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28 SPORTS. ZACHARY TO PITCH FINAL AGAINST THE TRIBE TODAY Champions a Chipper Lot as They Pound Redskin Hurlers for a Score of Bingles to Win 1210 8 and Virtually Tie for First Place. BY JOHN 20.—With their LEVELAND, ably August brightened by C success and rivals, the Athletics, to hold to a killing pace since the opening of B. KELLER. b their pennant prospects consider- the failure of their arch- the last Western trip of the year, the Nationals today are a chipper lot. While not oversanguine, they seem to be quictly confident that this is to be the “big" trip of the year for them. t. the fast of the series with the Indians, they will quit today’s engageme this city better off in the race than when they arrived here, and to a club | that has been struggling since early that means a great deal Ha the Indians aga letics were takin, expected to fire Jez Zachary has rested his three good innings Yanks in Washington Should he hurl this effectively as he did then, the Na-| tionals are likely to leave for Detroit| tonight with three straight wins to| their credit | The Indians were apt to select| Walter Miller, their vouthful south-| paw, to do the flinging against the Champions. Miller has done much good work. but he would have to| do some extraordinary slabbing to baffle the Nationals should they hap- pen to be In any such hitting mood as they were vesterday. Then they hammered the offerings of three box- men for 20 safeties, including a homer by Dutch and a| quartet of two-bagzers | Smith Departs Early. Smith, left-hander, for the Tribe and he| two innings, vielding in | that time 5 swats for a trio of tallies. | Then Benny Karr assumed the bur-| den and before he left with one out in the sixth. the Nationals had| reached him for § hits, one of them | Ruether's round-tripper. The port-} side-flinging Bert Cole finished the Indian pitching and gave up 7 safeties 1 But the Nationals needed their heavy hitting, for Ruether, who start- ed on the firing line for them. was none too certain in his efforts. “In addition to being nicked for 16 hits he granted five passes. He checked| the Tribe fairly well until the ninth when he was the victim of a fierce attack that netted 5 swats for 3 runs and when he walked a man to fill the | bases with two out he was vanked| n favor of Fred Marberry. Fred made but two pitches to stem the on- | slaught i Two hits registered after two were | out in the opening inning got the | Champions their initial tally. Joe Harris crashed to center for a couple | of bases and, after Goslin strolled. | rumbled home when Judge shot a sin- gle to the same field. Round Two Also Productive Round two was productive of two National markers. With Peck out of | the way, Severeid slashed a one-baser | 10 right and Ruether did likewise., Lee kicked Dutch’'s wallop, enabling | Hank to reach the far corner. Rice's| slam against the right field bar counted Severeid and put Ruether at | third base. Dutch got home after Jamieson snared Bucky Harris' high | one Karr was on the slab when the| Champs went to bat in the third frame | and they got nowhere, but the In dians did some damage in t tion of the inning. Jamieson's liner to Rice was followed by a pass to Lee and Speaker's single to left that ad- vanced Lee a base only. Joe Sewell lofted to Rice, but Burns singled to Sam’s territory, scoring Lee, and when the fielder let the sphere slide by, Speaker also scored, while Burns took | third. Rice, though, came right back with a good catch of Spurgeon’s long | fiy to end the frame The National's got to Karr for two tallies in the fifth, but the Tribe reached Ruether for the same number in that inning. Successive singles by Bucky Harris, Joe Harris and Goslin | netted a run and left Nationals on | first and second bases. Judge sacri ficed and Joe Harris scampered to the plate, after Speaker speared Bluege's line drive. Jamieson opened the In- dians’ portion of the round with a single and after two men were retired Joe Sewell also socked a one-baser. | Burns drove the pair of runners home with a triple down the right-field line. Cole Also Roughly Treated. Karr was chased from the h and his successor, Cole, also was treated | roughly in the sixth. Severeid began the frame with his third consecutive bit of the game, a single to left. He romped home ahead of Ruether, who | lifted the ball over the tall right-field barrier for a round-tripper. Rice| walked, Bucky Harris sacrificed and | Joe Harris drove Rice home with a| sifgle to center Karr then relinquished the pitching job to Cole. Goslin greeted the south- paw with a one-baser that was mot | long enough to get Moon beyvond the middle station. Judge skied to Speaker, but McNeely, running for Joe Harris, and Gos| got to the final block when Lee made a miserable muff of Bluege's fiy to right-center | In the seventh the Indians added | a run to their total—Joe Sewell start- ed the frame with a slap to left, and a couple of retirements moved him to third base. Hodapp's two-bagger to right counted the Indian shortfielder. The eighth and ninth were scoring rounds for the Nationals. In the for mer two were out when Judge sin-} gled and tallied on Bluege's triple be-| tween Jamieson and Speaker. Doubles | by Severeld and Rice scored the for- mer in the ninth. Sam tried to rpzu‘hi the plate when Bucky Harris singled but was a vietim of Lee's throw to| Luke Sewell ‘ 1 yesterday in a 1 g a second consecut other left-hander 2 well since Sherrod the pitching lasted only Indians Stage Uprising. Then the Indians put on their big- gest scoring scene of the afternoon. Speaker started the ninth with a bunt tow He had a throw to first beaten, but Bluege persisted in heaving the ball, and it went far enough beyond Judge to let Speaker reach third. Joe Sewell socked a double to left field, register- ing his boss at the counting block, and the rally was on. Severeid went grab Burns' bigh one, but Spurgeon bunted a single toward third that moved Joe Sewell to that sa , from where he scored when Hodapp singled té center. Luke Sewell made the sec- ond out of the round with a liner to McNeely, but Uhle, batting for Cole, slapped the ball to right for a base, counting Spurgeon and sending Hodapp to third Jamieson drew a pass, and as Knode had been sent into run for Uhle, it filled the bases with three speedy men. Boss Bucky decided that Ruether was through for the day, and Marberry was called to the hill. Speaker coun- tered by sending McNulty to the plate, instead of Lee. Pat took a strike, then sént an easy roller to Bluege, who into the infield to began | { heir por-| C Regardless of the outcome of last month to recover lost ground & moved to within a few points of first place by disposing of to-8 slugfest, while the leadi g Ath- ive licking at St. Louis, the Champs at the Tribe today. WASHINGTON Rice. cf. S Harrix, 3. Harris, SieNeel; Judge, Blues, Peckin Sev Ru, Marbeer! §lesu Totals ....... CLEVELAND. Jamieson, If.. .. Lee. rf... . Speaker, ¢ . Sewell, Burns, 15, Spurgeos Hodupn, L. Sewell, Smith, p. K il ssssss023000sr | ommmmmumana lssssssssney | soms20ms OO — | so5musmnususns Knodes Totals . .2 *Batted for Cole In the ninth inning. +Butted for Lee In the ninth Inning. $Kan for Uhie in the ninth inning: Washington....... 12002301 Cleveland.. .22 0620201 hits—J. Harrls, Severeid Sewell. Three-base ome run—Huether. 7 dudze. Bluege. plny—~. Harris to ‘Peckinpaugh to Judge. Teft on bases—Washineton, : Cleveland, 1T Fiea base on balle—0OM Ruether. & off Smith, 13 off Karr, 1. Struck out-—By Ruether, 1; by Cole, 1. " Hite—ON Ruether, 16 in 834 Innl...n- off Marberrs innin: off Smit in 8 in 314 innings innings, Winning pitcher—Ruether. = Losing pitclier —Smith. © Umpires—>exsrx. Hildebrand, Di- peen and McGowan. Time of game—Two hours. & Sacri- Double Rarr, AMERICAN LEAGU Wan. ——TF. Win. Lose. 843 Lost Pet. Philadelphia . Washington Chicago St. Louls . Detroit Cleveland New York Boston REL] a3 307 VESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Washington, 12 Cleveland, 8. St. Louis, §: Philadelphia,’ 8. Chicago, 3; Boston. 1 Detroit, GAMES TODAY. Washington at Cleve. Boston at _Chieago. Philu. at St. Louls. New York at Detroit. GAMES TOMORROW. Wash'ton at Detroit. Boston at St. Louis. Phila. at Chicago. N. Y. at Cleveland. NATIONAL LEAGUE. —IF—— Win. Lose. 604 Won. Lost Pet. Pittshurgh 600 New York Cincinnatl St. Lo K 541 482 34 e 671 427 YESTERD V'S RESULTS. New York. 7: Chicago. 6. Brooklyn. 8: 'Pittshurgh, 3. Boston. 3: St. 3. incinnati, 4. Philadéiphia, GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Chicago at BKlyn. Chicago at N. Y. $ Pittsburgh at’ Bkiyn. Pittsburgh at N. Y. Cinelnnati at Phila. Clneinnati at Boston. St. Louis at Boston. St. Louis at Phila. ;. | ney, former Pirate, for a resounding i | triple THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1925. Griffs Seek Third Straight Over Indians GAMES HERE IN FUTURE TO START AT 3 0°CLOCK Special Dispatch to The S CLEVELAND, August 20.—Be- ginning with the contest between Nationals and Athletics on Sep- tember 1, all home games of the world champions for the remainder of the season start promptly at 3 o'clock. The Washington administrative officials made that decision this morning. If the earlier proves satisfactory this year it probabl manently established. starting time to the fans will be per- GIANTS NOW CLOSE ON PIRATES’ HEELS | | By the Associated Press NEW YORK, Augu | vear's big league champ are creep- ing up. Washington is only three points behind Philadelphia in the American League and the Giants are only two games behind the Pirates. Pittsburgh fell vesterday before un- usually poor pitching on the part of the speed ball monarch, Dazzy Vance of Brooklyn, 8 to 7. It was Vance' eighteenth victory and he mus thank the sturdy bat of Cotton Tiel 20.—Last n which gave the victory margin. Barnhart of the Pirates dealt blows which counted five Pittsburgh runs, | but they were Insuflicient. John™ McGraw was compelled to use four pitchers to set back the Cubs, 7 to 6. Grover Alexander was driven out by the New York bats in the first two innings and Bush finish- ed well, but allowed the winning run. The Phillies should be happy, for |although they appear to be going no- where in the standing they managed | to defeat Pete Donohue of the Reds. Twenty times Donohue has trounced the men of Fletcher. Yesterday was | the first time they defeated him since he entered the majors. Their 5-to-4 margin came through singles by Sand, Leach and Williams in the ninth. St. Louls Cardinals bowed to the Braves for the third time. 5 to 4, al- though the Bostonfans were outhit. Bob Smith was supported by fast fielding. The Athletics succumbed to the Browns in a torrid battle, 9 to 8. Mack used 20 players, including five of his best pitchers. In the ninth Philadelphia rallied for six runs, only to be overtaken and passed when the home club scored three. The White Sox, with Charley Rob- ertson pitching and allowing five hits, defeated the Red Sox, 3 to 1, while | Detroft took advantage of five Yankee | errors to win, 4.to 3, although Herb | Pennock permitted only six safeties. Dodgers the LEAD AT STAKE TODAY IN 3D CORPS CONTEST FORT HOWARD, Md., August 20.— Having moved to within half a game of the top in the 3d Corps base ball series being conducted here and at | Camp Meade by downing the Tank School, 14 to 6, tossers of the 12th In- fantry will make a desperate attempt to gain the lead today when they en- | counter the Camp Holabird nine on | the local diamond. Freshour pitched for the Infantr men yesterday and had the situation well in hand throughout the contest. | Wagner, Britton and Wheeler shared mound duty for the Tankers, but each was unable to stop the barrage of base blows set up by the Riflemen. CRESCENTS PREPARING FOR GRIDIRON SEASON | Following a highly successful base {ball season, although beaten by the | Linworths in the final spurt for the | senior championship of the District | Crescent Athletic Club members al- | ready are preparing for the coming ‘fou( ball campaign. The first meeting of aspirants for ‘]vl;l(‘e on the eleven will be held to- | morrow night at the home of Billy Brown, 1721 New Hampshire avenue at 8 o'clock. Champions Tofionow Will Meet Tygers, Their v pions tomorrow, but they fee pending visit than they did there du all, the Nationals have played seven but two of them. Poor pitching proved costly to the Champions in the May serfes. Last month they were in a hitting slump and were minus the services of Wal- ter Johnson and a couple of regular infielders. Into the set of four games starting totmorrow the Nationals will throw their full strength. Bobby Veach, outfielder, and Alec Ferguson, pitcher, who joined the Na- tionals here yesterday, naturally are quite tickled by their transfer from the Yankees to a club in the running for the pennant. “I could have asked for nothing better,” said Veach. I am ready to step into harness the mo- ment_ Harris calls on me, and I am confident I can help the club.” Fer- guson said much the same thing, Veach apparently is in the best of physical ~condition. = The pitcher, though, seems a trifle drawn. Hank Severeid and Dutch Ruether made a hard-hitting battery yesterday. Hank got three singles and a double in five efforts, and was kept from a fifth hit only by a fine stop by Spur- geon. Ruether got a homer and two singles in five trips to the plate. Joe Judge and Joe Harris also bang- RECORDS OF.GRIFFMEN s 2 i PETTETTR--EEA- -+ EEPY 253835238 3. Hurris N, Harris.. 113 6 e wanewnsE, S -] Complete mes. Tnnings pitched. Lost. Coveleskie .. Johnson Ruether . Marberry Zachary regx Kussell ~Ozden Relly " *Mogrldge . wwige Games aomomnsnil 535 4 B.EETE: BaZEEY 1 WmBeREIRAD Won. hOmRESanas % touched third to force out Knode and ,eed the battle. ~ 1 mounuliofilR started. *Record while with Nationals. LEVELAND, August 20.—Tygertown, which has been the worst in the circuit for them this season, will be invaded by the world cham- Jinxes of 1925 1 they will fare better during the im- ring the May and July invasions. In games in Detroit this year and won ed .the ball. The former .slamme§ three safeties in four times at bat and the latter three in four trips. Mc- Neely, who replaced Moon in the bat- ting order after the sixth inning, took a third strike and fouled to the catch- er in his two batting trials. Peck did a deal of sensational field- ing at shortstop. He accepted all eight chances that came his way. Several times he went back on the grass to get smashes that had passed Bluege, and always nailed the batter. John Urban Hodapp, third-sacker, procured from the Indianapolis club, played third base for the Indians an& did well. He took good care of his lone chance afield and made a couple of healthy hits. Joe Harris ran in fast for a shoetop catch of Luke Sewell's looper in the fourth frame. Bucky Harris, who haa gone back to short right for the ball, narrowly missed colliding with his namesake. More than 700 cities of the United States and Canada now have public playgrounds under organized leader- | Station team ship. Now! they're exceeded! The Advance Six 14th and Park Road 1423-25-27 L St. N.W. 1926 Models on Display See the NEW NASH! Your ideas of what’s what and what's new in auto- mobiles are not only matched by the New Nash— R. McReynolds & Son Sales—Service “Sixty Years of Satisfactory Service” “The Country Has Gone NASH” NOTED SWIMMERS ENTER THREE-MILE £ EVENT HERE NTRY of teams from the New York Athletic Club and Detroit Y. M. C. A. swells the list of swimmers who will compete in the first an- nual President’s Cup race to 30 and assures the success of the first national three-mile team championship swim, to be held in the Potomac Saturday under the auspices of the Washington Canoe Club, The two additional entries received today bring the total of teams now listed to compete for the handsome trophy to five, Washington Canoe Club, Brooklyn Central Y. M. C. A. and Maryland Swimming Club having submitted the names of their performers yesterday. Among the swimmers who will per- form here Saturday are several Olym- ple stars and several who claim world and national records. Walter Spence, who heads the Brooklyn Central Y. M C. A. delegation, was high-point man in the National A. A. U. indoor cham plonships n Francisco, and is classed hnny Weismuller as one of America “greats.” Robert Hosle, a teammate, claims world rec- ords for back-stroke swimming at all distances up to a mil He will swim the entire distance of the President’s Cup race on his back. The Detroit team holds every long- distance record for the Michlgan as- sociation of the A. A. U., and includes P. C. Lisberg, a member of the 1920 Olymplc team; Joset De Combe, who swam for the Belgian Olymplc team in 1924, and George Morin, who placed in the national long distance 10-mile swim in_1924. New York Athletic Club has entered team of five men, Clarence Ross, a Henry Geibel, Joseph Farley, James Hanrette and Edward Lee. George Bahlke is the outstanding waterman of the Baltimore group that will represent the Maryland Swim- ming Club. He captured the individual 3-mile swim held here last vear in easy fashion and recently walked away with the South Atlantic mile cham- plonship= The honor of finishing first in the initial team event probably will lle between Bahlke and Spence. A list of names already submitted for the swim follows: New York Athlet nco Ro Honrs, Gente mer Faricre James Hom: rette”and Edward Lee. Detroit Y. M. C. A.—George Morin, Peter herg and Joset De Combe ashington ' Canoe “Club—Jerome Shear. H. 0, Eliaxon. Howell Miller, Farnham Mil: ler. ‘Cari Ahlenfeld. William Stephenson and Licut "W "G Firgen, U, 87 M. & Brooklyn “Central ‘Y. M. C. A.—Norman Engelson, Edmund _Gillis, Frank Hadnot. Howard ' Hanson. Robert Hosie, Fayette Smith and Walter Spence Maryland Swimming Club—Arthur Nord- ling, Fdwara Roesler/ 'George Tanlke, Harry Chlita B Bennofl. Willlam Suter. Eric Stein TYPO TEAM WITHDRAWS FROM WEEK-DAY SERIES : Union Printers having withd: rule passed yesterday allowing all tea title series. Clubs that will attempt to annex the champlonship are Chestnut Farms Dairy, winner In the Commercial League race; Headquarters Marines, holders of the Potomac Park title; neral Accounting Office of the Post Office loop; Registers, champions of | the Treasury group; Pullman, winner | of the Washington Terminal Y.M.C.A. series, and Government Printing Office of the Governmet League. The schedule for the play-off wil be drawn up and arrangements made | for playing fields tomorrow at Spal- ding’s at 5 o'clock. District Firemen yesterday won their second start in two days by downing the Registers of the Treasury League, 4 to 2, In a six-ining clash at the Ellipse. On the previous day Fort Humphreys was trimmed. 9 to 4. Hull and Clatterbuck, the opposing moundsmen in the Smoke Eaters’ tilt with the Registers, allowed but three hits each Union Printers, who turned in a 4 to 1 win over the Fire Department nine last week, will tackle the Police team tomorrow at South Ellipse field. Liberty Athletic Club will meet the Randle Athletic Club Saturday at 2:30 at the Randle field, at Seventeenth and Pennsylvania avenue southeast, just across the Eastern Branch. Sun- day afternoon members of the team will meet at 15th and H streets north- east at 1:30 o'clock to journey to Laurel. . Rob Roy Mackey’s Mohawks are ex- pecting a battle this afternocon when they go against the Naval Recelving at Navy Yard fleld at Players are requested to report to the clubhouse an hour be- fore the start of the fray. Sunday at Phillips Park the Hawks play a single game with the Pullman nine. cham- pion of the Washington Terminal| Y. M. C. A. League. Benning Athletic Club and Garfield nines will furnish the Sunday base ball attraction at Benning field at 3 o'clock. The home team Is anxlous to arrange for another game at 1 o'clock. The manager may be reach- ed at Lincoln 7403. Members of the Elliot team will gather tonight at 1235 Morse street northeast for a special meeting. Man- ager W. B. Honey is on the lookout for a game Sunday. 5 o'clock. A rally in the sixth, netting them three runs, helped the Cardinal Juniors to a 6-to-3 victory over the Crescents. Simpson and Shreve, Car- dinal pitchers, allowed but five hits between them and fanned 12 batters. Fourth Battalion Firemen took a 10-inning game from the Arcade-Sun- shine team vesterday, 6 to 5. The Arcade-Sunshine tossers play at Sea- brook Sunday. Joe Gray, hurling ace of the Dart- away Insects,.turned in his best per- formance of the season yesterday, when he hurled a no-hit, no-run game against the Bradbury Heights Insects. The count stood 23 to 0. Alta Vista tossers took the Epis- copal Holy Comforters to camp, 15 to 1. By downing the Yankees, 6 to 3, the Tigers gained a two-game lead in the Thomson playground base ball race. Henry Polk base ballers took the measure of the Plaza nine, 11 to 6, in an interplayground clash. A ninth-inning rally enabled the 12“)0”0 Midgets to nose out the Aztecs, to 1. Goose Goslins won from the Peck- inpaugh Insects, 11 to 9. Hartford Midgets anmexed a game with the Trentons, 10 to 2. Sherman and Koenig will form the battery for the Yorke Preps Sunday when the Clover Juniors are en- countered at South Ellipse fleld at 1 o'clock. In two previous engage- The Special Six Col. 2619, Main 7228 NLY six teams will take part in the play-off for the Week-day League base ball championship, which begins next Monday, the rawn from the circuit because of a ms to.draw on outside talent for the ments the Clovers have emerged victors by. scores.of 8 to 6 and 7 to 6, the latter tilt going to 10 innings. book Call Northern Insects wish to games for Saturday and Sunday. Adams 762. Al Miller pitched stellar ball when the Rex Insects nosed out the Kid Kelly Insects, 15 to 14 EBES O ALOYS CHECK A RALLY TO DEFEAT PULLMAN Aloysius Club got back in the run- ning for the District sandlot cham- pionship vesterday by handing the Pullman nine a 4-to-3 setback in a six-Inning fray at Union Station dia- mond. Wesley McDonald was at his best and allowed only five well scattered hits. Lefty Tripp, Pullman flinger, also was in fine form, but with poor support by his mates was unable to hold the I street batters within the safety zone. Pullman threatened to tie things up in the final frame, but a single tally was the result of their efforts. FORT MYER POLOISTS LIST MARYLAND FOUR CAMP MEADE, Md., August 20.— Poloists of the 16(h Field Artillery of Fort Myer, Va.. stationed here for two weeks’ training on the range, will meet the Maryland Polo Club four at Pikesville Sunday afternoon. The line-up of the Artillery team, as announced today by Maj. Hoyle, is as follows: No. 1, Lieut. Benson; No. 2, Capt. Sharp: No. 3, Capt. Tate. and back, Maj. Hoyle. Lieut. Palmer has been named as a substitute. The Maryland quartet will include Edward Warfield, John Bosley, Wil- fred Blunt and M. J. Cromwell, jr., with Meredith Cromwell in reserve. Ponles of the Fort Myer team will be sent to Pikesville Saturday by road. PAYS HIGH FOR RACERS DEAUVILLE, France. August 20 (UP).—The record price for France of 570,000 francs was paid by the Ar- gentine, Martdnez de Hoz, for Mon Talisman, by Cralg An Eran—winner of the 2,000 guineas stake and second in the Epsom Derby in 1921—to the Guillermo Ham Stable. Senor dé Hbz also purchased from the sarhe owner, for 400,000 francs, Ta Plata by $pign Kop—winner, of the derby—out of Bayling. MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS B YTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. altimore, 12: S¥racine. '8! Providence. 8" SOUTHERN ARSOCIATION. New Orleans, 3: Little Rock, 1. Chattanooga.’ 5-3: Memphis, 3-5. Nashville. 7; Birmingham, Only three Fames scheduled. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Asheville, 12; Knoxville, 13:0; Macon. Greenville, 0: Columbia, 8. Spartanburg. 5: Charlotte, 4 (12 innings). PIEDMONT LEAGUE. Danville, 6: Greensboro, 5. Durham. 6: Winston-Sales Raleigh,' 5: Salisbury, VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Richmond, 19: Norfolk. 0. Kin i 0. mouik, 6; Rocky Mount, 3 RADIATORS, FENDERS BODIES MADE AND REPAIRED EW_RADIATQRS FOR AUTOS WITTSTATTS R. & F. WKS. 319 13TH ST. N.W. 1423 P, REAR Knickers Tweeds, Homespuns C Street, N.W., Washington | possible WILL QUIZ PELICANS ON DIXIE “SCANDAL” By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., August 20.— ‘The scene of the investigation into the Southern Association base ball scandal charge shifted to Little Rock today. John D. Martin, president of the asso- clation, goes to the Arkansas capital, where he will question Larry Gilbert's New Orleans players. Yesterday Mar- tin completed his investigation here, questioning Manager Jimmie Hamil ton and his teammates of the Nash- ville Club. President Martin carried with him a portion of the volume of evidence in transcript form, and will obtain the rest by Friday, when he fntends to review the evidence thoroughly and prepare his recommendations to be placed Dbefore Kenesaw Mountain Landis in Chicago Saturday. Discussing the matter of jurisdic- tion, the Southern League president declared emphatically that he intended to act sternly in the rumored scandal 80 far as his circuit was concerned, while it was within Judge Landis’ au thority to displace any player in pro. fessionalism found guilty of unbecom- ing conduct. Scheduled to arrive in Arkansas in the afternoon, he had notified Manager Giibert to have his team in readiness after the game for the official quiz. Martin was hopeful that it would be to have Fred E. Eichrodt, former Nashville player, from the Cleveland Americans and the indicated principal witness, before Comrnis- sioner Landis and himself for exami. nation Saturday in Chicago before submitting recommendation. The play- er is under medical treatment in Rochester, N. Y. ROCHESTER, N. Y., August 20 (&) —Fred Eichrodt, central figure in the base ball scandal charge involving Nashville and New Orleans clubs in the Southern Association, character- ized the accusation that certain Nash- ville plavers were to “lay down” for transferral to the New Orleans club via Cleveland and the option route, as absurd when questioned at the sana torfum of Harry Knight, Rochester bone-setting specialist, to whom he has been sent for an injured shoulder. ‘The first intimation I had of any ‘scandal’ was when I read the account in this morning’s paper,” Eichrodt de- clared. 0’CONNELL SPUBiWé CHASE. SAN FRANCISCO, August 20 (&) —The Bulletin says Jimmy O'Connell, former outfielder for the New York Glants, has declined an offer from Hal Chase to play ball in the outlaw league at El Paso. O'Connell was anned from organized base ball at the close of last season after an al- leged effort at bribery. Apparent' he still has hope that some day Judge Landis will relent and restore him to SPORTS. Pirates Now Facing Tough New Angle GIANTS’ BOXMEN FINALLY ROUND INTO GOOD FORM Buccaneers Have Failed to Display Class Necessarv to Hold Comfortable Lead and Now Hold But Narrow Advantage Over McGrawmen. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, August 20.—The Pittsburgh Pirates are confronted by ¢ a new and tough angle in their fight for the National League championship. It is that the hard-pressing Giants are getting the best pitching just now that they have had all s Manager McGraw not only thinks his staff is at its 1925 peak, but believes that in some respects it is a better staff than that with which he won the championship last year. McGraw’s confidence has been bolstered considerably by the fine showing of Greenfield, who certainly is develop ing into one of the best young pitchers in the game. He outclasses a lot of the oldsters, too, for that matter. Greenfield, with his nine games won so far, has plenty of time be fore the season ends to win nine more, if he is worked every fourth gam It is not likely he will be given that|shy of pitching talent as some criti much service, but it is quite possible [ have fondly imagined. It will take the that he may fet a chance to run up to | very best the Pirates have, both i 15 victories, which, in a championship | pitching and batting. to beat the likely to be won by 90 or 95 victories, | Giants out for the pennant. would be a goodly contribution for a youngster. Dean has been coming on much bet. ter than he did in 1924, and his record | that the team should have if it is not far behind Greenfield’s. Dean | win with six or seven games to spare didn't go very well last season, be-| After getting ahead of New York, the cause he was out of sorts, but he had | Pirates have been unable to run away a big vear with Loulsville in 1923, in|and just now are being crowded t Which he won 21 games and lost elght, | keep in the lead at all and was in the thick of a champlon-' The Pittsburgh infield and outfield <hip scramble. He has shown his)have an edge on New York, ability to stand the gaff of a close | theoretically, that should have pennant contest at l::mt two contests in the last fort s t, v ¥ Pittsburgh's sole ad Fitzsimmons a Factor. DIENG et today. Dittsborgh = vantage lfes in the fact that the Glants This young Fitzsimmons, who was| have played and lost more games taken from Indianapolis, started out|than the Pittsburgh club. In points of by winning his first game for the|games won the Glants now & Glants, and he will win more unless | by one, he loses use of his arm, for he has been knocked around a lot, and there isn’t anything that can give him cold | feet—not even a hot big league race for the pennant. Virgil Barnes, who is a terror against clubs that cannot fathom his wide sweeping curves, and who has speed along with the other necessaries for successful pitching, has a fair chance of winning 20 games this sea- son. If he can do that, and if Green- field and Dean between them can slip | ,ver 30, that trio -will account for 50 | zames | Scott, Bentley and Nehf have been 50-50 pitchers this year. On the basis of what they have done, they should win collectively for the Glants at least games. Combine the 45 for the nd the 50 for the kid pitchers, to say nothing of what young Fitzsim- mons may turn in, and it is evident son Pirates Now Being Crowded. Pittsburgh doesn't show the jump good standing. that the Giants are by no means so GRID CLIMATE ON COAST WORRYING BY LAWRENCE PERRY. - EW YORK, August 20.—California’s Winter foot ball climate is just now receiving the attention N or elsewhere on the slope. Lou Young, the Penn coach, attributed climatic influences as in some degree responsible for the 14-to-0 defeat his hitherto undefeated Quaker eleven sustained at the hands of California in 1924. Knute Rockne did not have to offer an aljbi after the Stanford game, but he averred that his entire outfit’ wi near to physical collapse after the second quarter. Sald Adam Walsh, Notre Dame's great center “For the first few minutes everything seemed normal, then suddenly I got so tired I could hardly hold my head up. No pep. no_ punch—mind willing but Tebh weak. Testimony of other, Notre Dameians to similar effect would suggest that there is something in the climate talk. Yet, curio v, the Hoosier team did not score in the first quarter and the best part of her 27 to 10 score was rolled up after the team, had, accord- ing to the testimony of the players, been devitalized by the climate. As for the Penn-California game the Red and Blue made her most for- midable bid for a touchdown in the third perfod. Perhaps it was climate that prevented the Quakers from sgaining the last coveted foot. 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