Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1926, Page 26

SPORTS. Criffmen Help A’s COVEY CHAMPS® SLABMAN FOR INAUGURAL IN PHILLY | N HOMER CLOUTING Spitball Veteran Primed for Second Shot at Club| He Beat Last Week—Nationals in Fighting Mood After Loss of Yank Series. BY JOHN HILADELPHIA, April 21.—St them by the Yankees in W I them their second home seric he Nationals arrived here at noon be n the contest that was to or npaign B. KELLER. ill smarting from the lacing handed shington yesterday, a lacing that cost | es of the season as well as the game, nt npon giving the Athletics a rattling pen Philadclphia’s American League Far from being depressed as a result of the terrific trouncing adminis- red by the New Yorkers, the John than ecager to tackle the Mackmen. ought of vesterday's debacle the g ghting band of ath play at 3 o'clock. The Macks made the Wa of the National Capital when th er certainly could not be expe elled to do « ninu on since Coveleskie , in_turning the on his home lot, then demon- ed he is apt to be s effective this son as he was last when he set the piace for all other American League Jnoundsmen, was scheduled to take a *second shot at Connle Mack’s aspiring henchmen, Although A's would the remain Wednes Al vet- Ath spit- leader of the before game pitcher he generally n - Harriss, dly is plain whenever them, would ertown cham Washington last b riss was in none vod trim and r tired afte Quite likely he has been 1 the rest e then and v Harrismen were ve since the begin of the as Boss Bucky still thin ugh Spring in the air of the veteran Roger at shortstop. So Buddy n his place there for , but should the weather ate during the series, Peck n he sent into action before the Nationals irn to Washington at the end of week, the cagey not divulge name of the use, it 1 the pions in weel, to line up as e Although the champions been informed to emonial inaugural of the season they came prepared to do their bit with the A’s prior to the start of hostilities, ey had promised Boss Bucky to watch their step better than they did in Washizgton in the event L march to the flagstaff this after have not plans for any rk Griffith, big chief of the club, was veady for anything that the way of forma with him specia £ and nified cut for pro- for overcoats, one of di cessional wear and another more bulky and sportily tailored with which he will adorn himself while sitting ough the contest le also has a_heavy muffler that will be brought into use should the Nationals not prove as formidable as Ley hope to be and the zame develop in rout for them as did their last home ai Manager Harris is not going to let ait so long between games hereafter as the big pitcher did hetween his first and second starts of The pilot plans to use the rain in the last contest of this and believes he w how to ch better advantage than he did ix ree innings of toil against the the season Big I “Walter needs plenty of work during the Spring and I mean to see that he gets it from now on,” Bucky said in the Washington clubhouse after the game yesterday. “That week's lay-off was entirely too long for him at this stage of the campaign.” the manager added. “He was strong enough i 1 much on the ball, but was off in control. Sent to the hill every fourth v during the first two months of season, he should be much more effective than if allowed to idle longe! between en; ment. During p cted hot spells late the season. Walter may require imger rests, but certainly he does not need them now Johnson was to get a brisk workout \'ve this afternoon and will indulge in another drill Friday. his doc Bush was at hand (o greet ibmates when they arrived Greater Shibe Park, the pitche ng journeved to Philudelphia now his home town, last left knee, hurt by F in last Sunday’s game in Wash- 1l pains him considerably s not to don a_uniform to- day. hurler declared he will be out with the club, though, before it eaves here. hav which night be dr ngton, and h Center fleld seemed to be covered i ice while Sam Rice was guarding t territory in y game, but 1 no slippery ing for Barl Combs of the Yanks. \Where Sam hit the turf repea attempting to fleld drives, I around like a colt and made s sensational atches. His atch Joe Judge" coper in the first inning was an espe ially fine piece of work, the center fielder having to sprint from the depths of the garden to get the bail “ot so far back of second base. Babe Ruth had his b endid_trim, hitting National _hurlers ting eye in ely each of taced. He o ngton inaugural a plea in fine fettle for |} also two | 1sonian circuit champions were more During the trip here, the more they reater became their fury and it was a tes that Bucky Harris piloted into Greater Shibe Park | nt affair for the hey succumbed to the Harrismen, but cted to return any favor today unless SLAUGHTERED _NEW YORK. Koen 2 Combs, | Gehrig, Ruth 1t Meusel, | Luzzeri, Dugan, 3 1 WASHINGTON. Rlce, of, f,.. 0 0 o | gmmacss=t Totals. . s *Batted for Shocker in ninth +Batted for Kelles in fourth Inning. FRatted for Hudley in seventh inning. Batted for Thomas in ninth inning. | New York. .205311030—18 Washington 11000001 Two-base hits—Combs (). Goslin, Kuth (2). Jeanes, Bluege. =~ Home run—Ruth. Stolen “bases — Myer, Koenlg. con— Meusel, Shocker. Double pinys—Ke Ruel to Judge, Left . Bases_on balls—Of Johnson, 2; off W. Johnse T Hadley { X Ditcher — mpires — Comnolly,” Nallin " Time of game—?2 hours and | helped himself to his initial homer of the season the first time he stepped to the plate, knocking Johnson's pitch high over the right-field barrier. The Bambino singled off Walter in the third round, got a twobagger off | Kelly in the fourth and a similar hit |oft Hadley in the fifth. Hadley held | Ruth to a grounder to Bucky Harri |in the seventh session, but Babe came back in the eighth for his fifth hit, a single off' Morrell Yankee cannonading was so severe hat each member of a quartet of Miller Huggins' murderous macers | tripped to the plate in four consecu | tive innings. Lazzeri was up in the econd, third, fourth and fifth round and so was Dugan. Combs faced N tional pitching in_the third, fourth, fifth and sixth innings and Gehrig did likewise, Joe Judge came through | couple of fancy catches. | frame he bagged with his gloved hand | Lazzeri's wind-twisted loft and in the eighth stabbed single-handed Dugan’s hot liner. with a | | Dugan and Shocker did not like the and of pitching served them by John n in the second inning tioned the fitness of the ball used. Joe {got a chance to look at the sphere | when it was relayed to him by Umpire Connolly. from Ruel, but immediai returned the ball to the umps, who, | without a glance at it. passed it to tl | catcher. When Sho complained Connolly did take ti out of play but pocketed it ins sing it to the home bench. plete possession of the game, Mans | Harris employed a_deal of his reserve | material. Rice, Judge, Bluege and Myer were the only starting players to go the route. SHOOT LISTED TODAY. Washington Gun Club marksmen hold their midweek practice shoot to- day on the club range near Benning. Two new traps have been installed. Visitors are welcome at both the Wed- nesday and Saturday shoot; | In the fifth | and ques- | THE EVENING TAR, WASHINGTON, D@, WEDNESDAY, APRIL -1926. 21, Open Home Season : Yanks Display Punch of Real Contenders | By the Associated Press. Babe Ruth was not alone in home | vesterday. In Chicago the manager of Cleveland, ! peaker, left-handed a” blow to | the far es In a 9105 conquest | | of the : Sox. In the ninth in-| ning a pinch-hitting Chicagoan, Gra- |1, fa.¢ the e bowski, poled one to bleacher: % 3 recording three futile runs. The Boston Nationals were as Ninth-inninz homers are becoming | after much of the same conunon in the major leagues. Jimn ans as was proffered this season. feat on the | Braves Johnston performed the first of the season for the Braves, | fivision. But they never did. Which re n observation made but too late to win the game. Cy Willlams did it for the Phillies and | cleared the theretofore fully populated [Py John w one morning re- hases for a victory. Pat Collins reg- | ¢ Fla. Talking about al, he remarked: better team than i red a fou blow in the uinth 1t Boston recently for the Yankees Bob Meusel made 'one on ‘Sunday |l hadlasty They don’t win all of | the time. ~ Boston does most of the | winning down here, but that will be which tied the game, but the Yankees lost out in the eleventh. i bout as far as they get when the nes really hegir An error by Jacobson and the wild- | ness of Van_ Gilder enabled Detroit | &4mes really to down St. Louis vesterday, 5 to 4.| The Giants' manager is 5 away by the Boston base ve the Ty three out of |to be carried four games for the words of the Red Lucas of Ci who were making such a cour the world chan; fight for their team before th hits, and won. dou actually began. Max Carey after @ hit and pass a Braves Have Skilled chers. counted for the Pirate runs Boston still needs a lot of things tha The Card and Cubs split even | o to make up a championship te | on their s when Cooper but the Braves will win whenever they | strike weak-hitting club, hecause | they have pitchers with skill, al the Hornsbys. 7 to 0, on five safeties. | Wilson of the Cubs, hit a home run, though lacking a bit in pitching judg ment. Benton of the Braves carried All other games were frozen out. 3 1 game along against New York with | NINES TO PLAY. one hi. for eight innings, and even | . holders of -f when he had @ chance to save himself on of the Jerry's and bring about a tie, he pitched ov Ball I will the plate shoulder high to Kell Inse Sunday. | which is like feeding mush and milk | booking games |to a hungry bear [WOMEN IN SPORT INE members of the co-ed basket ball squad of George Washington University have been recommended to the faculty for major letter sterday by Virginia | | ball in 1 think T hav arcely one i inspiring | 1 men | nnati al s onl 24 ries INSECT i Irving Ins t erty Mans Boxwell cordipg to an announcement de In awards, ac y Hopkins, coach addition to these, five have been recommended for or letters ] | Those who probably will receive their monograms are Alys Ew | captain irace Young, Jean Jackson, Leah Cate, Elizabeth Hastings, Wini- [fred Faunce. Ceeyl Taylor, Betty Armentrout and Louisc Braswell | Julia Denning, Eva Pope, Grace Emery-Eckington the | Paynter. Lear and FElizabeth | dale playground | Brandenbur the candidates for| : v il minor awards, heir work on the Chevy Chase Newcomb I. e will o (i honson was very good, al.|have its opening game this afternoon | though not quite up to the mono-|at 3:30 o'clock with te e from_the gram standard. Julia Denning espe e roved aluable asset to the ptained DY orof Frast o L the latter by Betty Hust:| ‘wers ce on Blooming o first six of the nine letter girls| Ve | 1ho? bear the distinction of participated for at least part ’}\--‘Nv'l‘ eir ¢ varsity game played this next Senior field in name | having [ time in ev: n. Alys Ewers not only est individual point arkers to her credit, but she had | the least number of nmls called | against her. During the entire year | Miss Ewers was called for only two { personal and three technical fouls | Grace Young collected 105 points in | intercollegiate engagements. | " The Hatchetites won five out of the | eight games on their schedule. They lost by one point to Pitisburgh, and | were scored over by Swarthmore and | William and_Mary Victories were | earned over Westhampton, Gallaudet, | twice, and Wilgon Normal, twice. Total collected during | series were for G. W. to | opponents. athletes int Marjorie compete in cer series Junior and the Ellipse cuit The poin be wil the on cir we ol sh me red the high total, with 118 | collect 10 trophy to | colleeting all fields niors the will hletic class in winning te toward the h t point total of sport during the now have 10-point d over | Juniors. Should the latter class ¢ off the soccer honors ihe two s would be tied for the trophy ck and field meets will be held ately at Webster School this On May 21 track events will run off at the 1d, while | field events rchery us throw, br jumps | be held in on | le t El includir. 1 and higl the | for will — May School's fair base he midst of - series, in nine dead place. The third and fourth and fifth teams three victories in as rd Business ball enth an _exciting § which two of locked for first the combined each have won | many gz | Yester the the joint track et to b by the Wom. and Washington Recrea 165 1 wnth, has called a of her committee for Monday, . in_room street at 5 o'clock the meet will be complet s meeting. The following of ppointed to serve with Miss requested to attend_the H. R. Scudder. Miss ell Totten, Es Martin and Doro. the third overwhelmed | the sixth, 43 to 3. The latter nine {w handicapped by the absence of stain, Jennie Blockson, and by |the fuct that no experienced playe re in the group. | "In the second game of {header yesterday the seventh batted the second, 11 te more games remain to be played. Tomorrow one of the crucial contests of the series will be staged | when the two 1 teams clash {'The winher of this me will take the lead: the loser will drop back into second place. Two other Thursday. cond nd the will have it out. Miss Arbutus $ 0 director d states that mend the outst s for their s v Margaret Cr ther Hall, thy Greene, FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. e S it champion ugler” Lake the double- out of of of England (6). KANSA “Young' cd Jue 1 seventh wunders is ihe pl f the se expects to recom players in the si allahan he Jimmy Goodrich encouragement the | BY JOHN B. FOSTER. W YORK, April 21.—One year ago the Giants were running away | in the National League, exactly as they appcar to be doing this year, and the Pirates were as low in the scale as they history seems to be repeating itself in both major leagues. ar dow n head-on into bilities. St. Lc Bost is much the Boston ind, 1 circuit, of cour and St. first week flops as and t sue as Pittsburgh last y had been held out to the Boston The little boys were saying that the would be braver by and by and maybe find their way into the first hen plunged Series of physic Juis on out of th Louis e been tho ind Clevelan r d is 1 T im major of the parade in th are today. . also, 1 so far as rned ot Jjunic Chi Philadelphia clubs the Two college hall teams have games | | todny. Wake Forest, which defeated | | Georgetown yesterday, 7 to 2, moves | over to Brookland cl h with Catholic Universi laudet | will it to College Park for a con- | test with Maryland. Wake Iorest presented working.combination in defe filltoppers, and Charley Moran's charges out at Brookland would do well 1o trim the North Caroliniuns. Maryland was not expected to have | | much troublie in turning back Gallau | det, but will have a hardev job to. morrow when Washington College ‘omes over from the Bastern Sho’ for & smooth ting the rest and Georgetown hits yesterday, but Sorvell of was much steadier than pair, and Burch veen them, er backing. four-run lead in s and never was Both W 1 visito Hilltop vy Kk ihe | the who " £, | fir The Athletics hive been hitting too | in danger. | feebly figures in the enough to ma "he we nie N team top until he the infield bac ness that mad the end of tl still there, The when the ers with the The Amer t tighter with only a f Dl by really vere in | Detroit. The give up Exl New ind o1 on Woo han bition York ir ey wer | hattan cocktail (Co MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS. th at Asse mal—Ba C Hornsby, Ca ! Giants, 5 tripl homers, Willia Bottomley Mueller (Cards), (Card Petty Sox, 1 and’ Dy Yanks, 3 stolen base: inz, Ruflin, White They (Car en't rir batti ke o de ciileness fack never perck someth khone It o i 10 v ¥ utmost in 19 sy we to ty ther. 1 m kind to games March en't * fans in th ich kep and did, b; Is in pyright a att . Philli Is, 4 d s, e 1), 1 pite (Dodgers Tost o tting Ruth that they slammed enemy twirl made tota in i nife season Athletics have been i | pitchinz, but they haven't | ing the clouti di a on the infie will get ne ting the n exhibit d andor League race is ge h ith some of them 1 &h 1 diy s, bles, Wilson, nd Leach (Phillies), stolen doub ofte gridd h 1 towa nd s 1 bitse shnston, I 10; bettes drinking t alha hase it | le IVBIG LEAGUE STATISTICS AMERICAN LEAGUE. to bolster weank New York Detroit Clevel il b L is. ¥ 6 s VESTERDAY'S RESULTS New York Detroit, o, | 0MORROW. | cold) . GAMES TODAY. Washin s Pl 4 \ GAMES Wash Boston at Chica Detroit at Cleselus NATIONAL LEAGUE. 0 VESTERDAY 'S + York-Boston ™ itfsh'h. Brooklyn Rhem ; triples, Gehri Collins, e, Senat Sox, \ ors, and Sox, won 2, lost none. nks, piteh yons, RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN reuson Hall » ‘ Busi adley Mocrell Th BATTING AB. M. S 1 2 B, o o 1 o 1 o o o o o i o o o o o o o o o o o 0 o o in the school the ope eclementa Ness took sarfield division, | schlag ball league, vesterday after- {noon,” scoring an 84 victory over | Smallwood-Bowen in a close and well playe: ned the decision over . in the Rosedale divi- | on loop. 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