Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1925, Page 30

50 SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1925. SPORTS. Griffs Face Task to Beat Out Giants : Six Teams Appear in A. L. Pennant Race MUST WIN THREE IN ROW COBB, ILL, UNLIKELY = | TWO INFIELD STARS | ONLY MACKS AND RED SOX TO ANNEX SPRING SERIES T0 START CAMPAIGN | o ———— ——— | DEVELOPEDIN 1924 FIGURED OUT OF RUNNING | Axh, Kenneth L......... Rt R Rocky Mount, V. L. o { NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 10.—For | Blankenship, poRa L I me Sgx. B38| iy the Associated Pres: O | Conmalty, ¢ ” " y - ~ Sk , Lthe first he since he went a oo NEW YORK, April 10 —Two capa- . . Lose Chance to Knot Game Count Yesterday, When | oouie o' the “Detroit Tygers, Ty | Cvensron. . L White Sox : L e e hpeta pertormars | Athletics Doubtless Would Have Been Contenders ajor Bu L3 They Are Held to Three Hits, While Gothamites | fuced tns nowiitiis of sjne onpier White Sox ... Fivarer ot Shavts. suckson ot e Had Hauser Not Been Hurt—Washington Held . play the opening game of the season. | ¥ore =2 5 Shrev.-Bt., vs ® .640| \.\ York Giants. The prospect this e s Rake Mogridge and Ogden. Siricken witl' influcnza vesterday. | Ham! Independent .. .. Neo Record. | 0N T ihat outfield stars will be| in Need of Right-Hand Punch. —_ by physicians, who advised him to! - 4 oot had been eithytie nts e — remain there at least until Monday 4 Byiice 4 a year before obtaining a regular BY DENMAN THOMPSON. In that event Geo MeBride will > S ::'I"l"‘"““""" g | position through the departure o BY JOHN B. FOSTER. h chertxon, Charles - i Sports Editor, The Star. have charge of the Detroit team on _m_“'; e Atilton it “_:m Dave Bancroft to accept the leader n dispatch Fostor presents his anual “round-up®® of the teams of the Am the way hom o ship _of the, Boston Braves, but| can League, based on his long experience a3 an observer of the Springtime form of . down and three to go. That was the situation conironting| Cobb was ordered to bed by a p! mratun, (Hellly eIt Sex S Wright gained his honors in a single mxhc'{ He has”seon, thom &Il piay in training and he how they should perforn f N 1 detheiG sician called immediately seave . r Dbeen obtained| it som just ) e Nationalcitod thoy scheduled to battle the Giants S e e e s |11‘ : ht e 6 Bt | senton after having been ¢ btain 1‘ o sedsom just ahe 3 wrrival yesterday with his team. He| ! - from Kansas City of the American last local appeara yrior to the opening here of the [was attacked by a cold almost two | Bi¥vhofl, George ... Fort Worth, T. L. o7 clatic 5 o - appe 1 7 g he vas attacked by a cold almost t eiation. N W YORK, April 10—A American League pennant campaign a week irom next Wednesday [eucas sgu. ne teaid, e iaal Deany gy s 5 Greater New York is expected to . ighting against it sinec, visiting J i 1 ave three mew men in its elds, cessive days en route North the Grifimen yesterday faced the opportunity [team played. He encountered the (SChalk, Hay W. Prete Swx Who sold himself 1o the Glants while | . o ; Tiibe 1os he Y, A |first symptoms of influenza at Atlanta, el he was manager of the Rocky Mount | If Babe Ruth should be lost to the Yar for a c cisorc : e g Shatler. Taka & . B club and pocketed the profits, has| son, there would still be six—maybe. sizeable gathering of the faithful was on hand to sec them doit, and, in-| Cobb’s temperature was normal, Chaes Fe Witchita, W. L... been playing in center field during T it et voiemictions au cidentally, get their first glimpse this year of the world’s best ball club.|though other influenza symptoms| ; White Sox ... pre-schedule games, glving McGraw he writer is 1g no pi ions as t The if el fosi = were present, physiclans said. ol Gt White Sox ... hope that at last he has found alpennant, but he will start the list with Detroit The fans were disappointed in the first premise, and the 11-2 count by - Muskegon .. .. d regular performer for that position.| .pie steering, has a better chance to win this = E . , —_ ¢ i e > | Davis, - . White Sox ......... e g o ¥ which the McGrawmen emerged victorious caused strangers within the | STREET KEEPS HIS JOB, | Kemm. Willinm White Sox Center’ nid «t the Polo Grounds n | 201¢ Seting bas & belner Shanee ¢ =ates to ask whether those whitc-uniformed players really had carned the | ey (Gabby) Street,-tase bant | HEClelinn Harves e e . g spot In the MeGraw structure. The Tygers have an_outfield that wallops » of the base ball universe in 1924. veteran and known for his feat of | snecte. 15 = Indepe: Lawton (Whitey) Witt, formerly | strong as either that oi New York or Washit of their unimpressive| Frisch was far from heing catehing @ ball thrown from the ton |y s White . ! of the Athletics, secems to have| will hit a lot: two clever catchers and probably s e I i astial. SMCleot seit ol darerss: con. | of Wrashiigton:Monumentsis the only Quebee, @ : reached the end of his playing sk found itself on the |tributing no less than manager from last year to retain hi I me count, and | bum chucks during the course af Club in the Western Association thi umd it Earl Combs retains : ph ir o hours' pastiming Season. Street. skipper of the Mus White Sox strength and speed he has regained | Washington is sorel : the Bobble by \Wilaon an- | Kogee club, will have another pen White since suffering a broken arly | right-hand punch. 1t has this season > White Sox 5% lust season, the Dbench awaits the | punch enough. Harris may introd SREREE e h s - hite-haired one. This is another |enough rignt-hand punch to carr SBtealhe th s e ppusalas > White Sox center-field shift and the outfield of |team along, and if he does he s gridge and Ogden were subjected t KELLY FAILS AS UTILITY. . Bib AL A White Sox - Bob Meusel, Combs and Babe th | drop himself in the batting order cne will | siii e R W White Sox 1| should prove a powerful combination ’Tlx\e' team gets too many runners on ounds, in How tReICIants Made Meny to have failed miserably as & utility | Charles A. Comiskes, president; Fdward T. Colling, managers Harry w. [, 10, Brooklyn, J. 1. (Big) Cox|ithout seoring e TEastieon 2 is considerable George was nicked for @ brace of|player in the pre-season games. which | Grabiner, secretarys Willinm Lauder, coach; Shreveport, Tommy Griffith, whil latest reports| Their combination at short and sec- Engas ent under any cireum- | markers in the second when Snyder|means that he must be restored to 1924 record: Finished eighth in the American League race, winning 66 | have Jimmy Johnston, all-around in.|ond has no equal in base ball. The oppone ST h"cu-"x‘:r“'fglpl:vfin?“;\':fi)u double to cen- | regular position. and losing 87, for n percentage of .431. ! felder, seeking an outfield post. regular catcher would be better if lean and the winging of Terry, while three , :\;o iflfify -’;‘: !f;';ldvars ,af{‘"ve‘ié.‘ h;“f” N PR ooy oy o 1 prermters amemie = e, (vt e wOv MIACK IS SEEKING PLAYER | [ exmisrmion Base saL | \STRONG POLO FOUR i, ot ey i s nant among seven teams of the Americ Philadelphia Athletics lost Hauser, and ther of pulling up to even terms with their National League opponents. oit has hac our seasons. It is a resource 5o far sa the Fankses arve eoncerned,| PO 18 had in four sea ¥ the | comeback other by Kelly vould nant contender edin ¢ n’s three-ply whack and Ruel's ted upon so frequently Yanks Have Great Infield. Enosing the daily condition of | failure to hold a heave from Bluege | i incimin R T e TO TAKE HAUSER’S PLACE =i | WILL PLAY FOR WAR| n.Soy Yo Simme W04 L, | tos anommms gravated to the pernicious| Mogridge lingered for an addition Brookiyn (). e ping good infield ‘working Sl i i to i the v 1l of just three bingles be- frame without s ing further dam- e New York (A1 i cylinders, covering a lot o e recorded on the chart of the pa- | age, but with the £ Ozden Osborne. Greenc, Williams and Taglor; B Mcial opening of the WWa b first baseman 3 ¢ the afternoon. For this| the sixth the conte a rout Pml.\n PHIA, April 10.—Connic Mack said Heswas: iego. | 7o DEgan and OIe Association’s scz tirs Messrs. Arthur Nehf| Curley had nothing L : Slgkt when & were io blaime, The | tigus agn tiating for a first baseman to take the place of Joe Hauser, who is left-handed way | ble and Snyder's two n the hospital with a broken kncecap, and that he expected to have whis (3.) 5 T ) er games will | LROUBh cven he sturbed only by |runs then. and in the . i 5 Wingard, Davis and S v batter as he for iz oy LR L s e him in the line-up when the season opens sday. Mack declined to | Gritin® Mose, Kohlbeck Eoona e Eid : ed Wit Dlow . whion . preduced A tally inlby Meusel and Terry., doubles by|say who the player was or whether he was a major or minor leaguer. in center field ch. Hi < greate: weakness h that | . e = probable line- | p , . | ported last night when X-ray pictures [ punched a hit through the groove at Kansas City (A. A.).. kel ke Tt win at No 1, |bends. The team has rage catcl | revealed that Russel Wrightstone, |first base. i Keen, Blake and O'Farcell; Hartoett, Wil handicap, 4; Maj. Parker at No. 2 ;ng to assist a pitching corps which | waight for both t beat out, had not Frisch given Oss| Jean Gregg was summol to offi- | utility infielder of the Philadelphia| Everett Scott, Yankee “iron man," | kinson, Schack and Shinault handicap, 3; Col. Morris at No. 3, |D@s been strengthened by the addi- an extra base with a wild throw and |ciate in the final frames, and con-|Nationals, had a broken finger. Suffered an injury to his right leg in k. n. F |handicap, 2; Col. Margetts at No. 4, tlon of the best pitcher in the Amer- W fumbled Tate's fly in trying|trived to retire the aliens in order, | Physicians said he would be unable|attempting to beat a roller, and re- | s, 3 ... 10 16 handicap, 4—a team total of 13. ican League, Shocker. If he is at stomae Park on Tues- d Saturda At nsas ty t spe a high goal team are und 2 while his successor would |Kelly and Wilson and Jackson's| Another base ball casualty was re- | won the game when little Wann citar ¢ L 2 not have been scored on in the sev-|sacrifice fly, with a wild pitch sand- enth, despite the safety that Bluege | wiched in. ;‘1, Pacific coast champic | “since his arrival s i s months ago the Nebr to steal the put-out from Walker. |aided by a pair of dual Killings. to play for two weeks. tired. : 1 3 3| Other players who will be seen in ;"‘ '";“ and the others maintain their | won five consecutive -— Wrightstons hurt his finger in an i s Schmidt, Con- | action, with thelr respective handl- | cst,tBdividual records, the Yahks ad {exhibition game in Florida more Keen Pltches in Form. Hoberts and Billings. [ aps,tortomw: "th. “mehective, handi: | cannot lose. ‘The team is' weil handled than a week ago, but it did not give| CHICAGO, April 10.—Vic Keen,| At Okiahoma City. Okls.— r E |Babcock. 1: Maj. Coulter, 0; Maj. | me riii, nanager. FRVAIER il IV Smb Bl e 30 him much trouble until Wednesday. |one-time University of Maryland | Pittsburgh (N ). 10 13 3| F 1: Maj. Thomas, 1; Capt.|rain XK;::{?“ e tion ¢ v he smallest E | " einy ed and re-everyt in the Pacif ¢ o possess Brillheart, McNamara, Martina = en i O Ay 105 G S | pit e o o8 - ST 4 1 Are Released by the Griffmen ocmo wo frti o | Kawk it onning s st s | s st Bl Skl o M S L S | are iy o5 st T o gers will turn north from Nashville, of four yesterday. He twirled| At st Petersburg, Fla il n r e John | 1a v M R S R six frames against Roy Wilkin- | Macon (8. A L.) E ;2 felfouun : on, forme te Sox d was | St Petersburg (Fla.) £ 3 except, perhaps ames of the Spring season in Louis- 5 T ¥ehige angd | wa ORI e e ¥ prospects : ot : i e Al e he was re- hompsor umphress Aoore . 1y ; 3 < el ITH the release vesterday of Joe Martina and Southpaws Jini | ville and then to Jump home to pre- {04eh By Sherttt Biana ¢ 1® ™85 TS| pomett, rower: Balghy and Bomer untert | 2% Fort Myer “All furnish consider- | merels wants a little pitching™t Don,t vv orr McNamara and Beuson Brillheart, the local curving corps has | bare RETIE Rain in_Evansville, Ind. washed| A¢ xorfolk, Va R b Ment teims I the Saturday mat cievdia st 1l ot been reduced to the 10 expected to bear the box burden during | 1ouisville, an American Associatior ot *H\ \\’h’v. £ ith the Reading (o). 18 24 1| games that will be held throughout | stick. Whenever there is ..‘,u is « campaign—Johnson, Zachary, Mogridge, Ogden, Ructher, [club, Is expectsd to give the team |lotal Three X League club. Manager| ook (Ve Leasae 2% 3 the Summer and Fanl s Wit Gy gl vi t the las : s e are mear by they will annihilate al the best opposition 1t has encount-|sqorre jaute Hots, today's opponent,| Cavps. Susder and Hi = 0 i INDIANS PLAY COLLEGIANS. lopm,..mmn. It has an outfield o ,‘,,L:’,,“f Hond ',","K. Tots have had little| A¢ Richmond, Va.— R H. E strength, &n infield of uncertaint T a racuse (Int.)..... T CLEVELAND, Ohio. April 10.—The|good catchers and pitchers who are, ways the most Outflelder Maurice Archdeacon is| Richmond (va.)..ll.. 8.8 3iciaveiand s At T £ Browns Make Good Reco suffering from a slight attack of in-| Reppy. Frankhouse. Helahart and Neibergall, | A1o.. togas foihs \were at Tuscaloosa, | strong phy 1 ST.” LOUIS, April 10.—By winning | fluenza. | Long; Keynolds, Ma d Casey, Kiog. the com ddie Collins planned to loan the | _Roberts, Daly and Lynn, Seashoetz; Jobnson Martina was turned back to the| nati. New Orleans elub, from which he was | NOT SO GOOD obtained last son, with no strings | attached, the Pelicans having re-| | | Coveleskie, Marberry. Gregg, Russell and Kelley. Im-.d with the exception of Cincin- i } 5. tollay far o & g sive and troublesot at Memphis, 8 to 5, yesterday, the i v | At Portsmonth, va . South. e St. Louis is not ready. The team el Browns closed their Southern tral Pirates Scalp Oklahomans. | Toronto (Int.)... ... 2 The Indians' final workout at New |Das been without a second baseman| credit for them on ing trip. PITTSBURGH, April 10.-—Getting | Portsmouth (Va ) lll e 0! Orleans yesterday consisted of a light | 2!l the training season and also with- | They have won 11 out of 19 games |into action for the first time since Thomss and Manion; Williame. | haty and flelding practic -|out its regular center fielder. The in- ¥ h on ou games O |} Glanee INoRAY e |batting and fielding practice. They | put . . since opéning their exhibition season, | they started their trip East from the | play their final exhibition games to- | fi€ld is not reliable and the outfield | showing, the Browns point out that|engaged with Jack Holland's Okla- | Rochester 14 ‘!"4!‘» The Browns are strong back | w LU, | E cerved the privilege of purchasing him in the event he was relegated to the minors, while Brillheart was re- B eased outright to Memphis of the | Kelly. 2p..." Southern Association, where Zeb | Tefr, 1b.... Milan is handling the ins. \14',\4- Ok okeon. mara reverts to Wichita of the West- [Sayder,’ c. ern League Neht, b cartna 2 Barnes, p whose work has passed | Totals...... hich is not qu g0O! for| NATIONALS. st company, and Brillheart’s third Ec)’s-l“ébc( trial with the \:Mi«mu‘ proved to l‘l':‘:’.“”‘ 3 ~ board of strategy that he is a Godli it \t shy of big league class uin \cNamara, who made such a good | Blucge, 3b.. ... pression at the outset of the train- | AGIrIPid 2z period, early developed a sore P{,:_ | rm He was obtained for tri 1 a = ©.0-0 -xchange for Pitcher Dad Hank %:',;,:'f.;” na the loan of Inflelder Ralph Mil- | ogden, p er and Pitcher Ray Jovce, both of g::“:“;;; 53 whom had trials with the leI'”‘l la\f Leibolhi Vear. His retention would have in ‘olved an addition expenditure Of| Tetals when they went through the training |homa City Indians at Oklahoma City, | Kinston 9 = == e of the plate and now sure in pitch-| = . season without a defeat they had to|and scalped the Oklahomans. 10 to 5. | Brown. Mallctt and Head, A peattey. | MOORE TAKING TREATMENT. | inz —The 1 cally fight hard for fourth place in tue | It Was a fast game and ave the Hoots, Horan, Manchester. RN o e ¢ | (pThe Athletics had a chance i enjoy motoring. championship race uccos ample opportunity to exhaust| Ay Winston-Salem, N i or second t+ at | (he championship until Hauser = St e e S : e Femiinad Tor tresimene of i | 7 eVeryvay until this disuster over- | asy Credit Terms to win Athletics | Bl epavansmsnef Nl Ceaitie wooBumurg X Manager Sisler arranged final workout Y. preparatory to the s v Curdinal sl lnniaeasfon. t BE L Has itene ks r by Dr. Cunningham, an ounce of strength thes at st s urday. The Cards CO i gave way to R i i tcher. he is able, he | B¢ s 3 P T' c b steies Mopee i s e NOVELTY FOR ROSS YOUNG. [/llbe in the Bucs opening iinc-up | S50, P25 N0 ahss, Jnic'e; otomac lire Lo out four hits in as many trips to the Traynor and Kiki Cuyler put : The race this year L 28th & M Sts. N.W. Srate into_the e with an exhibi- pes ((Hepl) Tohne whoasiDiay ¥ to be too close to permit an sl of long-distance hitting i Fote e ciwnls &0 ORIOLES START TUESDAY. | to stand such a loss | Yanke' Rally Wins Game. B e o el > to consider him part of the | BALTIMORE, April 10.—The cham- | _C/S0th on the list and possibly e F I Eiea g S | was taken from the line-up | pions ce of the Internatio O e ens ol | niiieslersey cterds i’l‘fl:",f;*\,f'fif‘:f,(;7‘,.1".",’:"“1‘. ‘?\AL{K'.’A"F’:’\\‘“?‘..E\&K. ){1((»;‘-_ _5.‘,‘,;;-1“‘::;;’;‘3IIII!lIIIl!IIIHI1IlII||HIIIIIIIMIIIIHIHIIIIIH|li!llllllmnllllllllIIIHIIII!lI!M i :xg‘i:;'s"]:e:;‘:’;a“‘l‘; ‘\n“l‘he\‘x"‘:k‘s“x"“‘:l’;’: There are 15 large foot ball fields| with his right . Left-handed |is done to avoid < conflict with the | in Vienna, the largest having ac-|pitchers are making him swing fruit. | opening of the Spring racing season 15,000 in cas d his 8howing did| eBateed for Nenf in the seventh. Vestonmy @ k | e $15,000 in cash, and his showlng ! e L e e ita. 3 oerday that conquered Brooklyn.|sommodations for 75000 spectators.|lessly at Havre de Grace. ot warrant such an outlay. P e 9 to 8 and insured the Manhattan- hob up for another inspection after| Tpltig Yo regy in the minth. ites an even break in the exhibition | a year or two of seasoning. tart|Ciaats ......0 2 0 3 0 2 4 ¢ o_l1|series, with three games to play. star Manager Harris planned to Nationals 010006 160 06—2| Wiliams, 2 vouthful Atlantan, went Zachary against the Giants this after- | " po b oo pits—Snyder, Wilson (2), Kelly. [to the mound for Brooklyn in the 2 s v NNSON | Three-base hits—Peckingpaugh. Wilson, Terry | eighth with a lead of four = hoon and to finish up with Jo roe-base g with a lead of four runs. A . . 9 i two. | (2). Meusel. Stolen base—Gosiin. Bacrifices— aeas ioeing the slab for an inning or two. H ey gy Aoams to Haeis | Moment later it was only three, for t MeQuillan was to fing for the New |Jackien (B Doulle Bari-)ras 1o, i s | Pipp had shot a sizaling home run to (& espectin ee reciate rkers, wit eenfield and Maun in is. 'Left on bases—Giants, 4: Nationals. | the far regions. Dugan dedicated the 5 e e e i T ] e B B e e S SRR O e A TessTye. off Gregy, 1. Btruck out—By Nent, 3: by | iy "lUR, G SOREEE ’ . = >y el by Gregg. 1. Hits—OFf Mogridge, c nto center . Goslin and MeNeely got plenty of {Bames (08 CORE b0 B 2 innings; of |and Meusel repeated the drive. Pipp 00 oes. ou can ecelve em. t. an t! t. | kle work in the alleged pastime | ool TU%s" innings; off Nehf, 2 in 8 in- | singled to put across the tying run sterda waking frequent AYVINg | nings of Barnes, 1 in 3 innings. Hit bY | oyt tg i Vi A s 8 e torday, making SO ECicRl IS E"‘:;“—B" et Trerr” “ia pitene | ent to third on d's double and Pep”) Young, who has play- | sooncorsunneconar =l nonroosnonak [ [UTSUPRUIRUNIRATRPIA - | PHUPARIIN l'senrwwnr: AlessssuseniRtsoshitinsrtauhauatl Ndsshsssucasliinachalooitstonsis AL TR ER e 8 8 irips to the HHES (At btuncenlsriGlantbuts L e L = = Thuae Ae 1 Offering Men and Young Men 7 ¢ o | land and Walker. 'Time of gam>—2 hours. Bill Terry. with a pair of triples A2 o ) . and as many singles in four times v Sk ol \ S o ey o) A mew sport palace is to be built : . AL TN | 8w oy e o e it 1| et . ecial Values 1 omorrow hurlers, b aon o T od | capacity of 14,700 and room f 0 t t 1 i " . f av ¥ Y108 0Ur- patrons. Hor To better serve the men of Washington than ever e rear, getting a tl "',"';‘”_’r,‘{"f standees 60 years. This year % J . : H ¥ tWo doubles. Al told the Giants at- | o et This year A before, we have established a ncw, modern at 508 tained 26 bases on their 14 blows. job of painting better y X 9th Street, and have recently remodeled our other store at e than ever—let us es- g 734 9th Street. This enables us to carry a larger stock to fine style after Peck retired in the timate on your car., . 3 A 4 care for your every want and incidentally maintain our fourth inning, but he looked far from April 9th and 10th ik usual low priggs. mpressive at the bat. Warrix called on Hargrave, Mat- || Washington vs.New York Giants R. McReynolds & Sons thews and Leibold as pinch hitters without result, although the bulky Tickets on Sale at Spalding’s 1423-25-27 L St.—Main 7228-29 hackstop missed fire only because ol 1338 G Street. a sparkling stab of his liner by Jack- son Nashoa, Town. lays claim to having the champion basket ball fan in the son of 13-year-old Willie Getsch o walked 9 miles through a snow- orm to attend a_game. re Hi-Gear FINE FEATH ERS! Black or Tan Calf hey Russia olr Black Calf Broad French Toe A” and Tony Red This Spring’s Sensation Genuine g g BROADCLOTH Fine .feathers don’t make Easter : F‘n t - The PEARL AND ENGLISH fine birds—nor bright colors $ 50 1nes SPRING HAT fiomm good used cars. 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