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SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1925. SPORTS Griffs Support Covey in Stellar Style : Pirates’ Success Due Mainly to Hitting PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP BALL | | CLEVELAND FLAYERS DID PLENTY OF SLIDING YESTERDAY _ | |30 TRV P0G, IALL OF CLUB’S REGULARS TO UPSET INDIANS, 3 TO 1 Ee®¢ =% v Mo e ,,;2,@ 4 arittsttaaites | ARE CLOUTING OVER 300 from the heavy rains of last night and this morning, today's game 2 3 s br‘t\\'fl'llufllle ;afl:m:‘llx N!;l‘ Indians 5 g o / was called off shortly after noon s tionals Demonstrate Real Class in All Depart- e ) ¢ : and a_doubleheader announced for Many of Players Are Batting Much Better Than Last . : e ; X tomorrow, starting at 1:30 o’clock. £ ments After Period of Mediocrity to Help Pole - \.» ey : by fLL, ‘?'a@fgl}";:5:"':%?'::""?%:; Season—Wright, Who Has Lowest Mark, X oy o T 2 + soh 5 resent Washington on the slab to- i End His Recent Losing Streak. : 3 : a5 _ o morrow, while Manager Speaker Has Compiled .303 Average. 3 " - e o . ; intimated that his hurling choices 4 . i probably would bé Benny Karr and George Uhle. BY DENMAN THOMPSON, . ¥ o 3 ) mo o BY JOHN B. FOSTER. e | id § - ! markable record just now, which contributes largely to the fead never was more impressively demonstrated than at the Florida e bt . . they hold in the National League race. very player on the club - 3 who is an everyday player—this does not include pitchers, of course—is eleventh victory of the season over the Indians, 3 to 1, and thereby kept % R & i . O T TR batting better than .300. pace two laps in the rear of the Athletics. . . : 7 - g N > e Teams in the unlimited series are to The greatest of outfits in the past never could boast batting like that Their class was not confined to any one department of play, as Stan 3 g R 5 % % '. ‘i be active Saturday and Sunday, nine|g, . of them had several who were doing considerably better than .300 N s s & ™ games beir - uled. The Satiwrd: Coveleskie contributed a high-grade article of mound work in the pinches 8 A Che and some of them could show a batting average for the club of .300 or to offset a generous total of bingles yielded, and his mates concentrated oy o 3 B - G National Circles to meet at | hetter. But none of them could show eight .300 batters their fire on Garland Buckeye in a very intriguing manner; but it was | &% ¢ 3 s S . g G s T Al o o s The old Chicago champs with their outfields which could hit the ball s : iy b In section B, Dominican Lyceums and !nhkn;‘;:gom come »]vm‘:ldkhu\e maybe u‘s-uypluy rs somewhere on the team, m e eHin, . g e di ? : ? . 3 SR LS Lo Knickerbockers are to clash in George- | Who had to struggle to keep up around .300, ces lling g th spl 3 nic 3 & o i y fors €s- excelling anything ithey e displayed on the local lot for| § v S ¢ ; o HBTIONME BAS . town Hollow, and Petworths are to The Giants, in the palmy days of their slugging teams of 1888 and many a day 3 2 E S s ft - e face Warwicks at Washington Bar-| 1889, had to contend with Arthur Whitney at third, who, while a great lueg . Harris, Julge, Me | Y % ) ; 7 s e : T double-header with | third baseman never was a 300 batter. Neely s articipated in de- | o A g o i ¢ : i i Mohawks have a double-header wi g ] M sy - e A fensive feats that ranged all the way | CHAMPIONSHIP STUFF | 3 % i : g 5 . 5 %] | chevy Chuse at Chevy'Chase on Sun- Dh&" M"“t‘:,' ":'e“c;‘ls ”‘1‘;"' g:r:]‘_‘“:m‘;"’,fl b W ”!hfl Shostaleny from*® plain to scintillating, and | k- Phideg 4 Ry 4 2 - - day, while National Circles will tackle 8 seme & tust 287 las . g : : thing at other positions. They had nor, whosa T e haes faliad o | SERVELSND 3 1 b - > 1 hts. On|yieGann, Dahlen, Seymour, Donlin,|went all to shreds in 1 E5E SURECHY Y ol Bavs TR 0 Heevais i Bresnahan and men similar in prow- | finished with “‘n\""“l‘ ”-\."” Nt 16 .“lkv ‘3'“‘» o I . f ess to slug for them, but they also | present. ”“r"t‘en‘\mi row, following 13 suc- | 3 ;,‘\“..h,;‘ had their weak hitters, comparatively essive w Burne, 1 speaking. After dise = the lowl but use- | Fews b r 3 . , 1 il ol wn 0 v ey v | Lutrke,” 3b | A Batting Aggregation. {, There vou have it—three r ful a e v | . RNl M a ved ders and four regular ir force McNeely followin o : Backeye, e double Meaders o obeDiayCt || Hore's Tiow the presdnt Pirate team: 2nd.ca o theos. BAbus above on Earl in the opener, Bucky had re - = > ot | ks up in batting, the figures in- | jfqg o il E v Sunday. Kenilworth will be opposed Most of them pretty course to the ta tem with e 2 | cluding games up to Tuesday such fine effect sixth that he | WASHINGTON }to Maryland Athletic Club on the lat-| g, it Jert fiela, .342. He bat- paved the way for a rally that spelled | Meeely, cf .. field, Mary arke will pk ed .276 last season. th Eartias victory, and may result in more fre- | g rurtin b .:‘ T pasant, t o) Ele ».ml."._n'l Carey, center field, .336. He batted | would have to he & tersi quent” employment in the future of | R e R e e B e 4 a some pretty s EUIALIC CAUY: vler, right field, .357. He batted not to stand at the he: In the Arlington County circuit Sun- | -354 last season. . s day_Cherrydule will meet Clerendon | Grantham, .336. He bated .316 batt at Lyon Villag nd Arlington wil, | last ear. y face Addison at Arlington. When Melnnis is used to alternate the day, thanks to airtight work [ oo g e 3 b, W at first base the team loses a bit in afield, and the somewhat sparse as-/ Washimson ... . 001060298 £ Lo SR 3 . Irish Athletic Club defeated Jewish | batting, but Stuffy has been hitting semblage saw nothing to make it ' e » % s 5 e 4 | Athletic Club, 2 to 1, in the opening ! over .300. He is not the ball player O har hnwiiine men couls | T, i!'r"-'.»fll'.'??x"\fl:m;m. N 2 o 5 > S 5 ¥ b 7 2 clash of a three-game series for the|he used to be, though, because He has of them 1t have earned a world champlonshis. | foutin, ‘Coveieakie, Doubie Diayedudge o | - s i e e i N 4 #] | champlonship of the Henry-Polk Play- | plaved too strongly for Mclnnis in- | should. Still This I not been the case in mafy | Peck; Bluege to Ruel to Bluege to Harrl | e 3 o o8 5 e * ground League. stead of for the team tle activity A " First hase on | L e o % 5 2 2 o The Indians started as if to kneck | bals—Off Buckeve, 115 ot Covelesiier bt ¥n upper picture McNulty is seen just making third on Summa’s hit to right in the eighth inning. B =) A10 il s s onlpbiate forshow: g ¢ atier nd o 0 and g g e s SRS DA 24. o .359 [ ward from top to bottom of the bat- Covey loose from h cap. McNulty | 8 y e, 1; by Coveleskie, 1. In lower picture, Ruel is shown tagging out Burns at th late, when the latter tried to count from first on met the first ball pitched for a_double | Snlfes—3eacen. Connolly and Evans. Time | o, 0¥ Cn B oOre, et S RE {man, fielded and batted well for Hayes. ' Jast yvear. to left center and scored when Summa the pltchers could bat a lit promptly slapped to right a safety that d get up in the .300 clas Sl Griffmen Better Fixed in Race | [ Recoros oF rirmin | [ ROAD JAUNT OF GIANTS e ek Lee rolled to Peck, but when Joe I | e onis 10 it s o kosers| NOW Than One Year Ago Today || ;.. . 2 o monre IS PROVING DISASTROUS e amao se and the Pullmans to afield that the Griffmen appeared to best advantage, their defensive per- Sy ¥ N 8 Bl o ccocossemy se the White Sox at Georgetown | Hollow, and Dominican Lyceums will| play Warwicks at Washington Bar- No Wonder They're Leading. PO Totals well above tha # | coomssssel al the laying-'em-down process that othe T pilots find so advantageous. Three runs and eight hits is nothin much to boast about as an exhibition of attacking power, but is sufficed for | Totals A Sesnil | Coveleskie, p.: | miommommng 2lmomiomm ~lsss0s2s- we = to R 4 t g 4 Johnson . An error. a_double and a single e 3 . Won. netted the Griffs bu n to knot Rive er = yo0 Philadelpnia ... 68 the count in the third ck got life | Gosiin - . : Ghicago’ P‘:m? “umx\\,x,» r:,mm (h(mik l):x; \A(ml ASHINGTON'S inability to gain®on Philadelphia in the last few i?fu:nd' [l —Fotr and one-half games behind the lead- | 8. Louis tallied on Covey's an single to cen- ers again as a result of defeat yesterday at the hands of the Pirates, Te! Coach flagged Ruel on among the more faint-hearted of the Nationals’ supporters, con- the New York Giants today neared the end of a disastrous Mid- his wa re plate and Muc 5 R £ 1 forekom e 4 g * 3 et stitutes no just cause for gloomy forebodings, viewed in the light of de- |- summe: Sl b Satho PRI SN B Waskilniton: 3 s e o s s velopments during the 1924 scason, when the Capital clan flashed under | | Peck 2. - 8 : r road trip without prospect of sccuring an even break for the trip| “Fathingies, 3 G A e ¥ 2 ; e e Laliits 1eibold 4 before they take the back trail home tomorrow night Boston, 1: Detrolt. 0. Harris then lofted to Lee. the wire first for the only time in base tall history. Grege 3 E Chloams, 15; New Yok, 2. : % Adams 3 3 By snatching victory from the|win in the oply other National 3 A cool, low Covey Strong in the Third. Reference to the club standings just | been achieved by any other third base- Marberry . 3 - ational League champions with a|League game, 9 to 2 CI(:AMme;.n. GAMES TOMORROW. T e ay discloses - | man i ag = chary . 8 K . R 4 2 g 5 eve. at Cleve. at Wash. Covey tightened after the opener,|One year ago today discloses the Ng- |man Im fthe leagie, Of8 gettung the| | Reoenll . - fiverun rally in the eighth inning.| The American League turned in|Chicugo at N ¥. Chicago at % ¥. PHILTEX showing to particularly good. advant. | tionals were exactly two games back | ball in an awkward position from a| | Coveleskie. 3 7 to 4, the Pittsburgh pacemakers|thres well-pitched games, Wi the | St Louis at Phila. St Louis at’ Phila. e e thiv wwhen he fanned Lee |Of the then frontrunming Tygers, | confusing bound right over third base | tagged ‘the New York team with its s, e e e el o o liny | With one less victory and three more jand being compelled to flag the 3 Pintiek Mtaut i 20 stanix snce A Moiuiiv s simgle amd | defeats than the leaders, just as they | speedy Chick with no time to steady Harris fumble of Summa’s smash put | Now are, but they were in third place, | himself for the riflelike throw he Feotstdas on’ thicd ant Arsh the Yanks occupying the runner-up |made. The line single Bluege came Only the tizhtest kind of defensive | niche, practically tied with the Cobb l:lr(;;d[{h w]u: to score Rk;‘e in l{\e Y et Bean®s st he fifth, | men. sixth rounded out a more than satis- Py e et Ihuire jude.| Today the Griffmen have but one |factory afternoon for the youngster| | {orgieskle -- ment in passing up Lee’s roller in the | Serious rival in their effort to reach | from Chicago. Jobman” . belief that it was foul netted CHff two |the peak for a second successive | ; s I Blochine of Peck's time, instead of two, and they are far | of vision enabled Joe Sewell's roller to | better off in the matter of Eumes go through short for a single, Lee tak- | Won and t than they were weeks, which has caused a feeling somewhat akin to despair | veterans Rommel and = Coveleskie [ Detrolt at Boston. . Detroit at Bostan. Jer carrying along the leaders, Philadel- Unapproached McGraw led his cohorts out of the|phia and Washington, at an even * NATIONAL LEAGUE. for good looks Polo Grounds on July 23. An even|pace Rommel allowed two more hits 2 break at Boston and three victories|than Van Gilder of the Browns, but | pitsburgh T o among semi-soft, | She Of 2 Series of four at Chicago gave|the Athletics bunched their ° five | Newfork il b6 530 56 banded collars. | the Western tour brought them Into | 318 5 on Traslen nome toet 0 Win. | BroGkim! . t And it lasts. e S rdiats gave the champions . celebrating the thir-| Eh : * 3 | 3% Cents the Cincinnati Reds, catching them In | on"the White Sox in stampeding the s ESULTS. | Phillips-Jones, New York . - motion on the slide. added a push, re- | New york Yank < # Pittsburgh, Sl g B o ees, who have been sbureh, ! i = following figures | t touch-and-go play in the sixth sulting In six straight defeats. Rally- ” £ . Cineinnati, Brooklyn, ing third. Burns then smashed to|months ago, the following that it appeared he might get the It d6t victory: it (e rnnatii it during the last month in| Roston, 9: Chicago. Bluege who headed off Lee at the|Show: gate. ske was in uniform for the *Record while - away and fighting back bravely in the | Yooing 0,000 for’ new players. | St Teuis Philsdoiphis (raln). pitched. GmsmcEhen Won Speaker registered such strenuous objection to Umps Connolly’s decision lling Burns out at the plate on | SESEETUR Inninga SRR SOmRRBIURS Lot 8a & PIEDMONT LEAGUE. ANl games postponed (rain). plate and took Ruel's return to flag Standing August 12, 1924. * |frst time in many days., minus the Cassinic e Ilhi e E ieafes ity Nineteen hits gave Chicago a one: GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Cliff on the line, firing then to Harri . L. Pect. |bandage on the hand that s in- T - 5 : ates, thev | sidea victory, 13 to Boton at Chicazo. Chicago at St. L. dual killing. Fewster's rap to right| N Wiy te """ g9 18 He expects to replace Lee in the mid-| No others scheduled. | club today and tomorrow they would troit, 1 to 0. Bklyn. at Cincinnati, oprifer found:an unguatded anot ABe| Savaaningten . . 0. L0 oC dle garden tomorrow. still fall one game short of an even blow really was a potential double S e FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE. break on the road and would reduce and Burns legged it for all he was Standing August 12, 19 Tampa. 11: Lakeland. 7. fhalean fo] Acst iV BEe Gilly | 10, two vor aro S ses ly to find 7 Py . St. Petersburg. Sanford, 1. = s 8 8 = worth around those bases only : W. N iPek Jersey City games and a_ half. on his arrival at the plate that Harris' | phjladelphia ... 69 35 663 Bochester, 14:Providen : = Wayland Dean pitched unbeatable perfect relay from McNeely to Ruel| yyaghington ... 68 38 .642 e ol BTt not acisdinled. o f ball for seven innings against the arrived a fr: head of him. i San Antonio, . 7 1 thfinders yesterday. Then DAt : nead Of fully| A vear ago the Nationals had won < San Antonlo, 0: | eague pa s vesterday. 2 el B 1A tios ill. |only 10 games more than they had AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Fort Worth, 1 g y A B ltor iind DIt of ‘the day and |8ames they now hold in that respect,| ~ Solumbus, 7: Mtmneapalis. EASTERN SHORE LEAGUE. Sl alntayte wee r’)m: & Jooper near thd line in rient that B e | rmsye thaavota 3 Tl U k) £l ,‘;g‘;;;;l.lfi\i";:,‘:’?“’f" % | by Dlinding the Brookly Robins with Pl up Axalnst it with Tribers on |lower, the fourth-place Browns, while VIRGINIA LEAGUE. e third and second and mone out. In|right now 103} games separate them Kinston, 8: Norfolk. 4 2 BLUE RIDGE LEAGUE. | Larry Benton limited the Chicago this predicament the Shamokin spit- from the White Sox, in third position. Richmond, Rocky Mount, 2 18-2: Hagerstown, 7-10. 1(. e T fotE Hith oA the Boilun} Ll x There is considerable food for| Wilson. 8: Portsmouth. 5. 3 rg, b, Frederick. 3. ! < = s ballist personally to d out Lee, com- . o - Braves breezed through to an ea: pelled Sewell to hoist a foul to Judge | thought in these figures. Look ‘em Pad disposed of Burns via the pop |over, and cheer up, ye pessimists. £ Back murte : Soggy ground conditions had a bear- S3¢ was drtha es el or dnisftesn me of the bingles evolved by SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. thgt the: Grifts Nocked SERGE Vi LI00 jans yesterday and had a tend-| S burg, 4: Macon, 1. the markers (lmt]rw. it vietory. With | ency ‘to make Coveleskie appear Je Charlotie. McNeely gone, Harrls Jolted & oped | effective than he was. McNeely was |, C "s; “Asheville, fo Burns that left first uncoveyed | fandicapped on two occasions and | oD B e A Contioued fo the | Rice once by drives that failed tof platter when Goslin sent Lee far back |bound in a normal manner. BATTERIES for his drive to right center. vJuduP Seldom has a Washington club, or then beat out a rap to Sewell in|any other, for that matter, given bet- deep short and Rice dented the rubber | ter exhibition of defensive play than when Bluege propelled a plunk to[that shown by the Nationals in. the port sixth inning, when despite a single —————— and a double and another swat that really was of two-base dimensions the FIGHT CLUB WOULD HOLD | Résdns were prevented trom scor- LAUREL SPEEDWAY SHOW | . EEmaEn Fe lenozs‘sn?an in the double play en- he 2 ona . . L gineere: en s a model of speed, Club, that gave up the ghost when the | gjl] and heads-up base ball, while di trict _ attor e.\"s mofi\ce iw{tfl tfr‘c only perfect co-ordination between Me- kibosh on prize fights conducted by | Neely, Harris and Ruel could have S clubs in the ll stl‘yl(‘t“ljlst\l prin, may flwge{d Burns at the pan for the final any = = 5 y B G & be resurrected. J, . zers, be-|out of the round. 5 lieved to be a large stockholder in 5 3 N = . . . 1 W dSmon Biirmore.speedwat | It s doubttul f Biicge's retirement (LS - This is one of a fleet of 3 International Trucks at Laurel and representative of the | o ewster in the eizhth could have 3 o L3 . . . Sratieally defunct club, has petic | e i \ equipped with dump bodies owned by H. P. 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