Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1925, Page 69

[seorts] The Sumdlay Shar Part 4—4 Pages WASHINGTON, D. €., SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1925. Champs 9@ lo Gain in Race ds A’s Lose : Ruth Is Fined $5,000 and S@ended JOE HARRIS PROVES STAR YANK SLUGGER SENT HOME OF 12-1 WIN OVER CHISOX ON “MISCONDUCT” CHARGE Sub-Firstsacker Pounds Out Pair of Home Runs, a kRt Double and a Single—Error by Goslin Robs ARRY HOPES OF CAPITAL IN AMATEUR GOLF TITLE EVENT AT PITTSBURGH THIS WEEK Manager Huggins of New York Club Refuses to Give Specific Reasons for Drastic Disciplinary Action Zachary of Shutout Victory. Against Bambino in St. Louis. (Continued from st Page.) (Continued from First Page) | Manager Miller Yankee outfielder's g for the season. His c 1 | amplify this for that amount, ar shed more lig ment, expires this vear. | that neither Col 1y owner After his suspension without pay koes oo BHbt T A thirty days by Commissioner K Barrows knew of his declsion ¢ Landis at the opening of the 1 pend Ruth, nor had been cons son for having violated the barn-| storming rule affecting world series players in the 11 of 1, Ruth was fined $200 Mayv 27, 19 or having thrown dirt in an face after| \d it means a ot objecting to a_de | things besides. Ther Holder of the r league record | kinds of misconduct for home run hitting with a total of | “Patience has ceased to be 59 in 1921, Ruth Ia enjoyed one ve tried to overlook of his most brilliant s 1 or for a while, Lut I | one-base to left Falk threw to the American circuit in hi to take summ: Kamm, tryving to head off the Goose R %3 \ % ;Tjanrsk T romm inepE [} Nome | g Hfellow th and Moon made second. Bluege roll- | X e ik / : 1 il ; ¥ ot S Sxd Moon made second.. Bluegs roll e e ; ! RN, ; g Often in Trouble. misconduct off the wildly to Sheely and Goslin and MooD | poeate 4 { : A review of Ruth’s record indicates | mental to the best R acotea s . that the champion home-run hitter club during this nre A single by Barrett in the sixth |y has not infrequently been involved in | 4m not saving and Falk’s walk and Kamm's single | ¢} il v in_the seventh were, wasted by the | = oy et e R ey e ; Having Off Year. e N tionals, yul i e Ratic | ey in::;;r:d.m.\.‘.::;'.“‘r{é . . : . A ; ] 7 by Miss Dolores Dixon. 19, who | —Every one k e has ing of McNeely's pass and theft in |J. Harrls; J. Harris to Peckinpuugh te J. % charged him with assault. Ruth con- - ald Hu, the seventh, got another flock of | Harris “Left, on “bases—Washington. 10: tested the action, charging he was be- | DS Weik batting has } seventh, b ¢|H fon, 10 s sEIarging b count of his illnes counters in the e Rice fouled | 3."17 off Hdwardv, 6. sruck FAEEEICIUARAtS S3ls & S ater | " w\When h ted pl to Schalk as a staxer, but Goslin | Roberison, 1 by Zachty, p; by Ed- the suit ‘was withdrawn. o8 Tl e ¢ shot a single past Barrett and came | a6 nniner. Losing A ey, 0F <08 pamy ® home |}, “Tound to take. care ot home ahead of Moon Harris, who put < g mpirer—ties. ow: run king was compelled to pa R o SN THOMEL S Thé. atte | ¥ ebran e o . lock e cally and live up to the r fie ) Second homer of the afternoon | nint"i"hour and 51 minaies : Bkt g Solie d bleac = ey e vk b 3 3 A v b % = it o “He has forgotien all about t 5 4 v . figured, while 4 month later he was | . He 8 all ‘about the Edwards Again Gets Wild. | to bound through his hands to deep fined 325 for driving his machine 50 | grlfiouns o Edwards then developed another |left. Peck got to the plate, whila miles an hour in New York. Ruth's|no"woulg® g wild streak and passed Bluege and |Zach reached third base. McNeely name bobbed up in court records for Peck. Severeid lined to Mostil, but | ended the frame with a loft to Db e Sn 1013 b D= was Zach rifled a_one-baser : | Hoope - made defendant in 4 $100,000 iibel ing Bluege. Falk permitted the ball ' Everything was orderly thereafter. | FANS HERE _TO SEE FIVE ducer. Settlement of the action later | Yo appeared at BTl Pa ke St NEW GRIFFS THIS WEEK for $750 was announced e e e e o B BY JOHN B. KELLER. Early this year suit was entered in | 1t "*Then Hugins - amouog" ) CHIC:\(}O. August 29.—During the first week in September, five new Huggins Yankees stated J. HARRIS HITS 'EM paths when Zach whiffed and McNeely | lined to Mostil | An error by Goslin paved the way | to the White marker. After | . Hooper was retired Kamm singled to left and continued to second base when the Goose let the ball skid by Schalk fouled to Moon Harris, but Edwards singled to right and Kamm | got home. The pitcher’s drive would not have tullied Willle from first| emrcago: base. Mostil, of. Two more Natior crossed the | Duvia ss counting block in the sixth. Two | were out when Goslin singled and reached third as Moon Harris shot a thou®ed sconduct of suswmsdend EY T} OmER B O soammooue} .31 atted for Robertson in third inning. shington.. . ... 30201 204 0—12 00060100001 a » difficulties of the diamond nee tie ins said would dec hen Ruth | play again Ruth early in white flannels parently without a care in the wor could the Supreme Court against Ruth by | qucbencio e Harry Lichtenstein of New York, Who | 1o e at the mL‘:.fc lx\fn‘j::‘\!n):-}\d“i‘r‘;\\r Nationals will be presented to the fans in Clark. Griffith Stadium in Washington. Alex Ferguson and Bob Veach, transfers from alleged that the Yankee slugger re-| g fon:! fused to pay $7.700 he owed u book- maker for racing losses. His collapse | Ruth Is Missing. under an attack of influenza, leading | Ruth could not be reached for to confinement in a hospital here for | stateme. He was said to have nearly two months, followed s00n aft. | pared at the resigens ir o a2 erward and ipplanted rumors nd, but left a fe nutes befe the Yankees; Tex Jeanes, outfielder, recruited from Birmingham of the Southern Association. and Harold Smith, 22-year-old pitcher signed while the club was in St. Louis. will show their wares, although the last, men- tioned is apt to do so oniy in batting practice. The other newcomer to the club is Charles H. (Buddy) Myer, short- stop, purchased irom New Orleans, who joined the world champions here today. Myer, however, is likely to be seen on the bench only, as his Ruth's financial dificulties in the in- | newtpane: terest of the base ball fan. | he intended oate recent attack of blood poisoniug has left him in poor physical condition. Drinking, Huggins Says. for New York. Ruth was If Myer only half-way lives up to7~ ? = S roriheier wna nivier. ne wii ve | JUDGE, HOME, HOPES a very valuable player to the Champs. TO PLAY BY TUESDAY Men now in the big show who saw | him in action with the Pelicans b earlier this season, scouts of other “'fl‘“’::' e l‘:ll“"" well ll‘flllm!d clubs who watched him perform and | SUTROTIY, whe disagrees with the fans who in their traveis happened | S°7 "lfl belle at Joe dJudge’s to run acr Cew Orleans club| recent injury has put him on the ot e e et At e ey the | shell indefinitely, or for the re- ¢ ikl oS o | mainder of the season, as some in- Southern or any other| FaROEr ol Ghe S fircuit of its cluss huad in years. "The Nationals’ nif But before Myer will be worth o + anything to the Nationals, he must| frelv®a, home Yesterday from De plck up a deal of welght and strensth. | %" U R 1R AT S bflmg His recent iliness, the result of an'in- | by Southpasw Harl Whitenill of the T fested spike wound on the knee, af- - fected him considerably. His legs suf- | SR i SNENL & Weck ace Mot fered most in the weight loss and it | o 0. K. now,” said Judge. is not so easy to regain poundage on| «The dizzy spells have stopped and the lower limbs. Babe Ruth’s case!| gadide from the fact that strong wis a fine example of how difficult| fizht still affects my eves somewhat that Is < | T'am about back to normal. 1 have Myer does not appear frail. nor| permission from the club physician does he appear stro He is about| to start practicing Monday and the same height Bucky Harris, but| hepe to hop right back into the not so stocky According to ( k| line-up when we stack up against Griffith, who for some time has been | the Athletics Tuesday. p er report to the “I saw_Mack’s gang at the hotel 2 v be looked after | in Detroit just before I left, and by the club’s physicians, the young| they were a sad looking bunch. I fellow is not apt to don a uniform | told them we were going to clean within 2 week or two. Griff insists| up with them when they came to that Myer will not be used in a game | Washington and none of them until thoroughly recovered from the| came back at me with much spirit. ffects of the blood poisoning. That| They all look worried and unless I Jmay not be until after the present| am mistaken have lost their pep eason is ended. entirely. In the meanwhile Myer will be caretully attended by the Washing-|gne cushion Umpire Moriarty waved ton doctors and given every opportu- |‘Bawards out. nity to become acquainted with his | mew surroundings. Manager Harris| Goslin got a trio of bingles, his last, wiil have him around the bench at| made in the eighth inning, being a vi- games that the young athlete may |cious drive toward right that Barrett’s learn how base ball is played in the | good fielding held to one base. e yer s Mt 15 Just 85| \When forced out by Sheely in the @hnips while they were tiaying in| inning, Barrett interfered with 1 : i z : 3 aying s throw to Moon Harris and : 5 i - B : 1B was called out by Umpire 7 Hi T U A A 7 i | Win Ballou, pi r purchased from | Moriarty. ST. LOUIS, August 20 UP)—“Mis. | (r3IN. however, and had not appeare departed It was learned then he had changed his railroad ticket for on the Pennsylvani il | here about noon to; ow conduct off the field” was responsible | ' the station when for the $5,000 fine and indefinite su: pension imposed on Babe Ruth tod; ad, leavi the gar against the v ind Ruth wa | the club and =c | When Huggins w . |the report he ad D STROIT, August 29—Those Athletics ended their blackest week of | mapranors, 16,01 «d the fine 4 he had ordere the season by losing their fifth straight game and greatly im- |the slugger to N¢ | The Tygers downed the Macks for the second consecutive time in| While Ru his the series by a score of 9 to 5. i r : calmly, mer ing As Washington again defeated the White Sox, the Griffs gained a :;’m ;;“". retirin, ' the park, his full game on the Macks and now lead in the American League race by | 3% 0ff was a i« o the youti of the land, t of whom gatl more than two full games. uml g hom gat us ball parks Tt was the tenth reverse sustained just to see the erform by the Macks on the current disas- MUCH OBLIGED, TY Thirteen vear “Mary's Ir trous tour. The Macks won two dustrial Home, he received his games in Boston and two in Chicago o S el & blunt truth, defeat yesterday and to-| Dy 5 youth of the land, and he is said t day was a facer to the Macks, who have contributed erously will now have to do wonders to win Bovs o eienty the American League pennant. Ruth can appeal Mr. Mack believed that the two imoher Tt teams would be about even when they | penalty is excessit started their ‘series in Washington alty -+ next Tussday, but in the last two days Pinch Hitter for Babe the Griffs have gained two games on i A e the Athletics, and now it will take Bt s oot s e | wholesale victories over Washington instance spectators saw @ “pinch hi to overtake them. ter” batting in Ruth's place. H The Athletics still have a chance to work caused much comment and r win the championship, but the outlook SEREIVHE was' Enmiowmiosd. that 1f b tonight was anything bm&mour?‘x’n{ = A, onEiacE dm";‘ e and there will have to be a violen lgned a new contract during 192¢ lmns!orm‘uol:x in luck for the Ath- :,;'l‘l‘l“fl"‘l’.ufih;r"‘_‘_’XC‘“ ri“;:;}";}i *.“—‘ letics to finish on top. - & 8 izl % 3 Defeat today can be traced to a ork falled to measure up to seven-run rally in the fourth inning e s ip';,::;"; s e to be around $52,000 a vear. Com- on the part of Detroit, but every one of the runs was unearned. Totals ... : ] The Athletics should have retired| sBatted for Groves in the puted on this basis, his salary ap the Tygers runless, but a muff of af 4 mfi" Nflm-:r;n:; & proximated $8,000 a month, or abou thrown ball by Galloway and a dnm;l; e 28833 o 8 flaerg:;"fi( (:;re\s:c:;xlenuuv.l it ‘n\m sal ing wild throw by Jim Poole, the Kid [ "rpot ooy 2B S0 0 9 @ C T d up by his sus Boots of base ball, wregked the Macks. | Rale: Gallowy, | Threg ane ifeitetimans’ | Dension uth’s losses, in addition & Four hits and two passes mixed wi jome _ run——Hale. Stolen - bases—Wing: : v Sacrifiees—Perkins, Simmons, Freuch, Tave- these two gfilm&c:g?; gave Detrolt | ner” Bagster. Double g‘-;g;n..'.:"f‘«n Blue. seven run y. % Jack Quinn was the sufferer and he ! had to quit the game in the fourth. : 7 wens. =N i n in Baltimore The vintage right-hander was found | Hit K 1894. He first gained notic & for eight runs and eight hits in his|groves, 2 in 1% inn | pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. It periling their chances for the pennant. Takes s000c0usnunuel eonoeno0uNNer oD | sosecosm~oxse00l | onosos. © | osmansicind £] soosoomanuansnns Y P ) > sorbraa AT & | mmmomiicon® ol s0s00000monmrma® ocess000s 2,0 Ca B . St Louis Chattanooga and who reported to the ub shortly before it left for the West, is likely to start hurling in a game of the serfes with the Red Sox, due in Washington next week. In his big league debut in Detroit last Monday | Ballou gave a good account of htmseif | and also did well in his few innings of toil in St. Louls. He possesses an ex cellent curve ball and has a deal of | ':,peed, Manager Harris belleves Win will be a good slabman to employ against the Red Sox. Alex Ferguson, who has pitched two sterling games during the trip, also is apt to be sent against the Red S Dutch Ruether is to do the pitching for the Champions In the Sunday game, the last of the series here. He probably will be oppesed by Urban Faber, veteran spitbgller. ' CHISOX BUY INTI;LDEB.. CHICAGO, August 29 (#).—Johnny Kane, star infielder of the Houston, Texas, League club, has been pur- | chased by the Chicago White Sox. He is a Chicago boy, and has been hitting around .320. He is 6 feet tall and weighs 160 pounds. term. Lefty Groves, Stan Raumgart- ner and Rommel followed in the order named and free and easy scoring came to a stop. . The Macks outhit the Tvgers, get- ting 13 blows off Wells as against 12 for the victors, but the difference in | defense was a factor that won for the Tygers. Detroit played an errorless game, while three bad breaks were charged to Athletic malefactors. Bill Lamar, Al Simmons and Chick Galloway prodded the sphere for three single, double and home run. impressive and they would have won $.in 3 lomloxs: of Sommell.. some powerful batting soon gained reco Mesars. Ormaby. McGowan and Evams. Time | nition and in 1919 while plaving re of xame—1 hour and 57 minutes. | ularly he established a home-run rec ord of 29 for a season. | Then in 1920 the base ball worle BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS | | was startied by the announceme that Ruth had been sold to the New | York club for a price reported to AMERICAN LEAGUE. . have beén $125,000, which subse Wi quently proved to be virtually a | mediocre price for the man whose drawing power has netted Yankec | magnates many times that sum. jhits each, while Sammy Hale had a mo At times the Athletic hitting was| Bost In 1920 Ruth pounded out 54 home runs for the Yankees, but eclipsed this the following season by batting out a total of 59, a record that has for whom he labored several season: | From what Alex has displayed to date, he ought not to find his former club a Aifficult proposition. had they omitted their panicky deeds never been surpassed. |of the fourth inning. Hi | At the finish of the game Miller was | ¥ riteeeses B Tit 299 Homers. T l |at first with Welch in right fleld. | 3 : c GO, August 20 UP).—Babe MiNoR LEAGUE cAmes | |HODAPP D WORK | e i veih o, b 2ok g0 025 B e B | fex he Dixie | P s S R ‘a6 | . greates n i fans came out to help honor t| Teveland . 111111100] 4685 | of all time, had knocked out 249 four " WINS FOR THE TR'BE!dxrede\‘il who on August. 29, 1905, ex- R ot bt bot sk oF Hid bt actly-20 years ago, made his big league A niite suspension today. The big i — ‘f;b:"an""k.u';,‘g S,{“‘,;g';"-fiism S ! bambino started his home run drive r - ! that y = | ba 5 wi corks s CLEVELAND, August 29 (#).— two bases, and today, celebrating his ||rl-::( clllr\c\_:iflt‘ 1,13‘-.301'\:. ]:K»u,.'\,.J:,“:d‘.“'h Cleveland defeated Boston today in & | twentieth fl{m“'fi““‘».;‘°h:‘;“‘:“;!"‘:g‘ , fioki: Jack. Warhop on the hill. - This pitchers' battle, winning, 3 to 2. |Quinn for two bases in hi - L 2 s e W Hodapp, Cleyeland's. rookie third |pearance at the plate. GAMES TODAY. GAMES ToMORRoW. | Was on May 6, 1915, while he w siore s Lo Reading. 7-0: Rochester, | ber of the Boston Red Sox and ; Wash'ten at Chlvass. | & member of the Bos ed Sox : Syrac drove in {wo runs in_ the hils. &t Detrol No gam Warhop was pitching for the New SR AR H.O; | {second with @ single and stole home Enla. ot Detrplt. L e » A 8 "hnson.2b 5 usatend X N, at St. Louls. York A rica . On June of the o 1 : [ iieutvend W e inmine x| INDIANS PAY HOUSTON | Bt % it I e i s o & his second four bagger. On June 25, Ponni Ll il TR A $10,000 FOR A TWIRLER {he got another off Caldwell- of the X Win ‘Loss, | New York club and made the fourth L By the Associated Press. 6 626 618 | for that year on July 21 off James of HOUSTON, Tex., August 29.—Ray- Ear s fig‘sm. Louis. The following season the mond Benge, Houston Club, Texas |graghal % 388 980 |bambino smashed out three, and in League pitcher, has been sold to the | St. 3 E 432 (465 (1917 made only two. - Cleveland Americans, The sale amount X & ~ 445 43%( The following year Babe began to was reported to ha‘vo !.\;:on smé‘oo% g - 437 1430 zflhu:e the (}lllsmnce and lul"";)e(}ll in 11, —_____| Benge eame to the Hopston Clul This was the war year, and the sea- Totals.37 757 8| from Hunteville, where he Was 8| xew you 1 o toor son was curtailed. _ In 1919, Ruth RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN 4 5 | YANKEES CALL HALT | £ 22 || oNBROWNS’ STREAK ST. LOUIS, August 29 (#).—Milton | Tort 0 . 84 Gaston was -unable to hold thé New | Noghie S0 | proacuse 02 York Yunkees today and the Browns | Bumaio, SR By e lost after winning six in a row. The| Toroni i Walter Johnson and Stanley Cove Jeskie are to be used against the Ath- Jetics in the games in Washington. Joss Bucky is not so keen about serv- ing the A’s with southpaws. Both of | the veteran right-handers should be in | fine fettle. Johnson's last work was | his eight-inning trick in St. Louls, last | hursday. Covey has been in but two | nings since a week ago Friday. { shsugs BigagEyy 2 Ba3t Gguied? EEETEL e 4 P St 1T 643 | Reading. 67 | o4 o % ettt H et u‘ 485 x3% Mostil made several fine catches to keep hits from Nationals. He went | far to his right for a particularly | clever grab of McNeely's liner in the | fifth inning. In the first frame Schalk crashed ggainst the grandstand barrier for a remarkable catch of Peck’s foul fly. . Kamm was the only White Sox player to get as many as two hits. He singled in the fifth and seventh innings. Fdwards robbed himself of a two- vagger in the eighth ining today when he failed to touch first base after loop- iwg the ball safely to left fleld. He | turned the middle station and made | thisd base as Peck’s poor return eluded Bucky Harris. Bucky, though, re- trieved the Dall, tossed to Moon Har- ris and when cker touched ot RERR wegad by NATIONAL LEAGUE. MM us 2n BennetiIT, g ve Rob't'ndb Gaston.p.. Tobin® .. Totals.. *Batted for Gaston in ninth inning. New York. 9900 !5t Louis. . 288868838 63 2u | Fara e 0 an' I | Tol B - gh 61 510 | Minwice g St. PMI‘ 9 66 .515 | Columb’'s 19 Columbus, 12: St. Paul, 3. Totievine. % Mitwaake uisville. 6 4. Tndianapoiis-Kansas City" (rain). u. PEYTFINOne: . | PR P LR ORTTS .E | corma 8l oo 2| cwreoormminait s - 2l 2 cirisoe otmmocomib, Games Kames, Total S2LNY, wames. pitune—Meusl, Combs. ~ Ward, Rq_nwfl—.‘ W. L. ‘pflu - o, Errors—Geh g f SRS motte, Two base hit--MchManis: Sacrificor— | Atants. 76 50 503 | Maobile Shocker. Wanninger. Double play—shocker | New OT's 7 29t 0 10 Johnson. Left on bases-Rew Yok . | Memphis 70 67 511 a'h'm B9 73 & 0. P hasn oo, T - | Nuabville 68-65 511 | Litt' Rk. 89 75 off Giston, =" Siruck ‘ub—By Shockert | - Atlanta, 5: Little Rock. 3, by Gaston.'4. Umbpires—Messre. Dinneen | N ana Owe 5 Minutes. o nomorcrmmon M 2| socuwenussunad 5| oorconarross! Totals. 35 *Batted for Lee in sixth inming. member of the Sam Houston State | Besten '3:6; {nicaga 2wiz. turned in 29. The next vear he set tBatted for.Rufing in ninth inning. Teachers’ College team. He has won | Fittsbureh. 11-15: Fhiladeiphia, 2-1. {a mark of 54 for the season, and in Boston .. 0000010012112 and lost 10 games for the home Hadnatiy, By Braakdys; 1, 1921 he drove out his highest total of ew Orleans_4: Chattanuoga, 1. “Ery inich, vo-base | Drofessional. . Cincinnal B . | for some time, despite the lively ball. Tiine of game—1 hour and 55 | Mobile. 12: Nashville. 6 D, e inch - T e g P 8 Less stN. Y. In 1922, Ruth fell down to 35, but Birmingham, 11: Memphis, 7. | it Wambsganss, - Stolen base — Hodapn ; Pittaburgh at Phila. |started on the upgrade in 1923 with | £2), L. Sewell. Sacrilice—Summa. Double SOUTH ATLANTIC GUE. “141. Last year the k ot o PR m gl S 4o g L LS T TLANTIC LEA . Last year the king of swat i oh Z q T Spartanty ATAYE LEAGUR. smashed out 46. He gol a late start &rl-nm ot G- Wiison. B, . Chariotte,. 18; Iyl il 5 this seasom. Last Monday he m~4e hmond, 5; Beeky Mouit, % Macon, : 2 wauounfelile Marted. Gomso~coRiin Complete 3E53: ¥ F R AP vliened. 2a8i 2 R { PIEDMONT LEAGUE. ‘ Sazak Durhany. 7 et v D:Tm:llln. 4: sn'fiel(h‘ .ob Winston Salem, £: Greensboro, 1. his fteenth bomer,