Evening Star Newspaper, May 12, 1926, Page 26

26 SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1926. SPORTS. Sisler Still Optimistic Over Browns : Early Season Base Ball Crossing Dope SURE TEAM WILL ADVANCE WHEN CRIPPLES RECOVER Visitors Throw Scare Into Fans by Staging Ninth- Inning Rally That Chases Ruether and Leaves Griffs With Narrow Margin of Victory. BY DENMAN THOMPSON, Sports Editor. The Star. ITH his club anchored in the basement of the American League’s official structure as a result of its failure to win more than seven of the 27 games it has played to date, Manager George H. Sisler is not what might be termed a cheerful soul these days, but the boss of the Browns is far from discouraged and feels confident his crew will yet get going and justify the faith reposed in them by fans and critics alike before the season opencd. With Herschel Bennett in a Philadelphia hospital and likely to remain there for a month longer as a result of his argument with a concrete wall in Quakertown last week, Sisler does not hope to present gn unbroken front until after the club returns to Sportsman’s Park the latter part of the mouth, but he expects Gene Robertson back from his brother’s funeral it a few days. hopes V r Gerber's injured digit will be O. K. in a week; that Red Hargrave's ailing hand will permit him to work soon, that Oscar Mellillo's so: Il yicld to treatment shortly and hat Marty McManus will not suffe lapse from the thump on the hip he received from Ed | Wells of the Sis rob his machine of power, > be- | lieves that with all cogs present and | attuned his entry has the inherent strength to rapidly climb to its right ful position as a contender. Although his c wtion treated like a doc by e has mq thus far Sisle F optimistically awaitinz the turn of | fortune’ wheel ar a hoped i would come coincidentally with the arrival the Browns he Capital, where they have enjoved a generous measure | of success for vear i Sisler Hints at More Shifts. also patients are . Rice, 2b. Durst, ¥f... | sisier. 1b Jieanus ucobson, has been | Wi ery club |k been | DI “3b of e, scoms~mcsosen S=SDimmm ! 00280 mmnmn020! %l osonnmusonsoss; Totals Sy *Batted for Jonnard In ifth inning. **Batted for Vangilder in ninth inning. WASHINGTON @ He shook up his line-up again, to | 1o avail, and hints at further shifts if ! the tide of V't turn this after noon when Tom Zachary is scheduled 1o draw the considerable assignment of trying to outpitch Walter Johnson, | Ruel, .. but he got a big thrill, along with the. | Marberry, ' modest turn-out of fans at the orchard | vesterday, over the desperate ninth. | Tetals inning assault launched by his under- | Wi hoult. . ° lings, and despite the fact that it fell | Tyg-base hite—s. Harris, a trifle short is pleased to regard that i | base’ hit—Williams. — Sacrifi sortie as auguring well for the imme- | Doubls plavs—Lamotte to diate future H. | Left on'bane—St. Louls, 7; W Base on balls—Oft Jounard, 6 Turned A0 with 3; off Ruether, 2. Hits—O! Dutch Ruether ove i rounds, while his 1 nings: off Vangilder, 3 | Ruether. 8 in 8 innings (none out in ninth) ; | 4 off Marberry, 1 In 1 inning. Winning pitch- half a ¢ runs er—Ruether. offerings of Claud Vang the Bro Teane: | Judze. lu Pecki o0so~co00~2" I three hits by - a period of elght ates had amassed om the combined Jonnard and Elam = broke out into final frame scurrying to | i Marbet all he Losing pltcher—Jonnurd. pires—\loriarty, Owens. Time of game— 1 hour 55 minutes. . Goslin's death put Harris at the far corner, and the latter scored when | Lamotte fumbled Judge's roller. Wil- liams’ fumble of Bluege's boundin single put Griffs on third and second, | where they were left when Jonnard whiffed Peck as a final gesture. Vangilder eased through his initlul frame, the fifth, McNeely hitting into ble play after Ruether singled, lam was tapped for a tally in the th, when Goslin picked a siow ball for a’safety to right after Harris had ; | walked and moved up a notch on Sam B nus started it with a single to | Rice's death. center, Jacobson pumped one to left | Vangilder finished in fair form. and Williams tripled to the scorehoard, | Ruel's double being the only blow ob. cashing his mates and scoring himself | tained off him in the last two frames. on a wild re by Harris. Clean pokes by Lamotte and Dixon brought Marberry in from the bull pen and the parade was temporarily halted when Hargrave, in an emer role, bounded to an infield « The procession was ed 1d do to a "his upri illustration of the ball. In a pinch-hitt had eked out a ‘I fth and 1 infield b hit in the ing a striking nty of t | sle following Dixon’s hth. That was all until the final , when five whacks in | on put three runs over ! ended Ruether’s regime McManus Starts the Rally FIGHTS LAST NIEiHT. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CIT Kan. 'Bob’" O'Shea, Omaha, outpointed Tony Ross, Pittsburgh, (10). LORAIN, Ohio.—Tommy Mitchell, | Toronto, outpointed Clyde Hollinger,| | h when | o s leaguer to md when Durst forced Rice another marker was | toted home by Dixon, leaving Cedric et the initial station with the tying | Battle Creek, (8). “L ”ynliQ a bold bid to keep | T, LOUIS, Mo.—Kayo Phii Kap- oiling by swatting a nasty | jan, New York, won newspaper de-| own the first base line, but | eision over Itz ane, : Judge contrived to knock it down and | fiuo% over Itallan Joe Gans, Brook end the debate by beat {1yn, o). RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN Jonnard found the plate on swings at the outset, and through his wild ness spotted the Griffmen a_couple of runs in the initial st He passed for a sta and after | 1ed free tickets to | »slin and Judge in s | h a resultant tally. The pro- | ceeding was varied when Bluege | popped, but Peck also was franked, to | force another marker over the plate before Ruel rolled to Lamotte to leave the bases loaded. Steadying down, Jonnard got through | the next round with an unsupported | double by Harris charged against him, but was nicked for another marker in the third. Judge got a clean swat to center with one gone, and after Bluege died aerially and Peck walked, Ruel looped a little Texas leaguer to left that counted Judge. Another brace of tallies was charged against Jonnard in the following frame, when his supporting cast failed him, three errors in addition to as many hits figuring in what proved to be_his final round on the rubber. looped a Texas leaguer to n the frame. Harris beat out a bunt down the first base line and when Jonnard paddled the ball onto foul territory in an atitempt to fleld it McNeely galloped to third, from where he counted when Sisler made a fine diving stop of Sam Rice's hot smash EAS R, am Rice, sion, w 2R 822880a2.0 ] gty PROPE-TINN 1 3% Ferguson . Johnson M womrSaus PETT TP~ PYTTL L 220090000 ~~oR m: SapeRipbniibisi EEH PR - Complete 2 mooSoo=iSla pamile 8 Games pitehed. Total ©0092un:®? started. Spp=asas®®s games. < Innings 2583 * 130531 B 2 ©0090muiO~m Lost. See90uwis=Ta Won. -9 # | base Dlows, | Memphts | Mobile .. BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS NATIONAL LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Brookivn, & Pittabus 7: Boston, 4. 6; New York, B. AMERICAN LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Washington, 6; St. Louls, Philadelphia, New York-Clevel «l 1) Chicago. k| 4[| Al Pittab'eh_|..| 31 81 516111007 4(14(121.538 =1 =0_1] 2I11) Detroit L1..112(151.444 Boston GAMES TODAY. Brookiyn at Chicugo. Philadelphin ut Piitaburgh. New York at Nt. Louls. Boston st Cinelninat. St Chl o Dotrolt at Bot on. Clevelund at New York. EAST IN MAJOR LEAGUES By the Assoctated Press EAST IRN teams in the major leagues are holding their own against Western clubs in the first intersectional battles of the campaign, with Washington and Philadelphia regaining their winning form of 1925 in the American to offset an unexpected relapse of the Giants in the National. The White Sox, victims of a Phila- delphia winning streak at 6 to 2, re- linquished third place to the champton Griffmen yesterday. A brave effort to beat back the veteran warriors of Stanley Harris, netting five runs in | the ninth, fell one run short of Wash ington’s total and the Capital City men moved ahead in the race, while the cohorts of Collins were making | futile thrusts at the speed balls of | Lefty Grove. The former Oriole hurler posted 11 strikeouts. | The pathfinding Robins, clawed by | the Cubs on Monday, flew back at the 2 e ¥ Cubs yesterday to protect their scanty | NATIONAL LEAGU lead with a 6-2 triumph. Burleigh | Batting—Bressler, Reds, .377. Grimes scattered six Chicago hits over | Runs—Heathcote, Cubs, 22, the nine frames and never was in| Hits—Hornshy, Cardinals, 34 danger after the third, when bunched | Doubles—Frisch, Giants, 15. safeties gathered three runs as a| Triples—Wilson, Cubs, 4. Robin nest egg of ample size to insure | Homers—Bottomley, Cardinals, 6. victory. | Stolen bases—Cuyler, Pirates, 7. The climbing Pirates reached the | Pitching—McGraw, Robins, won 4, first division with a loud explosion of | lost 0. touching three Philadel- phia_ pitchers for 15 eclouts to win handily at 11 to 1. The result gave | the Corsairs a fourth-place tle with | the Giants, who dropped another | game to the Cardinals, 6 to 5. The | verdict marked Flint Rhem’s fifth vie v in six starts on the mound. Chi- | cago's defeat by Brooklyn proved a steppiug stone for the Reds, who moved to second place behind good pitching by Adolfo Luque. The Cu- ban gave the Braves nine scattered hits to win by 7-4. In the sale of his veteran southpaw, Arthur Nehf, to the Cincinnati Reds, Marager John McGraw apparently has prepared to make good his boast that a successful major league team can get along without a portside twirler. Nehf had not received the privilege of starting o game this season for the | Giants. He joined the Glants in 1919, | aftor pitching four seasons for the | Boston Braves. He turned in 125 vic tories for the Giants from 1919 to 1825, inclusive. His highest percentage was attained in 1924, with 14 victories and 4 defeats. "BIG LEAGUE LEADERS. By the Associated Press. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Batting—Dugan, Yankees, .413. Runs—Ruth, Yankees, 29. tits—Goslin, Senators, 42, Doubles—Burns, Indians, 14 Triples—Gehrig, Yankees, 7 Homers—Ruth, Yankees, 8. Stolen bases—Meusel, Yankees, 8. ' Pitching—Quinn, Athletics, won 4, lost INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. R. H. Baltimore . 1717 Buffalo .. 13 16 4 Vincent. Harwood and Cobb: Profu. Ben- nett. Reddy, Fisher. Henderson and Lake. Reading ... o Sew B Syracuse .. S 3 ¢ .3 Swaney and Lynn, Unzmann: Frankhouse and Nieborgail. " Jersey City. 4 Toronto ....". e T Zellers and Dales: Faulkner and O'Neill. Newark .. 6 11 Rochester 3 o Ten inniny Smallwood and Schulte: Thormablen and Devine. [ AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Milwaukes . B ‘1 Columbus . S0 3 [ Eddels and ‘McMenemy: McQuillan, | Fasth and Meuter. FMEATIS) Eansas City. ... . Toledo . . nlt G Y. St. Paul 1 8 s Indianapo! ceeeeen . W R“Ifo::l’ar d:-;s'ml ‘ernke and Hoffman: Min) fereees . . g ¢ 3 .,,g‘i‘.’:,’,‘{,"""" Prancts and Byler: Cullep SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Charlotte, 5: Macon, 3 Knoxville, 14; Columble, 11. 0: Asheville, D Spartanbury, . Greenville, 12: Augusta. 8. FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE. 4 Birmingham 3 Atlanta, ... b 2 Merz, Stone. Judd and Yarvan: Merritt. Love and Brock . i 1 Nowrome T8 Brillheart and Kohlbecker: Roy. Scott and Lingle. Little Rock 2 8. 3 At o 17 1 Courtney and Whitney: Murray and Richis. Nashville . FeET Chattancogs. s 11 8 Frey. Morrls and Kenni voy. and D, Anderson. WO - SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE. Columbus. 7: Jacksonville, 1. 10: Albany, 6. : Laksland, t. Peters! aonion, 3 Sarasots. 0. VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Fnet P oa outh, ¢ ston. B PIEDMONT LEAGUE. - iseron-Salom, 1. Raleigh. 2. PITCHER BREAKS ARM. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., May 12 (P). —Arthur Engelkin broke his arm in two places here in throwing a curve ball. 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It will make one believe anything can happen in this 1926 race. so far. Prior to April 13, experts rated the Nationals and Athletics as the | main flag contenders, although some hinted it might be difficult for the | Washington veterans to withstand a heavy pace. The Browns, White Sox and Yankees also were classed close to the Champions and the Macks, with the Browns touted more than the others. What has happened since shows how tough a task it is to pick winners in base ball. There have been upsets all along the , will not return to his team within a 3 v o v ha | month. line, but the Browns certainly ha e s been jolted harder than any of their | gopertson, who plays second or third rivals, At Tarpon Springs, Fla., fig- | base for them when he is around ured to make more trouble f ne’s brother died this week, and he Griffs and A's than any other outfit, |has gone to his home to attend the the Sislermen have been in difficulty |funeral. He will rejoin his club in ever since the start of the champion. | Boston, where it is to play its next ship season, and it does not seem they | series. will be able to get into good trim again | With these things happening from b L T il f time to time ever since the start of g the first- sinc start o Ll O SN ok the season, it is no wonder the B division dandies, the Browns are cel t lar tenants with the poor record of but | &re down the list. But injuries do 7 victorfes in 27 starts. And that's | not account for otk upsets of pre Almost shot to | %eason dope. The White Sox after S in. | fair start have ceaged setting ti leces as a result of a serles of in sta 7 ase z the Jurie The Macks are step jurles, they are apt to take many more | league on fire. . iickings before regaining their balance. | PIng along now. but they were When they do get on their feet finally, Wobbly during the first three week they are likely to find themselves | Of the campaign that with all their lessly out of the running for the !"enl_rllsh they still are ?n the se }R:';elh]: Year. “ | division. Rommel, Harriss and G pitchers expected to carry the along, have heen responsible for of the club's 12 losses. The ene Five men are now on the Browns’ e e Py I, et . | Yanks, still 4t the top, are finding the tomary form. These working casuals | 80ing much rougher. And the In are Marty McManus and Red Har. | dians, never considered a first division grave. McManus still is limping badly | ibility, cling to that group. as a result of a collision he had with | Pitcher Wells in Detroft, but somebod Everything is so topsy-turvy with must be used to complete the Browns’ | the Browns that Sisler finds it almost infleld, so Marty must toil and let the | as difficult to hold to a regular pitch- alling leg get along as well as it can | ing schedule as to pick an infield that under the conditions. Hargrave, too. | may be kept intact for two successive can help, although the former Na- | d: 1t was likely, though, that Tom tional has a hand so sore as to make | Zachary, red-thatched southpaw who catching very trying for him. | wore a National uniform last year and Walter Gerber, crack shortstop, has | several vears before, would g0 to the a_split finger that will keep him out | hill for the Sislermen this afternoon of action a week or longer, Manager | Whoever works for the visitors wa Sisler says. Tony Mellllo, bought from | be opposed by the Champs’ leading Milwaukee to use at second or third | moundsman, Walter Johnson. The base, has developed a sore arm and | big fellow was primed to go after the | is out of commission. And Herschel | 402d victory of his big league career. Bennett, regular outfielder, took such 4 sock on the head when he ran into| Paint of the hue of foliage in late the stand at Philadelphia that he still | Spring is restful to the hatting eves is n a hospital in the Quaker City and | of his athletes, President Clark Griffith Full speed ahead! And the C. C. bloc has | who toured the | pwns | believes. So he has had a rectangular | spuce at the center-field end of the | | concrete sun parlor spread with a | gorgeous green pigment. Now the swingers may be expected to get more from their efforts, unless they let their | optics stray to the potpourri of color | | adjoining the center-field wall. | MOUNT RAINIER NINE BOOKS SHAMROCKS By booking the Shamrocks for S | day’s game at the District Line Fi new tinting on | the Mount Rainfer Athletic Club | the sun parlor floor that brought | taking a chance on getting treat Goose Goslin_out of his non-hitting | roughly in ite o streak yesterday. The G banged | The Ha | the ball to right fleld for a single in|in all three { the sixth inning after failing to zet son, defeating the Dr a drive in his previous 4l times | Virginia Grays and Petworth, {at bat. ainfer bowed to the Union Sunday and split even with Arlington. increase the seat new backstop rd_have been Mount Rainier d Perhaps it was t vietorious of adnaughts, the Mount Printer i — in two When he made a desper: Harry Rice’s Texas Leaguer in the | | Brow hectic ninth batting turn, | ir { Goslin knocked a finger out of joint. | | It was yanked into place promptly |installed at the by Mike Martin, however, and the|mond. Goose was to be on the job again | Members of the team are meeling today. | tonight at 8 o'clock at the home of | o | Manager Holeer, 432 Buchanan street Dutch Ruether wore « steel-braced | | heavy leather glove under his regular | fleling glove while in the game. " The pitcher was hit on his rizht hand dur- ing batting practice a couple of days ago and Trainer Martin discovered that a small bone near the wrist had | been split. The injury is considered trivial, though, and will not prevent Dutch from taking his regular turn on the hill. | 2 |y Nearly 3,300 fans took in most of | the zame yesterday. Some left hefore | the Browns staged their spectacular Irally in the ninth. but there were | plenty on hand to see Joe Judge make | from the A. & P. nine | that marvelous stop of Sisler's drive to | ¢ 8. are after more [ e teayv: Manager J. Gilbert Mark i i reached t 115 V The team will practice 15 o'clock. Although heaten badly | Clovers last Sunday. the | Senfors are hoping to hit their st I when they make their debut ‘apital City League series opponents vet to be name ‘ards have signed Yeatman, sy and Jones of Busines: Orrison. Sykes, Lyon, and Gelfelt. a combination performing in the week | leasues, are on the lookout for su day and holiday zames with the bes | unlimited teams of the city. J | Bland, Main 6400, branch charge of the schedule Nomads, Palais Royal Pastimers, who clan forfeit from Woodward & re to tackle the Red 1 o'clock on Diamond ager Clark {8 hooki | Adams 3098. The Modocs, wh recently score o competition 'GONTESTS ONE-SIDED IN SANDLOT LEAGUES of the lop-sided variety | marked yesterday's tilts in three sun down base ball loops that hold fourth | on_the Ellipse. 'he Treasury tossers in | Government League race went on a batting spree in the initial frame of | their seven-inning clash with Inter- | | state and never let up until they had | | registered 16to-1 win. They | collected a total of 16 hits for the three | garnered by their opponents from | the pitching of Phipps. The War(Civil Service game in the Potomac circuit was nearly as one-sided, War getting the decision {by a 13108 count in 6 stanzas. | Burke, the winning pitcher. was knicked for half a dozen hits, struck | out 10 and walked 3. Bureau had a big in a Departmental League tomorren Scores Howell the e . 5 WILL PLAY TWIN BILL. CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 12 (®) A new program will he in effect here Decoration day. when the Cleveland Indiane play the White Sox. Both games will be piaved in the afterncon as a doubleheader, instead of one | game in the morning, as has been cus tomary on holidays. WILL QUIT RACING. CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 12 (#).- | Due to the pressure of other husiness contest | Carl Wiedemann, Kentucky sporte { with Agriculture, 10 ruus being {man., has decided to withdraw from | shoved across the plate. final | the racing game in the near future rount was 14 to 8 for the ki ‘avers, The clash went to «ix innings. | nine. The count was 3 to 1, the Typos | Temaining “eoreless unt the eientn, | 1 Match Your Odd Coats In the Commercial race the Union nd last, inning. Claude occupied the | EISEMAN’S, 7th & F - s | Printers again hit the bumps, this | | for the winner: second inning he | | time tasting defeat at the hands of the | Chesapeak and Potomac Telephone | ‘-—v‘ What else could so convincingly prove Chesterfield’s quality as its continued onward sweep? CIGARETTES /X R,