Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1924, Page 28

28 SPORTS. CONFIDENT THEY CAN KEEP PACE WITH YANKS TO END Expect to Grab Final With Tygers Today and Move to Cleveland Still in Lead—Cobb’s Strategy and Manush’s Homer Cause Sunday’s Loss. BY JOHN B. KELLER. [ROIT. September 15 —With the Yankees clinging to the Nationals’ coattails and the Tygers, hungry for a slice of world series’ coin, D : clawing viciously at anything before them, there likely will be plenty of fireworks for the fans during the last half month of the Ameri- can League championship campaign. But for the players of the tcams in the thick of the pennant fight the next two weeks will mean a terrible grind. The race now is at such a stage that neither of the first two teams dares to falter, for a slip probably wou'd mean disaster, nothing less. They must put heart and soul into every one of their 14 remaining games and battle to a finish. Yet the prospeat of such a grueling struggle does not seem to worry the Nationals greatly. \While their lead margin is slim, they are quietly confident of being able to match the Yankees, victory for victory, during the final drive. and that is all they really need to do. The Bucks may be expected to lose some more games, but so may the Yankees, and it does not seem likely the former will be beaten more often than the team irom Gotham as the season wanes That 5-t0-2 defent banded them by | the Tygers yesterday was something | of a blow to the Bucks, but they | found consolation in the similar | trouncing given the Yankees by the | White Sox. And the win did not aid | ¥eNeely, the Tyger cause to any great ex- | peoi 20 > Rice, 'rf tent. Cobb and cohorts still are | Goslin, 1f five full games behind the Bucks, |Rucl, e with but 12 more zames on their | Blurge. Sb.. schedule. The I have 14 more | gpivoc 15, to play and if they win but half of ‘erhpry. P them the Tygers will have to take ‘%.‘»';;“:; B all of their engagements to nose out | Zukniser, Harris' outfit. Really, none but the | FSEFve most ardent Tyger rooters give | Cobb’s club a chance at the penant TGO MUCH MANUSH ‘WASHINGTON. of > ® e ss 8l nevonwmmammn | cocooc0000mmi 8l cocoommonumwl Rlecisis b0y | onroruooronos ©l cocoommoscosl? Totals *Batted for Martina | _pETROIT. le the | Haney. 3b Tyiers | Mamsh, . a victory over | Cobh, ¢ ¥'s be cery helpful | Bellmann, rf. v igney, Ss. them. It would send them into |Prese” 10 Cleveland tomorrow at least a game | O'Rovrle. in front of the Yanks. and, with the | Woodall, ‘c. hedule diminishing, make much | Leonsrd. » more difiicult the path of the latter| Totals club. | Washington 10100 [ | Detroit 10040000 x5 Two-base hit—Bluege. Home run—Manush, Stolen base—Heilmann, _Sacrifice—Rigney. Double plays—Har-is to Peckinpaugh to Shir- ley. Haney to O'Reurke. to Pratt. Leit on Washington. 13: Dotroit, 9. Bases on ff Leonard. 4: off Zachary. 1: off Mar. £ Bucks were pastiming noon, and maulers would to cone with the 25 2lomsnanonsy P O o El vormonmnnl 8l conummnuod al vowowooond =l cocoooros! L Have No Fear of Indinns. Although they have been more severely in Cleveland than in any other town in the circuit this Beason. the Bucks do not contemplate | h any dread their last invasion of |y Struck ont—By Leonard, 6: by M the Forest City. That they have met| tina, %: by Zahniser, 1. Hits—Off Zachary with defeat seven times in eight gx,n 0_innings 'nov;Te t;’"thin ”Na‘ M‘"f“"n;: d X 7 5 hniser, 2 in starts. there is nothing to moan |8 a7 imims: of Estuhar 3 .In Liniss. about now, according to the players. | UmpireseMestrs, Dincen Gonnolly and Hilde: The games with the Tribe are sorely Time of game—2 hours and 5 minutes. needed, and will be “ought for despe ately. It is not likely the Nations will he routed in Cleveland thi month as they were in June and July The Bucks ought to be able -to withstand exceptionally powerful ‘gt- |2 base on bal tacks by the Indians, so hardened are | for Harris, who d Martina to the they getting here as a result of the | firing line. Joe ¥ to a pinch- gorous onslaughts of the Tygers. |batter in the eighth, and Paul Zah- Saturday's contest was keen enough | nirer was sent in to hurl against the to try the nerve of any club, and ves- | T¥gers in their last turn =t bat terday’s was worse for the Nation Griffs Start With a Ruxh. They battled gamely all the way, but} mpe Nationalsiwent intoaction with fatel scemed ‘agulnst Shem 8toevervil, Giish. G3fcNeéely ipoled:ia aingle ito L‘:":’":‘“’l“;’:]'”;':‘l::’d““‘m":‘,f"“' TYEETS | conter and took second when Cobb Coe b o : | arris dragged a_bunt by Not for some time had the Harris- | {000 (TGRSR, Tl not men Swationed fthe fball fass hacd a one-baser to the middle garde they did in the Sunday ganie here |i,))ving McNeely and sending Harri ve eenerally It NEwidizectly at SOME | {0 fenird. arymjicnrow, to) the far o= opposing vlaver or was pulled down |t0 third. ‘tys thiow to the 0 00 v a sensational bit of fielding, On|MeT EAVE Rice @ ohance 1o €6 o 20 the other hand, the Tygers, although (M - "_” e LA Blusee credited with almost as many safe- | Walked, filling Dbk g - : s though, allowed a third strike to go ties as the Nationals, rarely met the | thoush. aliowed & fhifc o PR “The Tygers came right back "to B kmunRin/ Hom etz match that tally. Haney hit the first @e Tyger. however, did connect ball pitched by chary to right for solidly at an auspicious moment and | a single and Manush hit the next to ruined the day for the Nationals then |left for one base, Cobb drew four and there. | wide throws and crowded the sta- When Heinie Manush slammed one | tions. Heilmann singled to dcep of Joe Martina’s pitches into the out- | short, scoring Haney. Martina then field bleachers and cleared niled |replaced Zachary and the rally stop- bases in the fourth frame 1t was |ped when Rigney ponped to Peck and curtains for the Washingtonians. | Pratt rolled into a double pla The Tygers had laced Martina fairly | The Nationals gave Leonard angther well in the round, but fast fielding | hammering in the third frame but by his mates had kept runs away |got only one run and left the bases from the plate and, with two gone.|filled. Harris walked, but Manush it seemed that the New Or'eansfmade a great catch of Rice's liner. oysterman would get out of trouble. | Heinie could not hold Goslin's low But his control failed for a time, K'red | liner, however, and it went for a sin- Haney drew a pass that jJammed the | gle. = Harris, though, had feared a sacks and Manush came along with|eateh and got no farther than sec- hiz Ruthian ond on the blow. At the start After Ruel popped to Leonard and Jez Bluege bounced the ball off the sc paws, were slab opponents. Loard in left center for a real triple. although threatened with disaster in | But the Tyger management, expect- the first frame, weathered the gale|ing fans to take seats in the tem- of Nationals' swats at that time and |porary bleachers on either side of the stuck to the ship all the way. despite | poard, had stretched a rope in front much rocking by the opposition. of it and the hit had to go as a But with Zachary it was another | pround-rule double, scoring Harris story. He was Sent away to a DOOF | only. Peck, feared because of his start by the argumentative "Iy Cobb, | atiing demonstration Saturday, was who objected to a bandage worn by | paciea purposely, filling all ba Zach on a finger of his pItchINE | shirley's best was a long fly to Cobb. hand. The hurier has been using a <} 3 bit of adhesive tape to protect the ymeraiDojlt In Hourthy, ; cuticle about the base of a tinger | In the fourth the Cobbmen did theit nail that comes in contact with the |dirty work. Pratt began the rourd Sphere when he pitches his knuckle | with a single to center, and Bluege ball, a preventive measure agamst |fumbled O'Rourke’s roller long enough possible infection, but Ty declared [to give the batter a life. Woodall, the tape enabled Zachary to get a |though. forced out Pratt at third, and spin on the ball that could not be|when O'Rourke was nailed at the gotten from contact with a bare!plate by a throw from Goslin, who knuckle. had fielded leconard’s single, it ap- Cobb Employs Prychology. | peared that Martina would hold the 3 5 enemy score But Haney's pass Cobb waited until Zachary went to | SHEMY SCOTelti - ot o, the slab in the first innink to Lell |, ; trikes against him, hit into the his tale of woe to Head Umpire il | Dwe, serifces agginsr B 100 Dineen and used about 10 minutes | Pt SOAR (08 5 RS T very in- of time Jn decluring he WOUld WOL | .0 y¢tcr their scoring third, but let his tham until Zachary had |! coning it b 2 Dincen at nirst | it 2ot them nothing. Their greates memoYed dthe rod | threat to do more scoring came in did not heed Cobb's kick and ordered | {1 piidojiiore scoring [cams the latter to send Haney, the ngst |the ninth tha s e e Stter, to tlisiplate sirgle. Goslin followed with a bun e ‘hen | that crossed Haney, and there were That Cobb refused to do. Then | : . 5 or it | Bucks on first and second bas But Mineen aslked thelTyger manager it Buckeloninrst andisacond bases. U e hroceed with the game, | only Rice was left at third after Rue "f T"" under protest. Cobb ‘would |Tapped into a two-ply Killing, and e e atder ¢ Then Dincen sud- |the game was over when Heilmann ran at least a score of yards to his denly called in Harris and told him |Ta t irds to hi: St thiive: Zuihe move the | right and back to pull down Bluege's he must have Zachary T g tape or the game would be forfeited | to the Tygers. There was nothing else for Harris to do but have Zach drag off the little bandage. Just why Dineen lssued such an ultimatum is not easily understood According to Harris, he did not Claim there was any base ball 1ule peing violated by Zachary's wearing the tape, nor did Cobb claim there was | a rule prohibiting its use, under the | conditions the pitcher asserted he wore it. Yet Dineen did nothing to ! Cobb, who would not allow the game ! to proceed, and held a threat of for- feiture over Harris, who had his men in the field ready to play ball. It may be that Cobb’s main purpose was to get Zacharys “goat’” and if that was so he was successful. Dusa ing the argument the southpaw lost his mental poise and his pitching beaten | and they were good for three hits and That was enough rocket. of the affair. Duten Zachary, both south- Leonard., Rigney, On . Credit “PAY AS YOU RIDE” Small Payment Down Balance Monthly T .O.ProbeyCo. 2100 Pa. Ave. N.W. ARE YOU LOSING YOUR HAIR? The present increase of baldness in Washington, D. C., is largely due to care- lessness and neglect, and persons bothered with dandruff or itching scalp are urged to immcdiatc[y begin _use_of Newbro's Hepicide. Herpicide is an antiseptic hair _saver of proven merit. On sale at all drug counters. {eraft, too. He made only seven pitches sogel THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1924. Griffs Unworried by Reverse in Deltroit : Old Leaguers Strong in Center Field VANCE MAINTAINING SENSATIONAL PACE The shadow of “Dazzy” Vance is dangling before the pennant-starring eyes of the New York Giants, blur- ring their sight to a fourth consecu- National League championship. The premier Brooklyn twirler, who still is building up an unbroken rec- ord of 14 consecutive victories, has turned in 26 winning games for the Dodgers this season out of 30 starts and is literally curving the Dodgers into an impressive position in the league standing. Vance yesterday tossed one of the most brilliant games of his meteoric career when he blanked the Cincin- nati Reds, 2 to 0, holding ' them to four hits and expiring nine via the strikeout route, at the same time is- {sulng exactly no free parades to the initial cushion. During this exhibition it is be- lieved Vance established a world record when he tossed up 11 straight strikes, turning back the entire side in the third inning on nine pitched lalls, not one of which was even | nicked for a foul, after closing the second inning by pitching two strikes. But Vance’s performance only kept Breoklyn in the running, as the Giants, with Arthur Nehf serving up the pellets, turned back the Cardi- nals, 8 to Pittsburgh, also in the race for the flag, mathematically speaking, was idle, FLAG TO WILLIAMSPORT. WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.. September 15 The New York-Pennsylvania Base Ball League's 1924 season has losed with Williamsport winner of the pennant. four and one-half games ahead of York. Scranton, Harris- burg, Binghamton, Elmira, Wilkes- barrc and Oneonta finished in that order. PENNANT NEW HAV —The 1924 Easte has closed with Waterbury nant winner for the first time in the history of the present circuit. Spring- field won second place, with Hart- ford third. and New Haven fourth. xt in line were Pitisfield, Worces- ter, Albany and Bridgeport. || CAUGHT ON THE FLY Crazkodt Keinwicz Rhein- -handed hitting out- | fielder, has been purchased from Memphis by the Bucks and is to re- port next Spring at the Tampa train- ing camp. “Mo"” pl rd with Green- | ville of the Sally League before go- ling to Memphis. He is reported to be geod sticker, but 1n need of more | polish as a gardener. MeNeely, Rice and Goslin were the slammers for the Bucks yesterday. | each contributing three hits to the | teany's total of 12. Rice now has hit | safely in 21 consecutive games. Prior to yesterday, Zachary had | faced the Tygers 14 times in five sea- sons and beaten them 12 times. | Hargrave batted for Martina in the cighth inning and gave Cobb a merry |run for a fiy to right center. Goslin made a splendid peg after | Melding Leonard’s hit to get O'Rouke, | trying to score from second in the | fourth frame. Ruel had the ball | | TO WATERBURY. eptember eague season the pen- n | Mojue |harat. a while the runner was se¢veral strides irom the plate Rice did the mont of fielding of the day when he ot Manush's foul in the minth. Sam | had to run far across the line for a { one-hand stab and fell over a tempo- g stand after getting the ball, but fortunately was not injured. That eateh of Heilmann's off Bleuge the ninth also wa a fine one. | Harry had to go far to get near the | and lunged for a single-hand | | AB. H. SB. RBL Pet. 41 14 4 5 341 525 176 14 108 335 387 106 23 72 M4 124 40 0 10 323 456 1z 320 63 o 317 ° 317 o 312 L3 o 19 13 artina oslin . Rice MeNeely Judge ohnson . Eate . Rusxell . Leihold . Ogden 3 231 46 492 455 70 253 478 61 10 1 63 §8a828c82a3 - vuaamoha | Miller Speece ... Mogridge . ... Hergrave ... E Zabnixer 28 Marberry . 54 esmco0csaun “Wor At the Sign of the Moon Open Daily until 6 P. M. 5 spectacular | BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS NATIONAL LEAGUE. | T—I18/14] 7| 8/1511/14/82[58].588 New_York I T112113/131171861651.610 -1 9/—[ 9 9[11/11(17/15/8169|.579 Brooklyn .....| 8/—13/13/10/13/17/14/86/57.601 <] TI10/—| 9/18/11[14{13(78/641.540 Pittsburgh _..(18] 7I—10/11(15/11114/81 661691 112110/1./—/10/ 910/ 8 Cincinnati .| 7110/12/—/13/11/14| 5/76/65/.539 1111 8] 7110/—111_8(11/66/77.462 Chicago ......| 7 9 6/ 9/—i16/16/12/7: Philadeliphia ..| 7/ 7/ 8/10/11'—|10] 9/63/78 .43 8t Louis 9 6] 71 8 7— 81469183 415 1B/ 6/11/11/12/—110/63/79.440 Philadelphia .| 6] b 6 5 6111|112 51/89].364 Boston . 51 6] 7101 61 510/—|48/92/.343 1 B 6/ 7(13/11] 9 9|—|60/79] 432 ~-168]59]64169/77/78/ 7979 —|—| Games lost _.55/57/56165/64/83/8992 — —I YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Detroit, 5; Wasahington, 2. Chicago, 5; New York, 2, Cleveland, 4; Philadelphia, 3. Boston, 10; St. Loulx, 0. GAMES TODAY GAMES TOMORROW. Washington_at Detroit ~ Wash. at Clev Boston at St. Louis Boston at ‘Chicago. N. Y. at Chicago. N._ Y. at 8t. Louls, Phil Detroif AS SEASON S K. O. ciation. two games, his total of strike-outs Corson had a worthy opponent in Underwood, who victimized 22 batters via the trikeout route in the pair of matches. The Crescents and the St. Martin's are to mingle in the final match, the date of which will be decided by the W. B. A. A. officials. Byng of the Crescents proved the most consistent slugger in yeste day's bargain bill. He slammed lwo‘ blow: in the first game and then clouted four safeties in as many times ut bat in the nightcap. All of the titles in the Washington Base Ball and Athletic Assoclation now have been decided, except in the | junior competition. Yesterday the | Southend Midgets tacked an 11-to-10 defeat on the Meridians in the final game of the midget series. Trailing, 11 to 4, in the ninth, the Meridians opened a drive, but they fell short of one marker to tie the issue. Scanlon’s homer with the bases full tured for the ! i mrock Athletic Club completed | schedule in the second half of the Independent League yesterday by downing the Maryland Athletic Club | In a 9-to-2 engagement. Unless the Arlington Athletic Club is successful | when it faces Petworth in a post- poned game, the Shamrocks will bag | the laurels in the second series, win- | ning the right to tackle Dominican Lyceum, victor in the first set of games, for the league champlonship. | The Shamrocks won eight games in eleven starts in the second series. Arlington is but a half game bLehind. | Effective flinging by Tommy ‘»Thnmpsun placed the Shamrocks Lll’ | the top of the heap. The winning| twirler ylelded but four safe clouts. | Arlington Athletic Club eliminated Dominican Lyceum in the second series by scoring a 4-to-3 triumph. Mickey McConnell's wildness in the | eighth was fatal to the Dominicans. | Petworth Athletic Club fell before | the Mohawks when the latter came | trom behind in the ninth inning to | win, 6 to 5. The Indians registered 18 blows, with Sweeney and McCarthy | leading the attack. Williams held Petworth to 7 safeties. . There was one other game in the Independent League. Cherrydale Ath- letic Club dropped its eleventh straight, losing to the Knickerbock- ers, 4 to 1. Ross Fisher hurled credit- |ably for the Knicks, fanning 6 bat- ters and allowing but 5 safe drives Burns and Poore each accounted for a pair of safeties for the victors. Meridians. Mount Rainier is in for a tough as- signment at Providence over the com- ing week end, judging by its showing | | against the Union Printers yesterday. The Typos won in eleven innings. 12 to 11, with Bill Hoffman and Irving| Batson on the hill for the Maryland- | ers. A free ticket to Simons followed by Lemeric's sacrifice gave the Print- ers the margin. La Lafayette Athletic Club turned in a double victory vesterday, down- ing the Duncan Athletic Club, 11 to 3, and the Southeast All-Stars, 16 to 6. | dispozed of the Tuxedo nine, Davis, on the hill for the winners in the first tilt, allowed but one clout ler What Merts Will Say Today” YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. New York, 8; St. Loul Brooklyn, 2; Cincinnatl, 0. Other teams not scheduled. GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMOREOW. Chicago at Phila. Chicago at Boston. tsburgh at Boston. Pittsburgh at Phil Rt 8t. Louis at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at N. 'SANDLOT TEAMS THRILL NEARS CLOSE ANDLOT nines are winding up their 1924 campaign, but not without a stirring finish. Yesterday's most noteworthy effort was turned in by the Crescent athletes, who walloped the . winning, 2 to 1 and 6 to 3, to deadlock the St title in the junior series of the Washington Base Ball and Athletic Asso- Zlliotts with a double Martin's for the Bones Corson, Crescent boxman, hurled in magnificent form in the numbering 28. He was combed for only 12 bingles in the 18 innings he worked. Had the Crescents dropped | one of their tilts, the St. Martin's would have grabbed the junior award. and fanned eleven of the Duncan players back. Twenty-five wallops enabled La Lafayettes to cop the nightcap. Holding the Petworth players to three hits, Frank Watt turned in a 4-to-0 victory for the Dreadnaught tossers yesterday. Alexander and Giles of the Virginians were the only players to drive two safeties. Alexandria Cardinals walked away with the unlimited title of that city yesterday when they downed the Vir- zinia Grays in a 20-to-2 engagement. Twenty-two safeties proved too much for the losers. Herzls now are in the lead in the Hebrew championship series. They slammed 12 blows yesterday to down the Rialtos, 8 to 6. Ottenberg of the Rialtos was forced to retire. In the cighth when the Herzls came from behind to win. Katz, Milwit and l"_lnharl_\' £O0t two blows apiece for the victors Steuart Garage players nosed out the Donohue Motors team vesterday in a 10-to-8 slugfest. Cooper of the visitors led both nines at bat with four blows. Combing 19 wallops off the slants | of Hill, the Benning Athletic Club 10 to 3. Usilton of Benning smacked four hits in five times at the stick. : Plerce nine had an easy time with the Bradbury Heights combination, winning, 6 to 1. Frank Corkins of Pierce struck out 15 batters. Bud_ Bellman, who toed the mound for the Mount Rainier Juniors yes- terday, fanned 16 of the Western Athletic Club batters, his team win- ning, § to 4 Casey of the victors knocked a homer. GRENNAN CAKES NINE SCORE IN FEDERATION DETROIT, September 15 ennan Cakes, amateur champions of Detroit, eliminated Crescent Fuels of Cleveland in the National Base Ball Federation by winning the final game of the series, 4 t0 0. AKRON, Ohio, September 15.—Split- ting even with the General Tires of Akron, the Grennan Cakes, Cleveland's @emi-professional champions, other leg on the triple A championship of the National Base Ball Federation. The Tires won the first game yesterday. 6 to 3, and lost the second 4 to 3, giv- ing the Grennans, which won Saturday, | two out of three. & Your Old Hat /" Made New Again Cleaning, Blocking and Remodeling by Experts. Vienna Hat Co. 409 11th Street The Largest—Most Reliable—Most Economical Tailoring ANNOUNCING | OUR 32nd ANNUAL FALL OPENING Our display of woolens is the style and quality that will win your approval. Special value giving features in our opening sale, whick offer a saving to you. 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RECORD FOR PAST WEEK IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES The past week's major, league totals of games won and lost, runs, hits, er- rors and opponent’s runs, including games of Saturday, follow Amerienn League. R. H. 36 63 30 67 29 op. 13 25 38 26 32 35 36 31 New Washington . Bostan ... Phiiadelphia Detroit .. St. Louis Chicago Cleveland 63 52 45 54 Team New York Pittsburgh Boston = P'hiladelphia .. Cincinnati St. Louis . Chicago Brooklyn op. 2 DENCIO HAS TOUGH FOE IN GOLDSTEIN Young Dencio, whose recent tri- umph over Little Jeff of Baltimore established him as one of the lead- ing flyweights in the business, is to encounter stern opposition when he tackles Frankie Goldstein in the 12- round feature bout Thursday night at the Sportland Heights Boxing Arena, Berwyn. Md Goldstein is reported to be a better mixer than Frankie Hebert, who gave Dencio two stirring battles. Having turned professional after winning the A. A U. flyweight championship, Goldstein now is tackling all of the contenders for Villa’s crown. A slam-bang fight should be forth- | comink in the eight-round semi-final. Irish Patsy Mozier, fighting member of the Shenandoah, will face Tex Stovall of ‘the Mohawk Athletic Club. Little affection is lost between thes two maulers and a real mill is ex- pected Two four-rounders are carded. Joe ’iscatelli of Fort Myer will oppose ddie Collins, the deaf mute from Baltimore. Kid Bolin of Fort Myer will mingle with Joe Dillion of the Shenandoah Valley. Honey Boy Finnegan and Goldier Ahearn wera to supply the action in the feature bout at Sportland Thurs- day. but the latter developed a case of tonsilitis and the g0 was called o WILL AID PLAYER. OAKLAND, Calif.. September 15.— In recognition of faithful service to the Oakland club by George Foster, former Boston Red Sox pitcher, the local management has designated ptember 18 as Foster day and will ive the proceeds aof the day to the pitcher. The Los Angeles club, Oak- land's opponent for that day, also will donate their 40 per cent of the gate receipts, TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPE Va., Septem- ber - 1 and Shenan- s were clear this morning. SPORTS. HAVE WORLD SERIES EDGE ON AMERICANS IN POSITION Pirates Have Star of Bunch in Max Carey, While Giants and Dodgers Also Are Rated Stronger i Than Yankees or Nationals in That Job. BY FREDERICK G. LIEB, ‘World Series Official Scorer, -. Chairman Mational League Most Valuable Player Committes, President Base Ball Writers’ Association of Americs. O matter which National League club wins the championship, the N parent major league will have a decided edge in the coming world series in that position. Especially is that true should Pittsburgh win, as the Pirates have one of their leading stars in center field in the person of Max “Scoops” Carey. Brooklyn has another fly hawk in the middle field in Eddie Brown, while the Giants have the brilliant newcomer, Lew “Hack” Wilson. 5 Neither of the American League contenders is particularly strong in center field. Washington is making its bold bid for the American League pennant with only one uncertain position, namely, center field. Harry Leibold, a weak performer in former world series, and Earl McNeely, a youngster from the Pacific Coast League, have been alternating in the position. Should the Yankees get into the series for the fourth straight time. they again will play Lawton “Whitey” Witt, the little tow-headed chap, in center field. Witt covered the same position for the Yankees in the world series of 1922 and 1923, without acquiring any great distinction. He hit only .232 for the two series, and though he is one of the best run-getters in the American League, the little fellow has scored only two runs in 11 world series contests. Max Carey, Pittsburgh's illustrious veteran, is not hitting up to his former gait this season. Usually a robust .300 hitter, Max is down to .287 this season, but outside of a little clump in hitting, there is no other sign of deterforation in the former divinity student's play. At the age of 34, Max continues to excel all of the tional League base runners, and only the great Hornsby and Ross Young, both of them considerably better hitters, top him in the scoring of runs. As a fielder, Carey ranks with Speal er and Roush, two of the great- €st centerfielders of all time. He throws well and has, the proper tem- perament for a successful world series player. Should Pittsburgh get into the world series, I believe that Carey would prove to be the out- standing Pirate star. Eddie Brown, Brooklyn's new cen- terflelder, is a stronger player than he receives credit for. Brown has added great strength to the Dodger outfield, since he was acquired in the late Spring. Eddie also swings a | mean bat in the pinch. He can cover | as much ground as Speaker or Carey without having an arm to match the | sturdy wings of these more famous <. Brown watched the first ankee series of 1921 as a McGraw bench hand, but should Brooklyn beat out the Giants and Pirates, Eddie will be in the first line National League trenches ! Early in the season “Hack” Wi son, McGraw's inexpensive recruit from the Vigirnia League, promised to be the prize roo of the year. |Brown. and for a spell he w batting it out & with Hornsby, and a vertiable rain | Witt. 58005 of extra base hits flew from his | honkees. 133 520 sturdy cudgel. But opposing pitchers | ‘Tirstes, began to detect a weakness in his | Wilkon batting armor, and Wilson's batting | Glants average melted from .375 to .290, | Thix ix . when it was last compiled. But Wil- [ % [Licb closcly scr | son is a good ball player. fast on his | yaich o to dppear |feet and an outfielder with the natural | thc right neiders. knack of knowing how to play for | balls hit over his head. Witt’s play this season has not been | up to his standard of former vears. | “Whitey" still is a good bunter, and | | next to Archdeacon, the fastest man in the American League, but he hasn’t enjoved his usual knack getting on ba He is hitting . his lowest average since 1919, and is not living up to his former reputa- tion as run-getter. He covers ground well, but his arm is compara- | tively weak, especially when com- | pared with the rifle arms of Ruth | and Meusel, the men who are playing alongside of him. Nemo” Leibold, Washington center fielder, has felt the inspiration which ' has converted the division Nationals contender. Leibold has jumped his average up to the .300 mark, and should Washington represent the American League in the world series 1 believe Harris and Griffith would give Leibold the preference over McNeely in center field, because of Nemo's greater experience. However, Leibold in the past has been a mediocre world series player. He was one of the honest White Sox in the 1919 White Sox-Cincinnati series, but despite the fact that he really tried, he hit only .036, getting only one hit in five games. McNeely appears to be a good pros- pect, and has the earmarks of a promising player. He started to hit very well when Griffith first brought him East from Sacramento, and he still is listed over .300. One never can tell about these unknowns. Youngsters of the McNeely type have won and lost world series of the past. ‘What they have done in past world _former second into a fighting WITT, Yankees. AB. R. H. SB. T i o aHeal e 0o Nationals Ave o B 2 LEIBOLD. 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