Evening Star Newspaper, April 22, 1925, Page 28

THE BVENING STAR, WASHI JGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29 &dy 1925, SPORTS HARRIS PLCKINPAUGH MOGRIDGL RUETHER. Photor T GRIFFS WIN FOUR OF SIX INITIAL ROAD CONTESTS) Return to Open Home Season With Yankees Today, Close to Top in Race—Mogridge Hurls Well to Take Final Game in Philadelphia. BY JOHN B. KELLER. G ETTING the jump on the other fellow means just as much in base ball as in any other line of work, so the Nationals feel. And that’s just what they did in their first week of play in the 1925 season. Returning to Washington with a record of four victories and two defeats for their road jaunt, the world champions are quite chipper over having done better than either the Yankees or the Tygers, generally regarded about the American circuit as their most dangerous rivals for the flag this year. Games now won mean just as much, if not more, than games won in September, and starting their home stand in a tic for second place, earned by beating the Macks in Philadelphia yesterday, 6 to 2, has added to the confidence of a club already fired with a fighting spirit. Developing a win- ning complex so early in the campaign ought to carry the Nationals far in the struggle to retain the laurels they battled for so valiantly last season. Excepting a flock of colds gathered during the inclement weather in New York last week, the Nationals were well prepared to make their 1925 bow here this afternoon. The return to the game yesterday of Oswald Bluege, who had been idling while nursing a sore wing, brought the club up to its full fighting strength and there is no reason to believe it should not step along at a good pace. Blowing of trumpets and waving of | 3 banners were due at Clark Griffith Stadium this afternoon, when the Yanks were to be taken on in the ‘Washington inaugural, but none of the fanfare or’ flare was calculated to shake the poise of the world cham- pions. When they take the field now- adays they give everything to the business at hand. Such an attitude toward the game got them the su- preme title in base ball last year and they are more than anxious to repeat. George Mogridge Delivers. George Mogridge lived up to his reputation as a cool-weather pitcher vesterday in the final mateh of the Serles in Philadelphia.. The lanky portsider had at his command just Rbout everything a hurler could” de- Sire and breezed along as sprightly as the average moundsman would in Mid- summer. The coolness of the after- noon was well matched by the cool- ness of the National veteran. Several times the A's threatened to make mat- ters aifficult for George, but he never lost his poise and extricated himself from precarious situations with ease. It was not so with Robert Groves, Connie Mack’s expensive purchase from Baltimore. Robert apparently had much on the ball, but could not control his slants weil and frequently ot himself into trouble. He was not reached for a bingle until the fourth frame and gave up only seven during his stay on the hill, but he was gen. erous with passes, issuing six, and Mack pulled him out of the fray after eight innings had been played. Stan- Wood Baumgartner, another Philadel- phia southpaw, finished the game. The Mackmen clustered hits in the second inning to get their first run, and mixed a safety with the lone Walk off. Mogridge to get their sec- ond and last tally in the third. Simmons began the second session by beating out a roller to deep short fleld and moved up when George un- corked a wild pitch. Then Miller grounded to Judge and should have been out, but Mogridge, running across to cover firstybase, failed to touch that bag atfer taking the throw from Joe. That put ‘Simmons at third. The Mackman could not count while Judge was retiring Poole, but he did cross after Rice caught Galloway's loft. Miller at- tempted to make third following the catch, only to be nailed by Sam’s fine throw to Bluege. Mogridge started the next Mack run by walking Perkins at the out- Set of the third frame. Groyes sacri- ficed neatly and Bishop's retirement moved Si to third base. Hale then Slammed the ball against the right- feld wall for three bases, counting Perkins, but remained at the far corner while Harrls tossed out Lamar. Thereafter the A's got four bingles off Mogridge, but they meant nothing. The ' Natlonals waited until the fourth round to do thelr initial scor- ing and then got three runs with only one hit. Groves walked McNeely and Harris, and Rice singled Earl home and Bucky to second. Goslin lifted to Lamar and while Judge was at bat Harrls and Rice essayed a dual theft. Sam made second as Bucky was snuffed out, Perkins to Hale. Judge finally strolled, and, with Rice, got an extra base as Perkins allowed one of Groves® pitches to slip by. Bluege then sent an easy roller o Bishop, but the second sacker failed to block the ball and Rice and Judge scam- pered home. Peck’s single was wasted in_the fitth frame, but with Judge out of the AVENGED! WASHINGTON. e | monuoonus® & PHILADELP] Bishop, 2b Hale, 3b.. Lamar, 1t o’ . b, Simmons Miller, Poole, soo~coeno0o® &l coommoumm® coommmmmonox ®|ominms csscn00000-M ol coscssssal® sousmosoonP Buumgartner, p. Totals 5 30 3 *Batted for Groves in eighth. Washington 0003001206 Philadelphia 01100000 0—2 Two-base hit—Bluege. Three-base hit— Hale. ~ Stolen bases—Rice, MeNeely, Ruel. Saerifices—Galloway, Groves. Double plays —Rice and Bluege: Bishop, Galloway and Poole; Peckinpauch, Harris' and Judge. Left ‘on bases—Washington, 4; Philadel: phia, 4. First base on buli~—0% Mogridze. 1; off Groves, 6: off Baumgartner, 1. Struck out—By Mogridge, 2; by Groves, 4: by Baumgartner, 1. Hits—OM Groves, 7 in 8 innings; Baumgartner, 1 in 1 inning. Passed ball—Ruel, Perkins. Losing bitcher— Groves. Umplres—Messrs. McGowan and Dineen. Time of game—1 hour and 55 minutex. - way in the seventh, Bluege doubled and got to the plate when Peck fol- lowed with a one-baser. There was one out when tionals did their final clouting of Groves in the eighth. Harris and Rice singled, and after Goslin fanned Judge slapped a base blow to right, counting Bucky and sending Sam to third. “A moment later Joe was trapped off first base, but before he was run down Rice tallied. Baumgartner passed Bluege was hit by Ruel in the ninth, nothing resulted. Zachary Second the Na- and but HOW GRIFFS ARE BATTING G. AB. H.SB. RBL Pet. Matthews .. . Bluege udge 0. ogridze ohnson . ... Ruether . ‘l:mll(lln h. eckinpauih. Eeinold 0 MeNeely . eoccoomo=001:0029308 THRONG PAYS TRIBUTE TO EBBETS NEW YORK, April 22.—Thousands thronged the streets adjoining Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn while services were being held yesterday for Charles H. Ebbets, president of the Brooklyn National League base ball club, who died Saturda Hundreds of others waited for two hours at the Greenwood Cemetery for the funeral cortege to arrive. Out of respect to the memory of tho man who for more than 35 years was head of the Brooklyn club, all games in the National League were called off and the games of the Amer- ican League were halted for several minutes. The bronze coffin, banked in violets and sweet peas, was carried from the Ebbets home, in Brooklyn, through a lane formed by members of the Brooklyn team. On the way to the church the cortege circled Ebbets Field, the flags of which were at half. mast, and also passed the site of Washington Pargk, where the club had played before moving to its new home. Commissioner K. M. Landis and President John A. Heydler of the Na- tional League as well as presidents of the other clubs in the circuit acted as honorary pallbearers. Charles A. Stoneham, president of the Giants, and Manager McGraw headed a dele- gation from the New York club, and Col. Jacob Ruppert and Manager Huggins represented the New York Yankees. Leading city officials and well known base ball men were among the mourners. FINAL e REDS SEEK NEW HOME. CINCINNATI, April 22.—It has be come known that a new home play- ing field for the Cincinnati Reds is being sought. Officials of the Cin- cinnati Exhibition Company, owner of the National League club, declined: to make definite statements, but admit- ted a dozen sites were being consid- ered. COLLEGE BASE BALL: At Brookland—Harvard, 5; Catholic University, 3. At College Park—North Carolina, 16; Maryland, 3. At Quantico—Marines, 4; Wake Forest, 1. Williamsburg — William and Mary, 15; Lynchburg, 3. Choice Today To Johnson for Mound Dut WHILE Walter Johnson, dean of major league pitchers, was ex- 7 pected to repeat his often-done opening game pitching effort i when the Nationals faced the Yankees in Washington’s 1925 American League inaugural this afternoon, there was a possibility that the veteran would remain on the bench. Walter has been slow in round- ing into form this Spring and Manager Bucky Harris is not keen about orcing” his prize pitcher during the present cool spell. Should Johnson not start, Jezz Zachary, portsider, was likely to be sent to the hill. Miller Huggins, who bosses the Yankees, had been holding Urban Shocker in reserve for today's en- counter in Clark Griffith Stadium. Shocker upset the Nationals in New York a week ago yesterday and though he was roughly treated when he essayed a relief role last Friday, Hug figured his spitballer was the man to stop the locals in the opening fray here. Robert. Moses Groves is finding it difficult to go well in the big show. His start yesterday was his third as a Mackman and although he remained in the game against the Griffs longer than he did either time he faced the Red Sox, his work was not so im- pressive. Lack of control appears to be Lefty's principal fault. Groves was bad medicine for Goose Goslin, however. The National slug- ger stepped to the plate four times, but got nowhere. Twice he grounded to the pitcher, lifted to the outfield once and on the last trip fanned. Some of the Nationals thought they could grab all the bases on the field while Perkins was working behind the bat, but they were well fooled. Cy deftly threw out four would-be pilferers. Peck pulled a sparkling play in the fifth at Galloway's expense. Chick drove the ball by Bluege at a great clip, but Rajah rushed to the grass behind third base, gathered in the sphere and threw for an eyelash de- cision over the Mackman. Speedy work on the paths by Bluege in the seventh netted him a double on what should have been just a single. After rapping to short center, Ossie rounded first base in high and with a long slide got to second ahead of Sim- mons’ toss to Galloway. Some minor league base ball was played by the A's when Rice scored from third in the eighth frame while Judge was being run down between the first and second stations for the final out, Galloway, intent only on getting Joe, froze to the ball while Sam was scampering home. ADAMS BROWNS’ HITS FAIL 70 BRING VICTORIES When a base ball club makes 87 hits in seven games and wins only two of the six, it is apparent that something is wrong; believe the St. Louis Browns, who are working to strengthen their defense and improve their pitching. Manager George Sisler's men have averaged more than 12 hits a game and have scored 50 runs M seven contests, and yet have won only two. On the opening game they made 2 hits and 14 runs and lost. With reasonable pitching the Brownies would have a record of five victories and two defeats instead of being next to last in the American League. 50 CONTESTS LISTED FOR TREASURY LOOP Registers’ and Liberty Loan Annex teams will open the schedule of the Treasury Interbureau Base Ball League next Tuesday at the west dia- mond of the Ellipse. A list of 50 games has been ranged for the season. ar- Managers of teams operating in the | Annex No. 1; J. J. Mc- and loop are E. H. Campbell W. R. Lucas, Annex No. 2 Lafferty, Liberty Loan Annex, T. C. Malone, Registers. The schedule: April 28, Registers vs. Liberty Loan: 29, Annex Oné_vs. Annex Two; Liberty Loan vs. Treasurers. May 1. Annex One vs. Annex Two: 4. Treasurers vs. Annex Two: 5. Liberty Loan Annex One: 6, Treasurers ve. Registers Annex Two vs. Liberty Loan: 8. open 11, Reisters vs. Annex Two: 12, Annex One vs. Treasurers: 13. Liberty Loan vs. Regis- ters: 14. open: 15. Anmex One vs. Annex Two: 18, Treasurers vs. Liberty Loan: 19, Registers va. Annex One 1. Annex One ve. Liberty Loan . open: 26, Registers va. T . Liberty Loan vs. Annex Two: Treasurers vs. Annex One 29, Annex Two vs. Registers. i June 1. Registers vs. Liberty Loan: 2. Annex Two vs. Annex One: 3, Liberty Loan ¥a. Treasurers: 4. Annex One ve. Registers 5. open: 8, Treasurers vs. Annex Two: U, open: 10. ‘open: 11, open: 12, open: 22, Annex Two vs. Liberty L 23. ‘open: 24, Treasurers vs. Registers Liberty Loun vs. Annex One: 26. Registers vs. Annex One: 5. Annex One vs. Treasurers: 30, Liberty Loan vs. Registers. July 1. Annex One ve. open: 3, Treasurers vs. Liberty Loan: 8, Registers ve. Annex One: 7. open: 8, Annex Two ve. Treasurers: 0. Anhex One vs. Lib- erty Loan: 10, Registers vs. Treasurers open: 14, Libérty Loan vs. Annex Two: 15. Treasurers vs. Annex One; 16, Liberty Loan ¥a. Treasurers: 17. Annex Two vs, Registers: Annex Two Ve Annex One Registers vs. Liberty Loan urers va. Annex Two: 23, Annex One vs. Registers: 27, open Treasurers vs. Rex- isters: 20, Annex Two vs. Liberty Loai . Annex Onle vs. Treasurers: 31, Registers vs. Annex Two. Liberty Loan va. August 4, open: b, open: 6, open: 7. PIRATES WILL HAVE BIG “OPENING DAY” PITTSBURGH, Pa. April 2 This city will celebrate “opening da this afternoon when the Pirates march into their own Oakland Stadium to take the diamond against the Chicago Cubs in the first home game of the 1925 season. The action may open in the rain, for the weather man has predicted intermittent thundershowers. Indications are that their followers will give the Buccaneers a warm welcome. Almost the entire seating capacity of the stadium was under reservation last night. One face fa- miliar on all previous opening days will be missing. It is that of Barney Dreyfuss, owner of the Pirate club, who is ill at his home. The Bucs arrived here yesterday and spent almost the entire afternoon in_a stiff workout. Manager McKechnie’s choice of a pitcher had been narrowed to Morri- son and Kremer, with Earl Smith selected to catch. BAN SIGNS JACOBSON TO BROWNS’ CONTRACT CHICAGO, April 22.—*Baby Doll” Jacobson, star outfielder with the St. Louis Browns, who has refused to join his team because of a salary dispute, signed a contract with President Ban Johnson of the American League today. Jacobson arranged to join the Browns at once. President Johnson declined to reveal the terms of the contract, but said that the St. Louis star had been “entirely satisfied,” giv- ing the impression that a com- promise had been reached. Jacobson had_been holding out for a $2,000 increase over his present salary of $6,000 a year. Annex Two Annex One: open. ationdl Photu, Co. and _U'arl Thone. GRLGG RuesELL, A MENALLY - EW YORK, April N of a series with the Boston Braves. After the 1924 pennant is raised flung to the breez plate, where the after a day of inactivit BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS AMERICAN LEAGUE. Pei. Win Lo Cleveland C RS 8sy o1 Washington .. | Philadeiphia anenene= AMES TOMORROW. . at Washington. Boston. . L. at Cleveland. roit at Chicago. Detroit at Chirago. YESTERDAY'S RESUL’ Philadelphia, Boston, 1. veland, N. Y. at Washington. Phila. at Boston. o —TF— Win. Lose | Cineinnati o ';'fiu’fi'lflm : elphia . Chicago .. . | Breaklyn . Pittsburgh Boston GAMES TODAY. Brooklyn at Phila. Brooklyn at Phila. Cincinnati it ut St. L. L. Cincinnati at St. Boston at New York. Boston at New ¥ Chicago at Pittsb’gh. Chicago at Pitts YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. All gumes postponed on account of Ebbets’ funeral Juniors will return to their Hycky Liciatione will hurl for the Hessmen, with Bruder or Biddle on the receiving end. Others who will get into the fray are Padgett, Haney, Caplan, - Kilroy, Putnam, Rader, Darmstead, Hoffman, Burton, Rheese and Hill. Practice for the Sunday encounter will be held tomorrow at 5:30 o'clock, and at 8 o’clock members of the team will meet at the home of Capt. Francis Hoffman, 720 Seventh street. L hamrock Seniors have signed up Oscar Taylor, southpaw hurler; Spencer Ulston, a moundsman with Lhitting abllity, and John Chappelear, who has a record of winning 27 in 28 games for Charlotte Hall Academy last vear. O'Brien, a member of the Shamrock nine in 1924, has returned and is out for the shortstop pesition. The Seniors are requested to attend a_special meeting , tonight - at 529 Eleventh street southeast. Teams of the Shamrock Athletic Association have made good records in games played this season. The Senators have won 3, lost 0 and tied 1; the Midgets have ‘won 5 &nd lost 0; the Insects have won 6 and lost 1, the Clover Insects being the victor. Cherrydales are meeting the Fort Myer nine Sunday at Lyon Vil- lage field. On May 3 Arlington will be encountered at Arlington, May 10 Rosslyn will be met at Cherrydale, May 17 the Cherries journey to Silver Spring, May 30 Warrenton will be met at Warrenton. Calvary Methodist Episcopal and Comforter teams are meeting tomor- row afternoon at 5 o'clock at diamond No. 10. On Sunday the Comforters meet Fort Washington. The Mount Rainier Athletic Club nine is rounding into shape, and is in the field for games with unlimited teams of the District. Manager Bald- win announces that the Mounts will play independent base ball this season. For games, call Capt. Weldman, Hy- attsville 678-M, or address the mana- ger at Mount Rainier, Md. 7 KELLEY COVRLESKIE § - H. Ebbets, president of the Brooklyn club. | Lefty GIANTS TODAY WILL RAISE FOURTH PENNANT IN ROW Ceremonies Appropriately Marking Golden Jubilee of National League to Be Observed in Open- ing Game at Polo Grounds. —Ceremonies appropriately marking the golden jubilee of the National League will be combined with the raising of their fourth straight pennant by the New York Giants when they open their home season at the Polo Grounds today in the first brush the flag of the golden jubilee will be and the players will march from the outfield to the nts will renew their drive after a two-day lay-off. All the other teams in the National League will likewise resume play out of respect to the memory of the late Charles In the American League erratic tossing cost both Philadelphia and Cleveland their games with Washing- ton and Detroit, respectively. Chick Fewster's wild cast on a double play, resulting in three Tyger runs, paved the way for Cobb’s men to win, 4 to 3, and liberal _distribution of passes among members of Stanley Harris' championship contingent by Pitcher Groves gave Washington a win over the Athletics. a result, Washington today is tied with Philadelphia for second place—only one game behind the pace- making Indians. The Yankees, who moved up an- ch at the expense of the to 1, today will be faced with heavier going when they open a return series with the Nationals at Washington. St. Louis, refreshed by two triumphs over the White Sox, today will at- tempt to retrieve their four straight defeats at the hands of the Indians. Tobin and Robertson yesterday helped the Browns out of the cellar with home runs, which figured materially in clinching a tight game, 9 to 8. A home run by Val Pieinch was the only tally Boston was able to collect against the fine pitching of Sam Jones of the Yankees and that run was insufficient to save them from the league pit. The Red Sox fell to the bottom under heavy hit- ting by the Huggins team, which on HESS JUNIORS WILL PLAY ON HOME DIAMOND AGAIN FTER playing on foreign diamonds for the past month, the Hess home field, at Fifth and L streets, Sunday and attempt to make their recent wins three straight. The Bucky Junlors will be encountered in a game beginning at 1 o'clock. Swanson, Hukule and Summers, for- mer Bolling Field players, have joined the ranks of the Congress Heights un- limited nine. Manager Ted Richard- son is booking games at Lincoln 3841. Manager Pete Haley of the Aloysius Club base ball team has issued the call for a practice session today at 5 o'clock. Lafayette Athletic Club base ballers wish to arrange games with Mount Rainier Seniors, Chevy Chase, Modocs, Eastern Athletic Association Grays, Ransdell, Inc.; Tenallytown, Bradbury Heights, Bennings, Arlington, Claren- don, Pierce, Maryland Park and Knickerbockers. Address Mrs. F. Cheseldine, 1002 Thirteenth street southeast. The Arlington Athletic Club nine, champions of Arlington County, Va., will meet the 16th Field Artillery team from Fort Myer Sunday at the Ar- lington grounds. De Molay - Seniors are holding a workout today at diamond No. 5, in preparation for their Saturday game with the Metropolitan Bank team. Earle Bowman is arranging games at Clarendon 456-W, between 5 o'clock. and 7 Henry Gichner, stellar catcher of the Western High nine, and Sam Stmon, formerly with the Linworth Senlors, have been signed to play with the Herzl. team in the Com- munity Center League. Manager Rock of the Linworth Ath- letic Club is after a game with some fast unlimited team for Sunday after- noon. Call Franklin 700. * RUTH STILL IMPROVING. NEW YORK, April 22—Babe Ruth is still improving. A statement be- fore the end of the week as to when the home-run king can leave the hospital was promised by Ruth's physician.