Evening Star Newspaper, September 1, 1925, Page 24

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1925. SPORTS. Pitchingto Settle American League Race : Ruth Erredin Seeking Appealto Landis SPEAKER LIKELY TO WIN NATS SEEM BETTER FIXED FOR BOXMEN THAN MACKS Connie’s Corps of Curvers Sadl Overworked and Club Faces Flock of Double-headers, While Morale of Champs I BY JOHN ITH less than five weeks to and the Athletics for the A V'V betwen the pitching staffs o to be better fortified than the A's in the two-game series between the con here this afternoon, and with a lea tainly were better prepared to sta stretch. Bucky Harris, young National pi dom than Connmie Mack, veter pitching talent during the past thre Nationals has worked on schedule. First-stringers have not been emplo; stringers. the breach other regulars in a most sult that hi: That Max pitchers can swing into | their consistent winninz stride again | is very doubtful. They have heen sadly | overworked, much more so than the | National veterans—and the latter have not had an easy time of it this sea son. Sam Gray, Ed Rommell and | Bryan Harriss occasionally may flash the fine form that made them such | terrors to opposing clubs through July, but the odds are against them fully to recover their poise. To make matters worse for them the Athletics are to enter a flock of | double-headers this month. Early-sea son postponements and the ban on Sunday base ball in Philadelphia has brought this about. It seems that it will be impossible for Mack to rest his hurlers properly from now on. It was weakness on the slab. due to the en- forced employment of tired pitchers, that was responsible for the disastrous Western tour of the erstwhile leader: and there seems no relief in sight for the harassed hurlers. Vet Hurlers Feeling Strain. However, the Nationals will have to Jook to their own laurels during the remainder of the season. While the acquisition of Alex Ferguson has been a boon to a mound staff that was fast lpsing its balance, the pace appar- ently is beginning to tell on Stanley Coveleskle and Dutch Ruether. Dur- ing the past month these two veter- ans have been none too sure of them- selves. Covey complained of a tired arm, and much of his pitching indi- cated he was in need of a good rest. Ruether was quite wild in his efforts, and had to pitch himself out, even when winning. This lack of control was very notice- | able in Walter Johnson's pitching, 100, although he was able to put sev- eral games on_the right side of the books for the Nationals. Jez Zachary | really has been the most steady of the moundsmen recently. His games in Cleveland and Chicago were excellent | and he is apt to retain that effective- | ness to the finish of the campaign. | Marberry Has Ailing Arm. | Most of the relief pitching within the next week or two probably will have to be done by Allen Russell, veteran, and Win Ballou, recruit, now that Fred Marberry has developed nerve trouble in his salary wing. Marberry’s arm may not be seriously affected, but it pains him considerably and he finds it difficult to grip the ball properly. . brief rest, however, may restore the ‘kick” to Fred's arm. All told, the pitching staff of the| Champs is far from being as effective as it was prior to July 6. Changes in mound personnel it games since that time have been frequent, at times as many as five flingers participating in a single engagement. But at present the Nationals’ mound corps seems much better than the Athletics’, at that. Given the good support in at- tack and defense it was given in the three Chicago games, it should do a deal of winning. Now that the Nationals apparently have convinced themselves they are o be repeaters in the flag race, they are likely to accord their pitchers that necessary support. For a time after barely overhauling the A’s the | Champs floundered about as helpless Iy as their rivals, “unable to lay by a cent.” as one of the veterans of the club expressed it. But since jumping well to the front the club has perked up noticeably Confidence 1n itself that was sorel shaken for a time has been restored and it may be expected to show more of the dash that characterized its re markable drive last vear. That 1924 club played as one inspired. This 1925 club has not. But it always has had an idea it was good enough to repeat its success in last vear's league pennant strugzle and recent gevelopments have caused that idea o grow into a belief that it will. Play of a brand of which the Na- tionals are capable plus that attitude eugkt to carry them far during the waning campaizgn A'S WIN EXHIBHiON 3 BUFFALO, 1. — The Philadelphia Americans defeated the | Buffalo team of the International League, 4 to 2, in an exhibition game here. Philadelphia Buffalo (1) A 5 & Baumgartner, Groves and Berry: Profitt, Reddy, Lepard and McAvoy. September (A). 48 o BLUE RIDGE LEAGUE. Hagerstown, 4: Hanover, 2 Chambersburg-Frederick (rain) | Detroit . .| | tation s Vastly Improved. B. KELLER. run, the race hetween the Nationals merican League pennant will be one f the rivals. The Nationals appeared so far as pitching was concerned for ntenders that was to get under way d of three and one-half games cer- rt the grueling drive through the lot. apparcntly has shown more wis- n leader of the Athletics, in the use of ¢ weeks. The regular string of the regardless of conditions in contests ved to relieve other tottering first- Mack, though, when a regular has faltered has thrown into indiscriminate manner, with the re- mound corps is figuratively shot to picces BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS Standing of the Clubs. AMERICAN LEAGUE. P g pumasap)! samuasieg Wash'ton | —| 5/10/10/10/1 Ph | 3i—t1l10 st. Louis.| 9| o Cleveland *| 4! York! 3 TOMORROW. Phila. at Washinzton. GAMES TODAY. Phila. at Washington. Boston at N. 1. Boston at N. ¥ YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. No zames scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE ueproosy Pmfllwflnlu‘ wopoy vl Pittab’zh New Vork Cineinnati| Brooklyn St Louis Chiicago Phila’phia Boston | T Leat | GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Pittsbg. Phil N. Y. at Phila Chicago at Boston. Brookiyn at Boston. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Pittsburgh, 10: Philadelphia, 3. Boston, 5: Chicago, 3. MINOR LEAGUE GAMES AMERICAN ASSOCIAT Minneapolis. 5: Columbus, Kansas City, 8: Louisville Milwaukee. 4: Indianapolis. St. Paul, 5 Toledo, + Toronto, 11: Jersey City, Syracuse, 7; Reading. 0 Baltimore. 5: Rochester. 2. Providence-Buffalo sames plaved of double-header yesterday. as part SOUTH ATLANTI Augusta, 5: Columbia. Greenvilie, 4: Asheville, Macon, 9: Charlotte, 8 Spartanburg, 7: Knoxville LE. iUE. 5 inginze) . VIRGINIA STATE LEAGUE, Rocky Mount, riolk, 6 Portsmouth. 8: Kinsto, Richmond, #: Wilson. 2 FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE. Atlanta, 3: Tampa. 0 Sanford-St. Petersburg (rain) SOUTHERN LEAGUE. New Orleane, Chattanooga, Birmingham. 6-3: Little Rock. No other games scheduled. 3 PIEDMONT LEAGUE. Greeneboro. Durham. 4 Winston-Salem. Danville. Raleigh Salisbury EASTERN SHORE 1] Parksley. Cambridge, Crisfield. 7: Dover. 3. Salisbury. 13: Easton DODGERS BUY PLAYER NEW YORK. September 1 (#). The Brooklyn Nationals have pur chased Shortstop €. Corgan from the Wichita Club of the Western League. Corgan, a product of the University of Arkansas, broke Into professional base ball in 1923. In 126 games this season with Wichita, Corzan has a batting average of .308. AGUE. o BALL PLAYERS INVITED. Members of the Washington and Philadelphia base bali clubs have been invited to occupy boxes at toni performance of Joe Wilton's “Girl Club” at the Gayety Theater. Man ager Ira LaMotte extended the invi- at the suggestion of Wilton, who is a friend of the Athletics’ pilot. WILL HOLD TRAPSHOOT. CUMBERLAND, Md., September 1.—The fifth annual trap shooting tournament of the Cumberland Coun- try Club will be held here Friday and Saturday. A prize of $100 is offered in the 300-target event, while numer- ous trophies and money awards await the winners of the other amateur and Waynesboro-Martinsburg (rain) professional events listed. THE CALL OF THE OUTDOORS BY WILL President Izaak Walto ODERN campérs are rubber t ber, just as the automobile he M equipment along this line was, I thin mattress, which has grown steadily, i Now there are on the market any number of articles made on the same principle. There are air pads for seats “or canoes or for the use of picnickers, or .as backs to chairs instead of the regulation pillow, as life savers, and for any number of similar things. One of the most useful of these things is an affair made in the shape of @ horseshoe. I saw one in northern Minnesota, owned by a guide. When inflated it could be used as a seat for the canoe, as a shoulder pad—fitting around the neck—when carrying packs or the canoe, or as a hip rest at night. Speaking of hips, that is the part of your body that bothers you most when you sleep on hard ground. The soldiers usually scoop out a little hol- low in the sand or earth when camping in their pup tents, and their hips fit ino this, thus relieving it of all the work of supporting the body. Many campers have carried small pads for their hips, but the onrush of the air equipment has provided several pneumatic pads designed primarily for such use. With one of them, the discomforts of sleeping on | H. DILG. n League of America. ired. They sleep on air-inflated rub- uses for protecting its insides and its occupants from the jars of the road. The first item of camping k, the air pillow. Then came the air n popularit the ground are discounted about 50 per cent. The air mattress is the chief con- tribution made to camping comfort by the desizners of this class of equip ment. It js unusually comfortable to sleep on. It relieves the hip, follows the contour of the reclining body and distributes the weight evenly. Of course, these things are taking a lot of the romance out of camping out. Is the wonderful bed of balsam boughs doomed to go? It seems so. The balsam bed is something I hate to see depart. It fairly breathes the spirit of the forest, and its aroma lingers long after the trip is over. Camping is becoming mechanical. In order to make camp all we have to do is to blow. A few minutes’ exercise of the lungs, and lo! all the comforts of home unfold before us. Romance is going. But comfort is coming in. Whenever I regret the passing of the old ways, I thinks of Emerson Hough's words: “The average man’s idea of a fine yvacation is to go out in the woods and see how damned uncomfortable he can make himseif for two weeks.” (N |PIRATES ADD GAME ‘AT PHILS’ EXPENSE NEW YORK, September 1.—All the clubs of the American League rested yesterday as the Western campaisn of the Eastern teams ended. Two games were played in the National, the pennant-rushing Pirates scoring their fourth straizht victory over the Phillies, 10 to 3. Good pitching by Jicadows and powerful hitting xave |the leaders an advantage of 71, games | over the second-place Giants. | The Boston Braves, fighting to climb from the senfor ecircuit pit, edged within two points of seventh ce by squaring their series with the Cubs at two zames apiece Bunched hits off Kaufmann gave | the Hub victory at 5 to 3. 'HORSEMEN LOOKING TO MARLBORO MEET With the coming meeting of the Southern Maryland Agricultural Fair Assoclation at Upper Marlboro just about two weeks off horsemen in this vicinity now have their racers ready to _=zo to the post. | The five days' meeting of ‘he as- | sociation, which runs from Septem- | ber 15 to 19, inclusive. promises to be the most successful held by the organization. With the continued various fair feature has been again forced to erect addi- donal exhibition halls and display booths. New cattle barns will be | finished the last of the week Owners of some of the leading thoroughbreds which have performed during the Summer over the various mile tracks throughout this country |and Canada have made stall reser vations at Marlboro. | For the first time this year the | colors of A. C. Bostwick, the New | York sportsman, will be seen in the leading events. | Virginia horseman. has several thor- | oughbreds in his stable belonging to | | | | i | | | growth of the the association lan exception to the rule. | |ing has improved, particularly with St.| to get difference LEAGUE BATTING HONORS W kinds, Tris Speaker of th HILE the pennant race in the American League is inducing heart failure both in Washington and Philadclphia, but of two different | o7 S8 YO0 JERCOFIEN, GO0 e Cleveland club is moseying along | the even tenor of his way toward the batting championship of the league. It has been a stiff race between has had his share in it, too, and so Simmons, the big sticker of the Ath everybody but Speaker. It is between those mentioned in this group that the championship lies. Nobody elde seems to have a chance to pass them in the remaining part of the season. Speaker has been as high as 400 this yvear, which seemed a lit- tle ‘top lofty for him, good as he is, and vet with the gentle Fall, which usuaily oozes batters down a trifle as the pitchers tighten up, Speaker has hung mighty tight to .390. Tt now is quite certain that there will not be a .400 champion this year in the American League. When all the old fellows zot to the .400 mark and were hitting so furiously it seemed that there might be a .400 fin- isher. But there always has been a brace in pitching after the first of August. and this season has not been The pitch- th Louis and Detroit, and b teams {have been doinz® some winning since | then, although it i too late for either into the pennant race. But, of course, this has made a big in batting aver: him and Cobb all season. Heilmann has young Rice of St. Louis. Then letics, stepped in and ran away from |the big five who are at the top of the flight in the American League have felt it, although Speaker held his own better than the others. That is why it looks as if he wonld nose them all out for the honors. If he can just get in five or six games where he can run up a .600 percentage, they will have a hot time catching him. | Should Speaker win the batting | championship. this vear it will not be |the first time that he has held it. 1le | won the championship in 1916 with an average of .386. In the three follow- ing vears Cobb beat him out with .383, .382°and .384. Then Sisler stepped in |and, after Sisler, Heilmann. Then it was Sisler again, and then Heflmann. |And in 1924 it was Babe Ruth. But all the time Speaker was up among the top flight Speaker began to hit his stride this year in the first week of May, and since then he never has slumped. In some weeks he hgs batted harder than others. but that has been true of al) of them. There hasn't been any real ges. Even slump with Speaker UNION PRINTERS TO FACE MARINES NEXT TUESDAY NION PRINTERS. Departmen u Post Office General Accountants. tal Base Ball League champions, sui- fered a third postponement in their schedule of gamies in the play- off for the Week-day League’s championship, when darkness caused | George C. Brento®{a halt in hostilities at the end of the third inning of their meeting with the | - heir next start is listed for Tuesday Bostwick which he is getting ready | of next week, when they go against the Marine Corps nine that took first for the Marlboro meeting. Probably the best thoroughbred | that Brenton {s getting ready for | Bostwick is the 4.vear-old chestnut | colt, Runningwild, by Olambala-Sun. | burst. which was bought from R. T. Wilson, jr., for a reported price of $10,000. " Runningwild is taking to his ‘daily work kindly and will doubt- less go to the post on the opening | day | SULLIVAN TO COACH | ST. JOHN'S GRIDDERS In line with the extensive athletic | policy being adapted at St. Johr's Col- leze. Thomas M. (Zube) Sullivan former star tackle at Georgetown | Universit and head coach at Gon zaga during the past two seasons. has been chosen to direct the activitfes | of the Vermont avenue school's foot ball squad during the coming sea son Another change in the personnel | at John's College is the appoint ment of Brother Abdon, formerly master at Newar . High School to the position of moderator of ath adopted and the old ones gziven | wrestling, boxing and swimming will $ side schools, as few of the local in of the public and private high schools WOMEN 1 letics. Under Brother Abdon's direc tion many new sports are to be | greater impetus. | Hand ball, indoor base ball. hockey. | be introduced, although competition must be found in meetings with out- | stitutions foster these sports. | An open swimming meet for teams will be held in the new pool within | the next two weeks. | BY CORINN change at Henry Park, as originally was necessitated by | the Dreadnaughts | against HE Women's District Tennis L morning at 10 o'clock on the Government Hotel courts the fact honors in the Potomac Park scries, ST. JOSEPH’S WOULD ~ PLAY DREADNAUGHT That Sunday’'s 6-to-3 victory the Alexandria Cardinals and the good showing made by the team throughont the season entitle the & Joseph’s base ball club to a game with the Dreadnaughts, is Frank Cinotti, pilot of the Saints. And Frank intends to book the Dreadnaughts and gain revenge for a beating administered in 1924 if it takes all Summer. Furthermore. he says that if there is any team that want the Jo- before a game can be Allen has only to over seph’s to lick arranged, Manager | name the nine. at their best the Cardinals, every member of the team getting one or more hits, while Tingle allowed the Virzinians only five base blows. COLORED LE;\GUE TITLE TAKEN BY G. P. 0. NINE Government Printing Office vester. day copped the championship of the Colored Departmental ase Ball League by trimming War-Navy. 13 to 6. The Printers now are qualified to meet the Le Droit Tigers for the city title. Jackson The nts were who hurled the Govern ment Printing Office nine to its sec- ond triumph over its closest rival, was touched up for only four bingles and struck out five of the opposing batters. Mills was his battery mate. N SPORT E FRAZIER. eague tournament will open Friday The be announced by the that committee no municipal courts may used for tournament play over a holiday. Playing on the Henry Park courts | would have necessitated suspension | of activities from Saturday afternoon | until Tuesday, which was deemed in- | advisable. The Government Hotel courts are | situated at North Capitol and C streets and are on the Linceln Park | car line. They are only a block from | the Union Station cars on the Capital | Traction line. | Frances Walker, chairman of the committee, receiving entries in hoth singles and doubles at her home, | | 140 Bryant street northwest, phone | | North . Entries in singles will | close tomorrow night. Drawings | will be made Thursday. | Clara Alderton and Mildred Vogel of Towa Avenue reached the final | bracket in the interplayground tennis tournament yesterday, scoring a hard | fouzht victory over Ruby Riley and | Esther Bales of Montrose Park. The Montrose pair started off with a 2.0 lead 1n the opening set, but Towa Avenue took the next four games. M\ontrose manag to cap- ture the seventh and ninth games, but the Alderton Vogel pair won the tenth and tne set in short order. In the second set. with the score 3 to 2 against them, the Iowa Avenue | lassies came back with long, clean | drives and clever placing, which com- | pletely overwhelmed their opponents. Tomorrow morning at 10:30 the Al- derton-Vogel combination will meet Alice Brown and Teresa Breen of Gar- field for the title. This should be the most _interesting battle of the play- ground tennis season, as each team boasts one doubles title hoider. Miss |Brown. with Frances Iglehart, won the 1924 city playground title, while | Miss Alderton recently captured the junior District doubles title, paired with Virginia Olmsted. & gzs Marjorie Baltimore defeated Golden Woodiand, 6—2, 6—4 in the Willow Tree-Uordoza encounter of the colored playground title tourney on the Cor doza courts yvesterday afternoon. Placing first in the 50-yard dash and second in the running broad jump, po- tato race, goal throwing and throw for distance, Doris McKay won high point honors in the Tenley playground track and field meet staged yesterday under the direction of Ruth Huntington and Joseph Keenan, directors. Miss Mc- Kay totaled 17 points. Betty Keeler, with 14 points, placed second, and Dorothy Keeler collected 12 tallies in third place. B0yard dash—Won by Dori McKay: sec- " ong, Betiy Keeler, third, Dorothy Keeler, unning hroad ' Jju n McKay: third, Dorothy Eeeler? second. Doris ecler. Running high jump—Won by Helen Mox- |};r‘- Second, Catherine Dean: third, Alice nwisle. Throw for_distance (basket ball\—Won hy Dorothy Keeler: second, Doris McKay: third, Virginia Jones. Goal throwing—Won by Dorothy Keeler: second. Doris McKay: third, Botty Keeler. Potato race—Won by Bétty Keeler: sec- gud."Doris MgKay: third, Alice Entwisle and Ada Hogan (tied.) Sue Gene McCoy, winning first place in all four events (12 to 14 years). walked off with the Seaton School meet vesterday. being declared high-point scorer not only in her class, but in the entire meet. Mary Grim scored 1413 points, giv ing her first place in the 10-to-12-vear meet, and Lillian Merchant, with 15 points, took the honors in the S-to-10- vear class. All who win places in these preliminary ground meets will par- ticipate in’ the interplayground event on September 10. Summaries: CLASS € (12 TO 14 YEARS) 80-vard dash—Won by Sue Gene McCoy second, Katherine Merchant: third. Dorothy Smith Goal throwing—Won by Sue Gene Mc- Coy: second. Dorothy Smith Running broad jump—sue Gene McCoy second. Catherine Merchant: third. Dorothy Smith. Throw for distance (basket ball)—Won hy Sue Gene McCoy: second, Dorothy Smith third, Catherine Merchant CLASS B (10 TO 12 YEARS.) 50-vard dash—Won by Catherine Riehl second. Mary Grim: third. Helen Lanahan Runnine hroad Jump—Won by M: gecond. Catherine Richl: third. Fl Goal throwinge—Won by Mary Grim. Three-legged race—Won by Florence Sul- Jivan and Helen Lanahan: second, Mary Grim and Catherine Riehl. CLASS A (8 TO 10 YEARS.) 40-vard dash—Won by Lillian Merchant second. Elinor Quill® third, Margaret Ball Potatoe race—Won by second. Romea Cerruti: thir Throw for distance (vl by Lillian Merchant: second, third. Mary Merchant Goal throwinge—Mary Merchant, Margaret Ball_and Elinar- Quill tie: open 1o her class Margaret Ball. v ball) —Won Romea Cerruti: cd cigar you'll like *“Don’t know what the wild waves say—but 7'll say ROI-TAN PERFECTO EXTRA is a triple A-1 smoke.” (10c) the opinion of | instead of | Lijlian Merchant ; | Government Printing Office and ‘Reglmfrw teams will play a league |game today at Washington Terminal ’fleld_ while Chestnut Farms Dairy and | Marine teams clash tomorrow. Ex 1r1ud|ng Saturdays and Sundays, games { will be played each day until Septem | ber 17. | Four teams in section A of the Dis | trict Championship League will see |action tomorrow at o'clock. Chevy Chase tosse: holders of the runner-up position, are booked to go against the Mohawks at Chevy Chase field, while the Aloysius Club takes on the Pullman outfit at Washington Barracks. The Mohawks will end their schedule this week with two other tilts besides the encounter with Chevy Chase. Friday at o'clock they entertain the Shamrocks at Union League Park and on Saturday ‘v«lll meet the National Circles at the | same diamond at 4 o'clock | Crescent Seniors are | ward to a battle next Sunday at South | Ellipse diamond, when they meet Ber Wyn in a return game. Last Sunday. following a Saturday triumph over Walter Reed, § to 2, the were nosed out on the Berwyn field, {10 to 9, in one of their |clashes of the season. With Dulin |and Brinkman hurling well and | remainder of the Crescent team | played forming brilliantly, @ brand of base ball that would have beaten most teams, but could not down the Marylanders. Four triples and three doubles were cred- ited to the Crescent batters. Ralph Burrows, Modoc pitcher, fan. ned ten batters and was nicked for only six hits when the Modocs handed a setback to Vienna, 13 to 7. Tigers and All-Star Giants will meet | tomorrow at 3:30 o'clock in the first | 8ame of a series for the championship | of the Thomson School playground nals, 7 to 6. | Budmeyers, | the mound posed Oliver. 9 to 7 Hickey occupied for the winners and op- A two-run rally in the ninth frame carried the Erin Midgets to a win over the Peckinpaughs, 9 to 8. Bobby Voigt is anxious to ar games for the Alexandria All with Washington midget nines. Alexandria 1498, nge ars Call s Northerns ran roughshod over the Johnsons for a 23-to5 win. | Senator Insects took the Ruethers into camp, 11 to 5 Zachary insects wish to sign a pitcher. Any twirler wishing to af- fillate with the team should call at 1103 Alabama avenue, Congress Heights. _Rex Insects, who nosed out the Co! lins Insects, 9 to 8, wish to get i touch with the Senators. ¥For gam call Potomac 215 1 n | | | | RUTGERS’ COACH ILL. | ber 1 (R).—Jack Wallace, head coach | of foot ball at Rutgers College, was reported “resting _comfortably” in Middlesex Hospital after an operation for_anpendicitis. Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street Hawkins Nash Motor Co. Sales and Service 1337 14th St. Main 5780 Built-in Beauty 1423-25-27 L St. N.W., Main 7228 NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Septem. | NASH The | conclude either that his watch w | The writer does not pretend | retie | TERRIS WINS FIGHT; OTHER BOUT RESULTS NEW YORK, September 1 (®.—A judges’ decision was awarded Sid Ter- ris, New York lightwelght contender in a 12round bout last night at the Queensboro Stadium. Terris weighed 13215; Bernstein, 131%. ST. LOUIS, Mo., September 1 (#) Sammy Mandell of Rockford, TIl., casily defeated Bobby Ward. St. Paul. Minn., lightwelght, in a fast 10-round bout at Jefferson Barracks Army post, near here, last night Mandell won the on each round. referee’s decision DALLAS, Tex., September 1 (#) Young ~Stribling of Macon, G knocked out Peck Warren of Athens, Tex., in the sixth round last night. The bell saved Warren in the fifth, when he was floored for a count of eight. KAPLAN AND HERMAN DUE TO FIGHT AGAIN BY FAIR PLAY. NEW YORK, September 1.—If, as seems likely, Babe Herman and Louis (Kid) Kaplan wiil be matched for an- | other bout, this time in New Yorl it will be interesting to see just how IKaplan can stand making the official limit of the featherweight class. Two years ago the writer veigh the Kid for his fizht with Her- man. The bout was at 130 pounds wnd Kaplan barely made the weight. It stands to reason he has not taken off any weight si e then, a« he was in the pink of condition at the time and never fought a better hout in his life. If Kaplan meets York he will have to make the weight, and then we shall know whether he is able to do this and stand off a man like Herman for the full distance Jimmy Kelly, who guides Herman's destinies, is still filling the air with howls that his boy was jobbed to 3 fare-thee-well at Waterbury. Jimmy Cavallaro of New Haven, a city commissioner and timekeeper of fights for the pasi 15 vears, set his watch on the time of the rounds when Kelly protested that they were being shortened. allaro Herman in New had nothing to gain in | reporting other than his findings and | when he says the rounds were short- | ened from 15 to 30 seconds, one must off or that he was reporting correct to say which. Another thing that worked in Kaplan's favor was the breaking of the laces of his gloves. referee, at any rate, 10 seconds to them. In the old davs they used to slash a glove, which e a tooking 1o RAGS Crescents | | the | emy am per- [ honors in the District boys|ment stagzed by Spike Webb while the | Dreadnaught Tnsects nosed out the | The real beauty of N merely added to the surface. a lasting satisfaction. Take a look at the Special Six 4-Door Sedan, delivered for $1,680 R. McReynolds & Son SALES—SERVICE “Sixty Years of Satisfactory Service” “The Country Has Gone Nash” fighter a nice long rest while another was being procured. DALE IS VICTOR IN SHIP RING EVENT Rags Ragsdale. intercolleziate wel toughest | terweight champion, who will captain | the boxing team at the Naval Acad- this Winter. carried off the his division _in the tourna- ew York. the Utah and the Arkan. sas, the ships that carried the Middies on their annual cruise, were steaming back to Marvland waters. Shorty Huck defeated Renard in the finals of the bantam eliminations, while D. J. Weiatraub won the featherweight title, and the light weight crown went to H. R. Horney. J. C. Aylward defeated all comers in the middleweight class. An upset occurred in the lizht heavyweight finals when Carrington defeated Coleman, who was called 2 3 | s i s e Fus Yesterday the Pirates beat the Carai. | UPOT last vear to substitute for Gu Lentz, the heavyweight, in a dual meet with the University of Pennsyl- vania. The heavyweight title went to El- lis, Lentz having left the ficet with other members of the foot ball squad in order to get in the usual home leave before reporting for gridiron duty HELEN WILLS IS HOME. BERKELEY. Calif.. September 1 (P).—Helen Wills, bringing with her the national singles and doubles titles In women’s tennis. has returned home to enter her sophomore year at e Universitv_of Californ Play Safe Buy Autoline Oil In Cans Made By Wm. G. Robinson & Sons Co. NVASH is built-in, not This insures 14th and Park Road LEON S. HURLEY, Manager Col. 2619 L 7 helped | ' BY MAKING Yankee Management May ing Redress From BY JOH N sioner Landis instead of comi was directed, and taking his medicin A ball player may appeal to th leged wrong, but the player must p clared his intention of doing at a aired. \lvall. RUTH TO BE REINSTATED IF HE APOLOGIZES TO HUG NEW YORK, September 1 (). — Babe Ruth, the Yankee's home-ru Kinz, annonced today after a con- erence with Col. Jacob Ruppert, owner of the team, that he would publicly apologize for his derogra- tory siatements concerning Mana- ger Miller Huggins. When Col. Ruppert stepped from the conference room a few minutes later he stated that if the Babe made the apology as he promised, he would be reinstated imme. It took the | diatel Otherwise. the owner said, he would stand behind his manager's disciplinary_action in suspending | and fining Ruth $5,000. U UPPERT, " SAYS HUG, OF RUTH {UPTO COL. R | By the Associated Press | NEW YORK. September 1.—Miller | Huggins returned here late last night from the West, declining to answer the sharp ~riticisms aimed at his man- | agement of ‘the team by Babe Ruth | suspended and fined $5,000 for violat- ing club rules “Anything further about Ruth must come from Col. Ruppert,’ was | reply The president of the club and Bus | ness Manager Edward G. Barrow, re- | iterating their decision to stand be- | hind the team pilot, characterized as a | joke Ruth’s demand that he be sold or |traded if Huggins remains at the helm. “Find us a customer. somebody who will take Ruth's contract and his up | keep, his overhead in gray hairs, care, toil and trouble and we might talk business,” Barrows said { " “If Ruth comes back here and says he is sorry and wishes to get back in the line-up, what will be the decision of the club?" Barrow was asked That will be up to Huggins," replied If he comes back and says he won't play again with Huggins as manager | what will be the verdict?” “That will be up to Ruth, the business manager D. C. BOY IS NAMED WEST POINT SERGEANT | WEST POINT.N.Y. | John Robert Burns of Washington, D. C.. a former member of the Dis trict of Columbia National Guard, has been appointed sergeant in the Cadet Corps of the United States Militar: Academy. Burns is an expert rifle man, a pistol marksman and is a | member of the academy rifle team G. G. Miller, president of the Junior he answered |ing League, has announced a second tomorrow at 8 o'clock in the com. mittee rooms of the new | Hall alleys. The first gathering | held Saturday night. was 30 2104 Pa. 9th and P Sts. N.W. Buick '23 “6” Roadster. Dodge ’24 late Sedan. .. Oakland '24 Sedan..... Dodge ’23 Touring. ........ Willys-Knight 23 Sedan Maxwell ’22 Touring. . Buick ’21 late Coupe Nash ’25 Two-Door Sedan. Willys-Knight 88-4 Coupe. . Buick ’23 “4” Roadster. .. .. Dodge ’22 Sedan. ...... Star "23 Touring Chevrolet 23 Coupe Nash 4-Door Coupe. ....... Open Even 1709 “Remember his | September 1.— Order of American Mechanics’ Bowl- meeting of all teams in the loop for | Convention | Oakland 6-44 "23 Touring. ... . 30 Cars for You Your Car As Part Payment FAILED TO HELP HIS CASE ' CHICAGO TRIP Air Some Hitherto Unpub- lished Facts If Bambino Persists in Demand- the Commissioner. B. FOSTER. EW YORK. Scptember 1.—Babe Ruth hardly helped his case by going to Chicago in an effort to lay his trouble before Commis- ng straight home to New York, as he | e e commissioner for redress of an al rove that he has been wronged, and if Ruth presses the case before the base ball sovereign, as he has de- later date, the Yankee management may lay some facts before Commissioner Landis that have not yet been Ruth already has had his troubles with the commissioner of bat When Judge big batter in | Meusel, because |defied the the wit had. ¢ Ruth no physical andis 1 o oth | barnstorming | returned to his club in condition to play. He played 110 | sames that yvear. batted .315 and made 35 home runs. Although his club won the pennant and pl d the Giants in the world series juth as a batter in the ser 118 and pl ball When Ruth suspended it was with the condition that he should not be allowed on the field within certain hours. Aft vd i tted that this might have heen istake It would have heen ment to make hin but not let him pl Ruth Proves Inconsistent. Ruth was suspension, decla and remarking th a square deal was 1o one of | that Ruth ran with his troubles when |he hied him to Chica Bu though Commiss Landis & | pressed willingness to hear his story it will doubtless be hard him listen with an overly sympathetie ear Ruth, to the last ing the publicity been trained in the years, his mind beir {lamed with the idea ger than base ball i However, his contr he may be disciplined for of the club rules,andas he ing a salary around $50.000 hardly gued that the imposed on him by Manager was exorbitant suspended together of them @ battin _' only ving only average base i these H oner seems to be seek- for which he has 1 is draw it conld )00 fine Huggins be 2 Due for Cut in Salary His failing skill this year almost certainly have brought a modification of terms for tension of contract migh come up in the future. He the ball player that he was: that been obvious for some time Ruth’s criticism of Manager Hug- gins is the natural re of"a player who knew. at that Col. Huston was a partner Cal Ruppert in ownership Co Huston disagreed h Col. Ruppert as to Huggins' managerial ability Ruth sided with Huston then, has been “against” Huggins for sey- eral years. would £ about v ex- have not has iation the time CEDAR POINT. Ohio, September=17 (P).—With the close of the ninth round in the masters’ tournament of Western Chess Association, Palmer of Detroit and Kupchik and Jaffe of New York were tied for first place with‘a score of 715 wins to 11 Today [BASE BALL 72 American League Park Washington vs. Phila. Tickets on sale Base Ball | Park at 9 A.M. Daily North 2707—North 2708 i | x3Y2 Tires PROBEY TIRE STORES Ave. N.W. 1200 H St. N.E. 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