Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1925, Page 22

2 SPORTS. 2 THE EVENING STAR; WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1925. SPORTS. Trip Will Make or Break Nationals : Junior Leaguers See Another World Title CHAMPS MUST KEEP PACE WITH A’S THROUGH WEST Any Further Slump May End Nat: Pennant—Shocker’s * Hope of Second Skill Griffs From Gaining in Final With Yan Straig Prevents BY JOHN B. KELLER. t's make or break for Aug Nationals on st Western trip of the yar. If they can at least keep tour, they will have wders on the journey pennant will be doubtful, v doubtful mes back of the A's, but being A having lost three The champs dubbed a chance yesterday to get M thing crew and reduce the difference could not hit Urban Shocker at opportune e Yankees, 3 to 2 A SAD FAREWELL NEW YORK. Combs, ef Golinson, Ruth, rf i AB. R. o o o o 0 i o Shocker, o | =sisamps Totals casankesd # WASHING Neely auh, Pecking » Narberry Russell. Totals “Butted for 7 New York. 0 Wash. 0 Two-base o Left on bases—New 6. on_ balls—O0ff 7 T Gr E inzton. 1% off birey, 13 Shooker: by Ruw v 3 X Zone in'1 inning. = piteh - Cmpires— Mesurs, visel und Con Time of more | T 1 TWO CLOSE PLAYS IN YANK-NATIONAL FRAY AT GRIFFITH STADIUM YESTERDAY. Inset shows Joe Harris “hitting the dirt” in advancing from second to third on Bluege's long fly to Meusel in sixth inning. In the other picture, Gehrig, the big noise of the game with the bat, was “caught” by the cameraman scoring from the far corner on Bengough's bunt when Joe Harris’ throw got away from Severeid in the fourth inning. mercy Babe went f first tt not secc a coup! ball i home The third ba third, b Ruth in. The more thar first make trc their | August Thursda lians tomorrow. Z t 2 rd 30b Me ressive rec ker’s club four times, beating just in time taken out of a game t t BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS I AMERICAN LEAGUE. Standing of the Clubs. got out of as Ruet pinch-batter ereid strc Hank ren bunted, wa The Ya with a off Gre opened 1o cente Dugan’s gough bun Gehr rn, S Roston run got i rea T second. lin, ( 9111011 913 and sacri ctroit . Louis eland York N 10/52156/53 1641631731 _| | _ GAMES TODAY GAMES TOMORKOW. Detroit at Chicago. Wash. at Cleve. Phila._at_St. Loul New York at Detroit. Boston at Chicago. VESTERDAY'S RESULTS. New York Cleveland, 73 St Detroit. 11: Chicago. Other ¢lubs' not scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Standing of the Clubs. the Yar at third b Champs, t « S in their half Ruth The ngles for Harris Gets Double. 1 the innir frer i t ith a ind e Harris against ti flied to Meusel ashed to third z W Pitisbe. New YVork. € Cineinnati st Lou Brookly Phila Am: GAMES TODAY. Phila. at New York. GAME | ¥ ind | . “at Bro ago at N. Cincinnati at Phila. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Boston, 6: New York, 0 first_game). New York, G Boston, 2 (second game). Philadelphia, 7; Brooklyn. 6 (first game) . hiladelphia, 9; Brookly (second | ¥ Cinel Pittshureh Cing St Chicago, Juie hrown towar he Yanks sixth when M Bengough hit I ht for nnati, 6: Louis, 6; RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN * BATTING. H. SB. RBI Pet. 6 0 o Harris, t that advanced By then score. Lei- | wrberry, fouled zled rris | in | Judze Beott . Bluege Ruel MeNeely S Harri 3. Harris Feck .. Leibold . third Tohnson for batted weakly went out t Ir fumble put Blt one out, but both Pec ed to the outfield. RECORD FOR PAST WEEK | IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES NEW YORK (P).—The week's major league record of & won and hits, errors opponents gumes Saturday Marberrs Coveleskie. Russell pitched. S started. Coveleskie .. Johnson Ruether . NI BeRuEAaaR 1o past and of el 22ULZ2 Tanings Russell = Orede + o Tost, rur 1ding foll 8. # *Record while with Nationals. 'D. C. CYCLISTS PICKED FOR TITLE COMPETITION Joseph Ready and Bobby Connor have been selected to represent Wash- ington in the national bicycle cham- | pionships to be staged by the St. Louis Cycie Club, September b and 6. Ready captured District junior hon- ors by defeating J. Quantrille and C. Mast yesterday in the final trials held at Potomac Park. The senior crown went to Connor when he won over C. Cauffman and-J, Barnesy St. Boston Cleveland . Detroit New York . Natior St. Lou New Yo Chicago Brooklyn Boston .. .. Pittsburgh’ 1 Cincinnan Phiiadeivhia . nal Leas & i Sunday games of professional base ball were first played in 1892, IN OPENER AT CLEVELAND 17—Walter Johnson, wt is slated to open r service against the T season and losing to the Tribe in its firs n extra to escape being charged with b ionals finally bagged. | | | | | ? been resting | the three-game series with | The big fellow has not established a very ibe this year. He has faced it in the Nationals’ initial series here ;;V‘ visit to Washington. A | g game with the Indians | dcfeat, and last Thursday was | Johnson, however, now is in splen- | did_pitching condition, according to | Manage Bucky Harris, and should give a good account of himself on the | present tour of the West. He cer-| tainly was sadly missed when the Champs visited th section of the league in Jul Ruth’s first inr SmplegR iZachary in. thel ng at Washington vesterday | was his first safety in the series there | and his fifth in his last 10 games The Bambino has been in a terrible batting slum | Lou Gehrig’s homer in the second | session_was hisy fourteenth of the vear. It was a tre endous drive to the center of the concrete sun stand. Later in the same inning Sam Rrice made a good running catch of Ben- gough's foul fly. Sam had to hike far for the ball that was near enough base to cause the Harris boys | A | n strayed too far off first base the Nationals' second round and nipped by Bengough's heave to ig. It was the third time in the series that the Goose was snared off the sack. Dugan, in the third frame, ‘kicked Pinch Batter Ruether’s roller several times, but, at that, was able to throw Dutch out. McNeely bunted in the third frame | and was struck by the bounding ball | just as he left the batter's box. Ben-| gough was on the sphere in a trice and tagged out Earl. Ruth, on first with one gone in the fifth, tried to take third when Gehrig singled to deep center, but flagged, McNeely to Peck to - Bluege. | A snappy double-play was executed by the Champs when Shocker bunted with Wanninger on first base in the | eighth inning. Moon Harris grabbed the ball, made a lightning peg to Peck and the latter hustled it to Buck Harris, covering first, just before the batter reached the sack. SHADE SHOWS HAND TO GET TITLE FIGHT BY FAIRPLAY. NEW YORK, August 17.—Dave Shade, according to the story now going the rounds of tin ear alley, hid a powerful right hand wallop for several years. The plan w to save it until Mickey Walker faced him in the ring in a title bout. But when the time came to ballyhoo this match the public was not at all interested, because Dave was looked upon as a clever boxer and mothing else. And New York crowds like to see a kayo walloper before they pay out good money. So in the Slattery meeting it was decided, if Dave got a good chance, to unhook the right and show folks what it was like. All will remember how the scarring Slattery was brought to earth. . And recently out on the West Coast Dave pasted Frankie Schoell, a tough man to hurt, with his right and sent him down for the count of nine in the first round and thereafter mauled him plenty. So now* the fans know what Dave | has got and Mickey Walker knows and there should be a big gate and a great battle next month when the two meet. SPEEDY, BUT STUBBORN. Because of his stubbornness, Zev, greatest winner of American thor. oughbreds, who earned for his owners $313,630, has been retired from the track. ROOKIE BRINGS $12,000. Leo Durocher, Hartford shortstop (Eastern League), was recently sold to the New York Americans for $12,000. HORNSBY INCREASES LEAD IN HOME RUNS By the Associated Press CHICAGO, August s Hornsby, batt Na al L rched during’ the last week a desperate drive to match the record established by Babe Ruth when the Yankee slugger cracked out runs in 1921. At this date in the Bambino's bi season he had bagged 44 homers. The Cardinal manager, by laying out four in seven days, ran his string to 33 The home-run hitters slumped last week, the American Ieagu chalk- ing up only 11, while the senior circuit counted ational - Hartnett, Ch! Louis, Fournier, Kelly, New York, 1 York, 16; Harper, Phi American — Williams, S Robert Meusel, New York mons, Philadelphia, 20; Gehrig, York, 14; Jacobson, St. Louis, 12. PENNSYLVANIA RULES IN BIG LEAGUE RACES By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 17.—The open- ing of the nineteenth week of the major base ball season finds opposi ion to all Pennsylvania world series owing. By drawing an even break in a twin bill with the Braves, the Giants gained half a game on the league leading sPirates who bowed to the Reds, 6-1. Pittsburgh now leads the National League race by 315 games. The Yankees polished off their last game of the season with Washington with a 3-to-2 victory. The Athletics were idle yesterday, but the defeat of Washington ad- vanced their lead in the American League to 2 games. Rogers Hornsby helped the Cardi- nals to a tighter hold on the tail end of the front row by slamming his 33d homer of the year in a 6-to-2 victory over the Cubs.’ The margin between St. Louis and Brooklyn clubs widéned considerably as the Robins dropped a double-header to the Phillies, 7 to 6 and 9 to 2. ” The twin victory pulled Philadel- phia up to within 212 games of the Robins, who are now in fifth place in _the National League scramble. Johnny Cooney eased the Glants down with three hits in the opener of the bargain bill, Boston winning 6 to 0. Then, Fred Fitzsimmons, form- er Indiannapolis twirler in the Amer- ican Assocfation, pitched the Glants to a 6-to2 victory. Kelly assisted with three hits, including a homer. Welsh banged two home runs in the first game and High one. Cleveland came out on the long end of a 7-to-6 score with the Browns after a ninth inning rally. Detroit whacked out an 11-to-9 vie- tory over the White Sox, making 20 hits. Nine pitchers were used, five by Chicago. . ——— FIGHTERS TO INVADE. A trio of European prize fighters are coming to the United States under the management of Francois Descamps. The three are Paolino Uzoudun, the Spanish heavyweight; Bert Molina, French _middleweight, and Paul Fritsch, French lightweight. St. Louis, Bottemley Brooklyn, Meusel, adelphia, 1 Lou 33; St 17; New gr KNICKS RUSH ited San t Base Ball I : Lyceum nine | team dropped into third place, behin combination scoged a 6-to-1 triumph defeat since entering Section A of the championship circuit, when they dropped the second game of a double header with the Mohawks, 6 to after trouncing the Indian crew, 17 to 8, in the opener. Another Section A encounter, the Aloysius-National Circle tilt, resuited in a l4-to-4 win for the Aloys and gave them a clear title to third place Johnny Laycock hurled Arlington to its fourth straight win in the North- ern Virginia title series, when he handed an S$-to-2 setback to Addison on the Arlington fi Ches dale batters put in some telling licks with the willow and piled up a 16-t05 ad vantage over Clarendon in the other eries game played yesterday at Lyon Village. By taking both halves of a double- header with Seat Pleasant, Maryland Park went into the lead in the Prince Georges County loop with a record of four straight victorl The first game went to 11 innings before the Marylanders got the decision, 5 to 3, but in the second the leaders chalked up an $-to-2 score in the regulation time. Mount Rainier split a double bill with the Pierce Athletic Club of Hyattsville, while Maryland Athletic Club scored a dual triumph over Ken- ilworth. Mount Rainier bowed to Pierce, 9 to 4, but evened scores in the nightcap, 18 to 11. Maryland NICKERBOCKERS jumped into the lead in League 7 to 4, at Georgetown Hollow Chase tossers met their first| Kenilworth scores were 12 to 8 and 6 to 5. Rialto Theater tossers will be the guests of the Earle at a theater party this week, as a reward for having trounced the Earle nine, 8 to 1, yes. terday at the Monument grounds. Union Printers will continue their prepping for the annual Printers’ tourney, which opens here next Sun- day, in a game with the Aloysius club team today at 5 o'clock on the south diamond of the Ellipse. White Sox tossers took their sec- ond defeat at the hands of the Eas port semi-pro nine yesterday at An- napolis by the score of 16 to 0. Alexandria Dreadnaughts scored their twentieth victory in 23 starts by handing a 14-to-4 setback to the Camp Holabird soldier nine at the Dread- naught field. Alexandria Cardinals bowed before the superior mound work of Mattingly of the Northerns and took the short end of 4-to-0 count. Quayle hurled for the losers. Anacostia Eagles collected 19 hits when they won from the Orioles, 16 to 3. Brazerol occupied the mound for the Eaglet Schmidt scored a shut-out for the Lafayettes over the forces of the F. H. Smith Co. by the score of 13 to 0. The fray was called in the sixth. After defeating the Dominicans Sat- urday, Joe McCarthy, hurling ace of the Comforter nine, pitched his team RETIRING FROM BUSINESS! 4 ALL NEW and USED CARS Will Be Sacrificed New 8-cyl. Touring (was $2,150), $1,800. 8-cyl. Closed Demonstrator (was $2,250), $1,800. 1923—4-cyl. Sedan, $700. 6-cyl. Touring Demonstrator, $1,400. / ’ 1923—4-cyl. Touring, $550. 1922—4-cyl. Coupe, $500. 1922—4-cyl. Touring, $400. GARDNER AGENCY B. C. R. Motors, lnfi. 22nd and M Sts. N.W. West 2006-2007 OPEN EVENINGS TO FRONT IN BIG DAY ON SANDLOTS B of the Un- the Dominican the Warwick Section by downing while the' Dominicans, when the Petworth at Washington Barracks to a 6-to-3 victory over the Bryantown nine yesterday. St. Mary’s Athletic Club of Alex andria fiosed out Columbia Motor Co. No. 4 yesterday, 5 to 4. Clifton Park tossers won from Fourth Battalion Firemen, 15 to 1 the Hess Seniors scored over Laurel to Z, Conover holding the mound for the Hessmen. rom the Iroquois Hess Juniors won Athletic Club, 2 Ritzenberg and Lombard each ga nered three hits when the Féd Juniors trounced the Montours, 11 to 4 Hartford Midgets, who downed the Cel 15 to book other teams in their class Franklin 1318. esterday h_to Call ics, Donaldson and 0'Connor worked on the mound for the Moose when the Nationals of Alexandria were trounced, 11 to 2, and the Midlands were defeated, 8 to St. Martin's tossers took the short end of a 7-to-5 count in a game with the Arbitrato _Peerless Juniors made their wins six straight when they won from the Atlantics, 7 to 5. 120,000 PARTICIPATE IN 11,170-MILE RUN DETMOLD, German (P).—Eighteen runne; historic monument of Arminius, Ger- many's national hero, in this ci shortly before nodn yesterday, bring ing to a successful conclusion the pic turesque nation-wide relay run which began at the outlying points of Ger- many at midnight Friday and con tinued throughout yesterday, Arminius ay. The men constituted the last relay out of the 120,000 picked runners se- lected from the United German Gym nastic Societies. The teams covered an_aggregate distance of more than 11,170 miles, each runner covering a stretch varying from 100 to 400 meters. Scrolls _containing patriotic mes sages were passed from one man to the other, and these were depoSited at the pedestal of the monument to Arminius, whose place in the history of Germany was won when he an nihilated the Roman legions in Teu- toburg Forest in the year A.D. 9 All the scrolls, some of which have historic significance, will be placed in the Friedrich Ludwiz Jahn Museum, at Freyburg, Thuringia, where Father Jahn, founder of the German Turn- verein, is buried. The Arminius run was organized by the Turnverein leaders, not onlyms an athletic event, but a patriotic demonstration to show the unity of the country. August 17 iashed to the EY TIRE STORES | 2104 Pa. Ave. N.W. 9th and P Sts. N.W. 11| Midgets | 'CONTEND OLD LOOP LACKS CLASS OF JUNIOR WHEEL American Adherents Confident Either Griffmen or Athleties Can Win Big Series, Whether Giants or Pirates Represent National. BY JOHN B. 17. Atk cther it is per FOSTER. EW YORK figure matter whether tt Anieric on another League race A casual gl | that t | top to American But the teams setting circuit th ts are only a SENIOR TITLE TAKEN | BY LINWORTH TEAM * ment Pitt car or w colu bottom th an the One A is one Brick Neuman t t championship Office 1 ning « bre: h scent title At The worths, tic he Crescer ru mour shared cents Winning hur th the rks R District Clover Juniors stayed out race for the of the midget division ngton: I Ba x New ve In Section A World hed rdles The Winsalles sett the | 5 to Hutchinson teat the gainst th in and The count for the first - and for the second, 12 AMERICAN ASSOCTATION ries keep the Dream X 15 running for the section | | Eddie performed nd wher e | Roche Rea: - Buffa National Midgets won a SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION New Or 1 section ( 11 downed tion B step nearer over the ( All games scheduled for this week led be f teams N been announced in the le. WALKER VS. FRIEDMAN world wel x CHICAG Walker, At the Sign of the Moon FROM THE “WOLVES” | Asso PAUL, Careful living and the none too fat pu way will enable Tommy Gibbo: retire from the pugilistic ring with ot much thought of the wolves that frequently barks around the doors of former pustli Tommy is has retired Established 93 iated Press 186 Minn.,, August 17 intelligen b Open Daily Till 6 P.M Saturday 3 P came his | Summer and Medium Weight Fabrics MUST not certain whether he He wants another match with Gene Tunney/ whose knockout over Gibbons in New Yo was t first time in his I that the St. Paul fighter been knocked off his feet. But there is another and a greater call that may mean Gibbons has hung up ves, for his wife, still seriously ill, anxiously awaits the day when Tommy definitely will say he through. From a monetary point of view Tommy can afford to quit, for he has followed the lead of his once-famous ‘“phantom” brother, Mike, investing | his purses in bonds, real estate and other property. Both are rated “well fixed."” Big purses were during most of his real money evaded him until he reached an age when most fight have retired. At 32 he fought for glory when he staged 15 rounds with Jack Dempsey in Montana. Tommy's big purse was the $ he collected for his bout with Georges Carpentier at Michigan C two months his 334" birthday Previously’ his best purse had heen $12,500 for.a fight with Harry Greb. For his match with Jack Bloomfield. | the English heavyweight, a year ago he got more than $20,000. Now, at 34, Tommy can quit with out financial worries. He has a pre tentious home and the necessary in come. 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