Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1924, Page 28

.SPORTS. THE EVEN NG _STAR, WASHINGTON, D. « Y, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1924. SPORTS. Bucks Are Busy Acquiring Polish on Field : Series May Go Limit of Seven Games DAILY DRILLS BEING HELD TO PERFECT TEAM WORK Reserves as Well as Regulars Are Practicing Diligent- ly at Park to Be Rea dy for Championship Games Starting Saturday. . BY JOHN ORE M pep and pur Americ Grifith Stadium new n League champions s iriving during the final month of th fatiguing train trip from Boston were quite ready for strenuous battin the prepared to limber up that all may | r Stanley Harris intend Manage atternoon and tomorrow. Coniere by confidence in the fie'ding ability of particularly cerned looked in that department of the gam ¢ the Nationals” attack. and will concen tting power i sacritice in the pre-series practi ris i 1 wdvocate of they he sacrifice in- volved i ttack kr the s verag - from first to second base or from | to the pilot chamnions. skill is re- sroper ccond to th the Amer but considerabl wuired o in an effovt f third rs ¥ rou Le e a4 ru fortu- ra club Bunt o not nu vt usualiy ser dire U in majors who d par addition them a very 1ble s will by short-t amed art in k coming e Often. number League their vie The Bu of runs duri pioyment h nanager nd so are Joe 1dy tensive that pra in em neies in th All of the ough workou Some of t not done quite a wh to warr group deavors the day zet thor- satting drills slabmen have rable work for are accustomed Of the latter r Johnson, who en- to 4 strenuous workout hefore he slated to piteh game and takes a coolinz-off drill the day following his zame Johnson is expected to toe the slab asainst the Giants in the first strug- | gle of the series and very likely will limber up to some extent this after- | noon. but tomorriw he will prime himself thoroughly for the initial fort gainst the National Leaguers 1 Walter hes Saturday, will not be his first appearance st the | nts this year. He opposed the sw York club when it had many of present regulars in the line-up. £ same at Tampa for S Walter yielded four hits and a taily in that term. the ma- | jority of the blows oceurring in his last inning on the mound. i - ‘, The Harrismen also will be well tu- | tored in base running. There is little | likelihood of the Giants executing the | -alled “surprise” play they worked | against the Yankees last year. That| play consisted of cutting off returns | from the outfield of lons singles and | throwing to second to snare batters 1rying to stretch their safeties, in-| stead of attempting the generally im- | possible feat of heading off the runner | sent homeward by the wallop. There should be no element of sur- prise in such @ play, for all good clubs _have used it for some . The Bucks empioyed it throughout the American League campaign and it helped them a great deal, too. And| during that time pite Nation con Other: Wal its in a Spring traiui four innings Well tored on Paths. Buck base runners | were instructed to watch rival clubs | attempting the play. There were ft:wl instances in which a Buck was trap- ped on the paths after hitting a mate home Harris, at second. and Peckinpaugh, at short, usually have cut off throws | from outfielders who have scooped up hits when such a play was planned. They employed the play successfully | against the Yankees probably more than against any other rival the league this yvear. The Yank Hee: tively have not been noted as grea base runners. hey have depended on the slugging prow more than anything else to get men around the paths. But Manager Harris contends that a club depending more on its speed than its hitting, as does the Washington club, ought not to be caught off its guard often by such a play as the Glants used so effectively n ngthy batting and fielding drills. th the defense, although nothing w | his base ball. B. KELLER. till felt the strain of their intensive e championship campaign, topped by . but that was goae today. The men 1g and fielding dril's, and the pitchers Je fit for the main battle of the year. Is to k his charges briskly this ouse wil! be followed s. The boss of the Bucks has great his team, and, consequently, is not 1 be over- 1. But he hopes to make more sharp itrate upon the development of more R the Associated Press N EW YORK, October tor Until recent ve sharpshoot may be the ¢ factor ng was the adv home-ru the orps | Ruthiar hal Whatever me the N 1 rival twirling 1 « of s a ants, however, interest will center in the achievements of ably 1ne 1 Johneor Iplayer who rivals in popular mer Giant marvel son. Johnson is a public idol not ¢ because of his brilliant playing re over an 1S-year bt f his st aualities prob- only time Christy spat be- rling sportsman Outsid w partisans, fans throughou try will root for him in ur the rival struggle honors will be 1ot the question of what nsor npon reaching t ¢ the d of t for Giant o e coun- ven tal tonse Jol will goul of his great care iz days. nst New could not but if he of the N Giants wiil break dowr Johnson's major seasons stu ous achievements. wide ma the record. With the on he hs and is pract re ' York nd able ion find his prime ted ar feat His arm rrormed in 1903 <uc = st s a strain to bear the brunt mound work the a ditficult barrier to s gue record ov ded with marvel- He holds by a world's strigeout completion of this -d 3.200 mark, ally 1,000 ahead of his | nearest rival, Mathewson. He led the American league marksmen in this respect this year for the twelfth | time. Old-time base ball players s that when Johnson was in hi his “smoke ball” was virtuall hittable. Kansas ('ve only 18 prime un- lone” has won 13 less than Mathewson. With a tail-end club most of the time Johnson's winning record is all the more remarkable. In 1913, his great- st vear. he worked in 51 games, wir ng 36 and losing 7. putting his club almost single-handed into place, the highest position held until this He won 16 ‘onsecutive games in 1912, an Amer. cin League record which he shared with Joe Wood. He also is the shutout king of all me by a wide margin, having second it ever season ti WARREN OGDEN. ARREN HARVEY OGDEN took to pitching because his big brother Johu was \W starring as a hurler with the Balti- more Orioles, but it was not from Credit for that goes to Frank Baker, slugging member of the $100,000 infield that won pen- | nants for Philadelphia in days when the Athietics’ star was in the as- | cendenc Warren, during vacations in his college days. plaved with the Uplands. team that Baker managed and Trappe farmer taught the yvounger Ogden many of the fine »oints of the diamond sport. What- -ver success Warren has achieved at the game, he attributes to the earnest tutoring of Baker. ‘Warren was born in Ogden, Dela- ware County, Pa., January 1901. making him one of the of the big leagues. He mever d ball playing 2s a youngster, but against th American League title winner last year. Rexerves Are Drilling, Too. Fielding drills will bring out every member of the sauad eligible to play in the series. Manager Harris nat- urally wants his reserves as well versed in defensive strategy as the regulars. Three squads will practice, the regular infield combination to be followed by the reserve quartet, then mingled groups of regulars and re- gerves will be drilled, that, no mat- ter what combination may have to be used, there will be smoothness and precision in pla Something new in batting practice here was to be attempted by the Bucks this afternoon. That the bat- ters may accustom their eyes to a moving target backed by a dense mass of humanity, the temporary ctands in center ficld today will be filled with school children during batting drill It is much easier for a club-swinger to discern a pitched ball backed by the usual green coloring of ball parks, but the mottled hue of stands directly in his vision often makes a good sight difficult. Two days of practice with the outfield stands fill- ed, however, are expected te help the Bucks greatly. There will be morning and after- mnoon drills at the stadium tomorrow. The Giants, due to arrive here to- night, will practice at the Georgia avenue park. They may go through a morning session only, but it is pos- sible they will split their workout, that both batters and fielders may become used to the light that will prevail during the world series games here, The Bucks also may go through twe sessions. [ got into it when in high school at Chester, and where he z played foot ball and basket ball He be- gan his diamond career as an out- | fielder and performed such with | Chester High in 1915 and 1916, The /next year he moved to third base |and in 1915 shifted to the pitching slab. In the Summer of 1918, following his graduation from high school, he joined the nine of the Sun Ship- building Co. at Chester. That was_during the many stellar ballplavers were to be found in the shipyards and the 17-year-old Ogden pitched for a club that had some big leaguers in_its line-up. “He entered Swarthmore College in the Fall and while there took a_prominent part in athletics. He pitched far the team four seasons, played end on the varsity eleven through three campaigns and was a guard on the basket ball quint two Winters. Graduating in 1922 with the de- gree of bachelor of arts in chemistry, he decided to capitalize his base ball ability for a time and signed with the Athletics. He remained with that club until the early part of this season when he was pur- chased by the Nationals. Why Ogden now is familiarly called Curly puzzles base ball fans, for the National pitcher’s hirsute adornment is as unruffied as that of Rudolph Valentino—but it was not always so. When a youngster Warren sported beautiful dark tresses that fell luxuriously about his shoulders fo how could his little schoolmate: telp: dubbing him “Curly” though shorn of his tresses {280 he never lost the moniker, run | his big brother that Warren learned | time he gamely fought his w \ expected in the workout of the Natioaals this afternoon in Clark | In their first practice for the world series the corps. World War when | { 1 | ch than were revealed in yesterday’s drill were | With Walter | strat | Physic PITCHERS TO “FOOL” GIANTS WILL BE PICKED FROM AMONG THIS ARRAY OF MOUNDSMEN - ALL EXCEPT GIANTS FANS - ARE ROOTING FOR WALTER | shnson, veter ace the outstandi 1924 world seri sually the most potent factor of the live as 10 the v ball and the Babe h 1913 Secutive Only son's record o the m ional Wi of service spent all Washins up to 107 was not scored on in Ir “ has topped John- in ar of 18 Mathew mal Johu Kan., and f two da ag Stanley wtwenty-eighth stands 6 feo ELBERFELD GETS JOB. MOBILE, Ala October Noi Mobile As sociation ba t He was forme W the and Chattanooga clubs GIANTS WILL START FOR CAPITAL TODAY NEW ¥ ized demonstration t Little Rock <. October Ne w planned o speed the Giants onto shin ton when McGraw an< his team companied by ents and leave on n of ress | to the Timi the at pm. toda National League in With the rumbl. their cars. the Giants emotions for ent of the Capital ¢ Sing prison yesterday played inside the waulls with the tual Welfare of the prison. The convicts enjoyed a gala occasion and rooted fiercely for their team But the MeGraw N Washington tuned up their the fren op e of Mu Giants won, considered it n a o 1. and omen ALLEN RUSSELL. HAT Allen Russell league base ball today is due courage as to his pitching abiii I ailments twice tireatened to blast his diamond career, but each . v back to playing form when physicians of- fered little hope of recovery. In 1917, while Russell was with the Yankees| his pitching arm lost its trength and he could not throw a ball ten vards. The limb was badl kinked also, and all but Russell be lieved his/pitching days over. his courage, added to the treatment of a masseur. revitalized the wing More serious was the ailment that took him out of the game in 19 The blood clot on the brain. supposed- 1y the result of being hit by a pitch- €d ball several years before, caused paralysis of his right sid fought the Russell minedly and returned to the St s in b as much t moral deter- iamond | after a lay-off of five wee Russell is a and and throug! Baltimore July 3 ed that city his home since. He is of a base ball family, for his older broth- ers, Lefty and Frank, starred in leagues before he tried the game Allen was 17 vears old before he did much playing. Then he pitched for the Twenty-fifth Street Christian Church in the Baltimore Sunday hool League and won twelve games in a row. He was a spitball pitcher then and never has tried any other style of hurling. The next year he wa timore Yanigan Marylander through He was born s with the Bal- a semi-prof club, and after the Baltimore League team finished its season pitched a game against them. All he did was shut out the Orioles with one hit, and that not made until two men had been retired in the ninth. There and then Le was signed by Jack Dunn, chief owner and manager of the Baltimore outfit, Russell went to the Southern train- ing camp with the Orioles in 191 was farmed to York of the Tri- League. He was shifted around con- siderably in the circuit that year, per- forming with Trenton, Allentown and Reading before the campaign ended. In 1913, he pitched for Wilmington and had much to do with that team winning the pennant. . Baltimore got him again after the Tri-State season was through and he pitched a dozen games for the Orioles, winning seven, while two were ties. That gave him a record for the year of 30 victories and 10 defeats, He remained with the Orioles un- and | Boston had him through 1922. ars | Winter of 1922-23 he came to the Na- til September 1, 1915, when the Yan- kees procured him. From New York he went to the Red Sox August 1, 919, when the Yanks got Carl Mays. In the tionals in a trade, But | in | 1893, and has call- | &) Jdack Bentl | SACRAMENTQ MEN RIVALS IN BIG DIAMOND ST Two world outfielder tlonals, an Ginnt pastur hoxt State produet “friendship ceases™ when dent Coolidge formally baxe ball classic b OCennetl came from Sacramed Pousht by the New M5, Yt has with them. was por- chaved by the tionals in Auzust for $50.060 and has been a big fac- to their suecess. DEMFSEY IN VAUDEVILLE NEW YORK . Ve b owill reni- opens the re Saturdas. Giants Iast car. York Club fo played much reuit October L period beginni PAUL ZAHNISER. ACCITY, cat deal upon Zahniser market on Sunday | these days. eral back, the Zahniser market in Spring and Summer were not so cer Then voung Paul Vernon Zahniser drove the delivery wagon—whenever there was no h: | Paul, born in Saceity, 1897, worked in his father's market s soon as he was able to step around and w faithful servitor until he bec of base ball age. That must have been about 1903 for Paul played on his graded school nine the first vear he set about getting an educa- tion. At that ereafter. Saturdays for their th But for a period of sev ending about turday food deliverie meals, and v them vears a decade from i time and for soms he was not so particular the position he held with a It was nothing unusual for 1 to pitch part of a game, take an infield turn for n inning or two, run about the outfield and finish the n- | test behind the bat He was ver- | satile ball player. Finally he became captain of th accity High School nine in additic to being its premier pitcher. He de veloped such @ strong club that Saccity won the school base bal championship of Sac County in 1917 The team did not do so well in 1918, |although Paul was pitching a fa brand of ball that season, | getting a diploma from the high school he joined the Columbus Club (of the American Association. The | next Spring he was sent to Toledo, but finished the campaign with | Bloomington, of the Three 1 League, |and was with Bloomington again in 1920, During h two years with | ene | about | team. a | Bloomington, that team won the Three |1 pennant. The year of 1921 found Paul with a much better job down the Mississippi. He hooked up with Memphis of the Southern Association and pitched strongly for the Chicks. It was from Memphis the ationals got Paul in May of last year. BURKE DEFEATS RISKO. CLEVELAND, Ohio, October Martin Burke, New Orleans heavy- weight, won the newspaper decision over John Riskol, Cleveland, in a 10- round bout last night. Burke won eight rounds. FARREN WHIPS WILDER. WILMINGTON, Calif., October Frankie Farren, Los Angeles light- weight, won the decision over Freddie Wilder of Cleveland, Ohio, in the main cvent of a boxing card here last night. | i | | | Claud years and after | Jonnard. John W atson, TO DANCE TONIGHT FOR JOHNSON FUND 1 Wa and Al hand toric Sehacht as well the mous ticket is w said asurer monial pti a ex- of the fund, is from nearby | ving out-of-town Virgin subser N fa Mary land in towns. ia and t when some ton slugger knocks the sphere | into the next county, Byron Frank- lin Speece learned the rudiments of the diamond sport sp Janua s born in Westbaden, Ind., was a Hoosier nearl cadying at ear his home was so profit tin base ball the State he took to nd allows that plenty of running courses able he Put where the o “those 1 in those But it seems that Speece soon had the “hoosex™ enjoving restful after- noons while he performed the mound. He quickly developec underhand delivery that had th ters playing agal guessing most Along cam many, left the ve no to after the he jumped tall corn grows as a pitcher had st the Vinton Club | f the way. | the big fuss with Ger- Austria, cte nd peece | farm and diamond for more serious business. He went into the | 40th Infantry and moved with it to Camp Stewart, Va. Then he became part of a detachment stationed across Hampton Roads near Norfolk. The soldiers did all the base ball playing they could and when the 40th In- ntry nine was organized, Speece Was was one of its pitchers. He made quite a reputation for { himself as a hurler then and after he | Was mustered out of the Army, join- ed the ldon Towa semi-pro club. { The Sheldon outfit had a most sue- | cessful season in 1921, due mainly to Speece’s good slabbing, and the next year found the hurler with Norfolk of the Nebraska State League. He weathered his first professional | campaign with colors flying and last | year advanced to Omaha of the West- ern League. The Nationals bought | {him during the past Winter. WILL DEPORT FIGHTER. ORFOLK. Va., October 2.—Aiberto | Waldonado, ‘known in the sporting | world as Al Lopez and once hall(’«l‘ {as Chile’s hope for heavyweight box- | ing championship honors, will be de- | ported as an undesirable alien be- cause of his conviction on a felony charge. FIGHT IS CANCELED. | NEwARr . J. October 2._—The scheduled 12-round bout last night be- tween Jack Zivic of Pittsburgh and Danny Cooney of Trenton was can- celed after ~three postponements. Lack of patronage was glven as rea- sen for cancellation by the promoters. Arthur Nehf and Hugh McQuillan, GIANTS RATED AS HAVING SLIGHT EDGE ON GRIFFS Summing Up of Strength of Contenders Indicates National League Club Should Be Favorites to Capture the World Championship. | I i BY FREDERICK G. LIEB, ‘Worla Series Official Scorer, Chairman National League Most Valuable Player Committee, President Base Ball Writers’ Association of America. FTER a review of all the dope and with full consideration oi ti play of the Giants and the Washingtons in the last fortnight o: their respective races, it is my belief that McGraw will add an other world championship to his already numerous collection. Washington has put up one of the pluckiest fights ever known to base ball, and they may sweep through the coming series as did the | Braves 10 years ago. The Athletics of that season were three-to-one | favorites, yet the fighting Boston Nationals swept them off their feet i four successive games Washington is an inspired team. true enough, but McGraw’s collec tion of veterans and youngsters is one of the gamest clubs base ball eve has known. It took gameness of the highest caliber to pull out the National League bunting aiter such stars as Frisch and Groh were sho down on the homestrctch. Yet with a patched-up line-up the Giant practically clinched their pennant with three straight and comparative! easy victories from the powerful Pirates. It is my opinion that the odds jence. should favor New York Walter | much. Johnson probably wili win his first game: he also may take his second I concede Washington two or three | victories and believe they will give | the Giants a terrific battle Howev on the home stretch, | Georze Mogridge showed littie of h | earlier ff and re atedly was knocked ogt of the box. Washington won its pennant the road not so ! much on pitching the spectacular hitting of t entire club. The dope | does not figure the Nationals to roll up runs with such ease against the G That, of course, doesn’t mex Back in 1910 some exper: |figured that the greater experfence o the Cubs would make the youns |Athletics easy picking for them. 1 was the first world series for Col {lins. Bak Barry, Coombs Strunk, but these youngsters had respect for Cub reputations. | whaled the tar out of the Natio League's veteran compaigners One of the strong thi in fa of Washington is its ability to be the stronger clubs. On the ves serie: won 13 games out of * from the second place Yankees, 4 out of 22 from the third mers. Against some of the less clubs, notably St. Louis and Cl {land. Washington did't do o well ‘hat indicates the ability of Natio to let out to the last not when plaving theri stiffest oppone They always have been able to r the asion in former crises season. New York the t successful as the Mationals wo £an.cs . hich they Stadium this season If their stad luck follow to the Polo Grounds. the dope ma upset. but in my opinion it favor the old National League, not bs deal, but enough to mal gton ! 1 the stember, MeGraw pitching in the three the 1924 season than at an McQuillan, Barne. “t the tip pitchers strain, in got better weeks of time thi Nehf and their B form tl has been one battle ground 9 out of the 1 played at Yankc McQuillan Hax the Stuff. McQuillan réally f great piter determination of freque irkso s one of the he National Le will tell you that clinched ~ th hed e me He hasn't her boxmen training right and um 1 eir : innings against ittshurgh, hits and 2 up in the MeQuil er Johnson McQuilla Roston e two contenders season’s batting averaz . AB. R. H HR SB A 1 5374 845 16i0 94 81 2 5167 742 1519 22 117 SOUTHERN TITLE SERIES NOW STANDS THREE ALL MEMPHIS. October fighting with its back squared accounts with Fort Texas League champio; season series for the championsh) bunched runs on Yde | of the South, by defeating the Texan e two Pirate left-hand- |4 to 3 yesterday and making Pittsburgh was downed | count for the series three all the Polo Grounds a | —_ — — BREAKS BIKE RECORD. article 1 told of Me- array of right-handed | MONTLHERY, France, October - nuts closed the season | The Belgian bicyclist, Leon Vand of the major | stuyft, vesterday broke the worl 300 this season. | one-hour motor paced record. 1l dynamite in Mc- | covered 107 kilometers 710 meter | The record was made on the ne er experi- | autodrome here. ed only 18 them & i oppose W day Conceding that ter. has an edge least on paper. MeGraw will have 3 dge with Barnes for the next game. Mogridge and Z ther first-string Giants find little with left-handers. opposed Rixe hits, while they ana’ Cooper, rs. whe three straight ol @ fund is being | WeeK ago In a previous Graw's str series which | nitters. T aturday the only cague clubs to bat Fhere is a lot iraw's battle array The Giants have the gre: next 1, the McQuillan r the first g ided pitching d Bentley J4ns 5 > Harris and the as a ru The last time they one of the Nationa they stung him for 15 are pitchers, trouble LEADER OF WASHINGTON | TEAM OF 1883 COMING DAYTON T he raised by hat he club Ohio, October 2.- see in a worl n 1883 friends of Philip Baker th captained the to send him to see at Washington Baker the when League e | as team 16 ptained it pennant Washington the captured 1 3 1883 Eastern team Because of the huge number sold, we can afford to take a very small profit on each White Owl and put the rest into giving most remarkable VALUE. That’s why White Owl smokers never switch,