Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1925, Page 24

THE EVENING STAR, \'V\Sfll GTON, D, ¢, \IO\'DAY MAY 4, 1925. SPORTS. Grszmen Seek Clean Sweep Over Red Sox : Brooklyn Club Factions Are at Odds ANXIOUS TO T RAVEL WEQT‘ WEDNESDAY LE ADI]\G RACE’ Mogridge, Johnsun and Zachary Primed to Pitch Tilts Victory Over Beaneaters. Remaining Here—Ruether Stars in abbath BY DENMAN THOMPSON, ris Editor, The Star Walter and likely S and to be started making a cle George Mogridge Johnson Tezehel slab Nat fo service in aking*the remaining three games from th ressively in the opencr Red Sox, e terday befor world, the Griffmen not immodestly the figure the American League race is at very but dot 1 are by the time th sethacks to t toda fancy the idea of ed that the wa. westward Wednes ng they handed sharing 1 ation. best onv v hike 7-2 trounc anxious to CREDIT MR. RUETHER oper cl been ve Indians e f White Sox tirst e proved th season | lay of Curt| hoa did have an negotinte Totuls. WASHINGTON. Leibold. of Harris, 2 Rice, Goslin, us Wir v is due 1t the he tinal Wed 1 Crimson-hosed is a Rudy hree, for fixed there a 5 = o o son o G 0 o o o of Star. turdy caleium Role 3 Hit one of ni ings. Ditcher 2 (Todt) . rea—Vessra, Time of game—1 hour Tull Gowan fon He not only scattered safe in St was left when Harris roiled to the ) three box Ruether who pre, iod of iiso was one of the ared that savory n tallies in the fifth, when departed for an early bat Peck away Ruel walked 1 up on Ruether's seco safety slash past Prothro. Leibold’s bunt crowded the corners, and Harris walked Ruel was force with a run. Rice's swat through hox scored Leibold. and when War wde a wild heave of Goslin's in attempting a ori ain were 1 time to | Fullerton here safety ri ind and ond when he | zone in the Griffs’ ed to right | fumbied the ball, the error and Fullerton With xmml forts with safe sphere i 1 overru ht when J. was trapped dodzing that enabled ich the far corner, from where llied as Biuege crashed a safety past rothro. was {nor Ehmke remainder President Hands Harris Watch, Gift F'rom Washington Friends fanned [ulle Rice, Goslin in making all was £ the hey the neither Ru menaced during route as ANAGER BUCKY HARRIS of - ¢ 1 \ nited States \\ ashington fith, presider President Nationals at from the hands of the watch, the gift of the world champion receiving a gold wrist i Natio Bucky on the lawn near the In handi Harris t know whether the al called at Coolid; was 1 t ge executive ade to pitch h lvin Coolidge, . States, tc House, May 4, was in- HOW GRIFFS ARE BATTING AB. I SB. KBL Pet. | : 01 s to have been | o 0 h Stadium last | o Nationals raised White Gri the I Clark 2 when 10 the 2 penn not ant d the game ed until today lin furnished ocular rensth of arm in th kB bounding nd with a line heave try stretch evidence single to Peck his ieNaliy Zuihiey Rusinil v eleskie he rur o o o o 0 o o s to Tke 15 two bases wlect in not touching n the third Retracir Dutch w his rier 00 RECORD FOR PAST WEEK IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES The past week’s m: of games won and rrors, opponents runs, including follows: ‘000 him ar steps 1o tc wallop. in left 1 on Vache's desperate eff hoestrir or nake a ner in Missing should have rted into a bounded ue records | runs, hits nd home Saturday e runs of games th ball on e o the AMERICAN S LEAGUE leach " W led in converting his in the fifth when into Prothro as he |[hilade St Lowis New York i Detroit 1 NATION A W Leibold was a bunt into a single 2 Fullertc 1 was field E workmanlike job 5 in the sev Vache tury clutching J He had ind bac in a udge's liner o sprint k. but timed his das 3 3 in L enth, his left nicely Pittsburgh Chicago New York Philadelphia battle between Goslin top batting honors con was hauled b by y. but his brace of while went the sacker to That see-saw and Judge for tinues. Jud Goslin Saturc bing veste hitles the toj wn3ET day Goose v sent ALEXANDRIA HIGH TEAM PLAYS IN TITLE SERIES ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4.—Alex andria High School makes its debut in | athletic district ball tomor ternoon. opposing Mason High School at Poto mac, Va., at 3 o'clock. Smith or Riley will pitch for Alex- | andri | Ehmke, lean right-hand who I heen from grip all Spr made first_appearance in a gzame yes terday. He lacked his usual stuff, but held the Griffs hitless, at that, during held t1 TS hi it that, during | oo the last t « Howard the ing the second base ow ree frames zame has tentatively the Nationals next Thursday at South Rend, Ind., en route to Chicago, where the Griffs start a series with the White Sox on Friday. Infielder alph Miller, sent to Wichita_as part payment for Pitcher Jim McNamara, has been returned by | the Western League club and yester- day to New Haven | was turned ove of the Eastern League, under option. EFFECT BOXING AGREEMENT. NEW YORK. May 4. working | agreement between the New York tate Boxing Commission and the An exhibitio becn arranzed 1 stage | and | Satur- | Alexandria High School w finual second district trac field championship games here day afternoon, with about 15 schools from the northern half of the State| competing. | ‘r I Episcopal High School is boojged for | |a ball game and a track meet Satur- | The nine will go to Lynchburg, | where #t will 1 | | copal, while the track team will be in Charlottesville in the annual meet for | | State high and prep schools, staged the | by the University of Virginia. Epis- South American Boxing Federation | copal won last season, and is favored was effected at a meeting of officials | 1o repeat. of the two bodies. By its provisions, | action relating to the status of box- ers under the jurisdiction of both boards will be mutually respected. California now has 50 licensed box- ing clubs, | Leazue, which last week boasted the | | Nationals LIEVE IT OR NOT. I BE ARTHUR SAXON —}dmous German Strong man LIFTED KIS TWo BROTHERS ABOVE HIS HEAD WiTh ONE-HAND — about 355 lbs. g_?.“‘f‘if‘ AL SCHNIEDER. ©} New York ¥ HAS DRANK 26 CUPS | D [ OF COFFEE - EVERY DAY FOR ; THE PAST 2\ YEARS |DEATH OF RACE HORSE rf% ROUP, Texa BEAT CONCORD 142.—96. Time of game - | 12, Hours | | * RIALTOS CONQUER HERZLS, TIEING ()R LILA(,UE LEAD P YING the of the fourth \ BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS the s beir runs in two t in he worked befor The latter led four AMERICAN LEAG am continue by handing club, bees in the sixth and sev the Union Pri vy over ver Line diamond AMES TODAY wsh Wash'ton. £ New York igo at Cleveland. WS Lovis. DAY'S RESULTS Boston, York Chicago, 2. Detroit,” 6 (called cateh train.) Coming fr Trir m behind in the Club of 0-10 setback to h, the ieorgetown the Irving se b their 10 to Kenilwowth | tin the Allen E. I tossers had fifth an ak straight Mitehell s by the ballers were eil, Inc., nine, District o ocks proved Seniors mpion Sha for the Linworth up iLto-6 win and chalked s 100 GAMES TOMORROW. New York at_Phil Cinein Chicazo. Brook!: Boston. St Louis at Pittsbg. VESTERDAY'S RESULTS. fladelohia. 1 Pitisburs Chics CLOSE”GAN'IES RULE IN MAJOR CIRCUITS of Mount Rainier Junior Athletic Club outclassed the Manhattans, GAMES T( New, York at Phila Chica at Bosto Seniors 13 to 2 Tirnokts P ional Metropolitan rexistered but three hits | were defeated to by | Humphreys n Bank batter when the Fort 15 and for Randles swamped the Midlands Abbot, Bargagni, Williams shared the hurling burden winner cock pitched the Club_team to an the Che 3 Arling Athletic 8-t0-6 victory over With Mattingly in t herns over Athletic ] i1 to Ou the seve box, the games played yesterday scored the Cardinal more than one run prevailed in but Wask over contest ngton, by | n Red eside De Lafayettes registered 19 Wesley twirlers in taking | by score of 15 hits a the ainst its 7-to-2 victory he Bost game bed back ker's 1 6 to 6 three National League decided by one point. After the Brooklyn team: had been shut out for eight innings by Clar Mitchell icques Fournier, with two out and | Zach Wheat on first, hit a homer to nose out the Phill to 1 A four-run rally in the last by Pittsburgh was stopped just in time to save Cincinnati a 5-to-4 vic tory, while the Cardinals broke their losing streak at a to the Cubs of second place, 8 to 7. Rogers Horns by celebrated with two home runs and a’ double. | Pitching duels featurs erns, ican League games. San Urban Shocker and shut Yankees for the Athletics fluke by T Miller gave t Mackmen their only run | Charley Robertson of the White Sox lost a 3-to-2 verdiet to Winzard of the Browns as the result of a pass and wild pite By singling in the | Members of first. George Sisler extended his con-| secutive-game hitting streak to 1. HOMERS MOR.E FREQUENT THIS SEASON THAN LAST Twenty itional League zathered 23 circuit blows in th vs and brought the total to 72 for | the first three weeks of the season compared with 8 American | This troit Al were on the pea dians, who tied A sixth-inning rally pointed the way {for a Yankee Athleitc Ciub victory over Martin’s by a 6-to-4 count. Seniors scored an * the Shawnee Preps. Crescent | victory o $-to-4 Columb | 7 vietory tionals. The Maryland Park base ball team that defeated the Warwicks, 8 to 4. with Irving on the mound, will play {the Pullman team at the Maryland Park diamond next Sunday tos at 14-to- Na- s registered a the expense of the inning cost Seabrook tossers nosed out the E: to & | Knickerbocker Athletic Club scored its fourth victory, when the Herald Harbor nine was defeated, 16 to 2, at the Knicks' field. the Al out to 0 mrock Seniors defeated the new 1 Kyle Athletic Club team me of eight innings. ‘the Kyle nine will meet reet southeast Wednesday night at 7:30. Alo ndria to 4 ius Club lost one to the Ale: Dreadnaughts by the score of | 'Heavy hitting featured the Princ George Athletic Club'’s 12-to-11 vie- player: 3 tory over the Bradbury Heights nine. Tast 7 ARGENTINE TEAM WINS. BARCELONA, May 4. | visiting er foot ball the Chicago | team the Espanols, to eight and MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS hip in both league: Baltimore. 6 < ¥ Brooklyn, att, Cleve- Buffalo, 18: Newark. 10 Jersey City. 6: Syracuse, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Minneapolis. Indianapolis, 1. St. Paul. 9: Louisville, Columbug. 14 Kansas Cit . 11: Milwaukee, Spain, Argentine soc today defeated | higher total. “Gabh Hartnett of ran his total tained the leader The leaders: nett, Chicago, 5. American land, 4. BIG YEAR FOR SWIMMERS. 8; League: Fournier. My Rochester, 0 swimmers set ate records, five of World marks, daring the se is now drawing to a close, it nounced by offic vesterday. Yale | swimmers exhibited striking allaround | ability, and their greatest feat was to lower the world 18-man marks for one mile from 17:40 45 to 17:112:5 nationa which_are | was an New Orleans. Birmingham Chattanooga, 4, G Memphis, 0, Little Rock, ** Nashiville, 5v 125, they | The | HIGH SCHOOL NINES TO HAVE BUSY WEEK A full tests in the series sams schedule, including three high school championship confronts scholast ball | hereabout sent base s during the pre: Western e it Wednesday in the first title \counters Eastern tomor and Tech 1 the second half Central and other circuit will ta game of loop sched furnish the on Friday The schedule Today — Georgetown shmen at Eastern men, College ionzaga Jorrow—W iness vs. C. 1 and: Central at Baltimore Wednesday Georgetc Prep at Thursday Mount St University Freshmen Friday —Central _vs Alt Boys' Latin more. Alexandr lotte Hall Freshm at Leons Freshmen copal bu REVENGE IS OBTAINED BY CARDINAL JUNIORS Cardinal Juniors gained revenge for {last Sunday’s defeat at the hands of |the Hess Juniors by swamping the Hessmen, 12 to 1, at the Cardinal | field. | Simpson’s work on the mound was | the feature of the game. The Bird | hurler allowed but two hits and fan {ned 11 batters, while his teammates were garnering 13 hits from the | pitching of the Hess twirlers. The Cardinals’ line-up | Tones, Ritzenberg, Baum, Lester. Lyons, Simpson. Ault, McDonald, Lynch, Clark, W. Wilson, Wilson and for the week follows Universi ‘ech vs. Mary- Park: Busi tern vs Freshmen, Mount St aster Broc Joseph's Tech Prep at Alban’s Gonza vs. Western Business; Devitt St Joseph's Catholic viand ness hool, St Balti Gon at_Culy Business College d Hall: vs. Plebes. Virginia Tech at Ch vs. Mary k: Des “atholic Annapolis at piscopal includes | Goldstein, | King, | Burke. Liberty Athletic Club ers are | being called together at 718 Taylor | treet tonight to sign their contracts | and to discuss the Washington Base | Ball and Athleti ociation field day | on Saturday. Liberties claim a for feit from the Park Athletic Club nine | which failed to show up for a game. | An allstar agsregation was defeated at the Plaza diamond, 9 to 5. Harp Midgets Courtland Midgets, Robert Hol oles to an « t outclassed 11 to 2 the | ger hurled the Semin- | 11-to-6 victory over the; Roanokes. Manager Oliver at Lin- coln 1 is booking Sunday games with teams averaging from 12 to 14 vears. Members of the Southend Juniors are requested to report at the home of | Manager Fitzgerald, 389 D street | southwest, tonight at 8 o'clock. Ren- rocs were defeated, 20 to 3, in a six-’ inning game. ] Canavin chalked up three hits out | of four trips to the plate, when Clover Juniors swamped the Peerless nine, 13 to 5. Sioux Midgets handed a setback to the Thistles, 11 to 4. Standard Insects Lowell nine, 25 to 6, Midget teams of the Washington | Base Ball and Athletic Assoclation are | | meeting at the Boys' Club tonight to | hand in their playing contracts. The | Juniors will gamer tomorrow night. FIGHT TO LOMBAEDO. PANAMA, May 4.—Jose Lombardo, featherweight champion of Central and South America, won a decision over Jose Ramos, a local feather- weight, in a 15-round bout. TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats | trounced the | “pin it insured | limited team | tween 5 and 7 o'clock MARSHALL ADVANCES IN CHESS STANDING By the Associated Press 3ADEN BADEN, the thirteenth round of the interna- tional chess tournament brought no change in the standing of the three leaders. The ed anothe: feating hi May 4.—Play"in ssian master Alekhine add- victory to his score, de fellow countryman, Rab inowitsch. Gruenfeld Austria, and instein of Poland, who respective- | re in second and third places in | rnament, ajourned their games. | ank J. Marshall, the United States champion, won his game with Colle of Belgium and went into fourth place. Torre, the other American contes tant defeated by Bogoljubow, Ru: rre is eleventh in the standing was T IS LAID TO POISONING | BALTIMORE, May 4.—Willis Sharpe s Preakness and Derby candi Man, died at the Pimlic ilment of several days | which erinarians believe was | due to poisonir | Man’s illness developed while sing moved to Pimlico | the Havre de G m"‘ the colt at th meet Three Sunny ed the Smith that s b close of who saw ‘ h express local veterinarians Man before his de: opinion, according to trainer of the Kilmer string. { the sent was caused by a of chloral and arsenic, adminis prior to the race at Havre de | last Monday, ip which Sunny after showing speed in his work ran far below form and was Prince of Bourbon investigation will by representatives of an company reported to have Wilmer colt for $150,000. TO PICK GIBBONS CAMP. NEW YORK, May 4.—Eddie Kane. anager of Tom Gibbons, arrived in »w York quietly vesterday to select v training eamp 1 shons may finish trair Tun istered Grace Man outs beaten b A rigid is said insurance the be made. his RUTH HAS RESTFUL DAY. NEW YORK Babe Ruth spent a t the hos- pital. Or Wds were per mi t run king, no ugger failed to provement, but be some privicy.” ¥ the Yar week end ir 'MARYLAND-C. wane i offered at Brookl a colorful Maryland was to be ind field squad of of Richmond. while to ind and town games hooked for their zinia will be the Old opponent. with Guilford in the Hillto] | University Geor base 1 f Li On Th Ball team will be Western Marylan ern Maryland ti s bat hor to the nine | After the Georgetown | cames listed the month Northern Wes ¥ During_tk the Hilltc trip. Saturday of ake a will find Maryland sity athietes busy, but The Old Line la at Hobe N. T, Stevens Insti track team to engage in North Caroli University's Annapolis and vill be with t Maryland’s na Slis with (atholic a will be ith the Midsh PETWORTH NINE VICTOR OVER MOUNT RAINIERS Edelin twirled the an 11 Petworth un victory over nine yesterday at In’the seventh he Mount Rainier the latter's diamond. frame the Petworth batters drove | Baldwin of Mount Rainier from the box with a shower of base hits | Fenwick. former Riverdale player d Ike Th have joined the | Petworth be in the line- | next Sunday, when the Alexandria | encountered at (lH‘ Thompson reg- | istered a triple and a single in yester day’s game CONGRESS HEIGHTS NOW IN GOOD TRIM| Frank Pierson | work with the Congress Hei letic Club base ball the Eastern Branch team that he believes will ¢ swath in unlimited ranks of trict during the next few months. | After winning six practice games from local teams, the Congress Heights tossers started on their cam- paign yesterday nosing out Rob Roy Macke Mohawks, 6 to 5, in a 13-inning contest. Swanson went the entire the mound, fanning 15 batters and allowing buy six hits. Schriver's hit in the fourth inning brought in three Tuns to tie the score. For Saturday and Sunday games ith the Congress Heights nine call ed” Richardson at Lincoln 3841 be. s been hard at hts Ath nine over beyond and now has a by route on W FIRPO ABOUT THROUGH, WEIGHING 285 POUNDS Billy McCarney | looked after Lui: this country, says who for some time Firpo's interests in the South end of his days as a pugilistic attrac- tion. According to McCarney, Firpo now weighs 285 pounds and cannot hope to { regain his best fighting condition. RADIATOR, FENDERS BODIES MADE ’AND REPAIRE NEW RADIATORS FOR ACTOS. WITTSTATT'S R, & F. WKS. 319 13th N.w. 1423 P. REAR T! Y BASE BALL 7324y AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK Washington vs. Boston affa Ameri- | n heavyweight has approached the | ! EBBETS-McKEEVER HEIRS CONTEND OVER CONTROL National League Eventually May Have to Take Some Action to Restore Harmony in Con- Business Affairs. duct of Robins’ BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, May 4—Two irreconcilable the Brookiyn base ball club since the sudde presidents of the club within 12 days of ea is owned by t and while both sides pro each has ar faction N One hali of the club the McKeever families, out the interests of the other, sell its stock, but will continue in base ball When Charles H. Ebbets took the McK hv did so for their financial aid and beca n politics. They would not agree to any .v them the same intcrest in the club sulted in each of the factions own McKeever interest each brother owned harmony against the Ebbets arise any disagreement 500-MILE AUTO RACE ATTRACTS 34 PILOTS """ | been ix ment h of e Ebbets fa hali by to buy as {and agreed the | ¢ of | part of the to INDIANAPOL Thirty-four « foreign desig annual 500-mile be held May apolis motor nounced today midnight, May 1 largest since 1919, Thirty-three machines are start. Elimination tris week before the c among the drivers t the cars are winner of the Palma, Dave Ind, Ms: 3.— |chase ve of them are entered in automobile race 30, at the Ir speedway, it Entries The 5 bbets’ Heirs Are United. close = 3 field is eligible will by »ntest held one Included nated to Milton event: Ralph Bennet Hill, Harry Hartz. Earl ¢ and a host of other American gn drivers Include A. Guyot France and Pietro Bordino of Italy De Palms ady is 1 icing for the i il be the 13th annual | | renewal of the event. Others are pected next week pose The McKee on, has c has ir £ b nomi Tommy | Lewis rs of | | to rem Asso- o The Omaha Municipal Tennis clation has a membership players U. DIAMOND n the Wask week hingtoa va with base ball Act » May Have to Univers ernoor Ih‘ se iletic com- TERRIS IS FAVORED IN GO WITH DUNDEE |, BY en and AIRPLAY. YORK, May 4 gets away with arden tomorrow n greatest mirac ulous performer NEW Dundee the ( The Scotch Wop has been his bumps in the provin than one of his devoted admirers will breathe easier if he is even entitled to a draw when the bell rings for the end of the final round inly ought to have hing the agile Te f from exhaustion at tanding up wh defeated tim unless should he the battle Immedia of the way the G: ver to the wreckers. It has among other things, some great bouts in the course of its history but it has | also seen “fights” which should havs made the statue of Diana up on the top of the tower blush for shame. All the good ones since John L. Sullivan have boxed there and memor ies of the building will outlive the structure as long as records and stories of sporting events are current in this country. POST OFFICE LEAGUE SERIES STARTS TODAY‘ Third_Assistant Postmaster General | W. I Glover will toss out the first ball at the opening of the Post | Office Base Ball League series at Mon- | ument diamond No. 1. General Accounting Office and Mail | Equipment Shops teams will mingle | in the initial contest. which is sche uled to get under wav at 5 o'clock. ARROW JUNIORS WIN. Arrow Juniors nosed out the sius Junior base ball nine by a score of 10 to 9. Zimiele pitched for the winners. All members of the Arrows are_requested to report to the home of Pat Burns at 8 o'clock tonight for 2 special meeting REDS ENGAGE SCOUT. “INCINNATI, M of Jack Coffey as scout for the Cin cinnati Reds has been announced by Manager Jack Hendricks. Coffey now coaching the Fordham University team PIMLICO SPRING MEETING MAY 18t t Admission, Includ First Race, 2:30 Svecial traity, B & O leaves Uy tion 1140 ccial”train. B. & O (re {UTming) + Jeaves Mt. Royal Station, Baltimore, 6:03 P.M. (Diner.) - Regular Express. B. | & 0., ieaves Union Station 1 Fre: gqueni’ trains on Penneylvania R. K. and W.. B. & A. Electric Line he “Wonder What Mertz Will Today ? den will by seen Close [ Daily P. M. at Saturday § P. - > 1 At Sign of the Moon Special UIT and 1593 Aloy Extra Trousers (4 Pieces) —made to your order as you want it! .90 4.—Engagement Cannot Be Duplicated Under $40 A magnificent stock of fabrics from which to se- lect. We have what you want. 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