Evening Star Newspaper, September 6, 1925, Page 41

WASHINGTON, D: O, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1925. | SPORTS | ChampsAgain Wii_z as Mackmen Lose : Bobby Jones Retains Amateur Golf Crown SWAMPS HIS PAL-PUPIL, WATTS GUNN, BY 8 AND 7 ‘CHAMPS SLUG BALL ' TOBBATHISE 76 = Ballou’s Relief Hurling Fea- ture of Win That Gives Nats a 7-Game Lead. | 3. Has HAT was a mad scramble i between Nationals and Ath- | §e¥ Bal letics for ‘the 1925 cham- pionship of the American. League rapidly is developing into a romp for the crowd of diamond athletes piloted by Stanley Raymond Harris. “Three weeks ago two,_ full games be- hind the A’s, who had been pace- setters practically since the start of the campaign, Harris’' cohorts today are seven full games in front of the Mackian horde with little more to go to the finish. ~ The Nationals boosted themselves to that commanding position yester- day by registering their seventh straight victory in a 7-to-6 engage- ment with the Red, 'Sox while the Athletics, playing the Yankees, were bgaten for the ninth successive time. The Champs did not win without a struggle yesterday, as the score indi- cates. The Red Sox pounded the ball with a vengeance, but they could not outpound Harris and his men and the latter kept on their toes at all times to take advantage of all breaks in the defense of the visitors. Thne Champs played as though sure of themselves all the way. Dutch Ruether and Fred Wingfield, the latter a member of the Nationals for a time last year, were pitching opponents at the outset.of hostilities, “but the savage batting of the Red Sox was too much for Dutch gnd after four innings ' of toil the ‘Southpaw withdrew. ~Before he left he was hammered for a homer, a triple, two doubles and a single that netted the Fohlmen a quartet of markers. Ballou Pitches Impressively. Wingfield helped his own cause by getting the homer off Ruether, a mighty - slam to center field that scored a man ahead in the second round. But he was handled none too gently by the Nationals, who combed him for 10 safeties, including a three- bagger by Hank Severeid and two- paggers by Bucky Harris, Oswald Bluege and Win Ballou. ‘The Red Sox pitcher would have fared a trifle better with proper support, for one of the Champs’ runs can be at- tributed directly to the erratic flelding of_his mates. However, it was an error by Ballou, ond National pitcher of the game, that paved the way to one of the Red Eox tallies, so the outcome of the af- fair probably would have been the same, in so far as the victor was con- ¢erned. Ballou, incidentally, gave the best pitching exhibition of the after- noon. This right-hand recruit from Chattanooga yielded four hits in his five innings and saw two alisn runs cross, but never once was flurried by the presence of men on the bases. After striking out the first man to face him in the fifth frame, Win temporarily lost his control and passed a.couple of batters, then he regained bhis poise and performed like a big league veteran. The Red Sox had a runner at third base with one out in the seventh, but the next two batters tound Ballou too clever for them. His error and a hit put the first t&o Red Sox batters on in the eighth, but only pne was able to get home. In the ninth, the visitors had the , potential tying run on second base with but one out. Then Ballou rose “to his greatest pitching heights. Doc Prothro at bat had a three-and-one count. He allowed one of Win's heav to pass for a strike. whizzed another by and the Doc was out. Manager Fohl sent the slugging Ernie Vache up to bat for the ancient Bill Wambsganss. Ernie allowed a wide one to go by, then swung futilely at a curve. That swing must have staggered the pinch-batter, for he held his bat on his shoulder while Ballou hot two more across the plate and the game was over. Hose Are Strong at Start. Thé corftest started as though the Red Sox would make short shrift of the Nationals. Williams opened hos- tilities by bunting a'foul to Severeid, agstead crashed a double down hi-fleld line. Ira had to cling ta second base while Bluege threw out €arlyle, but he romped home when Todt lifted a triple over McNeely's dome. Prothro followed with a double 10 left to ore Todt and the fans be- game so nervous that even Bluege's datch of Rogell's pop failed to soothe ther But the Nationals' initial perked up the home supporters. Mc- Bose when Boss Bucky poked a dou- ble to right. Prothro took Rice's grounder and tried to bluff McNeely into sticking to the third cushion. But with Rice streaking to first, the Doc had to get the ball away in a hurry, so McNeely counted while Bucky took third on the out. Goslin lifted to Carlyle and the manager .cantered to the plate. Moon Harris followed with a single, but it was wasted, as he was forced out by Bluege. To show that they were not through by a jugfil, the Red Sox threw an- other two-run jolt into the Nationals in the second round, Lee strolled at the outset of -the inning and after Bischoff 'popped to’ Bucky Harris Wingfield smote the ball lustily, send- ing it past McNeely to the far reaches of center field. Before. Stan Harris could relay Earl's throw to Severeid, Wingfield had followed Lee across the plate. - The Nationals waited.until the third dnning to knot the count once more. They did it with a° combination of three singles and two infield retire- ments. McNeely singled to left and . took third whén Bucky Harris pushed & one-baser to right. As Rogell tossed out Rice, McNeely tallied and Bucky. went forward a notch. Goslin's in- fleld erasure put the manager at third bas: 1 he was sent home by Moon Harris' line single to left. The Red Sox threw another scare ino the fans in the fourth when they fifled tife bases with only one out. Bischofr’s wall, Moon Harris' failure to hold Bucky Harris’ throw ' that would have nipped Wingfield and Williams's_single to short —_center erdwded the cushions. But Ruether ot his gloved hand in the way .of lagstead’s. liner and deflected the ball’ toward Bucky Harris, who grab- -before Wingfield Ballou | § | center. attack ! Neely walked and pulled up at third | I SAILING ALONG I > or = 1| seosccssscon 2| mmcuususuanal 3 ol eerensoonmm | P 2looreuossnosn: 1 in by tn H E B » obuehuy oF '] soouug 25 5l sosuanmmauued ¢ £l cosusennornnd ot OO = OR SR | omosnent 1 omeseoens ok gle om *Ran for Seves | Boston. . Wushington. Two-base s —Goslin, " Rice. Double plays—Ruether to S. to Rogell 1o Todt. Left on buses—Bost 9: Washington, 6." First base on balls | Wingfield, 4; off Ruether, 3 Struck out—By Ruether, Y lou. 4. Hits mad Ruether, 3 in 4 innings: off | Baliou. 4 in & inmings. her— allon. Umpires—Mesars, und Natlin. " Time minutes. RAWLINGS BREAKS LEG WHILE SLIDING Pirate Second Baseman Out of Big Series—Moore Also Is Injured. By the Associated Press. ITTSBURGH, September 5.— Johnny Rawlings, second baseman of the Pittsburgh Pirates, slid into second base and out of the world series all in one plunge here today in the game with St. Louis. Rawlings broke the fibula bone in his left ankle as he started in to the bag and was carried from the field. Later he was taken to St. John’s Hospital, MecKeesport, where the ankle was X-rayed and placed in a plaster cast. The club physician an- nounced that the player would not be out-for probably a month. “Lucky Johnny,” as Rawlings is called by players and base 1 writers, was crying when his team- mates gathered around him in the clubhouse after the game. It was not from the pain, he declared, but because the accident had put him out of the world series next month, in which the Pirates now seem o of participating. Members of the team were greatly depressed, for all give Rawlings full credit for the Pirates’ recent winning streak that has put them well out in fronf in the league race. Eddle Moore also hurt his leg in flelding a grounder and was forced to retire. He, however, should not be out more than a day or two. Pitts. AB. £ o > ‘domormiimnse Sormonsoeime PO OO DO s 8l nocoscomsorisont B| rosomummorruser 3411123 *Ran for O'Farrell {Wright out, hit by batted 1Batted for Meadows in 4 01 Runs—>Mueller, Hornsby. Bottomley. Bell, Bighee (3)_ Rawlings, Mclnni . . Err . Hafey. Rawlings. .. Two-base hit—Bottomley. Three- base hit—Mueller. gflp(‘f—aflmfi\fll Double plays—Traynor. wlin, P Hormaby to Hottomley: Thompson. einnis. . Left:on basce—Si. s: R Wi Wright 1o s & “Dicks nings) . off 3 3 s nings: off Dickerman (none in no_inninge. itched to_one batter): off Dyer. 8 in hnings. Hit by bitcher—By Mails (M Innis). Winning Ditcher—Mo: Y - ing v -Dyer. —_— return to the sack, thereby retiring th’?‘hseldeNn.fionals went to the front for the first time in the fifth inning. McNeely opened the round with a sin- gle to left and was sent to third by Bucky Harls, who got his third suc- cessive hit of the day, a one-baser to Williams .ran_from deep left to that part of the field not far back of second base for a catch of Rice's fy. But the effort prevented him from making a good throw and Mc- Neely beat the bull to the plate wit yards to spare. Bucky Harris took second on the toss home, but neither. Goslin mor Moon Harris could aid him. 4 What proved to be the runs that clinched the game for the Champs came in the alx(h.xBluesetsw\“:n::g;};i me by whipping a -] !‘il:\'l'ne t}yl\e le(pl-fleld line. Peck grounded to Prothro, but the dentist chucked the ball to the fleld-box wall back of Todt and Bluege tallied. Peck tried to reach third but was cut down, the entire Red Sox infield hav- ing a hand in his retirement. Severeld fouled to Prothro, Ballow, who had assumed the pitch- ing burden after Ruether’s uncertain fourth inning, socked a double to ‘center and McNeely drew a pass. Bucky Harris gave Williams an easy chance by lifting a fiy to left. The Red Sox gardener, however, muffed the ball and Ballou counted. McNeely endeayored to follow Win' home, but was snuffed at the pldte by Williams' | throw. That was all for the Nationals, but the Red Sox were busy in the seventh and eighth sessions. Carlyle forced out Flagstead, who had walked at the outset of the seventh, then drilled home when Todt bounded a “triple over McNeely’s head. Ballou' took care - of Prothro and Boone, Who batted for Rogell, striking out thé Texas -slugger. b Lee got a life at the start of the eighth when Ballou failed to touch first base after taking a throw from Moon Haris. Blschoff singled Dudley t.osecond and Wingfleld sacrificed. On a hit-and-rurf play, Lee got home while Bucky Harris was -th out Williams. Flagstead ended .the frame with a loft to Goslin, S| but |. Upper: With Earl McNeely at third base and Bucky Harris at second in the opening inning yesterday, Sam Ri roun to Doc Prothro. The dentist attempted to bluff McNeely into holding to the far corner, but with Rice sprint- g to first.had to throw quickly for an out and Earl skipped home. N Lower: Phil Todt tried to tally from second base, when Dudley Lee rifled a single to left field in the fifth round yesterday. Goose Goslin foozled the ball, then threw to the infield side of the plate, but Hank Severeid grabbed the sphere and leaped at Todt for an out well away from the final block. GRIFFS PRIMED TO BLAST A’S LAST PENNANT HOPE 3 E 2 g ! PHILADELPHIA. Bishop, 2b Lamar, 1t Bweno ' of the series, the Nationals will be speeding on a special train ¥ to Philadelphia to engage'in.a set of four games in which they | Bo! hope to dissipate entirely any idea of a 1925 pennant the Athletics may have left. 3 Four engagements are scheduled with the: erstwhile leaders, and & \ b. WITHIN an hour after today’s game with the Red Sox, the finai | 5ot | ommrcnmanmsly lecoosssccccost 58 ¥ o should the Nationals take all or a majority of them, only the greatest upset of modern base ball could keep them from a second successive pen- nant. The series promises-to-be fought keenly, for the A’s realize that it will offer them their. last chance at the flag, while the Nationals, keyed to the highest pitch by their recent successes, are primed to.carry the | & battle to the foe's stronghold. iy Even though well ahead .in the | hander, Dutch Reuther or:.l‘e'z‘zu:h- struggle, the series will be a.severe| &Y, in the other, but the A’s have test for-the. Nationals.The A’s are | DSl none too kind to southpaws this year. The National manager now be- noted for their prowess on their own lleves that in Win Ballou, who per- field. Greater Rhibe Park is bullt to | formed so well against the Réd X order for -the long hitters of Connie | yesterday, he has a pitcher able to Mack's aggregation. . send into a series as important as the With its short right field" that|impending one in -Philadelphia. It beckons the-portside wallopers and its | may be -that this. right-hand recruit towering stand back of left field that will ‘be given a chance to show his|on makes a fine target for “right-hand 4 ‘wares, to the Mackmen. sluggers, ‘it has been a great- aid. to it the As in other series. And fostrig, T i et oyl losing. It e 8 INg | for and fielding by the Nationals -to off- set the af#ivantages the Philadelphfa lot_hoMs for- Mack's -horde: . - Manager Harris. figures he.has ‘the. pitching neéeded to check the Athletics tomorrow. in the two games .to be _pliiyed. - Walter Johnson and. Y Coveleskie, right-hand veterans. who quelled the skidding Elephants here last week, are to do the heaving in the Labor day pastimes. Johnson is the likely choice for the morning engage- ment. - s 2] oormmrmnon ol cocosorhimmcsy | soormoccont il consoursorses | PR ol 000080000t wl secossccocoral - Bl cusnriomeno Bl coroomons! 5 3 2 ol soonnodie) Fw *Batted ‘for Rommel | tBatted for Philadelphia . New ‘York L Ho B 13 oo & 1L " 5 E v ‘Ho) £ procured. take: a t lines at Greater Shibe Park. For the stay-at-homes. The . Star seoreboard be in operation during at 9:15 and 2 o'c AVash* Ington time, The games on Taesday | tr and ‘Wednesday will start at 3, Wash- 1t Seached the. ground. | Ballow with his . strikeout pitching | about B s ancasy atter. for Bucky 5| nipped in the bud ths Red S0k BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS Standing of the Clubs, AMERICAN LEAGUE. Wash'ton. Wi ‘hila. York: New Vork st Boston. Chi ut St St. Louls at Detroit. Detroli’ st Cloveland. Chicaxo at Cleveland. AKMONT COUNTRY CLUB, Tyre Jones, [TiTa7 833 3/76(58).567 70/61/ 534 81621651 488 55 | 24 holes of the final, /38175438 \55/731.430 Gameslost)47158/611656/70173138/731 | | GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Pittsb’gh at Chicago. Chicago at Pittsb’gh. St. L. at Cineinnatl Cinelnnati at St. Boston at Broaklyn. or = HONTIFLCTSSTH LOSS RN ON A Yanké Cop, 3-0, as Rommel Tries in Vain for His 21st Victory of Year. BY JAMES C. ISAMINGER. EW YORK, September 5— After twodays’ rest the Ath- letics neglected to smap out of it when they came to New York this afternoon. The Yanks more- over pressed the shut-out button and laid out the bedraggled Macks, 3 to 0. It was the ninth straight loss for the Athletics and it seemg to be a daily duty to remind readers that they have not copped a box score since way back on August 23, 1925, in those good old days when women in bloomers rode bicycles and men were called high rollers who gave 10- cent tips or knew a night hackman. base ball slump is as much of a In the 29 holes played Jones made 17 pars, seven birdies and played five holes in one over par. Gunn, the sensational challenger, the protege and chum of Jones, whom Jones brought to Oakmont from Atlanta, had 12 pars, 5 birdies, 1 eagle and 2 under par and played 11 holes over. The steadiness of the champion, who clung to perfect figures or better over swamped the spectacular game of Gunn, who never- theless played Jones to a standstill over the first 12 holes of the morning round, only to succumb to the un- canny adherence to par of his friend and mentor. Ties Record of Tracers. In winning the championship two years in succession Bob Jones has tled the mark set by Jerome D. Travers of New York, who won at Chicago in 1912 and successfully defended his title at Garden City in 1913. Not| since then had an amateur champion repeeted in the classic. It is peculiarly fitting that the great- est amateur golfer ever developed in the United States should erown his greatest—the present year—by win- ning the amateur twice in succession. Bobby Jones, the immature kid of 1919, who lost at Oakmont six years ago to S..Davidson Herron In his first championship final, has been a na- tioral champion now three years in a row. He won the national open in 1923, the amateur last year at Merion, tied for the open at Worcester last June and now again is the amateur champion. He stands at the crest of golf in this country, the admitted monarch of all golfers, amateur or professional. Jones never went beyond the tir- teenth hole in any of his matches in this championship. He smothered ‘William Reekie in the first round by 11 and 10 won from Clarence Wolf in the second round by 6 ane §, licked George von Elm in the semi-final b; 7 and 6 and annexed the final today by 8 and 7. Never before in any amateur championship has the title- holder made such a_record. Bob Jones stands today head and shoulders above the other amateur golfers of the Nation, the most worthy champion ever developed. Gunn Simply Was Outclassed. ‘Watts Gunn, quaint Southern lad, protege and buddy of Bob Jones, never had a chance against the marvelous golf of the title holder. Jones gives him four strokes when they play to- gether at Eastlake in Atlanta, where Gunn now makes his home. The fact mystery as the bulge im the hip pocket of a minister. . The players are fit, their muscles ' imber, their eyes keen and they are all surcharged with an ambition to win, yet they can’t. Every chance they take loses. They are like Republicans in Mississippl and Democrats in Vermont. The odds are against them. They have it in them, want to, but can't. - ‘That, in nine words, is the mean- ing of a slump. Six hits were all that the Athletics could tab off Waite Hoyt's good right arm and that deesn't win many ball games or is {t even ante money in a poker game. The Athletics went to the plate confidently and left it disconsolately after Hoyt's sweeping arm completed its motion. In only one inning could the Athletics’' net as many as two that he played against his admitted superfor did not affect Gunn for the first 12 oles of the final today, however. He played the first i2 holes In two under par and one under TITLE PLAY OF BOBBY AND WATTS IN FIGURES OAKMONT COUNTRY _CLUB, Pittsburgh, September 5.—Here is the story, in figures, of the golfing experiences here of Bobby Jones, the champion, and Watts Gunn, the run- ner-up, in_the twenty-ninth national amateur championship: Qualifying Round. blows. _ That was in the fifth when | Gun: Miller One out and Hoyt personally steered out of the hint of peril by throwing out Galloway and Emer- gency Batter French. Al Stmmons was the only Mack to make as many as two hits. He had a pair and his individual batting average is the one thing lofty about Athletic batting, today. i Holt Looks Good at First. Connie Mack thought he might mend things with a new workman today, so Red Holt, late of the Jersey City ' International League team, brought here at an outlay of 25,000 lucky bucks, so they say, had his christening in an Athletic uniform and played with unction dnd skill in all departments and aisles of Abner Doubleday’s game, b\lt!:ss could not gartner and got his man at first. Holt also combed one of the Ath- letic hits and he will get a thoroush trial. Mack liked his unabashed man- d Cochrane released singles. | & e £ TS omon’ 8 g & BB st i i i pacpetin ey @0 e ® i okac pesiprnes Champion’s Steadiness Wears Down Spectacular Youngster and Enables Him to Equal Reeord for Successive Wins Set by Travers in 1913, BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. Pittsburgh, September 5.—Robert of Atlanta, is the national amat®ar golf champion for the second successive year. Jones today crushed Watts Gunn, also of Atlanta, 19:year-old challenger for the amateur crown, under an avalanche of pars and birdies, winning the match on the twenty-ninth hole by a margin of 8 up and 7 to play. round at Merion from George von Elm of California by 10 and 9. Jones played the 29 holes of the championship final at Oakmont today in 115 strokes, two strokes under par and one shot better than even 4's over the hardest course on which the championship has been contested since 1919, when it also was held here. of the final was 70, two under par, ending 4 up on Gunn, He played the first nine of the afternoon round in 37, exactly par, ending the match on the elevgnth, or twenty-ninth of the final, with another of the endless succession of pars he amassed during the tournament. Last year he won in the final His morning round ALL ATLANTA TO HONOR ITS TWO GOLF HEROES ATLANTA, September 5 (P).— City, official and civic organizations today were laying plans for a monster “welcome home” for Bobby dones and Watts Gunn, golfingt marvels of Atlanta, when they ar- rive Monday from Oakmont, Pa. * The reception was expected to rival anything the city has ever done for its athletic_ heroes. As yet plans for the home-com- ing are in their preliminary stages. At East Lake, home club of the two youngsters, it is planned to give them an expression of appreciation that will dim even the felicitations showered on Bobby .on returning home victorious from other tourna- ments. 4s, ending the twelfth 1 up on Jones. Then came the avalanche. Gunn began hooking his tee shots, while Jones tightehed up his game and the inevitable end rounded into sight. Ending the morning round 4 up on Gunn, Jones rang up two successive birdies on the first and second of the afternoon route to become 6 up. Then Gunn played the next two holes in birdies to win them both, holing from a bunker at the third. And Jones scored a birdie on the fifth. Against such golf Gunn fought with all the courage of the fighting heart that crushed Jeds Sweetser, but nothing availed against the steadiness of Jones. When Bobby needed a spurt he tightened up and Gunn did not have the shots to match the cham- plon. Five up at the fifth in the after- noon, where he laid a niblic shot alongside the pin, Jones took three putts at the sixth to give Gunn a half where the 19-year-old challenger was trapped. Jones found a trap short of the seventh green and even though Gunn also was trapped, he won the hole with a sparkling 10-foot putt. But Jones got back the lost hole at the elghth, where a chip shot from the rough almost holed, with Gunn trapped. Gunn Again Lands In Trap. And Jones won the ninth or twenty- eventh of the match with a par 5 when Gunn again was trapped at the left, where his hgoked wooden shots bhad him all afternoon. The fnevitable end was in sight for Jones, 6 up and 9 to play won the tenth with another par 4 when Gunn again was trapped at the left of the green. Now Jones was 7 up and 8 to g0 and again Gunn hooped into a trap. Safely out in 2, his third shot went into another bunker. His fourth was on the green, while Jones' mashie second also was on. Jones putted to within a foot and after Gunn made a valliant bid for his 5, he conceded Jones the putt, wrapped his arms ;lfound Bob’s neck and congratulated im. The greatest amateur golfer In the United States again was the cham- pion, the victor over the sensational kid who had accomplished the jm- possible. Outsteadying the challenger over the first 18 holes, matching Gunn shot .| for shot, bettering his pitch shots and outranging him from the tee, Jones finished the first 18 holes 4 up on his Atlanta rival. For the first 12 holes Gunn played the same inspired brand of golf he loosed against Sweetser, smothering Jones under an avalanche of arrow tee shots, great pitches and aecurate putts, Then the Gunn game began to go awry, and Jones, break- ing through the superb defenss of young Watts, picked up the thir teenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, seven- teenth and eighteenth to turn 4 up. Gunn Starts Hooking Again, Unbeatable for 12 holes, Gunn began heoking his tee shots at the thir- teenth, while Jones’ game became more steady. Over the last six holes Jones was two under par and four under level 4s, while Gunn vas two over 4s for the same distance. At the twelfth it looked as {f Gunn was to go into the lead of two holes, but Jones holed a sloping 10-foot putt for a half after a fine recovery from a bunker. Gunn reached the turn in 35, win- ning the ninth to become 1 up on Jones, when the latter took three putts on-the expansive ninth green. They had played shot for shot over the first three holes, halving them all in par 4s. The first break came on the long fourth, 536 yards, where Gunn laid his iron second shot within 10 feet of the hole and sank the putt for ‘an_eggle 3. Jones game right back with a birdie 3 to win"the fifth and won the sixth CRRE RRRRQ QRO O, GUNN’S GREAT TEE SHOT AIDED ONLY PHOTO MERN when Gunn took three putts, but Gunn ‘annexed the seventh when Jones was trapped, only to lose the eighth to a birdle 4 by Gunn. The sensational Gunn won the tenth when Jones chipped 10 feet past the hole and failed to sink his return putt, hit the cup at the eleventh for another birdie 3 and had the long twelfth in th;:&g until Bob sank a 10-footer for a Jones won the short thirteenth with a par 3, the fourteenth with a birdie 8, the fifteenth with a par 4, halved the sixteenth in 3, and won the seven- teenth with a birdie 3 and the eight- eenth with a par 4. CHISOX GET PLAYERS. CHICAGO, September §5 (#).—The"