Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1924, Page 30

BUCKS OPEN WITH BROWNS TOMORROW Nationals Can Split Even Taking Final Today—Johnson Scores 12th Straight Win and BY JOHN B. KELLER. LEVELAND. September 18—Tomorrow the Naiioaals are,duc to open their final series of the against the Browns probably the American League's raging pennan So far Nationals and Browns ha won 12 times. George Sisler's ¢ than any other b in the cir that has clinched a yearly series involving the Wash'ngton representative | abor m the Thi: ] ¢ to have won but three times in_eight mpaign least two oi the games in St. Louis this trip, regardless o Yankees do against the Tygers in D main in the championship race. Of course. the Bucks may get somc he'p from the Tyzers in the form o Yankee defeats, but that cannot be depended upon. The Cobbmen. vir- tually eliminated from the pennant contention after their losses to the athletics, may not be able to put into their play against the New York the spirit they showed against the Bucks early this week. They will be striving to win, but it often is difficult for u team that knows it is almost impossible to better its posi- tion to key itself to a winn'nz pitch It is strictly up to tae Bu:ks to help themselves from now on and they very likely will have a hard t on their hands in St. Louis, even though the Browns were no: so formidable a<ainst the Yankees yesterday. Miller Hu forces proved their mettle by faking two games from the Sislerites to keep themseives on even terms at the top of the leagne with the H-rrismen. who beat the Indians. 3 to nd may be expected to make ueling pace to the fin- ish the rac The Puc ust make a brave stand in thev are to hold on advan their present f o rivals at the close of the By beaiing the *v'be National a 1924 re selves it zave them te in & row Clevel 'nd for the time this tear. In ally it made the Nationals' record for the annual series ween the elubs read: Won, 10; lost, il. So a triumph today would brinz an even break with®the tribe tor the campaizn. Twelfth in Row for Barnes. | Also i Walter Johnson ain o) to score 4 pitchin of the season 1 his twe row. It wa < third succe = in four sta the lians this season. nd the Red Sox are t he has not de- o times durms the nd no club other than < lik set am o aiorded portunity tory th in a aga nst Now the the only feated th present s the Rud So with two wins over i m g Johnson did some swarl pitching it his first appearance on the mound it Cleveland this ye:r. allowed onl seven safe six of then be.n: ned ofi im in . he first thi inningzs. His best work was done the third round. wieus the girst thre Iudians to fece him hit Y. an tilled the bases. The hurlc tightened, and held o lone tally for the fr OTrE. Burns' single, with two ihe | sixth was the best the a‘u}lll: get off Johnson after that counting inniny Opposing hander, Sher than once t thorn in the outfit And combed his no easy mark for erratic Indian fi-lding fis of their scoring sessions. Howe the Harrismen fought gamely fol their victory. They trailed the Tu- dians “uniil the sixch inving. when they deudlocked the game, thes stepped to the front in the venth and afterward fought off all oppo- sition. Indians Score Opener. i Bucks got a couple of safeties | off Smith in the opening round, only to have a double play occurrin; tween them nullify the hits. But the Indians made xood use of their pait of wallops in the initial frame. Jamieson popped tu Peck to start proceedings. then Summa scratched a hit past arris. Nulty slammed the ball against the right-center wall for two bases and Summa scored, but probably would not had Rice thrown to Harris for a relay, instead of at- tempting to heave directly to the plate. Neither side seriously threatened in the second inning. but the Bucks had a chance to start something in the third. Ruel and Johnson singled in succession. the form stopping at second on the pitcher's slam. But Muddy was slow geiting away when MeNeely bunted and was out at third base. Ne ther Harris no1 Rice cou.d he'n. The Indians made good in their part | of the third, however, and me near spilling the beans for the Nationals, s0 far as the game was concerned. Jamicson began the frame with a sharp single to left Summa’s pop bunt toward third was too short for Bluege to get to in time for a retir- ing throw and went for a single. Then McNulty laid down the ball toward the far corner and Johnson fieided it with his bare hand. Walter turned to throw to the far corngr, only to dis- cover that Bluege a so had come in for the ball and no one was covering the sack. McNulty’s bunt became a single, crowding the hassocks with no one out. - Peck Comes to Rescue. With Slugging Joe Sewell at bat, the situation was indeed acute. Joe slammed a hot one to the ‘right of Peck that” wax ticketed a hit when it left the bat, but the Natidnals' short- stop managed to check the flight uf the ball and recover it in time to toss to Bluege for a force play on Summa while Jamieson scored. It was a remarkable piece’of fie'd'ng and perhaps waved the day foo the Harrismen. That relieved the situation consid- erably and Johnson relieved it more by fanning Walters. Then Bluege took Burns' grounder and touched third, automatically retiring McNulty, and the Indians were through for the afternoon. The Bucks did nothing in the fourth and fifth innings, but got a few breaks in the sixth to even the count. McNeely rolled to Ellerbe and proved an easy out. Harris had a two-and- two count against him when Smith became wild and made two pitches high and outside, walking the Bucks’ manager. Rice rapped to Burns and the _latter, attempting a force play on Harris, threw wildly past Sewell. The ball went so far in the outfield that Bucky probably would- have made third base had he not stumbled while rounding the middle station. As it was he had to scramble back to that bag. Smith's _control became wobbly again and he walked Goslin, although Speaker came from the bench and protested that Umpire Rowland had misaed & couple of strikes on Goose, according’ to Catcher Walters. With the bases filled, Judge slapped .the ,ball toward Smith. The pitoher got | | | | | | | safe the left- who more been wits | | | alihoush them yesterday, a ed”in boti The time the Bucks are to play | Cle- elead to be credited | 3-GAME SET on Season With Tribe by His 22d of Year. | . Louis, and what they do ! year in will determine Washington's fate in t fight. ve clashed 19 times and the Browns outfit has trounced the Harrismen cuit this season. and is the .only one three games on a fie'd where they starts. It seems they mwust win at what the etroit, to make. certain *hey will re- PARMEY IS STILL AT IT ‘WASHINGTON. P o l ocool? 2| > -] TP -1 @l mwoonomon® Tetals CLEVELAND. Jamieson, it = 5 Swosrord Bl minesunved M3l ennse Ell°rbe, Smith, p. b | wesomemmmmes wloccccceernt ul orooconmo | von %l csancoscco® ol mrwe. Totals Washington . 02 02| ow «l coomoconn=® P 00 00 ne tn Bises on balls—O0T Smith 2 off Jol irick out—By Emi‘h 2: by Joknson, 6. riteh. th. Umpi r:—M ss:s. Rowlan] 70lly and Lvaas. 7 minut s < wild C . of game—1 horr a.d | in front of the xphere, Lut it hound *d off his glove for a scrateh sing scoring Har nd leivinz the sac mmed. Blue lifted a fy Jamieson in short feft. but Rice 1 scoring chamce after *he cateh 2 made good when the Tribe the ball to double Goslin took nd | out- | second in off that | iclder hurled ‘nefiort to ally by | 1cks got nd went of the | Walters with Peck ended that counting 2 out Judze. but the wEnin in the seventh Ruel began the maki with a single to left o trap Muddy off firet Purns was »oat the awiich and the ball rolled 1o d-ep ht. permitiing the runner to reach | d brce Ruel held the hot corner ¢ Ellerbe toxsed out Johnson. bt | 2 home when. M) t0 center 1un id hrow. \AKE WALTER'S BIRTHDAY HILIDAY HERE l presentative M-e © litorn her of ¢ isnm L. Walter Jok baxe ball b nial., to zive Washington's | ero, o fitting testimo- Permit me in | and ~ery iter | textin | E the xesvex ol we Waxhington wirs the world's xe- ries—and we will intro- dnee a re Eress to leral to con‘ribute honored ax a conxtant remiader to the youth of the country to play the game xquare.” CAUGKT ON THE FLY Marberey and Uhie were expected | to be the opposing pitchers today in the Bucks! last game of the year with the Indians. | Twenty-four games in a row with hits for Rice now, and as far as can be ascertained that is a season record tor batting in the American League. Sam got his blow, a single to left, in the first inning. Gonlin made a miost remarkable catch in the ninth inning when Wal- ters lifted a 1ow fly into left near the | foul line. Goose, in-left-center when the ball left the bat, had to race many yards toward the sphere and barely made a shoetop grab with out- stretched gloved hand while under Ewll speed. Z Ellerbe, former National, played a nappy game at third base for the Indians, He accepted six of seven <hances, and the error charged against him could-easily have been acceunt- ed a hit for Ruel Smith's first pitch to Judge in the second inning injured a finger on Luke Sewell's right hand and forced | the catcher's - retirement. Walters, | who went behind the bat for the re-| mainder of the game, Jow is the only sound receiver on the Tribes' list. Speaker hnd 40 Indians on the field | during pre-game practice. The big| chief has had all his recruits re- | port that he might look them over this Fall ~ Johnwon fanned six batters to raise | 1s big-league career strikeout total | to 3,215. Fifteen batters faced the | big pitcher in the first three innings, but he pitched to only nineteen in the last six frames. Before the game Coach Altrock and Umpire Evans engaged in a furlong dash. Billy gavé Nick a 20-yard handicap, but the latter limped to! the finish at least 30 yards behind the arbiter, and Evans did not seem | to be hurrying at that. HOW GRIFFS ARE HITTING 4B, 41 e I | H. 8B, RBI. Pct. 14 4 5 an .147 538 178 14 110 144 600 200 23 73 L1389 409 14D 12 74 .19 41 13 [3 67 21 10 16 5 ° a2 1 6 Mrrtinay . Goxlin ..~ . Rice .. Judge . Tate - Jutanon .. Russell 33 318 e { ial | sk | managers will | the | Meadows, j win.the first Yankee victor: 1—CLARK CALVIN GRIFFITH. ESSE JAMES aud his hard-rid- ing desperados started Clark Calvin Griffith toward his pres- ent iob as president of the Wash- gton club of the American Leagune. Griffith ws born at ¢ Stringtown, near Nevada. Mo., on November 20, 1869, and might have been living on the o'd farm naw but for the wild deeds of the James gang. The outlaws so terrorized peace- loving Missou that the Griffith Normal, TIL, when old, and gave the tittle first chance to see some He o water, fellow his base. ball. took to the game as & duck doex and soon had young teams rmal bidding for his serv- s writfith thought so much of basc tall that when springtime came ound, he could not rtrate upon his studies. But 1 Ways was se lever with his school work during hers, perceiving his dily excuse him from migat rush to the ctwn lot for a few innings. Mith was both catcher and pitch- fon the sandlo but when hé A professional ‘ranks, at the W 17 years, hewdecided to stick he mound joh. “His first contract wis with the on, 1L, club »f the old Interstate League, and he Yid %0 well with that outfit that the 1888, found him with Mil- the' Western Asseciation. yours pitchers, Griff wax when he went to the Brewers by pitching for hours at a time hief nailed on the et he p hix « boxma pntrol— e seasons (here e earnec reputat hurler, anc the St. Louis Iskey in 1891 nt to Bos sciation anc the pennant tion and Na- had been controversy was de nd in thry Erest € club w The Amer i d in bitte ¢ but a truce ter of 18 and later the | uits consolidited Many player: their § and Griffith was one them - had to it with the rth rn P'ac enit wen to pl mideeason ilith moved on to Missoul the remainder of t started the next Cakland team of the ' Th club was too zood for the others in the clrcuit, thouszh, and ~inched the penn ‘early that July in fornd Gritfith ont of work H. called to the in 3 u term, how, and Slave it throuzh eight cam- v thit time Griffith had be- most inportant figure in big hal'—-o important that «d upon him = 1 of th 1 3 r standard ast his 15 Comisk tional League’s mana~em-nt His outfit won ar and finished n then Ameriean nd ther i tost or [ thor iob. get- 'hof the cue. That with the California J h Charl 7e the N m:a th elvh. that nest 911 he wa rue a: manas, neinnati club, but he came the younger cireuit in 191 Washington manas and vears later became part owner yresident of the Nationals. It took him just 43 years to ciim? from Springtown to the National Cap Now nothing but a g>f m. £an drag him frem a Fall came (This is the fist of a scrics o] tches about the Nationa's, whose sensctional work has been the outstand- ing featwre of the 19§ scason.) 1909 until e National o < few and AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. napois. 64: Keasws .ty 1 i Kiess ) abux, t. Panl Mimcapolis. 3: Tl 0% Milwa; Ind NATIONAL LEAGUE TITLE MAY BE DECIDED TODAY EW YORK. playing double-hcaders, the N; IV or lost today By w would increase their lead over the former to three and one-half contests | and over the latter to four and one-hali—an apparently safe margin, with an average of 10 games left for*cach club to play. But, by losing two, while their| rivals won a brace, New York would | €all a half game behind Brooklyn into | second v only a half conlest 2head of the Pirates and into a battle royal which might ®o cn into the closing minutes of the season Either Pittsburgh cr Brooklyn would virtually fall out of the race by losing two if the others won twice. In the megantime, Washington and 'w York af® panting in a sustained wrestling match which the team with the last ounce of strength seems destined to win. The Yankees, by wjinning twice from the Browns yes- | terday while Washington beat Cleves land once, again tied for first place. In the emergency the harassed,| shoot their heaviest | guns. The strugzgles at the Polo | Grounds will find McGraw's brace of southpaws—the veteran Nehf and the youthful Bentley—opposed to Rixey and Luque of the Reds. At Brooklyn, Manager Robinson vill send the eminent Dazzy Vance i quest of his® fifteenth _straight vietory, Bill Doak will be tfie second Robin hurler to chirp belligerently at Cardinals. Yde, the sensutional southpaw recruit, and probably will walk to the hill for McKechnie as the -Pittsburgh hopes against the Phillles. § The double-headers in the National were made necessary by the post- ponement of all games yesterday by rain. Waite Hoyt weathered a storm to at St. Louls. He was touched for 12 hits, but his mates converted their nine off Urban Shocker into a 7-to-3 tri- umph. In the second the world cham- pions slugged five Brown hurlers, fof AUTO WORKS 441451 Eye St. N.W. Phone Franklin 6805 General Automobile Repairing. Fender and Body Repairing. Chassis Straightening and - Welding. " A-ml Spring ooncccccxanipoancse eptember 18.—W ning twice while Brooklyn and Pittsburgh lpst two, the Giants | Slacksmithing Work. Upholstering and Trimming. . 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Wachirgton at St. L. Phila, at Detroit. Phila._at Chicago. New York at St. L. N Bostonat C icag ith the Giants, Robins and Pirates ational League pennant may be won 15 hits and an 8-{o-7 decision. Herb Pennock*saved the game after Joe Bush was driven from the box in the seventh. : Detroit fell six games beRind the two leaders, when the Athletics drove Holloway from the box in a ninth- ing rally whiclr carned four runs and a 9-to-8 victory. Ty Cobb, by making three hits, needs only three more to break his joint major league record with Willie Keeler of 200 or more hits in eight seasons. The White Sox traded last place to Boston by launching a heavy assault upon Ferguson, which gave them a| 3-to-2 game over the Red Sox. Rob- | ertson was well supported N N Your Old Ha ~® Made New Again Blocking _and by rts. Vienna Hat Co. 409 11th Street On Credit “PAY AS YOURIDE” i, Small Payment Down Balance Monthly - T.0.ProbeyCo. ‘2100 Pa. Ave. N.W. 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Chicago at New York. Pittsburgh at_Bklyn, t Boston. Phil post- season series with Fort Worth, winner he e | Thomas Watkins, president, and John Memphis club, - conducted Is of the Cin- sale of Bob- die he ith He GIANT HAS PROVED A REAL STAR IN THREE BIG SERIES Harris Rated Well Up Among Other Possibilities, | Aaron Ward of Yankees, Andy High of Dodgers and Rabbit Maranville of Pittsburg Pirates. BY FREDERICK G. LIEB. ‘World Series Official Scorer, Chairman National League Most Valuable Play-~ Committes, President Base Ball Writers’ Association of .merica. RANKIE FRISCH, captain and all-around star of the present Na- tional League champions, overshadows all of the other second base- men who are likely to appear in the coming world series. Frisch is one of the greatest stars in the big league firmament, a tried and true world series warrior, and should the Giznts again represent the National League in the great Fall base ball elassic, the famous “Fordham Flash” again should prove McGraw's most valuable assct. . Marvelous player that Eddie Collins has been in past world series Frisch has been greater. In his three world series with the Giants he has clubbed out a batting average of .375 and performed almost impossible feats in the field. . Even in the series of 1923. which was lost by the Giants, four games to two, Frisch’s play was one of the outstanding features. A top-notch player in the course of a National Leaguc season, the world serics excite- ment seems to inspire Frisch to still greater efforts. Some of his fieldiny plays last October were scarcely human, and up to the fifth game Fris({ held the Yankees off by his own herculean efforts. During the season nearing comple- and third base tion Rrisch's play has been just a lit- | Andy has proved tle below his form of the two preced- | second b: his ing years. Despite six hits in a recent | and he has been pla: :ar:e with Boston, his batting average | brilliant stybe. s below that of the past few years, | # while he also has slumped somewhat| Y"raville a Top Notcher. in base running. But Frisch can slump | , Should Pittsburgh win over the tw off a lot more and still be one of the'r¢ater New York teams, the Pirate, marvels of the game. 5 u’l:’) wxlru!d prts;n[ an exceedingly = 5 3 interesting second basema attr Ward Goel Series Player.’ | IS Soon baseman In Wat o Aaron Ward, Yankee second baseman. | played shortstop for the 1914 Bra®y: has not nlaved as brilliantly as Frisch | when they registered their base ball in the three Yankee-Giant series, but | miracle by defeating the hitherto in- he has been a steady, consistent world | vincible Athletics in four strai series performer. In fact, Ward's{games. Maranville was one of the world series play has been consider- | Eoston stars in that sensational Na- ably better than his average p'ay in |tional League victory. the American League. He had only | The Rabbit now ix 10 years older. one poor series at bat, and that was!and .has transferred his activities 2 of the Yankees did|from shortstop to second base. He wretchedly. Even in that series Ward [still is a topnotcher, and despite & clipped out two home runs. Last Oc-|rather checkered career has lost none tober Aagon hit way above his head.|of his uncanny skill as a fielder. and b¥ hittinz 417 pulled his average | Never a greater hitter, he is a dan- for the three series up to .285. | gerous man in thg pinch, a hard man Ward'’s play this season has not been | to pitch to and a difficult chap to ly imprespive. He was out | keep off the bases or a month in midseason | ed ligament in his lez, | WHAT THEY HAVE D0 and, thouzh he is a clever fielder, he ¥s | SERIES. hitting only .251, and is the weakest- | FRANK FRISCH (GIAN hitting regular on the Yankee roil. AB R 0 3 in former seasons, this year tha rrect position, ng the bag i PREVIOUS Harrin In Aggressive. ‘ashington succeed in beat- ing out the New York American: | “Bucky” Harris, second baseman and | manager of. the Griffs, will be more in | the public eve than any other Wash- | inzton player. Harris is a picturesque | chap. and a hard, aggressive player. | While he does not rank with Frisch as {a hitter, he is little behind the Giant | | captain as a fielder and base-runner. ‘There is no stronger double-play com- bination in base ball today than the | Washington second-base pair, Roger | woriq Peckinpaugh and Stanley Harris. | e Brooklyn has a talented little per-| HOW THLY HAv former at second base in Andy High, a | Ands High | young nlayer, who has just found him- | waiter Maranville ~eason. A bench hand for several years, Andy started the present ason as utility man, while the me .Should 18 WALTER MARANVILLE (PIRATES) 413 1 4 Harr's of Washington and Andy Brookisn never Lave appeared in & Fies. 1914 308 DONE THIS YEAR Harris, |'diocre Klugman dubbed. around seconc base. High got His chance at second, and | today it would take a Frisch to re- move him. He is hitting the bail for .323, and only Fournier and Wheat on the Dodgers are out-slugging him. | For a little fellow, High meets the ball very hard. Tried around short By selling such a yast number of White Owls, we can afford to take only a fraction of a cent profit on each cigar and put the rest into giving the most remarkable VALUE offered today.