Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1925, Page 23

S PORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1925. Harris Sees No Pitching Problem for Nats : McKechnie Expects Much of Hurlers PLACES FA AND COVEY Ferguson May Be Surprise of Season With Nationals’ Support—Zachary and Ruether in Good Shape, With Res BY STANLEY Manager Washington Na R. BALL men always have 1 set ames ng nts abov » not think I will have any 1e series with the Pirates. that co but and Staunle t two right-handers in the 1< another fine orthodox finger in v after he was waived to t Pirates are said to be “poisc they will have to show me : Pirates as a resalt of his vears 1Z to Wash asons, and is connident he ¢ chec ras a winnis 1 Leaguers. Banks on Johnson. I fore cor am b 1 Covey to baff 1son is just as good as he | when he led the Amer- | ie hurlers both in effective- | ng ratings. Those who | g f in action the opinion that | the name that are un’ past gl the U in} American League this year. and in t too. Walter finished his ith a record of 20 vie-| 7 defeats, a_great record over a complete season. But he made it i months, for he was 1l of July because k, and did no hurl n club clinch- est about wson hurt a leg a_game follow ped a charievho Dut it was not serious few days Mike Marun on club's trainer, had the fine fettle. In his Johnson bas | nth Jokh drills for workin be quite ready to s the Pirates pl heen splendidly, p to the slab and enty in the world | Not at Best Last Year. I ar's world series games did Jo at his best. He had n" ball, as they say in| ssional n a pitcher has | <t to make a deceptive curve | nce of speed. But then | vietim of too much ! first two starts he | son at not much prof A good t 1 was for the W st pitch nat 15 twice heaten. ¢ final game « got into ac as only a Johnson can concerned him then his club, and that he the Johnson the Pi-| in the series, and they | ot apt to find him only a shadow £ his old se & ngainst the Pi 1 spitha shington | ally and H That's be very effective | They did not see g in their league tful if they saw any as the big Pole delivered The Indians thought the end of his string eason and were glad toturn | Washington during the proved a great find for All the Pole dld was :inst only § losses, to € He set a league rec- ord for the in bagging 13 of his victories in a row. Series Nothing New. vey o to that season. e, Covey ought not to be flurried by 1a series surrounding. He magnificent ball for the In- when beat the Dodgers 1820 classic, so this 1925 series | new for him. type that larly by s teliow who' goes little at- | I look for | when we they Be- | not | ound. noth clse. him, thing n s the surprise of vorld serles last year. Alex Ferguson may be the pitching sur- prise of the serles this year. Alex Aid some good pltching for a couple sons while with the Red Sox,.| but poor support kept him from get- ng a winning record. While with Yankees this yvear he s glven chance to rev his worth, but | rimir Washington club in in a remarkable | | i the Le performed 1= 1 Ir starts ex won s vietims being 1 five times, the Tygers, \ A4 Sox. s good in all his games ve ball he showed was His work against the can slug the ball with indicated he might be effective against a bunch hitters such as are the Vhite Sox . fis control w especially of shing Pir Nats' Relief Is Best. these three right-handers of southpaws, the Wash- 25 the best relief pitcher Fred Marberry, who more than 50 games last when mound mates faltered, this on has been in 54, 2 most remark- ed repeatedly has enemy when it threatened per hand. He has a ball, fine control and set of a relief pitcher nerve | had a bit a trouble with alary wing in August, but it has cen relieved and now he is in excel- idition for any relief work he iy be called upon to do in the series The Washington Club also has Al | len Russell, a_ veteran spitball slab- man, and Win Ballou, a recruit pitch- er, on the eligibility list for the world champlonship games. I do not think they will b to be called into serv- ice. The other fellows ought to take care of the Pirates in efficient manner. RECORD OF FINAL WEEK IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES NEW YORK, October 5 (P).—The final week's major league record of games won and lost, runs, hits, er- rors and opponents, including games tollows: ational League. W. hiladelp! 5 8t. Lous Pittsburgh . 110 To 1 ston Club haclk brace an iron Marberry American League. Chieago Boston Dotroit Philade > New York ... Washington St. Louis Cleveland ITH IN JOHNSON rves All Ready nals, American League Champions. everyth | Brightwood " | first appearance in the league, having | | room boys with a good set of 369. | splendid material. IN BIG SERIES | been | Mary LAUREL RACE TRACK DOLLED UP FOR MEET Laurel Park gates tomorrow for ¥ tober turf meet. The cream of thor- oughbreddom will try conclusions for turf superiority in hoth branches of the sport: flat and cross-country. Thousands of dollars vearly have pent to make the home of the and ftate Fair, Inc., Spalding Lowe Jenkins, president ittractive as could be desired. Barns have been will its (BUCKY) HARRIS, | aintained that in a short series, such for the world championship, it's the r. There's no doubt about pitching problem to trouble me dur- the Washington club | American League, And it | Alex Ferguson, who certainly proved ub by the Yankees. | to all leit-handers. That may be Dutch Ructher, who knows much of i service in the National League be- v Covel \gton, has just heen through one of his best slabbing k Pittsburgh. Tom Zachary has not pitcher, but he is as ready as Dutch COMER WINS AUTO RACE. FRESNO, Calif., P). ed Comer dashed to victory In the Fresno district falr 150-mile automo- | bile race on the Fresno Speedway. | His time was 1 an average of | 102.2 miles hour. Bennett Hill | was second, Ray L. Cariens, third and | Dr. \W. E. Shattuck, fourth. October 3 an | yeur-olds erected that are up-to-date in every respect and the clubhouse, grand- stand and lawns are in keeping with a first-cl plant. Improvements from year President Jenkins have been nd varied and in time will 1ch the acie of perfection. The fi o will be called to the post at 1 Nine stake is vear to year are down for decision imd the total amount money 1o he distributed in them 1 §50.000. The sum for the entire meet is $310,000, which gives a daily average of more than, $13,000. Dates setected for ‘the running of the fixtures are as follows: TOMORROW—Capital Ha of licup, $5.000; > ! Cullotton, $5. DCTOBE mile: Chevy Chise and up: £10.000 Steenlechune, 000; 1: about two. and”w balf Muuor, Osle Steeplechase, nd up; bout three ton, ,000: nd w ‘quarter miles. year-olds und ‘up s, whose charter v 110 The French dates from 1600, is represented rganizations. STAGE BEING By the Associated Press. P ITTSBURGH, Pa day for the opening game of the American League and defenders Manager McKechnie and his speedy young Pirate team are home from Cin- |cinnati, where the last games on the regular schedule were played over the week end. Final practice sessions pre- paratory for the first clash with the veteran Natlonals are on the schedule for this afternoon and tomorrow. “Bucky” Harrls was due to lead his {club into Pittsburgh tonight, and | Forbes Field will be turned over to {the American leaguers tomorrow aft lernoon for a workout. Second String Works. The double-header with the Reds on {an opportunity to put several of his |second-string men into action, P’itcher cher Spencer, Infielder | Thompson and Outfielder Haas work ing in a portion of the second game. | Since clinching the senfor circuit pen- Lout 10 days ago. all of Skip- ill's strategy has been pointed to- |wara priming the entire team. both regulars and reserves, for the title fray, and no stone in that direction has been left unturned. No definite announcement on the pitching assign- ment for Pittsburgh in the first game has been made by Manager McKech- {nie. Tn the opinfon of funs and sport |writers, however, Lee Meadows, be- Sunday afforded Manager McKechnie | SET TODAY FOR OPENING SERIES GAME . October 5.—\With the ringing down of the curtain on the major league base ball season, the stage was being set to- the world series at Forbes Field, the home lot of the National League champions, the Pittsburgh Pirates, who on Wednesday will enter the initial battle of the annual Fall base ball classic as the opponents of the Washington Nationals, 1925 champions of of the world championship title. spectacled mound artist, who came to the Buccaneers from the Phillies in 1923, will be the selection to oppose Walter Johnson, veteran standby of the youthful “Bucky” Harris and the pitching hero of last year's series. “The Big Train,” it has been an- nounced by Harrls, will be the hurler likely to climb the hill in the first act. Aldridge in Second. It is considered probable that “Vie" Aldridge, who was obtained from the Chicago Cubs last Winter by trade and a hold-out during the Spring training season, will be the Pirate's chief choice for the second game, with Ray Kremer slated for duty on the third day of the big tussle Fans from the four corners of the country are assembling in the Smoky City and eagerly await the umpire’s “Play ball." All reserved seats were sold” long agu, but carpenters are pushing to completion stands in modate an additional 6,000 enthusi- asts, bringing the capacity of Forbes Fleld to more than 45,000. Already all' hotels and boarding houses are booked to the limit and are making arrungements to care for additional guests with emergency accommodations temporary | left field that will accom- | BERLENBACH FIGHTS By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October Berlenbach, world light heavyweight champlon, battles K. Solomon, Panama heavywelght, tonight at 10 o'clock at the Polo Grounds in the outdoor boxing show of the season. Johnny Dundee, retired feather- | weight _champlon, will stack against Babe Herman, San Francisco ’r;»mlherwugm, in a 16-round semi- nal. Jimmy Kelly, manager of Herman, plans to clatm the featherweizht crown in case his boxer wins, in spite of the title held by Louis (Kid) | Kaplan of Meriden, Conn., who won the elimination tournament conduct- ed by the New York State Athletic Commission. Sid Terris, East Side lightweight, will swap blows with Jack Bern- stein of Yonkers, N. Y., in another 10-rounder on the same card. | " In the event of unfavorable weath- er the show will be postponed until October 13. CARPENTIER TO INVADE. PARIS, October 5 (®).—Georges Carpentfer, the French light-heav welght pugilist, has agreed to terms for a fight with the winner |bout between Jimmy Delaney Eddie Iuffman, Americans, the of December or the beginning of Jun- | uary. If Carpentler wins, he says { he will meet Paul Berlenbach at New | York. | Olympic games in Africa will be | held for the first time in 1927 at Alex- landria. and NEWS MASONIC | Standing of teams: | Team. Mount Hermon. .. . 8 Washiagton Centénnial 0 | New Jerusalem R | on M. Parker 5 | et 2 q | st John's. . R4 Trinity 6B | 400 Ge Xa 600 Dawson Harmony ventaipiia Stansbury Warren G. Jational 2O 2 XD EIY Seescxrnatagan: Mot East Hope Kmng Davi B Gate. néh e ©255 an 5 " Roosevelt. ¥ Chase. b Anacostia Somrne Leading Performances. High team set—Mount Hermon, High team game—; . High individual Cepsennial, 1.881 ount Hermon, 584 t—Burtner, Wash same—Brown, M -— DISTRICT LEAGU Standing of Team Won. Lost. Pet. T.P, Temple 52 King Pina; 1350 Cornell’'s Lu 3 Mount Pleisants Stanford Paper Co. . Convention Hall. - ‘minal Ieo Co. 5. Mever Davis. .. Regtitars v, 0. g i Internal Revenue... 0 3 000 High team set—Convention Hall High team game—Convention Hall. 630 High individual set—Friend. Terniinal Ice | fiigh Individual e 1 T iindl game—Friend, Terminal e et Co, 1oa1ER 1ndividual average—Friend. Terminal | The end of the first week of the | schedule finds Temple, a newcomer in | the league, heading the standings | with a clean slate by reason of wins by small scores from Internal Reve- nue. The latter team was making its iken over the franchise held many | vears by Goodfellows. The match between Convention Hall, formerly Curb Cafe, and King Pins on the opening night resulted in | excellent pin shooting, the latter | team emerging the victor in the odd | game of the set. Its games of 611, 557 | and 598 accounted for a 1,766 team | set, in which Reds Megaw, with 388, and John Harville, with 371, were| best. Convention Hall had the unique experience of piling up a 1,782 set to win only one game with a 639 effort. Frank Miller, with games of 127, 142 and 116 for a 885 set, was high fer his team. By consistent scores of 567, 547 and 543, Cornell's Lunch wrested the odd game from Terminal Ice Co., the for-! mer having a set of 1,657, as com- ared with 1 for the latter. The Icemen recorded a win with a 616 game, of which Iriend contributed 163. Jenks was high for the lunch- The usually ndicapped shoes Stanford Paper Co. took the first two from Meyer Davis, but were un- able to make a clean sweep of the set, as Arthur Logan of the latter team | turned in a 132 game, which was enough to win. Jack Whalen bowled his first set in the league, and his 344 set is sufficlent to establish him as Harry Armiger of Meyer Davis, with only two marks in each game, had scores of 113, 116 and 113 for a 342 set, which is howling of a high order. Mount Pleasants took Regulars into | camp the first two games, but faltered in the last, the latter winning with | plenty to spare. The diminutive and vouthful Victor Ott was the bright particular star, his first two games being 138 and 141. Bad splits in the final prevented his going over the 400 mark, 104 being the best he could get, for a set total of 383. Overanxxiety on the part of George Friend of Terminal Ice Co. in the final game at Convention Hall Friday cost him an opportunity to hang up a set | total which would have been difficult | to surpass as a league record for the vear. He registered 125 in his first game, despite two bad counts on marks. In the second he contributed a 163 score, making 65 pins in the last three hoxes, the figures being 16. 20 and 29, respectivelv. With a LAUREL RACES Laurel, Maryland First Race, 1:45 P.M. reliable Al Work w by his new as bowling pecial trains will leave Union Station (Baltingore & Ohio K. K.) 12:25, 12:35, 12:45 P.M. each day, returning immediately after the races. liesar | League by | of 130, 126 and 105. | Year's champlons, total of 258 for the first two games, it looked like a certainty that he would establish @ isonrecord, but his deadly accuracy left him after the early part of the game and nothing but splits followed. His work for the evening put him in front for high in- dividual set, high individual game and | nigh individual average. Osborne of Washington Loan and; No. 1, hung up two individual records this week for members of the Bankers' League to shoot at, and help- ed his team to set new marks. His game of 158 and set of 408 look pretty good for this early date, while the team records of and 1,711 will be hard to beat. Standing of the teams in the Bank- League: Team. National Bank Bank of Wash' V1 Pot e Naticnal & Trust Co Nat. It & ational Bank Bank & 1 Nation AGRICULTURE INTERBUREAU Team Standing. 1ors operty . snomics Plant Industry.@111000 1 High_Team Sets—So-Kems. erty L56: Accounts. 1. gh L games—S0- 45: Anterbureau, 53 Talbert, 3 High dual sets—Roney. Gowan, 361: individual _games—Dixon. 137: Gowan, 135: Roney. 150 ‘Weekly prize—Roney of Interbureau. galn of 85 pins, Interbureaus featured week's bowling of tl king all from the strong P starred for the w Interbureau three games operty five. Roney mers with gam District League scouts’ were looking him over before the evening closed. Ready, anchor for the Interbureaus, came through with a strike and count of 9 in the third game to win for his team by a margin of 4 pins. The second sweep of the evening saw the Accounts bowlers taking all three from Capt. Barber's Economics | outfit in spite of the stella Dixon, lead-off m r ve was by showed the way for the with a set of 336. Dix sh game for the eve- hunts 187 The So-Kems had little trouble tak- ing aull three games from the Plant Bureau team, all being won by a wide margin. Gowan kept up the fast pace he has been setting by totaling 361 for his set, almost enough to win without help from his teammates. His game of 134 was the best for the match. In the third game of the Solicitors- Public Roads match Capt. Murphy of the former team duplicated Ready’s feat of earlier in the evening. Rolling his tenth box with his team six pins in the rear, he pulled a strike and counted % on it, putting his team over with a margin of three pins. Solicitors took two of the three games, winning the second and third, after d‘ripph\g the first one, by a wide mar- gin. The Accounts team, which carried some of the best bowlers in the cir- cuit, could never get sggrted last season, but apparently has hit its stride this vear and is promising to make plenty of trouble for the last the Sofls-Chemis- try outfit. Interbureaus, always trouble-mak- s last s n, though rather incon- tent, promise to be up with the leaders. Public Roads, too, much stronger. Plant Bureau is having trouble getting out its best line-up, while Fconomics has just run into a &treak of bad luck. Capt. Bar- ber's five has had the unusual ex- perience of rolling above the 500 mark in five out of six games and yet los- ing five of the six, Much interest i punt s being shown In the <ems ms sched- Equip Your Car With NEW TIRES 6 MONTHS TO PAY! PROBEY TIRE STORES 2104 Pa. Ave. N. W. 1200 H St. N. E. 9th & P Sts. N. W. the second | n for the latter out- | looks l uled for Thursday. The teams-are tied for first place and include the leading Lowlers of the league in the line-ups. The Washington Ladies’ League will start the ball rolling tomorrow night on the Coliseum drives, with the full complement of 10 teams taking the alleys in the initlal contests of the season. With the new schedule in operation this season, which brings the full strength of the league in action one night each weck through- out the season Instead of two or four teams bowling several nights, it is certain that there will be a decided reduction in postponements and for- feited matches, and it is hoped that these two unpopular features will be | eliminated entirely. The opening night will find several new teams in the ! cirenit, taking the place of those that falled to get in_iine for another son. Bethany Chapter, Western captained by Mabel Jenkins, and the | Delhis, with Luecille Preble in the role of captain, are (wo new quints. Bron son Quaites’ team will be known here- after us the Beeques, formerly Billies' teum. Post Office Department has been changed to Cliimbers, and Mount Pleasants to Washingtons. The schedule for opening night, Tuesday, October 6: Bethany vs. Co | lumbfans, Commercials _vs. Delhs, Hiltopp D. of I, Washingtons Ve, Climbers and Heeques vs. 1. C. C. sea- Mount Pleasant, 0dd Fellows Bowl- ing League champlons for two suc- seasons, have started off a at the same speedy gate that carried them to the top before. After white- washing the strong Eastern team in their first set of the 1925 season, they administered the same dose to Central and ran thelr game tofal to six straight wins. In George Nash, the heavyweight bowler of the loop. His size, however, does not interfere with his rolling and he easily knock- ed off the best set of the night, when | his team met Salem. Columbia won | the first two and lost their third on a handicap of 25 by a margin of 6 pins. Alded by the acquisition of Rohr- bach, Friendship took a new lease |on life and defeated Harmony, two | games to one. Brightwood can thank Hamllton for a three-game victory over Covenant. He rolled a total of 333. Eastern lost three during the open- ing week, but staged a comeback in the second round and took an entire set from Golden Rule. Pumphry of Gold en Rule set the pace with 331, but received little assistance from his | mates mity won two games from Fred D. Stuart, and totaled the best set for the week with 1560. P. Ellet of Amity had high set with 890, while Harville of Fred D. Stuart came sec- ond with 879. Columbia claims R. P. Andrews Paper Co. rolled high team game on the opening night of the Typothetae Bowling League with a score of 527, while Judd & Detweller turned in high team set with 1,560. Individual set honors went to Spencer of National Capltal Press, who rolled 353. and Klein of R. P. Andrews scored high game with 148 Fourteen teams took -part in the first night’s bowling, with the follow- ing results: Ransdell,-Inc., won three games from Washington Printing Co.; Natlonal Capital Press won three from Lanman Engraving Co.; Judd & Det- weiler won three from Stanford Paper Co.; Columbian Printing Co. won two out of three from National Publishing Co.; Packwood Printing Co. won two out of three from Washington Mono- type Co.; R. P. Andrews Paper Co. won two out of three from M. Joyce Engraving Co.; Standard Engraving Co. won two out of three from Wheel- er-Jones. TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S, 7th & F ’ ‘TI‘N —a low-cut PHIL .Preeminent among semi-soft, band- ed collars, for style, comfort and wear. SOUTHEND JU OUTHEND JUNIORS won thei Yankees, 10 to 6, and captured ion championship. Jwing their triumph the Sc at the Ameri of District_titles were presented t} Champion Nationls. Other teams so honored were the Marines, victors in the week day league's play-off; the Linworths, con querors in the senjor series, and the Dreamlands, midget champs. The Southends outclassed their op- ponents from the start in their final game of the season and after getting a 9-run lead in the second frame fairly coasted to the victory. Simpson start ed on the mound for the Southwest crew, while Sykes essayed the hurling dutles for the Y The latter went the route, but Simpson. after workir for six frames, turned the job over lor. 0 Chestnut Farms Dairy tossers, ners of the Commercial League ser led the six teams participating in the week day circult’'s play-off beth in team batting and fielding, according to the figures compiled by Pop Cook, official jscorer for the series. The Marines, who captured the city title, finished third in both departments. Bennie April of Chestnut Farms, who played in only five games, leads in individual batting with a mark of .600, while Bric Owen of the Leatherneck: On June 7, x R 4 Bluntsize - 2for25c Senator size « 2 for25c PerfectoGrande, 3 for 50c and in many other popular shapes terday when they closed their seasor NIORS TAKE TITLE FOR A THIRD TIME r third successive base ball title yes- with a victory over the the Washington Base Ball and Ath- »uthends were awarded their tro; 1 League Park at the same time that three other wi r prizes by members of the World jturned in an average of 500 for 1‘ games. nine | Rain having forced a postponement |of the third Shamrock-Knick game |yesterday at Wushington Barracks, followers of the sandlot pastime must wait until next Sunday to see the de- cision in the unlimited title. | Benning Athletic Club base ballers, conguerors of the Swanee Preps by o 9-to-1 re seeking oppo. games. For book at Lincoln 7403. h Mount Rain: wuse of wet grounds {nents for heduled wi off be Frank Cinotti's St. Joseph's crew winners over abrook, Rialto Theater, Alexandria Cardinals, Yankees, Silver pring and Eastport, are on the trail |of Leo Wise's Arlington team, cham plons of Northern Virgina. Cinotti lopes to book the Virginians before many days and believes that he can give them plenty of opposition with Fee Colliere, Lefty Tripp, Joe Freschi, Tom Stolle, S. Colliere, Cercen, Man: ders, M. Freschi, Jordan, Sartori and *anella In his line-uy THE WORLD’S STRIKE- OUT RECORD 1884, Charles Sweeney, pitching for the Providence National League Champions, struck out 19 men in one g inning game—a record that has stood for 41 years. ¥ ;‘6' Because BOT EN Charley S ‘way back in 1884, it took ‘3 count. Sweeney had to have more than a little “something” on the ball. He did have something—something in u:;Fe and stami- his head, in his na, that mow: it, co them won him ball games and made him the idol of the crowds. He had that PLUS quality that all cham That same somethin PANAMAN TONIGHT| 5.—Paul | feature 10-round bout of the closing | up | of the| end | Admits 1924 Champions Pirates’ Be RELIES ON YDE, KREMER, MEADOWS AND ALDRIDGE > Records Are Better, but Work Has Been Done When Moundsmen Are Under Strong Attack. BY WILLIAM B. McKECHNIE, ment. I 70 per cent of the ball club. per cent. When a pitcher goes good the {in the approaching serics, then, the pitching. the Pirates. better marks than our pitchers 1 am hopeful—and I be! —they w The mainstays of the gton Ruether, with Marberr The mainstays of the Pirates Meadows, Aldridge, Kremer with Morrison in the rol this geason. H 1 dentally, that Morrison is the best re lief man I cver saw, and 1 say this knowing how highly Marberry is con stdered. While not anticipating Bucky Harris’ plans about pitching in the serfes, the Pir for most_of their trouble from leskfe, John 1 Ruether, with Zicha rguson and Marberry in reserve, Coveleskie s a spit fafr speed. He relies on his a good one, in the pinches. inci « Johnson Still Great. Johnson is, as every one knc a smart pitcher, with good con His speed, s to won- derful service in the big league over such a long stretch of service, is not what it used to be. But he a great pitcher. Ruether this year | enjoyed one of his biggest seaso | He is smart s de | Johnson, o accounted Nationals eptive r the great i ' victories this and must be rated steady, | men. However, th rates feel tha these pitchers have not faced with an attack stre | Pirates. Moreover, the I'i | confidence in their pitchers ter what the records shoy Our pitche admit, but ft Pmergency —just when somet { Iv important was on tap {ers came through wit the kind Lot game In the series that really decfied the penuant Alvdo Aldridge and Kre held the Gi at bar. On other oc throuzh splendidiy Work Well in Crisis. consist | the tes have 1mat ir ini e, T every nz real pitch i | | | . our needed n 1me | records sh dissect the f Pittsburs ers in the important battles show, 1 am sure, that pitchers go at th sor & vital i why 1 expect and excel even such | the Nationals boas: | Then, again, Pirate pitche: | have to'face the attacking force th Was weeney pitched quality that strikes to put a man out. Fouls didn’t every day by down, that ps are made of. g that super- immediately. becomes easy. It is the pitcher who sw In considering the defensive merits, relatively of piteher with | is still | club | bill which ended their RECORDS THAT STAND things into an overwhe! popularity, has made La Palina the biggest selling cigar in the world. Over a million La Palinas are bought Manager, Pittsburgh Pirates, National League Champions HE strongest part of any ball club is found in the pitching depart- ome base ball men rate the pitching staff as representing I disagree with th I place it at 90 work for every one else on the club ys a team to victory or defeat the Pirates and National: first thing to do is to consider the Nationals’ Records Better. The records will show that Washington has a better pitching staff than If you go by averages you mu but ill be misleadnig in the coming series. t admit that the Nationals have 1 find records sleading at times. staff are Coveleskic, Johnson and that wins will the better pitching. Pirate hurler re going to sur | prise the dopesters who now rate them | second to Washington. Getting aw | from the pitchers, you take a look a! the two Inflelds with an eye to their defensive strength. No pair in_base ball is better than Wright and Tra. nor. Peck and Rluege are good, but not as good as onr paf; 1 will give Harrls and Judge an edge on that side of the diamond as_op- posed to Moore and Grantham. Both jare older en in the game than the Pittsburgh voungsters. But dun't get the fdea either Grantham or Moore is weak. Both are brilllant men, but not 80 experienced as Harrls or Judge. In the cutfield 1 pick Cuyler, Carey and Barnhart to outplay defensively G lin, MeNeely and Iice tarnhart is steady and dependalle: one covers more ground than and Cuyler can do everything expected of o Star right fielder. Gos !1in and Rice are fast fellows, smart in the club that gets And I feel that 1 cover lots of ground, and is #n excelient centerfielder, Pirate trio, as a whole. National's outfield Pirates have the best outf combination seen in vears, defensively and offensively. Ruel to Have Trouble. the catching department Smith and Gooch will hold even with Ruel. Ruel wiil have more trouble because the Plates the hetter base-run- ning club. Both Smith and Gooch hold up the pltcher well. Stealing of bases usually is made possible by the nd not the catchers e the Pirates the best pitching thelr hurlers have shown at tinies this vear and vou will have to giye them the championship. Person- ally, T think they are coming through no matter how the pitching records stand at this time. I am one not worrying on this score. T know wi done in other emergencies will come throuzh In (Copyright, 1925.) 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