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SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 Zy 1925. SPORT S. Sore Back May Keep Covey on Bench : Nationals Excel Pirates in Utility Men ‘GRIFF PITCHER’S AILMENT . IS OF PERSISTENT NATURE Ferguson Will Share Champs’ Pitching Burden With Johnson If Spitball Star Fails to Improve. Home Squad Gets Brisk Practice. BY JOHN B. KELLER. FANLEY COVELESKIE'S back ailment may force Manager Bucky S Harris to revise pitching plans he has made for the world series. The 3 sore muscles that have hothered the veteran spitballer for several days are not responding to treatment as favorably as was expected. Un- less Covey rccovers from the ailment within two or three days the Na- tionals may have to do without the services of the American League’s leading pitcher when they tack!s the Pirat In that event Alex Ferguson undoubtedly will be called upon to share with Walter Johnson the main pitching burden of the junior circuit cham- pions. Harr's has about decided that only right-handers will do against the Pittsburgh bunch However, Trainer Mike Martin and the club physicians are making every effort to get Covey into good working form, and if the veteran can do any pitching at all the Nationals' boss probably will take a chance with him. Just what is the nature of Cove-| tion Jeskie's ailment is uncertain. At first | capable substitute. Since his trans tha e ns | fer from the Yankees to the Cham . | pions. Alex has pitched admirably, thought the soreness in the 1 and right now is in_ excellent trim for hard work. In his debut as a Ferguson proved his abil- ¢ to check a lot of sluggers by all completely baffing the Tygers. style of pitching_ ought to be ive against the Pirates. Veterans in Drill. the exception of Coveleskle, 1tionals who did not go to 2 e Red Sox serles stepped 1 through a brisk conditloning drill at the ball yard this morning. The Q56 cHe STab b m will be repeated tomorrow ’ and when the Athletics are en- | countered Sunday in the last game lof the American League season here several of the regulars may no into through o petitive action for an inning or but had to give up the idea | tWo. 1 few minutes on the field. The | There have been no reports from Leen treated with plas. | Boston of colds contracted by any of and liniments, but | the veterans who are with the main hout benefit. Martin in- | squad of the Champs in that chilly Sists the sore to disappear | city, but Trainer Martin said this quicki . but Covey, | morning he Is preparing to combat tirm in the belief that his ailment is | illnes: of that nature. Practically more severe than the trainer and|every time the Nationals visit the physicians ymng, expebts no such sud- | Hub several of them get on the ail- ng list, and the weather has been . Ferguson might prove a very club trainer physici shoulders and back Since they have tho caused by o my lieves he lLas wrenched n in it healing Hurt During F i first fel rikout the was shi wly ha p d te in | His | effec The after Jast w after v ch he fe bar re The house n, Covey had exercised only couple of tim He tried »ss for the series o the Na-| so severe there this week that trouble of some kind is anticipated. GRIFF IRREGULARS FAIL Epecial Dispateh to The Star. OSTON, October 2. eddy W B irregulars yesterday afternoon with five hits, three of them ingfield toyed with the Washington at Fenway Park. He let them down in the first two frames. The score field, who used to be a National, acted yesterday as if he would good chairman of a committee on savings. ghts. He was as stingy And do not make the mistake of thinking that the Nationals were not ing to get their base hits. Each ague champions and w each time up. If you ask a 1 fans at the game think of the V inston stunt of 14t ting the regular team 5o to and a lot of the stars loaf at this stage of the season, they will tell you Clark Griffith and Stan- | ley Harris are silly to let their first | team drop their pace. the Nationals appealed to us yesterday, the regulars were affected | ith champlonitis. They were world | champions and then won their league | pennant this year. When a bunch of players is as successful as that they naturally fall into the error of think- | ing themselves better than they are. And that's how they are playing here. | jority of the keen day what they and every one of those American 1 champions was trying to get a base hit Goslin, If." Judge, 1b. Hurris, 1h Yeach, rf. MeNeely, 'rf. Stewazt.' 3b. Peckinpaugh, . Myers, ss. Tate, e, Thormas, Totals | eoccossscencar -] % g Roger Peckinpaugh made a couple | Rosenthal of errors vesterday in the first inning, | podt, 1b. but the second one was transformed, ' into a base hit through lenient scor- ing. center field also | Wienaf, € w pping an easy fly | s in themselves ave | Totals These thin , not disastrous and mean not much. | Washin But just before the world series with | R R e such an up-and-coming young “{"'“’r‘;’;—nmfin‘{f."‘r‘"krfll“fi Hi:h, < the Pirates, a fighting, hustling |Jenkine, ~Double plns—Adums ‘{o_Pecl crowd with all sorts of real ability, | Paush, to Judge. i on g ihese free and easy buse bail in: | fiomdd . 3. Htrack fot— stances are a mite sturbing. At > J A . least, they ousht to bother American | 3 memecot ose wd 53 miasionr > 1 1me League boosters more than a little. Peck hurt his bad ankle a little bit more vesterday. He started the game at short and then went out. But he limped off the field early and chances are that he, too, will wend his way toward Washington for more rest. If Peck can make such a mess things as he did yesterday, after lay-off, what sort of general mess will all those other laving-off Nationals make of things when they open up gainst the Pirates next week? This is'a Boston viewpoint. smos000p =] umounnasoe:0op P ] Welch, ‘ss. | Bischoft, ¢ . sounommnl ol onnoomomonee~E caunornand Kl eansionsanmons ©055m00mmE H Tu‘ 20000100 P ) & of Rl 5 - - 22 Lefty Thomas, only cently i boy and re- ught from Nashville by the ad a load of stuff, but his wildness. He had to | Jhandicap his great speed to get-the ball over the plate. eyt SEEIEET Adama Jeanes Veach Leibold Mearbersy Marl Ocden Nick Altrock announced some of the changes in the Nationals’ line-up and wanted to be sure of slighting nobody. Accordingly he velled a special mes. Fage to some fans over on top of a hotel beyond the park and to some wlying workers over on top of a ga- rarge a quarter-mile away. Both crow’s nests thanked him by waving their arm: Covelenkie Russell Fercuson 100UOUSANEDM L g panad ©0O000000HmHIm==ETE Games S ouennioREiac Sared. Roger Peckinpaugh failed to get a hand when he came to bat for the first time and the same went for that old Boston favorite, Joe Harris, when he came up in the ninth. Playing out these games after the visitors have clinched the pennant is sad, drab sport and the fans do not enthuse. The wonder of it is that they come out, even to the extent of 1,000, * If Stan Harris is using these games $n Boston to try out new material for 1926, he is not getting .anywhere in particular. The rookie inflelders never seem to have any difficult chances and they did not hit the pitching of Ruf- fing and Wingfield very boisterously. Ferzuson Ozden . Coveleskie Johnson Ruether Marberry Zachary Russell . Ballou Kelley Thomas *Gregg . *Mogridi 10 8 *Record while with pBrmOROR SRt moa et e g -ca.:u-a;naa-ea o wuonmeloiESua 1 mcscnse BuastRTs PR gi atle Equip Your Car With NEW TIRES 6 Havre de Grace SEVFN RACES DAILY B. & 0. train of steel coac leaves Union Ktation 12 o'clock noon. Parlor and Dining Car attached. Special PennaR. R. train of steel MONTHS TO PAY! PROBEY TIRE STORES 2104 Pa. Ave. N. W, 1200 H St. N. E. Sth & P Sts. N. W. .m, — direct to course — Eastern randstand _and Pad- ncluding Government = ] cenoonoeol vl e0ons000000sn BROWNS MAKE SURE OF FINISHING THIRD By the Associated Press NEW YORK, October 2.—The White Sox ‘today had the mathematical chance of figuring in the -players’ share of the world series spoils by tying Detroit for fourth place in the American League. The Tygers, however, are sure of finishing fourth for the best the White Sox can do is to tie them for that position. Each team has two games to play and the Bengals have a two- game margin on Chicago. All_hope of the Tygers overtaking the Browns disappeared vesterdas when St. Louis won the opener of a series from them, 4 to 3. The Browns may now lose their last two contests without relinquishing the third rung. George Sisler singled for the first time in 26 times at bat. Chicago's triumph over the Indians, 3 to 0, marked Pitcher Blankenship's seventeenth victory of the season. Cleveland's downfall afforded the Yankees the possibility of tying the Indians for sixth place should the lat- ter drop their last two frays and New York win two games. In the National League the Phillles tagged a third straight setdback on the Robins, 6 to 5. Brooklyn holds sixth place against the Cubs by three points and is but a game and a half in advance of the Phillies, who occupy i the cellar. Brooklyn must take both remaining games from the Braves to zain fifth place from them. Chicago still has a mathematical chance of annexing fifth position, while Philadelphia has in opportunity to finish the season in sixth place. . \PIRATEE’ SECRET GAME { ENDS WITH SCORE 2-ALL PITTSBURGH, Pa., October 2 (£).— Bill McKechnie pulled an unusual one vesterday. » While the workmen put the finishing touches on Forbes Field in prepara- tion for the world series, the Pirate skipper staged a secret ball game. Dividing his Pirate champions into two squads, he issued orders for everybody to “bear down” and the | players went through seven innings of | | frisky base balling. The score was 2io2. Babe Adams and Kremer twirled for the second squad and Culloton and Oldham for the line-up which will battle Washington. HORNSBY SEEMS SURE TO TIE BATTING RECORD NEW YORK, October 2 (#).—Rogers Hornsby will equal a major league record of long standing if he keeps up his present .400 hitting pace for | the last few games of the season. By doing that the great Cardinal | manager will equal the mark of hit- | ting .00 or better for the three sea- sons, first established by Jesse Burkett of - the old Cleveland Nationals in 1895, 1896 and 1899 and duplicated by Ty Cobb in 1911, 1912 and 1922. EAGLES WILL DRILL. Members of the Anacostia Eagle foot ball eleven will hold skull prac- tice tonight at 8 o'clock at Havenner’s sporting goods store, Good Hope road and Nichole avenue southeast. ot BALL TEAMS NOW EVEN. COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 2 (#).— Columbus_defeated 'the Philadelphia Terminal base ball team of the Penn- sylvania Railroad vesterday, 9 to &. Philadelphia won last week. BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS Standing of the Clubs. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Wash'n Phils. PIRATES WILL PILOT McKECHNIE ASSERTS By the Associated Press. P games with the Washington Nat Skipper Bill's prediction makes the opinion unanimous among Pirate followers in the tri-state district hereabouts, which is backing the Buccaneers in a manner other than words. Not sufficient that store windows are displaying hundreds of pic- tures of the team—the larger the store, the larger the picture—auto- mobiles are carrying Pirate emblems by the thousands. The business men of Greater Pittsburgh arranged a banquet. team before it left for Cincinnati, where the last regular games will be played, starting today, and tribute after tribute, all filled with a it of optimism, was paid the champions after the repast. It came time for Manager McKechnie to say a word, and for the first time he made the prediction that his team would defeat the American League entrants. “It's the old story,” said McKechnie. “You cannot sing or talk your way through to a pennant. the distinction of standing at the head of the National League cham- pions and the world champions to any predictions, but, after hearing everybody on all sides confidently expressing the belief that our team is going to capture the bacon, 1 have decided to start saying it myself, and, accordingly, 1 am going ITTSBURGH, Pa., October 2—Manager William McKechnie of the Pittsburgh Pirates, pennant winners in the National League, declares his team will win the world series in the DEMPSEY’S ADVISER IS A “LIVE” LAWYER By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 2 (#).—Ray Can- non, a Milwaukee attorney, selected by Jack Dempsey as his legal and busi- ness adviser, is a graduate of Mar- quette University, and rated as one of the most aggressive lawyers in Mil- woukee. He is 31 years old. Cannon became legal adviser to Dempsey and Kearns when the pair of Jacks first came out of the West and handled their case “successfully when_John “The Barber” Reisler of New York, sued Dempsey in Milwau- kee on an old contract. ‘The young Milwaukee attorney has been in the sporting public's eye for several years. He handled the case of | Joe Jackson and Happy Felschin their suits against Charlie Comiskey, grow- ing out of the White Sox scandal. The present contract between Kearns and Dempsey was drawn up by nnon and his new affiliation with the champion indicates that he con- siders the document as having been broken. In Chicago boxing circles this move by the champion is looked upon as a blow to Kearns’ c] es of forc- ing settlement with Dempse; WIN SERIES, nals. It was tendered the . It is certainly gratifying to have come. Never before have I made World Series Official J quence. Doping the World Article XII. BY FREDERICK G. LIEB, Former President Base Ball Writers' Associ GRIFFS BETTER FORTIFIED THAN IN 1924 STRUGGLES With Scott, Adams and Myer as Infield Reserves and Veach, Jeanes and Leibold for Outfield, There Is No Need to Worry. Series Scorer, 1922-1923-1924, NES of Washington and Thompson, Ens and Haas all have par- ticipated in less than 15 games, and their averages are of little conse- A year ago the Washington team almost tossed away the world series to predict to you that we'll bring it home.” GRIFFS’ RESERVE POWER MAY BE TELLING FACTOR EW YORK, October 2.—Stanley Harris, manager of the world cham- pion Washington team, learned in the series a year ago that there is much truth in the oft-heard argument that no base ball team is stronger than its reserves. Washington has profited by the lesson, for behind the regular line-up now is a powerful squad of veterans and youngsters ready to step in whenever a regular falters. Against the Giants in 1924 Miller and Taylor showed poorly in the infield after Roger Peckinpaugh was injured and Bluege shifted to the short field. Infield lapses almost cost Washington the world title. PROMOTERS OF BIG BOUT SINCERE, SAYS MULLINS By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 2.—Jack Dempsey’s name on a contract and a gIft of $25,000 for training expenses influenced Paddy Mullins, manager of Harry Wills, to sign the negro heavy- weight for a title match with Demp- Tullins, who arrived here from Niles, Mich..' accompanied by Wills, said these two factors were largely responsible for his decision to accept Promoter Floyd Fitzsimmons' propo- sition, “I am convinced the men behind Fitzsimmon are sincere in their en- { deavor to promote this match and I am further convinced they are on the level,” said Mullins. buran Harria 18 Sell fortined to krap. “?ESE |;|RATE EANS DESERVED TICKETS ple with injury. Behind Peckinpaugh, PITTSBURGH, Pa., October 2 whose long service has left him open to trouble with his legs, there stands Everett Scott, a_member of the Red Sox and Yankees has a record for continuous major league play. Scott left the regular Yankee line-up (®).—Two Pirate fans, who, like a only this year, and still is regarded as CONGRESSIONAL G(;LFERS BEGIN EVENT TOMORROW More than 200 members of Con- onal Country Club are expected | e part in the fight for the club's | 1925 golf championship, which opens tomorrow and continues through | base. by inferior utility material. When Peckinpaugh was injured in the third game, Bluege shifted to short and Ralph Miller was inserted into the Washington line-up at third base. The latter proved one of the most feeble plavers ever seen in world series competition. He was so bad that Taylor, another substitute, started the seventh and last game with a broken hand heavily taped. Washington learned its lesson last autumn, which is one of the reasons that Clark Griffith has carefully scrutinized all waiver lists during the year, and today the Nationals have an overabundance of substitute mate- rial. They have three extra infielders in Everett Scott, Spencer Adams and “Buddy” Myer, and four extra outficlders in Earl McNeely, Bob Veach, Ernest Jeanes and “Nemo” Leibold. Then Joe Harris can move into first base without weakening the club much, as Earl McNeely, Wash- ington center fielder in the last world series, plays as good a game as most of the Washington regulars. Better Off Than Pirates. Washington, with the weakest kind of utility strength a year ago, easily excels Pittsburgh in the class of its reserves this October. The Pirate were partlcularly lucky in avoiding injuries this season. They had Carey out for about a month, and Moore for a few days. With Carev out of the line-up, Moore shifted to the outfield and Rawlings, hero of the 1921, Giant-Yankee world serfes, filled in most acceptably at second season he has fallen to a lowly .228 for 62 games. Pittsburgh's other extra outflelder, George Haas, is a young opticnal player, who was re- called by the Pirates after Carey's injury. Scott Is a Veteran. In Everett Scott the Nationals have a grizzled world veteran as this will be “Scott sixth big series. Having had a chance to rest his legs during the better part of this season, the veteran Everett still is a pretty useful man to have around. It is rather an odd colnci- dence that Scott, Peckinpaugh's suc- cessor on the Yankees, now is his understudy in Washington. Spencer Adams, once with the Pirates, will fill in at second base | Pittsburgh. 8| 51 ol ¢ —1161105/.305 Lost_[54163169/7376/82 8411051 GAMES TOMORROW. Wash._at Boston. New York st Phiia. Detrolt at St. Louis. Cleve. at Chicago. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Borters, Y: Uieveland, 0. St Toets, ‘4 Detroit, GAMES TODAY. ._at Bogton. Fon"x o o Fhita. =229a EQAPPRIYY 3 12| 20 711 22, 8l 6l 6l 7i11116/121— Lost . .157164172[75/84183184 851 GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. t. Louls at Chicago. St. Louis at Chicago. z innati. Plitsbg. at Cincinnati, Piitsbg. at Cinc} Flitsbe. at’ Cincin ' Phila. at New YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Philadelphis, 8; Brooklyn, 5. a capable performer. Joe Harris, Nemo Leibold, Bob Veach and Tex Jeanes, three of them veterans of outfield play, will support the outer defenses where Leibold was alone last season as a capable reserv. ist Spencer Adams, formerly with and Buddy Myer are voungsters tralned for infleld duty if needed Harris has gone further. Tle re- gards the strong-armed Fred Marbery as the chief escuer of the pitching staff, because of his ability to finish games suocessfully. But Marberry suffered a lame arm for a time this year, and the youthful Winfred Ballou was groomed for the post. Now Wash- ington has two capable relief pitchers ready fo rthe conflict. Pittsburgh is not so well fortified for the secondary defense, particu- larly since having lost one of the club’s main reserve bulwarks in Johnny Rawlings, who suffered a broken leg not so long ago and is out of the series. Rawlings long has been noted for his utility work. The Pirates, however, have four reservists likely to see service in the coming series. Chief of them is John (Stuffy) Mclpnis, old_Athletic star who has hit above .300 and is ex pected to do the pinch duty and r place Grantham at first Lase against left handers. Fresco Thompson, shipped out to Denver and recalled this s@ason, was at second base late in the yvear when Moore and Raw- lings both were on the injured list and did well. He is fast, a good fielder and fair hitter. Carson Bigbee, regular of a couple of seasons back..is the fourth man ir the outfleld squad. and can be de- pended upon in an emergency. McKechnie's main reliance for relief ! duty on the mound is likely to be | Johnny “Jughandle” Morrison, whose | curves are well calculated to baffle | the Washingtonians. If Morrison | draws a regular assignment for the | series, Babe Adams, hero of the 1909 | conquest of Detroit, is behind him, along with Tom Sheehan and Rube Oidham. ELMS’ BIRD IS FIRST IN 170-MILE FLIGHT Flying at the rate of 33 miles an hour, an entry from the loft of Her- man Elms captured the third young bird race of the National Capital Con- course Assoclation, flown over the 170- mile cou from Connellsville, Pa. ‘The 265Wpigeons taking part in the race were liberatted at 10 a.m. and the winner reached the Elms loft at 2:40. cirst arrivals at each lort, with their speed in yards per minute, follow Herman Elms, 1.004; G. B. Glazer, 9 ¥. H. Crowi H C. H. Darr, 987; W £ 8 R. A. Huntt, 985; T. I Riley, 98 ‘William F. Dismer, 973; . M. Frazier, United States Navy, 969; R. N. Sam- C. and W. R. Pennington, 965; D. R. Mathews, 960; R. W. Pear- son, 954; C. J. Krahling, 950; M. J. Fitzgerald, 940; G. J. Thomas, 920; S. F. Boswell, 882;: Louls Hofer, 858; Greenyard Loft, 847. extra suit. 7th and EISEMAN’S host of base ball enthusiasts ev- erywhere, like to repose in the same seat every time they see a game, took novel ways to record this desire when ordering world series reservations at Forbes Field. One_sent a monster map, which cost $2.65 to get it to the ticket office. It was a blue print draw- ing of Forbes Field, stands, bleachers, hot-dog counters, flag- pole, exits and the seat in which the fan wanted to sit was properly indicated. Another man mailed rain checks and said that he would not like to see the games from any other seat than the one designated on the, stubs, so please give him the seat which belonged to him by squatters’ rights, he having squatted on the same seat times at $1 the time. polo players in the Arzentine. EX-CHAMPIONS, NEWCOMER, REMAIN IN WOMAN’S GOLF will meet today in the semi-finals of the womens' national golf tour- national titlist, engaging Louise Fordyce of Youngstown, Ohio, new to final By the Assoclated Press S £ LOUIS, Mo, October 2—Three former champions and a newcomer nament. They are Mrs. Alexa Stirling Frazer of Ottawa, Canada, three times play, and Glenna Collett, Providence, R. I, former American and now French champion, competing with Edith Cummings, Chicago, former na- Sunday. With the improvement in the grade of golf being played at Congressional, those in charge of the title play are looking for some exceptionally low scores in spite of the fact that the course has recently been made more | difficult by the placing of many new bunkers and traps MORGAN LEADS AT TRAPS. CUMBERLAND, Md., October 2.— R. D. {Klondike) Morgan, veteran trapshooter of Washington, D. C., cap- tured high gun in the opening day shoot of the fifth annual registered tournament at the Cumberland Coun- try Club traps, 180 out of a possible 200. K T S S ‘There are more than 1.000 active With Our Special TROUSERS 4.65 = Take those odd coats off of the hanger, at home, bring them to Eise- man’s and have them matched with a pair of trousers. The largest trousers stock in Washingt Eiseman'’s, making it easy to match that odd coat, and giving you on is carried by an F Sts. tional and Western champion. GOLF TITLE IS WON BY MRS. COLLADAY Mrs. S. F. Colladay yesterday won the woman’s golf championship of the Columbia_Country Club. She defeated Mrs. J. M. Haynes, holder of the Dis- trict woman's title, on the nineteenth hole in the final round. Down most of the way, Mrs. Haynes squared by winning the sixteenth and seventeenth and had a putt to win on the last hole, but missed. On ‘the extra hole her second shot found a ditch, her third was trapped and her fourth across the green, while_Mrs. Colladay secured & win- ning 5. The second flight went to Mrs. W. H. Finckel, jr., who defeated Mrs. J. W. Beller, 1 up. Mrs, W. S. Corby won flight consolation from Mrs. R. B. Cummings, defeating her 1 up. Miss Dorothy Eynon defeated Mrs. B. W. Chiswell, 4 and 3, in the second flight consolation final. the first Rialto Theater tossers will tackle the Cardinal Athletic Club base ball team Sunday at Alexandria. -Good- man, Frager and Ottenberg are ready for mound duty with the locals, while Quayle or Viar will twirl for the Vir- ginians. | Their survival to the penultimate | round came atter a day of brilliant | golf. Winners were forced to ndi | themselves ~ to overcome opposition | | that turned in lowest scores of an ap- { proximate par S§1. | Miss Collett had the best score of | the day in downing Fritzie Stifel of | Wheeling, W. Va., 3 and 2. She had 38—39—77, equalling the medalist card | made by Mrs. Fraser Monday. Miss Cummings was three better than par for 15 holes, including two successive eagles, in disposing of Mrs. O. S. Hill of Kansas City, 4 and 3. The upset of the day came when Miss Fordyce, former Ohio champion, downed Mrs. F. C. Letts of Chicago, who dethroned the champion, Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd of ~Phila: delphia’ Wednesday. Miss Fordyce's winning margin was 7 and 5, with three under par for 13 hole An international flavor was given the match between Mrs. Fraser and Miss Mary K. Browne, Pacific Coast | tennis star and last vear's finalist 's. Fraser began in brilliant fashion | the loser waged a remarkable up- hill struggle before the Canadian won, 3 and In today's meeting of Miss Colett | and Miss Cummings an argument is resumed that was temporarily finished mn 1922 by a victory for the Provi- dence player. S Harry Wills has lost four fights on decislons—to Sam_Langford, Sam Me- Vey, Bill Tate and Battling Jim John- son. In fact, Johnny was playing such fine ball that he threatened to give Moore a fight for the position after Carey returne But then Rawlings ceased to be Lucky Johnny” and broke a leg in a slide to a base. Fresco Thompson, a youngster, then filled in for several days second ter field post, which enabled Me- Kechnie to return Moore to second base. In the event of an injur Pirate infielder it will be neces S for McKechnle to employ the novice Thompson or the minor league vet- eran, “Jewell” Ens, Or, in an emerg- ency, he can shift Grantham to sec- ond base, his position in Chicago, and use McInnis on first. or extra outfielder, the Pirates have Carson Bighee, formerly a high- grade playver, who in the last two seasons has lost his knack of batting. A former 350 hitter, Bighee has slumped off badiy at bat, and this THE RIVAL WHAT THEY ary Team Red Sox Red Sox Red Sox Yankees Yankees Senators White Sox White Sox Senators Giants 8 30 WHAT THEY \HAVE ; .B. Yeach MeNeely [ Rawlings " S, Adams Leibold .. Seott . Bigbee 18 AUTO SPEED KINGS ENTER LAUREL EVENT Eighteen kings of the roaring road in the fastest cars on the automobile racetrack of the world have applied for entrance to the second champion- ship automobile race, October 24, on the Baltimore-Washington Speedway. They are: Peter De Paolo, Ralph De | Palma, Tommy Milton, Earl Cooper, Bennett Till, Fred - Comer, Hari Hartz. Jerry Wonderlich, Leon Duray, Bob McDonogh, William E. Shattuc, Ralph Hepburn, 1. D. Carpenter. P. 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