Evening Star Newspaper, June 23, 1926, Page 27

SPORTS. Chicago White Sox Appear to Be Hope of West in American COLLINS’ PITCHING RATED Yanks Have Found Oppos ion Keener—Griffs Ap- parently Are Through—Cardinals Continue Winning Clip—Giants Again Dangerous, BY HE Chicaze White Sox, comn T pennant marathon. The 1ation of good pitching and hard hit n the standing at one time. Even an accident to the remark South FREDERICK G. LIEB. manded by the capable Eddie Collins, are making a noble efiort 1o make a race ot the American League’s | which wen only 5 of | 13 games in the East, has made a gallant recovery at home. and a combi- | ting advanced the Sex to second place | Side club, ahle veteran, Collins, the club, as it continued to check in victories with \Inrrhavl a hard-hitting | ccond hase. An carlier hreak for the club, as it enabled Col ild. The latter hit so well while sul returned to the line-up Hunnefield he weak-hitting Scott an immediate suc It wa ess veater extent than on any of the 16 1 aid think Scott could hold up an entire sea t short, and | 1 also had some doubts aving the full 134 games. Recalling the White Sox collapsed last on_after Eddie's late Summer a cident. 1 again expected to see of zames roll throngh the old infiel ap. But the ability of the two vaungsters, Hunnefield and Moreha 2« rather upset the dope. Chicago also has hit much than 1 expected. as the Sox continue o run a pretty good second to the Yanks in the team batting tables And with Faber & strong again. Collins has the b aff in the league in L Thurston, Faber and Al have raised the Whits Sox 1o third | nlace in the pennant chances rentage column. jumping them ahead | \ Washinzton. Cleveland alsn made a splendid re svery after returning te lts home 1d and tonk its series from all astern visitors. That shake-up which Sneaker henched himself and Jamieson for a few days hronght good Yesults, as the team went hetter after Tris and Charley took their brief va- eations from regular duty. The Indians have been geiting some very good pitching lately, especially from the veteran Sherry Smith, but I 4iill am unable to see the Indians as o frstdivision team Vanks Find Going Rougher. "he Yankees fell into a hitting ®lumn after leavinz Detroit. and. out- side of their clean-up in Tigertown, their Western trip was no joyride. Thev ran inta stubborn opposition in “leveland. and Chicago. Hovt. the team izht-hander. ¢l down badlv in the West. With the ald of Braxton, he managed to cqueeze in a 6M0-5 seven-inning Vie- fory in Clayaland. hut he was knocked | aut in both st. Loniz and Chicago. However. as long as the Yanks con tinue to averaze a homer a day their lead will keen them in the van far ne time to cor The B Ae. Athletics, e ane star b mare than twn fair one will need runs in Phila 1o win, i<t 2= he peeded them in Boston. Tn. Lidentally. twa of Howard's three 1926 Victeries in Boston were 2ol suc <, which he scored over “Lefty” Grave. Mack's Jeft-handed ace Girave can tell the lean right-hander that the Athletics do not encourage a pitcher with any run-making to speak of. Three times this season the Phil not that how pitehing Thomas. T chould heip the worth Ehinke hmke Adelpnia team has failed to get Grove | and twice on the recent Wesi- s heaten, 1 to 0. a run ern trip he w: Nats Apparently Are Through. “The Washington team apparently is through. The Bush-Zachary deal helped 1o Kill off whatever pennant the Nationals may have had. has been a toral flop. while is having one of his best ars. Harris can finish no worse than fourth if he fizhts for position, Pnt once he is out of the fight for the pennant he probably will start some wholezale cxperimefits howing ai home against was avj disap- The cobblers far \er West i af was hrought down by The Browns are stead nd the worst of their Wi is over. Another pass. iirde the humble Ned Sox 2 the mire caident John K League nnee Athlet Tty slimp nn o inz week little deeper Former T the National “Tener of described the perfect race as ome in which all of | hed the last week of the percentage aronnd anotiver wonld lead the clihe ve spason with Then ane team o in the sprint 10 the wire. The present race in the senior m civenit is coming np to Tener' ription ce. was one in which a margin of only a half games separated th clubs, and Boston. in place. was Just a few jnmps } Flop of Reds Is Surprising. The worst upset In the recent Kast West carnival was the Reds, At home the Ohin Rhinelanders won 13 of from New York, Rrooklyn. Philadelphia and Boston. On the road the showing was almost reversed, the Reds dropping complete <eries in both Boston and New Yorl 1w and first sy e ——————————————————————————————————— AN ENTIRELY NE THE MOST DU Shortstop is his natural pos becanse of expected inficld trouble that | picked the White | °u\ as low as sixth, and 1 probably went wrong on Collins’ team to a | as to Collins | .w‘ better | Rlankenship. | per- | 2500, | Cincinnatl | injury to Kamm r lins to recognize the falent of Hunne- bstituting for Kamm that when Willie | was moved over to short in place of | on. and he became | 6 teams in tl the majors. {FLAG CHANCE RATINGS IN MAJORS TO DATE | \‘\"’l‘ll('\\ LEAGUE, New York wovue N Philadelphia . | Chicago ‘Washington Detroit Sads S LT S R S | | S Louis. L ; i NATIONAL L Pittshurgh New York. Louis. . | Philadelphia ... Hendrick's elub showed a puny punch in New York. and its highly touted pitching staff no longer is delivering. | T guess 1 had the Reds right in the early Spring, when I placed them in | fourth place. | Pittsburgh also had its share of trouble in the East. though the PI- rates plaved good ball, and where han | dicapped” by their pitching. Carey's inability to et into his praper stride also has vetarded the world cham- imnn& as the famous veteran remains |around the .210 batting mark. Had tha: Moore-Grimes deal gone through with Brooklvn. it would have solved McKechnie's biggest problem— another dependable pitcher. Both Aldridge and Krether. the stars of the last world series, have been bothered with sore arms and have had them eated by “"Bone Setter’” Reese. Mor- son has just returned to duty after 1 attack of the “flu,”” and Yée only recently has started to show any- thing. | The Cardinals continue their win- elip. and they are the only club cogd do thing to the Anather high-class pitcher which Brav | l | | failed to slow up | Iy proved 4 zood | | the latter could pretty near give this club the | champlon=hin. The record of Rhem | and Keen has heen nothine short of | remarkahle. As this is written, Rhem had wen 11 out of 12 and Keen 3 out | of 11. Last vear Rhem had won 8| and last 13 and Keen won 2 and lost 6. | Tn 1925 these twn pitchers between | them pltched in nine complete gam |80 far thia season these twirlers al- | | ready have appeared in 19 complete ‘K:\ml"‘ Giants Again Dangerous. ants have rallied again. i with Jackson and Barnes ready to resume work | think they will be dangerous factors from now on. When things look blackest for MeGraw's crew 1 gave a warning not to count | {the Giants out. 1 never put them |lower than third in the pennant chances percentage. regardless of their percentage in the standings of the clubs. Remember, McGraw hasn't been lower than second since* 1917. Uncle Robby's Brooklyn team re- | mains a poor last in team hitting, but manages to pick up enough runs here {and they to stay up with the leaders. Considering the fact that Vance has | v one game and that Jesse another veteran, has proved | disappointment,” Brooklyn's | wing s highly credihle { the Rrave rush was temporarily | ackad by the Cardinals. but that | dvesn’t mean that the Boston club will |50 hack to its wenk play of the sarly | season. = Bancroft has a bunch of fAighters on his team. Riggs Stephen- {son, former Indlan, has added more punch to the Cubs, but the team needs pitchers more than hitters. They are | | scoring plenty of runs, hut they can't siop the other fellows from scoring. | Philadelphia also is scoring a bunch of tuns withont getting anvthing to show for it in the standing. Rt Nearly a score of amateurs and professionals ahout Washington are planning to go to Sherwood Korest Course next Monday to compete in a_.36hole amateur-professional | best ball competition over the fine course near Annapolis. A purse of $75 has heen hung up for the winning pro, $50 will go to the second pro and $10 to the third pro, with suitable plats prizes for the leading amateurs. The match hegins at 9:30 o’clock. The, and W KIND OF COLLAR RABLE OFFERED | Gould | e used for THE EVENING STAR. ‘WASHINGTO D. . WEDNESDAY. JUNE 23, 1926, 27; League Flag Race lORIOLES MAY GET BUSH, AS STRONGEST IN CIRCUIT} IF GRIFFS RELEASE HIM Leslie Joseph Bush, right-hand flinger obtained with Outflelder Johnny Tobin from St. Louis in the deal that sent Pitchers Jez Zachary and Win Ballou to the Browns, soon may cease to he a Griffman. It is understood on ood authority that waivers have finn asked on Bush, who has proved a failure with the tionals, 1f no major league club claims_him he may be given his uncorditional release, being 2 10- year man, and empowered to choose where he shall play, other than with a big league team. The Baltimore Orioles, who are in the throes of a tough fight to annex their eighth !Irnlxhi Inter. national League pennant, are re- ported to he anxious to land Bush, and, it he is released by Wash- ington, Bush v sign with Jack Dunn & Co. BERLENBACH SOUGHT TO BATTLE HUFFMAN By the Assoriated Press CHICAGO. June 3. Nezotiations to have Paul Berlenbach meet Fadie Huffman in Chicazo have been dis- closed by Chicazo promoters, who are renewing efforts to arrange the match following _the cancellation of the Huffman-.Georges Carpentier bout at Tia Juana Charlie Cook. Huffman's New York 'manager, has agreed to the proposal for the fight here and Jim Mullen is evMected to open active negotlation with the liht-heavyweisht part of the week TURFMAN DIES. LOUIE, June P Brockmiller, widely known and patrol judge ar Park race track, died here vesterday | after a lingering illness. Brockmiller | had heen interested in horse racing for a number of years and at one time nwned a number of valuahle ani- mals. HARVARD BEATS YALE. NEW HAVEN, June 23— Harvard before a“Yale commencement ...m.x of 13.000, won the oveninz zame the series with the Blue vesterday 1o | decide the Big Three base ball cham pionship. The score was 8 to 7. led 6 to 0 in the fifth. 6 runs in the sixth. CAVALRC FOUR AHEAD. Third Cavalry War Department at the Potomac Park polo oval, The cavalrymen took a lead orts- riders nosed out the Reserves yesterdav second perfod and were never headed | throughout the six-chukker match. AHEARN SOUGHT FOR BOUT. Johnny Kevee, manager of Goldie Ahearn. reports that Charlie Does. sereck of Bovles' Thirty Acres is at- tempting to hook Ahearn with Hoeney Boy Finnigan for 2 serap on or ahont | July JAY GOULD IS PLANNING TO BE ACTIVE IN POLO| After | a3 ) amateur court HONOLULU. June reigning as national tennis champion for 18 vears, Jay Gould nf New York. internationally nown sportsman. is planning a Vig orous campalzn on the polo fields. Arriving here for the duration of the polo season, about three months, let it be known that he was through with tennis competition. Ile said he thought he would he able to play polo for another decade. Illness prevented his entry in this year's clay court matches, x KANSAS TO FIGHT MANDELL. CHICAGO. June 23 (®.—Rocky Kansas of Buffalo will defend his lightweight boxinz title against Sammy Mandell of Rockford, IlL. here July 3 at the White Sox Base Ball Park. in the first match under the sanction of tl new Illinois Boxing Commission. The bout will be conducted under the auspices of the Loyal Order of AMoose, the proceeds to a gymnasium at the or Mooseheart, I de orphange at NIIIIHIIHIINI champion | Christian | Fairmont | Yale | Harvard got | 5tod.| in the | There is No “Substitute” ‘for Comfort! R, for that matter, for Fit and Wear! Therefore, watchyour step 12 AMERICANS STRIVING FOR BRITISH GOLF TITLE + the Assoctated Prens . I, ANNE'S-ON-TH A. England, June 23.-Twelve Americans were \S among the competitors starting today in quest of the world’s most prized golf championship—the British open. In the field are four American amateurs and eight prr)\r~«|o"d|\ in cluding Jim. Barnes, who is defending his title. The play today and to- | morrow is at 18 holes. | All competitors who are 15 strokes behind the leader after tomorrow’s {round will retire from the tournament, and those remaining will play 36 holes on Friday. The lowest scorer for 72 holes will win the title ‘ L Inside Golf Anpe’s links, a flat unplcturesque | tourse bordering the Irish Sea, and measuring 6,456 yards. On calm days it 1s not a difficult problem for the By Chester Horto: 5ood golfer to solve, but with the wind bowinz in from the it another thing. The lack of picturesque scenery was {mot_disturbing Bobby Jones today | “Ii {sn't scemery we are after so | much as golf holes to shoot at.” he said. | The greens are mostly | narrow. The course marked with traps. The first nine holes stretch along the railway right of way which sepa- rates the course from the sea. There are two blind holes. A number of greens are of the elevated-crater varfety.” - “The eleventh hole is a most cruel rt of a distance test. It measures 9 vards by the card, and only the superman gets to the green in 2. Yesterday both Walter Hagen and | | Georze Duncan needed three wooden | i i quits| Flay the midiron for all shots within what is called @ midiron dis tance. This varies with different | players- from 170 to this connection | here i a fact that | should be im- pressed upon every golfer. 1t | is only through practice that one lcarns the carry ing power of each club, and when | once learned con- | sistent use should | be made of the knowledge. Many a #hot has been spoiled by a man who stood hesitat ing beside his ball. Make a| practice of alzinz | up the position o” | the ball while walking up to it, and | hefore vou reach It have an idea which club you are 2olng to ns Here s a brassis and midiron. s | the square stance for full shots The 4| short swing gives greater accuracy 51 Accuracy. not distance, ie tn he I striven for AIDS PLANK MEMORIAL. TTYSBURG. Pa.. June 3. o hoost the Eddie Plank memorial gvm 4 |nasium fund Connie Mack, veteran 5 |pilot of the Philadelphia Athletics, has 1| sent a hase ball to the secretary of the | 4 |campaign, autographed by himself 4 |every member of his team 1| Johnson, president of the American" 1| League. The ball is to be sold at anc 1| tion. sea and pock- long is fairl | WALKING UP TO BALL. | <hots to reach the zreen. Bobbyv | Jones got on with a drive. a hrassie |and a stiff iron shot The holes in detail Ameriean Varde. Far. a | Second . | Third | Fourth . Eleventh 4| Twellth .. | Thirteenth | Fourteenth ifteenth Sixteenth Seventeentl . ighteenth .. AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN WINS. | | MANCHESTER. England, June @ | (®).—The Australian Cricket team de orzanized as a |feated the County of Lancashire ves | terday by an inning and 77 runs. Lan- | | cashire scores were first innings, 149; | second innings, 118; Australiane, first | Total yardage.. ipston Wins at Driving. A driving contest, preliminary to the open championship, by Archie Comp- sional. Compston for the longest | was won vesterday ston, British profe: ni took both' the pri innings, 37 single drive and for the highest agz- gregate vardage of the three besv1 INTERSTATE drives out of four | i His longest drive was 285 vards 3 Interstate Commerce Commisgion | netmen defeated \eterans' Rureau inches. and the axzregate - for his three best drives, 790 vards 7 inches. |Yesterday in the Departmental Tennis League, 3 matches to 1 Roland MacKenzie, American, drose 267 yards 2 feet 1 inch, while Joze Tn — 1. West, golf scribe and a do of Argentina sent the ball 279 "ds 3 inches | memher of Columbia. holed a full Cyril Tolley, brassie shot at Congressional last | teur champion, | Friday afternoon. plaving in a match hest sinzle ball | with . Ashbv Leavell and John M - | Leavell. West holed his third sl in i on the lanz fwelfth hole. zerurin Maharaja's Horse Wins. | an eazle 3 on thix 465-yard hole. Hoe RAGH, Ireland, June 23 (.- |won the hole by two strokes T'he Maharaja of Rajpipla's Embargo. | ridden by Steve Donoghue, today won | | the Trish Derby. valued at £5,000. C.| L. Mackean's Silver Lark was second and Mrs. Carthew's Balger, third Ten ran. | NETMEN WIN. i | Henry Rritish ama his former made 275 yards for . | FIGHTERS IN TOURNEY. BUENOS AIRES, June P).— lepresentatives of Argentina. Peru, Chile and Uruguay are entered in the South American professional box- ing tournament which opens tonight in the Coliseum. 800 ENTER TRAPSHOOT ' DAYTON, Ohio, June 23 (). —Eight hundred entries have been received for the Elks National Trapshoot meet to| be held in Chicago July 13 ‘and, 14, James M. Robinson, American trap | shooting association -statistician, an- | nounced today. Mere entries are ex | perted. i In our never- ending effort to increase the value of White Owls, we are using tobacco from the sweetest- | 1asted Bohby | round NEWSPAPER LINKSMEN SLATED TO PLAY JULY 2 Unless plans again miscarry, the Newspaper Golf Ciub will hold its an- nual Spring tournament at the Colum- bia Country Club on Frida; 5, July 2. It was planned to run off the event this coming Friday, but as long as Congress is in session a representa- tive fleld cannot be assembled. Tt is expected that about 90 will compete ‘n'hen the affair finally is held. 153 DUE TO CONTEST IN OPEN GOLF EVENT Br the Associated Press IW YORK., June 23 —Wiilie Mac- e. hespectacled veteran who out- Jones to win the nation- al open golf championship at Wors cester, Mass., last year will face 1 rivals in the defense of his crown next month at the Scioto Country Club, Columbus. Pairings announced by the United | States Golf Association show that the majority of the members of the Walk- er Cup team have entered. while three | foreigners, Pete O'Hara and Thomas I Howard of Australia, and Archie ‘ompsten of knzland, who considers himself an American, rounds. Among the absent will be the Brit- ich amateur champion. Jess Sweetser, who, however, takes part in the gold mashie tournament at Newport, R. I, and the national amateur in Septem- her at the Baltusrol Club in New Jersey. Sweetser proved after contracied will follow take a rest, wl says that he is much im suffering from influenza in England. but that he the doctor's orders and probably in Canada HELD TOPS GOLFERS WITH A GREAT 135 Br the Anciated Press LOUTS yornd of mateh sixth annual transmississippi tournament zot under way on th Algonquin course here today with I | Middle Western players striving o First he twenty June play in t and Ban | Wrest the crown from Clarence Wolft, | St. Louis defending champion FFrom a ficld of nearly 300 golfers, | which was narrowed down to 32 at |the conclusion of the final qualifying vesterday. Eddie Held, St. Louls, ioomed as one of the most likely contenders. He came through | the 36 qualifying holes with a beauti- [ ful 135 and was favored to regain the championship. which he held three years ago Held's score was seven strokes under par, and equaled the American record set last vear by Dexter Cum- mings in the Western amateur tourna. ment Ranking sec to Heid in the | qualifying rounds, but six strokes be hind. were John Dawson. Glen Oaks Chicago, ahd Jack Pollard, Omaha. Chris Kennev. St. Louis, and James Manion, §t. Louis. also a former trans missicsippi champion, were next. with 112 and 143 respectively nd RADI ATORS FENDERS RODIES VEADE. AND REPATRED NEW RADIATORS. mu AU WITTSTATT'S R. & F. WKS. vy tasting crop in’ years. will make the | Rolf | I F you like the looks of the statched collar, and the com- fort of ‘the soft collat, try ARDSLEY COLLARS 35:,:«5 3 for$ 100 CLUETT, PEABODY & CO., INC. MAKERS O Be " ‘when buying underwear! Look for that “B. V. D.” Label! Nothing with- out it is “B. V. 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Suczanne her-cli. who 1= reporting the te also pays tribute to M Browne. “She is one of the zreatest plaver have ever met save the French Her drivinz fore and hand ex perienced tozether in any one plaver Some of her cross.eourt. backhand shots T didn’t Wke a bit. Luckiiy for me her driving was rather too foree ful and gave me manv points The Spanish atar. Senorita Alvarez writing in the Mirror. sa\s “Miss Browne scored her pomnts in really beautiful stvle. Her perform ances were magnificent of ., Mlle. Lenglen never looked like b inz beaten, but the American play ers certalnly made her run much more than most people do.” Cochet in Great Form. While the defear of Vinecent Rich |ards. the American. at the hands of Henri Cocher of France. in four <ets was an upset, the Frenchman really plaved supertennis and probably could have beaten any one in the world ves- |terday. Cochet's passing game wae marvelous and he w eady at all times. 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