Evening Star Newspaper, June 16, 1926, Page 37

SPORTS:. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1926, SPORTS. ) Spirited Romp of Boston Club Is Latest Sensation in National League Race 'BRAVES NOW ON A SPURT AFTER MISERABLE START Cardinals Also Have Taken Decided Brace as Reds Flop—Yankees, Successful in West, May Set a " New Team Record for Home Run Drives. BY FREDERICK G. LIEB. HE spirited romp of the Boston Braves has been the iatest sensa- tion in the National League marathon. lowly Bostonians embarked on a winning rampage which has pro- vided one of the big thrills of the big league campaign. had enjoyed a picnic with the Eastern teams on their home lot, reccived the surprise of their lives when they had four straight games hacked from T their lead in Boston. In Boston they a'ready are as 1914 will be repeated. Stallings’ wild cellar untii after the Fourth of July, but already it is some time since the present Braves left the Phillies behind. This club finished so strongly last Autumn and showed such fine form at.its St. Petersburg training camp that I never cou’d understand its early Their training spirit was superb. ague base ball nine. season flop. college foot ball team than a big The Braves suddenly have started to knock the stu out of the ball. Lit tle Andy High, former Brooklynite. | started it. High into the Brave! line-up when the mic Gautreau | failed to solve the mysteries of big | league pitching. Andy hit with such | fervor that soon it became contagious, and nbw the entire Boston team is do- ing it. Bancroft's pitching also has perked up. His biz three are Genewich, Cooney and Benton, and it took the trio quite a spell before they hit their stride. Three pitchers, two right- handers, Rudolph and James, and a southpaw, Tyler, pitched the Braves ot ing whether the base ball miracle of Coming from nowhere, the The Reds, who team of 1914 did not get out of the It was more like that of a FLAG CHANCE RATINGS IN MAJORS TO DATE| AMERICAN LEAGUE. | New York . Athletics . Washington Chicago detroit .. Clevelan?’ St. Louis. Boston FOUL ENDS HEADLINE ROUT AT KENILWORTH The scheduled 12-round bout af | Kenilworth Arena last night ended rather abruptly in the seventh round, | when Bashara, Norfolk middleweight, | after a mix-up-against the ropes, slid to’ the canvas gpparently suffering exeruclating pain and claiming « foul. | The referee immediately sent the | fighters to their corners a_ few seconds Iater raised Basl hand as the winnel ut up to that 2 : lly even, with aving a_slight edge. ' Both d heen guilty of unfalr tactics out, Bashare repeatedly but- ting his man and Dempsey hitting rather low at times. The best bout of the cagd was the four-rounder between Jimmy Mack and Johnny Gauzza. * Mack was heavier and more experienced and carried the fight to his opponent throughout. Tt was a slam bang af- fair, with both lads completely fought- out’ when the final round rolled around. Mack's aggressiveness zained him the decision. The _“Champlonship of Market” was settled in jig time after an exchange of blows Tiger Flowers lande Center when Young zht ha F | the maker to the jaw of * Gans, and Sleepy birdies singing. Jack Kinney, negro heavyweight, | knocked out Jim Steward, a 175-pound dusky-hued gladiator, in the first Steward was outclassed all | Sleepy William'™ heard dlor. An old timer from the | scored a technical knock {‘ out over renchy” Cousins in the fitth round. Cousins, a green wuyri ster, was game, but couldn't’ stand | the ‘zaff. | Little Joe Brown of Washington | was unable to get to Quentin Ross of Baltimore, with the result that Ross scored a K.O. in the fourth round. Charlie Short of Baltimore refereed. i the little | The Coening Star BOYS CL Conducted by ROBERT C. McCLELLAN UB BY TED DREWES, National Public I the footwork. as in the forchand shot. The atop the handle. The racket is slightly ahead hand when it meets the ball The left hand is used as a balance, and the body is | well behind the body well away from the ball, else th will be cramped. * You bend te ball. This pulls it cross.court. Much practice should be the backhand until it is ter can be hit fast and accuratel in excellent attuck against er. he backhand shot low. Too many shots are popi the air. Keeping the body using a stiff wrist “and a produces best results. The w vour backhand, and, above all, chop, slice or cut, flat toward pent ks Tennis Champion. OR the backhand drive reverse The left foot is in front and the right back. The swing is from behind the body acket is gripped with the hand of the I flat he shot o meet you on It v and a net n. hould be kept ped in sidew [ should not be loosened on | don't Trying to save the backhand by “running ar it” and playing it on the forehand is bad. Tt will weaken your game gnd uncover your court. And, besides, you will never learn the backhand stroke by avolding it. - Equal development in all parts of | the game are essential. Back-Hand Points. (1) The beginning of the swing; | (2) The end of the stroke; notice, the long follow through (Copyright. 1926.) Tomorrow—Making a Weakness a Strength. BLAIR-HAYES TEAM TO PLAY WALLACH DUNBAR AND RANDALL ANNEX TRACK MEETS VIRGINIA GRID TEAM _HAS HARD SCHEDULE| UNIVERSITY, Va.. June 16.—~South | Carolina has been added to the Uni sity of Virginia foot ball schedule | for next Fall, and will be played in Columbia, 8. ., on Saturday, October , 30, ae rding to announcement m by D. Brown, graduate manager, in making public the action of the athletic council meeting. Randolph-Macon. scheduled to play the Virginians on October 30, has agreed to transfer its game to an other date, probably November 20. This revision of the schedule gives the Virginia 10 games, 7 of which will be against Southern Conference mem- bers. Tennessee was given a place on the Virginia schedule for 1927 when the athletic council agreed to go to Knox ville, Tenn., for & game to dedicate a new athletic stadium. The date for this contest has not been fixed. Carter Diffey, former foot ball cap- tain, and Howard A. Holland, varsity tackle and basket ball ain, were r foot 11 team next all. Holland, who is t member of the pitehing staff of the Cineinnati “Reds.” was chosen first- | year base ball coach. le Neale, head coach . was given the same chief ts he had last Fall, John Kelli | sistant coach, and Charlie line coach. list t of at 5—Hampde orgia. nehburz Col irginia Milltary —Virginia tute. ut Blackwbure. October 30—South November 6—Wanhi Yovember 13— avember a Macon. | 3—North Carolina. | September October 7. Sidney. | e | institate, at | Polstechnic rolina. nt Columbia. tio Tnsti- Ca I cel November al h: duces his speed BASE BALL SECRETS rve tion on the left sp a base ball between the first two fing: shift the ball between the second and third fingers the thumb, : the right. pitcher nd and rol. the ball as far forward as pe between the the thumb. TECH GIVES LETTERS By Sol Metzger To Curve the Ball. ect grip for throwing a sd ball is shown in the illus Youni pitch it difficult to metimes find 's and the thumb, <o they and the base of s in the illustration on This zrip ties up whe fingers, wrists, tiffens his n. It o deprives.him of a free over motion and. there re. nd spoils his con- urved ball, grip sible and To pitch first two finger TO GIRLS AND BOYS Presentation of letter: | of Hap team he R awa | to both girt McKinley John records on a recently captured the ship for the third str: fved stars, ech . to members field 15 made athletes 1 ck and and Tech sDonald. holder of two iterhigh title competi- in of the team which today Mz for nd capt ht vear. re- with three rd made a yeurs the ecircle the highest aw ithlete for some 1ce {HOFF’S THIRD APPEAL ' DRAWS A. A. U. REPLY By the Associated Prese BOSTON. June 16— A third appeal | by Charles Hoff. world champion pole vaulter, for information as to why he was barred Amateur Athletic Union from further competition in the United States. has been ans William €. Prout of Boston man of the forcign relations co | tee of the Amateur Athletic Union | telegraphed Hoff that he was sendinz him a letter by air mail. Prout »d to divulge the contents of the r Lut said Hoff may do so if he t desives, THoff that he mi a result ot the suspension that fol lowed his refusal to compete at the | Amateur Athletic Union meet in San neisco. I his letter Hoff ex ned that he felt he should not o to Norway under a cloud | wut ‘said that during a talk with Hoff here last February he had warn ed the Norweigan to be careful in his dealings with athletic promoters | “The Amateur Athletic Union. | plained, could not tell him where 1o | compete: but it did possess the right | to tell him where he could not co | pete. When the present tangle aroso | we acted well within our authority Asked if the method of proced followed by the foreign re ions ¢ mittee was the only one which ®u teen followed. Prout replied other course open wi ges of profe: " ded in view of the fact that ha or to allow him to depart but he has not done {4 bheen preferred Hoff » heen forced to prove hime innocent.” U. S. WILL HAVE SOCCER TEAM IN NEXT OLYMPICS We de was | self | Hora Hebb, | scholastic record. | with two stars | received the T | Vineent Conner, holder “of one | received the letter| PHILADELPHIA. June while the following | Recommendation of the National with a single star: | Challenge Cup committee of = the Bartholemew | United States Foot Ball Association ton, Robert Quinn, Orrin E .| to dispense with the amateur chal- Shaw Rlackistone. Elmer "|lenge cup was disapproved by offi- Benton Minnick, Melvin Young and | cials at the annual meeting of the Paul Smith. assoctation here. Tr: Recommendations of the Olympic { committee that an amateur foot ball team he secured to represent the | United States at the Olympic games Pittsburgh Cincinnati . New York. St. Louis. Brooklyn . Boston Chicago Philadelphia . to their famous championship in 1914. But it is too early to tell whether the present Boston drive will last. Cardinals Also Spurt. The St. Loui: Blair-Hayes and Wallach nines play | Track and field: championships of 16 (#).— at Pl today for the championship | the colored high schools went to Dun- : HEAVY TITLE PLANS ‘flf the Eastern division of the Graded | bar and Randall teams yesterday in | k Yo AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. R OHOE 5 3 Pivgras and Hoffman 4 sy 0 14 3 2n and Indiananolis St. Paul Wisner and Hartles g and Cardinals also have taken a decided spurt. and have made 4 strong impre in the t. ] Hornsby and Bottomiey ever hit their real batti 1l have L lot to 1926 Natfonal lLeague pennant. While 1 have them listed fourth in this week's pennant percentage table, a pretty zood hunch | says they'll be second. I picked them third at the start of the season. Cincinnati took a decided flop, los-| ing six straight before they checked | their loging streak in Brookiyn. Their | loss of four straizht to Boston was the biggest upset of the year. The Reds have their drawbacks, but so long as they have R Donohue, Luque, | Roush and ¢ they will be up there. Pittsburgh took’ full advantage of Cincinnati’s s ight reverses, snatched the lead for a day and then daveloped more engine trouble. They lost a disgraceful game in Philadel phia_last week, piling up an early 9-t0-0 lead for Meadows, their star pitcher, who up to that time was un- defeated. Yet the Philadelphia tail- enders were permitted to pull out the game, 13 to 9. The next day the foolish Phillies downcd them 13 to 11. School Base Ball League the | the annual meet for sentor and junior| (G0 OVER FOR A WEEK | right to meet the Park View nine, | high athletes at Howard University. | which yvesterday trimmed Langdon in| Dunbar defeated Armstrong in the the Western section finul, 4 to 2. | senfor competition, 58 to 19, while the | BY the Ascociated Press. The two division winners will start | more keenly contested junfor title| NEW YORK, June 1 tomorrow on a threegame series that | went to Randall by a score of 40 to 35, | week has been given Tex R Oehman, Henry MacDo | will decide the city title. Shaw Junior High being the loser. | the New York State Athletic Commis. | Wilson Hissey, Fred Mohart, Paul ts ! : Oley Trew was the hero of the Park | Drew of Dunbar was high <ion to present his view of the heavy. | UAssassa, Robert Bailey and Charles | In Ansterdam in 1928 were approved e RS ) 47 1]view victory. Filling the mound role, | with four first places. Webb, bt e idioge lew of the heavy-| ¢\ ier. = Winter Richardson and| The convention alto appfoved the e e i he egistered 11 strikeouts. walked | mate took two events. Summaries: sht pugilistic situation and a very | B posthlethwaite were ziven |appointment of a salaried secretar Sacdors 'and McMeneiny i Lonly two men and was knicked for SR e busy champion in the light heavy-|numerals. — = g | oniv five hits during the nine innings. - IGH BYpIES: welght division has al | The eircle “T" went to the follow- . | omiy e e & won by, WEbE., Db ivision has signed to meet his e eirc w e follo CATTLE, Wash., June 16 UP) INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. | Reid of Lanzdon struck out nine. T oo T, onkes: [mids® formidable tosion Tuly. 15. | ing members of the base hall nine: | 1o Lomski of Aberdeen, Wash., we B. u. . |allowed five hits, and walked five bat 0 dusti—Won by Webh, Dunbar: | AUl Berlenbach's willingness to face | Capt. Nelson Jett, Gene Lucchesi, Bill | tiie middleweight boxing chamipio T e i gl N orrons: ‘tmird. Whitied | Jack Delaney at Ebbetts’ Field a | Werber. Gene Dulin, R. Snyder and | ghip of the Pacific Coast here last Haniine and Wil R oStin M Hon sl until | Bunhar. month hence undoubtedly is the out.| Manager Joe Ramisc] William | night by takinma decision over Jock makinssanil W In. | Hhe e Tt i | e e e (hTea standing factor in the ring situation. | Sehorield, “Tubby” Hile, Chester | Malone of. St. Paul in a six-round o 2% 3 |ed twice in thisiframe afid Park View | o Tvier. Dibaz: For Delaney is a man who has knock. | Mills., L. Berger and H. or re- | hout 7 11 6ladded two more talligs in the elghth. | "ggh.vurd run—wWon by Duhennv. Dunbar: | ed out two of the present champions— | ceived the minor letter. Numerals = e | Soond. Coates. Armotrong: third. Salter. | Berlenbach and Tiger Flowers of the to J. Sheiry and E. Duryee | A middleweights. Many regard the ther Fshelman, winner of the oo French Canadian as the uncrowned girls’ tenni€ tournament. was award- D selhe - Wit by DUBBAF: champion. |ed the minor letter. She defeated Tanwing hlgh JumpWon hy Drew. Dun-| This test with Berlenbach will tell | Catherine English in the final. gar: secona." Duhenny. Dunbar: (hird. Salter. | the story, for it is the rubber match. | Rifle letters went to Ida May O 1 roud Jump—Won by Drew. Dun- | IN_ their first meeting Delaney flat.| Smith. Helen Daniels, Catherine Mac r: pecond. Tvler. Dunbar: third. Whitted. |tened the present champion in four Millan and Angela Clinton . rounds. but that was before the title Felisa Jenkins, Hazel —Won by Drew. Dunbar: second. 2 - bar " v arner ARAIORE, came Rerlenbachs way. Last Winter | Edna Carr received the » s at Madison Square Garden Berlen. | work as hiker illtabl o Randall: sec. | PACh Wwon a_15.round decision after S . = = s going to the floor in the fourth. E The State Commission has let it be| FIGHT SHOW POSTPONED. NEW YORK. June 16 with it on the matter of a_Dempsey- | program featurinz a 10 . Randall: third, Green. Randall Won by Franki Shaw known that the license board will vote | Wills contest, with Rickard exyw-m{ihmw n Stanislaus Loayza. Chilean | 1709 L Street N.w- to present plans for a Dempsey-Tum. | lizhtweight. and Jack Bernstein of | R A Gt A third_Stenney. Randall .ney bout. i Yonke: Y.. sheduled for last 5 Main 7612 rded the minor i haw, Clifford Adani games, Joe Hauser was benched last | snyder, week in favor of Jim Pool, who played the bag last week. With Washington faltering, it be- gins to seem that the Yankees will have a walkover. If they can win half of their remaining games, the pennant should be theirs. “Bucky’ Harris is having more and more trou- ble with his pitching. Ruether got off to a good start and developed a lame arm and was incapacitated for some time. Joe Bush has been a sad dis- appointment to the Capital fans, and | at the time of writing has one victory against seven defeats. Harris gave up the left-handed Zachary to obtain another right-hander, but it didn’t work out very well. White Sox Dolng Well. Chicago still shows itself to be the strongest American League team in the West, and the White Sox are play- ing a rattling good game. Only the Yankees pack a sturdier punch and | SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. there is no question about Chicago's R H pitching. Even the veteran Faber 1 came through with a great game last | Mobile i week, winning a 1 to 0 shutout victory | | Frev, Allen and Mackes: Merritt. from “Lefty” Grove of the Athletics. | 4 The Tigers could do nothing to stop | {isttanoosa he ke che as it rolled | 10y Jones and D. Anderson through Michigan. though they did | Langle ' i their best to slug it out with the New |~ Other games. rain Yorkers, and in one game the Yanks \OAST nad to crash out four homers before | PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. et oE ks svound during its long | Ruth's second in the eleventh finally | Seattle. 4. the Western teams as tough at home | fielded so poorly in these early sames i a8 they did on road.! that the Peach took himself out of v | With D Vance once more | his line-up. This probably ends Cobb's | Daconi 05 uieellle 4 | Whipping over his strikeout -ball,| career as a regular player. Cobb may | Aoirtanbure. Sreenville, 7 Brookiyn fans again are full of opti: l!(||\‘,n slowed down somewhat in the | Charlotte. 17: Columhia N ohbs has sufficient pitching | field. but opposing pitchers still would | i?li?‘mh R g Ao 5h0 s | Tither see him on the bench than in | FLORIDA STATE LWAGUE. and his club svill be troublesome all | the lineup. The left handed Wilbur | <. Prtershure. 3: Bradenton. oF | the Wa! The (‘ubs now are coming (‘ooper, who was my v waived | Fort Myers. 4: Saraso 1 down fast: The Chicago team put | 0ut of the National Lea nay help | Qudior- Lanciands rain up A noble fight, but it was playing | the Tigers, though the Yanks knocked P over its head and was.bound to hit|him out in his American League SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE. S reaction. The Phillies continue io| debut. Somewhere {n this transac- . inhale the cellar damp of last place, | tion there is a colored gentleman hid- et s A Erinie. 0. they wouldn’t feel right if they |den in a woodpile. Jacksonvill | The cellar has come Tribe Again Hitting Better. ':;\“fl"l' n.’)’:“‘flme?gfl& (!;Ie\;;:a:ud again is hitting better, 1 iven at th 3 and playing o better grade -of ball. Pittsburgh a lot of _l""ll}'h‘_-b Miller, the lefthander, is back on the acid test for e 3i, ckeye also is v i not found Huggins' slugging array ["gm:“ héed!:l\:mll:rh;‘:‘{;!gc :::a::xi house.tops on the road the same 88 | thein way wawars aidtne chn o at home. Sturdy Yankee pasting €ov-| hag an outside chance for a first divi- ers up a multitude of Yankee pitching | gjon berth. Bennett is back In the , sine, though Pennock and HONt con | outfield, and Sisler also is employing tinue to stand out. Durst’in preference to Jacobson. Like May Set New Record. the Phillies in the National, the Red Sox are in the lez B liks s lin e ichine wanlties |l s o et are driving them out of the lot they 3 3 threaten to establish a new team home- run record. In 1921, the vear the Babe whaled his 59. the Yankees hit 133 home runs. Up to Junme 11, in- clusive, they had bagged 51 in 53 games, At this rate they should go around 150 before the season is over. The Athletics continue to plug away, and in looking at the averages one must wonder what keeps the club up. They remain seventh in team batting, while Rommel is having an Indifferent year. Grove pitches a good game every time out, but.has lost several real tough decisions. Gray is not going nearly as well as-he did a year ago, and Harriss has won only three out of eight. Venerable 41-year- old Jack Quinn’ is Mack’s pitching ace, with eight victories against three defeats. After hitting only .206 in 50 Another | o g 1 Louisville 38 Minneapolis .. R 15 Koob and Devormer. Wilson and Byler. Rochester Newark Moore and Devine Syracuse . Jerses City 1 Bovd. Dickerman and Niebergall and Daiy. Buffalo . Baltimore i Lucey and McMullen Cobb. Toronto . Reading .. Maley and Styles Drew, Coates, Dunbar Arm: I FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. Br the Associated Press, WILKS BARRE, Pittsburgh, forme: champion, won deci | town Joe Gans (10) JACKSONVILLE, Fla | len, Jacksonville, won bantamweight championship | feating Tony Leto, Tampa INDIANAPOLIS,—Jimmy Louisville welterweight, wi Floyd Hyberge, Buffalo (10). VERNON, Calif.—Charlie Weinert. | New York heavyweight, won a de- cision over P Lester of Arizona (10). ' Paul Demsky, Au ian lightweight | champion, won a decision over Young McGovern of New York (10) { - SOUTH ATLANTI;} LEAGUE. —Won_ by Landers. Dunbar Salter. Armstrong third. Duhenny. i b o Henderson Harry Greb, | middleweight | over Allen-| Pa. [ 1 Marauis and Hill on mith and * for their —Harry Al-| Southern by de-| 0). Finlley, n from NASH Sales and Service E 1 Foster | Naehvitte . ing week m look more I Yankees. h Shaw: third, Hall. 430:3ani “Teiay. B5-pound lass—\Won R‘::‘u.fi}.m relay, 120-pound elass—Won by 'S80-yard relay. unlimited welght clase— Runni by 'Ross. Jackson 8 10 Roy 0 gai ing. 1 Giants Again Slippinz. i After ntly ats puiling themselves together to win 19 games out of 14, 1in are on the toboggan, “won hv Gerald. A statement issued by Chairman | night the Queenshoro Stadium. Farley of the commission calls for fair poned to tomorrow on ac was o play. count of rain. hieh ijump, 93.ponnd elass—Won Randall: second. Gilmore. Shaw: nd Green of Randall tisd Running high jump. unlimited l; by Jackson, Shaw: second. Hall third.“Allen’” and” Harris of ‘Randall i thisd 1 ed for Running _broad jump. 120-pound clase— | won by Brown. Randall: 'second. Mills. | Shaw: third. Mallory. Randall MURCHISON TO COMPETE IN PHILADELPHIA MEET . June 16 (®).—Loren on. veteran Illinois A. 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