Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1925, Page 30

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. C 'MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1925. SPORTS. ’ Griffs Open Fight Against West Tomorrow : Johnsen Enjoying His Greatest Year AIM TO CLINCH PENNANT DURING NEXT'TWO WEEKS Champs Can End Race by Repeating Record of Last Western Trip—Tygers First to Visite—Macks Show . Fight in 11-Inning Tie. JOHN B. KELLER h the West. h the BY N their final tu afternoon. League champion Western clubs. and fi t! the same outfits last mor Riscky Harris and company 13 games played on \Westcrn fields Such a record here the Champs with a mark oi 95 wins against 3 losses, a mark that would keep the Athletics trailing even though they should sweep their tilts with the Yankees and the West 'l:hue A's still iull ‘of fight. They showed that yesterday the Nationals were fortunate to hold them to & 6-6 tic in an 1l-inning en- gagement halted by ness. But with all their fight, the best they can hope for in the race i= second place. The Trgers ave to start the West ern invasion of the National Capital with games in Clark Grifith Stadium tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday Friday the White Sox will be here for | o A double-header and will play single ®ames on Saturday and Sunday. Next Monday, as today. will be a day of vest for the Champs, but on Tuesday, Wednesduy, xnd Thursday of nex week the Indians will e here. The | fothrane. following Fridav, Saturday and Sun- Gallowas. day the Brownus will be the guests of | Graves, b, the Nationals. e o Mackmen Sturdy Batters. e If the Westvrn clubs prove as for midable as did the As vesterday. the Nationals will have a rough two weeks. [Chose Mackmen got hits and hamnered their way to,a flock of runs after the Nationals had | 3l gained a seemingly comfortable early lead and late in the fray front. The Champs managed to oif- et the visitors’ advantage, but had to battle desperately thereaffer to stave off defeat. | Fercuson. *p. A combination of poor fislding and | Totals 8 leose pitching made the good work of | Philadelphia ° the Champs, accomplished in the first | Washington.". 2 0 0 3 four Innings, worthlese. Dutch Rueth: |, Tvokute Mits—file, Goilu, Holt. Per ar, portsider, who started on the | SSfpaimmons, et | Threehase, hits mound for the fiome club, rocked like | —Simmoos. Stolen basew—Goslin, - Milier. a rowboat on rough water from the | ERIOWEY S ginning of hostilities and finally ice. Ruel. Double play—Rice Lefi’ on bases—Philadelphia. 14: psized in the seventh inning. When Dutch went down he left ton, 10. First base on balls—Of Grov: the score tied and the sacks jammed | 6: off Quinn, 1 off Ruether. with As and two out. Alex Fergu-| son, Dutch’s right-hand successor, wa unable to get his bearings at once and | walked the first man to face him to| force across the plate the run that put the Mackmen in the van. Alex was none too good after that. but the Nationals supported him in remarka- ble manner and he weathered the storm. Had Ruether been uccorded supp of the kind Ferguson had the Na- tionals very likely would have gotten a declsion instead of a draw. But the portsider twice was the victim of some weird play by Goose Goslin | in left fleld, once in the fotrih frame | and again in the sisth. On the first | occasion the Goose misjudged Bing Miller's liner, @ drive of the kind he usually catches, and it went by the fielder for a damaging triple. The Goose, in the sixth round, plaved weakly Bill Lamar's bounding siam and the ball got away for what was called & three-bagger Loose Fielding Costly In each of the innings two tullies were registered by the Mackmen, but with the kind of fielding right- fully expected of a regular gardener of a world championship club net nore than a single tally would have seen made in either of the rounds. Golin's playing. especially <in _the i drew some peppery comment trom Manager Bucky Harris and an ensuing argument resulted in the out- fielder being withdrawn from - the game. fined $100 and suspended in- definitely, the suspension having been | lifted this morning. While In action the Goese was prominent in attack, getting three of nine safeties credited to the N tionals, ther did mot balance his faults afi The Goose was most | Gham effective hst Lefty Groves, the | therearter \'s ilAlllll., pitcher, but it was Lefty who bumped imself out of tie fray He developed a wild fourth frame and fina the Nationals' run totel colliding Red Holt, about to cut down run plate. That brought Connie Mack for ock les w due start tomorrow ond successive American d h with the of to the Nationals aim to p. Thirteen games arc to be play Champs do as well e flag 8 of e in them as race should be ended. In took vould leav are A NO-DECISION BOUT ama Hale. 31 Simmon Miller, Perkin Cochra; LTt o 1 ° | so0-aas Totals ET “Batted for Quinn in the se WASHINGTON. AB. Rice. ef.. ¢f & 8. THarr . joglin, @ | | | | | Neely. ‘If. Jeanes. ct. dudge. went to the | 4. Harris. 1b.. | Blucee. kingpaugh. ss. Ruel. e Raether, ». °o | H CoummBImmn 2D oo off Gray. 1 ¥ Ferguson, 1. innings (none out i 3 in 4 innings: of eth innings. Boaad. Ormaby and” Uetmally. in the Lomer ler concrete sun th parlor for a knotted the c but in to run third by lofted to soli second heaved to third Galloway Bucky Harr when Moon Harris in t home to turn Cochrane back base Welch batled instead of Q walked to crowd the hasso er was yanked and Fe on to the box. Alex’s first act was to walk Dykes to send Cochrene home with the marker that put the Mack men in front. Lamar rolled to Peck, who turned to throw to Bucky Har- ris for a force play on Dyle: Bucky !took the throw, but could not get to the wecond sack in time for a play, so ke wheeled d heaved to Judge to get Lamar. e play at Lrst was close, and the Macks protested that Judge was not on the bag when he got the ball, but their protests went for naught, of course. Gray Yields Tyiug Run. Gray was pitching when the Na- tionals came up in the seventh, and they lost no time in tying the game. Bluege fanned, but Peck sent a long hit to left and slid into third just ahead of Lamar's throw. A squeeze play, with Ruel bunting a high bound- | er to'Gray, cashed Peck at the plate. That was 2ll the Nationals could do to Gray. but the Macks kept the | ishop fouled to Judge im the Simmons doubled to right. But -, atter fielding Miller's ground. to Bluege and the third- down Simmons. Miller pilfeved second and Cochrane walked. Holt, though, rolled to Peck In the A's tenth. with one gone Bishop drew a pass. Simmons flied | 10 Moon Harris. but Miller crashed | a two-bag: against the left-fleld stand. Bishop, trying to score, was caught at the plate by Peck lay of McNeely’s throw. h who a er al the out sign from Groves, and Jack Quinn went to the hill. Two Champs were on the runways with none out, | but the venerable Quinn got through the inning without allowing more scores and blanked the Champs in the next two frames. The much worked Sam Gray took the slab bing for the Mach® in the seventh, and was promptly Micked for the marker that deadlocked the battle. Thereafter Sam _pitched the old Sootch game, and not National passed first base. Champs Get Two at Start. Goslin drove home the Nationals first run by doubling to center after Bucky Harris had walked in the opening inning. The Goose swiped third base and counted when Joe | Harris lofted to Simmons, following Jeanes’ stroll. These tallies were matched by the | A’s in the fourth. Simmons started | the inning with a onebaser and | raced home when Goslin's misjuds- | ment let Miller's liner become a triple. Perkins fanned. but Tolt singled Mil- | ler to the plate. Galloway also sin- | gied, and after Groves whiffed Dykes | walked to fill the bases, but Ruether | %ot out of the jam when Lamar roll ad to Judge. The Nationals came. right back at | the A’s with 3 runs in the latter part of the round. Bluege walked and was | Bashiten singled to third by Peck. Ruel drew |st. Loais.| a pass, filling the bases. Ruether |Detroit clouted’ to left, scoring . Bluege and | (ieyelan Peck and moving Ruel to the far | New corner. Rice bunted to Holt, but the Boston aqueese play probably would have 48\“«"3“‘%‘74 81067 falled had Groves not collidéd with | GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORRO his first baseman just as Red was | New York at Phil about to heave to Perkins. As it was | the heave went wild and Ruel tal-{ lied, while Ruether pulled up at the | middle station. That let Groves out and brought Quinn to the hill. Bucky Harris sac- | rificed and Goslin was purposely pass- | d, crowding the sacks. Judge was | sent up to bat for Jeanes, and he watched a third strike go by. Moon Harris then rolled to Galloway to force out Goslin. Holt Starts Trouble. *TWwo more runs were grabbed by the Mackmen in the sixth. Holi, a port- ':{ld:! hhal!er,‘ ;flad to duck one of Ruether’s ptiches, but his bat collided | with the ball, sending it to lef( for n!E‘,:},“',"" i two-bagger. Galloway hoisted to Rice, | hut Ruether was unable 1o baffle | Quinn and the pitcher walked. Rice bagged Dvke's fly, but Lamar shot the sphero to left. and when Coslin let it bound away from him, Holt and Quinn tallied. The Natlonals wasted a pair of sin- sles made after one was out in their part of the sixth. but the A's used thelr three hits and some passes to go ahead in the seventh. S'mmo degan the session by parking he ball vhen Calloway singled to left. He | stole second and got to third when {Ruel, belleving a third strike instead of a fourth ball had been pitched to Gray, made no effort to throw. Dykes. however, sent an easy roller to Bucky Harris. INDIAN GOES TO DODGERS Was C. Herman, has been sold to the Brook- 1yn Nationals. Herman is to re- port to the Dodgers next Spring. September 14 Standing of the Clubs. AMERICAN LEAGUE. w0 zupymy waEpead 7 48848 .mnn 500 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. on. 6; Philadelphia, New Lost. . 54160 " GAMES TODAY, b i n.nulqun-. 1 Chicago, they did against | August | | when | ool went | Champs in hot water in three innings | Indfan first | lu uniform to take part f o and | Xs. Rueth. | FIRST BASEMAN Obtained from the.Peoria. Three-I League ¢ tionals yesterday. By the Associa N b, wilo reported to the Na-| 1 i | OOSE GOSLIN will be { definitely suspended vesterday in the Nationals' dugout with Alana had taken him to task for slover | Athletics, was reinstated Iy fine re- {manzgcr and President Clark Griffith at the In announcing that Goslin had been | Two were out in the A's eleventh | {fined and suspended, Harris yesterday | Simn declared the Goose would n instated until he had_ apolo his manager for the breach of cipline. Following this morning’ ference, Bucky could not be reached but in view of his statement vester- | day it is assumed that this morning |the chastened player ms N {for what transpired in the du;zuum | during the Sunday contest. Harris said that when he took Goslin to task for his poor playing in | the fourth and sixth innings of the game, the player resented the man- ager's remarks in no uncertain man- ner. He declared it was necessary to| rebuke Goslin and that the drastic| | punishment meted out to the player | was necessary if discipline was to be | preserved. | be re- comn Jez Zachary is slated to do the hurl- |ing for the Champs tomorrow in the first game of the series with the| | Cobbmen. A list of Nationals eligible 1o par i ticipate in the world series was for-| warded to the office of Judge Landis in Chicago today. The base ball com | missioner asked President Griffith at » Saturday’'s meeting in Philadelphia to have such a list formally prepared. Frank McGee, first sacker pur { chased from Peoria. reported to the Nationals early vesterday and donned in the pre- game practice, Stuffy Stewart, sec | ond-sacker bought from Birmingham did not arrive at the park until | shortly before the game ended. He will be on the field with the club tomorrow. That McNeely-to-Peck-to-Ruel play in the tenth was a real champion- ship relay. Tt flagged Bishop at the plate and saved the day for the Na- tionals. In the first inning Hale vifled a double to left and both Goslin and the ball crashied against the concrete wall. The wall won both arguments, - Hale was the victim of a collision with Goslin in the Griffs’ first round, | when the Goose, pilfering, siid into | third base. Sammy was. severely | spike-bruised, but stuck to his task | through five innings. - Theén Dykes was shifted to.the far corner and Bishop sent to second base by the A's. When Peck slid into the plate in the | fourth frame after traveling from sec- ond on Ruether's single he was waved out by Umpire Hildebrand, but the ar- biter reversed the decision when he discovered that Perkins had dropped Lamar's throw. Simmons and Miller enjoyed the Ne- the | on Goose Goslin Plays Tomorrow; rel With, Harris| Settles Quar Nationals™ hy tOMOrrow The outfielder, fined $100 and when he induiged in a wordy battle Harris the » vher fi in ey after latter with the the fielding during the contest confereuce with ball | ark pitching ns, in the enty-fourth tion: g hits got sea- wh got seventh homer three round of the Ihis t & pertect | times, sacriticed nn(‘n and beat out | bunt toward third. but in the eighth IIVYIIII" he was nipped by a whisker at first base when he bunted to ( Ruel did a good piece of when, with Peck, he worked squeeze play to register the tying tall in the seventh. Muddy made su hat the ball would be tapped directly | |at the ground to get the high bound | that gave Rajah plenty of time to reach home That tie of yesterday will be played off Sunday, October 4, when the Ath. |letics come here to conciude the sea son with a regularly scheduled con- | test. If the double-header is completed. it will be the first ever staged here | 2 Sunday. In 1923, when Donie Bush was at the helm, the Nationals attempted to play a Sunday double header with the Indians here, but rain held the program to a lone game L WHITE HAVENS SCORE OVER RIALTO THEATER Lester-Robey ‘earned a second vie- tory over the Rlalto Theater base ball ; nine when he hurled the White Hav- ens to a shut-out victory, 6 to 0. at Diamond No. 4. The game was called in the seventh, after the White Haven flinger had fanned six batters and had been found for only four hits. In his eother, encounter with the theater tossers Robey turned in a | 5-to-1. win, allowing only three bin- gles In the regulation nine innings. HARPRRS FERRY, W. Va. Sep-| tember 14.—The Potomac and Shen- andoah rivers both were clear this morning. B Marlboro Seven Races Daily Sept. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 Admission. $1.00 traing lel\e‘nvflnfifl Line on hce: Beneh & R 5t 137 Youveturnedfo ) tudebake! tradeforone to. day i seventh. for the Champs when Ruel bunted with Lower—Bing Miller flagged at the \\'Ilcn (lnlhma\ lll"l'(l to che Ilied 2 moment later with the counter t _Sam’s perfect peg nipped hi @fl on his valuable wallop in the | the squeeze play sign displayed. plate in round 2. He was on third 'VANCE IN A NO-HIT (,A\lE CARDS TWICE BEAT BUCS| o Prese EW YORK. September league season The Nationals and at the Capitol yesterday Athletics ith the the 500se Gooslin was suspended and fined $100 by play RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN BATTING, AB. W 13 3 oy SE. KR 1 e i 0 38 | one hit i Marberry Zmehars' | | | | | | Ferzuson Johoson Covel Ruether Marberry Zuctary SGregg Russell somsaulanun~ Lo ocridze miond whils with Nationsls. | MINT TITLE AT STAKE. September 14 (P).—Th clubs of the Michigan- Ontario League will begin a seven-| game series in London, Ontario. to-! day to determine whether London or | #lamilton is entitled to the Teague | pennant. The league closed with Lon- | don winner of the last half of the| split season. Hamilton won the first | half. Equip Your Car Wlth NEW TIRES 6 MONTHS TO PAY! PROBEY TIRE STORES 2104 Pa. Ave. N. W, 1200 H St. N. E. 9th & P Sts. N. W. 14.—Stubborn pennant races marked the start of the last three weeks of the major score Jto 1 | on two erro | with | Sox, |4 resistanc » leaders 11-innin 6 to 6 when darkness inter Bucky Harris for wrestled through an Pitch down: tic dinals game perr home. weak the Pirates vill in % 1 of s of a in with d 6 o ed the atc being Pittsbu train aven F and Pitt am Vance of 3 ame in the opener of a dou- ble-header with the Phillies. He shut out the same club last Tuesday with in the second inning. o that he has allowed no hits in. hig last 16_inmings. L T ow his major ile were 1 ue was cut to Dazzy a no-hit hed first no-hit’ ue career. e of which dates | back. intermittently to 1914, and the | 4. | only no-hit game in this season The Robins won the first g the iz leagues aume, 10 the lone tally off Vance coming and a sacrifice fly, and the Phillies took the second. 7 to 3. Hawks and Leach made home funs. Pop' bottiés were showered on Har- per of the Phillies in the second game. when he nearly came to blows | THargraves after a collision at first base. The Reds third 5 to tightened their place by trimming The to 1. Babe Ruth his streak of consecutive games. stopping at nine. The White Sox 1opped the Browns, to 3. while the Tigers were hum bled by the Indians. 8 to 6. in 10 innings. grip the Cubs, Divide the price you pay by the length of service you get. Econ- omy then points to PARIS GARTERS . NO METAL CAN TOUCH YOU = 25c to $1 _ “Tone ora sh mr?m averted defeak | g game lead | on | nkees lost to the Red | snapped | hitting |* MAY SET ALL-TIME MARI\ FOR HITTING AND PITCHING With 20 Slab Vietories and Batting Over .450, Walter Is Establishing Combination Record In His 19th Season With Washmgton. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. September 14.—Walter Johnson, who was laid away in by the critics last Fall, has established a combination = t no o r pitcher in the big leagues can equa time before the season is completed cored 20 victories to 6 defeats, and is batting well over . He been as high as 460 in batting. and it is likely tha he may reach that figure again before the season ends Imagine the combination of a 20-victory pitcher and a and this 1 a ball player who has beer Washington for 19 3 Back in 1923, Bentley, the Giant ————— mation vecord . tie ‘fmined. win 13| PITTSBURGH SEATS 8,000 MORE THAN WASHINGTON victories and 8 defeals and a batting average of .$27. Bentley got much credit for that record and he deserved . |it. But Johnson’s record puts Bent According to park capacity fig- |ley’s far In the shade—and that de.| Wres discussed at the meeting in | spite the fact that most of Bentley's| Philadelphia when details for con | games were picked for him against| ducting the 1925 world series were | the teams that most dreaded hi perfected, Forbes Fleld, the home b e el igpe 2 e ol of the Pirates, will bo able to ac Seb ity commodate 9,000 more fans than e Johnson would| Clark Grifiith Stadium. | : s Tt was estimated that the Pifts gh plant would have seats for 45 The Washington stands. have won this ad he not been seized with tonsolitis is a question for . with _additions, will take care of 36,305. EW YORK N record this It may prove a recor To date. Johnsor ha 450 hitter ars has speculation have bee | 30 before the se er. He stil Nas a chance to 25 it Buck Harris finds it expedient to work him | regularly and him for relief a time ¢ o. to use tie red who ars J was achiev Critics’ Pessimism Unwarranted. | Despite of the critics | Johns 1! qualified in many | respects w h(—u he started t Seagon |as he ever was In his life. He was | running away with things in the | American League up to the time his | tonstls went bad on him. | Even if Johnson reaches a total of ]’o victories this vear, the season will not have been the greatest pitching e 1 He won games and lost 7 in 1913, and in 19 {he won 32 and lost 12. The thing that mukes his record {stand out this year is the great batting |average that goes with it—that and 'SOUTHEND JU\IORS GAIN IN RACE FOR CITY TITLE MOUTHEND Wa for the hone Dazzy Vance, is mokir ords at the end of the season they may succeed in keeping lyn in the division. ¥ game of vesterday, coupled w one-hit game which preceded it Vance in the class with ~nly major league pitcher thenticated record of a one-hit no-hit game in succes: Vance may get to go to the head of the pitchers in the National League He finished at last season « whe Broo no-hit drvision gained NIORS. ston ners Balil ¢ othe the junio; Base ociation e king of \1 € teams pa ng off ior N > both ends oi a double-t the opening games W psor sectio tion D, = 10 Corinthiz win dropped the | the Yankees. 8 10 6. ond attempt staged anded the Clovers th feat of the afternoon Next Sunday will sec the end of the | play-off, when the teams again take | the field for a pair of dual encounters. | Only one gume is needed by the lafayette and outhends, however, to clinch the di- [ teams. battled to i for them nday encc -off for the midget title 1ds and Southerns main tained clean slates by winning their double-headers. The Texans bowed to [ the Dreamlands by the score of 11 to| | 4in two contests, while the Souther routed the Auths, 3 to and 6 to 1. Eddie Hutchinson of the Dream lapds won his third straight start in the series when he turned back Texans in the nightca Buck Grier's Petworth nine, which| 3 to 2 finished way down the line in the| sandlot s for the city champion- | displayed # heavy a the Georgetown in a benefit injured Pet- | Bruffy and Augustine v for the winners title t0 0 The ns comeback After defeating ir second de to 1 t write 1ont nes Fair Behrens at st Hess Athletic a Yall draw i Bucky Juniors let the Hess Junior down with the short end of a 4-to- count Congressional Juniors were a trouncing by the Montou 1andes Smithfleld Midgets | Hartfords, 14 to 1 the | e Moose Midgets won from the Celtics 113 to 3, and nosed out the Midlands swamped the Seabrook got back th Jlumn again when Circles were nosed o 3 to Nationa - Swance Preps town Ju on from Jefr: 1e Ge worth_twirler shared mounc g Insects, urth Street Pec Three Union Printer hurlers failed & Harrismen t stop the fancy slu g of the dnaughts when the Typo champs ' invaded the Alexandrians field, and | the local nine was handed a 14-t0-5 trouncing. Art Ludlow, Dreadnaught | third sacker. led both teams at bat | with a single, a double, a triple and | a bhom: in five attempts. to Dr Ins. David Kapl: Lincoln for the F! e Insects Manager William Buckley Tingle was nicked for seven hits Nick Altrocks is booking insect games and struck out 14 batters when Frank | at Lincoln 7119 Cinotti's St. Joseph's nine ran its wins | e e |VIRGINIA-SALLY LEAGUE TITLE SET NOW OS ON SPARTANBURG 11 (@.—With Ben for the mound dut game of ‘the | Spartanburg, & | winner, the Richmond | s of the Virginia League, are | v for the first of the three games | _Arcade-Sunshine tossers and Oxon |here. Purcell is slated to pitch for Hill Athletic Club contributed to the | Spartanbure. string of victorfes being run up by | The two teams | Bradbury Heights. 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