Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1926, Page 36

SPORTS. Logic of Figures and REDS’ PLAY AGAINST WEST |KENLWORTH B0UTS ' |ROBINS GO INTO THIRD |PRINTER ANDLABOR |LA BARBA WHIPS RIVERS' | WILL TELL IN FLAG RACE If Senior. League Title Can Be Won With 95 Gamep, as Seems Probable, Club Can Win Handily Over Strong Western Rivals. : \ BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YQRK, July 8—There is a lot 0f hay to be cut between now. and the end of the base ball season, but the Cincinnati Reds have been harvesting their crop abundantly in the National League, and with 'a scythe that cuts exceedingly close. i The logic of figures and horse sense points so fixedly toward Cincifi- nati as the pennant winner that the other seven clubs in the league had better spring to life and take a heartiet grip on their ashwood: | * The National League championship ‘this vear must.be won in the battle of the West. ‘It can be lost in the East, but the strength of the old seniof circuit is out in the river valleys and on the prairies. Out in the Western section the Reds seemed to be doing well a month ago and appear to be doing better now, so that it is possible to get a better line on the actual percentage work of the team. ‘ Incidentally, the Reds today stand four full games in the lead, while in| [ the American League the Yankees are| |' BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS - |- AMERICAN LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S: RESULTS. just twice as well off, with _an ad- vantage of eight games to the good. Thiladelphia. 6-—8: —t. (Firet ll.:‘ 12 'l-ll.-’:.)‘.‘ STANDING OF THE CLUBS. 1;55;! The Reds’have won about .576 per are con: 822sks h i oent of their games against St. Louis York 31_5]_4110] 6] 6/14150i26] and Pittsburgh. - The Pirates ~have ‘won about .485 per cent from St. Louls and Cincinnati and the Cardinals have won about 415 per cent against Cin- A cinnati and Pittsburgh. It isn't nec- i | essary to draw the figures to the exact = decimal. They are close enough for comparison, and enough, 160, sa far as Pittsburgh and St. Louis cerned, to make both teams look glum. | N 1.6 Cincinnati hag about 15 more games | Chi G 3[18] 5/ 8/10] 4/44136). to play against the Western teams Philphin_(10] &/ 2| 1/ 4/ GI10143I36I. and if the Reds maintain their present | Cleveland | 21 8| 6/—{ 4] 8] 6| 6/41/38.519 ‘average they will lick the West at the | Wash'ten | 5! 3i11] 2 21 _4111/38!361.514 end of the season by a percentage of |Detroit.: | 2| 6[ 3| 8| 3i—10( &l approximately .600. If the championship can be won this year with 95 victories against 59 de- feats, and that seems possible, the Reds will have plenty of spare gas to let them travel on Easy street so far as their Western rivals are concerned. Must Hold to Page i Esst. ; The mext question is whether Cin- cinnati can do as well against the -East as against the West. To date ~the Reds have more than a .600 per- centage mark in their games with Eastern clubs, and they have done a bit better than Pittsburgh, St. Louis has trimmed the East much more decisively than either of them. If the Cardinals had been as successful against the West as they have been against the Eastern teams 'they would lead the league by a margin of 50 points. There is little doubt that the actual possession of the pennant in Sep- tember will be settled by the shawing of the Eastern clubs agaist the West. ‘There is little probability that one of the Eastern teams will come through and win, because there is not enough solidity and consistency in the East.|= The Giants win ane day and ‘hobble the next. The Phillies and the Braves simply aren't there, and Brook- lyn can’t settle to a steady gait even with pitchers who might be:able to tame the West. Although Cincinnati today fis oniy four games ahead ::dtt:a race, its pros- pects can be figu gumang’ gaiges ahead, because it has wnd in the. hardest part of its fight, Ma r ‘Hendricks, of course, m! P team up to its knitting and to cham- plonship speed. If it relaxes it can lose sure as fate. But the chances are for its success if it doesn’t skid when it gets to the Atlantic seaboard. TODAY'S GAMES. B 2l NATIONAL LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. R P, CHAPMAN TO CLAIM . FEATHER RING TITL By the Associated Press. i i BOSTON, July" 8—Charlie . manager for Red Chapman, will claim the world. featherweight title for the Chelsea fighter, he has announced. Kid Kaplan, who abdicated the throne because of inability to makeé the clads limit of 126 pounds, was to bave fought Chapman at Long Island City on July -27, with his crown"at j | stake. The contracts were signed, and for- feit checks of $2,500 apiece provided. EXHIBITION BASE BALL. poendtieny 5% Canton (0. A Nev: ‘alk and 5 | Skino, 2 A(;l\rm»— s Roialo Nntermationat AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Ningsworth. Dumont man Sandore and MeMenemy. o Indianapolis - Clarkson and Heving: Wisner, and Hartley. 7 R, fotumbus .. 2 ot g and s INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. ?fiin‘ (1st game, 11 innings) .. 8 1 altimore . .H.ml.-.lmt:‘ 2 R 488 Jersey Cit Hankins, B a Freitas: Twombiey and Wilson. No others schoduled: TEXAS LEAGUE.- Houston, 6: San Antonio, 6 (12 innings, “fi"{: Wichita Falls. 3. Faco. rt, 13: Fort Worth. 7. ont (rain) . PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.: P Sl . VIRGINIA LEAGUE: The laréui, Most Economical, Most Reliable . Tailoring Shop At the Sign of the Moon et the findlot of Switings| St. Louls_| 21 31 11 81 &1 9l— 31341444438 Boston. . | 31 5[ 31 23] 2T 3| W Lost._._[26136/36/38/36/40144154 ——ee e e - ARE DISAPPOINTING ‘Washington and vieinity boasts of many’ of 'the squared’ ring, who unhesitatingly support the box- ing shows - hereabouts. It .is hardly conceivable, however, that thlv:‘::; not & card and the spectators were not all h:ckw-rd |'n voicing their disap- ":v.vud as the main attrac ot the evening, the Dundee-Wil lfl}'“ one-sided affair, with the formel towel, Walt McFeeley was the victim of a bad decision in his six-round &n with Jack Renzo, “The Wild Bull Ninth Street.” McFeeley took the first three rounds by & mile and then'some, and it to be a question of one or ‘before “ThesBull” heard the birdies sing. Renzo weath- ered the.storm, however, and camé on to take two out of the next three rounds, one being even. boys fought . themselves out in..the first three rounds and the bout ended in & regular hugging ‘match, Renzo was awarded the decision, but the very worst McFeeley should have had was for six rounds, bu in the third when the Quaker City jad's handlers tossed in the towel. Curry had been looking around for a soft spot to drop in the second round, but evidently just couldn’t find it at that time, so his seconds helped; him out’in the next stanza, e & aying the advantage ind eyeopener ::l‘lll of Fort Myer and Sammy Hogan of the Mohawk Club was a draw. FOR A GOOD CAUSE onomeN - Ruomooud o> Bl swssuns waoueP u| 00000000900-000” -|s0scorssscssel B L Y TR alosessconorrusssk il onpmuounon-iol Elosooon-nmuussusss §lsousex! Qb;—..-'u»oo--ou[ o al, s farris, by 7 ok i % - PLACE BY A DOUBLE WIN "I‘ HERE may have been' trouble between Manager Wilbert- Robinson :i -tthe Brooklyn Dodgers and his great right-hander, Dazzy Yance, Robbie ha\n squeezed his team intg third place in the Nationa! .-« And Dazzy made it an all-Brooklyn day at Boston yesterday by tak- ing the second game of a double bill, 5 to 1, after Burlei Gr’;me’; had accounted' for ‘the opener,6 to 2. Grinies scattered sight. bits around the spacious Boston park and gever was in danger, while Dazzy struck w& nine an:m ranthem Pittspurgh 1 ru with & very active h’t‘. e triple and double accounting for Tuns in an 8-t0-7 victory over Phil- Luque was knocked out mdth-&m-hmw “fi‘&‘ng and Red Murray. George won | Wiltse relieved McGinnity after the first inning. P , which a i R ul 3 ind the bat. Ten- ney, Johhny Evers, Bad Bill Dahlen and Herb Hunter guarded the infield and -in the outer works were Fred Clarke, Joe Kelley and Harry Hell- mann. Commissioner Landis = and Mayor Walker were/among the nota. bles present. NATS BEATEN BY GIANTS; PLAY BROWNS TOMORROW - FTER g'c'ouple of days of jaunting along the Atlantic seaboard for exhibition engagements and’ a day of real rest, the Nationals 'will get back to the business of playing American League cham- ionship games tomorrow. They will be hosts to the Browns, whb will f ment nines’ #tars | the- Typos. visit for a’ four-game series. After George Sisler's outfit departs, the White ‘Sox, Indians and Tygers will be entertained in Clark Griffith's Stadium. 7 low York' yester- day assisted in honoring the memor: of Christy Mathewson, for years u?e’ idol of .the National League followers. They ed up with the Giants in an exhibitlon and took an 8-to-6 lck. ing. Base ball {dols of a bygone day were revealed for a. Py mmmm‘“‘wnfi‘afi: 's a game for. old-time’s sake. Many came in through the curtain shadowy past, gray- haired, but still strong and erect silent , unknown to this new base batl by name. A e 8 trouble. Chick Davies tossed for the Giants and Goose Goslin's homer with two on in the seventh was the most serious damage he encountered. The Giant bats spoke their littte pleces loudly and Terry, Lindstrom a:md‘euoum p;wnulnled lwm:v1 Tu' Ross oung obliged It a biatant three-bagRer. MALONEY BATTERS COOK IN A TEN-ROUND BATTLE PROVIDENCE. R. L, July § (P).— Jim . Maloney of - Boston defeated Cook of Australia in a 10- g 1 mwmi Hits—Cuyler, 1 wwm 25. MI-—' 1 'NINES WIN BATTLES Unioy Printers Wr D‘?“rl- came yesterday sandlot base in two hard ball league - /IN A FURIOUS STRUGGLE By the Assdiated Press. “ OS ANGELES, July 8—Fidel La Barba, king of the fiyweight boxers; today was among the battle-thinned ranks of those title holders who this year have repulsed successfully the fighting bids of their bl challengers; gm. 8 to 2, in the Potomag Park D. he Printers won their game, al men, who, were led in their attack by Bill Werber. He accdounted for three bingles in as many times at the plate. Helnle Webb twirled for Labor came from behind in the eighth inning to send the opposing team to defeat. The winners ac- counted for mine hits to the three ‘registered by their opponents, Pettit collected a trio of the safeties. Schmidt did’ the hugling honors for the victors. General Accounting Office in- creased its average for the sec- ond Government League series to 666 yesterday with a 10-to-4 triumph over - Government Printing Office. Tomorrow the Accountants will at- tempt to halt the winning streak the Patent Office nine, which is lead~ Ing the circuit with three straight. triumphs, Interstate and' Treasury play today. * Post Office Department will attempt to pull itself out of a slump today and start on 'the road to another championshin to match that ‘taken during the first % of the Depart- os. ‘{are invited to have their representa- action against Y. M. C. and Express nines clash tomorrow. - : JUDGE TERRIERS. E. Roy Routt, owner of the Dee Cee Kennels, been_granted a license by the Ameri- can Kennel Club of New York City to Jjudge Boston terriers at the Richmond show October 6 and 7. BASE BALL SECRETS y Sol Metsgor e i e e P Why _ In.a furious 10-round _battle here last night the champion, defending his crown for the first time since. taking it from Frankie Genaro last August, took a' referee’s decision over Georgie Rivers of Sam Fran- cisco and Los A = As in two previous fights, La Barba - outclassed the little; Mexican boxer, ‘but his third victory was more sensa-| tional than the others. ' Ringsiders gave the champion at least six rounds and his challenger anything from one to % To thode who had sesh La Barba-in his previous fights, the battle came a8 a surprise, for he discarced the de- fensive tactics he usually employs and fought & purely offensive = fight throughout and won on a, ripping at- tack of lefts and rights to Rivers’ body and head. title aspirant, too, fought a re- markable battle, but was unable to do much at long range. Rivers sent the titieholder to his knees in the first cante with a sharp left swing to the head, but La Barba came up without & count and got his own left working to the challenger’s head. . The Mexican went down in the second frame from & combination shove and blow, but also came up without taking a count. Rivers shook the titleholder in the sixth with a vicious left to the head, but it failed to_stop the rushing tac- tics which La Barba had developed. La Barba weighed 111% pounds and Rivers 110%. Lieut. Jesse Kenworthy of the Navy fereed. rel %NORTHERN VIRGINIA NINES PLANNING A TITLE SERIES OT to be outdone by Washington sandlotters, unlimited base ,ball ¢lubs of northern Virginia are planning to organize for a cham- pionship series and will send their representatives to the Wash- ington Post Building tomosrow night to get in line for the formation of a league. All teams interested In such a loop)Call Don Crist at Lincoln 8618 between 6and 7. Bill Warsaw is taking an all-star team of Jewish players to Alexandria 1in the ninth inning, 14 to 9. at 7207 Georgla avenue, has|in their pla; Manager Clark of the Palais Royal hine is on the lookout for a Sunday game. Call Adams 3098. Boys' Club Elks, playing the Aces todayin the Insect division of the Saturday for a game with the Card- inals. Mount Rainier players, practicing today for their first game of the Cap- ital City unlimited series, will hold a business meeting tomorrow night -at the home of Manager Holcer. Samosets swamped the Avenues yes- terday, 20 to 3. GIRL IS CLEVER TWIRLER. CHICAGO, July 8.—Pitchers in big ia- | leagues find their laurels threateped bill. - 'The Aces the first tilt at 1:16. Yesterday the uur:y- nosed out Lyon Village, 5 to 4. ‘Wiseqnsin Juniors beat the Ontario Juniors vesterday with a six-run r}lb’ ‘or games with the winners call Fuchs at West 157. Smithfleld Juniors ran their. win- ning string to nine games by trimming the Astecs, 6 to 4. Coca Cola Midgets won from the yesterday at Washington Bar- racks diamond, 8 to §5. Midgets are anxious to 2 Sunday gathe with some ving the of a Giamond. 2004 M St. N.W. Biancors B team stamping holes by Maybell Finley, star twirler of a girl's nine at the Western Electria plant here. In two consecutive games of seven innings edch Miss Findlay fanned 26 feminine foes. COTTON STATES LEAGUE. Hartesbirs: Folilison, o. ly_two played. Wallace Motor Co. 'NASH Sales and Service 1709 L Street NW. Just East of Conn. Ave. ~ Main 7612