Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1925, Page 70

Faulty Pitching Staff Weakens Browns : SISLERITES CAN HIT HARD, ¢ BUT CAN'T CHECK RIVALS, NEAR DUCKPIN FLAG Lack of Balance in St. Louis Team Removes It From # Ranks of Serious Flag Contenders, According f to Harris—Sisler Is a Marvel. BY Manager and Second Baseman, W ETROIT, May 23.—George Sisl Louis star, who was compelle: D son because of eye trouble, is hothered by faulty vision Sisler hit in 34 straight games, until last Wednesday, when Harris ar held him hitless and broke his long holds the modern major league record of 41 consecutive hitting games. He hung it up in 1922, just before his The return to topnotch form of to the base ball public. There are fe been few greater ones in the long history of the game. 2 credit to base ball. He has helped performances at bat and as a first ba! Sisler showed his stout heart when he failed to get discouraged because he had serious eye trouble. Few ball players recover from major optical ailments. When their eyes go back on them they invariably are on their way out. But not so Sisler. He never gave up the fight to regain his normal vision. Held On Gamely. When he was unable to play in | 1923 many plavers thought he was | through. They all felt sorry for him. At the time he had one of the bright- est future 6f any one in the big leagues. And he still has, thanks to his refusal to throw up the sponge. He managed to hit a bit over .300 last season when he got back in uni form. Unless I am mistaken, he will be far above this mark when October rolls around. It is a good thing for base ball that Bisler has come back into his own. He is one of the real good drawing cards In the national pastime, having a big personal following. The places of players of the Sisler type are al- ways hard to fill. . Such stars come to the top mighty seldom. It would | have been a tragedy had th. . Louis | Jeader 1lost his fight against eve trouble. While Sisler is going great guns this season, the same thing cannot be said for the Browns. The St. Louis club doesn’t impress me as a combi nation likely to prove highly dan-| gerous in the pennant race. 1 don't look for them to be fighting it out in the Fall, although they are fre- quently a dangerous club to any rival. But they hardly seem balanced enough to rate near the top of the pile. This lack of balance can be blamed upon the pitching staff. The St. Louis hurlers, so far, at least, haven't measured up to the standard expected from a pennant contende: They may get better, but it is very much of a question if they can now show the stuff they will need to make amends for a slow start. A game lost in the early stages of the race counts just as much as later on. The Browns have lost a number of games when their batters have -been hitting the ball hard and getting a flock of runs for the pitchers to work on. Where a club bats in more than six runs and then fails to win there is only one answer. That is that the pitching has been inferior Can’t Check Opposition. Tt is true that the Browns have won some games where the opposing clubs have done their share of high scoring, but the point is that the op- posing pitchers on the leading clubs in the league will hold the Browns hitters to low scores more often than the Browns will pile up a big score. 1t is the old story of the necessity of having consistently good pitching even with good hitting to stay close up in a big league pennant race. Joe Bush doesn’t seem to be going ! as well for the Browns as he did for the Yankees. However, he should strike his stride soon. If he gets back to his good form he will turn in some winning efforts for his new club. Jacobson’s absence in the first part of the season didn't help the Browns any. He is patrolling the outfield again. The club is better for his pres- ence. He is a corking good fielder ang. an always dangerous hitter. He has frequently robbed Washington play- ers of extra base hits by clever field- ing. There is plenty of hitting power in the St. Louis lineup. Ken Williams is apt to break up any man's ball game at any time. But in spite of the offensive strength which Sisler, Wil- liams, Jacobson and their mates give the Browns, the club isn't going _to get in the thick of the flght without oetter pitching. The Browns weak in the bix and consequently & big disadvantage. I can't see where they rate with Washington, the Ath- letics or the White Sox. TECH NINE IS BEATEN BY MIDDY PLEBES, 8-3 ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 23.—The Navy Plebes defeated Tech of Wash- ington on_the diamond today 8 to 3. Zabllsky Struck out 10 Washington men and held them to five scattered hits Tech | Plebes. AB. Millican.ss 5 AB.H.O.A o =0 > [ i 3 3 3 1 3 @RoRSOOmE OHOLOBH OIS [T Totals. 34 52 Tech.. Navy...'}.. . 03012111 Runs—Luchessi, Bobys, Werber, Millican, Keith, Beasley (3). Coffman, Beall, Wear. #icks. ~ Errors—Luchessi (2), Jett, Allen Mil (3), Wood, Coffman. ' Home run— Bobys. Two-base hit—Wear. Coffman, Wear. Stolen bases—Jett, Millican, Wood, Coffman, Beall. Wear. Bases on balls —Off ' Zabilsky. 1. Struck_out—3y Zabilsks. 10: by Guethler. 2. Passed ball—Hile. Double play—Bobys. Luchess! gnd Werber. Left on bases—Tech, 5: Navy, 5. « NAVY LACROSSE TEAM VICTOR OVER TORONTO ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 23.—In the first international game of lacrosse ever played here, the Navy won from the University of Toronto today, 6 to 2. The first helf ended 2 to 0 in fayor of the Midshipmen. The visitors were outclassed in stamina, but had a clever passing game. ‘Billing scored three goals for Navy. Line-ups: Naval (6) Position.” Torobto (2). Goal ... Al STANLEY HARRIS, He showed this against the Washington club and against every otfer team the Browns have played. Ak Sacrifices— ! orld Champion Washington Club. er is again the Sisler of old. The d to lay off throughout the 1923 sea every bit as good as before he was right from the start of the season nd Groves of the fast-going Athletics string. The Browns’ first baseman eyes went back on him. the St. Louis manager is gratifying w more popular players. There have : George Sisler is add'to its popularity by his sterling seman. ELEMENTARY NINES WILL START SERIES Tomorrow the Plaza and Rosedale | playgrounds will be the scens of the first elementary school’s city base ball series. Monroe and Tenley Schools [ will be the opponents on Plaza and PNers had high game of the contest Blair-Hayes will play Blow School on Rosedale. Thomson and Brightwood | Park will be the contestants Tuesday on the Plaza. | The series starting tomorrow is the culmination of two months of play The eight playground divisions hav conducted as many league series since the first of April and the teams that | are represented in the finals are those which have won division champion- ships. The divisions and the champions of each are: Rosedale, Blow School; Gar- fleld, Smallwood School; Virginia ave- nue, Lenox School; Bloomingdale, Brightwood Park School; Georgetown, Tenley School: New York avenue, Thomson School; Park View, Monroe School: and Plaza, Blair-Hayes School. Wednesday the Smallwood School ! plays the Lenox nine on the Plaza.! The winner of this game will play the | winner of the Blow-Blair game for the | eastern section title. The winning teams in the ‘Penley-Monroe and Thomson-Brightwood Park encounters will meet in a contest for the western section title. The two section winners will then play a three-game series for city honors. "All games are scheduled to start at 3:30 and the officials will be Angus Heeke at Rosedale and William Anderson at Plaza. | CRICKETERS WILL PLAY PRACTICE MATCH TODAY Members of the Washington Cricket Club and the Washington Cricket As- sociation will meet in a practice game at Potomac Park today at 2 o'clock. » The match will serve as a workeut for the Washington Club team, which is to entertain the Baltimore combina. | Mount Pleasant quint appears to have lare four games back. | single | with gam |ant | match, Steele 348 and Hornig 334. ¥ THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO) MT. PLEASANT QUINT With the season nearing a close, the a safe margin in the flag race in the 0dd Fellows Duckpin League. Salem and Eastern, tied for second, Standing of Teams. Mt. Pleasan Salem © Eastern Harmony Amity < Federal City Golden Rul Columbia .. Fred D. Stuari Washington Brightwood . Friendship . P Record Performancen. High team game—Mt. Pleagant 503. High team sel—Mt. Pleasant, 1,645 High individual game—Harville 161. Hizh individual set—Harville. 403 Greatest. number spares—Harville, 1 Greatesi number strikes—P. Ellet}, b High individual average—P. Elletf. 115.5. The surprise of the week occurred when Columbia won the entire set from the Salem quint. This triple loss jarred Salem'’s pennant chances con- siderably. Salem was handicapped to some extent by the absence of Driver, their star bowler. Cones of the win- ners rolled the best duckpins. Eastern advanced to a tie with Salem for second position and shoved Amity down into fifth pesition by taking all three games from the lat- ter. The games were hotly contested, Lastern winning the first by 2 pins, the second by 10 pine and after tying the third, won on the roll-off by a pin. The rolling of J. Bilett featured this match. The Mount Pleasant team struck a snag when it ran up against Fed- eral City, the latter taking two of the three games. Ward of the win- with 189 and C. F. Groff of the losers ran up the best total, 343. After this match Mount Pleasant took on the Friendship team, rolling off a post poned set, and easily took the set, of 524, 531 and 571 for a total of 1,626. Logan of Mount Pleas- contributed 3871 in the second Nichols smeared the maples to the tune of 344 for Golden Rule in its contest with Salem. Salem got the first game by forfeit, won the second and fell before Golden Rule in the third. Golden Rule also rolled Fred D. Stuart, being victors in all three games, with Pumphrey leading with Friendship took a new lease on life, after losing 18 of the last 21 games, and won the set from Washington. S i MARINE SHOOTERS WIN | FROM TITLE NAVY TEAM | _ANNAPOLIS, Md.. May 23.—The | riflemen of the Quantico Marines won | from the Navy, which last Saturday | gained the intercollegiate champion- ship, 2,927 to 2,743, here today. _The Navy plebes, however, won from (ontral High School of Washington by 1355 to 1,249, hooting in both matches was at | the 200 and 300 vard range, rapid fire and the 300 and 500 yard, slow fire. BALISTON A. C. HAS GAME. Ballston Athletic Club is booked to engage the ' Cardimal Club at the| Ballston field today at 3 o'clock. | MACFARLAND NETMEN WIN. tion next Sunday. Last Sunday the District players had little trouble in winning from the Baltimoreans. BIG LEAGUE AVERAGES Including Games &f Thursday. > CAN LEAGUE. CLUB BATTING. Club. G. Washing's Geveland 31 1 Detroit.. . 38 INDIVIDUAL BATTING. (Ten or more games.) Player. Club. ~ G. AB. Wash. 6 Hendrick, Clev. Combs. N. Y ... Ferking, Pnii i Simmont, Phil.’ Carlyle. Wn.&B B8 U085 e ! Goslin, Wash Severeid. St. Boone, Bos. Veach: BAN.Y. Rice St.L.... Vache. Bos Crouse, Chi Shaute, Clev.." Heilmann. Def Cochrane. Phil Todt. Bos. Rice, Was. 5 Ch . Chi. Det... Wiliiams, $t. Wingo. Det Bluege, Wagh | Dugan. N. Y.. MeXulty. Cle 3. Sewell. Cl Manush; Det Poole. Phil. . Lamar Phil. .. o) B Nt HoS e @ ur] ec! e, S s SRBERUZIEIEISRECNREEE e SEE o et SSERE! SEEPRIFSA-TRTE LTS 2 e DDl B L35 D00 D 7 s B A2 Myatt, Clev.... Bishop. Phil_ . 3 Peckinp’h, Wn. £ Shocker, N. ¥ Miller. Phil. Rigney, Det’ . Collins, Chi ..~ Picinich. Bos. | Wells, Det Wanninger, NY. Falk, Chi Uhle: Cleve. ... Williams, Boa'. Leibold. Wash. gl =t 3 e ncio mta B e e 2.8 oo On~ns ftachei oot 34 Feteh A R 4 Ruoel, Wash. goned, Det..’ 13 82 ewster, Clev. 31100 PITCHING. Bush, St. L... Shocker, 'N.. Y. Cole, Det. 05001 0AODOHIIOLBISHIIHEDIIG DDLU DO OH OO DD B DB SH OIS S OB S LIRSS D il e S i b LS OO0 ONOOOEOOOHNE; ORI OO 130 CBHOC OB OOH HHAOHBLE S AR DB H S T 1L T 00N DI B O NP B P en 19 O D 00 H D P ST Bom 5 e SR o & 0 A 01 S, e REBER uasanionoin 3 £ i Fonséca. Phif | Bohmne. Ci | Knight.' Phil.. Macfarland Junior,High School de- feated Columbia Junior High, 2 to 0, in the first interschool tennis match. NATIONAL LEAGUE. CLUB BATTING. INDIVIDUAL BATTING. (Ten games or more.) Player. Club. Wilson, Phil.. . Hawke: Phil. €L Fourmier. Bkin. Bacroft. Bos. Schultz. Phil.. . §pinners. St i Tights Terry, N. Y. Molkan, Phii. Wright, Pitte. Barnhart. Pitts Smith, Pitts. . Gyler. Pitis eat. Bkin Blades. St. 1. Grimm._ Chi sl $miota S Smotee D Smah toSiBmOm PrreRy e 1300 REEEEBRm- 212 hezatt i 1 TES 4 <100 IR B IR T 10183 N 5 L 1G5 1= MR OO0, Mueller, St. L, Grifiith Bi&Ch “risch, N. Y 29,2000 it s OIS S R O S S R R SRR E S cagico o 2o i i oty S ey St N Taylor. Bkin. . Hartnett, C’:l( ey ., It b OB O W O3 OO OB O O S IABB B SI S 1 SO A OB HoSNEESSLEER0EN T O BHE 1 SOOI DSOS BO 1SN o eyt s S 26 o1 £ Tragnor, Pitfs. Henline, Phil. Barrett. Chi Gonzales, Si oy 3300 G D C BB DB ARG SHRH B DN INN S D Z A ROLEB RO oo nan R ESoP 3R ERGE IR ERICER ISR LSS L ) t. B William: Cooney, St. L. Bressier. Cin. | Adams, Chi, ilson, N . St L. Critz, Cify Holke, Phil Friberg,:Chi Johnston, " Bi L3120 63 b kbt G 10108322608 SEE BB SER SR OBE S 50 S gt I T L N ST NDAE 4 9 NG S e BB S Caveney, Ci Bg 61 | 61 3 i tA R e S s e {EER e @ Ewoad 1 iia 3913 1203 @ 8 B 3 9 CoRCENCOLOM DB 8 35 g é Couch, Phil. Dean, 'N. Mitehell, Phil Rixey, Cin Alexander ", Blake, Chi B Box Pitcher-Club. Bentley, N. Y. Huntzinger,N. Marquard, "B Seott, N. Y. e Genewich, Bo; Vance, BKIn Kaufmaon, Chi. Morrieon, Pitts. Grimes, fiur. v > PsBG ke EssHmHo oo ol COOOOOOD IS M3 W SIS BN e [ERETHRTS YORKES PLAY TODAY. Yorke Preps are to encounter the Rialto Juniors on Diamond No, 4 at BSOS I O e O LT R OV 1 P2 i P 103300 A G O I BB OB e L P PI LI E TP St 11 o'clock. Players of the Yorke nine are.roquested to report &t 10:30, D. C, MAY 24, 1925— Giants Fortified Agai SPORTS SECTION. ALOYSIUS AND MOHAWKS TO BATTLE P scene of one of the big local for today. The Aloysius club at 3 o'clock. For years the I streeters have rivaled the Navy Yard section in all forms of sport and this year the Aloys are out to put Swampoodle ahead. And the Purple tossers make no secret of the fact that they expect to carry off the city championship this year. The last base ball title won by the Aloysius Club was back in 1914, when the locals ranked with the leading sandlot teams of the South Atlantic section. With sgveral all-Marine players in the Mohawk line-up the Saints con- sider today's game one of the hardest on the schedule. National Metropolitan Bank tossers are encountering the F. H. Smith Co. nine at Clark Grifith Stadium this morning at 10:30 o'clock, Teams of the Hess Athletic Club will play their usual double-header to- day. The Seniors journey to Tenley- town to take on the Modocs at 2:30, while the Juniors are to entertain the Falls Church Juniors at Fifth and L streets at 1 o'clock. Senior players are to report at Fifth and L streets southeast at 1:30. Tocal sandlot fans are in for a treat when the Apaches meet the Domin- ican Lyceum nine at Washington Bar racks’ field at 1 o'clock. Apache play- ers are to report at Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast at 12 o’clock. With a record of three wins in four starts, the Arlington Athletic Club meets the fast Pullman Athletic Club today at 3 o'clock at the Arlington grounds. District teams wishing to book the Arlingtons should communi- cate with Manager Leo F. Wise at Arlington, Va. Ransdells and Warwicks are to/ mingle at hteenth and Newton | streets at 2:30. Ransdell players are requested to report at 1 o'clock. Shamrock Seniors will meet at Eleventh and G streets at 1:30 o'clock to start for Kenilworth, where the Kenilworth team will be engaged at 3 o'clock. The Earle Theater nine will play the Shawnee Athletic Club at 11 o'clock on the south diamond of the Ellipse. McCarthy and Camburn are ex-| pected to twirl for the Comforter Club in a game with the Alexandria Cardinals on the latter’s field. Play will start at 2:30. Adjutant General's Office will meet the Prince George team at Forestville at 3 o'clock. Jones and Gibeaux will form the starting bat- | tery for the O. nine. The | Prince George tea is rated as a strong combination. having won the pennant in the county league Ilast | vear, while the Generals have been | setting a fast pace in the Potomac Park League. The team leaves | Pennsylvania avenue and Eighth | street southeast at 12:30. Mount Rainier Athletic Club and Rosslyn nines will oppose PSCh_r\thl' at Mount Rainier field at 3 o'clock tossers | Trinity Athletic Club Seniors ves- terday defeated the De Molay Seniors, 7 to 6. Ingram and Colby starred at bat, while Dove. the winning pitcher, struck out 17 batter: Lafayette clubmen travel to Sea- brook today for a game starting at 3 o'clock. Bayles, former Great Lakes and Naval Air Service pitcher, has been added to the hurling staff. FOUR MATCHES PLAYED BY BANKER RACKETERS| Cochrane, Ahlenfeld, Cushing and Esch were victorious in the first round of singles in the annual tennis tourna ment of the American Institute of Banking staged yesterday at Henry Park. i In a fifth match between Curtis and Reeside the latter was unable to continue play when the first set had reached $—all. Second-round matches in both “sin- gles and doubles will be concluded by Saturday, June 6. Summaries: Cochrane defeated’ Zoll, 6—1, 6 Ahlenfeld defeated Yeatman, 6 Cushing defeated Cozzens, 6 ' Esch won frem Ogilvie by de: KENNEL AND FIELD | | GEO. H. KERNODLE. Pikesville surprised itself at the -sanctioned show last Satur- day with an entry of more than 300 dogs. This suburh of Baltimore has decided that so large an entry of high-class dogs will justify the hold- ing of a regular licensed event next year, and arrangements will be made for such a show. The bulk of the judging of this show was handled by J. Allan Hoffar and Mrs. R. C. Birney, who were oc- cupied in the rings during the entire afterncon. Best dog in the show went to the setter which had won this honor at the Philadelphja show, reserve being won by the collie, Lad- die Blue Boy, a.son of Ch. Treffynon Blue Sol, and reserve to his noted sire at both the New York and Wash- ington shows for best collie. Emory A. Stene of Baltimore has succeeded in_interesting the whippet breeders of the East in a meet which will be held in Baltimore on June 6. The many attempts to-popularize the old Engligh sport of whippet. racing seem at last to be bearing fruit, for with established tracks in New York, Atlantic City, St. Louis and other cities, the public is becoming better acquainted with this phase of the racing game. ‘Washingtog will be represented at this meet hy?’lwo entrants from the “whippety” Kennel of Mrs. Eleanor J. Whitall. L. F. Dyson of Alexandria an- nounces - the mating of- his young shepherd bitch, Nota of Carnegay Farms, -to Gi H. Kernodle's Alf v. d. Lindenluft. Nota is a daughter of the 1921 “German: grand - champion, Harras y. d. Juch P.H.* . - Among the local fanciers who have entéred In .the show’ of the Devon, Pa:, Dog and Horse Show Assdcia- tion ‘on May 30 are ch, Gawler, Mrs. Eleanor Whitall, Mrs. R. C. Birney and Mrs. R. H. Johnstol Premium lists are out for the an- nual. specialty show of the Shepherd -Club of America, which will be held at the Turf and Field Club in Belmont Park Juns 18 and 19. e club has brought over Otto Kaempfe of Jena, Germany, to offi- ciate. Kaempfe is a well known European judge, and has been closely identified with these dogs, being the owner of the famous Jena-Paradies kennel, which has consistently . Cout winners for 25 years,. - HILLIPS PARK at Fifteenth and H streets northeast will be the [G. P. 0. .'I.'EAM SE {ernment Base Ball League showed a | | Navy tennis players won from Penn T |salt-water fishing. ON DIAMOND sandlot base ball attractions carded nine. is encounfering the Mohawks WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR SANDLOT NINES A &chedule of today's games for the three divisions of the Washington Base Ball and Athletic Association was announced last night by Secre- tary Walter Haight. It follows: SENIOR TEAMS. Texan Athletie Club_vs. Linworths at hington Barracks at 3 o'clock: Tremonts 5. Boye' Club at the south Ellipse diamond at'1 o'clock? Mount Rainiers ve. Trinity Ath- letie Clup at Georgeiown Prep field”at o'clock: Takoma vs. Liberty Athletic Club at Rosedale field at 3 o'clock. JUNIOR TEAMS. Mount_Rainiers vs. Atiantics_on Mount Rainfer field at 10:30 o'clock: Peerless ve Corinthians at_south Ellipe at 3 o'clock outhends ve. Crescents at diamond No. § ai 1 o'clock: Trinity vs. Renrocs at Georgetown Prep field at o'clock: Clovers Swanee Preps at F Ontarios vs. Yaukees at diamond o'clock. MIDGET TEAMS. Randles at diamond No. 9 at : “Eagles ve. Meridians at Vircinia playground at 1 o'clock: Corinthians Southends at diamond No. 10 at 1 o'clock: Diamonds ve. Carlisles at VirFinia avenue playground at 3 o'clock: Smith- fields vs. Dream at diamond No. 5 at 1 clock: Cardinals vs. Nationals at diamond CENTER MARKET NINE KEEPS CLEAN SLATE Center Market maintained its clean record and its position at the top of the Commercial Base Ball League standings by scoring two victorles during the past week, while Chestnut | Farms dropped into second place by losing to Williams-Webb, Thompson's Dairy made a eonsid- crable spurt_and moved into third place by defeating The Evening Star and Lansburgh & Bro. nines. The standings: Willinme.-Webb Co C. & P. Telephone Co. Evening Star i 0 TS PACE IN GOVERNMENT LOOP General Accountants of the Gov- flash of old-time form during the past week and nosed the Inte and Commissioner teams out of sec- ond place in the loop standing. Government Printing Office added { two. mote to.its unbroken string of | victories, and remazins at the top of | the heap. 6. P O G. A. O, Interitate Commissione: Patent Office . Won. L NAVY WINS AT TENNIS. ANNAPOLIS, Md., May —By winning both strings in doubles the State today by 5 to 3, as there was an even break on the six singles. | nine | sacker, clouted a home run HARP MIDGETS WILL ENGAGE NATIONALS Manager Mickey O'Connor and Business Manager “Irish" “O'Donnell of the Harp Midgets have booked the Nationals for a game at the Virginia avenue playground field today at 3 o'clock and the Eastern Athletic €lub for an encounter at the same diamond Monday at 5 o'clock. Members of the Harp mine will mect at 715 G street Monday hight at 7:30 o’clock. - - Bucky Juniors will tackle the newly organized Lightning Athletic Club 1t 11 o'clock. Members of the Bucky team will report at 637 Q street at 10 o'clock. : Michigans won from the Boys' Club of Riverdale, 10 to 9. Marshall and Perry each connected four times in five trips to the plate. Mount Rainier took first place in the Jerry Sport League by defeating the Corinthian nine, 9 to 7. Roosevelt Midgets won from Lincolns, 5 to 4. Jerry Athletic Club defeated the Eagle Athletic Club, 8 to 5. Piney Branch Insects Brightwood, 15 to 13. the defeated Ontario Insects won their seventh straight by defeating the Silver Stars, 14 to 0. Webb pitched a no-hit, no-run game. Ingalls and Hedrick formed the bat- tery for the Stanton Insects when the Kansas Avenue Insects were de- feated, 6 to 6. Terminal Insects won from the Vanity Insects by a count of 20 to 13. Montrose Athletic Club defeated the Americans, 7 to § Harris Insects won their sixteenth straight victory when the Lincoln Parks were nosed out, 10 to 8. Mount Rainier Insects won both halves of a double-header, defeating the Hornets, 9 to 0, and trouncing the Walter Johnson Tigers, 17 to 1. Piney Branch tossers won their tenth straight when they defeated the St. Paul Insects, 21 to 5 COMMERCIAL BANK NINE BLANKS NATIONAL CREW Walter Cox, Commercial National Bank's star hurler, yesterday shut out the National Bank of Washing- {ton team while his teammates were | garnering a total of 24 hits and 23 runs off the slants of four pitchers. Each member of the Commercial conriected for one or more safeties, while Marty Tobin, second- en the bases were loaded. The score: CMN. AB.H.O,A. NBofW. AB. Melntrect 4 % 270 St 3 [PIOTSEYREYIS soo010ms! Totals. .38 Commercial National Bank National Bank of Wash Runs—Mclntyre (2 3). Campbell (3 2706 8—23 00000—0 . Tobin _(3), King Hart (3). Draper Sheehy. .“Cox, "Keiner. run—Tobin len bases—Mclntyre, Tobin. King (), Radice. Hart. Schooley. Sacrifices —King. Campbeil. Double playe—Cox Hart to King. Radice to Tobin to King. Left on hases—Cotomercial National Bank. 6: Na- tional Bank of Washington, 7. Bases on balls—Off Smith. 2: offt Wood. 1 off Malor. 3. off Cox, 1. Hits—Off Sheehy. § in 2 in’ nings: off Cox, 7 in 5 innings: off Smith, 6 in' 1 inning. off Wood, 2 in 1 inning, off Malor. 8 in'1 inning. _Hit by pitcher—B; Sheehy (Melntyre), by Smith (Hart)_ Struc onteBy Cox. 6: by Sheshy. 1. Winging pitcher—Cox." Loging Pitcher—Sheehs. Um- pire—Mr. C. W. McClure. Time of game— 1 hour and 46 minutes. ROD AND STREAM BY PERRY MILLER. ing everywhere. but, other than herring, few fis sands of small perch in the river, bu long. The same applies to the rock. are being caught, but the larger me: not reached this vicinity as yet. clear, great sport may be expected. In the meantime, snagging for her-| ring will be the chief sport and those | engaged in this branch of angling may snag several other species of ‘the finny tribe. Snags 150 Herring. One day last week, Dr. Sam J. Cockerille, fishing at Little Falls, landed 150 herring by the snag method. He also snagged a catfish weighing 815 pounds, a carp weigh-| ing about 7 pounds, and then snagged two shad weighing about 6 pounds each, which shows that those anglers who like to snag herring need not be surprised if they pull up a different kind of fish. There is no real fishing at the pres- ent time in the vicinity of the Steel Plant below Hains Point. . Friday afternoon @ party of newspapermen motored down in a launch and were rewarded for their efforts with thel catch of only one rock about 10 inches long and four very small perch. Later on this will be one of the most attractive places around Washington for rock fishing, but it 18 not so good at the present time. Benedict, on the Patuxent River, is the first place to report very good Last week Brice Rupenthal of 730 12th street south- east headed a party to this place and returned with 81 hardheads, ranging in weight from 1 to 215 pounds, Any idea that may ha: HE Potomac River still is full of The condition of the water is perfect for angling, herring and they can be seen jump- h are being caught. There are thou- t they are only three or four inches Many of the very small pan rock mbers of this family evidently have Between June 1 and 15 is the time for | these big rockfish to put in their appearance, and, if the water stays because of the unusually poor fishing in the waters of Chesapeake Bay at this season of the year, that there was nothing in the bay but salt, has been dissipated now that the local contingent at Chesapeake Beach has been able to bring in from the deep water some fine specimens of the popular species of hardheads. Hardheads in Bay. Tt remained for Capt. Noah Hazard to come down from his Winter quar- ters last Saturday night and take out a boatload of the persistent variety of anglers, and he showed them just where and when to get them. Hazard has been follow ; the water so long that he is almost universally con- ceded to be an authority on time and place when it comes to fishing. For several moons there have been 2 number of lovers of the great sport on the long pler every evening hop- ing and longing for the strike of the hardhead on their annual Spring visitation. But up to last Saturday night no onme there had any luck. This season the hardheads are about two weeks late, but the size and ap- pearance generally of those caught last Saturday night from the boats in deep water show them to be none the less inviting and gratifying to those who give up their usual sleep- ing hours to inveigle the wily croak- ers. When the anglers came in Sun. day ‘morning with their catches joy H.0.A. | | chine became balanced. nst- Accidents RESERVES AND NOT LUCK MAKE CLUB FORMIDABLE New York Team Has Had Its Share of Injuries, But Has Been Able to Throw Capable Secondary ‘ Strength Into Game at All Time BY JOHN McGRAW, Manager, New York Gian! “H many other clubs? OW is it?” inquires a fan, who, I think, m formed, “that the Giants have escaped the accidents that upset If it was not lu 1wst be somewhat unin how do you account for the big lead taken by your clubat the start of the season? I have tried to be impersonal in these articles and discuss my own club in the same spirit that I would others. That question, howeve , calls for a more direct and personal answer. The Giants, as a matter of fac and T don’t think luck has figured i have not escaped accidents and illnes their progress at all. We have had as many, if not more, regulars knocked out from time to time thar other club in the league. Our success has been in foreseeing the possi- bility of such accidents and in being able to fill the gaps as rapidly as they appear. As 1 have frequently remarked, it is the secondary or reserve strength of a ball club that makes it & pennant possibility. We have been fortunate in having the right men for the emer- gency, but I think we should be given | a little credit for judgment in -that matter. Tt was not altogether luck. The success of the New York Club is due to its strength as a machine, not to individuals as such Glants Well Crippled. Frankie Frisch has been kpocked out by injuries on two occasions now, and he is one of our strongest men Heinie Groh has been knocked out al- most since the beginning of the sea- son. Arthur Nehf has been -unable to take his regular turn on account of a severe cold. Hughey McQuillan was in bed for several days from the same cause. Billy Southworth was laid up for a week. By having Billy Terry as a secon- dary first baseman and Freddie Lind- strom as a uiility inflelder we have been able to fill these gaps. Even Terry is lame with a charlie horse, but when called on he went right through George Kelly, one of the most valua- ble men in all base ball, can fill in for anybody, while Terry plays first base. Certainly Lindstrom has seen that third base ip not weakened while Heinie Groh is trying to get his in- jury repaired. Other clubs have had accide: 1 knpw, but no more than the G They have not been able to keep the strength of their clubs up to average through lack of reserve strength. The Giants are pretty well fortified against hard luck. That, I think, answers the question. Coming out of Florida the wonder- ful condition of the Giants and tne ationals, as clubs, struck me forei- bly. The pitchers were in such zood shape that a good start ‘seemed cere- tain for both teams. I so stated at the time. Pitchers in Form. In fact, at the beginning of regular season our pitchers were in such smooth working - shape, when considered as a staff, that they were able to carry the batters along. The ts. | the | the | | | { | pitchers. trical effect on the whole National League. With enough lee will build up a great b he s through. T is a naturaf leader Now ! the weather warmer, Davy Bancroft to get results from the are not so far behind the pac will take time to analyze the Boston clubs, as a rule, have dicap in the Spring. weather of the in the early weeks t and pep out of any club. Tha I believe, has had much to dc the Red Sox getting & 3 bad start v are having similar club can do its best v re chilled. Too Cold For Game. one is shivering. The wr that it is even har their best in the ¢ If these spring winds are has a bad_effect on the one gam t tells me t Ir phia Jack next to impossible to contr ball against the cold wind Against him. Incide the game he is curving it is affect very much like sliced or hooked sizes the break, or almost impossible to goverr Now, when the weather sett Summer lines in New gland will see quite a differenc 1 the sk ing of he Boston 1 Al present it Is not fair to j ¢ ball club on. its Spring showing. The only in fluence that luck has had on the races is in the striking of good weathe the several t curve, HAYES CLOUTS SMARTLY AS LAFAYETTES TRIUM Fielder Hayes, La connected for and a Giants are a hard-hitting outfit, but | Southe: three weeks ago none of the hitiers| jwas in his real stride. The moment they struck the pace the whole ma. The. beauty of the New York clug as a machine is that it is difficult to point out the weak spots. It is not necessary to point ta the strong ones. The recoris show other clubs with a.petter batting average, but we have had balance. That is also true of the Washing- ton club. If you fans will disregard the exceptional spurt of the Athletics | and regard the Nationals on their tual percentage of victories it will be seew that they are playing just abcut as a championship club shoull. The Athletics, 1 think, are con ahead of their natural speed. It their leadership, however, that make: fans forget how steadily the als are playing. has his club well fortified. H's perienced pitching staff is doing won-| Green ders. The reserve strength is smooth that the accidents ani illness are not noticed. Fans need have no fear of a run away race. We are fighting to pile up just as big a lead now as possible. Experience has taught me that it will be needed later on in the season. ter two or three very close finishe: a lead in May does not mean a cinch in October. Many Shifts Due. In less than 10 days you wiil not ball clubs that seemed out of the raca have climbed right up to contending positions. “In a very short while 1 expect to see teams like Pictsourih Detroit, the Yanks and the Irowns fighting for first division places. Nat- ural strength is bound to tell in the long run. If that were not true, we could simply draw lots.for the pennanc and ‘not bother about building up teams. The good start of the Athletics and the Phillles has done a lot for base ball.” It has spruced up both leagues. I think everybody in base ball 1s pleased over Connie Mack having made his cluba contender. The fight- ing spirit that Arthur Fletcher has in- Jected into his club has had an elec You'l Wat It in Time < For Decoration Day—? SO LET US MEASURE YOU TOMORROW FOR~ YOUR BLUE Af-| in | a0d 30 minutes. the fall our plavers also realize that | to 16, Lafayette A Southeast 4 i s Stanley Harris also| " | | - SERGE SUIT "+ Special at . 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