Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1924, Page 18

Nationals Launch Final Drive for Pennant : Dodgers and Pirates Bo th Stumble TUNNEY SEEKS K. 0. ]MOUNT RAINIER IN TITLE START OF ROAD TRIP OF 20 - GAMES IN PHILLY TODAY Johnson Due to Face Athletics—Judge Ready to Get Back in Line-up—27,00, Record Crowd, See Bucks Drop Last Home Contest. BY JOHN B. KELLER. P HILADELPHIA, September 8—Today the Nationals were to launch their last big drive of the year and into encmy territory too, with the American League ckampionship as their objective. Gen. Harris was to hurl his forces against the Mackian brigade here this afternoon hoping to rout it completely within four days. Then the attack will switch to the West where hot pitched battles are anticipated in Michigan, Ohio, Missouri and Illinois. vasion, the tide of battle once more After that in- will turn to the East, where Harris’ corps will conclude its campaign in the land of the sacred cod. With the Yankee army striving to attain the same objective and not so far behind the Nationals at the beginning of this final drive, the struggle promises to be a desperate one, but Gen. Harris and his men are prepared to bitterly contest any encroachment upon the slight advantage they now hold. Had Harris’ corps not met with a reverse in its last home encounter with the Red Sox yesterday, it would have been well fortified for its concluding effort of the year. It lost no ground, however, when beaten 6 to 2 by Fohl's lancers, before more than 27,000 people, the largest gathering that ever wit- nessed a major league base ball struggle in Washinzton, for the Yankee horde was overthrown by a last-ditch drive of the Mackmen. Holding the league lead by two games does not appear so advantageous at first glance, but after careful con- sideration it is found that even such a scant margin is well worth while at this stage of the pennant race. While the Tygers and the Browns, who are to be encountered by the Bucks within the next two weeks, are not yet out of the flag chase, the fight for the champion- ship practically is between the outfit led by Harris and that piloted by Huggins. And the Yanks are apt to find the task of overhauling that two- game lead too difficult to accomplish. The Situation in a Nutshell. When a club has not won as many games as its rival, it still is possible to catch up by winning the required num- ber of games later. But when a club has lost more than that rival, it is another matter altogether. The club cannot _eradicate det nor, ‘in the case of the Yankees, can it make its rival lose games. The under club can win its own games—that is all So consider just what advantage the Nationals have over the Yankees, even with but a two-game lead. Today cac had 20 more games to play, and tc nose out the Nationals the Yankees would have to win three more than their rivals during the brief schedule Now, then, should the Bucks do no better than break even on their re- malning games, the Yankees, to fin- ish ahead of Harris and his would have to win 13 of 2 ments. But should the Bucks and lose 8 of the score of tilts the Yankees would have to take 15 of their last 20 games to get ahead of the club that is leading them now Recently the Bucks have been trav eling at a pace indicating they will at least establish a twelve-won-and- eight-lost record for the remainder of the season. So, while the Harris- men probably have a rough road ahead, the Yanks have a much rougher one to go over. Fate Frowns on Bucks. Had the Harrismen bagged yester- day's argument they would have made the going a deal tougher for the Gothamites, for every game pick- ed up at this stage by the leaders means much more than one for the main rival to overcome. But fate was against the Nationals In their last home stand. They were off to a poor start, due to a faltering defense, and never were able to consistently solve the offerings of Alec Ferguson, Red Sox hurler, who had been compara- tively easy for them in other games this season. Ferguson was fairly free with hits —he gave up nine against eight gar- nered by the Fohlmen off the first two Nationals to adorn the mound— but he was about as big-hearted as a mosquito at giving up hits when hits meant runs. So impotent were National batters at critical moments that the club never was able to over- come the handicap imposed upon it by erratic fielding in the first inning. Ossie Bluege, generally a most de- pendable defensive player, and Mule Shirley, subbing for the injured Joe Judge at first base, put Warren Ogden, Harris' first pitching selec- tion, in trouble right off the reel When Ogden crumpled under the strain and yielded a palr of hits to help push three alien tallies across before an out was recorded, the Na- tionals’ manager yanked him and sent Allen Russell to the mound. Rusaell None Too Steady. Allen was none too steady,at the outset of his toiling and grew worse as the game progressed. He took a sound thumping in the fourth inning and another in the seventh. “That led Harris to employ Fred Marberry in the last two frames and Ikred breezed through them in splendid style, but the damage had been done. Bluege began Ogden’s trouble by making a wild throw to first after snaring Flagstead’s grounder in the opening inning. Ogden could not Jocate the plate with Wamby at bat and there were Red Sox on first and second. Then Boone sent a grounder down the right side of the infield. It plainly was a play for Bucky Harris, but Shirley left his territory for the ball and foozled it. Home went Flagstead. Wamby reached third, while Boone was content to Test at first, whereas had Bucky not been balked by Shirley a double play . may have been the result of Boone's tap. That so upset Ogden that Joe | Harris poled a_two-bagger, counting Wamby, across. Out came Ogden and in went Russell. Allen got away with his stuff until the fourth, that MKzzell opened with an infield single. After Should have style, correct quality and proper color ———In other words, it should be a Vienna Three Dollars Upward. IENNA HAT CO. tor Eatpy Folt Hata Jos. Ornstein 409 11th St. 438 9th St. and Veach singled Boone| A SAD FAREWELL BOSTON. Flagstead, of .. Wambsganss, ‘2b. Boone, rf... . H.PO. A E 13 HoHooON®HY HOrOMmI om ot vorwooono| ecococceo’ Smomed Ruel, o. Bluege, 3b. Peckinpeugh, Shirley, 1b. Ogden.’ p. Russell, p Marberry Leibold® Tatet Totals....... *Batted for Russel in se tBatted for Marberry in nin Boston......... 3 00 20010 08 Washington )’ 1 0 01 00 0 0 0—2 Two-base hits—J. Harris, Rice, Ferguson, Wambsganss. _Stolen bases—Flagatead, Gos lin. Ezzell Wambsganss. Sacrifices—Goslin, Ferguson, J. Harris. Double plays—Blusge to Harmis to Shirley. Left on bases—Boston, Washington, 7. ~Bases on balls—Off Ferguson, 1i off Bussell, 3 of Masterry, 2. Struck out y Ferguson, 4: ussell, 3; by Marberry, Hitz—Of Ogden, 2 (none out in lst in: ring) : Russel. 6 in 7 innings: Marberry, 0 in 2 innings._ Hit by pitcher—By Russell (Flag- giead).” Tosing pitcher—Ogden. Umpires— Mossrs. Connolly-Hildebrand, Time of game— One hour and 55 minute 8l nononnmsumsnp 8l vonuorsosl %l ccononnancoacp & @l coocomoncccont o Rllsoscsrosesere (olseanobanntnie E %l cocooune 4 EE &R B O'Neill fanned Ezzell stole second and came in when Ferguson surprised as well as every one eise, slamming a double to ocenter. stead’s hit moved Alec to third, where he tallied when HBoone singled after Wamby whiffed. The last Red Sox run came off Russell in the seventh. Wamby began the inning with a two-base knock and scampered home when Boone singled to center. Ike got to second as McNeely booted the ball and Joe Harris sacrificed, but Veach's infield out did not allow the Red Sox slug- ger to leave the far corner and he was nailed at the plate in a double steal attempted after Clarke strolled. Grifts Start Bravely. The Nationals opened against Fer- guson as though they would drive him to the showers in short order. McNeely fanned to start the first frame, but Bucky Harris singled and pulled up at third on Rice's short double. Goslin socked a fly to Flag- stead, Harris scoring and Rice going to the far corner after the catch. Ruel, though, had no hit in his bat. With one out, Peck and Shirley singled successively in the second session, only to perish on the bases for want of blows from the clubs of Russell and McNeely. A hit by Gos- lin was wasted in the third, but in the fourth, with two out, Shirley sin- gled, Rustell walked and McNeely sent Mule home with a one-base rap. Thereafter, Bucky Harris' single in the seventh and Ruel’s in the eighth were all the Bucks could glean off Ferguson. I CAUGHT ON THE FLY I PHILADELPHIA, September 8.— Walter Johnson was expected to open the series for the Bucks against the Mackmen this afternoon. Zachary or Zahniser may hurl against them to- morrow. Joe Judge came to Quakertown with the club and may get into action in today’s game. His ankle hurt last Thursday in the tilt with the Red Sox, is much better, but still causes the regular first sacker to limp slightly. Shirley found it difficult to get his bearing around first base yesterday, but he certainly pulled a brilliant play in the fifth on Clarke. Mule rushed back and to his left for a hot grounder, scooped it up with one hand and sprinted to first ahead of the batter. After making a poor heave to start, Bluege came back to form in the first inning to inaugurate a double- play with a single-handed stop of Ezzell's sizzler. ‘With two Red Sox on and two out in the second inning, Russell pitched everything he had to Boone and final- ly fanned him. As the third strike was called, the result of the Yankee- Mack game was hung up. When the crowd saw the score its roars shook the stadium. During the Red Sox batting prac- tice, Ferguson stood behind the cage to watch -the work. A pitch broke through the netting and clipped the hurler's ear, necessitating consider- able treatment to stop the flow of blood from a sizeable cut. SEE Firpo-Wills Fight Dominion ;’:hce Coach Direct to BOYLE’S 30 ACRES Eleven Dollars Round Trip ‘'Will Seeure Fight Tickets Returning Half Hour After Fight Comfortable Seats for 24 Persons Leave Thursday 8 A.M., Arriving ™ Bdor{oP.M. See Palace Conch at 14th & K N.W. Phone Armstromng, Matn 4386, Monday or Tuesday eveming be- tween 7 and 8 o’clock for reserva- tions. New York Shopping Tours Sundays and Thursdays OVER GREB TONIGHT By the Associated Pres. CLEVELAND, Ohjo, September 8.— Gene Tunney, light heavywelght champion, and Harry Greb, middle- welght title holder, meet here tonight in a scheduled ten-round, no-decision bout. It will be the fourth time they have met. Tunney has scored knockouts in his last three bouts, with Erminio Spall Georges Carpentier and Joe Lohman, and hopes to add Greb to his list. He holds two decisions over Greb, the middlewelght having won the first time they met. Should Greb win to- night he will hold both titles, but will not lose the middleweight title if he is knocked out, as Tunney, who will weigh about 176, will be over the middleweight limit. Both boxers are in perfect condition. Since his ar- rival Friday, Tunney has confined his work mostly to light gym and road work. Greb arrived last night. He com- pleted his training at his camp near Pittsburgh, where he went following his bout with Jimmy Slattery in Buf- falo a few nights ago. Greb will enter the ring welghing about 163. It will be the first time two champlons have met in Cleveland, and the seat sale indicates that with fair weather Olympic Arena will be filled. If rain interferes the bout will be postponed until tomorrow night. Several hundred Pittsburgh fans are expected to attend. FIRPO-WILLS BOUT AGAIN ENDANGERED NEW YORK, September 8.—New Jersey organizations which last weck sent to Gov. Silzer a protest against the Firpo-Wills fight will seek a court order to hait the bout, it is stated. Application for the order will be made today or tomorrow. Bernard H. Sandler, counsel for Canon William S. Chase, who insti- tuted deportation proceedings agal Luis Angel Firpo, said all evidence obtained by Canon Chase would be turned over to the New Jersey or- ganizations. Included in this evidence are several cablegrams alleged to have been sent by Firpo to Miss Blanca Lourdes Picart, who arrived here on the same ship with him from the Argentine, but who was barred by the immigration authorities. The messages were addressed to Miss Picart in Havana, and bore dates of June and July, 1923. Some of them were as follow: “Arrived today. recovery. Sending more details. brac 3l “Infinite sadness for your illness. Anxiously awalt your letter. Am training 50 miles from New York. Any inconvenience you should have, in- form me and I will remedy it. Send everything same address. Cable me condition your health and address.” These messages were signed “Angel.” Other messages made public by Mr. Sandler were signed “Nit The sender, according to Mr. Sandler, was Nita Peesci, Firpo's former landlady, who turned the messages over to Sandler. “Sending you money for coming here to pass your vacation with us.” read one of the messages. “All ‘my fam- ily to have you as guest. GOLDSTEIN DEFENDING CROWN AGAINST RYAN NEW YORK, September 8.—The world bantamweight championship will be at stake tonight at the Queens- boro A. C., in Long Island City, when Abe Goldstemn, 113-pound champion, meets Tommy Ryan of McKeesport, Pa. They were scheduled to meet last Tuesday night, but were prevented by the weather. The match is 15 rounds to a declsion. U. S. NAVAL RESERVE PLANS A SPORTS NIGHT The United States Naval Reserve, District of Columbia Battalion, will stage a sports night at its armory, Water and O streets southwest, start- ing at 7 o'clock p.m. September 11, ac- cording to an announcement of Comdr. J. A. Schofield, commanding the local reserves. Mueic will be furnished by the Eagle No. 56 Jazz Band. The program follows: Boxing—Kid Woddy vs. Eddie Mor- ris, Fatts Walker vs. Roger Willis, Johnny Crutchfield vs. Littleton Jack- son, Rhoma Hoisell vs. Willie Jackson, Vincent Messineo vs. Bobby Jones and Herbert Hunter vs. Joe Smith. ‘Wrestling—Fred Byrd vs. L. Wonder. PETER MAHER NEAR DEATH IN HOSPITAL AT HOBOKEN NEW YORK, September 8.—Peter Maher, famous veteran heavyweight in the late 90s, is dying in a Hoboken hospital of penumonia and pleurisy. He is employed by the United States Shipping Board at Hoboken as a dock foreman, but was taken suddenly {ll Thursday and hurried to a hospital, where little hope is held for his re- covery. Maher is known in pugilistic circles as the possessor of one of.the hardest punches ever known. In his prime he fought all of the leading heavy- weights, He was knocked out by Bob Fitzsimmons in Langtry, Tex., in one round. He is 56 years old, and his friends say he is almost penniless. Glad about your Em- MARLBORO Seven Races Daily Sept. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 ADMISSION, $1.00 Special trains leave District line on Ches. Beach R. R. at 1:00 p.m. Time for a fresh pair? GARTERS WO METAL CAN TOUCH Y37 SERIES; PROTEST UPHELD CLEVELAND, Sej 8—Washington won its protest against ptember Baltimore at the National Base Ball Federation meeting today. Wash- ington will play Providence at Providence, R. 1., next Saturday and two games next Sunday at Washington. A LTHOUGH Mount Rainier’s double-barreled shot at the Washing- ton-Baltimore intersection title of the National Base Ball Federa- tion failed to crack the Eastern Rolling Mills nine of the Oriole City over the weekend, the Maryland combination still has a chance to represent this city in the semi-finals of the N. B. B. F. amateur champion- ships. Officials of the Washington Base Ball and Athletic Association have filed a protest against the Baltimore champs, charging that Rolling Mills has several semi-pro tossers in its line-up. National Base Ball Fed- eration heads meeting in Cleveland today are expected to decide t ter, and if the protest is upheld Mount Rainier will be named the inter- city victors dfter all. Bill Hoffman adorned the mound for Mount Rainfer yesterday, and his wildness contributed largely to the Rolling Mills 8-to-5 victory. Bill gave six free tickets and hit one batter, in addition to yi:1ding seven timely wallops. Mount Rainfer threatened in the ninth, but all it could do was to push across one marker. L. ILoomils, Baldwin and Green had their batting eyes peeled for the Marylanders. Some 3,000 sandlot bugs watched the Maryland- ers drop their second game to Rolling Mills yesterday. Linworth tossers are the senior champlons of the Washington Base Ball and Athletic Association as a re- sult of their 4-to-2 victory déver the Northerns. Lefty Jones dished out a puzzling brand of ball for the victors, as he was nicked for one lone blow, that being a homer off the bat of Jermain. With Hollis and Jones lead- ing the attack Linworth accounted for nine safeties off Beall and Ny- mark, Eastern Athletic Association un- limited players slammed 12 safe clouts to down the Alexandria Car- dinals, 9 to 4. Simmons of the victors registered four bingles in as many times at bat, including a pair of triplets. Southends and the Meridians ad- vanced to the final round in the midget titular matches yesterday. They are scheduled to meet next Sunday on the Ellipse in the deciding tilt. South- ends routed the Auroras, 4 to 2, and then trounced the Corinthians, 9 to 3. McAllister of the Southends held the Auroras to three safeties, while the orinthians gathered eight scattered bingles off Taylor match. The Meridans remained in the ru: ning by haning the Corinthians a 5-to-2 beating, as well as downing the Auroras in a 12-to-6 engagement. A total of 22 wallops were registered by the Meridians in both games. St. Martin’s and the Crescents, rivals for the junior title of the Washington Base Ball and Athletic Association, broke even yesterday. The Crescents copped the first, 5 to 4, in 11 innings, but dropped the sec- ond, 6 to 1. Corson, the Crescent box- man, kept the 10 safeties garnered off him pretty well scattered in the opener. Impressive mound work by Ryan, who was touched for only four blows, enabled St. Martin’s to grab the nightcap. Tuxedo Athletic Club proved no match for the Plerce tossers, the lat- ter winning, 14 to 6, in a Benning- Prince Georges County League game. Corkins fanned 10 of the Tuxedo batters, but he was nicked for 11 drives. in the second With a 7-t0-3 victory over the Up- per Mariboro nine tucked away, the Maryland Park Athletic Club is anxious to book a three-game series with the Mount Rainier aggregation. The Mary- land Park team has won 59 matches in 67 starts this season. Alexandria Dreadnaughts took the measure of the Fort Humphreys nine, 10 to 4, in a game that won for them the unlimited title of Northern Vir- ginia. The Dreadnaughts combed Viar for a total of 12 bingles, two of which were snared by Blair. Meyers of the soldlers drove a homer. DGMINICANS NEAR TITLE IN INDEPENDENT LEAGUE P ETE HALEY'S gang of Dominican Lyceum tossers, now at the top of the heap in the Independent loem, will cop the award in that league by walloping their two remadning rivals in the next two weeks. Climbing to the front yesterday as a result of blanking the Shamrocks, 8 to 0, Haley’s crew will strive to toppie Arlington next Sunday on the Virginians’ field and the Petworth Athletic Club at the Washington Bar- racks one week later. The Dominicans already have proved their worth in the first series of league matches, and if they are successful in the sec- ond set of games there will be no three-game series at the termination of the regularly scheduled tilts in the loop. The Harps could do little with the twisters of Gene Brayton yvesterday. The Dominican boxman victimized seven batters via the strikeout route and was touched for only four blows, while his club got to Thompson for 15 safeties. five of which were slammed off the bat of Johnny Kise- man, former University of Maryland slugger. Shamrock tossers still are in the race, however. They now are deadlocked with Arlington for sec- ond place, each having copped eight matches In nine starts. Maryland Athletic Club ran rough- shod over the Knickerbockers, win- ning, 14 to 4. in another independ- ent League tilt. Averill and Kisher, the Knicks' flingers, were combed for 12 bingles. Houchen of the Mary- landers accounted for three hits in four times at bat. The Knicks now are in the “also-ran column.” Mohawks scored an impressive 2-to-0 victory over Arlington. A pitching duel between Williams of the Indians and Laycock of the Vir- ginians kept the fans on edge. ‘The former, however, had the edge, as he allowed four bingles to his oppo- nent's six. Smithson clouted a triple for the Mohawks. OWL VENTILATOKkS 'Wholesale and Retall We Install Thess Alse RADIATORS, FENDERS, BODIES, LAMPS MADE OR REPAIRED, Entrance at 1431 P N.W. AT the Bign of the Meen Open Daily Untll ¢ P. M. “Wender What Merts Will Say Tedayt™ Establisked 1893 FINAL SALE Before Fall Opening General reductions on every suiting in the store. 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Sept. §, 2:30 P.M. 602 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. ‘Washin D. & MEMPHIS NOW NEAR TITLE IN SOUTHERN MEMPHIS, September £.—By win- ning six out of the last seven games played, the Memphis Chicks have brought about a situation where At- lanta's chance to win the Southern Assoclation pennant depends not only on the Crackers continuing thefr win- ning streak, but upon Memphis suf- fering a decided slump. Should Memphis win seven out of the remaining 12 scheduled games, the Crackers would have to win all of thelr 11 scheduled games, in order to tie the Chicks. In that case each team would have won 102 games and lost 52. ‘There is no decided advantage to either team in the schedule for the remainder of the season. Memphis has six games at home, and Atlanta has four. During the past week, Memphis gained a half game on Atlanta and the Chickasaws are now four and a half games in the lead. KRAFT LACKS BUT 6 HOMERS FOR RECORD FORT WORTH, Tex., September 8. —With Fort Worth aiready an easy winner of the Texas League pennant for the fifth year in succession, in- terest is centered in the effort of Clarence “Blg Boy” Kraft to reach or pass the home-run record of Babe Ruth made in 1922. Kraft has made 54 home runs to date and his eight more games in which to make five to tie Ruth, or six to pass him. The Texas League season closes on Sep- tember 14, but the club has a double- header in San Antonio and one in Beaumont. Kraft is no youngster, having been playing ball for upward of 15 years. He always has been a hard hitter, but only in the last four years has his home runs been attracting atten- tion. He has been the main offensive force of the Forth Worth club for six years. As he is 36 years old, ex- perts have been predicting his finish each season. However, this year he has almost doubled his home-run mark of 1922 and 1923, when he hit 32 in each season. While several movements have been started to raise a large bonus for him, should he beat Ruth's rec- ord of 59, none of them has been car- ried out. Should he have one of his streaks in the closing games and run his string to 59 or 60, several civic bodles will try to raise a purse of $10,000 for him. Kraft's present mark of 54 is well above the former record of 49 in minor league held by Solomon, who set the record last season with the Hutchinson club of the Southwestern League. Previous to that, a mark of 45 had stood since 1895, having been made by Perry Werden of Minne- apolis. SPORTS. TWO ERRORS IN THE FIELD KEEP ROBINS OUT OF LEAD Over-Anxiety Hurts Cause of Brooklyns in Tilt With Giants—Double Defeat by Reds Proves Erratic Caliber of Pittsburgh Club. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, September 8—Two errors in the field have cost the Brooklyn team first place in the National League race. That is tough on the Brooklyn team after its splendid spurt to win its way to the top. A little scrawny wild throw ended the winning parade of the Dodgers at Boston. Then a miserable, no-account fumble prevented them from beating the Giants and taking the league lead in Brook! Whenever teams make spurts like that of th; Br‘:)(:)ok!yyx:‘s::?hseu;g:ayt- test comes when the spurt stops ball. If it can fight and keep its its advantage, but if the reaction and the team resumes more normal base head above water it has a chance to hold is too strong and it begins to wabble, it will be in and out for such a long period of games that it will lose its opportunity. Had the Brooklyns been able to re- turn home in the lead it would have been a harder team for the Glants to defeat Sunday. They would have had more confidence. The Brook- lyns were far more anxious than the Giants and they overplayed their game. The last stroke of the game came when Ruether was sent in to bat for Mitchell with the tieing run on third and the winning run on second with two out. That did not appeal to the Brooklyn fans, who are as fond of Reuther as they are of Indian turnips. Ruether fanned flat. Pirates Are Erratic. The double defeat of the 'Pitts- burghs at Cincinnat! yesterday re- instated that team in’ the class of in and outers. If there is a major league cjub that can rise to loftier heights of uncertainty it will not be found this year. The Pirates never were in better position to win the pennant in 1924 than they were be- fore they played Cincinnati yester- day. It was the story of other years over again and makes them resemble toe stubbers. The American League situation be- gins the week a little more to the advantage of Detroit than the week previous began. The Tygers are growling again. The Yankees con- tinue to look bad. They were some- thing like their old selves in the hard hitting game on Saturday, but yes- terday they couldn’t hit. More than that, they were old men again. They do not effervesce as they did last year. They need gassing up. Base ball in the American League has melted down to two facts that are not to be denied. First, if the Washington club had been as suc- cessful against St. Louis and Cleve- land as it has been against New York and Detroit; the Nationals today might have been traveling on Sum- mit avenue. Second, if the Detroit club had been as successful against Washington and St. Louis as it has been against New York and Cleve- land it would have been in the vei thick of the scramble. It also mz be added that if the Yanks had been as successful against Washington, Detroit and St. Louis as it has against all other teams, they would be out in front Browns Are a Nnisance. Out of all these outstanding land- marks of the great base ball high- way the assured truth can be de- duced that the St Louis Americans, lingering always where they can get the fragrant odor of the succotash cooking for the big party, have been a mighty thorn to the leaders, but just too weak to brush away all other opposition. There has been no American League race in years in which any club has played a more aggravating part than the Browns. They begin this week victors over Detroit and Washington in the season series, and with enough victories over New York to beat them, yet the Browns seem to be more out of the pennant race than any of those three ocluba If that isn't misery then there is none in the world. HYATTSVILLE’S NEW NINE ARRANGES LATE PROGRAM Despite the fact that the foot ball season is nearly at hand, the Hyatts- ville base ball team has just been or- ganized for the purpose of engaging in a number of attractive late season contests. A match with the Bolling Field nine September 13 at Indian Head, Md., in connection with the fair there, has been arranged. Manager Henry Hiser has this ma- terial available for the local team Halloran, Chase, Fenwick, Blakeman and Johnny Holden, pitchers; Beit, Bresnahan, McClay, catchers; Oscar Hiser, Mike Gordon, Werber, Fan- ning, Brown, Purdum, Bert Sheehy, infielders, and Henry Hiser, Whalley, Shanklin and Suess, outfielders. wn POBTS have praised the wonders of the dawn, artists have caught the lights and shadows ot high noon, a sentimental public has raved of setting suns, but few and far between are the happy people who know the unknown hours between sunrise and breakfast. ‘Wonderful hours for the motorist, whether he be bent on business or pleasure. To the one they offer freedom from traffic, a quick trip to the city, an carly start in the day’s work. To the other, the strange charm of slipping swiftly through villages still sleeping in the pale sunshine. 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