Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1924, Page 24

" SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1924, . ' SPORTS. “iRice Big Factor in Griffs’ Current Drive : Orioles Slap Back at Mount Rainiers [ 'SAM HITS SAFELY IN LAST “* 16 GAMES FOR .418 MARK “Almost Certain to Land in .300 Class for Sixth Straight Season — Johnson Easily Subdues Macks for 20th Victory of Campaign. BY JOHN HILADELPHIA, September 9.— deal of outfie'ding and hitting ] of campaigns, is setting such a nothing but 2 slump of most violent ing the six-year class of .300 swatsme: Sam. as he is better known, has gone through his last 16 failing to bingle, the best consecutive KELLER. Edgar C. Rice, who has been doing a for the Nationals through a number dizzy pace at the bat these days that form can prevent him from enter- e ames without game hitting record of any National this vear and in that stretch of slamming has registered an average of 418. At present, he is soaring far above t! he .300 point for the season and it is not likely the pitchers he has yet to face will be able to drag him below the figures indicating a_batsman of high order. The National outfie!der has gone above the .300 mark in five years of his big Icague career. lle hit .302 in 1021 and .316 last year. 1918 and 1922. There are but eleven players now | pastiming in the major leagues who can boast of more .300 hitting years than Rice. All are highly touted catsmiths. Those topping Sam are Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Hddie Collins, Robby Sisler Stuffy Wheat, Hornsby Veach, Babe Ruth and George | the in American League and | Jake Daubert. Zach . Roush and Rogers | the National League. Ri his present consecu- tive-game hitting streak August 23 against the White Sox in Washing- ton. Since then he has combed pitch- ers of the Browns, Yankees, Ath- letics and Red Sox consistently, amassing 28 safeties in 67 times at| bat in the 16 contests. He has solved a lot of high-class pitching to get the wallops, too. Among the 25 hurl- ers he has faced during his streak | such stars as Hollis Thurston, Uharlie Robertson, Dixie Davis, Ur- ban Shocker, Herb Pennock, Joe Bush, W Hoyt, Ed Rommel and| Howard Ehmke. This hardy slam-| ming of Sam's has done much to help | the Nationals take 12 of the 16 games | in hitting streak. His clouts have | driven home 13 & 1thy" tallies and | put him in a position to register 11| himself. That ix a generous contribu- tion tothe club’s pennant drive from one member. | in started Record of Rice's Streak. A complete record of Rice's batting in 16-game streak, showing clubs ing by Rice yesterday to begin their final road trip of the vear with a| victory. There was enough punch in | the remainder of the crew to down Played, times at bat, hits and pitchers | fuced, follows: | Date. Club. AB. H. Pitchers. ! Aug. Chi. 4 2 Thurston. Aug. 3 1 Lyons, Robertson, Aug. . 4 1 Davi Aug. . & 8 s HI nu'r. Bavi. | ug. T, kT, vis, Aug. 8 5 Pehaock. Gaston, | Jones, Mamauz. | Aus. 3} Bun ! ug. oy, | Aug. 4 1 Jomes. Bush. Sept. 4 1 Baumgartaer. Hurris, Sept. 4 1 Romme:. Sept. 6 4 E'rton. Ross. Winters. | Sept 3 2 Ehmke. Piercy. Sept. % 1 erguson. Sept. § 1 Baumgariner. Bum a: Mates Help Sam Yesterday. ! The Bucks did not need any dllu[%i | the Athletics, 8 to 4 The Harrismen garnered 14 blows off the combined cfforts of Lefty Baumgartner. Bill Burns and Bryan Harris, more than enough to win sily. with Walter Johnson hurling for them in gocd form. Johnson, in scéring his twentieth win of the year. allowed the Macks nine swats in five of the nine innings, and two of them were citcuit drives, but generally he was very careful in his work. Had Earl McNeeley not lost Jimmy Dvkes' fly in the sun and let it drop for a two-bagger in the second s ion the Macks would have | had a run and a hit less. but that mishap meant little, for the Bucks were well ahead at the time and never in danger of not maintaini. 3 the two-game league lead over the Yankces s and his outfit forged to the quickly that the game was a most desolate affair fron. the view- point of the spectators. It was diffi- cult for the Macks to sock Johnson at opportune moments, and the Bucks fielded so well that when any of the locals were on the paths they were given little chance to advance. There a noticeable lack of class in the Philadelphia team. It played nothing Jike ‘the aggregation that gave the Nationals such a brisk brush in Washington the afternoon of Labor day. Macks May Come Back. However, it is apt to “come back” brightly this afternoon und Manager Bucky Harris is not permitting his charges to consider the Macks in the nature of a “set-up.” He has been preaching to his men against over- confidence the past week and cau- tioned them against acquiring that kind of a spirit at an informal club meeting this morning. The Bucks likely will meet with plenty of op- position in their last 19 engage- ments and will need to fight earnest- ly. And if Harris has his way that they will do. A National tally was hoved across in the first inning yesterday. Mc- Neely, first batter up in the fray, knocked a Texas leagcer over Hau ser's head and when the ball bound. st Miller, who was running in; arl raced all the way to third | Harris lofted to Simmons and McNeeley scored after the catch. The fly was so deep that Earl could almost have walked home. Three more tallies were hung up in the second frame. Bluege started the inning by walking and took sec- ond as Dykes threw out Peck. Shir- ley then bounced a triple off the left ficld bleachers wall. Johnson bLounced a single over Hale's head to drive in the second run of the inning and moved to second when McNeely scratched a hit to Dykes. Harris tallied Walter with a one- base knock to center. The Macks off-set a Buck marker in their batting part of the second round. Simmons began the inning with a single to right center. Dykes then lofted to center field and Mec- Neely was almost under the ball for a catch, when the sun blinded him and he had to duck. The sphere rolled far back and Simmons was home and Dykes at second before Karl could get the pellet to the infield. Another trio of National runs came in the fourth, Burns, who had re- placed Baumgartner after the second inning, being the chief victim of the four-hit attack. Galloway threw out Shirley, but Johnson got his second hit of the game, a single to right center. McNeely's looping one-baser to right put Walter at second base. Manager Harris shot a single to left that scored Johnson and when Bur attempting to intercept Lamars throw-in, deflected the ball to the grandstand wall, McNeely also count- 1917, .321 in 1919, .338 in 1920, .330 in He was not far below the quality grade in l MAULING THE MACKS WASHINGTON. MoNeely. of....... . Harris, b, Riow, f.. e 1] Bl uvornurssansnl 8l socunsoset »looecooronnroo? ml wmorraomn? vl ccoooormrmwunnl E] wroom—nmnnl %l oroooruuooooub ol monumconal Totals..... s *Batted for Perking - L3 - b4 & | a—— in niat) 3 3 5o g tBatted for Herris in ninth inning. .13031000 08 01001101 04 Two-base hits—McNeely. Dykes, Bluege. Three-bese hit—Shirley, Home runs—Hauser, Btolen base—Rice. Sacrifices—S. Har. eckinpaugh. ~Double plays—Dykes and Hauser: Galloway and Hauser. Left hingten, ; Philadelphia, 5. Bases on balle—Off Bacmgartaer, 1: 1. 8track out—By Johnsen, 3: by friu—&s Burs, 4 {n 1% lining f in 5% innings; umgartn in2 nings. Losing 'pitcher—Baumgartner. Um. pires—Messrs. Connolly and Hildebrand. Time of game—1 hour and 40 minutes, 5 ff Burns, Harris, 2. off Harris, 4 single und after Perkins and Har- | riss went out without advancing him, Hale and Lamar got hits to push their teammate home. The other Mackian markers homers by Hauser and Miller. former hit the first ball the sixth over the right field wall, while Miller, with one out in the eighth, slammed the sphere into the left field bleachers. CAUGHT ON THE FLY While pitching his 10th straight win and his 20th of the year, yester- day, Johnson increased his big league career strikeout total to 3,206. Gal- loway and Harriss were his fanning victims, the latter twice waving at a third strike. were The pitched in A trio of infleld hits were made off Walter by the Macks. In the first frame Miller beat out a grounder to Peck in deep short, and in the fifth Hale got a similar safety. In the latter ining Galloway also was cred- ited with a hit on a slow roller to Harris. Shirley did some gpod work with his war club. He got two hits in four times at bat and was kept from a third only by a great throw of Gal- loway in the fourth frame. Mule drove in two runs and scored another himself. Judge is fit to return to his first- basing job. so far as the ankle that was injured last week is concerned. but he has not been so well for some while and Manager Harris intends to give him another day of rest. But Joe probably will be in harness to- morrow. Houser's homer in the sixth was u much longer hit than Miller's cir- cuit drive in the eighth. The first sacker's clout would have cleared the right-field wall by yards had it been made in Clark Griffith’s Stadium. It was his 26th homer of the vear. MeNeely liked Baumgartner's pitch- ing, getting a triple and a single off the southpaw the first two times up. In his third trip to the plate, Earl hit Burns for a single. But he could do nothing against Harriss. Peck is in a severe batting slump. In the last seven games, he has made but 3 hits in 29 times at bat. The slump at the plate has not affected his work afield, however. He made two excellent stops and throws in the series opener here. Zachary was expected to do the pitching for the Harrismen today in the second game of the series. Gray, who beat the Yankees last week, may start for the Macks. —_—— VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Norfolk, 3-1; Wilson, 24. Portsmouth, '5-0; Petersburg, 4-5. Richmond, 6; Rocky Mount, 5. PIEDMONT LEAGUE, High Polnt, 10; Danville. 9 (10 tnniogs). Dorham, 8; Winston-Salem, Greensboro, 9; Italeigh, 8. The Line at the neck ‘Individual’. That's what they say of the Van Heusen. Because it curves as your neck curves, flowin, smoothly around | without a gap or a wrinkle. You can feel 12 STYLES ed and Harris got to third. Bryan Harris then relieved Burns and Gos- lin's single off the third Mack pitcher sent the ‘Buck’s manager to the plate. Each club scored in the fifth, Ruel's dragging bunt that rolled by Harriss for a single, Peck's sacrifice and Shirley’s drive to left accounted for the Bucks' tally. Galloway opem- ed the Mack's half of the session with the Worlds Smartest COLLAR PHILLIPS.JONES 3} NEW YORK .°. wl 0000000000l ol coceccass!? | THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. 'DODGERS PRESSING GIANTS| AS VANCE WINS HIS 25TH EW YORK. Scptember 9.—Robins nested on the pennant flag | l pole and twittered irom the raiters of the Polo Grounds today | while John McGraw sat in his dugout and speculated upon the | visitation Wilbert. the round Robin ficld yesterday to the roof- who had journeyed across t the little world series Dazzy Vance, Cock bin of the) round-the-league flyers, stepped upon the mound and threw the fastest ball in captivity at the Giant army assem- | bled for a final stand beneath historic led his band upon the green t ing vells of thousands of nous bridge to see the second game of | (ivr‘ fans | i of n Brook AB, H. 8B. RBI Pct. Coogan’s Bluff: and if neither Brook- | AN 14 4 Iyn nor New York witnesses a world | 504 series next month, the 40,000 sp. 101 ov tators at vesterday's battle will Ric 565 would have been entirely deprived of its | Johnson 59 thrill | Judge . Vance won his thirteenth « Russell I tive game and his twenty son: but not b the Giants had delivered a s only after hitting by De Berry, Wheat Brown and High had driven Nehf| from the hill and quick thinkin 8harp fielding by hix mats trieved the hurling ening situations ca ness. De Berry's home on. & double play er from by his wild- with ¢riflith red by Stock run inee which caught Southw 1 and roh | Mogridge o 4 off the sacks. and an cficctive pro- | Hargrave 4 @ test by Manager Robinson which gave | Zahniser @ 2 143 making his team & run and brought the| Marberry © 2 .20 |ring Giants back to the field after Brook- | and Ruth accepted the drama of the | civie 1 | Lout LNz | 12110,60.75 . SOUTHERN ASSOC —By RIPLEY NATIONAL I Te City. 13 k, & poned (ru SRICAN ASSOCIAT 13: ) Toledo (wet grounds: A 10N 11; Birmingham, 2. APPALACHIAN LEAGUE. Knoxville TRENTON, Firpo | Thursday night i s refusal was expressed in a let- | ter addr of various and “$ | petitioned him last week to stop the ing Commissic Bristol, = —_— e | WILLS-FIRPO BOUT 0. K. i N ake no steps At fight to in Jersey C -aders Sullivan has ofiei fichters hustle while in 8— 1211101315 14 83156 —1zit X 8—11513(1270 63 87 456 1yn had been apparently retired, wer high spots for evenly divided BlG LEAGUE STATIST crowd, which found a spasm in every inning i The Robins won. 7 to 2 and today begin their final effort for the pen- | AMERICAN LEAG A nant on the home lot. only one-half Eeatastte e | game behind the Glants and with | ggg one and one-half contest lead over E‘g (§ the Pirates. who. with all other 5 8| | National League clubs, were idle 2 Yesterday e oThe Yankees. fishting grimly to re- ket e 7,“_5::;;_ e v it | New York_ D 570 | Brooklsn 2 ;‘;To‘,f";’u’;‘,,“h,’,u’ ¢ e | Detrait_ 10— 91814'111077562 .547 sburgh 13 7— two hits. Fullerton only four | 8t:_Louis 121013 — 9 9/ 9 87065.519 until the eighth, when D n singled 7 8 8/10/11/63/75.457 occasion and hit his 44th homer for the only scores of the game Washington retained its advan- tage, however, with Walter Johnson working easily behind an early lead for an 8-to-4 verdict over the Ath- letics. Hauser and Miller hit homers with none on b The St. Louis- Chicago contest was postponed by | rain. No others were scheduled, i DURANT: “Just a Real Good Car” | g (LTI T L0 v A I |m ’I VAN FAME VAN GARDE VAN _KISSEL WASHINGTON, 8; Philadelphia, 4. New York, 2: Boston, 0. St. Louis-Chicago (rain). GAMES TODAY. Washington at Phila, New York at Boston. Chicago at Detroit. 75| 6113111/ 9 9/—[58.76 . 62 65/75/75/75/76/— — YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. \ GAMES TOMORROW. ‘Washington at Phi New York at Bosto: Chicago at Detroit. Pittsb, Phils YESTERDAY'S RESULT! Brooklyn, 7: New York, GAMES TODAY. Boston at New York. 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NEW YORK, September 9.—Danny | Sullivan of Newark has been naméd | referee of the Wills-Firpo heavy- | weight bout by the New Jersey Box- at- -169 | ed at numerous championship battles | .181 [and is reputed unusually efficient in | the GAMES TOMORROW. Boston at New York. 4 H F H H 08 o 391 | 540 26 YANKS ARE CRIPPLED BY LOSS OF SCHANG NEW YORK, September 9— Advices from Boston w=tate that Wally Schang, catcher of the New York Yankeews, ix suffering from fracture of his throwing that his services peob- be lost to the club for An X-ray of the finger 4 in a game with the Athletics laxt Friday discloxed the broken digif. Schang’s lows to the club comes at @ time when it is battling to win the pennant. RENAULT DEFEATS GODFREY ON POINTS PHILADELPHIA, September o | Jack Renault of Canada won the judges’ decision over George God- frey, Philadelphia negro heavyweight, last night in a 10-round bout that was marked by much clinching. The fight was held at the Philadciphia National League base ball park Renault weighed 200 pounds and Godfrey Benny Bass knocked out Al Markie in the third round of the first pre- timinary. Jack Dempsey, heavyweight cham- pion, was given an enthusiastic re- ception as he stepped into the ring |to referee the second bout between Joe Lynch of New York and Petc Sarmiento, Philippine Islands. Sar- miento won the unanimous decision of the judges. In the semi-windup George “KO" Chaney of Baltimore knocked out nny Kramer of Philadelphia, after seconds of fighting. —— SCHWARTZ PRIMED | " FOR 0'DAY BATTLE Joe newshoy, Athlet hwartz, former Washington and Terry O'Day, Mohawk Club scrapper. who are pair- ed in the 12-round feature bout at the reopening of the Sportland Helghts boxing arena. Berwyn, Md, | tomorrow night, planned to put in the finishing licks of their training today. | Schwartz has been working with | | Goldie Ahearn at the Knights of Co- | | lumbus Gymnasium. while O'Day has | been doing his daily dozen at the Mohawk Athletic Club under the watchful eve of Patsy Donovan. Both Loxers appear to be in fine fettle for| their mill tomorrow night i Frank Dane, new manager at Sport- land, has arranged an attractive pre- liminary card. Joe Perrone, Tidal Basin lightwelght. will tackle Sammy Hogan of Washington in the six-| round semi-final. Joe Piscateli will exchange swats with Eddie Collins | of Baltimore in another six-rounder. | Kid Bolin and Joe Dillion, fly- | weighta, are to meet in one of the | | preliminary bouts, as well as Willie Ptomey of Washington and Jackie Fleshner of Camp Meade | today . PADDED FOR TITLE SERIES WITH G. A. O. MEN, CHARGE N. B. F. Officials to Consider Baltimore’s Protest. ' Baldwin’s Crew in Meantime Will Prime for Contests With Providence. the N B ARRED firom further competition in the intersection matches o tional Base Ball Federation as a result of Mount Rainier'- protest, the Eastern Rolling Mills club of Baltimore has retaliated countercharging that the Maryland nine attempted to bolster its strengti in the intercity games by draiting several of the General Accounting Office tossers. The National Base Ball Federation officials are expected to con sider Baltimore's protest in the next several days. Mount Rainier is priming for its tilt with Providence, R. I.. next S. In the meantimc aturday on the latter’s ficld in one of the sccond-round games of the N. B. B. | championships. Unless Mount Rainier takes a decided brace, as judged by its hali hearted attempt to trounce Rolling Mills, it is in for a tough job Saturday Reports have filtered through to th. playing combination. Manager Baldwin of Mount Rainier is worried considerably about his two star flingers, Bill Hoffman and Irving Batson. These two boxmen did not produce the necessary wallop to down Rolling Mills and they must reach their top form before Mount Rainier can be expected to advance at the expense of Providence. At any rate, this is the view of the fans, who have followed the Marylanders this season. Business Manager Holcer of Mount Rainier has called a meeting of the players tonight at his home. The trip to Providence will be discussed. Mount Rainier will entertain Provi- dence here on September 14 and two games will be played if necessary. Peiworth and Arlington of the In- dependent League planned to meet at 4:30 o'clock at Arlington. The Shamrocks will be the opponents of Petworth Thursday at the George- town Hollow at the same hour, while on Saturday Petworth will encounter | Dominican Lyceum at the Washing- BAD WEATHER PREVENTS GREB-TUNNEY BATTLE CLEVELAND, Ohio. September 9.— The 10-round contest between Gene Tunney, light-heavyweight champlon, and Harry Greb, world middleweight champion. which was to have been held at the Olympic arena tonight, was postponed today because of rain. The match was originally scheduled for last night, but rain forced a post- ponement. The boi* will be held either tomorrow night or Thursday. Your Old Hat Made New Again Cleaning, _Blocking and Remodeiing by . Vienna Hat Co. 409 11th Street e cffect that Providence has a niity ton Barracks at 3:30 o'clock Bradbury Heights had their batting eves peeled when they trounced the Loffler Atnletic Club in a 6-to-4 en gagement. The victors slammed 1. mafeties, with W. Roberts and Anholt accounting for three apiece. Thomson Pirates were forced 10 ax tend themselves to turn In a 5-to-o victory over the Thomson All-Stars Theis and Heeke of the winners held the All-Stars to five blows, while Sanford clouted a homer for the i rates, Columbia Engine Cempany tossers of the Alexandri Commercial Leagu: administered an 11-to-2 beating to the Potomac Yards nine yesterday Gaines of the victors, was the only player to smack a pair of wallops Potomac Yards gathered but four bingles off the slants of Lansford. Manager Jack Allem of the Colum bia Athletic Club of Alexandria seeking games with local junior nines. He can be reached at North Columbus street, Alexandria Va. Lafayette Athletic Club was to of pose the Randall Heights pluyers today at 5 o'clock on the C. Heights diamond. Mrs dine is booking games E Lafayettes at 1002 Thirteenth strec southeast. 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