Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1925, Page 18

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON Champions Spurn One Run Play : S UP CHANCES TO TIE FORE WINNING’EM PASS GAMES BI Fact Again Is lustrated Yesterda Beaten, 7 to 6, in 12 Innings, Due to Follow- ing Their Victory-or-Nothing Policy. BY JOHN B. KELLER. must be tied before it Nationals nothing. And t GAME A eve can League pennant race they are getting nothing. for the have been may have helped Champs below the pace On paver, lost thre ing game shot whole works. t under welfth quite satisfa setting Athletics have than gone games more so the If the Macl games-in-ter the be expected (o ¢ have to step seven-games-in rate at cinder of may reasonabl he Nationals will t practically to cop the fons did not do dur- | During vs. They tr seven en- the same period sevan tilts. It good looking week Co. 1ld huve been gagements. the A's took certainly was not for Buck e local game the twelfth inndz aning so another seemed their ef- defeat rather prize when adn ationals ba the opportu Make No Effort to Tie It. The champs had the potential tying tally on th with but ¢ out. A sac ad just been exe- cuted deftly Ossie Bluege to put at the f Judge, who had opened h a two-bagger But it was n aga Roger zh was given noth- ing good the cagey Sher- rod Sm hpawed a clever game srmy fitth After Peck w Muddy Ruel, who has beer severe batting slump that he has but .172 since the club came home from its long July trip, started swinging. A weak tap, th rolled to Short- stop Joa Sewell and Judge's run-down tr pau Peck who s atter ; suct for Is died fight- that a club pos- i qualities as League repre- rsists in getting S too bad sessing such reall, does the local A - sentative see whole hog « occas Hank Seve w Fred berr: nd W passed, ing the sacks speedy the stage for a *Neely gave his al roller to Chick Few the game was gone ers killin ary ter at third and Johnson Far From in Form. Walter Johnson mound opponents the 1 went all the Johnson retired after first batter to face h johnson was far in Smith set and at the were out and way passing m in the ten from hill after That, how- ever, could case’ of pitc Dutch Rueth day, for none had had suff} Before Walter was batted for was off to a | Tribe getting to him for five swats and as many runs in the first three innings. He was bumped thereafter, was fortunate enough on several oc casions to out without Del h who succeeded Wil 1y, but faded quickly Smith hurled an odd India was quite performance in the first four frame: when the Champs got to him for wallops and in the fifth he threatened to give w her. Then the Nationals with a co four times to | after Smith p! allowing but seven inning ter 1iso toiled Thurs- igement, d. Marberry started strong spotty in hi the quart passes and he count. There ched in splendid form, three hits in the last Indians Start Impressively. Jamieson singled between Judge and | Harris to open the game and took third when Lee doubled after Summa skled to Rice. Jamie scored while Sewell being thrown _out Burns' single tallied Lee. McNeely's do Harris' retirement and i¥ce’ single quickly gave the Nationals a marker in first round. Judge singled Rice to third after Goslin lofted to Summa. only to be forced out by Bluege . An error by to get three more runs in the third se Johnson hit Jamieson, and Summa hit Johnson for a single, send- ing Jamie to third. Stimma promprlv stole second best. Lee lofted to left deep enough to enable Jamie to count had Goslin caught the ball. But the Goose permitted the sphere to bounce out of his hands, so Summa was left on third base and Lee on second after Jamie crossed the plate. Sewell sent both runners home with a single to right Three was d the singles gave the Nationals their second run in the latter part of the round. Harris bingled and after Rice had been erased got home when Goslin hit safely Tudge's single put the Goose at third base. He had to remain there while Smith tossed out Bluege; then Peck lofted to Lee Both Tally in the Fifth. Both clubs tallied in the Jamieson's double, Summa’s and Sewell's two-bagger got a marker for the Tribe. Rice opened the | Champs' half by beating out a bunt to Lutzke, and Goslin followed with a_similar hit gle to Sewell, h. filling the sacks. Smith walked Bluege, forcing Rice across the plate. Peck rolled to Sewell, erasing Bluege, but Goslin counted. Ruel strolled. again loading the bases, and .Judge scored after Les caught Johnson's hoist. Me- Neely's single to left tallied Peck with the tving score before Harris filed to Jamieson. The Indians threatened decisive run several times, finally put- ting it across in the twelfth, that Summa bezan with a single to left Lee tried to sacrifice, but only forced out his clubmate. Sewell. though, combed Marberry for a single that sent Lee to third and Burns walked, erowding the cushions. Lee scored as Spurgeon forced out Burns with a roller to Harrls, and Fewster fanned. Then came the potentially fruitful but actually barren final half for the Champions. to get a ot ROCKNE PICKS SCHOOL. LAKELAND, —Xnute Rockne has decided to make Southern College the 136 home of the achool for foot ball coaches which he has conducted for several years. Nowadays series where an even break with the enemy would | but evidently ties are not liked by the ok a 7-to-6 trimming and dropped to two full games being two games back does not the Mack Champs in reality hav to make up if they would overhaul the fast-flying Philadelphians a six- a| frame. | was a regulars | but | close_quarters | nine of bingles | scored | and | Goslin helped the Tribe | single | Judge scratched a sin-| Fla., August 10 (). | can be won, but that does not seem they appear to be out for 00 often for their good in the Ameri- with the Indians vesterday they the circumstances. A squeeze play seem so bad. but the Griffs A game lost naturally is much more than two games THIS ONE HURT CLEVELAND. Jamieson. if. =] | Frwater. Mratt., Smith | MeNu! T /als /I ASHINGTON | Y Neely, ef.. .. |/ Hurris, “2b. oo, alin e e, | Biuges. ab | Peckinpaugh, | Riiel, Jahnaon. | Marberey, | Severeig¥ Summnsuns20” e [OPPPPNERUR ws . D, . Adams: Liebolds Totals *Batted for Lutske In #Batted for Marberry | So0=sumula | 250502555-555" ol 055553095007 Cleveland Washington Two-base 20301000000 1—3 1010400000004 hits—Lee. McNeely. Jamieson. 2. Sewell, Gostin. Smith, Judge. Siolen hise— Summa. * Sacrificea—johnson, Lee. | Blurze. Double plavi—Bljieze to dudge: Smith to 3. . D Wash. Bases on_balis—Of *Smith.' 1: :0ff Marberey. 1. Struek out— Jonnson. 3: bs Marberry, 2. Hitn—Of . 14 In ‘0 innings’ (none out in tenth inning) : off Marherrs. 3 In 3 innings. Hit B piteher—Ry Johnaon (Jamieson) . Loxing | ington; D. C. MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1925. SPORTS. Giant-Pirate Series Holds Center of Stage many as ever beford total writing, two-thir tox days.’ el games, at PRESENT HOME RUN —By Ripley | LOUISVILLE ALMOST FOUR GAMES MAY PROVE SURE OF A. A. FLAG. JECIDING FACTOR IN RACE BY JOHN B. FOSTER. NEW YORK, August 10.—The race | for the American Assoclation cham.- | plonship is all but settled othing | short of a base ball cyclone can tuke | { the pennant from Louisville That is quite a blow te s a whole. The other to keep the race at fever into September, how keep the zate receipts up. The lcague has been famous lclose races, but it's a case of rans for this season. 2 Orleans gained a iittle in Southern Association during | weel:, vet the team is bei great race to win the pennant With entage that around can be said have anvthing safely up its especially when ihe tailend team high up in the upper four hn New Orleans looks good, how cause it has.been able to maint quite a litile gap between its’figures \d those of the closest pursuers the second hall of the Texas artificially bisected sea ) is giving Fort Worth a race too. is making a better sl han it did in the first half is little sympathy for the Fort Worth outside George WRIGHT MADE 59 HOME RUNS I ONE SEASON Pittsburgh Has a Grand Chance to Widen Margin And Cannot Lose Lead Even if It Should the league | clubs hoped | heat well H.lppvn to Drop All of Contests | By the N vest Associated Press EW YORK for also At oper was focused and toward today 1pon ries between the Pirates thie at irgh. which promises to zo a long way - ational League flag race by straight defeats during the past week i turned the tables on the ambitious Red.s 5 to 4 1 three runs e isch ned six the hovers to a cighth was partly no team erday after an 4 which nettec However, the shortstop to second base b ra by in trying to fie of the game for some As the Corsairs leading games in the pennant chase, the them in the present series he wildest hope of a comback d even then victory off. an injury to Frar P 1d who hurt his hand a Terry. Frisch gain throw time a low may be out the and le four one-h pas champions by McGraw club wil to vould be a clean sweep of the series >w the Pirates a margin of a hali-game leac is likely to trying out of pot for next vear's race. However be a into the thic fants by two e of tactics new 1 is a long, lor Cincinnati jumped the fight, trailing the d one-half games there ble ater position to o KT 6 HOMERS IN ONE GAME ~ 5 NSUCCESSION TWE FENCE AFTER Tug OLD SLUGGING ATRLETICS MADE 2.5 HOMERS INONE Gt Reach, Poller, and Kieinjelder made 5 tech single game, and soon 19 more. Such as Reach gathered number And the dding made 25 in after they smote ou bewhiskered old-timers Potter, and Kleinfelder unto themselves the hefty of 5 each in a game. scores! They needed machine to record them However, in justice to the ent.day stars, it must not be over looked that base ball was truly in its infancy in the ancient heavy g days. The stalwart slug- of old have a mighty There will be probably twice as | home runs hit this season | The grand slams | near the 900 this | and the only | s finished. Like the old days. The old fellows used to “They were ziants eorge Wright jouts in less than 100 for instance. A dozen or mers in a game was nothing The old slugging Athletics mark season s eh an hit in thos made pres would all pitcher—Marberry. Umpires—>Mensrs. Con- nolls and Evans. Time of game—2 hours and 43 minutes. | RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN BATTING. z o0 @ Tate Johnson Ruetber Rice Gonlin S&ereid Judge Spot ueze Meleely Ruel S Harris .1 Peck 3. Harris . Leibold Gregx Adams arberrs . Zuchary Russell Coveleskie. PPN o255-5-L33 PRy while | the | being himself | Marberry Johnson BOmeEBIUAAA Lot *Record while with Nationals. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Baltimore. Toronto. 4-10, Jersey City, 3.1 Tacuse, Buffalo. 11: Reading. 3 Providence. 5. Rochester, AMERICAN eapolis, ASSOCIATION Columbus. 1 Kansas _City. Milwaukes Paul. 2-11 SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Memphis, 8: Little Rock, 5. ttanooga, 6 Mobile. 3. ash: New Orleans ‘heduled st o | | Phita‘vhia Wash'ton Chicago Detroit NE Clew GAMES TODAY. « b tm.mm LR Detroit Pittabe. New York Cineinnati I Phi Chicago Boston _Lost__ Phila. at St. N Bidvn. BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS uom . this EEN that gre end due ng their seasons ent Print Office and G | afternoon on the cast b | Printers mcans the league champio contests are a3 g ap w0y ouis iand | X The Printers won the first serie: of the season and are deadlocked wit gum Accountants for first place in the | second series, each having won 10 games and lost 2. If a postseason set of games is necessary, it will start tomorrow In the Terminal R. R. Y. M League the Pullmans will have a { chance to cop the honors today, when they meet the Y. M. C. A. nine on Union Station fleld. A win will give | them season record of eight vic tories at least, more than either their | opponents or Black and White could get. Southern has played throvsh its schedule to a record of seven wins and three defeats. As the race now stands, a three-way tie for first place | is possible YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Cleveland. 7: Washinzton, 6 (12 innings 2 New Y (12 innings GAMES TOMORROW. Cleve. at Wash, Chicugo at N. ¥ St. Louis at Phila Detroit at Boston. CraA is at Phila. t Boston. NATIONAL LEA apoug) aamuRI qAnqsh, HOL MON Dreadnaught Athletic Club the Corkran Hills of Baltimore a to-3 drubbing at_Alexandria day. The Big D's hammered pitchers for 19 safeties. handed 14- fla’phin two 3914547151155 53/58165/ | Tigers and Athletics meet this aft |ernoon at Thomson playground in a game expected to decide the winner {of that field's league. The contest starts at 5:15 o’clock Rialto Athletic Club went to | port, Md., and took an 11-to8 licking |from the Eastport nine. The win RESULTS. innati, 4. 8: Boston, 1_(first gume) Boston. 3 (second zame) Philadeiphia, 1 ot scheduled. GAMES TOMORROW Boston at_Chicago. Phila. at St. Louis. N. Y. at l'm-lmrxh Bidyn. at Cincln New York, Y. at Pittsburgh. at_Cincinnati. last Thumsda; | series with the Indians. only battle to date with them—that ought to win once more. Speaker’s mound choice was uncer- tain this morning. Garland Buck- | eve’s turn is at hand, and he may go to the slab. ' | In_the first four innings vesterday |the Nationals got about as many hits |as they have made in a number of | | games they have won this year. Nine {were gleaned off Sherrod Smith, but | they produced only two runs. | { That {again huge canvas infield cover paid for itself. Tt was spread over the diamond when rain hegan falling_about 3:20, and when lifted after the shower the Nationals had a {dry infield for the contest. The down- {pour delayed the start of the fray un. til 4:20 and action did not end until | 7:05. | i7 i Sherry Smith was fortunate in get- |ting'a double in the seventh, With an easy catch in sight, Rice slipped and | 7807 on the wet turf in right field, lat- {ting the pitcher’s drive get by. | Judge put up a good game afield {and at bat. He handled cleanly a |number of weird throws and made five hits in six times at bat Joe Sewell was the batting demon of the Indians, with four swats in five {trials. He got three of the hits off | Johnson. | Rice and Goslin surprised Lutzke in Ithe fifth With successive bunts toward third. Both rolled to singles. TEXAS LEAGUE. San_Antonio, 1. : “Shreveport.’ 10. 8 Houston. 9: Beaumont, Dalas. 3 Waco. For- whacin Wichita Falls. % haéafurnnn 1n daq Ruether Tackles Indians Today, Buckeye May Oppose Griffmen H RUETHER, who shared with Walter Johnson the honors in s double win over the Browns, was to do the pitch- ing for the Champions this afternoon in the second game of tive Dutch was somewhat wild in his work, as usual, last weck, but if he goes as well against the Tribe here as he did in his in R past week's games won and lost, runs, hit and opponents’ of Saturda. | Pi st Cincinnati Boston | Chicago Philacelnhia New York Philadelphia Washington Detroit & New Cleveland | ners =cored heavil of the engagement. Moose Midgets won a pair of ga from the Crandall Apollos, 3 to 2 and 2 to 0. For the winners, Culbreth allowed five hits in the first game and O'Connor four in the second Goose Goslin Insect nines.of North- est and Southeast battled, with the latter winning, 10 to 3, in 13 innings | _Nationals nosed out the Potomac | | Nationals, 14 to 13, in a slugfest Long hits were numerous, 11 doubles | and a triple being made, Cleveland in July—the Nationals| Go,3 pitching by Coleman and Cleveland gave Benning Athletic Club two victories. Hess Athletic Club was beaten, 10 to and Cubs Ath- letic Club, 10 to 0. ECORD FOR PAST WEEK IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES NEW YORK, August 10 (#).—The liotts under a 9-to-2 score. Burrows allowed the losers but one bingle. major league record of| yapiee yunfors, who are to play. €rTors | Brooklyn Pleasure Club in Baltimor {next Sunday, will meet Thursday night |at 1250 Seventh street. Shamrock Midgets won a double- OR. | header, beating the Robins, 13 to 44land the Handleys, 1 to 0. The shut: 0| out affair went 13 innings, with Mat- 4 |thews pitching well for the winners, Shackleford’s homer won the over- time tilt. runs, , follows TIONAL w 8 including games LEAG L ttshursh Louis 3 d 1 2 i 0 E { AMERICAN i W Brooklyn Liberty Athletic Club wants games {Saturday and Sunday on the Plaza ;{diamond with senior or unlimited g [ nines. Manager Kremb may be tele- 3§ [phoned at Columbia 4165.J 37| Lafayette Athtletic Club, that beat 19 \Walter Reed, 13 to 1. wants games 37 lwith unlimited teams. Loyis York . (TG AT il Illlllllllll: ST i IIIll||Illllll|llIII|lllll“lllllllllll“lI||I|IllHlllllllllllllllllg ) Phone N “Things E | Rubber” G C ? Ol]lg ampmg —"Stock up” here on those rub- ber indispensables you'll need for camp comfort. COLLAPSIBLE— Rubber Pans........30c Rubber Blankets . . .$2.50 Bathing Shoes . .....95¢ Bathing Caps. .......30c Large Selection of LIGHT-WEIGHT RAINCOATS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Our Service Is 1009 Efficient Washington Rubber Co. New Store, 511 11th St. N.W. F. H. NICHOLS, Manager PROBEY Tl Sth and P Sts. N.W. IR T IIHIIIlllllflmmmllllllllflllillll PRINTERS AND PULLMANS MAY TAKE TITLES TODAY wel illipse in a game that | Accountants will necessitate a play-off for the title. vester- | East- | in the latier part | Modoc Athletic Club crushed the El-| Challenges may | 2104 Pa. Ave. N.W. serles with Pittsburg | York club | " Hank Gowdy catcher, interviewed Columbus club of the vesterday. He s angling for hip of the Columbus home town. John Mc d he had a long-standing whereby he would not way if Gowdy had an wself. Out was sent to in part pay tzsimmons, who carded to h ve had tc vears me dowr with en time since the Giants h: much of t four cession they have c stretch ahead, not for the league as a whol pulled its old trick splitting the season when it appeared that Fort Warth was sure to win In the International League 1t A\ | other teams gave Baltimore many a, iff engagement du the past r:‘ week, but Baltimore gained on them | 'F despite that. Toronto se to e, ! the only club in the circuit that has|'” a chance of beating Itimore ou for the championship, and t chance {in that case is a pretty small one. The wee end saw Hartford lover the apple cart in the F | League that club skipping Waterbury while aterbury I skipping over New ven Out West, Denv nd San 3 {cisco are steadily advancing toward | the goal in their respective league the Western and the Pacific Coast In the New York-Penna eirc York still hangs on to the Tthe tail-end Scranton team centage of 453, and no on > result of a race like Washingtor LINwdRTHé CAPTURE - L *TITLE SERIES OPENER (i | .17 Ruth was repls eighth Texas of after the } For teran owners An of ican Asso the Giants ha rly in han t was exper ; years championskip | ber and fo | about all the: was a queer Once the penn ng checked the Polc and the old cha h after d It cost the club 2 management profited i the opportunity to learn ju had in the wayv of which it could fall back If the Pittsburghs should clear this present the Gi and start E: such a side-sv { them, the selves £o 1 little shor them back Hut ago more daid 15 t o weeks G €D DELE HANTY HT4 Na GAME a season 1t Gre situs p tear m. i \prortunity elder Frank " Pitcher joinea th to W ker ¥ i double - 1 and Boston second ked Braves Anging fc hits in t out a to i but by the 1zely what " ANOTHER Gt Ty | — ruof 13 | hard time getting foul tips off the | pitchers of today In their time Fran 2 Sl s e material increased his home the season by help ~ victory over also” hit a ladelphia, second t of the game for rmick rked the n League battle Hornsby to twe uit the hurlers were compelled to toss the ball under handed and where the batter di rected ( ves were 1wst un Then, too, flelding particularly h class, f the bull parks were fences to stop the roll of tefensiv could the le ring Reds h. The full of conf d beat the Giants started dence that they maybe th burgh too SHAMROCKS KEEP UP TRIUMPHANT MARCH Overhauling the Shan is going to be a difficult he ‘other teams in titular series beinz ed sandlot nines of The Harps are zreat rate, and yes Victorfes in as man tng the Aloysius t getting a start team was headed by the Aloys the eighth inning four-ru decided the issue Both Lefty Kuhnert, Harp and his support were unsteady early part of the frav. and the at the end of the fifth frame were run to the good. Then Kuhnert tight v many homers Babe d make under such con to ced by Bobh ing of the The home run well. Thurston and tripling { Linworth's nine of th for the senior ship of the tanced tt front W District tter. § to j ing_brus three-g But the Linworths had harder for their victory at ton Barracks vesterd | score indicates ne for mates e by game se 1o Wash than Hance southpawed the Thin Moons, not i such | heen warmer Linworths put up a and weM ved triumph. MclIntire, their left-har pitcher, gave up but seven hits and the team fielded se onally 1002 and McCarthy vietors formed in splendid afield nee Preps took two games from reer Juniors, 11 to 0 and 13 to 3. | The second tilt went only six innings. Rex Peewees toppled the Moss Pee.| Yeatman pitched the first game for wees in a dual bill, 11 to 2 and 19 to 15, | the Swanees and K the second The Rex team now has a record of | i e | ] s £SOk New Haven was a dual i {the Winsalls in 9-to-6 and 5 | Dyer held the Winsalls to | hingle in the first enzagement |in the second the New Havens | with rallies in the sixth and eighth | innings. ek sandlot - In the Goverr eneral Accounti in two base ball leagues . Govern 200d had hi 1dgm artle But the kiing came New NEW YOR York G series W the they are no more suce Pittsburgh than they have been else- where in the Ohio Valley, the raven is rapping o'er their door A bad licking in Pittsburgh for the tribe of McGraw may mean that the championship will decided before the month of is over. Settle, that is, as nearly as a racescan b led in a league where there is ened, while Wesiey only a margin of 10 games or 8o be- | mouhdsman, who tween the top the hottom fate, left the scene ir It would team infleld faltered to lose ed the game f 10-game not check ment z O by the Government but if, the West Pir 5 spar = vou wan starts by £ their Pietabriceh nship for them won by i rul zood be sent to Mrs. F. Cheseldine, Thirteenth street southeast. Marberry Insects want games. ephone challenges to Franklin { between 8 and 9 o'clock style sa0rg | Sw s the : e victor to-0 = over HORNSBY INCREASES HIS HOME-RUN LEAD "0, oo o ! 1% out of the Bloomingdales in | bad base ball ainst New me of not exactly they were another the Mohawks srmmi their tory in the series, Lut they h 12 innings to get a $-to-3 decisi, over the National Circles. McLean of the Hawks and Halg of Circles were slab opponents. Errors figured in making of several of the runs. It was a wild chuck by Third Baseman Bel that let Groves get the d ve tally in the twelfth | was | 13to-6 encounters. The Clove not do much clubbing in the first match, but in the second they got safeties By the Associated P CHICAGO, August 10.— lout a brace of homers yesterday. Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Car- | dinals widened the gulf between him {self and his strongest competitors for | T9miors & : : {the champlonship of the majors. | e e ave 1 & o While “Gabby" Hartnett of the Chi: |y, NicGara while he and the others of cago Nationals and Ken Williams of | pi O B S \,mm the St. Louis Browns failed to break | Life. ants lose out difficult to the prove making i The to C 47 | Come to sending in Pitts- ee how th 11 China- ive per of three innati has percentage burgh, v have 1 Peerless Juniors gave Congressional | Juniors a 14-to-6 drubbing. The C i straight out of four pushed ther points, or four and ull games behind the Pirates, and brought them within easy overhaulinz distance of Cincinnati, provided the Reds cor | tin rt of ball they have been | playing likely would have recorded a Then, too, there was that dolorous | BREAKS SWIMMING MARK time that the Giants put in at St NORTHBERGEN. N. J., Augu By beating the ( 6 to 3 a seven-inning encounter. wicks moved into a first-place tie the Knickerbockers and Dor section B. Each of the tri won three games and %ost one nell, Warwick pitcher, yielded three hits, and with better smforters. the Wa down e the s suppo At the Sign of the Moon Quick Clearance -~ - 2 —Means Greater —Values Than Ever. of Eatablished 1803 Our complete line of fabrics that sold up to $35, including medium weight fabrics suitable for early Fall wear, is included in this sale. Suits Made For You Just as You Want Them. $18.50 You Are Guaranteed the Finest Class of Tailoring Service | their deadlock at 24 each during the | | week, new rumbles of batting prowess Jimmy Bottomley teammate of Hornsby, cracked out three eircuit | blows, and Al Simmons of the Ath-| () DEFEAT RIALTOS | letics and Jack Fournier of the | | | Dodgers bagged two apiece. e e spades. Babe Ruth failed to raise his total ful for their own.interment i Union Printers, tuning for the big| The Giants, of course will keep|(#) —Walter Spence of the Brook fight in the International Typo League | right on fighting until they know the | Central Y. M, C. A. broke his own fl(]gndl—}(nr"!b\ St. Louis, tourney, to be held here this month|old gentleman with the scythe hi world record for the 300-yard medley Hartnett, Chicago, 24; Bottomley, and in which they will defend their | done his deadly work for 1925.|swim by winning the Metropolitan A | Louis, 19; Fournier, Brooklyn, 17. title, had to work hard vesterday for | They're that sort of a team. But once | A. U. championship at that distance | “American—Williams, St. Louis, 24;|a 4-f0-3 Victory over the Rialto Thea- | chey find the race is hopeless there | in 4:31 2.5, His former mark was 4:3% | Robert Meusel, New York, 23; Sim.|ter team. 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M for the Garry Herrmann trophy in ' !l';‘(‘ \;l‘in;m‘. tournament here, with | the local entry starting as favorite | NOW BEING PLANNED to grab the title and retain the prize | | it now holds. | s Other teams in the league are New | | 5sine Amonisteneea York, Chicago, Boston, Pittshurgh, In ianapolis, Detroit, Cincinnatl, St St e e s Paul, Cleveland,” St. Louis and Ham | | formation of a_national bovs' base | !I'O Ontario. ¢ ball league will be asked of the Amer- | e D —— ican Legion national convention at its | GOWDY WOULD PILOT. meeting at Omaha, October the 2 K,\m»rl:;munmn committee the CINCINNATI, Ohio, August 10 (®). | legion has announced. enkl Gowdy, Sveferan|catcher: of| | “The junlor league would be formed | the Glants. has interviewed ~the | among boys betWween the ages of 14| WNers of the Columbus club of the | and 17 over the entire cotntry and |American Association. 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