Evening Star Newspaper, April 29, 1926, Page 42

S PORTS.’ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Red Hose Woefully Deficient in Class : Job for Nats to Pass Yanks in Series OX SEEMED DOOMED AGAIN |TITLE HOLDING CLUBS TO LAND IN THE CELLAR Ogden Hurls Griffs to 5-2 Victory in Final of Set VWith Fohlmen, Who Are Too Slow and Lack- ing in Team Work to Climb in Race. BY DENMAN Sports Edito! THOMPSO! T Star. BSERVATION of Boston's representatives in the American League pennant race during the fou: strengthen the advance dope least another year before the s to Fenway Park. r games just finished here serves to that Hub fans will have to wait at ey can find anything to enthuse over Pre-season calculations generally consigned the Red Sox to another )asement berth in Ban Johnson's official household, and they displayed nothing in the last four days to manimous. Although they failed to prove it are high-grade pitchers, who will de paign ends, but that tells the pitching indicate that it shouldn’t be made here, Ehmke, Wingfield and Ruffing monstrate this fact before the cam- story for the Hose, so far as talent of tablished worth is concerned, and there isn’t enough class in any other department to warrant hope that the other entry in the circuit. In Ira Flagstead Boston has a real star, on attack as well as in defense, but he is all by himself in that respect. Haney is just an average third base- an, any way you figure him; Rigney rely a good shortstop with que -pinning and Herrera's s to be speed and an to cuss in Spanish, vle can hit, but is a total lo: 1 every other way, while what pr entions Rosenthal and Todt make as ratsmen are offset by glaring weak- nesses on defense. Most damaging of all, however, is the lack of co-ordination evident mong the various units. Due in ome measure to mechanical deficl- encies and more to mental slugglsh- ss, there is little evidence of team work among the Sox, and with the material at his disposal it is difficult 10 see how Lee Fohl can make any switches likely to improve matters, Boston Fans Must Wait. President Bob Quinn ates have made earn y Boston a winner, but In view of the to date it appears the hopes of New England fan: again be deferred. Alded to some ex ton's afield, the Natlonals yes- a third straight vietory timo this season when d the final of the series by a count of 5 to 2. . & southpaw obtained from Mobile, was their victim. To give his regulars an extra day of rest for the scries due to open in New York today, and because he had faith in Odgen's ability to pitch win- ning boll, Pjlot Harris sent Curly to the hill and was rewarded by seeing his contidence justified. Ogden was clined to unsteadiness, but was ef- fective in every round except the eighth, and then went on-to finish | strong. Althouzh he did no hitting severeid performed acceptably back the Dat, and with all save Joe Harris of the regulars getting at least one tlow Hank's failure to shine in the role supposed to be his forte was over- looked. Bucky Starts the Scoring. he Griffmen lost no time getting lown to the business at hand, Stan iarris getting a circult clout off | Wiltse right at the outset of hostil- | i “'s first homer of the sea- | a long clout directly between stead and Carlyle that carrled to the angle In right center, and the pilot | lemonstrated speed enough to finish | he round trip standing up. A hearty rap down the left field line by Bluege that netted two bases paved the way for another run in the second. Bluege moved up when Myer beat out a bunt to Gaston in front of the plate, and he tailled while Severeld was forc- Myer. A double play would have Leen effected here had Herrera not thrown poorl to Todt in pivoting, and it look for a time as if this technical error might prove costly, for after Ogden hit into a force play, Rice dou- bled to right center, the ball taking w high hop over Flagstead’s head. Ogden footed it for ali he was worth and finished with a desperate leap plate . but found the ball awaiting Lim via the Flagstead-Herrera-Gaston route. Chase Wiltse to Showers. Varying their procedure, the Cham- plons hung up « trio of tallies in the | third and sent Wiltse on his way In iha process. Rigney’s fumble of Stan Harris' roller proved the entering wed After Goslin_ sacrificed, Jos 1 walked and tallied with his bose 'n Judge rifled a double down the | left field chalk mark, and the latter counted when Bluege lined a_triple inst the concrete r in left | center. Wiltes vanished at this point 2md Kiefer proceeded to apply brakes 10 the scoring. Without doing any notable damage 10 Ogden’s offerings the Sox got within :coring distance on several occasions, 16 no purpose. In the opener Carlyle hit into a , follbwing Flagstead's Texz guer death. Roy ad- nced on Todt’s single to center and | was left with Phil by Rosenthal. Rig- | ney walked in the second and vanced on a passed ball after Herrera popped in attempting to bunt, where- npon Gaston and Wiltse succumbed easily | Haney was stranded ot the midwa following his walle and theit with one gona in the third, when Carlyle lined o Rice and Todt became an infleld death, while Herrera hit into a force play after Rigney strolled in the fourth, Gaston following with a whiff. Kiefer's Double Is Wasted. Kiefer was marooned following his double to start the fifth, and succes- sive infield singles by Todt and Rosen- thal to open the @ led to nothing, 4s the next three Sox were retired in agstead’s walk in the seventh was nullified when Haney drilled into a double play. 1t was not until the eighth that the Hosemen contrived to break into the un column. Then Carlvle shot a stiff single over second and completed the circuit when Todt rammed a triple to left center, the latter then scoring from the So farold Wilt while Ogden was tossing out Rosen- | thal. The only jam Kiefer got into after he started work in round three was in he eighth, when Bluege's infield bingle and Carlyle’s muff of Myer's Ay put Griffs on third and first, but 1his threat was ended when Severeld hit_into a_twe-ply demise. Wallace Motor Co. means NASH | Health Fohlmen can finish higher than any — ,: THREE IN A ROW! BOSTON v Riefer, v.. Sdenicing” %l sss-smses o SRR T “Batted for Kiefer in ninth inning. WASHINGTON Rice. of. S. ‘Harri, "2b. Goslin, 1’ adeorih dge, Bluege, 5b. . Myer, 'ss Severeld, ¢ Ogden, ». Totals. . oR . BIL PO. 1 Sesmmmat HOAM=SONDH le plays—Rigney 3. Harris to Myer ex—Bost H off Ogden, 4. & Hie—0n" Wiltse, 3 Ri By Ogden, i ln’»{nx i innings; off Kiefer, Passed ~ bull—Ses ereld. Wiltse, Umplres—Mesrs. Gowan, Time of game—1 utes. innings. INNING five straigh of Business High S game hool c; W In the final group of games th Semester combination by a score of Second place is claimed by the olghth semester, with 4 victories and 1 defeat. setto. place, with 3 wins and 2 losses. Still handicapped by the loss of its pitcher, Jennie Blockson, the sixth semester nine was overwhelmed by the second in the third game. The score was 19 to 1. This game did not affect the standing of the leaders in the ries. The exceptionally good work of Elia Thompson in the pitcher’s box did much to bring home the victo to the new champs. Miss Thompson’s hurling proved steady throughout the series. She had some speed on her ball, too, as was evidenced by the large number of strike-outs credited to_her. Dorothy Reid was behind the bat on the winning team. Helen Casale held down first bhase; Mildred Lennett, second; Rose Brill, captain, third; Clara_Belle Sparks, shortstop: Wini- fred King, outtield, and Mabel Garner, infield. Lillian Baker captained the eizhth semester combinztion, and the fourth and fifth was led by Clara Alderton. Letters will be awarded the out- standing players in the serles at the athletic assembly in May. These will be selected regardless of their team affiliations. May day, that time when the flow- ers and things that bloom in the Spring are expected to bloom their faivest; when the song birds are sup- posed to trill thelr sweetest and all the world to pay tribute to a member crowned the queen of beauty, has aptly been designated also as National Child Health day. Children, in their full bloom of health, will outrival the and freshness ants through- Juvenile Washington will celebrate Health day on Saturday, with a full program of events on the municipal playgrounds in the morning and a mammoth health pageant to be staged at the Central High School Stadium in the ‘ternoon. A health queen will be crowned, and, urrounded by her court of pretty ids, she will review the perform- of her subjects, culminating in the picturesque May pole dance, the feature of the program, which ing arranged by officials of the Burcau, in co-operation with playground headquarte The individual celebrations to be held on the various playgrounds dur- ing the mornings heu will include health and athletic efficiency tests. (8 will participate in goal throw- ing, 60-yard dash, balancing, folk dancing and in eri of gam: Lo test their athletic ability. Tho: forming who prove themselves skilled in the v ous sports will be awarded bronze and.silver test buttons, accord- ing to their merits. sames to be included on the n_ as announced by Maude director of girls’ activities, in- clude dodge ball, overhead relay, gar- den gate bean bag relay, three deep and Newcomb ball. - To win a silver button a girl must Sales and Service 1709 L Street N.W. Just Kast of Conn. Ave. Main 7612 WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER six teams have been battling throughout the annual Spring series. The eighth nosed out the| combined fourth and fifth in' its final | Tho latter team holds third | ARE COMING TO LIFE By the Assoclated Press. Champlons of 1925 in major league base ball are making known their presence in this year's race after showing poor form in leaving the mark. Pittsburgh and Washington, the American League champlons, have won three straight contests each and now may be considered well on the trail of the early ion sprinters. The New York Yankees and the that will bring out the be: both champion clubs. Last year the Yankees had dropped to sixth place in the standing at this stage of the season, but now they have battered down about every first string boxman in the East. Lefty Grove of the Athletics was beaten yesterday by the New York sluggers, 3 to 0, because they hit at the opportune moment, and Sam Jones pitched ‘masterfully, allowing three hits. Grove had 11 strikeouts, Uhle hurled a good game for the Cleveland Indians against the Browns, Sisler's men obtaining only o safeties and losing, 7 1o 3. Chicago obtained its third of the Detroit series by hammering the service of Barfoot for a 9tod victory. Ty Cobb, appearing In his second game as a regular, hit safely once and stole n_base. Although outhit, 11 to 8, the Pirates’ bats swung at the proper time behind {Aldridge to win_from the Chicago Cubs, & to 4, Wright and Cuyler | producing two safeties aplece. Wisner of the Giants held Phila- delphia to 5 _hits and carried away honors, 5 to 2. IHarper of the losers shot_the ball over the fence. O'Farrell's ninth inning homer gave the Cardinals the decisfon over the Red's, 5 to 3, after Bell had doubled. Good pitching by McWeeny carried Brooklyn to its third conquest of the week, 5 to 4, with the Braves the vic- tims.” Fournier of Brooklyr obtained the first homer of the season at Braves Fleld. el AMATEUR BIKE RACES WILL BE HELD SUNDAY An amateur bicycle meet is being arranged for Sunday on the roadway aronnd the Potomac Park polo fleld the Century Road Club Association. The first race, set for § o'clock, 13 mile grind fe riders under 16 A 10-mile open event and a out” race complete the victory will be received until aturday at 811 I street, [ s, the Third Semester base ball team aptured the interclass title, for which he title-winners downed the Seventh 12 to 4. |be proficlent in all the field mentioned above and must also have ed through a series of highly or- schlag or hasket ball {pr y, ker stutes that of Health day {she will present silver buttons to ail |those girls who can qualify for them lon the field even though they have not completed theif game series, pro- vided they are ly engaged in {such a series ut the present time. events Two teams have reached the semi-| finals in the sophomore tennis tourney | at Central High School. Edith Mc- Culloch and Mary Virginia Hardesty defeated Margaret Blackistone and Frances Brantley, 6—3, 6—4, to earn their way into the semifinal bracket, while herine Jones and Helen | Chaffee ored decisively over Kath erine Pagan and T. Falcone, 6—1, 6—2. The, tion i Jone: bracket. Virginia Stone won ‘ulloch-Hardesty combina- in_the upper half and the affee team is in the lower Graham and Florence their way to the semi- finals of the senior event by elim- inating_ Augusta Oarsons and Kath- erine Huyatt, 6—1, 6—0. Corcoran schlag ball players tasted defeat for the first time vesterday, when they succumbed to the Addison team in a tight battle on the George- town playground. The score was 4 to 3. The teams were well matched nd play was fast, despite the wet field. .In the other elementary &chool | schlag ball game reported yesterday Lovejoy_defeated Douglags Simmons, 20 to 17, on the Logan playground. { e | COLLEGE BASE BALL. At Annapolis—St. John's, 7; Gal- laudet, 2. A s At Lexington—Davidson, 7 V. M. ‘At Iflxingtog—(-lgi{gh}u. Washing- t Lee, 2 innings). A Chester, 8. C.—Furman, 8; South Carolina, At Annapolis—Duke, 11; Navy, 6, At Ritimota—Ricimond U, # Bridgewater, 9. 'A¢ Taleigh—Georgia Tech, 10; North Carolina State, 2. 5 16 Hickory, N. C.—Lenoir-Rhyne, 7; Lynchburg, 6. A Alexandria, La.—Mississippi Col- Teze, 11; Louisiana, College, 1, e At uth Bend—Notre Dame, Northwestern, 0. g At_Bloomington—Indiana, 4; Pur- que, 3. Dart- At _Princeton—Princeton, 6; 8 mouth, 3. At New York—City College, Orange—Manhattan, 15; Upsala, 2. 2 d;}t 0(mnbrldge—-]lmm-d. Bow- oin, 0. At Middletown — Swarthmore, 5; Weslevan, 2. At Villanova—Villanova, 12; Seton, Hall, 10. At Worcester—Holy Cross, 17; Bos- ton, U., 0. At Providence—Brown, 3; Maine, 0. | At_Storrs—Connecticut Aggies, 10; | Trinity, { Brooklyn Dodgers are offering a pace |3 efforts of | D. 0, THURSDAY, BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS AMERICAN LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. et e adolia, o. Clovalia? 7y 8, Louis, 3. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. NATIONAL LEAGUE. 'YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. New York, 5. A s el 4y St Louls, b; Ctnclonatf, 8. GAMES TODAY. Washington at New York. Detroit at St. L Chicago at Cieveland. Boston at Philadelphla. GAMES TODAY. St. Louls at Chieago. neinnatl at Plttsburgh. New York at Boston. Philadelphls at Brooklyn. “Twenty Years of American Golf 'BY JIM BARNES. N our own championship of 1922, I played at the Skokie Country Club, near Chicago, we again had a great field, including all the best known | homie professionals, as well as George Duncan and Abe Mitchell, who | were about to begin another exhibition tour. As for the amateurs, Bobby Jones, Chick Evans, Jesse Guilford teur champion, were in the list. course was very dry and the fairways ha long roll, and in spite of the fact that the cour and Willic Hunter, former British ama- Atsthe start of the championship the rd-baked. The ball got a very se was a long onc, it seemed certain there would be plenty of low scoring. The entry list was so large that it was necessary to divide the fleld into three sections for the qualifying rounds. The first section played on Monday and the second Tuesday, but on Wednesday there was a heavy downpour of rain throughout the day, g0 it was decided to postpone the play of the third section until Thurs- dny. This meant, of course, that the players who qualified on Monday had to wait around until Friday to start play in the actusl championship test No doubt it hurt the chances of some, though it could not well be helped. Hutch Displays Form. scoring_was The promise of low fulfilled on the first day of qualifying when Jo Hutchigon brought in rounds of 67 and 68 for a total of 135-<by far the lowest total ever made {n thirty-six holes of play in connection with the national cham- plonship. T had a 69 on my second round, giving me 144, Seventy wasn't broken in either the second or third qualifying sections, but it was made by several different players But in the champlonship when returns for the first day were all in, John Black from C: ma, a veteran at the game, and a player that few had expected to figure prominently, was found to be out in front. He had two fine rounds: of 71 each, and led Bill Mehlhorn by two strokes. Walter Iagen and Gene Sarazen, who had had a fine Winter and early Spring season down South, were tied for third at 145, and Bobby Jones was fifth at 146. There were ten dozen others close behind. T had 9, and was hitting the ball well enough, except that I \was not putting very well. At the finish of the third round Jones and Mehlhorn had displaced Black as the leader, Bobby having carded a 70 on his third start, the two having 216. Black was s stroke back, and right behind him were at least a half dozen, who might still come through. As for myself, a 77 on the third round practically finish- ed my chances. The finish was one of the very ex- Iting kind, where all kinds of rumors and reports were flying about the course. An cnormous crowd was on {hand, and in many cases the fairways were narrow and iined with woodland, 0 that some matches had a gallery ali along the way on both sides, prac- tically from tee to green. 1 was paired in this last round with Black, and when he finished the first nine I didn’t see how anybody was golng to beat him out. He played that nine in 33 strokes, truly great golf. He started in with a 5, but got back to even 4s, and a 3 at the thirteenth. He had a 5 at the long fourteenth, but got the next two in 4s, and then the thing pened that cost him the championship. On the seventeenth tee he hooked into the woods on the left, and the hole cost him a 6, Meantime, Jones was taking 36 to go out, and Mehlhorn 38, but Sarazen, like Black, got out in 33. Starting out on the round, 4, 4, 3, 3, Gene had taken a 6 on the fifth hole and figured that he had about thrown away his chance. But after playing rather badly up to the sixth green, he got down a good putt for a par 4. Then on the short seventh he holed another long one for a birdle 2, and from then on he went like a house afire. He came home in 85 for a total of 68, which enabled him to nose out Jones and Black by & single stroke. Sarazen Keeps It Up. There have been few championships where more excitement attended the finish. Sarazen’s victory marked the first for the young school of players who have really come forward since the war period. Later on in the season he also won the Professional Golfers Association championship, giving him a record of two National champion- ships in one and the same year. The years of 1923 and 1924 were both lean ones for me. I finished in the money in the open championship at Inwood, where Bobby Jones won the title after a play-off with Bobby Cruickshank, and in 1924 I was the runner-up to Hagen in the Profes- sional Golfers’ Assoclation champion- ship, making two times that I had finished second and two that I had won this event. In the 1924 open I did not get a chance to play, owing to a mix-up in getting my entry in. A_plan_of having the Professional nmwu’ni‘ vanYork| FOR-THIS-SPRING i 4 VAN HEUSEN the World's marfest Collar ¥ went { of elght three-round boxing bouts Golfers’ Assoclation handle the de- taills of the sectional qualifying rounds was adopted by the United States Golf Assoclation. There was a misunderstanding as to where my en- try was to be sent, and I supposed it was in until the date for closing the entrles came around, and T was then informed that nothing could be done though the United States Golf Assoctation was willlng to have it accepted several days before the date set for the qualifving rounds. Both vears I went back again to try at the British title. In 1923 the delegation included Hagen, Sarazen, MacDonald, Smith, Joe Kirkwood, Leo Diegel and Johnny Farrell. The champlonship that year was played at Troon, and the weather for the qualifying rounds was especially try- ing, rain being accompanied by driving wind a part of the time. missed qualifying by a single stroke, as did Sarazen. Hagen just barely got in, his score being the top figure that passed. Then he came back strong and missed tying Havers, who won the tournament, by a single etroke. It was a battle to the very last green. The next year, Hagen, Smith and I back for the éhamplonship at Hoylake, and Walter regained the title, beating out Whitcombe by a stroke. Smith was third, and I fin- ished in a tie for ninth place. (Next.—Three Lean Y Comeback.) PRISONERS ENTERTAINED BY RING AND MAT BOUTS Prisoners at the District Jail wera entertained last night with a program and wrestling match given under the superivision of Maj. Peake and Frankle Mann. a In the ring encounters Jack Turner Tobey Al Foreman met Matty Gallagher, Young fought Billy Mitchell, tock on Joo Piscatelll, Jack Cafoni boxed Joe Rivers, Billy Strickler met Jack Skinner, Joe Stephany fought Billy Edwards, Johnny Bowen tackled Larry Goldberg and Young Bruin met | Young Lazarus. Joe Turner and Duke Green furn- ished the mat work. RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN Tate Goslin ., Ruether @ 40=290uma3053s! £23 aormam i c3200numanatiasRanE8E:E ©933900%220%% 2330%e92s2s ©3522029220.1-1=4 22! % b Peckinpaugh Ktewart. B 2 H H = - Complete ooomoonme: Comb® ., Games = tarted Total * gumes. Ruether. .. 3 239330~~mui Won. | @o2us0na=~2 Lost. ars and a APRIL_29, 1926. USEOFRESININA.L. NOW IS CLUB AFFAIR By the Aesociated Pres: NEW YORK, April 20.—Little bags of resin for the use of pitchers will be carrfed by umpires in the Ameri- can League hereafter to comply with the letter of the ruling edopted last ‘Winter, but a boxman will request use of one of them at his own risk. Just what will happen to a pitcher who expresscs a desire to dry his hands on the mesh bags is a problem. From the American magnates who met here yesterday and decided to comply with the rules it is learned that the circuit—as a league—has done with the matter and that here- after the subject of resin is a man- _ | ager-player proposition. Commissioner Landis has said that only the pitcher has anything to say labout whether resin shall be used, that the little bags are a part of base ball under the rules. Moreover the commissioner contends that permis- sion to use resin as specified in the rules is given to a moundman when he siens & contract with his club. It is part of the pitching paraphernalia. There must bo a test case in the league, before long, perhaps not. Base ball followers will be interested to know what happens to a player if the manager objects to the use of the pow or what happens to the manager if he permits its use. BIG LEAGUE LEADERS. By the Associated Press | NATIONAL LEAGUE. Batting—Hornsby, Cards, .436. Runs—Frisch, Giants, and Wil son, Cubs, 15. Hits—Hornsby, Cards, 21. Doubles—Frisch, Glants, Heathcote, Cubs, 7. Triples—Wilson, Cubs, 4. Homers—Williams, Phillies, and Fournler, Robins, 3. Stolen bases—Frisch, Giants, and Mueller, Cards, 4. Pitching—Petty, Robins: Lucas, Reds; Rhem, Cards, and Keen, Cards, won 3, lost none. i AMERICAN LEAGU Batting—Goslin, Nationals, .441. Runs—Coombs, Gehrig and Ruth, Yanks, 18. Hits—Goslin, Nationals, 26. Doubles—Flagstead, Red Sox, and Goslin, Natlonals, Triples—Gehrig, Yanks, 6. Homers — Ruth and Collins, Yanks, % Stolen bases—Rice, Nationals, 4. Pitching — Ruether, Nationals, |+ won 3, lost none. and SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Mobila Atlanta LR MeEvos. Murray. Adams_and Ritchle: Bayne, McLauhiin, Love and Brock. New Orleans . | Birmiugham | Cvengros. Hil and Yaryas. Ohattanooea { Cittio Rock e | Jonos. Bates and D. And | Mack.” Hughes and Mayer. | nesa.) shyille 5 phis : s 1 Ellis, Alten and Mackey: Brillheart and | Kohlbecker. | INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. St . B Juses City 4 &0 Syracuse ... .0 14 2 | cantren and Daly: Grabowsk! and Morrow. 14 2 9 4 Friday 4 5 ton and Dowle; Merz, 12 35 16 : Freez (Called, ds 1 o | | Baltimore . Rochester Gt 7 Ogden and McKee: Horne and Devine. Reading at Toronto, postponed (cold). PIEDMONT LEAGUE. Winston-Salem. 8: Danv Salisbury, -10; Durham VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Portemouth, 5: Norfolk, 4 K Wilson. 4 (0 in : Pete gs. rain), SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE. Savannah, 7: Albany. 5 Columbus. #: Montgomery, 1 Only games echeduled. FLORIDA STATE. 3. Sanford. 7: Lakelan Fort Myers. 9 § Orlando. 4 Bradent SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Charlotte, 8: Columbia, 4 Macon. 10 Knoxvill fgusta. 6: Ashevi £partanburg, 1 EASTERN LEAGUE. Springfield. 7: Pittsfield. New Haven.' 4: Waterbiir) All other games postponed AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. No games scheduled. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. an_ Francisco. 4: Portland, 0. akland, 5: Miselon. 4. Y.os Angeles. 6 Hollywood. 6 TEXAS LEAGUE. Wichita Fall : Fort Worth. 4 Shreveport. 4 las. 3 (11 innings) Yiouston, 3 Beaumon; % Ic. § Don’t compromise— play with a really great bat PerHAPs you have always compromised with a racket not quite so good as a Spalding Autograph. ‘Turn over a new leaf this year. Decide that if the game is worth playing at all it is worthy of the finest racket made. One whose very “feel” keys up your game and improves your shots. Only 7 rackets out of every 100 are good enough to be Autographs. Come in! Shake hands with a Spalding Autograph. 1338 G STREET, N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. metal al frame. Si8. Other dloy wonderful model: MUST WIN THREE GAMES TO OVERHAUL NEW YORK Bush Draws Pitching Assignment for Griffs’ First Battle of Year in Big Stadium—Kelley Left at Home to Nurse Acid Rash. BY JOHN B. KELLER. EW YORK, April 29.—Finishing this serics with an advantage over the Yankees in t! the pennan would, indeed, be pleasing to the Nationals, but the latter would have to show a deal of first-class pitching and plenty of wallop to be front of Miller Huggins’ team when this flock of battles is end To assure themselves of such a lcad, the Nationals would 1 to pla and win all three games scheduled here. Just one postponement of a gane even though the Nationals should triumph in the two staged, would pre vent them from overhauling the club that looms as their most foriidabic rival in the flag chase in the East, if not in the entire league Manager Stanley Harris was to )by the Red Sox in th Tod try to win with Joe Bush on the gan the inning by houncinz the b slab for the Nationals this afternoon. | off Ogden Bucky Harris re Giving up his regular mound turn |trieved th but could not_ge to Curley Ogden in Washington yes-|it to Judge in time to head off Phi terday, Bullet Joe got a fourth day | Rosenthal, hitting top ¢ e ball of rest following his last effort in | sent such a high bounder toward shor Philadelphla and ought to be in good | that he got to first base befors the trim for the job of attempting to sub- | ball landed in Myer's hands. due these pitcher-pounding Yanks. | - - Joe's kneo that was injured so se.| Todt came (hrough with verely when it stopped a drive from | f fielding in the sixth to kee Tarl Combs’ bat in Washington more | Myer. The Red than a week ago apparently is in nor- ped to the foul Hr mal condition onee more. Jos de s and - Bud clares it is, and he should kr t aid not seem to bother him hurled against the A's last although at that time the walked with a noticeable limp. Now his gait gives no indication of the Uimb having been injured. to e race for whals ¢ hi skimmer and lea | just tn time for A lightning two-ply killing wa by the Nationals in the seventh ager Harris made a sen of Haney's hot grounder, ball to Myer to force vut and Buddy rifled it to Judge £ion over the batter. JUNIORS WILL PLAN FOR DIAMOND SERIES,; . Young Oswald Bluege threatens to be one of our best sluggers this year. The National third-sacker has been stinging the ball at a great rate since the pennant campaign started and now shows a batting average of .377, with many of his hits having been for extra bases. Recently it has been a poor day for Oswald without its double and yesterday he celebrated the final of the Red Sox series by clubbing the left-handed Harold Wiltse for a triple | 1os % and twobagger and the orthodo f;fi‘!d T e flinging Joe Klicfer for a single. Down | 50" i south this Spring Ossie smote the ball | savagely, but generally was unfortu- | nate enough to have some opposing flelder directly in fts path. It was|, the way he had hit during the two | 0 preceding champlonghip seasons.«Since | ¢ ' ¢ the campaign began, on April 13, [gil'y however. Ossie has been hitting ‘em | o r far and wide, giving flelders a merry |, o % | chase. Tt surely appears that the Na- | "5 (%) | tional third-sacker at last has blos- |y ctCh 0 somed into the sterling hatsman that ¥ for some time he had promised to be come. Junior sandlotters will fol and midgets coming chan Third strec of their playing and to receive final instruction ers of the Capltal City Base n recefve meeti il Tiate orted a are o D before . 8. te rer More the Io 1orroy Sam Rice and Yra Flagstead did | thelr share of work afieid during the Red Sox series in Washington. Through the first three games, the opposine center fielders each made 14 putouts. Rice got four yesterda though, to make his series total 18, | while the Red Sox gardener bagged |(lurendon only 2 lofts and finished with 16 for |5.¢ the four engagements. | | Bucky Harris has not made up his o mind as to the disposition of lefty | ‘,v Thomas or Bill Morrell, or hoth, These | {h¢ voungsters, attached to the National " hurling corps, seemingly do mot measure up to the major league pitch ing standard as vet and for some time | one of them has been slated for a ticket to the minors. It should oc- (- casion no surprise _were both to be farmed. Scout Joe Engel now is beat-| St. Joseph's tossers ing the bushes for somc likely talent|for a game with the Hia and when President Clark Griffith [at 1 o'clock on the hary gets Joe's report, Harris will be ready | e to pose of his raw material. Engel| Members of the may come to New York with some|tomorrow nigl information for the prexy and the|Strect. manager. Club oclock at to Her ter the Fairlor sasthiners 3611 Athletic mect S at and M | where they wi |nine. On Sunday Alexan 3 1 reets eppine Snnd: s Winsalls defeated Seat Pl | Harry Kelley, youngest member of ({0 0. | the champs’ pitching staff, did not | make the trip to New York with the club. Harry is suffering with a rash, due to too free indulgence in| tomatoes, strawberries and other a ulous edibles, and was ordered by the | club physician to rem ing- | ton for treatment for severu. - The youngster was mnot in uniform yesterday, but probably will join the | club for the Boston series next week. SPEEDWAY, > . April 29 (®) Bennett Hill, California racing driver. beat the we automobile speedws ord while practici 1 American uls clock round the mil: t the rate of 113 6-10 miles was three-tenths of than the world record, LICO INC to 13th, incly D PO Admission ont traine mile bet was needed to check Rosenthal in the held by first frame yvesterday. Simon's drive went by Judge at a mile-a-minute clip. | | but Bucky dashed to the foul line f¢ a lightning grab and throw that flaz- ged the batter by vards. | A sparkling stop by Bucky Harris | __ When he tried to score from first { Rice doubled in the second round, O fas it den slid awkwardly toward the plate | inz tax) § and collided violently with tcher | Penna, Gaston. After a retiring ta ton | "y |and Ogden exchanged a_few peppery remarks and squared off, but Umpire Dinneen stepped between the athletes | land stopped the argument. 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