Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1924, Page 24

24 SPORTS. Fa BUCKS SURE TO COP FLAG IF MOUND WORK HOLDS UP Johnson Scores 13th Straight Win and 23d of Sea- son at Expense of Chisox—Rice and Peck Are Proving Team’s Bulwarks on Attack. BY JOHN B. KELLER. HICAGO. September 23—Given a fair brand of pitching during the ‘ next week, the Nationals ought to breeze to the American League 4 championship. The club is smacking the ball solidly, and, though there have been some fearful fielding slips recently, very likely most of the poor plaving is out of the system of the Bucks. Almost everything now depends upon the hurling corps. Walter Johnson, George Mogridge, Jez Zachary and Fred Marberry must produce clever slabbing to blaze the way to the flag. ; " Johnson did a fair share of his final week's work yesterday when he subdued the White Sox batters while his mates hammered a couple of lacal boxmen and took the opener of the three-game series here, 8 to 3. Today it's probably up to Mogridge to deliver. He must show more than he did at St. Louis last Friday. Zachary. who did very well against the Browns Sunday, very likely will be asked to come back tomorrow after only two days' rest, but he ought to be capable of doing so despite a slight soreness in his flinging wing. It the National pitchers can check the White Sox sluggers, and there are several in Johnny Evers' outfit. the Nationals are apt to slam the pitch- ers h enough to sweep the series And going into Boston un- der at least two- g lead on the Yankees, with but four tilts sched- uled with the Red Sox. will mean that Washingt first big league base ball championship will be all but won. Since leaving Detroit, the Bucks have been running wild at bat. They have slammed hurlers of all kinds Tn but f the last seven games have they failed to hit into double fizures. In some engagements they have spread their wallops through the innings, while in others they have concentrated most of their attack in a round. but the punch has been | present some time “LUCKY SEVENTH” WASHINGTON. McNeely. cf Harris, 2b | Rice, rf | Goslin, 1¢.. | Judge, 10 Bluege. 3b Peck, ss Ruel, c Johnson, Totals CHICAGO. Archdeacon. Hooper, rf Collins. 2b Sheely. 1b | Falk.” 1. | Kamm, '3 Davis. ss Crouz. ¢ Cvengros. | Lyons. p hard L] wwd P ] e > ST of at 2 Peck Prominent. the Rice and Prominent Sam Rice Rice h |l consoocormo® ml| connmmmno® 8| connmnannod Xl cnowana: | onrmwuomnco® ol movmooonwe> in have heen | Peckinpaugh at a steady August string B Totals | Washington 0010 | Chicago 20001 and | Two-base hits—Collins. Ruel. Peckinpaugh of 29| (2), Bluege. Three.base hit—Cvengros. Stolen 1 the | bases—Peckinpaugh, Harris. Archdeacon. Sa. | rifico—Peckinpaugh. _Doubls play—Kamm d has | Gollins to Sheely. Left on bases—Wa | 10: Chicago. 5. |6: off Johnson, 1: off Lyons. 1 —By Johnson. 5: by Lyons. 1. Hits—Off | Cvengros, in 61.3 innines: of Lyons. 5 in |2 23 innings. Losing pitcher—Cvengros. Um- pires—Messrs. Hildebrand, Owens and Mon- arty. Time of game—2 hours and 3 minutes. CAUGHT ON THE FLY nxon was the only National who failed to contribute to the clubs 11- | hit total vesterday. but did his work on the mound. registering his thirteenth consecutive victory | twenty-third of the season whiffing five of the Sox. ra I-time strike-out total L lcsccccnaselilesatassasty 3 and 1 en cloutin clip since far back now to his credit consecutive games with hits wonder the Western rou been Peck During his last thres Tast. Roger was ° oo -lorrormora B Bl onmnmmona o 0 oo o ! s 1 hington, weeks in the Struck out 10t even hitting his weight. ax the ball players express it He would go for several days with- out a bi then perhaps break the monciony with a safety in four times up Consider his work in the 10 games in the West this trip to bat 39 times and | That is slamming for 436, In all he has to- And his hitting has while. too. He has tal- us in the 10 contests ss the plate 14 others hitting that intensive drive the making toward the pen- | has heen ked 8 h n average taled 2 heen worth lied but 6 r has driven That is the especially i of bases. he his by nis cla and, a < of tells n. are Harris tried when Rice Sheely in the to count from second seratched a single to fth, but wus outsmart- [ed bY the White Sox first | Earl knew it was uSeless to try |head off the batter at first, so held he ball until Harris turned {then whipped it to Crouse. As a re- {sult Bucky was trapped between the | far corner and the plate. who once had Nationals for the Chisox Playing Hard. tionals now realize a hard fight on their hands here. The White Sox put everything they had into the inaugural conflict of the s ries and indicated they will give bat tle aplenty in the remaining en- counters. Their work afield was fnappy enough. but their perform- ances on the hases were most vigor- o They dashed into players guard- ing the sacks as though the Chicago. and not the Washington club. was in the thick of the pennant struggle The N they have sacker. Tke Davix, with the shortstop a tr playing a good White Sox. He | made several fine stops and in the and when forced to slide did not hesi- | fourth held to McNeely's low finer tate to make the ional infielders | although falling after the catch Keep a sharp outlook for spikes. The | Iversmen apparently would like nothing more than a sweep of the re- maining engagements here The spirit of the White Sox players was in sharp contrast to the spirit of the fans in the stands yesterday. | Rooting for the Washington club was | almost continuous. and when the | Bucks' seventh inning came along the | Bpeciators arose en masse to wish the pennant-seeking athletes good for tune in their quest Sagging that opening tilt as casy as the would Johnson pitche d ball the Sox, allowing but seven He was put in trouble in the inning by Ossie Bluege's crror ever, and it was not until the soventh round that the Bucks were able to et to Mike Cvengros’ southpaw slants for a lead. Then a fluke single by Joe Judge paved the way to a rally that drove the lefthander from the hill and brought on Ted Lyons, who finished the fray Sox Score Two in Opener. Two White Sox runs were chased across the scoring pan in the first inning. With Archdeacon out of the way. Hooper singled cleanly to right. Then Collins lifted a high fly to the same territory, but Rice misjudged the ball, staggered under it and final- ly let it fall for a two-bagger that Falk did the most sensational feld- ing of the game in the eighth when ter a hard run he mad diving cateh of Rice's foul liner. Kamm and Davis tried to get the ball, but it was moving too fast for them Johnson and Ruel outgue Arch- |deacon and Cvengros when the White Sox fizured upon squeeze play 1in | the fifth. With Cvengros on third | Johnson twice pitched out to ltuel and the second time Cvengros. who from thitd expecting a had darted bunt, was an easy victim at the piate. ed was not indicate. agains blows. first | how Harris did so! nifty Iding in | the ecighth. He had to go tar to his |right to scoop up Hooper's drive and | over to his left for Collins’ smasn. After fielding the latter Bucky threw wide off first, but Judge was: right at hand with a leaping catch In the fourth frame Collings came tearing in toward the short field for a shortstop grab of Falk's liner. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Bases on balls—Off Cvengross. | to| third, | THE VI—=J. T. W. ZACHARY. ONATHAN THOMPSON WAL- TON ZACHARY of Alamance County, No'th Ca'lina, suh, is one of the few ball players in the big leagues who never had any ex- perience in the minor circuits. Born near Graham, in_Alamance County, N. C,, May 7, 1897, Zachary never saw any professional base ball when he was a youngster, and when he finally learned of the diamond sport his greatest ambition was to emulate his elder brother and be- come a star college pitcher. That Zachary did, and stepped right from the varsity field to a major league rk. B ihay iwas borndon)alfarmiznn still considers himself a man of the soil, never having resided in urban communities except during base ball campaigns. When a youth he gained fame in the central part of the Old North State through his performances with the base ball team of the Spring graded school. By choice he was a pitcher, but when necessary played any position a left-hander could fill acceptab He quieted the batsmen of opposing teams quickly and was so formidable a hitter that opposing hurlers dread- ed to see him step to the plate. In fact. Zachary early established a rep- utation as a fence buster, and for a time was recognized as the best bats- man in his own and bordering counties, From the graded school team Zach- arv went to the Saxapahaw ni Alamance and southpawed it to a county championship. Then he en- tered Guilford College, a Quaker in- stitution of learning near Greens- boro, N. (', where he soon stepped into the shoes of Ernie Shore, former leading pitcher of the varsity team, who had graduated into the ranks of the Red Sox That was in 1915 and the red- thatched Tarheel remained at Guil- ford through the Spring of 1918. He then entered a Red Cross unit being mobilized for service in France, and. having achieved his ambition of starring on a college mound, forgot about base ball for a time. But while his unit was quartered | in Philadelphia awaiting transporta- | tion abroad. our pitcher again heard | the call of the diamond. The Ath- letics were playing at Shibe Park at | the time. Zachary visited there and asked the usually sagacious Cor- nelius MeGillicuddy for a trial Connle Gave Him a Chance. | Connie never had heard of Zachary, jbut was willing to take a chance S0 with almost any one, ball players be- ing scarce at that stage of the World War, and put the southpaw slabman into a Mack uniform Pitching under the name of Wal- ton, the Tarheel participated in sev- cral games and was credited with two victories. Then came the call to IFrance and he sailed with the Red oss unit Now Zachary really had signed no contract with the Athletics, so, after the armistice, in November, 1918, | when he began to consider scriously base ball as a profession, he first wrote to Clark Griffith, then man- s, seeking a trial. had longed to see Wash- ington and “reckoned” he might get a job there, 3ut at that he was surprised when, in February, 1919, he received a cable- | gram from Griffith_ordering him to |report at the Nationals' train- ling camp the next month. Now Zach wits under Army chance to get out of France at the time, so he never bothered about a | repiy. | But he did not forget the offer, nor did he forget that Connie Mack had | looked him over. so when he at last |arrived in the United States on June | 1919, he hurriedly dispatched let- |ters to ' Griffith and Mack. Replies |came from both, Griffith’s asking for an appointment in Philadelphia on the following Fridayv. and Mack's for one day later. Zachary. of course, saw Griffith first and thereupon be- ame a National Few people in base ball | Zachary's real front names. He has been Jezebel Tecumseh to sports writers and fans ever since he came to Washington. He signed his origi- | nal_contract “J. T. Zachary,” and | Grifiith failed to acquaint himself | with the significance of the “J. T.” at the time. So Jezebel Tecumseh, the “Tarheel,” was dubbed by press- box wags, and Jezebel Tecumseh he now is, so far as base ball is con- cerned. (This is the sizth of a series of ar- ticles about the Nationals, whose sen- sational work has beem the outstanding feature of the 1924 season.) know BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS sent Hooper to third. Sheely grounded toward Bluege, who made a fine stop only to slam the ball against Hoopers leg while throwing for an out at the plate, and as a result, Collins was able to follow Hooper home. L mneT g 9jadioperg Then Walter tightened and fanned the next two batters, and was bother- &l eamuadig 55| ed but once more during the game. That was in the fifth frame. Then Davis flied to MeNecly, but Crouse walked and came home when Cven- gros rapped to center for a three. | Gieveland 9] 7 7 8 7— 8166286 41 hagger. But Mike was caught at the | Chicsgo Philadelphi 5 8/ 5 6/11/— 13, 363 plate when Archdeacon failed to do , Boston Boston .. his bit in an intended squeeze play. | Games lost Games lost .59 60|50 6767/86/93198 — — The latter singled lat but Hooper | let a third strike go by The Nationais got a lone marker in the gan the run-making to left Ruel's Texas league double to right sent Roger to third. ‘The | Wash_ at Chicago. Wash, at Chicago. pitcher fumbled Johnson's rap mo- | Ngw York st Cleve. Now York at Clove. mentarily. He recovered in time to | Boston at Detr throw out Johnson, but Pe who had remained at third until the pitcher started his tos broke for home and got there ahead, of Sheelv's heave. McNeely then lined to Davis Harris and Rice walked, filling the bases, but Goslin's best was a grounder to Collins. That Big Seventh Inning. The seventh, however, was a inning. McNeely grounded out, Harris singled to right and Ric out a grounder to Sheely. Goslin's stroll. crammed the sacks. Judge then tapped toward Cvengros, but the ball hopped just above the pitch- er's head and out of the reach of Kamm, who came rushing in for a play. So Harris counted, still leav- ing the hassocks densely populated. Bluege crashed a double to left, scor- ing Rice and Goslin and sending Cvengros from the scene. Lyons came on and Peck socked him for a double immediately, count- ing Judge and Bluege. Ruel walked and Johnson fanned; then McNeely, up for the second time in the inning, singled to left, tallying Peck. Harris ended this rally with a bounder to Kamm, forcing out Ruel at third. A run for good measure was regis- tered by the Bucks in the ninth. Bluege opened with a single and Peck sacrificed. Ruel then hit to left for a base, scoring Bluege, but Muddy died with Johnson in a double play. e i Joe Concannon, who took the meas- ure of William Moyle in a pocket billlard match, 125 to 36, last night, will meet Edward Stewart tonight at 1719 Pennsylvanla avenue WASHINGTO New York, 10 Detroit, 9; Boston, 1 | Philadelphia, 9; St. Louis, 7. | Chicago, Cleveland, 4. to Cvengros for third. Peck be- | with a single GAMES TODAY GAMES TOMORROW. | | i sie | but beat your new Fall suitswith theonly collar that can do justice to them— 'an Heusen, crisp, everresh, flexib smart. Notice the line at the neck. It conforms. l YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Brooklyn, 2; Chicago, 1 (12 nings). Pitisburxh at New York (rain). Cineinnati at Philadelphia (rain). GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. te st New York. Pitts et New York. SEtniat Bhiin. St Lowis at Bhia. Gincimmati_at Boston. _Cina in- VAN FAME orders and had no | EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., te of Griffs Depends on Pitching : ANY PROFESSIONAL BASE BALL WHEN A YOUNGSTER. BUT “THE SORREL- TOPPED ATH- \ LETE GETS BACK TO - NATURE, IN THE TAR- HEEL STATE AND FiNDS THE OLD NAG AS FULL OF PEP AS THE “TATe PATEH 1S FuLL OF WEEDS. JONATHAN THOMRSON WALTON ZACHARY NEVER HAD ANV EXPERIENCE IN THE MINORS. PIRATES NOW FACE GRAND CHANCE TO ANNEX BANNER By the Associated P EW YORK, September 23—Young Lochinvar, swinging a base ball N mallet, rides into the Polo Grounds today to seek his pennant bride. A feast has long been in preparation in the East, where the maid has spread her smiles between Brooklyn and New York. From out of the West the young warrior came to'defcat Brooklyn and its champion, Dazzy Vance. Today the Giants, warned of his strength and lacking Groh and Frisch, fight to retain their prize as the Robins seek to restore dam- aged hopes at the expense of Chicago. Pittsburgh, the hero of the last week in base bail's thrilling tale. one and one-half games behind New York, which leads Brooklyn by one point, following the 2-to-1 Robin vic- tory over the Cubs yesterday, as the Both aspirants in the American won vesterday—New York whipping the Indians, 10 to 4, and Washington beating Chicago. § to 3, but the Yan- s face the heartless task of gain- ing two games on the Griffmen with Giants and Pittsburgh were prevented [ only six to play. Washington can from playing by rain cinch the pennant by taking five of The fortunes of the three teams |its string and can tie by winning four are tied up in the pivotal at| even though New York sweeps up its the Polo Grounds. 1f cither contest- | remaining six ant sweeps up three games, the other| Brooklyn was compelled to maintain and probably Brooklyn will be elir its forced pace of the last week to de- inated. By winning two more from |feat Chicago in twelve innings. Bill ":’;uflp"' the Cubs, the Robins can go out in|Doak, winnipg his tenth straight front if the Pirates take two games | gume. and Zach Wheat, and Andy High. and can Keep pace with the Giants if | who drove in the runs, were the heroes the latter win two. of frantic Flatbush fans. But New York has two more games 5 . and_Pittsburgh four more to play, | o300 e e o O T than Brooklyn: if cither the Giants < ! 2 ting of Meusel and Pipp and a belatsd or Pirates sustain a winning streak in | ;. their final contests, the case of | discovery of the batting eye of the one Brooklyn would be hopeless, even |tMme “murderers’ row. though Robinson’s men captured their | Detroit defeated Boston. 9 to 1, but four to be played was climinated as a possible pennant The Capital City of the Nation pre- | Winner. The Athletics, preparing an- pares for its anticipated opportunity |Other bad stretch of road for the Yan- to become the capital city of base|kees' homeward ride, outbatted the St ball as the Nationals continue to [louis, 9 to 7 maintain their two-game lead over| The Cincinnati-Philadelphia contest the once kingly champions of in the National was postponed by rain. world, now hobbling home on St. Louis and Boston were not sched- leg: victim of the jungle. uled aged 66 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1924. Right Hand Box Stars for Series Plentiful Jezebel Tecumseh - Zachary Still Is a Man of the Soil BRILLIANT TALENT AMONG = )= SO0THPAWED THE SAXAPAHAW NINE, DOWN IN CNLINA, 0 A EARLY DAYS, Too. JEZEDEL. TECUMSEH . HEARD TRE QAL TO ARMS. HE DID HiS STUFF WITH THE RED CROSS.- GAMES CONTENDERS HAVE YET TO PLAY The remaining games of the tw American and three National League teams, battling in the tightest pen- are as nant races for many follows: American—Washington: years, New York: four at Philadelphia. National—Brooklyn: Two Chicago at Brooklyn and three wit Boston at Brooklyn. New York: delphia at New York Pittsburgh: burgh and two at Chicago. 1 are correct styling. Here Two more games at Chicago and four at Boston. Two at Cleveland an with Three with Pittsburgh at New York and three with Phila- Three at New York and five with Chicago—three at Pitts- new Sarnoff-Irving Hats for Fall masterpieces of high quality and SPORTS. POSSIBILITIES THIS SEASON BY FREDERICK G. LIEB, ‘Weorld Series Official Score; Chairman National League Most Valuable Player Committes, President Base Ball Writers' Association of America. O MATTER how the world series contenders line up, when Judge Landis blows the whistle on October 4 a flock of brilliant right- handed pitchers will be let loose in the great American base ball carnival, which will wind up the hectic season of 1924 Washington's sensational twirling ace is the right-handed Walter Johnson; Brooklyn has been kept in the running largely through the bril- liant work of Vance, Grimes and the veteran Doak; Huggins has his four right-handed veterans of numerous world series campaigns in Bush, Hoyt, Jones and Shawkey, while Hugh McQuillan and Virgil Barnes have done the best pitching for McGraw this month. In the event that the Giants meet either the Yankees or Washington the pitching advantage will be with the American League, particularly as far sa right-handed boxmen are concerned. But the Giants have gone into other series with this disadvantage and still have emcrged from the scramble on top. Particularly was this true two vears ago, when the Yankees' staff outclassed that of the Giants on paper far more than it does today. Should Brooklyn win the National League pennant, the pitching advan- tage would be with them. Vance and Girimes are better this year than any righthander on Huggins' staff. Johnson of the Nationals checkmate the brilliant Vance and Doak are easily superior righthanded pitchers on the ington staff. In the event that jthe National Leaguc pennant again, a lot will depend on the pitching of “Virgy" Barnes. the young brother of Jesse, who came into his own this season Young Barnes was only a second stringer in the world series of a year HUGH McQUILLAN ago, but he and Claude Jonnard P W checked the Yankee bats after more | 1922 G renowned Giant slabsters failed Hugh McQuillan won his first world | serics game in 1922, but he was tan ned pretty hard in both of the games | that he participated in in 19 1922 Yankees.... 1923 Yankees BOB SHAWKEY, YANKEES, Team G e Yanke Yanke Yankees | Tear 1914 1 1021 2 19 1 1923 1 Totals St the SAM JONE Year. Team = 1818 Red Nox ... 1 BILL RYAN, ¢ Team Giants Yankees' Records Poor. ants While of the Yankee ”:‘”'i handers are world series veterans, it | may surprise the fans to know that| | they have rather inferior records as | world series pitch Between them, | ;Eush hawkey, Hoyt and won onl 5 games and lost percentage of .3 Hoyt, who won | jgay Kees, 3 o ! two sensational games from Nehf in| 1023— Yankecs. 1 [ 1921 and then lost a 1-to-0 shutout, is the only one who has a fair record. | _Totals s : 2 Sam Jones, however, has pitched in | WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN FORMER poor world series Iu his team SERIES. goes runless whenever he pitches, 1918 he lost to Jim Vaughan and last fall to Nehf, 1 to 0, the game on Stengel's home rux Shawkey has been a mediocre world | series pitcher, and in the only game | that he has won he had to be taken| _ out because of his inability to hold| Totale an ecight-run lead. The Yanks il Watson; ¥ the series of 1921 because Shawkey | (anis pitched in twice blew substantial leads Which | stam ever has been his team hammered out for him in the carly innings. Bush, in five [series, won two games and lost five all Totals...... 3 BURLIEGH GRIMES. GIANTS Team . w 1 Dodgers 3 1 g WAITE HOYT. YANKEES Team G w T, Yankees ] 2 1 Jones have 11 for a| Pet 887 00 0 0 o CHARLES ADAMS, PIRATES Team. Pirates ED PPEFFLR ar. Team 6 Dodzers h ~Dodgers 1 In| 30 0|1 losing | ear Pet Yei 19 18 s Tte of gam: ber of th s world WHAT THEY HAVE DONE THIS SEASON. Dodgers Natio Pirstes Johnson. Nationals Frriardt. Dodgers Doak. Dodgers. ... | Pirates | . Pirates.. .. ¢ Dodgers All Eyes on Johnson. Adams. The entire base ball world terested in what Walter Johnson would do should the great Washing- ton righthander get into the serie: Much of the rooting for the Washing- ton club by the fans of the nation is due to the fact that they want to| see the famous Kansan get his first world series chance, after 18 vears of | waiting. There is no reason why Johnson | would not be as effective against a| National League champion as against | the strong teams in his own league. | In fact, both Johnson and Vance shouid be especially effective against | hitters facing them the first time, or who have faced them only occasion- r, Nationals. ally in exhibition games. In the past i few Springs Vance has stood the saTE: | Yankees on their heads in Spring ex- hibition warfare. WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN FORMER SERIES, o d 15 12 uding games up fo September 13 h (Copyright, 1924.) B TIP FOR FISHERMEN. 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