Evening Star Newspaper, June 10, 1925, Page 24

24 SPORTS. THE EVENING. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1925. SPORTS. Griff Has No Fear of Game Forfeiture : Five Hurlers Keep First Sack Inviolate SURE COLLINS’ PROTEST WILL NOT BE ALLOWED Row May Result in Specific Rule to Cover Such Cases Being Adopted, However—Griffs to Raise World Title Flag Tomorrow. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. Sports Editor, The Star. i § HE possibility that refusal of the Washington club to play off on the open date yesterday the game with Chicago postponed from Monday might be forfeited to the White Sox and furnish the mar- gin by which the Nationals ultigrately would lose the pennant in such a tight race as that now being staged in the American League hardly need concern far-sighted followers of the Griffmen, who are speculating on the outcome of the latest feud precipitated in the circuit. In the first place campaigns where the issue is so finely drawn that half a game will decide a title are rather rare, and, secondly, there is precious little likelihood that the claim of Manager Eddie Collins that the White Sox should be credited with a,victory and the Nationals with a de- feat on a day when no game was played will be upheld, despite the blast accredited to Byron Bancroit Johnson, terday in Philadelphia Tuesday’s date, Johnson is quoted “belonged to the Chicago hington. The fact that it rained Monday and prevented a legal zame being plaved made it compul- sory for Washington to avail itself of the first open date, which was Tues: day. The fact that the team is crip- pled does not enter into the question. Under the rules the game will be for- f@hted unless extraordinary excus: are offered to the board of directors Whether Johnson was eorrectly quoted in the press dispatches sent out from Philadelphia is not *known, but according to Clark Griffith the as- sertion that it was ‘“‘compulsory” for Washington to play sterday, and that “‘under the rule game waill be forfeited are incorrect Griffith today said he had received no official notice of any action to be taken as a result of claim to a for- feiture made by Manager Collins of the White Sox, nor of a meeting of the Dboard of directors of the league to pass on the question. No Rule Covers Case. “There is no rule in the league con- stitution which stipulates that the Washington club should have played Tuesday under the circumstances which prevailed, and this was admit- ted by Umpire Nallin at the confer- ence which followed the calling off of Monday's game,” Griff said “The rules do provide that games postponed in the second and third series_of any vear be played on the first available date, but there are no regulations covering the first visit of a club. ““It always has been the custom in the American League for the officials of the home club to decide when un- scheduled games shall be played, where no rule exists to cover the sit- uation. In this instance we not only had been advised by the Weather Bu- reau that rain would prevail Tuesday, but the weather had been so hot that interest of the fans in base ball had suffered. “The wishes of the public should govern in a case such as this, and the home club officials are in & better po- sition to know what the fans want than are visiting managers, and it was our judgment that the fans here were not anxious to see the White Sox in action for a fifth consecutive day. Griff Sure He Is Right “I have not been advised of any meeting of the league's board of di- rectors to pass on the protest lodged by Manager Collins. Although I am & member of the board I naturally would not be permitted to. vote on this question, but I would be given & hearing and am confident no order for forfeiture could result. The league directors, in addition to Griffith, are President John Shibe of Philadelphia, President Frank Navin of Detroit and President E. S. Bar- nard of Cleveland. ® Although there seems no doubt that Collins' protest will have to be disallowed and Griffith's action up- held, should the directors be called to pass on the controversy, it is more than likely that the issue will result in an amendment to the code of the league specifically covering such a situation should it arise again. Tygers Here for Series. Bucky Harris and.his game gang- sters will have their hands full for the next four days repelling the at- tacks of the Jungle Cats from De-|T treit. Although still occupying a low- 1y position in the race, due to a miser able start, the Tygers are on the climb now, having started at the wind- | up of their recent home stand, when | they won the only serles they have accounted for this season by taking Fully prosested Ao PO A Knockout Ever see such conven- ience as this? Step thru —button two. No l;?- ping. No gaping. o binding. aundries don’t phase them. you wonder they're bachelors’ buddies? $1.50 and up. Boys' sizes, 95c. Wholesale Distributors Guy, Curran & Co. 315 9th St. N'W. . Phone Mala 931, Sealpax UNION SUITS Twe buttans on the siswlder— none down the fromt executive head of the circuit, yes- three out of four games from the Na- tionals Cobb himself., Wingo and Heflmann all_are batting over the .400 mark, and the club is leading the league in attack after a long stretch in which good pitching by at least four of the Bengal hurlers was nullified by a weak offensive It was expected that Pilot Tyrus would send Hub Leonard, his leading flinger, to the mound against Stan Coveleskie in this afternoon’s battle, which would bring Earl Whitehill to the hill against Walter Johnson to- morrow, when the world champion- ship_emblem won by the Nationals last Fall is to be raised, with Kenesaw Mountain Landis, commissioner of base ball, officiating. Tavener Flashy Shortsip. The Tygers for years have been one of the best drawing cards here in the league and the current series promises to show no let-up in the flerce bat- tling that usually results when the Griffs and Cobbmen clash. The Ben- gals are lining up much the same as they were last season., with the ex- ception that Johnny Tavener has re- placed Topper Rigney at shortstop. t6& the benefit of the team. Tavener is a youngster from the Texas League, and judged by his performances against the Nationals in Detroit last month he will offer some sort of & fair comparison in a fielding way with Roger Peckingpaugh, who has just about recovered from a leg in- Jury. BAKER QUITS AS PILOT. BALTIMORE, Md.. June 10 (#).— J. Frank Baker, of home run fame, has resigned as manager of the Eas- ton club of the Eastern Shore League. Baker declared that the board of directors did not allow free reign in the management of the team, upon which condition only, he sald, he had agreed to pilot the team. DUNDEE FIGHTS TERRIS. NEW YORK, June 10 (#).—Johnny Dundee, survivor of more than 300 contests, who lost the decision to Sid Terris in the closing fight under the roof of Madison Square Garden, will again meet Terris tonight at the new Coney Island Stadium. The bout is slated for 15 rounds. MAY FIGHT IN PARIS. BOSTON, June 10.—Red Chapman of Chelsea, who meets Kid Kaplan, world featherweight champion, early in July, has received a cabled offer for a bout in Paris the last week in July with Eugene Criqui, Edouard Mascart or Charlie Ledoux. . WINS FIRST HALF FLAG. TAMPA, Fla.,, June 10.—St. Peters- burg’s team in the Florida State League has held the championship for the first half of the present sea- son by a margin of seven and a half games and six yet to be played. HUDKINS IS SUSPENDED. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., June 10.—Ace Hudkins, Nebraska lightweight, has been suspended for 30 days by the FOUR OF A’S FACING CHARGE OF FIGHTING PHILADELPHIA, June 10 (P).— Four members of the Philadelphia American League base ball club, Ed Rommel, Cy Perkins, Ira Thomas and Mickey Cochrane, are to appear in court today to answer charges of pa ticipating in what was described as a “free-for-all” fight during a bexing match at the Athletics’ Base Ball Park MondaLlnlghL . The ball players were watching the bouts and in seats nearby sat four brothers named Gootleman. As the bouts progressed, considerable ban- ter was given back and forth on the capabilities of the men in the ring. The repartee continued and then, it is said, one of Connie Mack's athletes made a remark reflecting on the an- cestry of one of the fighters. The Gootlemans were said to have resented the slur and retallated with stronger chatter, aimed particularly at Rommel’s abiltiy as a ball player. Then Rommel was said to have punch ed one of the Gootleman boys. Police then took a hand in the af- fair and led the ball players away. While they were doing so one of the brothers attempted to hit Cy Perkins. At that a policeman placed him under arrest as well as his three brothers. In court yesterday the brothers were discharged when the ball players failed to appear against them. Arthur Gootleman, however, swore out war- rants against the four players. FRANCIS BEATS LEDOUX. PARIS, June 10 (#).—Young Kid Francis, a bantamweight who learned to box in Argentina, last night de- feated the veteran Charles Ledoux, former bantamweight champion of Europe, in & 12-round bout. State Boxing Commission for fouling O'Brien Saturday nigh INVINCIBLE SIZE Manufactured by OTTO EISENLOHR & BROS. OUTFIELDER IS SOLD. COLUMBIA, S. C., June 10.—Ever. ett Bankston, hard-hitting outhelder, has been sold by the Columbia South Atlantic club to Nashville of the Southern Association. BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS AMERICAN LEAGUE. Wan. Lost. Pet. Philadel; . E Washington .0 38 18 o3 SR 32 8t. Louls .. K New York Boston GAMES TOMORRO Detrolt at Wash Onicago st Phfl® GAMES TODAY. c. Louls at 5 Cleveland at N. Y. ctee YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. eland, 3; Boston, 2. Fhiladeiphia, 4 Detroli. 3. No other sumes scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Wen. Lost. Pet. 15 .681 545 811 467 17 13 408 on Chicago . : GAMES TODAY. Brooklyn at 8t. L. Koy ot o Botko. Brtokiyn ot bt New vorl Y ¢ St Boston at Pittebg. Phila. at Cincianati. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Cincinnatl, 3; Philadelphia, 1. Beston, 7 I rgh, 4. New York, jeago. 3. St. Louls, 5; B MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Syracuse, 4; Balfimore, 8 Rochester, 7 Toronto-Heading AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Toledo, 10; Milw. Louisville, 2: St. hed City, 2 utfalo. 1. videncé, 5. (rain). aukee, 4. . Paul, 1 Others not scheduied. PIEDMONT LEAGUE. Jinston-Salem, A: Hieh Point, reensboro, leigh, 5-0. Salisbury, 9 Durham. o SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGU Augusta, 12: Asheville, 3. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Nashville. 12: Atlanta, 7. Birmingham. 8: Chattanooga, 5. Others postponed (rain) VIRGINIA LEAGUE. orfolk, 9: Richmond. 1 Wilson. 87 Kipston.a. Portsmou Rocky Mount - n 433 | lipolis_Grotto, will head GIANTS, WITHOUT McGRAW, STILL PILE By the Associated Press. individualistic rather than M N, five games ahead of the Nati another championship. For four years the Giants ha athletes fulfilling the orders of an able disciplinarian. UP BIG LEAD EW YORK, June 10.—The New York Giants, as the result of being cGraw's automatons, are more than ional Luque field in their drive for kuown as a collection of But McGraw_has ve bee been ill since early May and the Giants have won 19 of 28 games. Yes- terday he sat in the grandstand as his team beat the Cubs. Meusel, Terry and Southworth made homers, which were needed, as the Cubs got to Jack Scott for 13 hits and threatened to overtake New York in the closing innings. The Giants won, 9 to 7. Recovering from the joit they re- ce'ved last week from New York, the Cardinals yesterday climbed to_ sixth place, defeating Brooklyn and Dazzy ‘ance, as Allan Sothoron turned in a fine day’s work on the mound. Only a mispaly enabled the Robins to dodge a shutout, § to 1. Adolfo Luque of the Reds bested Carlson of the Phillies, 3 to 1, and Jesse Barnes of the Braves nosed out Meadows of the Pirates in an 1l.in. ning tussle, 7 Only two ‘were played in the American . The _Athletics strengthened their grip on first place at the expense of Detroit. Hale’s hit with two on in the ninth gave the Mackmen the decision, 4 to 3, and enabled them to secure an even break in_the series. Uhle of ‘Clevelgnd and Zahniser of Boston between them allowed only 11 hits, but spectacular outfielding rescued both pitchers at cruclal periods. Two runs counted on Mc- Nuity's double for a Cleveland vic- tory, 3 to SHAMROCKS ARE HITTING AT .356 CLIP FOR TEAM B the Champs have played nine have banged out 103 safe hits, for a ATTERS of the champion Shamrock base ball team are hitting the old apple at a lively clip these days. Up to and including Sunday games, and out of 289 times at bat club average of .356. A total of 14 two-baggers, 13 three-base hits and 2 circuit clouts are included. Bunday the Shamrocks will dis- play their brilllant stickwork at Georgetown Hollow, when they take on the fast-traveling Knickerbockers in the second contest of a three-game series. The Harps took the opener from the Knicks by a 3:to-2 count. Maryland Park and Arlington Ath- letic Club teams are without oppo- nents for Sunday afternoon. Both teams have the use of diamonds and wish to meet unlimited aggregations. Manager Leo F. Wise of Arlington may be phoned at Clarendon 805-F-3. The manager of the Maryland Park ;lélgn may be located at Hyattsville Mohawk base ballers hope to get out of their slump Sunday afternoon, when they will encounter the Aloysius Club combination at Phillips Park, Flifteenth and H streets northeast. Ontario Athletic Club teams will en- gage in an Interclub game at the Zoo diamond at 4:30. Chadwick or Harri son will take the mound for the Midgets and Barbee will hurl for the Juniors. Alexandria Cardinals handed a 1-to-0 setback to Fredericksburg. Pettit giv- ing a great hurling exhibition for the ‘winners. of Kal- delega- tion of rooters who will attend the game Sunday between the Grotto nine and the Alexandria Dreadnaughts at Alexandria. Manager Joe Leverton is anxious to book teams having the use of playing fields for June 21 and 28. He may be reached at 3651 New Hampshire avenue. Members of last year's Elliot base ball nine and others who may wish to try out for the team are requested to attend a meeting Thursday night at 1236 Morse street northeast. L. Whiting Estes, mona: clash at the Plaza diamond Thurs- day at 4:30 o'clock. Members of the Aztec Athletic Club are meeting tonight at the home of Manager Burdine, 2110 G street. Smithfleld Mideets will meet tonight at 1000 16th street. Harp Midgets registered the twen- tieth straight win by trouncing the Moose nine, 11 to 5, on Fairlawn dia- mond. Sunday the Harps encounter the Bryantown Senjors. Managers and captains of teams in the newly organized Insect League will meet at the Boys' Club tonight at 8 o'clock. DEERING MAY COACH QUINT HEREABOUTS Joe Deering of this city, for a num- University basket ball teams, has re- signed on account of business reasons. He has found that New York is a little too far removed to fit in with bhis coramercial activities here. His reappointment at Columbia was being considered. Deering does not intend to divorce himself entirely from basket ball. It is not at all unlikely that he may coach some college team within 100 miles of Washington, and it is as. sured that he will do quite a good deal of officiating in the important games hereabouts. Deering was brought back from New York on several occasions last Winter to referee contests in Wash- ington, rival teams agreeing on him after one or the other had rejected the official suggested. Earle Theater and White Sox tossers are matched for a Sunday game at the South Ellipse diamond. The contest is scheduled to start at 11 o'clock. Crescent and Hess junior teams w ELKS EASILY WIN GAME. , In a return game with Qqantico, the Elks slugged their way to a 16-to-6 victory. H. Pollard and P. Willis hit for the circuit RSOSSN AN SR SR AN SRR S S A SNSRI RN SIS UISSSSERARA SRS AR AR RAASAASR SRR A S AR AR A R RS A SR RN SN N AN SRR NN Y general. Intérnational Trucks. 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LIBERTY TEAM BOOKS MODOCS FOR JULY 25 Modoc Seniors will go against the Liberty Athletic Club base ball team in the second game of the double- header arranged for the Liberty Club's field day at American League Park on July 2. The Modocs were booked following the withdrawal of the Mount Rainier Senfors from the fleld day program. Hess Seniors will furnish the oppo- sition for the first game. — RACE T0 WORTHMORE. NEW YORK, June 10 (®#).—Worth- more Everglades stable entry, captured the Toboggan Handicap, feature at Belmont Park yesterday, with Silver Fox second and Noah third. Worth- more’s_time for the six furiongs was 1:11. Flying Ebony, which bore Sande to victory in the Kentuck Derby, finished in the ruck. MARINE ON HITTING SPREE. Freeney, first sacker of the Quantico Marines, hit two homers, a double and a pair of singles as his team lost a 7-to-6 game to Mount St. Mary's Col- lege, at Emmittsburg, Md., yesterday. SIKI’S PET MONKEY IS AMONG MISSING NEW YORK, June 10 #P).—Bailing Siki's pet monkey was A. W. O. L. to- day. As the Senegalese boxer ‘and his mascot, 2 feet tall, were bound for Coney Island last night the monkey leaped through the window of a sub- way train pulling out of the Thirty- fourth Street Station. ‘Women shrieked and ran. The mon- key did likewise. It scurried from one end of the platform to the other, with two policemen in pursuit. At last it dodged under the platform and disap- ed. Trackwalkers could not find it. Siki left the train at Fourteenth street, the next stop, and hurried back to Thirty-fourth. After searching for half an hour he gave up his trip to Coney and offered a reward for his pet. s gl Lty TITLE BOXER SUSPENDED BY THE WESTERN A. A. U. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 10 (#).—Ray Alfano, national amateur feather- Weight champion, has been suspended and the Business Men'’s Association of St. Louis has been expelled by the registration committee of the Western district, Amateur Athletic Union of America. Alfano was charged with competing in an unsanctioned boxing tournament at Little Rock, Ark., and with failing to file traveling expense accounts. University of Chicago is said to be the only big college where girl stu- dents have added polo to their list of | B T R RN NI SIY Pitching for Worcester, get a runner as far as first control, walking nobody, of course, mastery. Big Jim McCormick pitched sturdily for Cleveland and lost a 1.0 game through errors by Fred Dunlap, the only errors of the game. In the fifth Irwin singled and Bennett walked. Whitney hit to McCormick and a double play looked sure. But Dunlap, at second base, dropped McCormick's throw, and, upon recovering the ball and seeking to catch Irwin at the plate, threw the sphere over Ken- nedy’s head. Of the 18 men participating in this contest, 4 are known to be in the land of the living—Richmond, Knight, Bennett and the former pennant winning manager, Ned Hanlon The score in full follows. The Box Score. CLEVELAND. AB. Fred Dunlap. 2b 3 Frank Hankinson, 3 c. om 3b cocosr ooso20e cuosooHon® 200 [OOSR, coocosson Totals WORCESTER, El 3 | noowsumas> Charles W. Bennett, ¢ :n'l_mr Whitney, 3b. Fred Corey. ¢ o George Creamer, SrlmBe=20. ol ccossosealln Totals Cleveland Worcester 5 First base on error—Worcester, base ‘on balle—Bennett. Struck GubiiBy Richmond, 5; McCormick, 7. Balls called— Richmond. 43: McCormick, 81. Srikes called ——Byh Eichmvgnd. 8 I(Cnmlrk.b‘lfi 11 on ases—Worcester, uble play— McCormick, Dunlap, T re— Bradiey. Time—1:27 i > 0 0—0 00 x—1 1. First 3. Do Phillips. Five days after Richmond's feat John Montgomery Ward of the Provi- dence team defeated Buffalo, 5—0, in a National League contest, repeating Richmond’s no-hit, no-man-reach- first example. Young Shows Class. Thereafter no pitcher displayed similar perfection for a period of 24 years. Cy Young, pitching for Boston in the American League, broke the RICHMOND TOSSED INITIAL . “PERFECT” GAME IN 1880 Southpaw Beat Cleveland 1 to 0—Ward, Young, Joss and Robertson Only Men to Duplicate Great Feat. RIDAY marks the forty-fifth anniversary of the first base ball game ever played in which a team failed to make a single safe hit or to base. Played on June 12, 1880, at Worcester, Mass., which city then held a National League franchise, this startling contest had as its hero J. Lee Richmond, a lefthander from Ohio. And, oddly enough, the team that he so completely effaced came from a city in Richmond's own state—Cleveland. Of the 27 Clevelanders who faced Richmond. 5 fanned, 5 flied to the infield, 3 fouled to the catcher, two lifted outfield flies and 11 grounded to the infield (1 direct to the first baseman), while 1 hitter died on the right fielder's assist to first of a cannon-ball grounder Richmond only 43 ca had amazing and pitchin d balls. A drizzle fell during the eighth inning, but with no diminution of Richmond’s jlce on May 5 1904. The Athletics were his victims and they never came close to reaching first base. Boston. 3;_ Athletics, 0. In the heated wind-up of a lurid pennant tussle, Addie Joss put him self among the pitching immortals by holding the Chicago White Sox hit less and first base untouched on Octo-§ ber 2, 1908, winning a 1-0 game from Eddie Walsh Then came another long intervafl, before a no-hit pitcher managed to® keep first base totally unvisited.! Thirteen seasons passed with f repetition of the achievement of Rich mond, Ward, Young and Joss, an then on April 20, 1922, Char! Robertson, White Sox recruit, beats Detroit, 2—0, and in so doing allowed no man to make a hit and no man to occupy the initial sack, even for a moment Richmond Only Southpaw. Of these five pitchers Richmond® alone, was a lefthander, and of the five performances the first two (hap pening within a single week) stand to the credit of the National League. while the three more modern in stances stand as American League credits. Five such games in 45 years gives some idea of how rare this no-hit, no-man-reach-first pitching exploir really is. And vet some pitcher, now unknown to fame, may repeat it to- morrow—or this afternoon FIGHT IS POSTPONED. NEW YORK, June 10 (#).—Rain last night forced the postponement of the opening boxing show at the new Coney Island Stadium, at which John ny Dundee and Sid Terris, New York lightweights, were to have met in a 15-round bout. Promoters tentatively Shose next Friday night as the new ate. SWIMMERS TO RACE. 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