Evening Star Newspaper, April 15, 1926, Page 45

S PORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1926. SPORTS. 45 Yanks and Bucs Rated As Main COntemmm HARDY HUGMEN SELECTED TO UPSET GRIFFS AND A.’S Addition of Youngsters and Rejuvenation of Vets Makes New York Americans Powerful—Giants Picked to Make Pirates Hustle. BY FREDERICK G. LIEB. T HE new season should see the teams in the National Leaguc again run pretty much as they did last year, but it should see.a startling upset in the American League. The Pittsburgh Pirates should re- peat in the National League, and I am bold enough to pick the Yankees as pennant winners in the junior league This American Leaguc prediction is not based on any personal senti- ment other. nor because I speat more time in the South with this club than any b From personal observation of the other American contenders and [new addition te the Athletics is Iid from a close analysis of the four outstanding clubs, the Yankees, Athletics, Nationals and Browns, it is my convic on that offensively and defensively the revised Yankees are the class of their circuit. If this appears a startling prediction, I will remind my readers that a year ago 1 picked both winners, Pittsburgh and Washington. I récognized that the Pirates were due and that Washington's 1924 vic. tory was no believe 1 was one of the few writers who picked the 1925 Athletics as high as third, and T recall that T was criticized for putting Detroit low as fourth. Many regarded the Tygers as their 1925 pennant choice, but the De- troiters were fortunate in rounding out the first division The entries in the two major league races may be divided into the follow- ng accident. 1 as NATIONAL LEAGUE. Group 1. Group2. Group3. Group4. Bitteburgh St Louis' Brooklyn ¢hicago Philadelphia Boston New York Cincinnati AMERICAN LEAGU roup 2. Groun 4 Gronp 1 o Boston G Xew York 8t Louls thietics _ Detroit ‘ashington Chicago In dividing the clubs into these di- visions, teams of approximately the same strength are grouped together. Bucs Must Beat Off Glants. Taking first the National League. the real pennant struggle again should be between Pittsburgh -and New York. McGraw, the Giant man- ager, has said that the Pirates cannot win another pennant with their pitch ing material of 1925. Admitting that the Giants have far the better pitching staff, 1 believe that the su- perior hitting strength of the Pirates again will pull them through. They have added two high-grade minor leaguers in Rhyne and Waner, but the club was in greater need of added pitching strength than of new outfielders and infielder: There is no reason why Barnhart should displaced. He contributed his full share to the Pirate pennant victory of 19 .325 and driving in 114 runs. So did little Eddie Moore, who hit .359 in 1924 and .298 last Group Cleveland sraw is strong in pitchers. with aff headed by Ring. Greenfleld 1zsimmons, Barnes Me- Quilla erful weak tion In hf and hitters in the outfield, in catching. This late pon may be remedied. the second Natlor group I have placed Reds and Brave playing great ball under Horr veloped quite an impotus T mp opponer club, It be | de-{and Washington are closel ing | in team strength, and should fight for ts. is | the money but its'troit and the White Sox also are well | walks to the foul line on his stumps. HOW LIEB PICKS ’EM ° AMERICAN NATIONAL New York Pittsburgh Athletics New York Washington St. Louis St. Louis Cincinnat Detroit Boston Chicago Brooklyn Cleveland Chicago Boston Phillielp.hi. pitching still lacks championship caliber. The Reds have the pitchers, but the rest of the club doesn't measure up. 1 was disappointed in the team in such games as I saw.' Mays is back in form, and Luque, Rixey, Donohue and Mays, if given a fair amount of runs, could win a pennant in any league. Cincinnat! is weak behind the bat: Eddie Roush is the only outfielder. who 1s a real big leaguer, and 1 fear too much is expected of Wally Pipp. Braves Troublesome. The Braves have good pitchers, a fair club and wonderful spirit. Its success depends on how little -Gau treau and Riconda hold up on the in- field and the ability of Bancroft to stand another season’s grind. It is a club which will make trouble all vear, and may horn in among the first four. Brooklyn looked bad in its Spring series with the Yankees, but Robin: son has built up a good pitching staff centered around Vance, i Barnes, McWeeney and Petty. . rest of the club is slow and old, espec cially Old Man Fournier at first. ever, it is a_typical Robinson team, a collection of discards. Twice Robby won pennants with such a team, and on another occasion he was beaten out by a margin of one game. Chicago and the Phillies are in.a themselves at the foot of ier. The Phillies were the t club I have seen this Spring. have shown little improvement il hardly match their .444 per- e of 1925. The American League has been di Si3sHLIATe e Ik two of one. Philadelphia, New York bunched . Louis, positions. De- s of threes and | matched and should fight it out for the fourth first division post. There is a gap and then we come to Cleve- land. Then we encounter still a greater gap and on the other side of that chasm are the humble Red Sox, once proud world champions. After ' getting started In middle March, the Yankees ran roughshod over - National League training op- ponents. 1 believe the club actually has startled Huggins with its strength. He expected to be back in the fighting, but I do not think he realized he had another championship vossibllity this year. Yanks' Spirit Revived. Four of the best youngsters I have seen this Spring, Koenig, Li Zerri, Thomss and McQuaid: the amazing improvement by Gehrig, the success- ful operation on Joe Dugan's knee, the .comeback of several veteran pltchers and the awakening of a new spirit in the Yankees have turned a seventh place club into @ team which should be in the running all vear. | It has been said that the biggest Gleason. The Kid is a valuable fel. low to have around, but if Joe Hauser’s leg doesn't hold up, the Kid can't play first base. 1 know the Athletics have been made favorites hy many, but I prefer Huggins’ pitching staff. The Yanks also will outslug Philadelphia, though the- lat- ter club will lead in team batting. Washington has a veteran club, which has won two pennants. It isn't ready to break, but I donm't think it can win again. It could not have won last season without Covel- eskie's remarkable year. A veteran lpm-her seldom has two such years in succession. 1 .thought much better of the 1 ago than I do to- good club. but It might win a lacobson, Wil- day. Sisler h not a great one pennant_if Sisler, liams, Gerber and Schang were the players they used to be. But unfor- tunately they are not,and while the voung pitching staff has possobilities it hasn’'t enough veterans to serve as_anchors. f Cobb has two new men, Gehringer and Warner, in his infleld and has landed several new pitchers. How- ever, the staff still looks wabbly, and though Detroit again will score a lot of runs, it is my opinion that more runs will be scored against it than agalnst any American team with the exception of the Red Sox. Collins has two grea oung pitch- ers in Ted Lyons and Ted Blanken- ship to say nothing of Hollis Thurs- ton. who won 20 games with a Chi- cago tailender of 1024 Everett Scott is playing great ball now, but how. will he go when the pace gets hot in August and September? Cleveland has practically the same team it had a year ago, and I can't see where it is stronger in any posi- tion. The Red Sox start off a 1,000- to-1 shot. (Copyright. 1926.) BRITONS ARE DEFEATED. SCHE! TADY, N. Y., April 15.—| Union College lacrosse team defeated | ford-Cambridge sterda Clever | {in both attack and defense. ! team | pass work by the Schenectady du cure a lead which was never headed. | The Britishers' playing improved con- siderably in the second half, putting Union on the defense and scoring two goal: 5 Peter Gregory of Detroit, Mich.. is the only legless bowler in the- world. Instead of the customary run of sev- eral steps before hurling the ball, he Union’s playing was superior | P ng the first half enabled it to se-|, HERE’S GUIDE TO FANS ON THE BALL GAME This pennant of white, with a_green ball in the center, will be found fly- ing from the flag staff atop The Evening Star Building every day the Grli men are scheduled to tionals are on the lay at home. Its absence will mean either that the Na- or that the game has been called off. MONTGOMERY LOOP ARRANGES SCHEDULE Spe. respondence of The Star ROCKVILLE, Md. April 15.—The Montgomery County Base Ball League season will open May 15 and close Labor day, according to the schedule adopted at a meeting of the officers and board of governors. Each team will play 20 ganfes, the schedule showing contests only on aturdays and holida The schedule wus prepared by a committee, of which Willlam H. Dust of Glen Echo was chairman, and is as follows Rockville at Bethesda. 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Clubs -Sold by “pros” —and= atthebestuon;' at Rockville and Dickerson at Sandy Sp e it ar Bl cherson_ Bordn ai Glzn Echo and Sandy Soring at Bethesda Ty y 24—Dickeraon at Boyds. Rockville at d Bathesda at Glen Echo Sprine ickerson. Boyds at August 14-—Sandy 5?‘?)“[ at Boyds. Rock- ville llllzltn‘zl'hll! lndr hl"kel‘lflsll l'ljBe hesda. orast 21-Glen Ecbo at, Sn DidSreon ‘at Rockville and - Bethesda &t Boyds. August 28—Glen Echo at Bethesda. Boyds at Dickerson and Sandy Spring_at Rockville September 4—Bethesda at Sandy Spring Dickerson at Glen Echo and Rockville at Bogds. Sepfember 6—Boyde at Rockville, Bethesda at Dic "kerson and Sandy Spring at Glen Echo. It was decided to allow Dickerson and Sandy Spring to each use three out.of-the-county players and each of the other teams but two non-residents Sandy Spring was formally admitted to membership in place of Silver Spring, which did not desire to con- tinue a member of the league, and all six teams made the required cash pay ments. Sandy Spri an Sandy Sandy Spring _at at Rockville and SERVICE MAIN AIM, * COACH YOST STATES By the Associated Press ] JACKSONVILLE, 1L, April Coach Fielding H. Yost of the Uni- versity of Michigan was the principal speaker at the fourth annual banquet of the Illinois School of the Deaf Athletic Association here, his address | being translated into the sigm lan. | guage by T. V. Archer, principal of the school. “Service is the main aim in this| life,” said Coach Yost. “The fellow | that lets George do it is the loser.” He stressed the point that, to be : real succ in either tae athletic game or the bigger game of life, a full knowledge of the meaning of the word “love” in connection with the school, home, country and job is nec essary. “The problem of playing is not the main function of the coach,” he said. “but the development first of the parts of the machine, and then the proper assembly of those parts to that they will properly co-ordinate as a whole.” FOHLMEN GET 19 TALLIES IN FIRST TWO CONTESTS Amass 29 Hits in Pair of Starts, Turning Tables on Yankees in Second Slugfest—Dean Hurls Four-Hit Game Against Braves. By the A hander sent to the Phillies by four hits. Associated Press MERICAN LEAGUE base ball The Red Sox and Yankees continued their trem, Boston, but at the end the tables of battles provided the fcatures on the second day of the scason, although Wayland Dean, youthful right the Giants, allowed the Braves only ndous slugging at the previous day’s three-hour tussie had becn reversed. The veteran Stanley Coveleskic, pitching for Wash- ington, held in check the powerful Philadelphia Athletics, as Walter John- son had done on Tuesday. From the Southern training camps had drifted reports that the Red Sox carried only two or three dependable OUNT M series. s Ray, chai o'clock, when he tosscs out the first The Mount R: ier combination has increased its slugging strength by the acquisition of Speiss and Redding, out fielders, and Gilbert and Alsop, who will work in the infleld. In Corkins, Batson, Burton and Thompson the nine has a well balanced quartet of twirlers. Uniforms will be distributed to the players tomorrow at 8 o'clock. at 432 Buchanan street Frank Cinott will be busy ov St. Joseph's nine r the week end, two d. On Sat- nts clash Southern Railway combina- tion at Washington Terminal field and on Sunday at 11 o'clock they mingle with the Rialtos at Washing- ton Barracks. The pitching assign ments will be divided among Freschi, Tingle, Freeny, Robinson and Tripp, while Fee Coll Wright, Swope and Sniegaski will do the recetving. On Sunday, April 25, the St} Joseph's players, will be entertained by the Knickerbockers at Georgetown hollow, and on May 2 they will travel to Herndon for a battle with the Fair- lous. Chevy Chase has booked them for May 9. 9 u with the St. Stephen's tossers of Riverdale entertain- Hiser's All-Stars, Sunday in a practice game. Lafayettes are booked to tackle the Jersey Yard Railroad team Saturday County League, plan to open their season Sunday field with the Arlington ninc, winner of the Arlington County MOUNT RAINIER TOSSERS TO MAKE START SUNDAY RAINIER base ballers, champions of the Prince Georges on the home . En man of the State-Tax Commission and president of the Mount Rainier Athletic Club, will start the teams on their way at 3 ball at 1 o'clock on Fairlawn field. On Sunday they go to Seabrook for Sea- brook’s opening game. Glen Echo players will hegin prep- ping for the Montgomery County League race Sunday at 1$:30 on their home diamond. Treasury Department base ball can- didates hold their initial workout to- day at 5 o'clock on West Ellipse field. Cardinal tossers are booked to meet the Commerce team of the Depart mental League today at 5 o'clock on diamond No. 4. On Sunday the Cards take on the Yorke Preps on diamond No. 10, starting at 2 o'clock. Having been rained out of their first encounter, the Shamrocks plan to start their campaign on Sunday with the Virginia Grays at Fairlawn Field. Collegian idgets will pla Juanita Midgets Sundayv on | mond at 3 o'clock. Don G twirl for the Collegians. Bethesda diam will invade the home field of the Berwyn Athletic Club Sunday. ‘Warwicks plan to open their season the latter's diamond. Annapolis Marines come to George- town hollow Sunday to aid the Knick- erbockers in prving the lid off. with the Kenilworth nine Sunday on | hitters and the Yankees' journey up the Atlantic Coast, which saw 12 suc cessive victories over the Brooklyn Dodgers, had indicated that the once champions had returned to a hitting strength that would sweep all be fore it. But in the Red Sox the Yankees en countered worthy foes who fought them tooth and nail on the cold open ing day, only to fail at last by one run, 12 to 11. With the weather im proved for bass ball yesterday, the Bostonians continued their vicious hit ting and the Yankees could not match it. In the two days the Red Sox have made 19 runs on 29 hits, while the Yankees have made 19 runs on 26 hits. Yesterday's count was 8 to 7 in Boston's favor. Far different is the situation in Washington, where for 24 innings the Athletics have managed to score a single run and 12 safeties. Waltes Johnson shut them out Monday, 1 to 0, in 15 innings and yesterday Cove- <kie, whose strained back made him ailure in the last world series, per- mitted only six hits in nine. Three Braves pitchers were pounded. while Dean was giving his excellent demonstration at Philadelphia. The voungster gathered three safeties him self in a hitting spree that saw Wertz, Ryan and Graham of Boston in trou ble. The score was 10 to 1. The Cubs made nine hits count fo as many runs, while Cincinnati co score only twice on 13 safe blows. Carl Mays, veteren submarine ball artist, was knocked out of the box. At St. Louis the world champlon Pirates turned on the Cardinals and gained a 10-to-3 dict, with Kremer pitching excellent! Hornsby of the Cardinals, who had a perfect day at hat on Tuesday, was unable to solve Kremer. With a right-hander opposing them. the Giants used their sticks to good effect against Brooklyn, and won, 9 Ring, with the Philli s ched steadily after a shaky start for McGraw's team. Shortstop Jack son of the Giants made a home run. — - Francis Ward, the new world | squash tennis champion, has reached the top after only one year in the game. -_— Its ever constant quality, its never changing good taste, continue to win more and more smokers to Chesterfield - Chesterfield CIGARETTES mevanasmras aasivastos