Evening Star Newspaper, August 25, 1925, Page 18

SPORTS. i HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1925. SPORTS. Griffs Face Six More Games on Current Trip : Pirates All But Clinch Pennant THREE EACH WITH BROWNS AND CHISOX Champions Get Terrible NOW CARDED Contest Out of Their Sys- tems in Absorbing 13 to 4 Defeat in Final Game With the Tygers at Detroit. BY JOHN B. KELLER. . LOUIS, August S a week ago Sunday the last seven days, and that thaintain during the last six days of day Six more games to play on this trip, with a record of five victories in seven starts since they left Washington That's what the Nationals have to show for just about the winning pace they must the trip if they are to enter the tyo- series with the Athletics in Washington next Tuesday with the chance of emerging from it in front in the struggle for the American League pennent The block of three games with the Browns that was to open here today.is highly important. So far, George Sisler’s team has played the Nationvls to a standoff in Sportsman's Park, and the manner in which it performed against the Mackmen last week indicates it will be a for- midable foe for the World Champions. The Browns are difficult to defeat on their own field, and that goes for the Nationals as well as any other club. Handily trounced by the Tygers vesterday. 13 to 4. the Nationals, nevertheless, maintained their advan- tage over the Athletics, ter got in Chicago only what Champs got in Detroit—an break in four games. * But perhaps it is well Bucky Harris and company got that terrible game out of their systems. The Nationals played about as rottenly as they had at any other time this season and well deserved defeat Ruether Proves Flivver. The Nationals started Dutch Rue- ther on the slab, and Dutch was a wonderful target for Tyger batsmen. They ‘combed him for four hits in the one and two-thirds frames he toiled, and before Vean Gregg could end the second irning the Tysgers were five tallies to the good. Vean was reached for six safeties and seven runs in the next two rounds. Then Win Ballou did his first pitching for the Champs. He gave up four swats and a marker in the last four frames. Ed Wells, southpaw, went the route for the Tygers. All the Nationals could glean off him were eight smacks, four of them being registered in the last two innings. They never saw the plate until the Tygers were far ahead. Moon Harris managed to get a homer over the left field wall in the sixth after Goose Goslin got a triple. Hank Severeid also got a double in the ninth, but the socks were too few to mean much. 3ack of poor pitching the Nationals fielded miserably. being charged with three errors of commission and several of omission. Altogether, it was the worst exhi- bition they have put up this season. Tygers Get Big Lead. The Tygers staked themselves to a fine lead in the second inning when they drove Ruether from the hill. Manush fanned to start the frame, but Heflmann singled to right. Blue's one baser to left sent Harris to third and Burke was hit by a pitched ball, jamming the sacks. Woodall walked, forcing Heilmann across the plate, and Wells_singled to right scoring Blue and Burke and sending Wood- all to the far corner. Haney's two- bagger to Goslin's territory tallied Weodall and Wells. Gregg then as- sumed the pitching job and fanned Tavener, but Fothergill singled Haney to third. Manush, though, up for the second time in the inning, flied to Rice. More Tyger runs splattered across the plate in the third round. Goslin cave Hellmanm a life at the start by muffing Harry's liner. Blue then singled Heflmann to second and both runners scored when Gregg, Who flelded Burke’s sacrifical bunt, heaved wildly past Bucky Harris, who cov- ered first base. Burke took third on the error and counted when Woodall doubled to center. Wells then fanned, while Haney fouled to Severeid and Tavener skied to Goslin Another Scoring Orgy. Another scoring orgy was staged by the Tygers in the fourth gill opened the session with a two bagger to right. Manush beat out a bunt past Gregg. Heilmann lined to Rice, then Gregg umcorked a wild pitch and Heilmann scored, while Manush took second. Blue’s single to left moved Heinle to the far corner, then Lou pilfered second and both runners got home when Burke singled to_right. Burke made second on the throw home and went to third when Woodall was retired. Moon Harris dropped the throw from Peck, who had flelded Wells’ grounder, and Burke tallied Haney drew a pass, but Tavener took 1 third strike to end the spasm. The Nationals, who had gotten but 2 hits and 1 pass off Wells in the first five innings, garnered a trio of tallies after two were out in the sixth. Mc- Neely, hit by a pitched ball, ran home when Goslin tripled down the right- fleld line. Moon Harris then lifted the ball over the left-field wall for a round-tripper. Run No. 13 was collected by the Tygers in the latter part of the sixth frame. Blue grounded to Scott, but Burke singled to right and scored when Woodall dumped a double into left field. Wells' retirement put Wood- all at third, but Scott tossed out Haney. In the ninth round the Nationals zot @ useless marker. Leibold singled, only to be forced out by Scott after Ruel fouled to Blue, Severeid then got his third hit of the day, a double to center, to send Scott home, Tate batted for Ballou and shot & one-baser to left, but Rice lined to Heilmann. That was all—and plenty. MINOR LEAGUE GAMES AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. fwaukee, 8: Toledo, 1 Haneas Gy, Tunibus, 4. Louisville 6: St. Paul, 1. Minuespolis, 8: Indianapolis, b the INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Baitimore, Toronto. 0. Syracuse, 7. Jersey City, 6 Only games scheduled PIEDMONT LEAGU! Raleigh, Danvils, 8; Durham, 1. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. 3 Spartanburg, 12; Knoxville, 5. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. New Orleans, 0: Memphis. 5. Little Rock.'5:" Mobile, 3. Chattanoog Birmingham, 7. Ouly three ganies scheduled. FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE. Lakeland, 4: Sanford, 3. Others postponed (wet grounds). TEXAS LEAGUE. Houston, 2 VIRGINIA LEAGUE. g0 ortolk, 4. Jagion. 8. ml«iy ount, 3. for the lat- | § even | Fother- | [ Yoo 1 ! | Goslin, ct-1! ] 0 Johnson* ... Tated . Totuls.. . .. DETROIT. B 2 anmoanmunniumwmsia B “209 % «|2s2220m0025-mns200 7 woon g | mocesudonsuissnen 2:3885mis » <] s500untuansmcsss0m0 > slsssss55220 inning. g i0ieo Two-base hits—Hanes. Woodall (2), Fot ergill. Three-base hii—Gioxiin. Fome run " "Stolen baser—Goiin. Bluc. Bases o batle—Of Wellx, 1 Raether<1 by Grok, 30 by Balt or 1 by Greaw, 25 by Ballow. 1. —Of Ruether. 4 In’ 114 innings reEs, 8 in 234 innings: off Ballon. 4 in & innings: It by - pitchers—fiy Ruether (Rurkey, by Wells (MeNeels) — Wild piteh—Grezs. . Loo- ing ° plicher—Kuether. U mpireee Mesre: Geisel."Nallin and Connolly. " Time of game 2 ours and B minutes. TYPOS PLAY THREE Chicago, New York and Detroit Union Printers climbed aboard the base ball band wagon yesterday and along with Washington, Boston and Cincinnati are all set for the second round of the fifteenth annual tourna- ment of the Internoajonal Typo Guild, which opens tomorrow morning at 10 w'clock in Clark Griffith’s Stadium out on Georgia_avenue. The New Yorkers, who put the skids under Cleveland by the count of 20 to 4 in the closing game of yester- duy’s triple-header, meet Cincinnati in the morning game. At 1 o'clock the Washington Printers, three times champions of the cireuit, face the De- troit nine, winners over Pittsburgh, 6 to 5. The final at 3 o'clock will find Boston and Chicago facing. The Windy City aggregation handed a 9-to3 trouncing to St. Louts. Pittsburgh had the edge on the De- troit team until the last frame, when, with the score § to 4 in favor of the former, of singles and a sacrifice netted 'a pair of runs and gave the Westerners the victory. Anderson, De. troit’s veteran flinger, opposed Britton | on the mound. With Urie hurlir the eighth inning difficulty eliminating St tens, the Mound City flin trouble on ‘more than one oc was driven to the showers to make way for Walde The New York-Cleveland tilt lop-sided exhibition from the with the Gothamites earning 17 of their counters in the first two frames. Maxine, Dwyer shared mound duty for the winners, while Voight and Bennett performed the hurling duties for Cleveland shutout ball untii ago had little Louis. Mer. er, was in rsion and 1 the ninth wa start sa na . BANK NINES .TO CLASH "IN TITLE SERIES GAME and W. B American 4:30 in for the Bankers’ Rigas | Hibbs teams meet League park this afternoc | the second game of thy play ‘v‘h.nnl\hrnwhl]v of the Ball League. Last Saturday the Riggs nine nosed out their rivals with a uinth inning rally by the score of 6 to 3 FIRE DESTfi0Y§ RACERS. LOUISVILLE, Ky., August 25 (&), —Nine thoroughbred vearlings were cremated, two stables were festroyed and two others were daraaged at Churchill Downs by a fire of undeter- mined origin last night. The loss is estimated at $42.000. The nine ani mals perished included three Master Robert colts and six other vearlings. atiota! Bank IN OPENING S was slated to face the Brown to send Dixie Davis to the hill. BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS AMERICAN LEAGUE. 452 410 204 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. Detroit, 18; Washington, 4. Chieags, 3; Philadelphis. 1 Cleveland, New York, St. Louis, 4; Boston, 0. GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Washington ut St L. Washington at St L. Boston ~at Detroii. ~ Boston ai Detroii. | N York at Chicago. N. York at Chieagzo. | Phila.. st Cleveland. Phila. at Cleveland. NATIONAL LEAGUE. AT —— Win. Lose. | Pittsbursh 3 | New York ... Cincinnati St Touis - Brookizn " Philadelphia’ Chicago . ... Boston Pittsburgh, 9: New York, 13-8: Chicago, 6-11. 14.6: Philadeiphia, 5-1. Cincinuati, GAMES TOMORROW. St. L. at Brooklyn. Cineinnati at N. Y Pittsburgh at Boston. Chieago at Philu. GAMES TODAY. at Brogkiyn. Clncinnati at N, ¥. Pitisburgh ‘at Boston. Chicago at Phila. Tate Ferguson Johnson . Hevereid Leibold Gress arberry Adams Veuch Zuehary . Coveleskie SERNES +3% ceavmuunSEEEERE e Russell Ballou Complete & Won. Em started. AOMOAREAITTO Logt, [, somsomRORLES - P PN -5 zoussuSoRE % FIGHT FOR HANK'S NAME. Fifth street Severeids won from the Fourth street team bearing the same name, 13 to 8, in the first tilt of a three-game series to settle the claims of the two nines to the Washington catcher's signature. For games with the Fifth street combination call Man- ager Nolan at Lincoln 3167. GIANTS BUY OUTFIELDER. CLARKSBURG, W. Va., August 25 (#).—Joe Klinger, centerfielder on the Clarksburg team of the Middle Atlan- tic Base Ball League, has ben sold to the New York ( bat- ting .317. but his re- markable throwing arm. KILLED BY FOUL BALL. STROUDSBURG, Pa., August ®P).—Hit on the head by a foul ball while watching a game between the Alton and Albrightsville base ball team here, Harlan Fogel, 21, was in- Btantly killed. - three engagements the Nationals have here. ZACH WILL FACE BROWNS CLASH TODAY T. LOUIS, August 25.—Jez Zachary, who has done no hurling since | last Thursday, when he did so well against the Indians in Cleveland. | s in the opening game of the set of The home club was expected | _Zach has pitched good ball against {the Browns this year, but has been | unfortunate in his contests. The Na tionals have not batted well behind {him in his tilts and he has been de feated in three of five starts against George Sisler's team From the sublime to the ridiculous’ 3 who looked so good unday, were terrible on defense yesterday. They missed about every- thing they could, making the after. noon enjoyable for the Tyger club. # B | After the Tygers gained such a com- | manding lead, the Champs’ line-up | was changed considerably. McNeely, | who had gone to center after Goslin | moved to left when Veach was with- drawn, shifted to fir: bas Leibold was sent to center, Scott to shortstop and Adams to second base. Gregg appeared helpless whe: nush bunted in the fourth inning. The pitcher remained glued to the slab while the ball rolled by him to a sin- gle. Ma More shifts in the Nationals’ line up came in the eighth. McNeely was sent back to center, Leibold moved to third base and Ruel went to first. Im- mediately after assuming their new positions Nemo and Muddy executed @ double play. Blue had a fine afternoon at the ex- pense of the Washington pitchers. He igot a single off Ruether, two one. | basers off Gregg aund a fourth one off Ballou in five trips to the plate. TANK SCHOOL TOSSERS REACH 3D CORPS FINAL BALTIMORE, Md.. August 25.— Tank School base ball tossers vester- day won the right to meet Langley Field in a three-game series for the championship of the 3d Corps Area by defeating the 12th Infantry team, 5 to 2, in the deciding game of the northern division race. Wheeler of the Tankers opposed Freshour on the mound, and, while edch was nicked for six safeties. the former was much more formidable in the pinches. Kane was the batting and fielding star for the winr The dates for the final series have not yet been set. AMP KAHLERT, the local Y. the scene of a much anticipat K The duel between the fair hurlers from Washington and Baltimore may lack big league caliber, but it will have all the enthusiusm of a world series clash, as each camp is determined to outroot and outplay its riv; The line-up for the respective teams will be as follows: Washington Positions. Marian Lum,. . Pitcher . ory Lawrence. catch irism Davis. Mildred Arrison. Miriam Lioyd Madaleon Pen Leona Draege; Evelyn Draeger. Dorothy Quina.. Kathleen Stead and Agnes Shana- han of Twin Oaks broke even yester- day in the preliminary series of the interplayground net tourney, win- ning their match over Regina Wat- kins and Dorothy Harvey of Park View, 6—2, 6—3, but subsequently los- Baltimore. -Gladys Weaver o ary Johnson hase. cnter fiel ¢ fleld Clara Alderton and Mildred Vogel, in three-set battle, 5—T, 7—5, 6-—1. Miss Alderton is one of the junior doubles title holders of the District. Paired with Virginia Olmsted, she captured the first junior doubles championship early in the Summer. The Alderton- Vogel team is rated as one of the strongest in the field contending’ for the city playground title. o ing to the lowa avenue champions, | DEMPSEY ADVISES WILLS By the Associated Press. L promoted by Tex Rickard. The champion assured Mullins year, Later Dempse Tuly 4. commission would not do him harm; that the important thing to remem- ber was that “you have niy word of honor that 1 will fight Wills next dispatched a telegram confirming the telephdne con- versation and promising ®ullin that he “would insist that the Fitzsim- mons people arrange a meeting quickly to post money. proposed Wills-Dempsey match somewhere in the Middle West next GAMES TOMORROW| TO LOOK TO FITZSIMMONS| T0 BEAT FREEDMAN OS ANGELES, August 25.—Jack Dempsey has advised Harry Wills to disregard the New York Boxing Commission threats of banish- ment and “sit tight” on the agreement for a Wills-Dempsey battle under the promotion of Floyd Fitzsimmons of Indiana. In a telephone conversation with Paddy Mullins, manager for Wills, at New York, Dempsey was informed that the New York comm threatened to ban Wills unless he put up a forfeit to match the forfeit posted by Jack Kearns, Dempsey's former manager, for a match to be sion that banishment by the New York guaranteeing the DAIRY TEAM EASILY WINS SERIES OPENER Displaying the punch that carrled them to the title in the Commercial League, Chestnut Farms Dailry toss- ers yesterday swamped the General Acco nts of the Post Office loo] | 15 to 2, in the first game of the seri | being played for the champlonship of the week-day sandlot circuits. It was & one-sided display of base | ball from the very start, with the | Dairymen collecting eight’ tailies i their half of the first and adding their total in all but two of the r ining frames. Umpire Green or- dered & cessation of hostilities in the seventh, when darkness descended on the Washington Terminal field. Frank Hudson. Chestnut Farms and Knickerbocker flinger, tofled on the mound for the first five innings, al lowing five hits and two runs before | giving way to Dick Williams, who held the Accountants hitless for the remaining pair. Ritnour left the hill after his poor exhibition in the opening stanza and was succeeded by Moore, who lasted three innings before Frederick was sent into the breach. | On Thursday the Post Office League | champions will meet another tartar in | the Marine combination that cleaned | up in the Potomac Park circult. | Ma Chescldine’s Lafayettes, with Schmidt performing on the slab, took | the measure of the Naval Recelving | Station nine, 7 to 3. For games with the winners write the manager | 1002 Thirteenth street southeast. at | Yankee Juniors moved into first { place in section D of the Washington | Base Ball and Athletic Association junior series vesterday when they de- feated the Cardinals, 6 to 3. Phil Sykes fanned 15 batters and allowed only one scratch hit in eight innings. Athletics won from the Yankees in Yhea Thomson playground league, 4 to 3. For games with the Truxton In- f:glésycall Potomac 1035-J or North \DEMPSEY WILL APPEAR N RING ON LABOR DAY LOS ANC August 25 (P).— ack Demp leave here about September 5 for San Francisco, where he has agreed to appear in two exhi- bition bouts at the fight carnival to be held there Labor day | Until then the heavyweight cham- | pion said he will continue “keeping in condition” at his training quarters on | the seashore at Venice, west of here. STAR ATHLETE HURT, WILL NOT VISIT U. S. W YORK, August 25 (P).—In- which may have ended a bril- career, has compelled the great Swedish runner, Edwin Wide, to forego plans for an American in- vasion Wide ruptured the main tendon in his left leg while training in Stock- holm for a series of events in which he hoped to avenge his Olympic de- feat at the hands of Paavo Nurmi, the Finnish marvel. Two years ago the Swede and the Finn staged a sensational test in which Nurmi was forced to his world record mile of 4:102-5 to win, and last Summer, at Paris, Wide suffered further reverses in competition with Nurmi and Willie Ritola. QUALIFY FOR PRO EVENT. PITTSBURGH, Pa., August 25 (). —Bert Battell, Johnstown; Walter Loeffler, South Hills, and Chuck On- eretta, Castle Shannon, both of Pitts- burgh, will represent the Tri-State Professional Golfers’ Assoclation in the national professional champion- ship at Chicago as a result of the 36- hole qualifying round. Battell led with his card of 69 for the last 18 holes setting a course record for the Edge- wood Country Club. Loeffler had 152 and Oneretta 154. SHORE LI 3: Cambridge. Dover. 0. Easton, 2 BLUE RIDG Martinsburg. 10-3 Chambersbure. 3: WOMEN IN SPORT By CORINNE FRAZIER. W. C. A. camp in Maryland, will be ed intercity base ball game tomorrow afternoon, when the nine from the Baltimore camp on South River will visit to engage in the annual battle. In the other contests yesterday, Sa- die Kiatti and Lillian McKinley, play- ing for Georgetown, defeated Pris- cilla Woodley and Betty Hartman of Happy Hollow, 6—1, 6—2. Mary Selliban and Margaret Moore, New York avenue champions, won over Helen Herbert and Elizabeth Bouve in straight sets, 6—2, 6—3, while Alice Brown and Teresa Breen, defending Garfield's laurels, scored an easy vic- tory over Mary E. Totten and Marion .‘Yohlnsen from Virginia avenue, 6—1, —1. Garfleld triumphed over Hoover in one of the postponed matches on last Friday’s schedule, Alice Brown and Teresa Breen figuring in another 6—1, 6—1 victory this time over Helen Singer and Marie Tallan. Capital Athletic Club members will meet this afternoon at 6:45 on the Henry Park courts for their semi- weekly practice matches. ‘Washingfon Athletic Club swim- mers will use the Y. W. C. A, tank tomorrow evening at 8 o'clogk. Girls from Tenley, Happy Hollow and Ludlow grounds were scheduled to-go to the Georgetown swimming B i ~SETenE o, Ol S mming. ~ Mrs. . Foul Ruth Hunting will dccompany, Lthag., DISTRICT MARKSMEN IN NATIONAL SHOOT Fourteen marksmen who compose the civjllan rifle team that will repre- sent the District of Columbla in the national matches at Camp Perry will for the Ohio post Saturday rnoon. The party team captain R. G. Radue. Plugge, Leon Detwetier, H. L. P 3 G. C. Graff, Hugh Riley, R. H Laurence Nchneider and M. V widdie. Only the 10 best shots will be | selected to compete in the national | selected to compete in the national team m ch with teams from other | cities, National Guard and other | branches of the service, but the other | nembers of the squad will take part | in the various other events which | make up the program of the three- week encamptnent. A team from the District N tional | Guard, now in training at Virginia Beach, also will leave for Camp Perry late this week. The annual meeting opens with the &chool of small arms instruction, | which continues until September 3. | This is followed by the National Rifle | Association matches, which will be concluded on September 13. The na- tional championship shoot will occupy the closing week, ending on Septem- ber 19. The executive officer of the national natches this year is Col. A. J. McNab, U. 8. A. CROTHERS WINS SHOOT, BREAKING 200 STRAIGHT DAYTON, Ohio, August 25 (#).—M. Crothers of Chestnut Hills, Pa., went | straight on 200 targets to win the per- | manent home introductory event of | the grand American trapshooting at Vandalia yesterday. Crothers’ accomplishment gives him a record of 796 out of 800 birds shot in the last two weeks. Fred Harlow of Newark, Ohio, grand American champion in 1908, and E. F. Woodward of Houston, Tex., tied for second place in the introductory with scores of 198. includes J. M. Bari Tugh Everett, coac G. Radue, John A. | Kasehagen, William | | rouna bout h, 'NINES TIED FOR TOP WALKER IS PRESSED By the Associated Pross. CHICAGO, August 25.-—Mickey ‘Walker, world welterweight cham- pion, had the better of Sailor Freed- man of Chicago in 7 of their 10 rounds at Fast Chicago last night, newspaper men decided. But after Freedman, in the eighth recovered from the effects of a knock- down in the first 10 seconds of the bout, he staged a whirlwind come- back that threatened to even things up. So thrilling were the last three rounds of milling that one spectator of the 8,500 present, collapsed and dled, presumably of heart disease. A short right to the chin from Walker knocked Freedman through the ropes in the first round and took much of the fight out of him. In the eighth the Chicagoan chased the champlon into a corner, hitting him with rights and lefts. Once, in the last two rounds, Freedman turned Walker halfway around with a right to_the chin. Walker weighed 150 and Freedman 151, LABARA REJECTS OFFER TO FIGHT GENARO AGAIN LOS ANGELF George Blake st 3 ager of Fidel bart claim to the world flywel; championship, has announced b rejected an offer from Jimmy DeFor- | est for a return match with Frankie | Genaro at the Polo Grounds, New York, September 25. Lubarba defeated nt 10-} | Genaro in a last Saturday. Blake said his chief reason for re- jecting it was that he wanted Fidel to rest full month before fighting again | SPLIT DOUBLE BILL| | Peerless and Meridian teams, dead- | locked for top honors in section A of | the Whashington Base Ball and Ath-| letic Association junior series, broke | even in a double-header at the Monu- | ment grounds, the Meridians taking | the first, 3 to 0, and the second going | to the Pearless, § to 5. The opener was a pitching duel between Elliot of the Peerless and | Stevens of the Meridians, the former | allowing four hits and the latter being | nicked for one lone bingle. In the second fray the Peerless| batters drove Madden from the box | after _collecting five runs, but iwere | blanked by Corcoran until the eighth. | when the winning tallies were shoved across, Dozier pitched for Peerless. 1 The Peerless nine has the use of | Plaza diamond Saturday at 3 o'clock, | for a game. Call Lincoln 579-J. TAKES RIFLE HONOES. CAMP PERRY, Ohio, August 25 (®). amuel Moore, Newtonville, Mas: junior individual champion, carried off the honors in the National Rifle Asso- ciation meet here. Moore won the yon contest and was one of five to ibles of 150 in the classifica- t, fired over the small-bore | HELEN WILLS IN RETAINING NET TITLE By the Associated Prees E invasion in the history of the game. The California girl triumphed ov trophy remains in the hands the final round of the title competition yesterda Fighting pluck in the face of a of the American courts for the third Three times during the tournament | he was extended to three sets. Joan °ry of England and Eleanor Goss of | New York pushed her to the limit in | preliminary round matches. But each | time she turned impending defeat into | triumphs. She sensed her superior stamina and power in every drive and was willing to sacrifice the first set to tire her opposition. In each of the three matches her opponents were so ex- hausted after their initial victories that they fell easy victims to her powerful strokes n the final two sets. Miss McKane, the first forelgn play- er to reach the final round of the event, was never in the running after taking the first set. After defeating Miss McKane, Miss | Wills returned to the court an hour later to petain her title as doubles champion with Mary K. Browne of California. They defeated Mrs. May Sutton Bundy and_ Miss Elizabeth Ryan, 6—4, 6—3. Last year Miss Wills and her teacher, Mrs. George W. Wight- ml:n of Boston, won the doubles title. The matches marked Miss Wills" final appearance in the East. She has decided not to play in the mixed dou- bles at Boston this week, but will leave for home shortly. Makes Great Finish. Greater even than her winning the national singles crown yvesterday was the manner of her victol dropping the opening set, when she OREST HILLS, N. Y, August 25—The national women’ another year, after frustration of the most threatening English eld an apparently safe lead at 3—1, iss Wills unleashed an attack that completely swept Miss McKane off her feet in the second set. The English girl was completely overwhelmed and crushed by the tigerish ferocity of strokes with which her opponent at- tacked from all over the court. BRILLIANT s .tennis of the 19-year-old Helen Wills for er Kathleen McKane of England in , 2—6, 60, 6-—2. { dversity crowned Miss: Wills queen successive year The ball was coming’ back into Miss | McKane's court with such burning | speed and such heavy pace that the| fair conqueror of Mrs., Marion Zinder- | stein Jessup, Elizabeth Ryan and Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt MaMory on suc cessive days of the tournament had no time to get set for her shots, no chance to place her back to the wall and make a stand, and it was entirely too hazardous an undertaking to attempt to force her way into fore court to meet returns on the volley. In just 11 minutes from the time tae first ball was served in this set until Miss Wills had run off the six gires in a row, the set was completed and America once again had drawn | | with England’s greatest woman It was an impressive demon- n of sustained power under marvelous contrel on the part of Miss Wills. Those who, after the finish of the first set, when Miss McKane had come from the trailing position of 1—3 to win five games in a row for the set, were inclined to picture the champion- ship trophy going overseas, took new. hearf®when the young champion had squared 1he match. That their confi- dence was not misplaced was proved in the last set, when Miss Wills, after . |staggering totals, |by ONLY A DIAMOND MIRACLE NOW CAN RESCUE GIANTS Corsairs, With Six-Game Lead, Have 38 Contests 1o Play and Long Stretch at Home, While McGraws Have But 32 Tilts Left. By the Associated Press. N iW YORK, August 25.—The Pi as the champions of the National League. 3 York after taking four out of five games in a crucial series with rates were gencrally regarded today They have left New the Giants, thereby almost making the pennant certain. 5 Only 32 games remain to be played by McGraw’s entry, while the Corsairs have 38 and a long stretch miracle g critics view the situation. at home. Nothing but a diamond an break the hold of McKechnie’s men on the 1925 bunting, a The final blow dealt New York vesterday by the Pirates, 9 to only left the Giants six games behind first place, but found their defe: almost wrecked. The inner works cracked in the fifth. An infield fly went for a sacrifice as Cuyler stole home while Jackson held the ball. Three errors were made on casy chances. Their disorganized aspect indicated the resignation of the four-time title holders to the pass- ing of the pennant from the masthead at the Polo Grounds. * Reds Close on Giants. As Pittsburgh retired, the looked down the standing and saw Cincinnati coming along only two and one-half games behind. The Reds lost an opportunity to gain more ground yesterday U wilting before | the brilliant pitching of Graham at Boston, 3 to 2 Washington and Philadelphia, sep- arated by only the American League standing, both | were belted in the West yesterday Manager Eddie Collins, on crutches as the result of a strained ligament, directed the White Sox to a 3-to-1 victory over the Macks, who made only four hits off Blankenship. Babe Ruth's third home run many _days failed to rouse the ing Yankees, who lost their fifth straight to Cleveland, 5 to 1. Van Gilder blanked the Boston Red Sox, 4 to 0, for the Browns, allowing only | six hits. St. Louis Cardinals, smothering the Phillies under a blanket of 29 hits to win twice, 14 to 5 and 6 to 4, tightened their grip on fourth place in the National as the Robins split even with the Cubs. Chicago lost the opener, 6 to 13, in spite of a shower of 17 hits, but with 15 bingles ‘won the second, 11 to 6. Giants in as Hmp- Have Punch in Pinch. | Outbatted by the Giants in the five-game series, the Pirates over- whelmed their rivals by producing that highly essential asset for a suc cessful pennant drive, the punch in the pinch. A review of the crucial series shows that the McKechnie club in every game evidenced ability to cluster most of its hits in one or two innings for which the Giants were unable to level. | In spite of the fact that Pittsburgh batted only .246 against New York' mark of the Pirate team w: as the champlons during the series The totals were 26 for Pittsburgh and 13 for New York. Rawlings in Limelight. The base ball fate which shaped a| hero's role for Johnny Rawlings as a| Giant during the sensational world | series of 1921 brought him back to the Polo Grounds to play the same part for Pittsburgh. Rawlings, looked upon as the weak link in the New York team four vears ago, was not only a batting star of that eight-game struggle with the Yankees, he was a fielding marvel as well. His miraculous stop in the ninth inning of the final contest on Baker's smashing drive, when he ved the game for the Giants and brought them the world championship hurling himself headlong at the all and throwing out the runmer while still on_the ground, s the fielding gem of the series. Absence of Moore and Carey be cause of injuries gave Rawlings his opportunity to get into the Pittsburgh line-up on the series which closed yes- terday after he had warmed the bench for many weeks. Back at the bag which saw so much of him four years ago, he played under the inspiration of a brilllant past, topping his smart flelding with the best batting average among Pirate players who played all s. His mark was .304. other player to bat over the Pittsburgh team was who appeared in three con- His average was an even .400. Ross Young led the Giants in hit ting, with an average of .550, while Terry and Hartley also batted better | than .300. . The Giants, whose' infield has been juggled considerably since the Wash- ington series of last October, were outfielded by Pittsburgh. Ten errors gave the champions the low defensive average of .949, against .966 for the Pirates. w 300 on Moore, tests. splitting e #n on the first four games, stormed trcough the next four with the loss of only four points, and fin- ishing ith a remarkable burst of speed for a “love” game on her own service. This set required 13 minutes in the playing and the first just 20 minutes, making a total of 44 minutes for the entire match. Championships on the courts are not often won and lost so swiftlv. Specialists in the care of Automobil Let us do your greasing, ofl- ing and cleaning for you. 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