Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1925, Page 26

SPORTS.. Diamond and Garden Combinations of World Series Rivals Are A INFIELDERS OF NATIONALS CONCEDED A SLIGHT EDGE Judge-Harris and Wright-Traynor Are Rated Clas- siest Pairs, While Peck-Bluege Are Considered Stronger Than the Moore-Grantham Duet. BY JOHN N ship teams of th sumable skill when they p like batting averages, ficlding B. FOSTER. SW YORK, October 1L—There is so little difference between the individual ficlding percentages of the inficlders of both champion- | year that nothing is emphasized as to the pre- ¢ against cach other in the world series verages carry little importan Un- Ti all of the inficlders of the two teams have ordinary chances of mecting, all of them will p'ay just about as they have played all this season, It is the quest of the unusual that will be sought among them, the chap_who can perform sonte extraordinary stunt that may save a game | or win one. Imagine belng a manageér and hav- inz Judge, Grantham, Moore, Harrls, Peckinpaugh, Wright, Traynor and Bluege from whom to make up your infield. What would be the result® Probably out of 100 would put it : Judge, first base: S Wright, short- stop; Traynor, third base. That omits such a fine third baseman as Bluege h a fine shortstop as Peckin- ajah, than whom there has heen none hetter for a long, long time. Moore is not set down, although any major league team would grab for him, nd Grantham is omitted, vet none would reject him now. Would Be Great Quartet. Still, using the imagination to con- an anfield made up of Judge Harris on one side and Wright 2 © on the other, one would ¢, four of the most ake, at the start, first base. Judge the foundation stone of that ad- able double-y elght-cylinder of the Washingtons just is the kevstone. The first wno once was so discour- aged with his position at Washington that he wanted to go to the Giants has developed into one of the most riect receivers of the last play of @ double play in base ball history. He is even hetter than Grantham at that sort of thing. Harris, at second, is one of the best world series men who ever held that sack. i ‘Wright vs. Peckingpaugh. Why Wright instead of Pecking- paugh? Despite the fact that “Peck" is a part of the Washington double- play clockworks, Wrirht goes farther to hoth sides than Peck, has an arm that is all sinew and throws with great speed from all angles. Traynor is the best third baseman as | | | be in the United States. Bluege has im- proved more than any other third sacker except Traynor, and provement, as a comparison, adds to Traynor's speed. This New England boy playing for Plttsburgh Is a natural, garden-grown third base- man who has not been obliged to learn much about his work because he was born into it. In selecting this team, which never can be put together, because the rules of- orgunized base ball make it out of the question, it will be noted that Washington gets the players on the right side of the finfleld and Pitts- burgh those on the left side. Griffs Have Slight Edge. But here enters an advantage slightly in favor of Washington. The third haseman and the shortstop who will play for the Nationals seems to a bit stronger than basemen and the first basemen who will play for Pittsburgh. Hence, the gencral balance of the two iniields that will take part in this world series has a featherwelght in favor of the American League champlons, if Peck doesn’t break down. If he does, the Washingtons will have Scott and Myer, and Scott has had abundant experience in world serfes work. All elght of these fine regular play ers who are to start this series bal- ance 8o well that one might say the teams start at par. The issue Is on the knees of chance. - Fort Worth has captured the Dixle series because it was the . strongest team the Southwest has developed in many a year. Yesterday's 1-to-0 vic- tory over Atlanta, the Southern League champlons, turned the trick. In the junior world_ series, which started yesterday at Loulsville, the Colonels won over the Baltimore Orioles in the first game because the Amerfcan Assoclation batted better than the International League cham- plons. (Copyright, 1025.) CLUBS ARE STRIVING TO BETTER POSITIONS By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 1.—Three games separated the four second di- vision clubs in the National League today, giving the Phillies, the present tail-enders, the mathematical possi. bility of climbing into sixth place by the close of the season on Sunday. Philadelphia’s 4, kept Brooklyn from unseating the Braves from the fifth rung. ‘The Robins have won but’ two of their last 17 contests. All the second division teams, with the exception of the Braves, have three more games to play, Boston has but two contests, with Brooklyn on Saturday and Sunday. Should Fletcher's club win all its re- maining games, Chicago lose two and the Robins three, the Phillies will come from the cellar into sixth posi- tion. Brooklyn and Chicago are in a po- sition to take fifth place from the Braves, mathematically. But one American League game was played yesterday, the Red Sox winning from a make-shift club of the | tou. Nationals, 5 to 4. The end of the con- test found but one Washington regu- lar in the line-up. The World Champlons continue with, their series at Boston, while the In- dians will cross bats with the White £ox and the Tygers battle with the Browns in their last series of the vear. SUNDA'” SCHOOL BOWLERS WILL START OCTOBER 12 Duckpinners of the Sunday School - Bowling League have elected officers and set the date of their opening for October 12. L. E. Skeen of Union M. E. was chosen chairman of the loop, with R. P. Dye of Arlington M. E. as vice chairman. M. P. Coe of Mount Ver- non M. E. wlill serve as secretary- treasurer, and S. B. Bruton of Doug- las M. 2. was named official scorer. Churches represented in the league are Union M. E., West Washington Baptist, Mount Vernon M. E., Arling- ton .. Peck Chapel, Church of the Covenant, Douglas M. E. and Brookland M. F Semi-Si tiff Super-Smart Abrand newidea in collars Trom theHouseo, GEO.PIDE &CO.INC.TROYNY. e second straight tri-, umph over the Robins yesterday, 6-to- | Bost 1 BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS Standing of the Clubs. ICAN_LEAGUE. Faha 3131141318 gl [eusitidiy Detroic " [1 =" Chicaze| 9 8 3 1113 Clev. Rty 3| 8111 8| 8112 | 31 i 81 51 9 7 183183169172 14| GAMES TODAY. Wash. %t Boston, Cleve. at Chicag Detroit at t. Louls. TOMORROW. at Boston. t Phiia. GAMES ‘Wash, New YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Bosten, 5: Washington, 4. NATIONAL 3222 Eit] 1 10 rlmuuul 7 8t. Louls.| 8) 9 Al1012(11 (111 ozl 1zl 3hol Fi11110l—h0 Pi . 8l 6l 6l 7110(16[12/—I64187 Lost_..157164172175 83 3841851 _| | GAMES TOMORROW Brkiyn at Phila. St. Louls at Chicago, Plttabg. at Cineinnatl. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Philadeiphia, 8; Brooklyn, 4. ST . 2 WILL SHOW THE SERIES. A play-by-play reproduction of the world serles is to be a feature of the shows at the Mutual Theater during the staging of the annual base ball classic. Manager Garrison has ar- ranged for the installation of an elabo- rate scoreboard. On October 7 and 9 while the Nationals are playing at Pittsburgh the games will be shown following the regular afternoon per- formance. While the games are being played at the local park the board will be put into operation before the shows. LEAGUE. r_m-h";:fi 40 Men in Every 100 are —or becoming so— Needlessly warning is falling_hair, p—they are the ing_baldn you nre experiencing foms, éome up today—and save your hair. 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The team plays Its last three games at Cincinnati tomorrow, Sat- urday and v E: v rafe. with the sxeention of Rawlings and Coach is In fine physical con- Eawlings has a fractured left leg and will not series, Ens is limping f having been struck a batted ball. Harold e” Traynor, had an abscess on his hip, but it-has been lanced and the third baseman is Just ns lively 15 ever and has not missed a prac- ce. While the players are tuning up for the series carpenters are busy erecting_temporary bleachers for the overflow crowds of fans who will witness the classic. SANDLOT TITLE NINES | | WILL BE REWARDED Johnny Jewel E ditio bone in get into the as the result the leg b, | Four of the District’s championship sandlot base ball teams will be re- |warded Sunday at American League Park prior to the start of the Phila- delphia game, which closes the Ameri- can League season for the Washing- ton Natfonals, Trophies will be presented the Ma- rine Corps nine, winner of the week day league title; the Linworth Athletic Club, District senior champlons; the amland team, title winner in the Washington Base Ball and Athletic Assocfation midget series, and the winner of the junior play-off to be staged Sunday morning. Members of the four teams will re- |port at the press gate in uniform at 2 o'clock. The junior championship hinges on | the outcome of two Sunday morning. Southends clash with the Yankees at 10 o'clock on East Ellipse field, while at 12 o'clock the Yanks again go into ac- tion agalnst the Clovers. Knickerbockers and Shamrocks will play the third and deciding game of | their play-off for the District unlimited title Sunday at 1 o'clock at Washing- ton Barracks. The series now stands l-all, the Knicks having taken the opening clash and the Shamrocks hav- ling won out last Sunday. Benning Athletic Club has booked a double-header for Sunday. The Swa- nees will be encountered at 12:30 on |Benning_field and at 3 o'clock the Mount Rainier diamond will be in- vaded. Benning has won 17 out of the last 18 starts LOUISVILLE WOULD REPEAT ON ORIOLES By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., October 1.— Their jinx humbled, the Loulsville Amerfcan Association club was pre- pared today for the second game of the junior world serfes with Baltimore International League pennant win- ners. Jack Ogden, who won all three of Baltimore’s games in the 1921 serles with Louisville, weakened in the ninth inning of the first game yester- day, and the Colonels scored four runs to win, 8 to 7. Earnshaw pitched to three batters, but the damage had been done. The Orioles also are ready, for chrough the blue haze of defeat they saw the crumpled form of Nick Cul- NATS GET GOOD BATTING DRILL IN LOSS AT BOSTON Dispatch to The Star. JDSTON, October 1.—It might have been good stuff for the National regulars to have been in -against Charley Ruffing of the Red Sox | yesterday afternoon in the first game of the series here. is one of the real sensations of the year. as a barrel of sp He ought to have bee ) | soon are to face Aldridge, Meadows and Morrison, Frank McGee, at first for the Nationals yesterday after Joe Judge Sox won, 5 to 4, but Ruffin is a big young fellow and bafiling slow onc. was allowed to go to the warm sh handled himself with cleverness and tributed the stellar play of the game, drive, and then completed a double play Stewart and Myer were not busy. Thelr chances.were nbt difficult.. You could not tell whether they were good replacements for Bluege and Peck. Ballou was hit pretty hard, and his control was hardly what the doctor wants, In the second inning he forced over a run that proved the winning margin for the Red Sox, At the close of the game the only regular Peck had in his battle line was 8am Rice In cen- ter field. Joe Judge made a single and a dou- ble, and each one of the whacks was responsible for at least one Washing- ton run. Everett Scott, for many years a Bos- ton favorite, when he was helping the old Red Sox win pennants, is a great boosters for Peckinpaugh, and had this to say about the Rajah’ this morn- ing: “It certainly was refreshing to me to have Peck picked us the most val- uable player in the league,” declared Scott, otherwise known as the Hooster deacon or fron man. “He has been a wonderful asset to the team this vear. Undoubtedly it would not have been able to win the pennant but for his fine services. He did not slug like some of the other men in the league, but in those games against Philadelphia, in particular, where runs were vital and important, Peck would get the hits at the right time. That is what makes his choice all right from the batting viewpoint. “As far as defense goes, his work was wonderful. I had a fine chance to watch him in action, from the bench, and saw him do some remark- able things in the tight spots. He did his best work when the need was the most intense. Surely, I am for his se- lection as the most valuable player.” Nick Altrock gave the customers a treat when he went up to the plate between innings and used a pick as a bat. He hit one ball and almost ruin- od Umpire Brick Owens on the back- swing. Nick always gets a laugh here. Mike Herrer, ‘the dark-skinned Cu- ban playing second for Boston, made two hits and a sacrifice bunt. The only time he missed altogether was in the fitth, when he lined out to the left- fielder a mile a minute. Rosenthal, the Boston Jew, benged across the first run, and then, with two out and the bases jammed in the second, he gave the veteran Bobby Veach a whale of a chance to deep right-centerfield for a big Bertha smash that would have been an easy. homer on a smaller ball yard. The base-running of the Red Sox was nothing particularly grand, and when the Nationals watch the Pirates streaking around the contrast will be vivid, Goose Goslin did not hit a ball on the nose all afternoon. Everett Scott really ought to have a soclal secretary when he comes to Boston, 80 many of his old friends and admirers are after him to go to din- | ner, play auction, take in the movies, RO to the theater, give a smoke ‘talk, | N and so on. Scott tells Hub friends he has bought a bowling alley business in Fort Wayne, Ind., containing 18 alleys, and intends to give up base ball, if the Winter pastime pans out 100 per cent. Jimmy McLaughlin, 13-year -old caddy of the Whitemarsh Valley Country Club, near Philadelphia, Pa.. has the distinction of making a hole- in-one. He is 4 feet tall. lop, veteran southpaw, who humbled them in 1921. Cullop lasted only four innings under the heavy cannonading of the visitors. Thomas and De Berry will receive the pitching assignments for Baltl- myke and Loulsville, respectively, to- ay. The nine-game series will terminate when one team has won five. L Tnion Houss Hfacc 26 Makers of Fine Clothes for Men a3nms. A4 1 : ; flmlllllllmlllllllllllllIl|IIlllllllllllllllllllllllllll!lflmlla 4 "IIIIIIIIIIII/If" o Here’s a handy and popu- lar tool. It is forged of special plier steel, gccu- rately hard- ened and heat-treated. FIFTEEP 8P Like every Kraeuter Plier, it is a too} to be ‘proud of and brag about. 9 9755777777475755757877 5385502527 0755707; Got a leaning toward Scotch products? Scotland never produced anything better - than Rogers Peet's Scotch Mist®. 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Burke lost a 10-round decision herq last night to George Godfrey, the hard-hitting negro heav CAPTURES BIG RACE. gland, October T vzer's Tatra, by Lemberg, out of Whitetor, won the | famous Jockey Club stakes, valued at £2,000 with extras, over a course of 1% miles today Members of the Hebrew Interclub Bowling League will meet tonight at 8:30 o'clock at the Y. M. H. A., 11th and Pennsylvania avenue. Myer ... Murberry Oxe e39030220: oso9sucusseza: Complete Z ames. #8288 nningy GrommuReESSun Won » e ~oomsloZatnn 2 552 F F RERRR pltebed. “mas et TP PN Greeg 32 *Mogrldge 0 10 8 3 53% *Kecord while with Nationals. INDIANA BOXING LAW NOW BECOMES TOPIC By the Associated Press. * INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., October 1.— Now that Dempsey and Wills have signed for 10-round contest in Michigan City next year the construc- toin of the Indiana boxing law by State officlals becomes the paramount question. The State law permits boxing con- a | tests while it prohibits prize ights. It fails, however, to give a specific defi- nition of either, and in the past such definition has been left to the State attorney general. The no-decision contest between Dempsey and Bill Brennan, scheduled for Michigan City about three years ago, was cgnceled after Warren T. McCray, then governor, threatened prosecution. The State attorney gen- eral ruled that the contest would re- solve itself into a prize fight if, in the opinion of State agents at the ring- side, it assumed a brutal aspect. The threatened action by the State officlals caused such a falling off in advance ticket sales that the pro- moters abandoned the match, On thé other hand, the bout at Michigan City between Tommy Gibbons and Georges Carpentfer was witnessed by a num- ber of State officials and no effort made to intervene. The governor, however, brought the full force of the law into_effect when the 10-round contest botween Luls Firpo and Joe Downey was .«lnge«l“n Indianapolis. When Mayor Shank de- clined to interfere Gov. McCray or- dered agents to the ringside and forced the principals to don huge ex hibition gloves. The boxers, fearing prosecution, put on a tame exhibition and the disappointed fans themselves staged a fight. Whether Gov. Ed Jackson will take a liberal interpretation of the law is to be determined, SPORTS." FOR HONORS Pirates’ Picket Men Seen By the Associated Pres EW YORK, October 1.—Two m: N partment of base ball, will clas meet in the first game of the w A contest for slugging honors hero of the 1924 series, and Hazen (Ki outfielder. % The Goose has proved his world and always was dangerous. He has 1 his outfield mate. Sam Rice, in the le: has the familiar Washington habit of Cuyler, one of the brightest stars to break Into the majors in a decade, combines with Max Carey and Clyde Barnhart to form an outer arras which secms superior to the Wash- ington trio of Goslin, Rice and Earl McNeely, or Joe Harris, if the com- parison of season averages Is taken as conclusive.. Pirates Are Speedier. The Pirates, for instance, have an edge on speed. Carey. long a noted base thief, has 42 steals to his credit, against 37 for Cuyler. Barnhart has plifered 9 to give Pittsburgh a total of 88. Washington's outfielders have stolen 64 bases, with Goslin and Rice sharing first honors with Cuyler, according to the a the best hitter on either club, his .350 this scasep placing him among the first five batsmen in the National | \BOXER, REJUVENATED ON FARM, SURPRISES By the Associated Press. | PARIS, October 1.—When Marcel Nilles, former heavywelght champion | of France, suffered his fourteenth con- secutive khockout last July, the ver- dict of the boxing fans and promoters was “Back to the farm Nilles actually did retire to the farm and engaged in_harvesting, milking | cows, the simple life and hard work. He returned to Paris last night and knocked out Jack Taylor of Omaha, | Nebr.. negro light-heavyweight, in the | second round. Nilles simply smothered Taylor, who was a 10-to-1 favorite, and even money | | that he would put the Frenchman to | | sleep inside of three rounds. **No more bright lights for me, flles when the bout was over. day I return to the farm until next fight."” said | “To- my BIACK BILL DEFEATED. PHILADELPHIA, October 1 (®).— Willle Davies, Charleroi, Pa., was awarded the judges’ decision over Black Bill, Havana, Cuba, at the end of their 10-round bout. Davies welgh- ed 111% pounds and Black Bill 11013 | Fanny Rosenfeldt, the leading wom- an athlete of Canada. recently set {a new world record for women for 220 yards. She did the distance in 26 seconds, clipping_ two-fifths of a sec- | ond off the existing mark. bout on a Par GOSLIN-CUYLER ‘'WILL VIE IN SLUGGING to Possess Advantage in Speed, But Defensive Ability of the Washington Outer Trio Should Offset It., ighty outfields, strong in every de- h when Washington and Pittsburgh world series next Wednesday. impends between the two heaviest hitters in the rival squads—Leon (Goose) Goslin, Washington's home-run ki) Cuyler, sensational young Pirate series worth. He hit .344 last Fall been a bit erratic this year, trailing ague percentage column, but Goslin being at his best in the pinch. League, in addition to which he is the leading run-getter. Carey has batted .340 for the season, and Barnhart .327, an outfield average of .342. Rice's mark is .350, Goslin's .340, McNeely's 288 and Joe Harris’ 3 With McNeely playing center field, the Nationals’ outerworks aver- ages .325, but with Joe Harris In the lineup the figures are .332. Pittsburgh’s outfield, therefore, is 10 batting percentage points better than Washington’s—on paper. Griffs Strong on Defense. But to offset this, Washington has one of the greatest defensive outer trios in base ball, although Pittsburgh 1s not far behind, with such sprinters as Cuyler and Carey. Barnhart can- not match the speed of hix fellows, but he is steady and knows his posi. tion. Rice and McNeely provide most of the fielding features for the Na- tionals. Rice pulled wr catches In the 1924 ser also a fast man, covers u great deal ground. a of ROI-TAN oA cigar you'll like “Thanks! It wins in a walk— you'll walk a long way and still notequal it.”” (ROI-TAN PERFECTO EXTRA—10c). RemarkableValues in Used Cars We have slashed the price on every used car in oyr enormous stock during our annual Stock-Reducing Sale of reconditioned used aytomobiles—every car guaranteed as represented——these cars are priced low to make room for our new cars. 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