Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1925, Page 22

_22 SPORTS. THE _EVENING STAR, WASHINGTM™ 5, D. C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 1925. SPORTS Champs Leave With Squad in Good Trim : Pirales’ Batting May Dwindle in Series MUCH-NEEDED PRACTICE | PLANNED FOR TOMORROW” Drill for All Hands in Morning and Batting Work- | outs in Afternoon Scheduled—Harris’, Covey’s and Peck’s lu}urnw Are Healing Well. JOHN B. KELLE can League campaigning, the Nationals, who | h, aim to make the most of the last | be cailed upon <o begin the defense | vear. Farly { men onto Forbes Wednesday in the world 1d preparatory te engag- | BY ng heiore they wil ba won last Harris tomorrow | Bucky Field, | erican Teague that they mitted only (hampions hope ad yos! a brief practice | d a torrential been re Fra followed Simmons 1ot man had throw to o from first PoHusta, it Pool three Who tried to to Weleh sir an error W dber HISS t the out t of the American 1 ended then and there. BIG LEAGUE STATlSTlCSI OF CLUBS. AGUE. FINAL STANDING AMERICAN L 3 woy ipions cceamuadiag Won't Work 1 Wash'n Phila Rl - Detroii thr the cipate nost 1 Boston Lost YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Washington-Philudelphia _(rain) . Detroit, 10: St. Louis, 4 (first game). Detroit, Louls, 6 (second game) Chicugo. 10; Cleveland, 8 not decided 4 Other ¢lubs sehedmicd the American would hold wo practice sessions at Forbes on_the the diamond | The entire lot of talent tuke sburgh will be out for a morn- rill, the pilot announced. e order a by g dr in the rnoon The stands surrounding playing fleld in the Pittshurgh t odd shadows a the ime of day the world | ontested and henefick the belleves. ington th ners eve of n wftes Pittab’zh New York 10 Cincinnatl St. Louls Boston Brooklyn pilot TYESTERDAY'S RESUI Cinelnnati, Fittabursh, (first game) . 1 (second Chicazn. 5 New York (rain) (rain). GRIFFS AND PIRATES HAVE SAME MARGIN‘ ate Press YORK, O © iea big tes Bluege, with 10 signs of | other athletes | to put up that kept tober iter par A to keep he « > series | heer lead the n a long rel who pitc 1 to | eight nd one-half gam ulged | Thre mes in each le; .mnlnlan‘d as the curtain fell yester: | far as the standing was concerned, the only result was the Cubs' drop into the cellar of the National League through a defeat by the Cardinals. On the heels of the Nationals and Athletics, the St. Louis Browns and Detroft Tygers finished in order in the i cagne and will share in the spoils. as will the Re . who trailed the Pirates | the first division of the | h A n League workout hefore the terday. He pitched to Hank Seve- and Benny Ttate neariy 15 min- tes and put plenty “on™ It the veteran's cond to improve in the it has since last Frida o be fit to st cond el Covey aught irsday game, in Pitts- was unable out st t last 1 and and Giants i At tional circ %40 nd, 10 to §: De- it trimmed the St. Louis Browns, Pittsburgh broke i, 4to 2 and 1 to 4, while the St. Louis Cardinals routed the Cubs, 7 to 5. All of the other zames were prevented by rain RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN | BATTING. AD. W, SB.RBL Pet. ] 500 H ay. rris will not | vice until the pitcher is ab t of himself. wall heaver will or f the ftr 10 to 4 and 11 to eve with Cin, Hoston last o concern seer the ah has anyt foot, it certainly | the Sunday con-| in poor enough | "d out of the| primed to give exhibitions of the Pirates. sto have e o b Tate Johnson Severeid w5 22292933250 =="2=ERRARRAILESD)! ition 1o be co Peck apnears n coni serie his in a cral bids | eked speed and pre held his vepy nan in a pincl that drove hote of 12 | B Harris was not | hother of his | hrowin severely | lacerated b pikes in | a game in ( tadium 10 | Aays ago. T r the first me since he. su jury, the | pilot # the Ameri an 11 tant threw accurately. e contest that he Ly the hard drives 1 and that he felt his finger +d healed perfectly The whole ot of Natio 1 plaved in s that was £ ososeun= Complete | uson ! Oxden .. . Coveleskis Johnson Ruether Marberry Zachary Tnanell Rallou Kelley Thomas e wreomurheRSSny s that got manner. through final pennant | support Duteh | ¥ change made assumed the start of the gEmOmOmOZOR BTG ™ [T TSP R P rted d the when Alex Fer mound _hurden fourth frame w: substitution of arl McNeely for Sam Rice in center teld. Ruether hurled a good three- round term, allowing but one hit—u double by Bill with two gone the fivst inning—and one pass Ferguson Ferguson in sle z Grezg *Mogrldze " Hecord while with 1son the 2 13 Fgoult quuqu trade {ur 1 Studebaker Allows Three Hits, nicked for three hits | in the fourth frame. One was a drive into the temporary left-field Ibig league S o UMPIRES Cy RIGLER (NL) WHO WILL CALL ’EM IN SERIES CLAREYCE (BRICK) OWENS(AL) BY ber 5 s | it for granted that their N d prosper bet on he win, but t : ¢ whirling der- A hig league pennant had been the first in the history Tha District of vo of ishes. von for of the nd same | ants night in the Capital. Taken as Matter of Course. But this year it is all so different, Washington has taken the i her second pennant as a matter course—as a sort of right and privi- lege. There have been no impetuous siappings on tho back, no high jinks v avenue or out at the Ives on the back and tell “how good they were. The Today ing their looking for the Na- crush the Pirates, with n to spare. There will be plenty of ball excitement in Washington when the actual games beg! “There has long been a sell out” at the & ard. . But the psy- chology of is far different from that « ago Pittshur, ning pennants away back shington was trailing in the dust. This is the fifth has come shing. 16 years tlonals to plenty of ro ar to the Buccanee ton's two, bt since the gonfalon floated in the smoky breezes, and Pittsburghers have been celebrating for a fortnight. Their faith in the Pirates is sublime. Pitts- burgh s the Washington of last year. Washington has assumed the garters were worn around, theneck e frequently. PARIS GARTERS NO METAL CAN TOUCH YOU 25c to $1 'd em stand by Al Simmons that was ac counted a home run. It came after Pouer Durability: Finish - v ROBERT more There | PITTSBURGH’S MILLIONS ARE BEHIND BUCC ANEERS T. SMALL. To et a proper perspective ou this background of the two about as wide Washington are guage. 3 the r 1its millionares of the cc or less nd takes a fellow putation first. g dec .u{u the Teisure of w. or perhaps for what he of superiority that belonged to rk during the five vears in a was winning pennants he effect of the “spirit” on the two teams may be greater than a good niany people believe. There is s year cers feel and Just taking nals wiil outraged {which McKechnie's pl ap te. Washington | win and will be more or les f they and | of the fans | WHAT THEY HAVE DONE THIS SEA ON. The regular line-up which Pittsburgh will send into the serfes. Games. A.B. Runs. Hits. S.B. ILR. Ave. 108 16 109 184 148 216 173 189 156 113 Hazen Cuyler, r( = Clyde Barnhart, If. Hal Traynor, 3b. Glenn Wright George Grantham, l)\ 'k Mclnnis, 1b, Sarl Smith, ¢ John Gooch, c. Lee Meado . Vie Aldridge, p Emil Yde, p. orrison, Kremer, p. NATIONALS’ EXPERIENCE AIDS THEM, McGRAW SAYS BY JOHN J. McGRAW, Manager New York Giants. p. am getting a thrill N anticipation [ out of this impending world series the like of which I havg not enjoved for vears. It will be the first in which 1w sipant. T have noth- coing to enjoy it just tne samc as any other scer 1 | ing to worry about 4 outsider, big series | have s not a parti an a base ball rooter and a lover of the game entry—the Pirates—and I think they have a is oo close, the clubs are too evenly bal- prediction based on any sound base ball a great fight, and I am looking forward to {it with eagerness. No two teams were so evenly matched. | fellow al Leaguer I have | ¢ hear fans speak of the ted by Bill McKechnie to dis- | terr ed ball club. B sttuation with him and | am speed only counts when it the hopeful sugges- | To get it Into when I confer with | #s have got 1o break i | pitehing of those three craf for our leaguc good chance winning, It anced, to warrant a defini reason. But it is going t Cver As ften we been iny cuss the ug to make all 1 can, | tions him. Has Faith In McKe - sy likely the Pirat will | to the W information or inipressions | cer as to the various Wishington | wiil Having played away orld series and | the e veter 1 difficulty e shurgh punch. The I¥ have a winning punch the vetel pitche: let rom them n e applied Pirates ) it get 1tes have to keep r speed that | ference ager of young TS ,dern.n & es | As a rival | Kechnie to himself in this seri {game and has the confid players. McKechnie }M)\Arl ball player. By th vpe of playver who thin and follows intelligent £ In npatural m Imevhuvm al ability he wa with my 1 help. e out- T mean the ! s out ity ations Advance ap ju 1lnuHV age. His superiority over the a o 4s in his smartt In other w intelligent and & been on wain watchword was speed, has stuck to the idea « that idea he has bul ning ball club. Whether he can win pionship with that speed | matter. The Natlunals also are outfit. Speed Counts On Bases. 1 feel, however, that McKechnie ha enough speed to win, if he only the opportunity to use it. That i { problem. No matter how much latent speed the: be on the bench P as Walter Johnson, St Coveleskie and Duttch 1 £oing to make the effort of their live | to keep it off the bases. ¥ rapid thin ub when o MeKe fight ays prefer ont {an 2 world chiam ther 3 fast po I from | fidence I5 omned whom T had gre 1 rather be alone i > success of either club in this ser: { will depend largely, T think, upon the ttitude of the plavers. With- tion the Nation COVEY TOPS A. L. HURLER HEILMAVI\ LE ADS HITTERS October Harry new champion the Ass: CIII( AGO, Tygers, is the overtook Tris Speaker, lected six hits in nine times at bat Louis Browns. Hellmann's unofficial average is .393 plus and Speaker's 380 This Is the third vear Heilmann b batting honors. In 1921, he with .294 and in 1923 batted lead the league, s has not been te, his only being as a pinch hitter, s average is a result of hits in 572 times at bat, while the | Cleveland pilot’s mark was attained {on 167 hits in 428 times at bat. Stanley Coveleskie of Washington led the American League pitchers with 20_victories and b defeats. Dazzy Vance of Brooklyn was beaten by Bill Sherdel of the Cardinals for honors in the Natlonal. Sherdel won 16 and lost 6, while Vance won 22 and lost 9. Rogers Hornsby of the Cardinals led the National batting parade for the sixth successive year, breaking the world record held by himself. He established the National League rec- ord for consecutive batting leadership last year. His mark, .403, also made him one of the only three men to hit over .400 for three seasons. The others’ were Jesse Burkett and Ty Cobh. Hornsby was crowned king of the home-run hitters in the majors with 39 blows, three less than his own National League r Bob Meusel of the 104 to | Close Daily & P. M. At the Sign of the Meon \'\\, Established 1893 We manship. Bear in mind that you have Heilm Cleveland manager, finished | plaving reg-| appearance | Wonder What Mertz Will Say Today? Suit or Overcoat Made for you as our own Tailoring Experts. satisfy your every demand in style, fit, finish and work- 25 to *50 advanta big serie can e It the in having heen tk Tt gives them a poise that had only thr exper ates could convind e merely i uld be No doubt, how the stz 9 ack poise at ayers Too Serious. | i it 4 great deal of 1 ind fame is at stake, young players al ways take the world series too seri ously. It is a natural thing for them to do, and they can't help it. T have seen them fail through that fault time and time again. It takes several games for them to become natural and casy. And this tenseness players destroys unity of actio ger are they to make good as indi viduals that team play gets away | from them Now that i | the Pirates stuff. It they ctar slugger the Det hitter of the American League. He vesterday when he col- in the double-hcader against the St. oi Yankees led in the American with 33 homers, while Babe Ruth. holder of the record with circuft blows in one season, finished in a deadlock for second homors in his league with Ken | Willlams of the Browns, each having he main They have are fast and ¥ ean be pr ¢ the White Sox o ng honors in_the stolen bases. Max | led the senior Johnny Mosti captured the pil { American with 4 Carey of the Pirates circuft with 43 thefts. Bottomley of the Cardinals collected the most hits in the National League, 227, while Al Simmons of the Athletics rolled up 250 in his circuit. Cuyler of the Pirates led the run scorers with 144, while Simmons ac- counted for 121. Players with 20 or more circuit blows this season follow: American League—Bob Meusel, New York, 33; Willlams, St. Louis, 25 Ruth, New York, 25. Simmons, Phila- delphia, 24; Gehrig, New York, 20. National League—Hornsby, Louts, 89; Martnett, Chicago. Fournier, Brooklyn, 22; Emfl Meusel, New York, Kelly, New York, hey o 1 enougl are excellent. Likely the more seasoned Nationals will put up a steady, hard-grinding | game. Tf the Pirates are inclined to be nervous the experienced old-timers will work to make them more so. (Copyright. 1925.) ROSENBERG MATCHED. CINCINNATI, Ohio, October 5 (). — Charles (P] Rosenberg, weight champion, has been matched to box Sammy Sandow, Cincinnati, a 10-round contest, October 12. Base ball records furnish few. if any, parallels to the finish in the Eastern League pennant race this year, when the first, third and fifth places in the club standing were not decided until the final da: Black Kaffor [ $8.50 to $10. It’s cAnkle- Fashioned ERMANENTLY shaped to an ankle- hugging trimness. Be- cause of this famous \imiBish feature, the style and fit of NumfiBigh oxfords persist to a ripe old age. —Everything you buy —here has quality —to recommend it. ou want it, the largest and finest stock of : woolens in Washington from which to select. Mertz & Mertz Co., Inc., 906 F St. ; But | < | ception il | !|a short series. alery, mong the | bantam- | in| BEST TWIRLERS USUALLY STOP LUG(,IN(, BY BUCS Pittsburghers Worthy Foemen, With Brilliant In- field and Outfield, but Lack a Certain Amount of Steadiness, Due to Their Youth. Doping the World Series Article 14. THE PITTSBURGH TEAM. BY FREDERICK G. LIEB. World Series Official Scorer. 1922, 192 Former President Base Ball Writers” Association. ational League root- world series, are ngsters of approac ed 1 HE Pittsburgh Pirates, the hope of millions ers all over the country in the fast worthy foemen. a fast, vigorous tcam with terrific batting power. It is one of one which is ely to enable Forbes Ficlc world series play during the next few vears he club, in some respects, resembles the At which the famous Mackmen, with their flashy, f first world championship, It may be recalled that most of the wise ones picked the young Athletics of that year to blow up when they met the | experienced Cubs, heroes and veterans of numerous world series wars but the vouthiul Philadelphians easily rped off with the series, four games to one. Lack Famous Pitchers. Whila the present day Pirates o { what resemble that famous Athletic clubh, they, of course, lack the f: | Philadelphia _pitch | Coombs and Plank pitchers, and pls sponsible for muc |World serles success In the adjoining table list of Pirate batting | there is no denying that | packs a mean punch. 1 first time that »e in @ position to put lof .300 hitters into a world = | 1910, Connie Mack had an line-up of .300 hitters, with base bal! able 1 patron to see consider of 1910, the year young infield, won their he Pirates mora than This left-hander's to the Nationa! which ma | Rtuether's stuff will The ¥ and | the | the | pressed the ot a fi be ne mpions. a brilllant outfleld infield. However of the infield is on e ex or. and probabls tendency to gle zround balls. Pirates are a comparativaly m, and lack a certaln amount justice to the club rose ma occasion of the ed the Giants s of ‘Shortstop Jack Barry, e on the home grounds r, who was one of the most ampions. Pittsburgh men on the club in_the a smushing attack and getting all of John'7¢ ! t of thelr hits, took four he of five. Old Babe Adams : 01 yu: il the ex 263 hitte angerous ‘Three vears ago ! M v ant regu | exception of Heinie Grol i | hitters, and Heinle procecded to he | | the batting star of the serles. Sof averages often do not prove much in | pi Meadows to Be Ace. In doping out this serles, have expressed the opinio 1 do te pitching staft iber of the club. 4ff. but not a these pitch: tiia 1 alread: 1 analvzing season hit terrifically “pitching clucks stopped by good 1 one of the short In ely !the Virates this hen 11 u up, erable for the medioc to hit wo o series. Averages Ma; well know it is o 0 averages vsiderably tes test their batting skill <peed of Johnson and the “oveleskie, | Ruether. despite | does not figure_to give | much trouble. X rates familiar with his style of de but the chances of thei left-hander are Zachary, one of Wi Mike Sexton of Rock Island, 11l of the Nutional onal Base Bal ame interested in the many ars ago of police in his iven free admis the | home sion to the & She Worlds Cfia/m/aiom - Endorse A %nmmgfldea | Read What Bucky Harris Writes: I I o) to get their stuff in play their chances | i | “Kaufman—has a world-beating idea. Two-pants suits are to single pants suits what a "two-bagger’ is to a "single.’ They go twice as far—and 'baby’ what a satis- faction!™ Signed—Stanley B. Harris, Mgr. Wash. Baseball Club The Extra Pain-Loubles The Wear Money‘s Warth or Money Bacla D. J.KAUFMAN,: 1005 Pa. Ave. 1724 Pa. Ave.