Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1926, Page 26

National- Gzant Contest Benefit for'Ill MATHEWSON CLUB FUND TO BE HELPED BY GAME Part of Proceeds to Be Used in Perpetuating Work Begun at Tubercular Camp by Former New York Hurler—McBride to Jom Griffs. BY JOHN B! KELLER. New York today. N ATIONALS and Ginnts were to work for a most worthy cause in A considerable portion of the proceeds from |™ the exhibition game in the Polo Grounds on this Mathewson Me- morial day will go to the trust fund to be used for we'fare work among tubercular ex-service men who are curing at Saranac Lake. Philanthropic folk interested in helping the ailing veterans are raising $100,000, from the income of which they intend to,maintain a Christy Mathewson Memorial Clubhouse at Saranac Lake for the veterans hos- pitalized in Government contract cottages there and a gencral welfare chest for the patients. President Clark Grifiith of the Natignals, always keenly interested in any proposition that has to do_with benefiting the ex:service man, was more than happy to give the services of his base ball club to the organiza- tion that is co-operating with the Giants today to make the exhibition in New York a huge success. Matty was very closely associated with the veterans/curing at Saranac Lake, where he had waged such a valiant but unsuccessful fight against tuberculosis. The man who was the fdol of New York:fans during his many vears as a Giant pitcher and later headed the Boston National League Club served with the Amer- ican Army in France and after the war kept in close touch with the men hospitalized at Saranac. Matty was a charter member of the Jackson A.-Matthews Post of the American Legion, made up entirely of ailing ex-service men there, and the Saranac Lake Post of the Disabled Veterans of the World War. instrumental in establishing a welfare fund and veterans' club and the memorial fund will perpetuate these two things in his name. Saranac Lake probably has a greater need for money for welfare-work than any other town of its size in_the TUnited States. Since the World War the place has been used as a hospital- ization center for men who contract- ed tuberculosis while in service. The Government, of course, houses the patients comfortably in contract cot- tages, but few of them can afford ex- penditure for recreation. The Christy Mathewson Memorial Ciub gives them a central place to congregate, which was greatly needed. Up to the time the club was organ- ized the veterans had no place to go in their off hours. According te Judge Emil Fuchs, president of the .Boston Braves and also of:the Mathew- son Memorial Association, it is re- markable what a great amount of real good this club has done and promises to_do. It should please Washington fans that theéir ball club can aid such a worthy cause. Griff evidently did mot know so much about this Red McBride of Massillon, Ohio, when he announced yesterday that hehad offered the play- er a contract. The National prexy un- derstood at that time that McBride was with an independent club, but it now develops that the young fellow has been toiling in the outfleld for the Massillon Club of the Ohio-Pennsyl- vama League. Herace, which is his front moniker, has been sold to Wash- ington for $10,000, so the Massillon manager said. He has been ordered to report here at once. McBride, just a year out of high school, batted .500 last season, accord- ing to the Massillon manager. This year the same authority gives him a batting average of .300. Texas Jeanes, in the role of pitcher, toiled for five innings for the Na- tionals vesterday when they defeated the Riviera Club at Ocean City, N. J., 11 to 4, in an exhibition ensmment The big fellow, who has done only outflelding in chl‘mplonlmn games, was reached for three runs during his term on the hill, but the scoring was due mostly to his wildness. He issued five passes. Emilio Palmero succeeded Jeanes. Myer, McNeely and Tate did some sound socking for the victors, each collecting three bingles. Tomorrow the Nationals will enjoy an honest-to-goodness loaf on the last of their off days for some while. They are to get back into harness Friday, when the Browns will open a four- game series here. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Plr-l ‘Im A R H. 28 g 6 7 Bird, Ellis and Lynn; Earnsha® and Cobb. Second game— Bakiimtre Marquis and Hill 3 B N X 7 Slappey and MeKee. flalo . ik l‘;‘r.:‘f. 3 caboa8 -3 ker. Brico and Pond. Barnes; Miller iebergal Lur-ey City . jewark .. 1% Twombley and Sehulte {urzan Stewart and Styles: Bagby and Devine. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATIOH. New Orlelnl Atlanta ... © and Lis ré. McLaughli oS TO5TSS ngle: Rogel ughliv % o Naylor and Reed: Stewart and Yaryan. 1tanoog: S a3 a8 3 McKenty. “Jones and Hinkle: Alten and ‘Memphis-Little Rock. rain. AMERICAN ASSOCIATIOR. He was | trell and Freltas. Daiy: cn-n-n-ld., | BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS l AMERICAN LEAGUE. ~ YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. hicnzo, 81 Cloveland. @. Louis, Tot 2 Boston-Filadetohia (i) . STANDING OF THE CLUBS. I New York. | Chicago, | Chiladelphia. ta Clevelnnd_| 21 8| 8l—I 41 91 6l 6" Wash’ton | 5/ 3111 2I—I 2| 4111138(361.514 Detroit, . | 2| 6/ 3| 81 3/—I10]_6/38/401.487 St._Louls 12 3111 81 41 0l—) 31311441.436 Boston.. | SIS 6] 21 31 21 2—i211531.284 Lost _._|26/3613538136140144/53/—i—| TODAY'S GAME. Boston at Philadelphia” (double.header) . NATIONAL LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. 3—2: Pittsburch, 0—3 (second " !t\ is. 2 (11 innings). 'STANDING OF THE CL! Py Cincianat! N. L. STANDINGS MEAN NOTHING, ROBBY SAYS By the Associated Press BOSTON, July _7.— National gue standings don’t mean ‘a tivng this year, lll the opinion of Wilbert Robinson, president-man- ager of the Brooklyn RoMnl. “isad weather has put big league base ball a month behind schedule and has stunted players and clubs. Usually the club fortunate enough to lead the league on the 4th of | July stands at least an’ even chance to win the bennant, but the rule does not hold this season. Teams_are now where they usual- ly are in early June.” BUSH LOSES FIRST GAME WITH PIRATES By the Associated Press. Joe Bush, the ‘“bullet” of the world series of 1913 between the Ath- letics and Giants, has started his work as a National Leaguer. Dropved by Washington recently, he appeared on the mound for Pitts- burgh against Chicago yesterday in the first game of a double-header and encountered Sheriff Blake on one of the Chicagoan's best days, The re- sult was a_defeat for Pitlsburgh, 3 to 0, with Blake permitting only four safeties. 3 But Lee Meadows was even strongerin the second contest and gave the world champions a 8-to-2 decision. Three hits was the best the Cubs could do against the be- spectacled one. The league-leading Cincinnati Reds required 11 innings to defeat Grover Cleveland Alexander of the Cardinals, 5 to 2. Until the ninth, Alex was in- vlnc]ble but in that frame Wally Pipp smashed out a home run that tied |™ the game at 2-2 when Christensen o | SCOred ahead of Mm. Fothergill and Heilmann tried des- perately to halt * Detroit's lost streak, now. run to five games, by hitting homers, ‘but the "St. Louls Browns downed the” Tygers, 5 to 2. Sisler of the Browns also hit for the eircuit. Ted Blankenship’ was hit rather freely in Cleveland’s last appearance of the season in Chicago, but turned back the -Indians, 8 to 0, with ‘excel- lent hitting behind him. Mostil, Hun- nefield and Falk each had three hits. George Burns, Cleveland first base- man, has left for home with a broken rib as the result of being hit by a pllched ball. it | ji: il Cinelwafl /111111 6] 7131 6 lmfium flfi'ii T 81 71 81101 6/ 4| 3130331542 St._Louls | 6] 7—1 3| 71 5 5| 71401361526 Brooklyn [ 11 11 4l—I 5| 371 9I11138,351.521 Chicago. | O/ 6/10] 21— 4] 5| 4140137.518 New Yock ) 41! ST Rh-110) ST58014857 Phil'phia 31 2] 6 11 6/—11/301441.40% Boston.. | Il 3.1 41 5] 8| 5I—I291451.392 ~ Lost.. 131133/30/3837/39148145)—1—1 TODAY’S GAMES. Bosion ldonble-header). at i at St. > Chaetuna LATZO WILL DEFEND RING TITLE FRIDAY By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 7.—Pete.Latzo, whose hands were hardened by labor in the anthracite mines of Pennsyl- vania, will defend his recently won welterweight boxing title for the sec- ond, time in two weeks at the Po!o Grouinds ‘here_Friday. Georgie Levine, who gained the forefront several months ago by drop- ping thp British aspirant, Tommy Milligan, will be Latzo’s opponent in a 16-round Nn(ut to decision. A week ago Tuesday Latzo knocked out Willie Harmon of New York in Newark. 2 p s PIEDMONT LEAGUE. galisbury. 9: AT SOUTH mc m@n Macon, 11; Charlotte, 3. & c«m'u‘unlfzbfm. “ COTTON STATES m@“ Jackson, 3 (11 innings. BRAVES ARE PROBING A LEAK IN RECEIPTS BOSTON, July 7 (#).—The busi- ness “affairs of the Boston National Base Ball Club were under. investi- gation. today in an atmosphere charged with secreey. Further than the. ndmlsslon by 18 TEAMS TO CONTEST “FOR UNLIMITED HONORS secretaty of the Capital City E BASE BALL SECRETS By Sol Metsger 'O STRIKES CALLED, WHEN JUST MEET THE BALL. OK =2} fify— NG Often a batter finds himself with two strikes and no balls and men on bases, His tendency is to be- come overanxious. Invariably, pitchers will try to make him bite on a bad one. He should ‘earefully wait until one comes along that is good.. Then, his stunt is not to try to knock ‘the ball out of the lot, as the player on the right is doing, but merely to meet it in order to get a single, like the play- er on the left, which gives his club !wo runs. PATENT OFFICE NINE SHOWS A REVERSAL Patent Office base ballers, who | Blad finished next to the bottom in the first Government League series, registered their third straight win of the, second series yesterday when Interstate was downed, 4 to 0, in a match that went six frames before showers called a halt to the hostilities. The victory oVer Interstats; which follows wins over Government Print- ing Office and Treasury, puts the Patent Office tossers away ahead of the fleld. General Accounting Office, champion in the first half, broke even in its first two games and is booked to tackle the fast Government Print- ing Office crew today. Roche pitched for the winners yes- terday, limiting his opponents to two bingles, Johnston led the hitters, get- ting two out of three. Raip broke up one-sided contests in the Departmental and Washington Terminal Leagues. In the former circuit Post Office earned a 65-to-0 de- cision over Treasury in five frames, while Express got the better of Black and *White, 4 to 0, in a six-inning clash on thé Terminal diamond. War and Navy were staging what to be u close match on the Potpmac Park fleld. The count stood > Sailors at_the end of Manager Dave Bancroft that a’sus-|fi picion exists that the turnstile count at Braves Field had been manipu- lated to make the club a loser on gate receipts, no responsible official would discuss the cause or extent of the Investigation. Some estimates placed the shortage at between $25,000 and $40,000, but this was without verification. Other. es‘(Ii‘;-AnteaE w‘elrm-lknb‘ly less. ge Emi 8, president of the | club, left for New York at mldnlgl after a protracted confe police of the Brighton dhtrlct. in which the base ball park is situated. “Until the investibation is com- pleted, I think it would:be unfair to the person or persons who ‘may beh;nvolved to say anything,” Fuchs said. . He admitted, however, that the in- vestigation had been in progress for several days, and ‘from other souj it was learned that a private detec- tive agency had been at work for some time. 2 Secretary Edwin L. Riley of the Braves declined to discuss the re- ported shortage and referred all ins 'quiries to Judge Fuchs. . | EARNINGS OF TRIBE SUFFER A BIG DROP ), ONB. July 7 ®)— r of the Cleveland Base Ball Club: from 'l?‘.‘fl) in 1921 to m.:u in_1925. “This became known when E. §: Bm nard, president of the Indians, sented figures in support'of an -.»-l m the county auditor for a reduction the .ml!edl valuation of Dunn valuation' of the the - FEATHER RING TITLE - GIVEN UP BY KAPLAN || By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 7.—Louis (Kid) Kaplan- of llerldep, Conn., after/ year and.a half of service as feather- wfl‘ht hoxln‘ champion of the world, lummy to train the class limit of 126 nds without injuring’ his health is the reason given by the little fellow who beat down bby Garcla, Lombardo and Danny Knm-t a mmlut ‘Win- ter to win the crown. Kaplan gained his honors in a tour- nament conducted by the New York State’ Aathletic Commission after the down to IGHTEEN unlimited clubs posted ‘their franchise money Wwith the Base Ball League last night when managers of the various teams imet to sanction plans for the coming championship series and to adopt a schedule. . A few changes In the line-ups of the various sections were noted. Marl- boro was voted into section A to take the place of the Union Printers in the eight-team division, six clubs were placed in section B and thn taur re- maining nines placed in C. ‘Teams in the last men(lonod amup will play three times around, while nines in sections A and B play around twice, Section A mnow includes Mount Rainier, Shamrocks, Knickerbockers, Arlington, Chevy Chase, Maryland Athletic Club, St. Joseph's and Marl: boro. The second section includes the Anacostia Eagles, Comforters, Kenil- mflh Bladénsburg, Rialtos and Capi- s. of Wofle};‘;nd Benning players. -'The third group, composed of teams that have yet 'to win their spurs in unlimited ranks, includes the Modocs, Stephen, Auth and Concordian nines. Managers have been given until to- morrow night at 11 o'clock to turn in their contract blanks. The loop opens on Sunday with the following sched- ule of games: . SECTION A. Shamrocks vs. Mount luinler Mount Rllnlet fleld; St. Joseph vs. T Oito ra. A ":&:’m":{"fl# V8. n, nickerbockers vs. Marlboro, at SECTION B. Rialto vs. l(anllwnrth. at Kenll- worth; Capitals, af Comforters lknnhu Euln vs. Bllden-bur‘ M ensburg. ¢ SECTION C. (‘onmrdhm V8. Stephen, Riyerdale Modon vs. Gwrntnwn He Kanawha Benlofl have the use of a field for Sunday and are on the look- out for opposition. Call Sol. Stein at Lincoln 5159, National Circles have open dates Saturday and Sunday. For games call Manager Willle Andrew= at Lin- coln 9892. East Auths, * Royal. tossers, who turned in a 13- to-lo win at Berwyn Sunday, are open 2 game on the coming Sabbath. C‘ll North 6728 after 7 o’clock or Main 2900 before 4:30. Members of the team ' mm tmnorrow night at 1323 Tenth street. l'hrl'! whmng o join a midget ball ‘club are requested to etn Nor- man Dulln lt Pnlnm 2975-J. FLYWEIGHT CROWN - AT STAKE TONIGH ly the ‘Associated Prrys. LOS ANGELES, July 'l--'l'hq fly- wd;htmwfllbeunhforthu The Capitals are a combination | 0 FIGHT SHOW DELAYED - _BY THREATS:OF STORM nnmolnstomlutewnhu caused Matchi elnleMl.lHl' of the Kenilwoi flhbfll‘n‘ Bflt wmml.uumu-m, :::e uhx-flm-mm s Vince ) wmlgm, in the 4 lnlln evenlo' 12 rounds. . The show opens at 8:15. KANSAS ASKS RETURN BOUT WITH MANDELL By the Auodnlqd Press. CHICAGO, July 7.—Rocky Kansas, wHo lost his lightwelght crown to Sammy Mandell here last Saturday, is out for a return match with the Rockford champion. Dan Rogers, manager fof thn Buf- falo fighter, has posted $2,500 forfeit money with the Illinois Boxing--Com- ssion, declaring o willingness to meet u&he chalmplon in Ilinois as sstble. The commission has no authority rder the champion to et the r title holder, but CI n O, W. Huncke advised Rogers he would hald the forfeit pending megotiations between Rogers -and Eddie Kane, AMandell’s manager, Negotiations for a bantamweight bout between Charles (Phil) Rosen- berg, title holder, and Bud. Taylor, Terre Haute, Ind., at the Whité Sox Park on July 24 have been abandoned. Promoter Jim Mullen was advised tiiat Rosenberg will engage Eddie Shea, the Chicago featherwelght, in Cleveland on July 26, and decided to r-walt the outcome of this bout be- fore carrying on further negotiations lo with the bantamweight champion. Mullen has applied for a permit to conduct a show on July 24 and is lenbdch with Sallor Eddie Huffman, ROCKFORD, I, July 7 ®).— Sammy Mandell, new lightweight champion of the world, and Elizabeth Hemming, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Charles H. Hemming of Rockford, were married last night at the home of the bride’s parents. Judge Fred E. Carpenter, personal friend of Man- dell, performed the ceremony. OF NINE IS CHOSEN By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 7.—The United States Lawn Tennis Assoclation has announced selection -of nine leading players as the “nucleus” of its de- fending 1926 Davis cup team, includ- ing the “big four,"” which successfully retained the trophy last year against the challenge of France. ln lddlflcn to William T. ‘Tilden, champion; William M. John- mn. Vlncm nlchnrd. and R. Norris ‘Williams, - the committee has for consideration Howard O. Kinsey, Cranston Holman ard Edward G. Chandler of California, Wray Brown of St. Louis and George Lott, jr., of first time in eleyen moriths here to- [ Chicago. . nlht ‘when {to weater, Fidel h.l!nrh of Los Angeles, meets Georgie Rivers, San Francisco Mexican, in a 10-round Turned b-ek twice belm by the haired Italian, Ri by victories over seven foes in the last dx months. Hl.l meetings with LaBarba before the defeating August. LaBarba has a slight physical ad- His is two inches is conceded the In other physical measurements they are almost equal. LaBarba u !o years of age. The veteran, Johnny Dundee, announced |challenger his retirement. A week ago Monday Kaplan scored a technical knockout over Gareia at Hartford, Kaplan' now -will enter the light. weight division and expects to have his first bout in Madison Square Gar- den in Au He has_returned the Mhmht title to the New York commission, ‘which is to decide later how a new chlmmnn shall be selected. ltllbdl'v mm:-.wmbe _well wnhln the 112-pound flyweight when -they weigh in this after: Elmira, 4; York, 1. Wilkes-Barre, 8 Shamokin, 2. othw clubs not scheduled. Pt The candidates include seven Amer- ican pl who ' were ranked in m first 10 year. Chandler and did not recelve ranking in the N-a m’% of phycn, but m- last week retained his title as intercollegiate champlon by o Philadeiphin, - has " been* playing at ) brilliant tennis this season. g that -additional players may be added to the list during the progress of the season, the selection lfily in at least two of tho following five flenu' July 19, Longwood invitation tour- nasent: July: 24, Metropol u.n turt court championships; August 2, Sea- t invitation tournament; August x ivis cup trials; August 12, East vs. West matches. - has been appointed cap- DAVIS CUP “NUCLEUS” [igz 'SPORTS. [4-MILE RELAY eterans ~»m- Saranac Lake Hospi MARK SET; HAHN IN RECORD QUARTER 5 sturdy’ figure of Lloyd Hahn Associated - Press. 3 HIMDELPHIA July 7—With the smoke of the three-day battle for nfitwnal track and field championship honors cleared away, the stands out conspicuously as a suc- cessor to the American middle distance crown held long by Joi¢ Ray. Hitherto Hahn had turned in world rec8rd peflormn-e: and shared il national as well as Olympic centennial stadiam. He won his first national one-mile champlonship’ in 4:16 on a soggy track—later also found to be four yards longer than the right distance— and turned in a half mile in the um precedented time of 1:511-5 to win the two-mile relay- title for the Bos- ton A. A. In record-breaking figures. Athletic authorities claim this as the fastest half mile ever run under any circumstances, although it does not have record standing because it ‘was made in a relay and from a run- ning: start. It was one full second, however, faster than the aworld rec- ord lsted to Ted Meredith’'s credit. Seventeen records toppled in three days of junior and senior competition and the bulk of individual and team honors went to Western talent. The Illinois Athletic Club was awarded the senior team title on the basis of having the most first places. .1In ad- dition, it won two of the five relay champlonships, while Haroid Osborn, yetaining his national decathlon title, led an I. A. C. squad that gained four of the first five places in the individual all-around - championship test. Osborn finished the day with his left leg bound in tape because of a muscle strain. RELAY RACES. 440 Yards (club)—Won by Newark A. re ; C. (Bowman, honors. ever, in two days of senior competition closmz yesterday at t ts, how- e Sesqui- He reached new hei B, 6 min. 7 sec; Feleda, 48 adm"-c.: Jones. & min: % sec wi % w. nos. iod 3 20 1% in. Thomisou, 6 f1. 7% 'In. K n; Foote, '8 1t 1 o, sn Rrda VETERANS TO WORK IN MATTY CONTEST By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 7—"Batteries— McGinnity and Bowerman; Miltze and Bresnahan.” These words from the umpire in- form the world today that the old- timers of ‘base ball are back in togs, out there playing for their old teammate and companion, Christy Mathewson. Christy died at Saranac Lake, N. Y., last Fall as the World Series started and today his friends gathered here to raise money for a mem On one team were Fred Merkle and Johnny Evers playing side by side after Evers made Merkle the ‘“bone- head” of the game, along with Art Fletcher and John MGraw. ‘The infield comprise Fred Tenney, d | Billy Gilbert, Bill Dahlen and Arthur now considering matching Paul Ber- | Devlin. - Three innings were-set as the " [ limit for this struggle. Then the Washington team and the :| New York Giants play an exhibition :|game, with Walter Johnson pitching mer 23 :‘;‘i—‘ ’"ua‘-" {elub)—¥on bg Boston, nsone. Sew " Foik MIL 3 nude w'x‘a'- it ndt ) o wl!llhuhleluhh_%vw 05 dllinole. A 5 3 nd glev Y:E:E“,,L e R ,fi.« Aln;ele Am cfi"’“’" w m.a-A,c 1095757 DECATHLON EVENTS. 17, Po.:'l: o ucn';'mn. a0, 3o . 19 arles | flat, o | The second event was a steeplechase, | ring, for Washington—and for Matty. BURNS IS INJURED. CHICAGO, July 7 (®).—George Burns, first baseman of the Cleve- .{land Indians, has gone to Cleveland with a broken rib, which will keep him out of the lineup for several days. Burns was hit by a pitched ball in the eighth \inning of the first gameé of onday's double-header. Ted Lyons was pitching for the Whlte Sox when Burns was hit. e P CARPENTIER FIGHTS BURKE. DENVER, July 7 (®.—With Jack Dempsey as the third man in the Georges Carpentier, one-time heavyweight champion of the world, will meet Jack Burk2, Pittsburgh boxer, in a four-round bout here to- , | night. Sudlimitey s ity JOCKEY, 44, SETS PACE. NEW YORK, July 7 (#).—Johnny Callahan, 44 years old, still shows the “|way to many a younger straddler of horses. On’ Monday he captured the last two races at Aqueduct and yester- day he added the first four on the including the Myrtle Claiming. 2 sport which concerns little old John- ison niy not at all. " FIGHT LAST NIGHT. 7 | By thie Associated Prees. o 1E T Shdas Hottmia: 11 41 0.8 in.: Roers, n 130 18, 4 Jmmilo T .n..z,.i.".or&%;:: rl&..“ ‘Ifl-ne ZI:C‘.?' leDar- ...: WITTSTA RS R R NEWARK. N. J.—~Dave Shade, Cali-- i | fornia, beat Lew Chester, Philadelphis 12). RADIATORS, FENDERS - TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S, 7th & F