Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1925, Page 22

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR AUGUST 19, 1925. ‘Ruether Mound Dependence of Nationals Today : No Change in Big Series Prices GRIFFS HOPE TO FURTHER HARRIS WILL USE VEACH TARIFFS TO BE KEPT UP " CUT LEAD OF MACKMEN IN OUTFIELD SHIFT PLAN REGARDLESS OF WINNERS Cimbing to Within Practically One Game of Lead TEVER DD e sy e s e Standard of Admissions Will Be Fixed in the $: ( in attack led Manager Bucky Harris to put in a claim for Bobby y -4 Veach when the Yankees asked for waivers on the portside slug- Scale, Even Should Philadelphia and Pitt: cently the club owners had agreed burgh Be Contenders for the World Title. among themselves that the ball in use ging outfielder. was too lively and several changes “We have been hitting at a pretty good clip, but we have not been BY JOHN B. FOSTER. in its construction had been ordered ih\l[iug well enough when hits mean runs,” Harris said today. “I always DAl e L e i iy tios | have thought well of Veach's batting prowess and am glad to get hold of : ; T expect to use him in the outfield when we face righthand pitching, EW YORK, August, 19—If the world series N Pennsylvania, with the contending cities phia, as now seems entirely pos the normal v | him, cover is not stretched to the limit A . 2 It also is said to have raised stitches, | shifting Goslin to center and putting Bobby in left, and at other times, at each ball park will be about 36000. The prices for the be much below those charged for the 1923 and 1924 series glving the pitcher a better grasp. | regardless of the style of opposing pitching, he should be invaluable as a The Giants' chief called attention to | pinch batte h the large number of small scores dur-| .. o = . . Elsooty arris had little to say concerning | puddles about the catcher’s position Ing the last month to show that the | pa valye to the club of Alec Ferguson, |and the coaching boxes, but the in- 1" | when the top figures were reached In 1923 it was argued that no one cared ew York, the scene of the struggle the part of N, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, SPORTS. MW’ GRAW SAYS “PEP” TAKEN OUT OF BALL By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, August 19.—John Mc. Graw, manager of the New York| Glants, says that the so-called lively | ball is no more. He asserted that re PLENTY OF CLOUTING IN BIG LEAGUE FRAYS By Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 19.—In spite of the fact that John McGraw claims the leaps of the much-discussed *r bit ball” have been shortened by changes in its manufacture, cham pions In both major league to owed to its sprightly hops firmer grips on second place from which to strike at the leaders. Under a fuslllade of clouts which | drove two pitchers to the showers, | Washington mounted to within a | single game of first place in the American League by trouncing Cleve- land, 7 to 4, as the pace-making Athletics took the count from with | Browns, 7 to 6. by Beating Tribe as Browns Trip A’s, Champ: Spirits Are Considerably Heightened. BY JOHN B. KELLER. LEVELAND, August 19.—Having started a Western trip with a ctory the first time this season, the Nationals are rather hopeful of discovering on this tour the road to success in their to wrest first place from the long-time leading Athletics. That scored over the Tribe vesterday while the Macks were taking a trimming Louis added considerably to the spirit of the club, al- though its spirit was by no means low, and the champions today were eager to get at the lo ggregation again. The defeat of the A's occurring while the Nationals were scoring their put the latter practically within a game of the leaders, but what B to the Pittsburgh and Pt State o ‘ for struggl 7-to-4 v seat capac ball has undergone a change. right-hand pitcher, who also was ob- | field was perfectly dry. it would have McGraw's comparison had to do| .. P ’. it & 5 i tained 01 e Y4 s Monday by the |been a sea of mud, th gh, 4 present time, and a delve into the| " T (B i W O 2 Tral ) figures for the first 32 games of eve ou know we are quite shy of re"| Recslling Goslin’s mix-up A serve pitching talent,” he remarked. | piper Cole during the Nationals' |, The ball took even bigger hops for major league club and the 32 cont G ek s cemaniad A b major jesgus elubland the 32 contesta. | BETE FUSCAE (00 Aoy ¢ Fitcher Cele dus © Natlonals'| NeGraw's own men. As a matter of & 8 & He not done | Visit hewe last month, the fans booed| ro0e 't hopped clean out of the park | Yor g in St prices m because reality there was a lot of kicking on was a wea city some unexpected facts. York fans ortant, the clan of Griffith now has lost but two games more Connic Mack e able to cut that 1> game be itter part of differer fore rett «this mon! lished e have Ameri 2king | dudze, nking | Biue 2 1! '; MAKING HAY! of. Harris, 13 Marris; sese0RHEEGRN e 3 Totals CLEVELAND, mieson, 1f. Nults, rf Sucaker. cf. Setvell, s Buarns 0912 In number of hits the two periods were about the same, 5,156 against 5,113, the latter with the bal. But in the last 32 major leaguers have been able garner only 199 home runs, against 286 at the start of the season. In run-making the last 32 davs have been the more productive, with 2,901 against 2.769. the ~dilonal League scoring almost 200 more sfnce the b: was deadened than it did in the lively days. But at the same time hiis were 100 fewer Many followers of the Zaiaw that the change in the ball * metter shown in the matter of injuries. They are occurring daily. but not with quite the-frequency noted in the earlier part of the season. Several injuries were laid to sharply hit balls which reached the fieldsr before his hands reached argue | good pitching left in his arm, and a | the stretch drive, so well this year, according to the records, but he ought to have some | ball club never can have too much of | | that. Only s slabbing prove ve Both Veach and Ferguson, who were | in Detroit with the Yankees when the | | deal was made, reported to the Na-| t als at their headquarters here to- | Each appeared to be in good physical condition. | In view of Manager Harris' an-| | nouncement concerning the use | Veach in left field when the cham- | pions are opposed by right-hand pitch- ers, It is likely that Earl McNeely who has been playing center field for the Nationals almost all season, will be confined exclusively to the bench, for a time at least. Although he ha: inning or two of clever once in a while may of | | with the Natioj | the halt nory the Goose every time he came to bat. | They gave him an extra bit of razzin~ after he was fanned by Speece in the seventh. But the Indians feared Goslin, for he drew three passes, one of them being handed him purposely. Sam Rice was in a fouling mood He lofted to Speaker the first time he batted, then sent up foul flies for Jamieson, Burns, Myatt and Sewell. When Spurgeon grounded to Bluege in the sixth, Sewell at third Burns at setond had a merry time al infleld. Bluege shot had dashed for the plate while Burns moved up from the middle station. Ruel chased Sewell back to the third sack, then tossed to Bucky Harris, hoping to trap Burns. Finally both Sewell and Burns were standing on under a_well-directed blow from the | also is true that the crowds at the games were m and | > head aff Sewell, who | bat of Emil Meusel in an eighth in- | ning rally which did not subside until the Glants had piled up six runs to beat the Cubs, 7 to 1, and hold the Pirates’ lead in the National League to three full games. The homer was Meusel's seventeenth for the season. While his players were keeping | within striking range of the Plrates, the New York pilot was expressing | himself as pleased with the passing of the lively pelt, pushing the cover ‘of | one sphere wit is finger until a | slight wrinkle was raised as he talked. McGraw- claims that the ball now is | not so tightly wound, that the hide is | more loosely fitted to the sphere, and | | the stitches raised to give the pitchers | | a better grip. At Chicago, however, various teams that have played the White Sox are talking about the balls A 60 per cent Ne sients in this city a world series game, even if the io A perfect over in Brooklyn slackening of inte the home fans, in Brookly In Brooklyn club had, financial loss because of the breakdo All 8¢ for the large number of em t the opening contrast may be found where a boycott, or on the part of means small crowds. | on fair decrease for the world serfes | for it is not resented n the serfes of 19 the first there wi great | fans plete flities. | given seats | ame, and the incident | of contention between | be a n of ticket of expl s one bone the club factions for yea Baptized as “Quarter City."” w Yorkers to 40 per cent vi however, always is large enough t al fans don’t turn c still find the in western tors t of “sports of Pitt going And t *h. | appetites whette the | Moreover, the Penr in =k ing, but 1 emplos Bar being kept on ice before being used Brooklyn wilted before 2 heavy Pittsburgh discharge of base blows, 12 bingles off the delivery of four | pitchers yielding the senior league leaders a 11-to-4 victory. The defeat was inopportune for the Robins. who lost a chance to draw within a single e point of the first division t. Louis Cardinals failed to penetrate the rock-ribbed Boston pitch ing defense of Genewich and Graham | in a double-header, 6-2 and 5-2. hold on third ith a ce of Quakertown games 1-10. Six home runs were spread over the 20 third with Ruel beside them. Muddy stabbed at George but dropped the sphere, so Sewell broke for home in and Burns stepped back to| | third. Johnson, who retrieved the ball, | then began running in circles, first after one Indian and then after the other. Ruel finally got the ball from Walter and threw it to Bluege when i ible here ves-|both runners were perched on third. rday. A light sh r that started | Sewell stepped off the sack and was when Ossie Bluege went to bat in the | tagzed out by Ossie. Nearly three | second inning became a heavy down-|minutes were needed to make the | pour after Uhle had watched a strike | play. | {ar wide pitch go by in the third | had to be| Bluege, who got three singles in four n continued | times at bat, drove in four of the then the canvas was | Nationals’ tallfes. Peck, who sacrificed minutes later play | in the first three of the times he | innings plaved, two by Roush and The outfield was some- | stepped to the plate, was responsible | Walker in the eleventh, pul and there were mud for two markers. | final out of the fire Babe Ruth also sent the sphere on | a four-base journey for the Yankees, | his twelfth” hom t against Detroit, starting the | on the way to a 5-to-2 triumph. Bo | ton Red Sox were easy for Chicago with Ted Lyons on the mound, the | White Sox hurler posting seven- | | teenth win of the season, | fair batting average for the entire mpaign, he has not been hitting well recently a believed t against southpa {in the immed the outfield oslin in lef ris in right iy the protective c Philadelphia was s a “quarter city” long ball is concerned was the on ns made a figk | bleacher charge baptized ) far as base the ground CHICAGO, ‘August 19 (P) American League base ball clubs dis ssing the “lively ball” in a ‘anning bee” here felt that they had discov ered why the ball has become “‘dead’ in the last few days—the supply i kept in the club icebox. This ‘“‘cools’ it off, the players agreed. by dampen ing the yarn and making the ball “dead.” PETWORTH NINE VICTOR OVER TERMINAL Y. M. C. A.| Buck Grier's Petworth team the contenders for the unlimited base ball championship of the District. yes. | terday took the measure of the Was ington Terminal V. M. C. A. nine 6 to 2, in a inning game at Union | Station nels Tationat “_;”‘I“C'f. ‘gmg Miller appesred Jamisson doubled with | yima this season. The railr and’Speaker walked after | nation presented ime ety S - eIL | carri it o secon rounded 1dge. foreing | fhe” Terminal Leag: s LS last week with Pul e aoaer Saturday afternoon st e G | tossers will go against th, but they nicked him i1 ypyremen on one of the B B aueht. Thare were | monds at 4 o'clock two champs out of the wa Harris doubled o1 The Tribe chie 15 pive Coaflci & but Judge's pass that | Real L and jammed the stations was s dead at ordered. With the stage thus set | She won the 2-3 poled the ball by Sewell for « | Kentucky Futurity in 191 scoring two of the run- | reco of 2:04, and the next ) the 3-vear-old division in 2:0 —Three | against the 50-cem and got away with it. | | Both the Ph 1d the Athlet! season after season withstood every| RIC | move to raise the price and openly| —Arra; | bragged that their st rd was the | meeting quarter. In more recent years fhe | betwe 50-cent admission has found more | the r Ithe today there is and Jim Ba tariff admission in Phila- | open cr than other big le: ©9393230=21:3:3 FLETTE T ol 0095330053595™ | s2320m00000 wlos30330-m00-n . Rice in center il #Batted for Lutzke in sixth inning. *Judee out, hit by batted ball Washington 10310002 Cleveland 00000100 06— Twobase hits—Judge, 3. Harris, B Jamieson. Sacrifices—beck () | plays—donson. . Harris and_Judge. B0 Badei—Walhineton. 9: Clevelan < "on balle—O_ Job 7 Thle. 4: off RKar 4% by "Thler T Hirc—_om vas at Dunn them h iff any delphia —— city. If Philadelphia figures i series, the standard of admissions will be fixed on the $3 scale, which means that $3 will be the lowest reserved seat price and prices will increase or decrease from that amount Pittsburgh is such a good patron of S that genéral admission might 2Imost be placed at $5 in that city and infield The the the world o lregz, © 00 | atter): off Uhle. 4 ol Karr, 3 in ® innings. Hit Thie (Bluege). Winning | pitcher—Johnson. Losing Pitcher Uhle. Um. Dires Mesere, MeGowan, Hildebrard and Din- een. Time of game—2 hours wnd 30 min- noved and umed. slippery IARINES CAPTURE TITLE IN POTOMAC PARK LOOP UKE HARDY and the Shipping Board base ball nine failed to break | f the Headquarters Marines yesterday, when | ond game o e play-off with | League title and the right to - twelfth one of |t was r what pass ainth ins were Indians e to the threatened to The nnd the | Fitho niat e 4 combi RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN BATTING. \B 1 i1 8 AMERICAN LEAGUE. Won. Lost Pet 32 38 was all 3 the Petworth off Karr the D Eilipse the th Philadelphia Washington Chieago St. Louls . Detroit Cleveland New York Boston annexed the nth, Tate Jobnson Kuetner a o © nted for the Sea er Ja ain in- | FAMOUS TROTTER DIES. b free | LEXINGTON, K Capt. Freeney's Soldier S ismo YESTERD T'S RESULTS Washington, 7: Cleveland. 4. St. Louis, 5: Philadelphia, 6. New York. De Chicago, 1: The | straight victo & ccore of 9 to As on the o3 mond nine for 3 game Thursda . when r S c 35 3 ught il the closing the lead 2 advan o Emile Pfeil, Treasury League Kallipolis Grotto pitcher, is plas great for ¢ le, in the 3rick | lington Cc homer | When not equally well i 14 and is hitting the b also is . Johnsor | _GaMES ToDAY. | Washington at Cleve. | Boston at Chicago. Bosten at Chicago. | Bhila_at St. Loufs. Phila. at st. Lou New York at Detroit. New York at Detroit GAMES TOMORROW clean single, Washington at Cleve. ners BATTERIES HY wonder which battery to buy? Ex- perienced motorists, by the millions, have bought Exides since the day of the first electric starter. The still buying them PRI+t 4 DIXIE LEAGUE “SCA i B Ruseell | NATIONAL LEAGUE nd I vielding or four tallies in th wan, the Shippers' relief man two more in the ninth Sny nd Stolle, the the outfiel e Pittsbursh New York Cineinnari St. Touis Brookivn Philadelphia Chicao Bos - 8 Bert MeGann's a1 sl lead in the Thomson Il Le by nosing out the 8 'to 7. in an uphill fight s single which ald accounted for the n in the ninth latter instead n on WILL BE FULLY PROBED|: ASHVILLE Association Pl YESTERDAY'S Pittshureh, Brookls New York Cineinnati Boston, MES TODAY Johmeon Ruether WP REE Won Br th T August 1 i D. Martin J\w Southern came to Nashville today for published rumors that two,unnamed members of the Na | ville base ball team had been approached in an alleged attempt to per- fe them o )1 hei " while the "Vols” were in N i President Martin said he intended to ascertain “who has made the |tock the Commissioners to charge and upon what grounds and against whom,” while officials of the 1, Wil OmIRTe (OAT SHC Nashville club and Jimmie Hamilton, team mana maintained their [t OO0y o & oS silence over - discussion of the alleged “scandal” except to invite a|mercial League. The game complete investigation - Tenn president THE ELECTRIC STORAGE BATTERY CO. EXIDE SERVICE STATION Factory Branch 1823-33 L Street, N. W. Franklin 6600 seeking f » polin th womanSanam 1o East Riverdale Midgets yesterday won a pair o . East Hyat 1 M ts succumbing, 14 to 6, e Cubs taking the 14-to-5 score. king his total four at the plate ir = - GAMES TOMORROW 2o at N. ¥ ch N ¥ burch at’ BKlyn. Pitishurch st Bkirn Phila. Cincinnati at_Phils St. Louis af Boston. St. Louis at Boston. AUGUST (2 days only) > times ) lay hnson activi A h Chesnut After defeating {he fast Aztec nine e o | G103, the Georgetown Midgets feel €| that they are qualified to take on the will be|pest midget teams in town. Managers ' were reg cashed B Spee the at two st | er story be hea would that Sunday, 1o president in executive session wpanied by Clifford & the League. provide a s of the ley retary of 10 but | Johnaon gotten tallied third bas of Burns’ t the n Spurgeon | The R. L. 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Played at South Ellipse fleld, starting| of the Moose, New Haven and Auth | Indications were that the members :‘ork' was \v-‘\m';w.\"\d emphatically i"”, J8 1 pclocky e to Forc X 4o | nines are requested to call West| |of the “Vols." officers of the Nash-| -\TL:Pplr‘i:‘v‘uI n‘anl of the “rumors” | Fridas The Cops will take on' the 073-W between 6 and 7 o'clock. | ville club and Ralph McGill, Nash-{g.1q s Union Print th Ellipse Noethions Joneiti Sulth Soeeatuanl e and author of the| “The ‘approaching’ of t Pithnan us Club nines|Grant sharing hurling duties, won which revealed the rumors last | Players in New Orleans was aré booked to meet In a series game | from the Peck Insects, 10 to 8. | 1 fd Betore. fhe | & Fumer- Aninysstigation by.1 [today at Union Station field, starting| | | ville officials revealed the fact that|.: 530 o'clock. Rlackie Elwood of the | Senators trounced the Linworth In-| jmost of the men on the Nashville!Rajiroaders probably will oppose Wes- | S 7 to 3, the winners collecting 12 | s Parker, | club claimed that it had happened.” |jox \eDonald on the hill. hits to two for the losers Martin wag | President Heinemann of the New e | irametipt of |Orleans club declared he believed | Lafayette Athletic Club plavers are | Elk Insects handed at 17-to6 pasting = \R‘»!”‘C n the occurrence a ‘‘publicity stunt.” requested to report at St. Elizabeth’s ! to the Reuthers. i t le statements by J. A. G. Sloan, | : president ot the Nashville ub, and nager Hamilton of the Nashville | m expressed thorough willingness for the 1in stigation to be made, | they have declined to discuss the rumors. Rumors that “two players on option from the major league )l.l’ldk this year members of the Nashville | club were approached with the sug« gestion to 'go rotten’ in order to bel returned to the major league clubs | | with a possibility that they might | come back in the Southern circuit | for a share of ’'pennant money’ | [ ] were spreading rapidly,” McGill said ! 2 in a public statement. While Jimmie Hamilton declared that he had not heard of the rumors BEGINNING THURSDAY, AUGUST 20TH, we will offer for sale our entire stock of Used Cars at ridiculously low prices. This stock consists of — STUDEBAKERS----BUICKS —— DODGES----FORDS, Etc. Remember—3 days only. up a bargain. OTHER MAKES! ALL MODELS! Also On Display at the “White Lot” 1706-1708 14th St. N. W ite Lot 6- t . N. W, 14th and R Sts. Northwest x 727 % % %