Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1925, Page 11

SPORTS: THE EV EI\‘U\'(;' " RUETHER RI‘VALING COVEY AND JOHNSON'FOR, TITLE v Blanking Yankees Yesterday Ain ’lendf Flmgin[z Rattle With Jones, Dutch Equals 15 Victéries Now Credited to Stan and Barney. el & BY DENMAN THOMPSON, Sports Rditor, The Star. HREFE oi the pitchers derisively referred to in some qu}lr!rr( |asr Spring. when Bucky Harris signified they wonld be his main mau nd nee. as candidates jor the Old Men's Home, are having a tough \wm.g honors as the Griffmen enter 'thestretch of their rage, to win a second straight title # By pitching shut-out ball against the Yankees vesterday in the first the three games that mark their final appearance here of the season, Walter Ruether climbed to an even level with Stan Coveleskie and Waltér JohRson in matter victories, each nmow having 15 to his, credit. On the debit side of the ledger Ruether is trailing his rivals with six-de- feats, Johnson having only five setbacks charged against him and Covey | but four. = #.4 T tussle i of the of Today Coveleskie will 1o pull farther ahead of his team ri s when he faces the Hugmen at Clark Griffith Stadium. and if he en rounters the same kind of hurling op. position that Sam .Jones (furnished Ruether vesteMay the moist-ball ma nipulator will be fully entitied to a victory, if he gets it Few tighter 2t the local cet the chance A THRILLER NEW VORK Combs. 2 Shunks, Ruth. Meurs!! | Genrie! duels arve siaged! 3 the course of a | season than that witnessed by more han 12,000 souls vesterday when Oss Rluege furnished the finishing touch for a lastinning rally that ended a brilliant batile of wits and skill be tween these two veteran flingers hox park in mmsheunasadl 233333203003 ‘amse-igmsicm B P ey 2 Harris Starts the Rally. MeNeely had fouled out to open the home half of the eighth. whan Harfia scratched a safety on a slow roller to Wanninger, back of second base. Rice 2ot a life when Gehriz was unable to handle the ball after contriving to knoek down Sam’s smart smack, and it WaR up to Goslin, whose recent in abilty 10 live up 1o his reputation as a clean.up hitfer is one of the chief rea son for ithe champions’ faltering gait of lafd. (ipose’s hast was a soft Av. and when Judge was franked (o fill the hases. Bluege selzed the chance to leap into the limelight by poling a nasty crack pasi Dugan fer two bases Ous was lefi on second with Jwdge on third when Peck bounded ont.but the two tallies he bad driven in were imple to decide the issue. and “Sad Sam” Jones' demeanor as he left the box proved he realized ii. His viclous Kick at an inoffensive ball in his path indicated that “Peevish Panl “An 2ry Andrew” would be a more appro iate nickname for him Sam couldn’t he hiamed for his keen chagrin. howsver. He had flung ane whale of & game. and it was to see his labor scrapped as so much wasted effort. but defear would have heen just as hitter a pill for Ruethe Many Chances Neglected Many seoring opportunities, despite tha comparfative scarcitv of safeties, were presented both clubs hefore the productive senatorial assault in the eighth Dugan's single unsupporied. 2nd lined right against fence. was nullifh loped straight 10 D Indge off the midway Singles by Combs and Yankees on third and first, with two gone in round 3..whereupon -Ruth hounded sharply to Judge, and =-gold en opportunity for the Nationals was scotched in the rear end of thix ses when a Texas leaguer by Sev sreid. sandwiched between free rickets | to Peck and Ruether. loaded the bases with no one out. .Jones displaved his class at thie point by fanning Me Neely. compelling Harris to pop and Rice to hit into a force play + Dugan's perfect bunt and Ben zough's bingle in the fourth went for naught when Wanninger hoisted. and Pack could not help after Rluege dot hled down the left field line. ! Ruether set the Yanks down in or der in the fifth. and. affer McNeely walked and Harris got a life on Wan ninger's fumble. they were lefi when Shanks grabbed Rice's rollar, o~saesndF B w|20s3800-m0p o love-mséusens |sasss00asa® - ..1».‘;,.;...,_. . 30 iBatted for Wanninger in the nint +Ratted for dones in the ninth inn New York Washington Jnnies. IALS 2 12 Three. Doubls playe Dugan to Shanks, Left on 2Nee e #: Washington. &, First haye on dones. 43 Off Rusther, 1. Struek ontafr Jones Ruether. 5. ' UmbiresioMessrs. Gelsel, Coonolir and Nalin. Fime o enmer onrs. RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN BATTING. AB. " kK 3 Tate . Johnaon . Kuether Riee Lioalin . dudge Severeid Scott Bluege MeNeely Ruel = Harric A Harris: ), Feek Teibold Gregx Adams a i~ E %3¢ FowumatBEESEE 5550 § $335854! wisewnD 3 Coveleskie, second was Judge's double the right-fleld hen Riuege wal n. who doubled in the wmes” started. © Shanks put B as.e-wRneT o naiisal nempEBAEAL 4l Rrens sfon “Record while with Natlonats. AMERIEAN LEAG Wan. Lost Pet Philudelphix 864 Washington Meusel's After Ruether by Triple Is Wasted whiffing Ruth was muleted for Meusel, whose fly hit high right fleld fence and ward the diamond, He was held a1 third, while Biuege flagged Gehrig and was left with Dugan, who walked. when Rengough lifted. to Rice, Judge's Texas leazuer with one gone in thisx frame was 1way when Toe died stealin before Bluege 100k & third strike. | Ruether fanned jones and Combs afier Wan popped in the seventh, and the Griffmen also died in order t Shanks singled 10 open the eighth Ruether then fanned Ruth for the second time in row, and. after| Shanks reached second fdllowing Meu sel's drive 1o MeNeely in déep center the Dutchman also vicrimized Gehrig on strikes With a 1wo-run lead to hurdle, Hug gins called on Ben Paschal to club for | Wanninger after Dugan and Rengough had lofted MeNeelv in the ninth Paschal came through with a lusty larrup far Rice's head for three hases. The crowd wag:a bit appre. hensive. as Boh Veach was summoned ta sub for Jones. hut Ruethér proved he was master of the sitnation by lim-q iting him to a slow er that Harr gobbled up the sixth three-bag in Ser S8t t Clovel’d. Detroit nt Chiciago. Against o honnded back t NATINAE LEAGUE. Tost Pet. Won, 83 4 . & - . Lose, | Pittaburgh 8 1 New York Cineinnati Brooklyn St Lonis Philadelohia Chicugo Boston i 54 8 k) a5 R VESTERDAY'S RESULYS, Neiw Vork, Rrookisn. Pitisburzh Cipeinnati, 6. Philadeipy] ; Bostow, . Chieng Totis, 4. GAMES TPDAY. GAMES TOMORROW. {Chleago st St. Louls. Chieags at S, Lo.h Cinei. at Pittaburgh. Pittsburgh at Boston xt Phila. Roston at N. V. Rrooklvn at N. V. Phila. ut Brookiya. SIX TEAMS TO PLAY IN LEAGUE TOURNEY * of six' sandlot are to enguge in a series for ity laurels both 34 53 36 80 £ a . kTS aver Champion - teams leng according to plans formu MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS sentatives | graphis | begin August Teams to of the circui | Temple. Play 2 s in Typo prébably will INTERNATIONAL Ral LEAGUE. Syracuse. & Rochester Read Toronto Providence. rain will* be 1Tnion Printers of the Departroental League. Chestnut Farms Dairy of the Com mercial League. Pullman (‘ompany, of the Terminal R. R (A League Registers of the Tr terbureau | League, ‘Adjutant - Office of lthe Post Office Teague |and fhe winner Marine'Ship ping Board the Poznmm Park League. 4 The meeting last ‘night elected 8. B” Fvans, president of the Government League, chairman of the commitgee in charge of the series. Another meeting will be hetd Monday evening at 5 | o'cloek at Spaiding’s store on G street. MAY SD'E CHAHPION. BOSTON. August 15 (#). Cardio, manager of Red (‘héisea featherweight that straining Kid Kaplan | meeting Babe Herman of Californfa in & title bowt at Waterbury, Conn. August “erdio declared thal the * champion signed a contract *to meet. hapmen-4n June. ot NEW I.EA_GUI;J PLANNED: © SAVANNAH, Ga., August 15.-Or" ganization of a_new sbase bali league 1o include Charleston. Savannah, Jack sonville, Albany? Columbus, Montgom ery. Macon sand Augusta. is the under- iaking started here with_the raising of & $20.000 fund for the local club $8.000 of which has already been sub- | seribed. {he movement provide for class B base Pall. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, Kanwan City. -1 Toledo. % SARShgerT 15 colimiye T aiin. 11+ Br. Bon Berncars Department- ot the series in SOUTHERN Atlanta, 8: Birmingham Litthe Rock. 8, Memphis ew Orleana. & Mobile Nashville, ¢ Chattanonga ASSOCIATION. a 4 a s VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Rocky Mount, 1 Kinetan, 5. Wilson Nortolk. 7 Portsmouth Richmond. B S0UTH ATEANTIC LEAGUE. Rnoxville, 14: Columbia, & (11 1nnings). | Charlotte. 6, Ashevilie, 1 . Greenville 3 3 Charles Chapman tanture. 2 Spartanhure. 2 FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE. Tampo. SU Patarsbire PIEDMO 7. ensbogp-Dany Durham. 8 Ralel Winston'Salem, 4 T LEAGUE 1(8 Salisbury h innings ATLANTIC Spartanburs reenville, 4 14 Columbia 6: Ashesille SOUTH AGUE. Augusta Macon, & Rnoxville Charlotte 8 i FASTERN SHOR| Parksley. 6 Easton. 4 Salisbuty. $: Crisfield. | Daver. 3: Camhriage. LEAGUE. BLUE RIDGE LEAGUE a 56! sev—New York. | BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS | 1 lated last night af & meeting of repre. | has announced | he would seek an injunction-re- |+ champion, from 4 The plans of 1hose hacking:| STAR, WABHINGTON [ REGA’J’TR DN POTOMAC STARTS AT.2. O'CLOCK ““Washington's | régafta ‘was to be hhf this ll noor on fhe Patomac between i Highway And" Key “Bridgeés, ‘start. Ing At 2> o'l Six events were to be offtered ‘the joimt aus: ‘81 the Corinthian and Capital vfi:“i;'r' mm Ta"s pro; was ‘an aq #4ce, In “which prominént’ me: pumbers on rie i. GRIFFS TODAY FACE. “A:CHANCE TO'CLIMB. Buck : Hax the oppertunity |gnqund i the pennant scramble, but it | wax predicated on the long-shot chance ,‘mq\ the Rex Sdx would spill the dope | against the league leaders in their | double;header at, Philadelphis. Thé champjons this morning were | two games back of the A's. and by | beating the Yankees this afternoon | could reduce the Athletica’ advantage to*half a game, IF Connie's clan dropged both of its tilts with the Hub | eréw, ‘u very improbable aventuality 1t also ‘wax possible for the Griffs to slump ‘fo three and one-half game: | frons the pinnacie. which would be the | rexmit- should" thev falter against the | Hugmen® while the Macklets were | mopping wp with the Crimson Hose. ~It- was - expected that either Rob | Shawkevior. Waite Hoyt ‘would start {in 1he box for rhe: New today " against Stan Coveleskie. conteived: o -heat the . Indians last Tuesday after suffering ‘three reverses taged some, Hustlers today of gaining | followinz. his string of 18 wins In a raw, | Ruether now is fairly launched on a i winning streak that mav rival that of | his .veiaran “teammate, ‘hix shut-out | éffort vesterday having been the sixth | consecutive win registered hv tha loosejointed left-hander. Dutch was {al the top of his form. vielding hut a single pass and whiffing half s dozen of the Yanks, Ruth.twiee falling vic 1tim to, his pitching prowess ! Whether Joe. Harris will have to understudy. for Judge this afternoon and. .possibly -for many days, dspends on’ the success Trainer Mike Martin has in treating the leg Judge injured vesterday. Josephus pulled a muscle in his left groin tn rounding second base on+Bleuge’s productive double in the eighth inning and was limping prinfully after the combat The champions’ infleld had Intle to Ao yesterday. only 3 ussists being credited to them while the picket men 100k care of 14 chances. The Yankee outfielders, Pagy v ddy, Meusel hut all. Ruth having one put .two and Combs none at The fafr sex wa¥ liverally -ep.o‘ senfed ™ vesterday, <onsjderably more than half ‘of the attendénce of 13,000 | being compossd of tanetttex who took advaniage -of, “jadies’ dny Jones was”toky to eseape ‘wérious injury, . whep- ‘a .yiciaus, -liner. from | “n . the fourth inning | struck;-him squarelv on the ankle and m,und d @ll the way to Gehrig at first ym went down in. a heap. but S ‘with no ldse' of éffectiveness aftergerting ficet Ald” fréatment 'TANK SCHOOL TOSSERS SCORE SECOND wcronfl CAMP MREABRE. Md.. August 5 nk Sehool’ tossers scored 'theirsec. 1ond successive victory in (K& series for the base ball championsiip of the 34 Corps Area in an 11-to-5 engazement with the 12th Infantry team. The in tantry men gamed a 4-run lead early in the fray, but the Tankers deadlock d the game inthe fourth inning-and went bn to an easy win Camp’ Holabird and were {0 play today. -MONTGOMERY NINES 12th Infantry “IN THREEI CONTESTS | Thres games are on'tap this after noon in the Mohtgomery County Lea: |Rue. Bethesda s 1o meet Spring at Silver Spring, Rockville is to visit Glen Echo and Boyds is to go 'to Dickerson for a cobteat. Vankees scored their fifth scraight victory ‘in ‘the: Thomsen Playground T.eague.: beating the ‘league-leading Athleticss 4 -to 0. Freschie, pitching [ tor: he vwinmers, allowes” but —thres and fanned 14 batters. Rialto Club, champions of the Jew. ish Community Center League, will go to Baltimore tomorgow for s game | with the Baltimore v M. H. A, 1l f'||l||1uy\. riamhlom of the Term inat' C. Ay League. took the m-uu.o of the District Firemen in a 2-to-l &ngagement. The Pull- l).’«nn'flna to'play Petworth next Wed esdhys b Three games are to be played today in the series for unlimited nines. Knickerbockers and White Sox clash in Georgetown Hollow at 4:30 o Dominican Lyceums and Holy “om’ MTorters meet at Washington Barracks 'Wills and Mary K. Browne, America.| st 2 pm. at b oclock and Chevy Nztional Cirelés will swing' into action at Chevy Chasg at 4:30. e, Pullman Aloysiua gamé’ hus” been postponed. HARNESS CHAMPIONS SHOW SBEED TODA_Y o Y Chase and By the Assaliated Press L CLEVELAND/. Ohio. ‘August Today was Peter Manning- mg\a G day ai Northy Randafly where thét Grand Clrcuit races are in progress, in honor of the world’s ®hampion. Peter Manning. old trotter with a mark of 1.56% for one mile |and holder of ‘move sm: and track ! records than any living réc primed to go-against the world’s trot Lting record of 4.16%( for 1wo miles, Pmade by THe Harvester at’Laxington Ky.. 15 vears ago Single G.. champion pacer, is carded to start against a field of Bix in the | free-for-all pace. The probable start- lers included Margaret Dillon. which defeated the- 15-year-old Lovse at Kala- mazoo several weeks ago. Other | | events on the card were the 2.12 pace, with seven named to start, and & 2.14 !trot, with 11 probable starters - NET (;HAI(%ION BEATEN. ASHEVILLE, N. C., August 15 (#). Fd_Pfeiffer—nf Lopisville, contender 6 the Southern tennis champlonship. deféatednlck: Catdwell of Atlanta, de. fPudIn% fitlist, €2, 1—6 and “tank ~"Hop” Owens, Atlanta. 1922 champjon. 100k his match with Douglus Watters of Mulberry, Fla.. Fed, 62, 26 t" , 6—1. McTIGUE VS. MARULLO. W YORK. August 15 (#).—Mike McTigue, former of Toch) ‘Irls’ swimming etubs were || Yorkers here | who ! on the other hand, had an~, i Silver | of, was all | l ! By the Associated Press. EW YORK, August 15.—With 1 N raceistill to be run, pennants . begn definitely placed out of J Late ‘in} July Chicago in the Am lgnhered stnength and struck out a | cuits.. But it was apparently a mere Standings today agaim indicated two teams in each circ Sox 11% games hehind 'second-plac ! York nts inthe Natjonal. Washington's thrusts at Philadel- DPhis. in spite of the closensss of the Américan leaders to their persistent rivals, have failed, to penetrate Connis Mack's first place! fortifications. - For weeks .the hof breath of the world champions has been at the backs of | the Quaker City team, but .vietory | has matched victory and defear has balanced dofeat so closely that the ‘A(hlotlc:l have clung to their stight margin of between one to two games, with desperate tencity. They struck off another hrace of triumphs_yesterday. Sam Gray hold- | ing the Boston Red Sox offensive in | check while his Philadelphia mates clustered an even dezen bingles to [win easily. 6 to 3, as Ruether tri umphed for Washington in a pitching | duel against Sam Jones of the Yan kees, 2 10 0. |"In the only other game of the American League. the Bt Louts Browns got aboard the offerings of | thrae Cleveland pitchers for 16 hits | and 10 10 7 victory. ‘ “The New' York Glanes picked wp . ¢, SATURDAY o ae s R L BOTH BIG LEAGUE RACES NOW TWO-TEAM AFFAIRS slightly less than one-third of the in both major leagues seem to hav. the reach of at least 12 clubs. erican and Cincinnati in the National t the leaders m er respective cir- flash in the pan. confinement 'of the peanant fights to | it for the remainder of the season, with the White ¢ Washington in the American and Cincinnati 6 fufl games behind the ploddling steps of the running-up New haif = game on the leading Pirates in the National by gathering in both ends of a two game effort with Brooklyn, Scott scattering 11 hits to clinch the opener, 3 to 2, and & pinch single by Frank Snyder saving the second in the eighth frame, 5 to 3, after the Robins had deadlocked the score In their haif. The Piratess won' only one game because the schedule offersed them no more, but enough hitting was cram- med into the contest to dscide & com- plete serfes. Of 28 safeties made off four pitchers, Pittsburgh collected 16 for a decisive win, 14 to 6. Mesdows, on the mound for the winners. had little excuse to become excited after the ‘first two innings. during which | his mates toted seven rums over thel { plate. ‘The Cubs halanced hits with the Cards, nine each. but Alexander tightenad at _cruclal perlods and Chicago won. 7 10 4. Boston Braves and Phillies collaborated in a slugging | bee. with the Quakers stretching their | quota_of 16 hits for the most runs, 111 10 8 JOHN%ON INSECTS SCORE FOURTH VICTORY IN ROW OHNSON INSE(C J 'S areistepping along at 2 great clip these days. They have bowled over'a number of voung teams lately and have won in their last four starts, their latest victory being orie of 9 to 3 over the Eagle Insects their triumph, | singles ior them | Brandt did the pitching all theiway {for the victors. He gave up but seven safetles and with better support probably would have registered a | shutout. The Johnso last recording 16 b Hess Athietic Club 100k the measure of the Crescents in an $-to-1 engage. | ment. Edinger held the losers to four | hits Georgetown Midgets walloped the | Luxors in & 13-to-§ game. White of the Georgetown team got a triple, | double and single in four times at bat Peeriess Junior plavers were fo re port at Rosedale field this afternoon ' | at 5 o'clock. | S Federal Junlors will play Montour Athletic Club tomorrow on Monument lot dlamond No. 7 at 3 o'clock, | Hess Juniors downed Tunio; in & d4to2 Guethler, Hess pitcher, bafters. the Peerless engagement tanned nine Moose \fidpu have two games to morrow on the Seaman Guaners’ feld ns did some hard hitting in achieving ingles. Wills got a triple and two | | being scheduled to face the Midlands #nd the Alexandria Nationals. Shamrock Semiors have chosen Frank Timmons as their captain. He | will assume charge of the club during the geme at Fairiawn tomorrow. \ Renees and Walter Reed nines are | o be opponents tomorrow on the | Walter Reed field In & game starghg at 2:30 o'glock. Mount Rainier Semiors are casting about for a date tomorrow. Telephona | challenges to Main §260, Branch 15, | n 5 and 10 o'clock tonight. Garfleld Athletie Club desires a | same tomorrow. The Garfleld man- agement may be telephoned at Lin roln 10087. Hamilten Inseets are after games, cspecfally with the Marberry Insects. | Telephone challenges to Adams §994. Bradbury Heights Athietie Club | craves a game tomorrow with unlimited class nine. Manager Wissman may be telephoned at 378. U. S. WOMAN RACKETERS TRAIL BRITISH PLAYERS | By the Amociated Pross. | N EW YORK, August 15 | two nations at Forest Hills, N. Y. | day’s play yesterdav. Helen Wills, American singles |champion, saved the home team from a .shut-out by taking the messure of Joan Fry, 6--0, 7—5. but the Cali- fornia girl was called upon to fight |#n uphill battle in the second set after |romping through the first with sur- prising ease. Mrs. Molla Mallory went down in defeat before Miss Kathleen McKane, 6—4, 5—7, 6—0. while the English doubles team of Mra. Lambert Cham- bers and Mis« E. H. Harvey triumphed over Mrs. Mav Sutton-Bundy and Mrs. Mallory, 10—8, 6—1. The latter contest brought together {Mrs. Bundy and Mrs. Chambers in a |venewal of tennis rivairy after an in- | terlude of 18 vears, Mrs. Bundy as May Sutton hsving defeated’ Mrs. Chambers, then Dorothea. Douglas, i the challenge round for the English champfonship in 1907 | les matches, Mrs. Chambers tacing Miss Eleanor Goss. Mrs. McKane op- | posing Miss Wills and Miss Fry meet- {ing Mrs. Mallory. A doubles” match Mbrings together Miss McKane and Evelyn Colyer, England, and Miss | Final-round matches today in the | Southampton invitation lnurmmem finds Mfdwest and Far West players on opposite sldes of tha net.' Howard | [Kinsey “of California meets George Lott of Chicago in the singles, while | |the Kinsey brothers, Howard snd Rob- | ert, oppose Lott and Brian 1.°C. Nor ton.of St. Louis (n the double GOODRICH IN DRAW OTHER RING RESULTS &= SCRANTON, Pa.. August 15 (#) Jimmy Goodrich, lightweight cham- pion of the world, fought = tenround | draw last might with Pep O'Brien of | Grimshaw, whose vote dacided the | affaic when the judges disagreed. The | tight was listless. | There were no knockdowns. | BAYONNE, N. J., Aughst 16 (#). | Mike Ballerino of Bayonne, junior | lightweight champlon, retained his | | tifle ageinst Billy Henry of Chicago after ien hurricane rounds of fighting !last nignt. - Ballerino weighed . 121 | Henry 181 | MILWAUKEE, Wis., August 15 (®). |~ Pinkey Mitchell, junior welter- | welght champion, and “Willle. Harmon | Jof New York fought to a ten-round | | draw last night at the State fair park. AURORA. TIL, August. 15 (#),—Ray | Miller_of Chicago won on s foul in ]m- fourth round of a bout last night with Frankie Schasfer | Miller weighed ;s_rh-eler 131 12, 128 pounds and . 2 | REGINA, Saskatchewan, August.15 | (). —A new middleweight champion for Cangda was crowned here Today's schedule includes three sin-| Old Forge, in-the opinion of Referse ! ‘of. Chicago. | American woman net stars require three victories out of four matches today to regain the Wightman cup | from England in the international series between teams of the | England, holding. the cup by virtue of victory over the United States | last_yvear, scored two triumphs in the three matches during the opening | | | FINALS DUE TODAY | INB..Y. P. U. TENNIS| | ! | Finels in all divisions of the first annual tennis tournament of the Bap- tist Young Peopié's Ution will ba| played this afternoon on the Potomac Park coucts. Men's and women' | singles will start at 2 o'clock, men's | dox 4nd_women's ‘doubles at 3 and the, doubles at 4. ; "™ Ellzsbeth MeDowell is to phay three matches. She advanced to the title round in the singles vesterday and ‘wcored with Mary Ruthven in ithe | women's_doubles sem!-final and with | Gordon Willard in the. mixed doubles. | Pairings for today’s matches follow: MEN'S SINGLES. Gordon, Wil l.e- stan Wu- WOMEN'S SINGLES. | Ratherine Evamtt va. @liranath’ McDowsll WOMEN 'S DOUBLES. Dowe ve. [ e atherine H !‘-:u o MarguentPorte '." | & imn DOUALES, 0 8 Epne | thven va. 4. E. Constat | Gordon W wall ‘st | Sae Results vesterday: eevea amvaLes e oeer D 2 T | ST S "M, T 3—8. scmlnnnl- (upper un—'co 0 Willard Mitchen! (Clar.) Ernest Peated D W e (5eh) WOMEN S SINGLES. &“.::_. ey it P abeth Me- ayeock (W, WOMEN'S DOUBLES. ry Ruthven and Elizaheth, McDowell 101 Ueteatn Bel Pining ana Toer’ T letson (W, Wash.) a faul MIXED DOUBLES u.s. ATHLET!C STARS MAKE AN ACCOUNTING NEW YORK, August 15 (@ & statement of expensen incurred by them in their recent world tour, to- gether with receipts obtained from various athletic organizations, has | been submitted to the Amateur Ath- |Istic Unfon by Loren Murchison. of | Newark (N. 1.) A. C. and Charles Pad- | dock of the Los Angeles Club. It showd that the two sprinters paid out $1,055 in excess of the total |amount they received. INDIAN nooxn BALKS. CLEVELAND, Ohio. August 15 (P), last | -—Johnny Hodapp, inflelder, acquired | light-heavyweight | night when Harry Dillon of Chicago |10 days ago by the Cleveland Indian: champion of the world, has been outpointed Del Fontaine of Winnipeg | from the Indianapolis -American Asso- matched to box Young Marullo of New |Orieans tn a- I2aound feature hout at the Coney Island stadium on Augus! 21, in . 10.round bout. -Vic Foley, Cana- dian bantamwelght champlon. won & decision on poinis over Jack Lewis of Reginn. I | ciation club, is a hold-out. Hodapp ‘nhmud to g0 to his home in Carthage, Ohlo to walt until his demands are AUGUSYT I'ihird straight triumph, eliminated the 15. 1925, AUSSIE NETMEN WIN JAPS TOP SPANIARDS< & uoxv’rntu. August 15 (®).— Aus. tralia_advanced to the third round or‘ the Davis.cup tournament vesterday | by winning the doubles contest of a | match with Canada, Gerald L. Patter- | son and John B. Hawkes defeating | Willard F. Crocker and Jack Wright, | 6-—0, 62, 6—4. The victory, marking Austriale’s | Canadians from the tournament and Qualified the Antipodesns for a series with the winner of the Spain-Japan cantent. BALTIMORE, Augusi 15.—Despite fashes he most brilliant tennis Bakimo: Ifkel¥ to mee this year, the Spatnish doubles team vesterday lost to .w‘n in the second day’s play of the ¥)avia cup challengs match at the Balthmore Country Club. Zerzo Shimi- zu mnd Takeichu Harada defeated Manwuel and Jose Alonso, -2, §—3, 2—8, §—10, 6—3. Thul'sday’'s singles play had given one vigtory to Spain and one to Japan. The doubies mateh. therefore, makes the présent score .Japan 2, Spain /1. The two Témaining singles matches are schqduled for this afternoon. and in order\to win the right to play Aus- tralia in| the next round Spain must win both} of todav's contasts. Japan, | in order fio meat Australia, needs to win only \one. After their doubles triumph the Japaness ueém favorites 1o win here for Chimitu 18 regarded ss almost certain to deteat Eduard Flaquer (o day, even At Manuel Alonso trinmphs over Haradw. Spain musi win both singles matches todav 1o gain the de cision—a heyeulean fask SPORT S HAS SIGNED AGREEMENTQ WITH DEMPQEY AND WILLS WMIQ Both Are Tenmuve, Promoter Feels Sure He Will Stage Title Serap and Goes to Chicago to Arrange Financial Backing, By the Amociaied Press EW YORK. August 15.— A P. Floyd Fitzsimmons. promater oi Mich- N igan City, Ind., was on his way to Chicago today with twon signed agreements paving the way 10 a heavyweight champions<hip fight next Summer between Jack Dempsey and Harry Wills. One agreement he brought in the week with thy champion’s signature affixed. The other. obtained yesterday irom Paddg Mullins, followed three davs of negotiation with the manager of Demps sey’s negro challenger U. S. GIRL SWIMMER LIKES HER CHANCES Bs the Associ with him early Rorh nary agreements are of a prelimi and tentative character Fitzsimmons considered that he closed the match definitely ana {hers last night to arrange for financis| | backing, enlarging his arena in Michi !gan City. Ind.. to accommodate 1 000 spectators and completing details i g for the final migning of the contracts ROULOGNE. France, August 15 |at Chicago on or about September Gertrude Ederie’s hopes that she will| Atullins, verifving Fitzsimmons #uccesd In her attempt 1o swim across | Statément that he had finally come 1o the English Channel netx week con. |7 Understanding with the promoter announced that he had signed he. tinue (o rine as the weuther conditions | cause Fitzsimmons has Dempses s sin look extremely promising nature, so it is evident if 1 want Will The New York swimming war ia|!0 meet Dempsev T must negoriars doing easy training so not to go| | with Fitzsimmons.™ stale before Tuesday, when she plans| Jack Kearns. who holds a contraci to start her awim. She is engaging by ha lefy 12-YEAR4OLD PROVES SWIMWMING SENSATION | INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. August 15 | (#).—Todav's alosing program of the three-day natignal swimming cham | plonships held under the auspices of the Kentucky-Tndiana Amateur Ath- |letic Unfon will bring together tha 12. vear-old sensation, Florence Coga, Car negie Library CYub. Homestead, Pa. and Virginis Whitenack. Women's Swimming Club. New York, middle distance champlork In an 280-vard free style event. Miss Coga won \the national junior hait-mile last night. A 440.yard relay between the four- | woman teani of the Hoosier Athletic | Club. Indianapolis. and two teams rep- resenting the Women's Swimming Club also is-on the cord | KINSEYS GOHTESTING a5 manager of Dempsey, said he would in a lttle road work and a dally awim | have much to say before this fizh: of an hour or so with one or the|t2kes place.” while Promoter Tex other of the aquatic champions of the |Rickard dismissed “ail these offers of colony. Her condition Is axcellent. |$1.000.000" coming from Chicago as Never has a Channel swim brought | Dunk together such a gathering of ffimausl There s a Iot of big talk. hit when swimmers as will accompany the L’l".”l‘é%’.&ifi.‘s ":x'!:oc{_"?_im;v‘" and p n girl = v v concly *Abnard the tE Which is (o sccom | While Fitzsimmons and Mullins vany her will probably he LilMan Har |'aching an agreement. Jack Kearns rison of Buenos Alres. who recently | VA® Dresenting a plea for reinstaie tafled in her fourth attempt 10 swim MeNt &t & meeting of the Stare Ath the Channel: Jane Sfon, who has been |l¢tic Commission. ~Kearnx was asked unayceessful in two attampts 1o swim |10 POSt & forfelt of 825,000 and o sign the waterway: Tom Burgess who|fOr # fight with Wills it he hoped o swam' the Channel in 191]: .abez|have the ban lifted, decision on his Wolfe. Miss Ederle’s trainer: the Fing.|Case being reserved untl next Tues lishman, Bashville, who will try 1|42y swim the Channel next vear; lshak | ‘Helmy. the Egyptian swimmer; De Mieville. 8wiss long istance champion. | and Miss Tanner. English Olympie | swimming star. Dempsey is Pleased. LOS ANGELES, August 15 (®).— News that Paddy Mullins had signed an agreement to put Harry Wills in e the ring against Jack Dempsey nex: Summer was greeted by the champion RACE MEET STARTS. here with the remark: HENDERSON, Ky.. Augusi 15 (#).| “That's the best news T've heard Dade Park, made over into a mag.| 3ince the referee held up my hand in nificent racing plant, will inaugurate the Jess Willard filght back in 1912 a 20-day racing meet today, with the| T congratulate Floyd Fitzsimmons IN TWO NET FINALS By the Asseciated Precs SOUTHAMPTON. N August | 15.—The Kinsey - brothers, Howard !and Rebert, are tn the final round of | both singles and doubles in the Southampton terinis tournament The former todav faces George | Lott of Chicago in an effort to gain his second leg on the challenge trophy. | and they will play for yhe doubles | Henderson Handicap. $2,000 added. as | the feature. Nine horses. including | John T. D.. winner of the $10,000 add d_Flintone Memorial Handicap at | | Thistledown tast week. have been nom inated for the six-furiong sprint YOUTHFUL NETMEN IN TITLE MATCHES upon obtaining the bout and 1 mus: say T am gratified to see that I have | accomplished more in two weeks than Jack Kearns accomplished for me in two vears.” The heavvweight titlehoider added that he expected the next move would be a conference between himself and Wills and Mullins to wind up the de tails of the match and post forfeits BY FAIRPLAY W VORK. August 15.—Insiders | shamplonship against Lott and Brian | 1. C. Nerton of St. Lous. In the semifinal of the singles Howard Kinsey eliminated Norton in straight sets, 10—8. 6—1. while Lott disposed - of Cedric Major' of New | York, 6—o. In ‘the doublex semifinal. whe Kin sey brothers overwheimed Louix Thal heimer aAd Lewis White off Texas & 6—3. 6—3. Norton and Lott entered thes final by crushing the young Califormians Gerald Stratford and L. Ogden.s 6 5—2, §—3 \LOGAN SQUAD WINS PLAYGROUND MEET/ Athister of logan Playground wes terday won the annual colored inter- playground meet with 60 points. Cir |doza. Playground squad was secomd with 37 points. The summary of svents follows: 35-POUND CLASS 50-sard C. BRoas (Car- oza) " (HOward) . third, . Tl vas G « o3k i“%&; u—'fll 2 m x ’ hn was first. but .n-nnu vy 100-POUND OLASS Coaten (€ar . step ma jump—woq by L. P wron (Logan) 0% 16608 inches 120-POOND CLA 70-yard dssh-—Won by % Jones « lo-‘hn ) mm cont" LAY (Lokun) 5! -cno; Torin) -~ Bist l y.{?"" i e Logan: uur_\xm-n ; ‘Garin) ance. 5 on by Cardoza: second T u Dinson, l - 0:10% twuow ‘flu. Bre “(Cleve. | et or nir’ (Logan] "-".ll by _Robinso: T @iddings) Oml'ofll 20 ™ Diatance. sie. and o warr bictusce, 9o foni relay—Won by Logan (Davis. rner. Robinson', No time Ziven COAST GIRL SHATTERS RECORD AT SWIMMING | SAN DIEGO, Cal. | Alice May Howard. mo high school pupil of the San | Diego Women's Swimming Associa tion, broke the A. A. U. record for the 220-yard breast stroke swim in a spe- cial handfeap race here vesterdayv. Tier time was 3:25 1-5, just 7 1-5 sec- onds ufider the record set by Agnes Geraghty of New York in the recent championship at Detroit. jumo—Won by One-mi] 90D, August 15 (P — 1 D. C. GOLFER IN FINAL. ASHEVILLE, N: C., August 15 (#). -Beverly :Mason, 17-year-old crack of ‘Washington. D. C., won his way to | the final of the Biltmore Forest Coun- | try Club goif tournament here, defeat- |ing Fred Eansor of Jacksonville, 3 and | 2. He duplicated his card of 76, which won the qualifying medal. He will eet Edwin Edgerton of Raleigh. a eran of many tournaments. RADIATORS, FENDERS wirbRERE R s, 319 I3TH ST. N.W. 1423 P. REAR BASE BALL .23 AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK ‘Washington vs. New York | Tickets o Sate Base Baht Park ‘at 9 A,M, Daily Netts 7707 -North 2768 vear-old sopho- | | have been spending their time figur | ing. or trying to figure, just what got into Billy Gibson when he started our to defy Harry Wills, using his meal ticket, Gene Tunney. ax a weapon Gibson is one of the wisest of managers, and. looking at the proposi tion from any angle one pleases. it figures out a rotten match for Tunney CHICAGO. August 15 (®).The na tional junior tennis titie lies between Cranston Holman of San Franeisco, conqueror of William Tilden, 2d. and | H. Coggeshall of Des Moines. Holman. with Emmet Pars of Chi- cago, also is in the finals for the dou bles crown against Malcolm T. Hill| certainly it would not he the sort and Henrv L. Johnson. Jr. Waban.|of a bout calculated to do the spart Mass.. team. |of protessional boxing any good at ‘The Fast ix assured of the champion-|all. Tunney fs not a natural heavy ship in the bovs’ divisivn. Matched |weight as vet: he s alwavs building in the final for it are Walter Thomas. |up, and no natural development of Elmora. N. J.. and ¥rank Shields of [physique will ever put him in Willx New York he two are teamed|class. against Bertram Claster of Harris Besides. he has been having trouble burg, Pa., and Lerov Voorheis of Cin-|\wiih his hands, and only recently had cinnati in the doubies title match a minor operation performed upon his In junlor semi-final matches Hol-|{hroat. ould he possibly et into man gave evidence of his powerful |ghape to fight Wills this year? Mavhe | game by beating Berkeley Bell of | Anq maybe not. ; Austin. Tex.. 6—2. 6—3. Coggeshall|” Tynnev takes wonderful care of made his way to the final by pulling |pimself. but he has nothinz on Wills the biggest upset of the tourney When |in this respect. #here ia not an ath he defeated Henry I.. Johnson. Jr.. of |igie who takes his work more serious Waban, Mass second seeded ||y than Wills. and his present trip player, 46, 6 {abroad will do him a world of good CLOSER CO-OPERATION 2on iy sl Tl e 0020 IN ATHLETICS IS SEEN a good little man and & good hig man CHICAGO. August 15 (®).—The and the answer 16 a bout of this sort is alwavs turned in before the fizht starts utlook Is bright for a more complete o-ordination in athletics amonsz the tolleges, the Amateur Athletic Union and fraternal organizations in the be MWef of Murray Hulbert. president of the Amateur Athletic ~ Association. President Hulbert has just completed a tour of Western States and will cohtinue through the Middle West | before returning to New York. He found a healthy condition of amateur athletics in California, Seattle and’ the Pacific Northwest. He made a stdy of college athletic conditions but, he said. “the A. A. U. has no i o and "mever sia naeane . NO BROKEN STRAPS desire to tell the colleges how fo con- | duct gheir athletic affairs. But there ‘n. Stromberg Steel Cabie Is Guaras- is no yreason why the entire scheme | teed For Life of Car e e o) CREEL BRos. 1811-13-15-17 liourtee_l_lth St. N.W. the dewelopment of yodng athletes | Tire Clearance Sale now for{ future Olympies. 1 think the | otd TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY,W. Va.. August 15.—The Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers were clear this morning tromberG Shock Absorber NO NOISE—NO SQUEAK— NO ADJUSTMENT | | | team we will send to Amsterdam will jbe the sitongest that ever represent led |he United States. But after that wha | Asked what effect the | tour of Paave Nurmi nad | Hulbert believed “‘Nurm: the effect of stimulating athletics. “I find that there was considerable criticism of the commercial aspects of Nurmi's tou With that In mind, it is my intenti¢n to introduce a resolu- tion at the next A. A. U. meeting to deal with cases of the sort. Briefiy the resolution would sav that foreign athletes taking part in athletic exhi- bitlon tours in this country should be allowed to cpmpete only in meets held directly ugder A. A U. super- vision, and that\ a certain portion of | the gate receipts be devoted to creating_a fund for paving expense: of the United St4tes, Olvmpic teams. Nation-wide n athletics, trip_had = syl S v o are st ing tires at competitive (§ o ices "“Another Jarze consignment Row dus. ' We nsed the room Larse Slock. AN sizes. MUST BE NOLD 30x31% 0.83 I held on " depostt' till' September 5 if desired Open evenings il 11 P.M. Tele phons orders now. 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