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S St. Louis Nationals Displaying Old Wea PORTS. CARDS’ INABILITY TO HOLD OWN ON ROAD A HANDICAP Failure of Hornsby’s Team to Get at Least an Even Split in Games Away From Home Again Is Being Made Apparent This Season. BY JOHN they have been in recent ) N when they leave the home port. good enough to win a pennant strictly on their form as ball pl B. FOSTER. EW YORK, May 3—The St. Louis Nationals are a bit better than ars as a road team, but they are not ayers The Cardinals probably are convinced of this fact themselves today aiter losing four straight games in C through a ninth-inning rally and an hicago—the last one yesterday, 6 to 5, error by Bottomley. Incidentally, the Cubs were demons for late-inning rallies all through the series. When the Cards were basking this vear at a pace of about Pennantburg if they we road they win at about .375 per cent team that could do no better than .. win mighty close to .800 at home to keep high enough to come 1t against all opposition This fault of flopping on the roac fas been one of the worst that vears. The best thing to be said of them this vear is that they are going | a little better and that they have battled their rivals to extra before they endered. But extra- aning defeats count no differently \an ordinary games in the dry de- tafl of percentages. On the whole the Cards have shown that they can play better base ball, but Hornsby will have to feed them on beef, iron and wine to get them braced up for a long road trip. It has been said that the more at home than aw the St. Louis grounds are constituted for them. The thing has been said of the Giants, Yet the theory never bore out very well in the case of the Giants because ve been in the habit of tear \k teams all to pieces bef of the fans on foreign ards win . because peculiarly same | | | ! they h ng W he eves grounds. Must at Least Split on Road. The Cardinals must be sharpened to that degree of culture to which the Giants have been honed. No team can win a pennant that cannot take o the road and at least break even. The month of April was better for the Cards by .135 points than April of last year. It seems th: ould en courage any team. and so it should Yet the encouragement would be more ingrowing for the St. Louis fans they could see their ball team win ing on the road as f i is near to the pennant form that occastonally displays. St. Louis is the entertaining ctor in this race so far as the National league is concerned. The dash and cpeed which the team has shown have made it look good, and if the jeague is to have some spice the Cardinals must do their share to in ject it. The Cubs are the other side of the National League argument that seems to be slated to make enter- 1ainment. They dids not resemble a 50.50 team when they were practicing ‘his Spring, out west, but they have hwng there during April, thanks to Zood pitching and clever handling, and as they remain home for some {ime they may hang on longer. Spurgeon Sets a Record. Spurgeon of Cleveland set a mnew season's high mark for the major leagues Saturday when he accepted 14-chances at second base without an error in a game which the White Sox won, 83. He topped a record of 13 made by McManus of St. Louls. Rhyne of Pittsburgh had 13 chances last week against Cincinnatti at second base and accepted 12 of them. For a second baseman to get 14 chances to accept in this early in the season about.once in a lifetime. (Copyright. 19% GEORGIA TECH NINE HAS GREAT RECORD By the Associated Press. Vi a capacity un?ql‘::ned e any other member_of he ‘organization, Geergia Tech has fought its way to @ commanding position in the base ball division of ‘he Southern Conference. i The Yellow Jackets have played 14 game with Conference teams, win- ning 12 and loosing 2. Virginia Military Institute and Maryland remain undefeated, but the Plying Cadets have played only two mes in the conference and the Old Liners but one. Twenty of the 22 conference mem- bers have fought out base ball battles within the big ring of the organiza- tion, only Tennessee and Sewanne remaining without a conference record. Standing of the teams for competition Team 2 O Maryiand_ - Georgia Tech Miss. A. & M Goorgla E Virginia ississippl e Raroitna Auburn 5 North_ Caroiina Vanderbiit Alabama Clemson . Lonisiass ane Florida . mtucks Carol hington & ILLINOIS BD)EING BODY WILL BE NAMED SOON Ry the Associated Press CHICAGO. May maintaining thst go ahead with the ing deals until <omething definite done about a State boxing commission, it was in- dicated today that Gov. Len Small had set aside this week to select from 2000 applications the names of the hree men who will supervise re- juvenated boxing in Illinois. The roster of “likely” commission State State Lee “With promoters they can’t afford to members has grown to the size of a | telephone ~directory since legalized boxing was voted recently. Promoters are anxlous that the commission be appointed and begin functioning at_once in order to per- mit matchmaking for the Summer. Jim Mullen, Chlcago promoter, has wnnounced he has virtually closed a fight between Charley (Phil) Rosen- berg and Bud Taylor for the bantam- weight crown, the signing of the articles being held up until the com- missioners open office and issue the proper papers. TPONTIAC, SIX . i QUALITY SERVICE ADAMS MOTOR COf 625 per cent. e able 1o pull other clubs down. has heen afllicting the Cardinals in other innings hould win if | a standard game | happens | in their own sunshine, they set out | That would take them into But when on the that will get them no bananas. A away from home would have to hrough an BASE BALL SECRETS By Sol Metzger When Fielding | | In fielding a zround ball the in should not only be sure to the ball on the hop. but he | must also be in w position that | enables him to make his throw to a base In the least po equently, when m front of between the legzs the flelder on the left. Then in a position to make his throw (0 & base more rapidly than if he takes the ball to either side of his He nas to recover when he this before he cun muke his throw, and precious time is lost which often prevents him getting an assist, which he would have made had he handled the ball in the right way. NEW KNOTTY PLAY PUZZLING OFFICIALS By the Aseociated Press LOS ANGELES, May 3.—Pacific Coast League officials today consid ered a base ball problem new to this circuit, In a recent game between Oakland and the San Francisco Missions, Oakland had the bases full with one out. The batsman hit to the Mission first basemen, who threw home, retiring the runner at the plate. Pruett, on second, dashed for third, colliding with Umpire Carroll. Both were knocked unconscious. Pruett was_touched with the ball. A Coast League rule provides that the ball, and base runner, causing him to he put out, the runner shall return to the last base touched safely. As first and second bases were oc- cupied, Umpire Moran at the plate stopped play and permitted a sub- stitute for Pruett to take third. Wal | ter McCredle, Missions’ manager, pro: | tested the game, claiming play should | should have continued. |D. C. JUNIOR FENCERS T0 MEET FOR TITLE An individual championship tourna ment, designed to increase interest in fencing in the District, will be held at the Racquet Club ol under_the direction of Western High School. The affair, which will be the first city-wide event ever to be he'd hcre, is open to all high school s.udcnts and boys attending private schools of high_school grade. Mr. Blount, who is responsible for this movement to promote *'‘e fenc- ing game in the Capital, Is offering £old and silver medals to the winners of the first and second places in the competition. The awards will be made annually. Entrants should send their names, with their schools and addresses, Mr. Blount at 1508 H street. Western High swordsmen w prominent in the fight for the 1 he club has over 30 members, m: of whom intend to ‘compete for the | junior championship. e Te. DREADNAUGHTS WIN, 10-2. ALEXANDRIA, Va.. May 3.—The | Dreadnaughts scored their first win | of the base ball season here vesterday when they handed a 10-to-2 setback to | the Petworth nine of Washington. | jake Driver was the winning pitcher. ; JACK JOHNSON WINS. ' NOGALES, Senora, Mexico, May |3 (®).—Jack Johnson, former heavy | weight champion of the world, won a referee’s decision from Pat Lester | of Tueson, Ariz., in a l-round bout vesterda; 1200 H Street N.E. when an umpire intereferes with a | 5 : | Blount, director of the Fencing Club | to| THE' EVENING S BIG TEN BALL TEAMS T0 SPEND BUSY WEEK By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, May 3.—Every |the Western conference has one game this week among eight. tilts in the race for the big ten base ball | pennan | The team in ‘hedule: Today—Indiana at | consin at Purdue. Wednesday—Illino Michigan; Wis at_Chicago. Michigan at Wisconsin. igan at Minnesota; | Hlinois at Ohio State; Indiana at Pu |cue and Northwestern at lIowa. The standing: | e | mino | Minnesota Wisconain Purdur Ohio | Atichigan Northwestern | Tndiana | Chicggo 'TWO GAMES TO AID " MATTY MEMORIALS | By the Associated Press NEW YORK, May Base hall plans to return to Christy Matthewson in death some part of the glory given 1o the Anierlc: pitching master from [ vo games in the major leagues ummer will contribute their gate s to Matly memorials. one at he spent his ue a fizure in the and the . N. Y. where met the end knell. other at Saranac { the ““hero of ail ihe k | with a smile. | The New York Giants | Matty pitched sensationally will devote the receipts f | hibition game with the W | club, at the Polo Grounds July 7, to the memorial at Bucknell. The other benefit contest, will he played by the Boston Braves and Giants at Braves Field, Boston, on May and_the | receipts will go to the Saranac Lake { project. Magnates from both major leagues ake up the memorial committee and mmissioner Landis is the honorary hairn for whom for vears, om_an ex ROD AND STRE: at least | | | n national game by the| piteher also went Shington | plays at both second and th A WASHINGTON, D kness : Finns After Decathlon Honors . C., MONDAY, BOYS BY JACK DUNN, Seven Straight Years a Pennant Winning Manager at Baltimore. GOOD outficlder wears spikes and not anchors on his shoes Part of the outfielder’s job Here is a on stey is to back up the infield. sketch that illustrates the point | there. i hopping on left, then a long siep with vight, and then the jump, Here Asge 8 ; i!fibz @be;;{g Qtar CLUB ‘Take-off from the left toot, finishing both feet. are the marks for the hop, p and jump for boys of all ages: Distance. Age. 10 1t i 13 1t 15 16 1t 14 18 1t 7 I8 18 i 18 19 1t 8 in (Copyright. 1926.) 4 in. New applicants for membership in | Rigas 1 | sou John | Bil A slow hit ball is fielded by the | B, 1 haseman near the foul line. The | Ro fter the ball. The | Ha and the right fielder | no moves swiftly back of first to-back up | ¥ the play The runner being 40 is speeding from first to second and {1 will be ready to on to third on | any slip-u second baseman moves | ¢ to cover his | shortstop goes to | 610 third. after momentarily backing up | Ro the third-sacaer flelding the ball, and | M1 there awaits the play. Ce fielder comes in behii ond and left fielder backs wup third There is a play at first and fhay be | d, so and every point team plays that casily “caught is to fiest the outfielders are is covered. When s sort of ball it not unawares. Hop, Step and Jump. What's your Kk in the hop. step | . and jump? You are permitted as long |mi a run as vou wish back of the take- [eye off board and then you measure from | ma IR By Perry Miller. HIS column received l that tailed to return No apology is ted the fish made to the fish column agam hat trouble is that the water hundreds vi with the perc is too ¢o! several rcbukes for t a week ago about perch and herring in the Potomac R vicinity ted yesterday fy It seems | story pr Chain | week and 1g fraternity fo eport are herring were not snagged is a mystery. To have good fishing the water must be around 50 degrees When this kes place perch bite best. The water has been too cold for them to bite con sistently. Several days of warm weather will {change this condition, and then the fishing will furnish good sport. perch The hardheads, or croakers, have |made their appearance in salt water, and the same report reached this column_from , various sources—Rock Point, Md.; Selomons Island, Shady ide, ' Herring Bay and Chesapeuke Beach. F. X. Stonestreet, Rock Point, stated that the hardheads reached the point last Monday, that a great many of them we { caught in the nets. He said that Fregerick caught 12 ba {of these fish in his nets in front of his place and that prospects looked mighty good sald he had !some boats ready the early anglers. Capt. Ernest . reports th ot | Charlie for Messick he h of Be been catch in his nets together goud size. and that d a party out, with some rock ¢ last Thursday he ¥ and returned with 3 hardheads. of these fish were caught in the {noon between 3 o'clock and dark. Ernest Whisenant and W Cabell, two al anglers, visited Benedict last week and returned with {a catch of hardheads. | Capt. Harry Manifold | Bay reports that hix nets have been full of hardheads and rockfish. He ring Bay, by the way, the shorte: {route to Chesapeake Bay fishing The fishing season has started at samike Beach. J. M. Rector, s treasurer of the railwa; reports that hardheads started running, and that early fishermen returned to the Beach last week with their baskets pretty well filled with fish. Rockfish are be- ing caught in the nets off the Beach and are expected to start biting with warmer weather. For the benefit of fishermen the Beach railway is running a limited number of pre-season trains, which leave the District line at 9 a.m. and | 5:40 p.m., 2:30 p.m. | the District line at |at 5 p.m. | The lost has been found. Capt. Dee- ! ters, who several weeks ago attempted, frer. of Herring com have The Sunday train leaves 10 a.m., returning " | to seime the carp and catfielout of the | Tidal Basin, has been located in Vir- | ginih, and is very anxious to make another trial with his big seine pro- vided the stakes and obstacles located in front of the old bathing beach are removed. Capt. Deeters promised to run up to Washington and assist in locating and removing the stakes with the crew of divers from the navy yard. The Bureau of Mines of the Depart- ment of Commerce reported last week that millions of fish are being killed 'MHHUIIH.\' by acid mine drainage and stream pollution in the States of Penn- | sylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and | Ohio. This report says that, accord ling to C. M. Young of the United States Engineering Department, there are no fish in the Monongahela River, very few in the AHegheny, and none BRUNSWICK TIRES DE Terms as low as $1.00 A WEEK PROBEY Tire Stores 9th and P Streets N.W. . 2104 Penna. Ave. N.W. The Probey Name Has Insured Satisfactory Service to Washingtonians for Fifty-Two Years . writing in from | e being | urning at 6:35 a.m. and | temperature | | | edict, | All | illiam | several | | after the Littie it at Parkersburg, W of 153 niles below + is 1o good fishing for miles be Point Pleasant, as | cid mine drainage. | ve been made or | acid_mine ns. the re- by installing some sort of equipment in which the free acid is neutralized by contact with lime, lime- stone or marl. Lime is mentioned as beinz the cheapest for general use, on | account of the large amount of inert | materials necessary to be handled |5 with limestone. | The report i Olio o nawha ente nti VA, Pittsbu howeve t low Pittsburgh a result of this A few attemp are being made waters from port states, s out that while neutralization id mine waters | would require an expenditure of la sums of money. it does not seem to be prohibitive most cases to treat these waters and overcome in a lar meusure present object to their entrance into strear in addi tion to other benefits would allow fish to live in these waters The Hawes bili to prevent the ship ment and saie of black bass has been orubly reported ont by both branch s of Congress but for some reason or other it seems h 1 1o et it up before the House and Senate for final action The anglers, howeve optimistic | and are relying on Representative | Hawes and Senator Watson to see | that this bill is enacted before this session of Congress, Hawes has be out of the Ly attending to matter: back_home, but he is again on the job on Capitol Hill and promises t his bill before the louse at the e est possible minnte. Senator Watson, | t angler, when he introduced | the bill in the Senate, says he would 1l in his power to have that body s it The writer, along with thousands of other anglers throughout the country., ‘eedingly anxious to see this bill ed before the close of the present session of Congress. There is no doubt about its eventually being passed, but why not now? SHRINE BASE BAVLL”MEN ‘ ARE ASKED TO REPORT| Former for places @ L XBIBIB members and candidates s on the Shrine base ball! nine are requested to meet for ganization Thursday at 8 o'clock Shrine headquarte: 1311 K street. The team will begin practicing for | its annual game with the Grotto on June 19 and also will play out-of-| town clashes. The Shriners make up for the b-to- them in their last irotto pastime hope to | &; beating hand- | tilt with the | O] o) Afi&‘m‘f BUILD up your health- and stre with this wonder- ful, apy brew. Full old time To Dotaia Totemeate, ‘atores, n Botels, restaurants, grocery s drug stores, ctc. 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Wright 10 rueth street loward Simons. 519 Rock voad: William Early vanaugh Courts: Henry Aurendes, ) (i street southeast; Emanuel usopolos, 1437 U eet; Martin nehan, 14 R street; Robert anteh, Hyatts: Md.. Harold n. 3508 Dewey street, Brent Md.: Joe Fox, 401 South Royal Alemndri; nd Philip L. jr.. 3801 Military road e, 2801 Military road: iKenyon streei George ald Creck | DAVIS FINISHES AHEAD IN 10-MILE BIKE RACE handicap, in the 10 card of at Poto distance in 2miy took first plac le race which le events held ¢ Park ninutes J. Connor, who s atch and crossed the « second behind the winner pluced first in the m his time being 10 1 seconas. Honors in ihe went to C. Atwood rner second Fhe winner' 2 minutes 2435 seconds junior h A time INVADERS HELD TO TIE. OVIL ! I. May 3 (#) » Providence team of the American League heid the Hakoah s outlii to to-2 tia before ) fans Yesterday Worthington, 488 I street | | who hurled in both games. 419 | | with Episcopal and MAY 3, 1926. EASTERN NINE PLAYS CENTRAL TOMORROW Eastern High School's base ball nine meets its first big test in the high school base ball series tomorrow when Central is encountered at Wil- son Stadium in what will be the third zame of the league schedule for both | teams. The Lincoln Parkers have had clear sailing during the first half of their campaign fof a second straight championship, but since Central and | Western are etill to be met it is likely that for the Eastern team the worst is yet to ceme. Western en- counters Coach Guyon's nine on Tuesday of next week. With Western having “flopped” _in | its clash with Business after starting off in great style with a win over Central, liastern’s chances of emerg- h another title at the end of ason appear bright. Central Iso has been hitting the bumps late- Iy and unless the team s siump in short order E sluggers are likely to run away with things tomorrow The Lincoln Parkers opened their campaign two weeks ago with a 10-to 6 win over Business. Following up their advantage, they set Tech down with the short end of an 11-to-3 count last Tuesday. John “Biggv" "Quinn, will doubt less start against Central. Three games in addition to the title serics contest are booked for tomor row. Tech encounters St. Alban's on the Cathedral School diamond, West ern Alexandria for a clash jonzaga journeys out 1o Garrett Park for the first game of a homeand-home series with the Georgetown Preps. \Vestern goes to oes to ! Garrett Park on Wednesday seeking a cecond win over the Preps. Southwell Brown scored a shutout over the Gar- rett Parkers, 4 to 0, in the first tilt Central also plays on Wednesday, en- tertaining Baltimore City College. LIBERTYS GAIN VICTORY AFTER TAKING CIPHERS After losing to the Herndon Fair lous Saturday by a 7-to-0 score, the Liberiy Athletic comeback vesterday and trimmed No. 3 ne Company at Alexandria, 12 Darnett went into the and saved [ ink box in the second inning the game after the I kout pitchey Sig- Lo gues 1o the stern Shore this week. \didates for ion will be welcomed at the club’s meeting tonight at 7:30 O Tayior street. o repl XANDRIA, Va. May Athletic Club base Kenilworth here The a1l nine vesterday. gets out of | SPORTS. 29 DETERMINED TO CONQUER YANKEES, HOFF DECLARES Have Two Clever Athletes in Yrjola and Walstedt. Men of That Country Naturally Strong. Also Have Great Training Methods. BY CHARLES HOFF. HERE was no marked interest in the decathlon at the Olympics in Antwerp in 1920. The competition was poor because it was so soon after the war, and na one cared particularly who won, even though the winner, the Norwegian, Helge Lovland, had a point score which was then regarded as very high. Tn 1924 the competition had already become much sharper, ane the <core of the fiith man was better than the best score of 1920. Osborne won a great victory, with Norton as a good second. Osborne’s total is one of the best made $o far by an amateur. The interest will be still greater in|tain that Thorpe's score is very near | the coming Olympics. 1 believe the | Club nine staged a | remen had reg- | the limit of what the race can do ! in this exacting event. If anybodw | decathlon may even be the moSt €X-|ever beats his record it will be a man | citing event. 1f Norton accepts an|of whom the world has not vot heard i offer to go to Japan as national ath-| The two Finns are good, but they B T o hav he ‘the | will never be able to do it. because {letic instructor, [ {sole defender of the American colors, | Thorpe is the greatest athletic phe et lived. | Certainly be will be the strongest de- |nomenon who has fender But Osborne will have strong | 5% ompetition because the most danger.| Next: The weakness of American |ous of all athletic countries. Finland. | pole vaulters. lis now growi interestad in the i decathlon and already las two men | capable of the point score made b\LOCKE sAleG SELF | Osborne in Paris in 1924 The two Finns' names are Yrjola and Walstedt, and the Finnish coaches | IN Hls REcoRD RACE | mean business. We will have to ad-!| | mit that Finland seems to have every- | | thing necessary to produce good de- | | eathlon men: the decathlon should | By the Associated Press bring Into exercise all of the “Suom!”| LINCOLN, Nebr., May 3.-—Threa | Virtues. strong will, stamina and pow- | vears ago Coach Henry “Indian™ {er of concentration hulte of the University of Nebraska | - declared Roland Locke ‘“the greatest | Lo Ot Dt o | sprinter of all time"” and the Nebras. | Besides this the Finns have another | p2vie S lon " teats virtually bear out | advantage, they have wonderful train- | ipe gtatement e ing methods and arrange their work | - |(0 be exactly at top form on the day After IO\'QI“_I’!( the 100- rd_dash | of the event. Yrjola and Waistedt record to 0.09.5 at the Drake relara | have planned an assault on Osborne's | Locke in the Nebraska-Missouri dual | record in the meet in Stockholm thig | meet last Saturday broke the tape | st | e ot | Summer, a meet to which Osborne|in the 220-vard dash in 0.20.5. three will be invited. Yrjola was very near | teNths of a second faster than the the point score of Osborne last Sum.|récord held since 1921 by Charles |mer on a very poor track in Finland. | Paddock The strength of the two Finns is their | Locke apparently let down 15 vards | perfect consistency in all of the|from the finish, when he looked back |events, though they are weakest in|at Smith, Missouri, 10 yards in the | the runs and strongest in the weights. | rear | “Another sirons contender is Sten| “Gip, why didn’t you run it out” | Pettersson of Sweden | Coach Schulte shouted. What may interest experts most is| “What did I do it in?" Locke asked | whether there will ev me a man| “In 0.205." Schulte replied | who can beat the point score made by | “But they wen't allow it. will they " American Indian Thorpe in the| “Yes. it looks ltke they will."” {1812 “Olympics. _flis score was far| “Gosh,” said Locke, “I wonder jus' | ahead of Osborne's record in 1924, and | how fast 1 could have run that? I oven so, 1 have heard people say that | was saving myself for the low hurdles Thorpe wasn't really an all-around | just running enough to win.” athiete | One watch clocked Locke in 0.20.4 However, 1 think it is almost cer-'two in 0.20.5 and two in 0.20.6. THE Nodls Ny Nl Nl G UT OF YOUR CEGTHES TIHAT COUNTS Nothing smarter the new ociely Brand REGENT You'll not find a smarter looking suit for Spring than the new Regent. Or one more correct in every line—the wide shoulders, the snug effect over the hips. A new version of the prevail- ing style of today, but even more athletic, more masculine. 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