Evening Star Newspaper, May 10, 1926, Page 18

18 S ORTS. THE EVENIN G STAR, WASHID MONDAY, MAY 10, 1926. Browns, Slartling Failures of Season, Open Series With Nationals Tomorrow ' RANKING SANDLOT NINES LERMEN, ONCE RATED HIGH, NOW BROKEN CLUB Champion Expect to Gain at Expense of St. Lou Outfit in Four Games Here—Go to Top as Myer’s Play BY JOHN complete for the first time White nkees yeste! ' crew, then enter a four this season as over the Sox while the cad \ lay. Lddie C Not so many seasons ago even Louis club wa for St. Lows ¢l Washingto other 1 good or poor, w others the St. Lo Nationals starting tomorro series will be a clash first division « nd division club and a ¢ in so far @ wson’s work is con standing b many base ball art of the cham- failed to < this se: Browns, ves promi nt race Their pitching tioned well, they ly and their work Jas been poor enough to keep w all others in the league | artment of play | Injuries Mar Browns. re and the in f players who per t year to veturn to have hurt the _them while § Parpon Sp ng them re of thel their most ser: sustained in Phila- Ben to ulars hit week were hur recent loss being a whe regular right fielder, put hi of action as he crashed into a g wall. The Browns, of cours their troubles, may make more than interesting for the Champs. | That's the way with base ball. But| are not apt to make any of their games more inter: than the White Sox did the t ume of their | nd- | sting. ark Griffith S given thrills apl nt that sett of the home c om start to lium yesterday were before the retir in favor | omplished. | every one in the | base ball players as well s spectators, n edge. The ing ]n chers at the outset were Alex Fer too certain member of staff, and Ted Lyons, Chisox mound corp wobbly enough in 1 > get himseif into 1 ' 1 v and twice to even ac-| fonals’ y d the plate swing- n he faced a trio of pinch hatters in the ninth. | the 1 was reached for a single | This made the situation | serious that Fred Marberry had | 10 be hustled to the hill for the| finish. Griffs Cluster Blows. Lyons, like Fe vielded eight safeties and five but the hits and walks of agoan were clustered n ' than those granted by Alex. The Nationals nounded Ted in three frames and in | each of them tk Two of the hits were triples. Mudd ped the cause | with such & blow in the third roun but Joe Judge helped it more in the | eighth, for there were two of his| mates on the paths when he socked the ball against the concrete wall of the sun parlor back of left-center fleld. Ruel, though, proved a most valu- able batter when he came through with a single to cash Joe at the plate with the big tally of the day. | With all this tf hitting, how- ever, the game lv was saved by a brilliant piece of work afield turned in by Buddy recruit shortstop, the ninth in The voungster. took the 7 fter the pinch-runn the sev ance in m with the i were out when ed grounder toward the Inner side of second base. Bucky Harris, playing well away from that station with a southpaw batter up, may have been able to check the progress of the ball, but he probably could not have kept a hit away from Collins that would have sent Gulley home. And it did not seem that Myer could get in the way of the sphere. Myer Comes to rescue. got across the field in the mid a flash, | ed hand snared the ball S d without coming | to Judge that effort the speeding White Sox pilot. Tt was one of the finest bits of flelding accomplished by a National this ‘ Nationals Peck h when Ru line. e were the first to fanned in the third | tripled down the left field " ossed every one by singling to right tc t Muddy. Mec- Neely forced out sy, but pilfered second to be in position to score when Bucky IHarris poled a one-baser to | ons walked | a sacrifice fly by | Spencer larris® the Mostil tri Coll strikeout. Two were out in the sixth before the Nationals again assumed a lead Rice, who opened the f ne with a single, was shoved to third base by RADIATORS, FENDERS BODIES MADE AND REPAIKED NEW RADIATORS FOR AUTOS WITTSTATT'S R. & F. WKS. CALP COMFORT maintained regardless of temperatureby cooling rnd refreshing applications of ewbror Herpicid "A Dellahtful Halr Tonie* | ninth when Cihecks Chisox. B. KELLER. possession of the topmost berth in the American League the result of the 6-to-3 Tygers were mauling the erstwhile the Nationals were to take onc more fling at game series with the Browns. the thought of a series with the St. enough to make the Nationals quake in their spiked boots, cre accounted bad medicine for any on, no matter how strong the latter might be against is jinx seems to have been knocked expect to profit to a considerable extent in w. AT THE TOP WASHINGTON. AB. R. . PO, MeNeely, Jeancs, o H o1 20 1 [ 1 1 o o Ferguson, b’ Ma [ [P YSTPTPIRITS P Totals 0 [ *Ran for Peckinpaugh in seevnth fnning. +Batted for McNeely In seventh lnnmg CHICAGO, AB. R. 2 1 o o o o [ 1181 ted for Sch lk in ninth inning. $¥Batted for Scott in ninth inning. $Batted for Lyons ninth inning. “uhlnz\on 002 3 R vo»on"oxo ’l"hnehnu- hits—Ruel H Judge . Safen buseaHunnend, Me Sacrifices—>Mostil, Collins (2), Rice. Doubl ’ —Collins to Scott to Nheel; Left on hases—Chleago, 7: Washington. 6. Bases on_ balls—Off Lyons, &; Ferguson, Strack out—By Hits—Of Fe uson 8 In 8 innings (none out in uninth): off Marberry, 0 iu 1 inning. Winning vitcher—Ferguson. Umpires— Moriarty, Uwens and Ormsby. Time of game 1 hour and 53 minutes. *Urouse +Moreh 3Gulley £l moscuuanaas —a the erasures of Goslin and Judge. Bluege then rapped a one-baser to left to check In Sam at the counting block. In the seventh the Sox came back to tie the score once more. Mostil's single and Spencer Harris’ triple | made after two were out; did the work. Champs Win In Eighth. The eighth was the big inning of he fray for the Champs. Bucky Harris began It with le and Rice sacrificed. Goslin strolled and Judge, who had gone hitless his first three times at bat, socked a_three- Bluege popped to the pitcher, but a pass to Myer was followed by clash between Collins and to tally Judge. rguson made all hands except the White Sox uncomfortable in the he walked Pinch-batters Crouse and Morehart and was reached for a single to right by Gulley, wk clubbed for Lyons. The onebaser counted Crouse and sent Morehart to the far corner. In came Marberry, and he checked the Sox for a moment, for Mostil lofted to Bucky Harris. But More- hart scored and Gulley took second as Spencer Harrls was thrown out. Then Myer flashed across the fleld to put an end to the battle. FLORIDA COACH QUITS. GA ESVILLE, Fla., May 10 ().— Resignation of James L. White, jr., athletic T ity Florida, ha Forest a graduate of the Unt versity of Virginie. BIG LEAGUE LEADERS. By the Associated Press. American League. Batting—Cobb, Tygers, 426. Runs—Ruth, Yanks, 28 Hits—Goslin, Nationals, 41. Doubles—Burns, 18. ’l‘flplen—(-ohfll, Ylnlu 9. Homers—Ruth, sy Stolen bu«_{uu.ea anks, 7. Pitching—Quinn, Athletics, won, 4; lost, 0. National League. Batting—Wilson, Cubs, 377 Runs—Heathecote, Cubs, 21 Hits—Hornshy, Cards, 32, Doubles—Frisc] and W Cubs, 4. son, Cubs, 13. Triples—Wilson, Homers—Fournler, Robins, and Bot- | tomley, Cards, 5. Stolen bases—Cuyler, Pirates, 7. 5 l'lt(hlnx—l’e(ly. ost, 0. Closs Daily € p. m. At the Sign of the M Wallace Motor Co. means NASH Sales and Service 1709 L Street N.W. Just East of Conn. Ave. Main 7612 win scored | sssscc20s00ss0l ol 5. | yons, 13 by Ferguson, 1. | RUTH NOW SETS PACE IN HOME-RUN HITTING May 10 OP). “Babe" home-run hitters, who with_ four othe s undisputed lead consider- League CHICAG Ruth, king of shared his thron week ago, now ¥ The American I able edge on their rivals with a to Leading home run hitters American —Ruth, New York, 7 Washington, 4: Williams, 4: O Detroit, 1; P, York, A I, New York, : Hauser, Philadel Gos. Louis New Brooklyn. Willi 1tional — Tournier ttomley, 8t. Louis, & | Philadelphia, 4: Kelly. New York, Wilkon, Chicago, &; Munson, Chic 3 Wright, Pittsburgh, 3; Leach, adelphia, CANTER IS FAVORITE IN PREAKNESS STAKE By the Associa BALTIMORE sands of fans f ered here toda tieth renewal of ness, premier e Spring racing With n fleld of the best sent after the £50,000 stake in recent years 1 a rally overshadowing challenger lac ing from among the 15 entries, interest ran high. wk officlals at Pimlico red to handle a crowd of hil: 10. turfdom & to witness the thir- the historic ent of the on “dark horses’ last few runn have cap nzs of the track fol main zen_of the three-vear Of these, Canter, who will str ‘lnliluxv the rich purse for J. I | fith, refgned IP\ s l‘(ll( rlds. e to Grif- Arad- repre- | ed to have a consi as did Rock \Ixn, errat, was the Dress Par: '\ Man o War arry H. P. Jefford's D followin: with Mon ble entry. | the n Riddle Farm’ colt; Tolor Sery Whitney's colors, & Mars were the others figt | sible winne Lee Rosenberg’s Ingrid was the only filly 10¢ ed to face the barrier in |an effort to duplicate the performance of Bud Fisher’'s Nellle Morse, who in | 1924, set a record for the mile and three-sixteenths at 1:57 1.5, | Clear weather and ast track have marked the Pimlico meet so far, but {ties of light thundershowers s afternoon were seen by the The post time {s | who, more | weather forecaster. 4:30 p.m. INTERNATiONAL LEAGUE. First game: R. H Reading 10 Rochester 10 Ellis and Lyan: Mitehell and Devine. ame Second Reading Rochester 5 Marquis and Lynn Moore and Heud Jersey City ... Buffalo . Cantrell, Pa: ) e and 13 [ own Reese, s and Daly: Bolen and A7 Torpe and Schulte: Dickemann, Barn Grabowski and Morrow SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. R H Little Rock ....... 5l b Memphis 3 & Caldwell and Mayer: Bonnelly and Koh becker. Chattanooga New Orleans FAs Cunninghan:, Rogers. Bates and D. son: Cvenros. Hodge, Roy and Dowie .10 18 9 1% Ogborue Foster a Ande: Allen. " o'Brien. ot echeduled, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Fiat game H St. Paul ... Loulsville Shupp and Hoffman: Deberrs. and Meger. Second 18 8 Hoffman: Cullop Burke, McCracken, Youns: Thomas whd Hesi§ Minneapolls . Ingianapolis Five inning Rietz 3 8 rain EXHIBITION BASE BALL. oA Byiumo R Badmors (i Giard, Jopnard and Dixon: ham and "McKee. At Johnstown: fitsburgh (N.) | ohnstown (Mid-Atlantie) Songer and_Specer, Onslow: Hartman and Vasee; SPRING MEETING, May 1st to 13th, inclusive First Race, 2:30 P.M. Admission_(inelu ing tax) $1.85. Frequent trains Penna. and W. B. & Electric 'ip«‘lml (B. & O) loaves Wasl 3’6 dua Baltimore (Camden 15 The Largest, Most Economical, Most Reliable Tailoring Shop Saturday 8:30 p. m. Individualized STYLES Wear what is best suited to your per- sonal requirements. Dress with dignity, but not 'mournful— with dash and style, but not jazzily—Mertz clothes have the cor- rect amount of dignity plus the needed youth- ful touches, | New W BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS AMERICAN LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Washington, 6: Chicago, 5. Detrolt, 14; New York, 10, __STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Wash'ton York nd Chicago, v Dosroit Rost &t Yost. (100 00 910 121121.500 BiN12.4T8 NATIONAL LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Brooklyn y Chicago = 3| 113 w610 Uineifati 10/ 81 814 91609 New York | 4] 1 3111111.500 Pittah'eh 3 Phila. | St Louis | 1] 2 15 y Boston 1.1 3. (—I 815343 . Lost {aBIAL | | GAMES TODAY. Philadeiphia at Pittaburgh. Drookisn at Chicago. Boston_at Clneinnati. New York to St. WESTERN CLUBS THREATEN TO REACH TOP IN MAJORS By the Assoviated Press facing stiff opposi RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN . H. 8B, RBI. ai B2 Harrly MeNeely Ruether Morrell Thomas -6 5 » .6 Goveieskia. & Thomas Bush 2998=uiwz=~ Lost. TERN clubs threaten to usurp the peak positions in the major leagues as the fifth week of the major league season starts. The first intersectional tilts of the year disclose Zastern teams A 3-to-1 victory oyer the Cardinals | vesterday enabled the Robins to wre the first skirmish from a Western | outfit, a double by Felix in the ninth bringing in_the winning runs and the series, threé games to one. The Cubs romped away with three of four engagements with the G by annewing the final by 8 to 7, a have a chance to unseat the Rotins from the lead in thé series opening today. Chicago trails one and one-halt games. Capt. Frisch of the Giants had a deep gash cut ir hi left cheek from spikes when he fell in an attempt to tag Munson. After losing three straight to the Reds, the Phillles finished by taking the last game of the weries, Dean keeping the Cincinnati well scattered The Braves had a day of rest after getting even break in four con- tests with the Pirates Cobb was the big noise in Detro't’s batting nival with the Yankees, whacking out four hits in | times at bat, including a home runs the sease The New Yorkers {14 to 10, and went into second 7 |a® the Griffmen toc the meast |the White Sox, 6 to 5, and advanced to the pinnacle. Cobb's homers gave him 112 during his reer. His second four-base hit vesterday was the 3,843d safe blow of his lifetime on his 10,400th time at bat. Detroit and New York used a hits | four 4to1,| d nd E | “Wilkerson and and Hubbell and Bsler: Burwell and Florence. Jackson, Parn- Matthews, B. & 0. Line. stou 11:40 Station) ./ RACE HORSE IS HOST AT BIRTHDAY PARTY SANTA ROSA, Calif,, May 10 (P). stocracy represented by famous race horse of an- host yesterday to sev- ests of his owner. 1| The occ s the twenty-ninth o | birthday anniversary of the thorough- r- bred whose name is known wherever horses run and sportsmen gather. ise is declared to be the oldest horse in the world, his owners approxi- i - | aral huné, d has won for tely $1,000,000. whose names are by-words on the social registers of the Nation gathered at Wikiup rancho, country estate of John I1. Rosseter, as guests of his noted stead. The assemblage was seated at a huge horse-shoe shaped table, on which rested a 15 inch-high cake, decorated with 29 carrots. Disgulse was led within the slot of the table by Tod Sloan, the jockey who rode the horse into third place n the English Derby 2 yvears ago. 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C. pitchers apiece, but Detroit | 15 safe blows to the Yankees' 12 Although the Indlans idled, moved into a tie for second place with from the first rung. Athletics and Brown: scheduled. The Red also were not HOLLAND TENNIS TEAM 10 () Belgium Davis cup. the re Holland, eliminate NOORDUJIK, —Holland has from the serles for the Yesterd contests gave quired victory to Holland, nepe defeating Laloux 6—0, 6—0, 6—2. Holland ' already gles and the doubles Washer of Belgi the Dutch player T yesterd had won one sin: m, also defeated Two-Pants % Suits *VI §99.50 o Stanley Clothes Shop 1209 Pa. Ave. NW. tha best “The DROMMIE” $10 most models. And up to look like golf. by lected | they | the Yankees and are but half a game | Sox, WINS DAVIS CUP WATCH | Van Len- | of Belgium, | | | | | iern SEVEN IN ROW WON BY ONTARIO JUNIORS St. Paul's Rock Creek nine was the seventh etraight vietim of the Ontario Juniors in a sandlot base ball game yesterday. The pitching of Barbee featured the 9-to-5 victory. Holy Rosary Parish team lost to the Westover A. C', 4 to 7. Messink of the winners fanned 14. _Pop Kremb'’s Liberty nine took the Takoma Park outfit into camp. His pitchers performed well, but were not Eupported. Invincibles clubbed the Stanle; to 6 13 Zell, pitching for the White Haven Juniors, defeated the Earle Theater nine, 11 to 9. A sixthinning rally, in which six runs were scored, enabled the Penrose Juniors to defeat the Eastern Senfors, 13 to 6. Freschi allowed the Aztec Juniors but five hits as the Smithflelds won, 5ito 2. Southe: iors, 10 to Frank McDonald, brother of Wes- ley, held the Montello Midgets to three hits while the Appollos won, 4 to 3. Independent A. C. 16 to 12. bowed to the Freer Jun- beat the Pirates, Clovers swamped the Cardinals, 14 to 4. Diamonds hit Barruto for 13 hits and defeated Congress, 9 to 2. Tamagni struck out 18 men, as the Handley Insects defeated Marberry Insects, 13 to 6. Langleys had little trouble defeating the Tate Insects, 18 to &. made it 11 straight by clubbing Sam Rice’s namesakes, 16 to 6, but the losers came back and defeated the All Stars, 10 to 1 After 11 innimu Irvin over the Cran r Insects won |allowed nine runs in the sixth, BALK AMBITIOUS CLUB M ran true to form. The championship Knickerbocker nine continmed g II'A(y walloping Bus Freed's Warwicks b t ANY of the teams that trailed in last year's sandlof base balt cham. pionship race took advantage of yesterday's ideal weather in an attempt to get the jump on the 1925 higher-ups, but everything winning stresk on the Hollow Fleld in Georgetown, . )Pr‘d" Augustine was sent to the on the mound for mg showers after allowing six hits in the first inning and McGee followed him. Farrington finished the game for the ‘Warwicks, while Conine, former Georgetown hurler, allowed the North- east gang but four hits, only four of | which wers clean. Marcus Chaconas featured the day's hitting with a cir- cult_clout. After holding (llascoe’'s Shamrocks scoreless for five innings, Phipps, the Petworth moundsman, weakened and The Shamrocks won, 11 to 0. The earlier stage of the game was a pitching duel | between Phipps and McCoy. After Phipps weakened he was relieved by Kdelin, but the Shamrock hurler con tinued and allowed the losers but two hits in the entire game. Mattingly of the winners hit two home runs. St. Josephs, fresh from last Sun- day's victory over the Rialto nine, stamped itself as one of the clubs to be feared in the title race by defeat- ing the Chevy Chase Bearcats, 14 to 7. The Bearcats used three pitch- ers in an attempt to stop the Plaza crowd, but the latter managed to garner 19 hits. The winners scored seven runs in the first two innings. For the first time since the Mount Rainfer club took the W. B. A. 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As each nine plays wi once more, omotrow would throw second-place honors | A win for Western would give the | Sohneider also has been going good | Georgetowners two victorles against I lately and may get the box job. coasted in under the Mg Cherrydale first sacker, collected six hits. Dreadnaughts lost to the Fort Washington nine after 10 1 of play, 8 to 9, in a raggedly game over in Alexand Both pitch ers wers poorly supported. Hard hitting |n the pinches gave the Rialto club an 11-to6 victory over Northern A. . Ottenberg hurled a good game for the winners, aided in his victory by the splendid hitting !of his team mates Rine, pitching for Fort Humphreys allowed Virginia ¢ of Alexan dria but five hits and struck out 15 batters. He won, 17 to 2. Lou Shields, e hile Epiphan hurler, and *Pepco” Barry aided in the victory of the Arrow nine over the Cortez seniors. The score was 15 to 7. Mount Rainier Seniors won over Berlin Club of the unlimited class 12 to 7. 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