Evening Star Newspaper, May 27, 1926, Page 45

SPORTS. Major Twirlers Specializing: Dema MANY ARE FINDING SOME ONE CLUB TOUGH OR SOFT Big League Pitchers Devel o, Consistently Winning 1) Team—*“Three-Timers” Are Numerous. BY JOHN EW YORK, May 27.—Major 1 N particular or else, as so often steady trimming from one heartless outfit. Grimes of Brooklyn, for instanc: this year like a trolley car butting the side of a mountain. three games to the Giants, which is addition to a large volume of temper. scheme of things that Uncle Robbic ing him against the Giants, he Giants never were sto ter. The other way around. With usually beat the spitter by hunting th Scott_of the Giants has won three m Brooklyn. There have been rumors that Scott ix to be sent else where, but he still is hs in New York. Vet the only club he cun «defeat is Brooklyn and that ix special izing too much to xuit Met Petty offsets the break with three vic Giants—and it is those which have a great deal tu keeping Brooklyn in the loesn’t look as though the Robins will | stay there very long, for they slid back into the second division ter- day when the Giants made it three | In’a ro . Wheat Is Down to 285, Rrooklyn cannot hit well enough to remain in the first division. Wheat is down te 285 When Wheat gets that far under .300 there may he some whe will understand why all the majors waived on him when waivers were asked. In addition, some of the great efforts which he is recorded as making for ground hit balls are| simply_reflecting his inability to catch | up with fast ones that he could have stopped when his legs were moving | more nimbly. Brooklyn's best batter is a kid and he will be spoiled he is made a steady plaver. Fhmke, of the Boston America has lost three to the Yankees, and Pennock has won three for the Yanks from Boston. Ehmke's record against New York is disco he won two and lost tw against the Yank: This already is in a worse hole. ter John has wo the Athletics, « the ictoriex It it’ ARINE. three from | the White | specialty of registering their triumphs over one cnemy. team in pped for an indeterminate period by a spit- {0 with | | h oping Penchant Either for or Losing, to a Certain B. FOSTER. cague pitchers seem to he making a n happens, in taking a consistent and e. makes headway against ‘the Giants He has lost about as many as he could lose, in . _He fits so well into the New York wilt tumble by and by and stop ‘send- clever handling of their bats, they e ball until his wind fails him IXI\ has taken three from Cleveland and Uhle of Cleveland has upset St. Louis three times. | “Pennock ean dereat | shaking “bis finger at It Lyons hax tamed the hard dians But the hest rec eex” ix that of Johnson the Athletics in three Roston by and hitthig Ul ing of miser; | p May Produce Leader. Inside of another fortnight there | will he other pitchers Joining the | class of three-game winnes The | pioneers an Whp have been mentioned inferesting gre Uhle, Johnson, Pennock, Lyons v lead the American League. It Petty could plich to the Giants all the time he might lead the Na- | THE BIG SCORES PREVAIL 'IN SANDLOT LEAGUES Navy and Veterans' Bureau base ball nines turned in easy wins yes- terday in the Potomac Park and De- partmental Leagues, respectively. The Navy pastimers scored an 11- o3 win at the expense of the Ship- ping Roard entry in seven innings T of the winners’ runs heing regis- tered In a single frame, the third. Ship- ping Hoard batters collected only hingles from the offerings of Moore, while the Navy players got to Pleper for a total of Veterans' B au won a 10-to-3 vic- ulture in eight stanzas. 5 of their tallies and 4 more manufactured in the fifth., Hughes and Thompson were the’ opposing | moundsmen. | The Union Printers did some hea | siugging to gain an 15-10-5 decision over the Telephone (‘0. in seven in- nings. Eighteen hits credited 1o the Typos, as against 12 registered by their opponents. Three of these were homers and four of them three- baggers. Hollis, Homan and Edwards hit for the circuit. worked on the hill for the Printe and was opposed by Howser and Denel. General Accounting Office nosed out Pateit Office, 6 to 5, in the Govern ment_loop, the victo winning run in the inning. McDonald shared mound duty fo ants, while Johnst for Patents. 312-MILE BIRD RACE WON BY FLEETWOOD Fleetwond, a yearling pigeon bred out of tha loft of W. 8. Dixon, won the 312-mile vearling sport race flown by the District of Columbia Racing the Account- )y went the route | tional League. Rixey of Cincinnati | and Rhem and Keen of St. Louis are | three twirlers who have a chance to lead the National. Hornsby hax | had a happy faculty of picking Keen a1 the right time. and the former| @hicago hurler shows the benefits | selection. | . who led the league with sries In 1925, is not likely to ge s | anywhere near that mark this vear | | unless he is willing to work overtime | and can pitch wining ball. Managers | who have been looking for the hurler who can win 30 games in one season d betier keep their hinoculars to heir eves and look hard and long. There isn't such a one in sight to date. (Copyright, 1928.) ALL CAPITAL CITY LOOPS TO BE IN ACTION SUNDAY ENIOR, junior and midget teams of the Capital City Base Ball League 'make their second start on § led at present by the Kid Kelle The two senior matches will be S ington Barracks field, starting at 1 o'clock. Tremont and Brookland teams play at Plaza, while the Auths tackle the Cardinals at the barracks. The Cards have had a run of hard Iuck all season, both before and since the start of the league games, and believe they are about ready for a comeback.-With a number of Business High players in the line-up, they were prepared for an auspicious debut in the Capital City series two Sundays ago. when rain blocked the proceed- ings. Last Sunday half of _the Cardinals were away with the Busi- ness team and the Tremonts got the decision in the first league game. Three Sundays ago the Cardinals| had the Berwyn Seniors on the short| end of a count at the end of eight Innings. when a batted ball struck the Birds' pitcher and in- capacitated him, giving the Berw club @ chance to rally and win by a one.run margin. Sunday’s games in the Jjunor Aivision of the league bring the (‘orinthiane and Smithfields together on South Elipse diamond at 1 o'clock, the Takoma Tigers against the Con- zressionals at 3 o'clock on the Plaza, the Chaconas nine into action with the Southerns on diamond No. 4 at 1 o'clock and the Freers and Aztecs together on the same fleld at 3 o'clock. | Midget games are scheduled as fol- lows: Hoboes ve. Corinthians on di mond No. 3 at 3 o'clock: Celtics vs. Auths on Washington rracks field at 1 o'clock; New Havens vs. Apollos at diamond No. 5 at 1 o'clock Two insects encounters are carded | for Saturday. The Kid' Kelleys meet | the Boys’' Club Elks at the Plaza, at | 11:30, while Lyon Village and Ace nines clash on the same diamond at 1:30, —_— | Herndon's base ball nine will at-| tempt to stretch its string of five straight victorles over the week end. | The Lafayettes will be entertained on Sunday, while on Monday the | Cherrydale elub will go to Herndon | for a double-header. ‘ Seabrook tossers are drilling today | at Randle field for a Sunday game with the Concordians and a Memorial day clash with the National Circles. Arlington Juniors are open for a unday, while the insect nines, being vs, continue their series on Saturday. staged at Plaza diamond and Wash- PIRATES WILL RAISE WORLD PENNANT TODAY PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 27 (#).— The Pittsburgh Pirates today planned to raise the world pennant they won last Fall by defeating Washington. Kenesaw Mountain Landis, base ball's | high commissioner:; John Heydler, Na- tional League president, and William Veeck, president of the Chicago Na- tionals, were expected to be in at- tendance. The Cub: game serie: here to open a three- were cast for a part in the flag-raising ceremonies. S ENGLAND IS CRICKET MAD AS PLAY OPENS representing Australia is here.to de- fend the mythical “ashes,” or win. the. rubber of five test matches 16 bs played between the “Aussies” and Eng- land. Interest taken in these games an only be compared to that which grips America during the progress of the hase ball world series, “The term “ashes” was the invention of « newspaper in 1882, after Kng- land had lost a memorable game agalnst the Australians by seven runs. Arising out of that defeat the newspaper published an “In Me- moriam” as follows: “In affectionate rememhrance of English cricket, which died at the Oval on August 29, 1882, Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances. P. N. B.—The body will be cre- and the ashes taken to Aus- tralia.” The games will last for three davs from 11 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. with 45- minute interval for lunch and 15 min- utes for tea. In’Holland yon cannot sue for a bet made upon cards. but you can for Saturday game. Call Clarendon 8 M : ” s t t el KING | ( gAilxcellent Cigar ) Price Five Cents and Mellow mild and mellow Anditsells for anickel. EDWARD one made on a horse race or any similar outdoor sport. * '”“,,‘...ummlmmlm ild ING Edward is a clean cigar— hrough and hrough. It’s pack- d with smoke quality. Daniel Loughran Co., ributors 1347 Penna. Ave. N.W. Phone Main 381 | Pigeon Club over the southern course from Concord, N. C. The race was a close one, the first six lofts clocking birds seconds apart. The winn: time was & hourr 8 min- ute: 'he second bird was nosed out of first position by a vard. Thirteen lofts represented by 65 homers took part in the flight. Clear | wenther wus reported, with str northwest winds. Results of the race, showing the speed of first returns in vards per minut Walter worth' Loft, 1.085.83 red Dismer. 1.05 POLO STARTS TI)"DAY. Sixteenth Field Artillery vs. Field Artillery” and War Whites vs. 3rd Cavalry are the matches which open the annual Spring tournament of the War Department Polo Arsoci- ation today at Potomac Park. W Greens and 3rd Corps Area fours play tomorrow at 3:30 o'clack. D. C. NETMEN IN RICHMOND. RICHMOND. Va.. May 27.—C. M. Charest, Gwynn King and John T. Graves of Washington play today in the third round of singles in the Old Dominion Tennis tourney which opened here yesterday. Tom Mangan is scheduled for a fourth round match, having won from H. M. 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The plan followed is to give firs! the highest rating. instituti team in one group and a team in an hers of the teams competing, and in This is the only section of the intry where such a system of sing officials is followed, but it is very satistactory as far as Yale, ‘I'Blllll,\l\lll a, MHarvard, Princeton, | Cornell and Pittsburgn are concerned, | hecause they usually get their pick of | the_ofctals, | The system is not so satisfactory r Georgetown nor for other schools around this section, becafuse they | have to take what is left after the | others have:had their cholce. | In the Wesiern Conference all of- {fcials are appointed from a central | office by Commissioner ‘of Athletics [ John Grifith, and the Achools have | nothing to do with the appointments. As far as the officials are concerned for Western Conference games, the universities in that organization have no more trouble, as they leave that ar a task for Grifith and ask no| questions. In the Southern Confer- ence the officials are picked through | mutual agreement, and practically all | games in the South already are sei | tled as far as their officials are con-| | cerned. Very little difficulty s ex- perienced in Southern Conference eir- cles over officials, but for some wgs- son Southern schools are not anxious for central boardmen. | | | | Something of the excellent feeling Southern teams in their | athletic contests may be realized from | the expressed opinions of officials who have handled games in the North and | [3 ex in the South. One Northern officlal recently sald: “Handling athletic South is an entirely different propo- | sition from handling them in the| North. There is an entirely different | atmosphere and also a different fecl- ing between the teams. Relow the Mason-Dixon line the players seem to feel that they are good personal friends engaged in a friendly tiit, and that usually is the case because many of the games players on oppos- ing squads enjoy close personal rela- tlonships. In the North an athletic conteat between two colleges is car- ried in much the spirit of “‘wi do, contests in the | something to let's do businesslike w and get it over with,” while down South an athletic contest i8 more of an occasion worth while from a social point of view, in which there is a lot of personal inter- STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., THURSDAY, MAY 27, nd for Good Grid Officials Exceeds Supplj;‘ “LITTLE” SCHOOLS SUFFER AS BOARD ASSIGNS JOBS Central Body; Which Meets in New York Today, Puts Big Institutions Ahead—East Only Section Where Is Followed. BY H. C. BYRD. OOT BALL coaches from all sections of the Fast are meeting in New York today to make selections of officials for games next Fall, ir selections, and these selections re- board. The meeting in New York tral board, and a central board repre- t choice of officials to institutions of 1 For instance, a certain pumber of. institutions are placed in class 1. others in class 2, others in class 3. and so bn, until all ns in the East are numbered in one of the groups. Then, for each game between teams in the same group, or hetween a other group, the numbers are added Heinie Webb |to,;ethrr and then the games are classed in the order of the total of num- hat order.get their choice of officials. teams iy far different from handling them up North.” In the South thece Is one man who geneérally ix conceded 1o have better knowledge of the rules than any other He ix “Marky” Magoffin, fo Michigan man who trom Central Nigh and who is a na tive Washingtonian. in exceptionally coaches over the handles a foot ball game as if he knows what he is doing and when he applies the rules he seldom is wrong. As ‘might be judged from the forego. ing, MagdMn is in great demand and every Fall engages in the biggest games from Maryiand to the Gulf. And in speaking of officials, it might he mentioned that no man who has gone into officlating has won for him- self 80 much recognition for real ability in eo short a time as has Bill Quigley he pai than to say has officiated only two years, he can- not begin to meet the requests that are made for his services. Quigley is A former Pennsyly three vears coached George Washing- ton University. Quigley, like Magoffin, is & man of exceptional personality. high regard by entire South, One remarkable fact tbout all good foot ball officials is that they are not afraid to admit they have made a mis- take. Usually a competent man is confident enough of himself that he does not think a mistake will hurt him, If frankly admitted. Last Fall in one game between a big Northern school and a Southern school the referee walked up to the coach of the Southern eleven immediately after the game and sal of myself on that firat pla nmpire had not heen on ol have made a complete mess of it An official of that caliber need never worry about his ability nor over lac always he will be in demand. American sports are being duced in the schools of Mexice intro- est between the contending teams. Handling games bhetween Southern Sbort,_s' Specials '8 5 Rackets . ... lowest price—to which caliber our these rackets Rackets, $2.85 to $6.85 Top and Bottom $6) 25 o Brand clubs ‘in Mashie. Irons and 1D Mashies, $4 ard $5 Eastman graduated | Magoftin is held | He | No greater compliment can | to Quigley and his officiating | that despite the fact he | nia player and for | of opportunities to officiate, hecause | 1926. SPORTS. FIXING AUTO TRACK FOR RAGES JUNE 19 Preparation of the Baltimore-Wash- ington Speedway for the resumption of automobile’ racing on June 19 has been started, and it js expected that the oval' will be in readiness early next week for the preliminary driving tests by a_gcore or more of the speed kings of the National Motor Racing Association, Workmen are husy removing the scars left by Winter's weather on the big board track, which measures 6,160 fent in circumference, and upon which close watch must.he Kept at all times to make certain that every hoard is firmly moored and that all Joose nails have heen removed from its sloping surface. Several days will he required to give the track a thorough overhaul- ing to put it in shape for the first of the cars that wiil hegin the tuning. up process immediately after the race Langhorne, néar Philadelphia, next i1 require a2 goodly number of turns around the track by the el track, th told | acobs, sec v of the Tle has promise! them in readiness almost | immediately the Langhorne | event, which will inaugurate an en- tirely new type of dirt speedw Tickets for the June 19 program, which will_include three races, two events at 25 miles each and one long | race of 100 miles, soon will he placed on sale. Arrangements have heen made to care for a capacity crowd, and partleular attention is heing given to preparing the entrance to the speedway to accommadate those wheo will motor there from Raltimore and Washington. ROSENBERG IN BOUT. LAND, Ohio (Phil) Rosenherg, world cham- intamweight, and Willie Ames, on_ junior lightweight, in a 10-round bout, | iliner of a five-bout program | | tnaugurating the outdoor hoxing sea- | | son here. Rosenberg's title is not at stake. P).— | The first rules g« were drawn_in Nev RADIATORS, FENDERS erning base 1 N K_in S MADE AND REPAIRED RADIATORS FOR~ AUTOS 1 WITTSTATT'S R. & F. TODAY BASE BALL %5 | American League Park Washington vs. Philadelphia TICKETS ON S3LE AT PARK AT 9:00 AM. | c Right on the counter/ Right in the HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS TIE IN 11-INNING STRUGGLES' ENTRAL and Western base ball nines, each of which has only onr more tilt appearing on its schedule for the 1926 season, played 1 games yesterday, Central battling Baltimore Poly to a 6-all dea< lock in 11 innings and Western breaking even with St. Alban’s with t! count at 11 to 11 in the same number of frames. The Raltimoreans plled up a four- |~ run lead on Central in the second inning, but in the sixth the Blue and White team went ahead by routing Carroll, who was refieved by Perkins. Poly registered two runs in the ninth and Central tie up the game with a single tally in its half of-the frame. Duffy went the route on the hill for the locals, allowing his opponents 13 hits while his mates were collecting 14. Wilner led the hitters with four bingles in five trips to bat. The showing made by the St. Alban's nine was somewhat of a sur- prise after the 2 heating adminis- tered by Western in a game played THIS GOLFER IS SORRY HE FORSOOK FLOATE" T. Baxter Milne of the Washing- ton Golf and Country Club rar afoul of the new eleventh water 'I"" ; terday. Mil . usual manner yesi g seeing the 20-yard stretch of water in _front of him on the 150-yard hole, elected to play a floater from the tee so as not to lose his ball His tee shot got over the water alright, going beyond the green. Considering himself safe, h: gotten over the water, he | | racing cars, however, ‘to remove all|a month ago. Bobby Stevens, who | another hall, and then p | the loose nails which force their way | connected for four homers in the | pitch it across the green back intn | between the boards, speedway officials | other match, was missing from the | the water hazard where it disap say. Fven the most rigid inspection | line-up vesterd Owens got two| peared from sight—probably for- will not prevent nails being picked | circuit clouts, however, and Hilleary, | e up by the flying cars, #o_great is| David and Mitchell each registered a | — i e the vibration set up by their power-|drive that netted four bases. Brown ful_motors. {and Schneider pitched for the George- FAN 1S AWARDED $3,500. M. R. A. drivers are particn-| towne Fletcher twirled for the| ST, LOUIS, May 27 P.—A jur ious to try their mac @1e¢ | Saints during the entire 11 frames. 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