Washington and Philadelphia were hot scheduled The race in both romances promises to be spirited from now on. Both shington and New York have business engagements in the Wesi which will likely have a decided bearipg on their status on October 1. The Giants and Pirates will fight | for the hand of Miss National Pen- nant at the Polo Grounds on Septem- ber 22, 23 and 24 in what likely will me-an the elimination of one team, while Brooklyn, a game and a half behind the Giants right now, stands a good chance of upsetting both rivals and romping bome with the t come erday laure D. E. (Ned) Sawyer Tells: A Hard Putt That Won a Title. Y first opportunity to w M Western amateur tournam Highland Park, IIL n an important championship came in 1904, when I finished runner-up to H. Chandler Egan in the ent at the Exmoor Country Club, Strangely enough, the next year Egan and I were the finalists in the national amateur championship at the Chicago Golf Club, Wheaton, 1ll. Egan winning again. It wasn't until 1906 that T was able to shake off his powerful opposition and capture a title for myself. This was in the Western Amateur at the Glen Echo Country Club, Normandy, Mo. Warren K. Wood, at the time a fellow Chicagoan, fought his way to the finals with me. We had a tight match all the way, notwithstanding the fact that it rained practically all day, leaving the course soggy and heavy and with lots of casual water. Approaching th~ tenth green in the afternoon round. the bad weather de- veloped into a real thunder and lightning storm. The flashes were terrific and a frightful thing hap- pened. A caddie for one of the play- ers in a first-flight match following just back of Wood and me was struck by a bolt and killed Added to my personal discomfort from playing under such conditions was the consciousness that I was trailing Wood. However, after be- ing two down with only two holes to be played, I braced myself and, winning the thirty-fifth and thirty- sixth holes, squared the match on the last green. Things broke still better for me at the start of the first extra Jhole when Wood, in driving, slipped and skied his tee shot. He got a dis- tance of oAly 130 yards, while my drive was straight and well down the fairway. But you can't always tell. My op- ponent, peeved by his bad luck, took his iron and hit a terrific second shot, his ball ending up eight feet past the flag. My second was not so good. Although on the green, I was so far away that I had to play an approach putt. After I had dome this, bringing my ball about 30 inches from the cup, 1 discovered a very interesting and also very annoying fact. That mas terly second shot of Wood's had con siderably changed the surface of the green. His ball, in fact, had dug a long, narrow groove in the soft ground eight inches from the cup. This groove was directly between my ball and the cup, but in such a po- sition that I would have to putt across it obliquely. It was as nasty as a stymie, and after Wood played to a spot where a four seemed certain I thought ‘it was all up with me. I didn't even try to figure out my play, but just gave the ball a reckless tap. 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Tomorrow afternoon the second | and third rounds gre expected to be completed. The fourth round and the semi-finals are to be played Saturday and the final Sunday. Summary of yesterday's play: Detwil-r defested g Mallo~v. 6—1, | A. Kelley defeated Paul Jobnson, 6—2. 6—7, 6—2; W. 8. Tarver defeated Don- Irving Arnoswsky de- 6—2; E. G, Kester defeated Hamilton Talbot. 10—8, 3. A. Adkins defeated Z. D. Blackistone, | 6—4; Robert Bhillings defeated James | 6—1, 8—2; William_Caples de- | foated L. D. Norton, 6—1, 6—0; R. L. Collins defeated J. B. Truth, 6—1, 6—4; J. A. Rob- ertson defeated D. L. Mitchell, 6—3, 6—1: ¥. M. Bhore, jr.. defeated Leslie Kernan by defauit; H. L. Shepard defeated J. 8. David- son, jr., 4—6, 6—0. 6—2: Edgar Yeamans de- foated Donald Williamson, 4—8. 6—0, 6—1: P. E. Irvin defeated F. H. Bmith, jr., 64, 376,6—2; J. M. Murphy defeated I. H. Hill, 80, 6—2; L. J. Fitzgerald defeated G. A. Roche, 60, 6—0; Robert B. Elliott defeated L. Halstead, 6—1. 6—2; M. R. Edmonston de- feated Winton Elliott, 7—5, 6—2: 8. W. Agnew defeated F. B. Curtis, 6—3, 6—4; John Hudson defrated Leslie Gilus, jr. 6—2, 6—4 W. Rizhrrd-rn Anfeated 0. G Medl- 61 default. Tan 75 REGAN PLAYS RUSSETT IN MUNY NET TOURNEY J. Y. Regan, Georgetown Univer- sity racketer, was to meet A. R. Rus- sett on the Monument Lot courts to- day at 4:45 o'clock in the semi-final match of the lower half of the sin- gles in the Municipal court cham- pionships. Regan won the final in the quarter at the Tidal Basin as a result of his 5—S, 6—3 victory over Rutley yesterday. Russett was the victor in the Henry Park competition. Newby winner of the Sixteenth Strect Reservoir quarter, will tackle the winner of the Monument Lot tourney, which probably will be de-‘ cided today when O'Neill opposes the winner of the Trigg-Wilson mateh. | This competition is in the upper half. FRENCH-AUSSIE NET CLASH OPENS TODAY BROOKLINE, Mass., September 4.~ The nation which will challenge the United States for the team champ! ship of the world in lawn tennis will come out of the interzone Davis cup match between Australia and France, which will be played today and the following two days on the courts of the Longwood Cricket Club here. The program calls for two singles matches today. The first match will be between Gerald Patterson, the captain of the Australian team, and Rene La Coste, the voungest member of the Frenchl quartet. Pat O'Hara Wood. best known as a doubles player, will then uphold the Australian cause against Jean Borotra, the French captain. With Wood's ability to win his singles matches in question, the Patterson-La Coste meeting has im- portant bearing on the ultimate choice of America’s opponent in the challenge round. Should La Coste de- feat the powerful Patterson, the French chances of facing the United States are L ved to be assured even though a victory for Australia in doubles is conceded. A double defeat of Wood and a La Coste victory over Patterson would give the French team the three points nec ary to win the right to meet the American holders of the Davis cup. BUFFALO GRIDIRON TEAM WILL GATHER TOMORROW Prospects of a good season for the colored Buffalo Athletic Club foot ball team are by no means dull. A bunch of talented gridders has been signed, including Irvine Johnson, former Dunbar High School star. Candidates are to hold a meeting tomorrow mnight at § o'clock at the home of Earl R. Williams, 1658 Kreamer street northeast. Among the players slated for a trial with the New York Yankees next Spring is Lew Malone, who has an excellent record as shortstop with the Hartford team of the Eastern League. Gunning Season IS on--- Get your hunting needs here and be assured a successful outing. 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Mrs. Charles Teal, 1923 singles champion of North Carolina, went down to defeat before Miss Sinclair in two easy sets, 6—2, 6—2. Miss Kelly encountered keener opposition. but after taking the first set, 6—4, from Frances Walker, she had an casy time winning the second, 6—1. The Krucoff-De Souza team, that entered the semli-finals yesterday by | disposing of the Johnson-Graham pair, 6—4, 6—4, was to be matched | against Mrs. Teal and Mrs. Smith to- | day at 4:40 o'clock on cqurt No. 3, at the Sixteenth Street Reservoir. Tomorrow morning another semi- final will be played in the doubles ith the Frazier-Kelley combination meeting the Pyle-Walker team. Play will start at 9:45 o'clock. Mrs. Smith downed Mrs. Stambaugh, 0—6, 6—1, 6—4, in the consolation semi-finals yesterday. MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Newark, 7-4; Jerses City, 4-1 ‘aronto. 6- Syracuse, 60 No other games schedul AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Chattanooga, 14; . Others not scbe SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION, Toledo, 4; Tndi Columbus. 6: L 4 St. Paul,’ 16; Milwaukee, §. Miuneapaiis, 11-3; ity, 7-5. VIRGINIA LEAGUE. * Richmond, 7; Pittsburgh, 4. Rocky Mount, 3; Wilson, 0. Norfolk-Portsmouth. rain. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Spartanburg, 6: Greenville, 3. acon. 21: C1 Asheville, PIEDMONT LEAGUE. High Point. 8.7: Winston-Salem, 0-{. Durham, 133 Raleigh. 8.4. Greensboro, 4- 7 Danville, 7 APPALACHIAN LEAGUE: Johnson City. 1-0; Greenville, Bristol, 2 orristown, 1-5. Knoxrille, Kingsport, 5-1. In the seaxon of 1890 the Pittsburgh team set up a National League rec- ord by losing 23 consecutive games. you will get in a Pictured Dark Otter, at— 3 BY JOHN B. EW YORK, Sepember 4 —Were the American League race anything but the extraordinary affair that it has proved to be this season, the Detroit and St. Louis clubs might safely be counted out of the WESTERN PAIR MENACE TO NATIONALS AND YANKS Runaway Streak at Home by Cobbmen or Sislerites Would Affect American League Race—First Division Clubs Not So Consistent. FOSTER. Neither has much more than a score of games left to be played, and each is mare than a full week behind in the race. double-fisted wallop in the West, where it should have been strong, and Browns have suffered from their own inconsistency to an extent tha would doom them in an ordinary race. it However, as the American League this season has shown a marked tendency to win and lose by series—the bloc program apparently having become as popular in base ball as in politics—it is out of the question to count Detroit and St. Louis out of the race. Detroit has met with a Either of them may take a runa- way streak in the final games home while New York and Washing- ton are on the road, and entire change the complexion of the race The loss of four games in succes sion by Washington and the winning of four in succession by Detroit would bring the te 50 te gether that another and won would put them Al championship Lenders Have Stumbled. Each of the four first division clubs in the American League has showr this vear a tendency to stumble spill the beans at one time or anot That is why, with even such a short time to go, it is imprudent to say tha Washington and New York have race between them, Detroit and St. Louis can raise awful lot of mischief between them if they get going again. If they do not, the race will become a dual af- fair, with both of the contenders playing away from home as the championship is being decided Its really tough luck for Washi ton fans that they must lose the finish of the race, in which the Nationals are playing o fine a part. New York fa have been through all the thrills seeing the championship won their own grounds,” but the Wash- ington fans have not experienced that because they have not experienced the sensation of winning a pennant. ms close series lost in a tie for purposes. Synthetic Games Here. Now that one seems to be in offing, the fate of the schedule sends Washington skipping out West. where it must meet the hostile tribes of the four cities, and where all the excitement of battle must be trans- ported to Washington by wire. As long as it is impossible to shake New York more than a game or two away, every contest in the West will be for Washington a series of heart palpita- tions. In the National League there is a dead-sure three-cornered fight as long as Brooklyn keeps tte pace. The Giants and Brooklyn will wind up their fights on the home lots, while Pittsburgh has the far-from-home role of the present American League leaders. If the Pirates have the nerve and courage they mayv win the champion- ship with what they are carrying in the way of players, but they have got to remember that the ninth inning is just as important as any other. Many a contest is saved by a desperate rally at the finish—and in a race like the National every game counts. the (Copyright, 1924.) ‘Wheat, Fournier and Vance—three reasons why the Brooklyn team is near the top of the National League column. Augusta, which appears to have the South Atlantic League pennant cinched, has held the lead since the start of the season. The Choice of the Presidents! For more than half a century the Presidents have been proud wearers of Knox Hats. 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