Evening Star Newspaper, July 12, 1926, Page 20

Chisox Sel, ' SWEEP WOULD PUT NATS AT HEELS OF ATHLETI Eddie ‘Collins Has Lot of Strong Pitchers to Send : Against Champs—Ogden Opposes Browns Today By JOHN B.KELIER. | Sislermen AreCheekedhy JMn. S will start in Clark, Griffith Stadium a: series of three games-that Tomomzow afternoon Eddie Cllins and his White Sox'of Chicago % will offer the Nationals a fine opportunity to. gain a firm hold on third place in the standing of American League clubs. “ With the worst happening today, concerned—a licking for them in their g i the Athletics for ‘the Chisox in Philadelphia—Buc! ‘win over in o far as_the Nationals are tilt with the ‘Browns here and a Harris and company would be less than two-games out of the third noteh, now occu- pied by Collins’ crew. So a sweep of the impending set would put thent right-at the heels of the flag-aspiring A's, A continuation of the slugging dome two e ments ought to mean trouble: for the rowns a sound slamming Saturday and followed yesterday. gave the last by the Nationals. in thei amps t isox. The another that brought an 8-to-3 victory. But these White Sox are a hustling bunch—a bunch that should force the Nationals to their utmoit efforts in each engagement. They have been - troublesome to the two-times pennant | winners so far this season. When Col- lins and his crowd first visited here in 4 May the Nationals were rather for- tunate in getting an even break in four contests. In Chicago last month, after u.klng the first game of a series of four with a ninth-inning rally, the Netionals proceeded to drop the next three. Sox Hear Pennant Bee Buzz. Like the Mackmen, the Chispx hear the pennant bee buzzing in their bon- nets. They have been well up in the club standings through the greater part of the campaign. A couple of defeats ut the hands of the Athletics in Philadelphia last week may have taken some of the pep out of the Chicagoans, but that'is @oubtful. Col- lins is 2 manager who has his men on . Mota their toes at all times, and his club w will take a deal of beating. There has been much conpent late- . ly.concerning the National's shortage of pitchers, many wondering how the club expects to get anywhere with but seven men in the mound corps. Consider the White Sox. They are stepping along at a lively rate with a pitching staff greater only by oneithan the Nationls' staff. There's plenty of class to the, White Sox , too. The veteran Red Faber still manages to baffle opposing ' clubs most consistently. Ted Blank- enship, Hollis Thurston and Ted'Lyons 2 1 performers, especially the Nationals, while Alphonse recruit, certainly daszied the Champs when he pitched against them " in Chicago in Junme. Back of this .. quintet Collins has Jim Joe Edwayds, George_Connally and Steengrafe. The White Sox series, as said be- fore, offers the Nationals a chance to climb into third place. But Bucky Harris' bunch will have to do some tall playing if it would take advantage of the opportunity. Win Today Means Series. One up on the Browns for the year. the Nationals were out today to bag their third successive and clinch the second of the three series played with the Mound City men this season, Curly Ogden, who lately has indicated that he may soon blossom into a dependable hurier, was to take the hill for the home folk. Manager Sisler has admitted that he will trot oyt Tom Zachary, former National, after postponing the appearance of the ‘southpaw_here for several days. Nationals wasted " little efl:xt-t ‘Thomas, Johnson for a trio of runs in the third yound, the venerable slabman breez- ed along without running into any real trouble to the finish. The Champs concentrated their attack in two ses- slons, hopping on Joe Giard, south- paw, in' the fourth, to' take a lead, and adding to their advantage in the eighth with a bombardment of Ernie g A Ciea tmmediately arter leved ¥ A onslaught of the locals. the Browns on th;g sulted in a_fore-out of Millilo at the plate, but Johnson miade no us Jar effort to hold the Browns to their bases and a triple theft followed, in which Bisler scored. Harry Rice's Jiner to right sent McManus and Mil- fer home. Griffs Take Lead in Fourth. Where the Browns left off, the Na- tionals began. Five hita. were J with a pass and an error to produce & rups off Giard in the fourth. Moon Harris tripled and counted, of course, when Bluege doubled, * After. Ruel strolled, Johnson's two-bagger tallied Bluege. Muddy and , Walter when McNeely singled, but it was an error that let Johison break into the run column. He crashed into Dixon at the plate, * his knee striking the Brown catcher's wrist and causeing Leo to drop the sphere. The collision was so severe that Dixon sustained & fracture’ of the wrist and will be out of action for some flmet. ‘:m:izsp n-ehnded third a result of the and | " Harris singled. us, utes. GRIFFS AT h fin all three of the doubles’ NORWAY’S FUTURE KING - . IS YACHT RACE WINNER 0SLO, Norway, July 13 (P~ DISTRICT NETMEN WIN INTERCITY INAUGURAL INATIONAL RACE Starting Tomorrow, CE TIGHTENS ~'AS GIANTS TOPPLE RED § Fos ' By the . fi %mm.m days ago appeared to be over—that in the L 8 <iNa League~—today has regained the eiithusiasm manifest carlier in the season, only four-and-a:| e seasor f games separating Cincin- mfi.ip‘n;a place, and.the Giants, in sixth. <. . ; ‘v'g 1 Wei?g: ants, u‘;gl.mnfied club, .-;e“.'wnbh.. /St r “contests from the Wu‘ku :dxm ch of Pit ?“wfi et reach of tsbur as_well a¢ St. Lo &Lgflmd Brooklyn, i E . Yesterdsy Virgll Barnes the | That second. contest Wwas 'the day for the men of McGraw, He|Braves Victory over granted only five hits, one of them a | this BeSson, end wab double by Curtls Walker., In fact, ‘Walker made thtee of the Reds’ total of safeties, Frank Frisch led an at- 1| tack which gave the, Giants a 6:to-0 . * The District netmen ‘came through but _dropped two gue ot th gles tilts. Gywn o No. er on the local combination, proved | the worthy of the task of hm‘:z ital racketers, when he Gus Amsterdam, the Quaker City his opponent. W esuits of the Washingion Bh ul o Philadel: phia meeting: £y 3 i € XYy sidine B e Doubles. .)v“” ) sEneE ———— . PITCHED BALL PROVES FATAL TAYLORVILLE, ILL., July 12 (®). ~=Orville Allen, 31, semi-pro basebsll player with the Morrisonville Car- dinals, was Hit by a pitched ball dur- ing a game yestérday at Morrison- ville and died Iast night &t a hospital. MIDWAY MARK THREE GAMES ABOVE .500 ik ; W HAT triumph over the Browns yesterday marked the conclusion of the first hali of the. 1926 season for the Nationals, a half season in | caneon which they failed to perfofm up to the pace they set over a similar stretch_in 1924, their- first pennant-winning year, and in which they fell far behind the record they made for the opening half of the 1925 campaign. In 1924, the Nationals completed the first half of their #eason on July 10 with a. winning percentage of .564. stretch of contests on July 9 with a winning percent of year, their winning percentage i:fi’ ' half-way point. this < After the game of July 19 two. ‘who | vere scored | against pi will back ‘into harnees before the ite’ Sox, who start & e 0 here with miore of a-reputation as a | 'hitter than a flelder. - Griff was to mnrwaxwm: Ker- mit Smith, pitcher. of Vs | Dreadnsught team, and may tender |. o&"g t Johnson fainned counting block, buf i and ):gNeely jofted to :Durst. Boss Bucky, though, doubled to tally Mud- -dy and reached third on the throw i The pilot got to the plate when ‘Win. gard cup loose with & wild pitch. EXHIBITION BASE BALL. SANESVILLE. Ohio. July 12 : ; enooouauat IS EESctadBunE e - wh.keasstbRatil. bulle RT3 S+ R | 80009900000 R NSO a: Sgussess = the sandlotter a contract. If Smith is ‘he will be farmed immediately to - some small minor club.for development, the club president yly-. U P that Bing Last year they cnmp}cted ‘was a possibility m'fl:" 1d not start in left fleld for| . the this afternoon. . Manager Sisler said this morning that his reg- pastureman was suffering with & severe cojd and that Ken Williarhs might be sent to the outfield. ———— BLACK SOX AND RED SOX 'WIN DIAMOND BATTLES | * Black Sox tossers registered ‘a total of 24 hits off the pitching of Williams at League contests, | molst-ball artist six sin- | and allowed only four. verdict. Brooklyn, with Grimes on the n‘iml‘d a 2:to-1 conquest' of Sheriff Blake was hit safe- 1y only five times, but the Dodger| day, went him one better | can The Brayes and Cardinals divided, Cardinals winning the first, 7 to o 2, and the Braves the second, 19 to 6. PRO GRIDIRON LOOP |uiis 0 HAVE 22 TEAMS| 3554 587 58, ) ris and ' Ruel, gave PHILADELPHIA, July 12 UP.— League of Professional i § i Johnson considerabie hi veteran overcame th 3 The Eohening Star BOYS CLUB Brooklyn end Hartford are the new-|}i comers. Cleveland, ' Minneapolis and New Britain, Conn, withdrew and Potts- ville, Pa., 3 e, . god Bacles, oo pees = eomxx after the vaent of the. F:urmx‘:‘m‘un.lfinv B ter the father-son tourna er er-son o Fall,' while the Philadelphia ment in The Star Boys Club Summer Camp! ‘The father of every body who is a member of this club ‘is’ wanted, 8| either all day or half day. & $2,500 as| holder was playing a league: game here. Louisville, which has hdab- manager ‘will include Chick Harley and Stinchcomb, former Ohlo State all- American stars. % Another 'all-American player, Ernle formerly of California, will have of the Duluth team. said. that stars had been compete against llow athletes and pt:.ir dads. e oy . 1. A B-mile hike. 3. Birtyyara "Gush;. 1007ard dash broad jump and running high : 4. Base ball throw for dm’m,' :. Punting foot ball for distance. similar 695 AL the | oames. RACE MEET OPENS * AT MAPLE HEIGHTS SEaEE ‘What do you want to know? Ask questions, e o s T e MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. B Pk AMERICAN ASSOCTATION. o 4 , B-8: CAPABLANCA IS LEADING m * IN CHESS TOURNAMENT - LAYE HOPATCONG, N. 7., July 13 P),—The first haif of Bt can chess tournament : ¥ 2 g i g . _3 i ki 1 BH3E ) 4 to The Ad they have hamrocks Sy SR y | The Hartfords, ing the BALLSTON, FT. MYER |AUSPICIOUS START MADE ANDHARTFORDLEAD| BY CAPITAL CITY . " ASHINGTON'S new sandlot base ball league, the Capital City, gof away -to an auspicious start yesterday, all nine of the scheduled contests being run off without a hitch and very few one-sided scores being reported. WITH FIVE-RUN RALLY/: An sighthdnning rally, netting runs, gave Takoma h{-t'i base b"u. Barnie Blllott, Takoma hurler, lim- his ts and " |a 21:t05 triumph. sprinter ¢over in runing the bases? Answer—From home plate to first tween other bases, which would total 120 yards. But a sprinter wil the corners of the bags wide corner rather than sharp-angle turn at each bag.: So he runs quite a bit over-120 yards in his dash the bags. The diagram explains the point. (Copyright, 10%6.) BASE BALL SECRETS y Sol Metzger. - To Advance Runper to Third. 2 '&‘ . SR “ast® ‘With rynner on first and' the hit and run signal given, the batter the | to the front in section A of the Capital | imited series the il | scrap, the teams goin; ]| fore the Rialtos coul went into the j| but managed { | session. Il touch | 1: Chevy Chase, Knickerbocker, Shamrock and St. Joseph’s nines went lCny e, while the Rialtos, Comforters and Capitals gained the laurels in'the B groap and the Auth and -Stephen clubs took the lead in divi Mickey nell the | straight victory and the champlonship of the Sport Mart serfes yesterday. that | The Comets were the losers, and the count was 14 to 6. when his club defeated ti Junior Order team, 6 to 6. . Bill MoQuinn twirled the Athletics :4: ‘u:‘cuy victory over Mitchelville, four hl.n‘h:'-nd fanned yesterday win over the creased the Elliotts’ string of victories to 16 straight. Hess_Athletic Civh tossers bowed to the Royals, 9 to 3. 8 Fiaher Mading the batting ng o o a win at the The Knickerbockers had & walk- Yard Club, 9 away with Marlboro and smashed out 22 hits in the process of chalking up Five of the safe- ,to Bennie April, and Jones Seabrook chalked up ::p:nn of the Jerey Red Sox batters ut 23 hits when they darumm: Springs, ties were credited 16 to 9. Knick catcher. Fisher hurled for the wingers: In Section B of the Capital City un- Rialtos and Kenil- worth .furnished the most thrilling 10 innings be- claim the vic- tory by a 1209 count. Kenilworth ninth one run behind, to knot the score at 9-all, forcing the game into the extra Ottenberg was the winning toher. He relieved Sauber in the fth. The hits stood 17 to 13 for Ken. The Anac heavy sluggl: 1l league Clover Seniors turned in & 10404 win over the Seaman Gunners. Cardinal Semlors took the Yorke Preps to camp, 24 to 5. A 10-run rally in the ninth gave the ational Circle Juniors a win :-r the Mount Rainier Juniors, 16 to 6. Lafayette tossers dropped the with the Severn, 14 topL T got the end of 7-to-4 countn & game l:‘rgrm M‘ John Junior Order nine. tia Eagles did some !lqn”!hfir :lm match of el and gained an 7 decision over Bladensburg. Led by Corbin, Hamby and Bennle,. the Birdas crashed out 18 hits. Brown and Baldwin: were the opposing mounds- men. The Comforters took the third game of the section B matches, overcoming a six-run lead to defeat the Capitals at Benning, 5 the Capitals Ste driven from the mound in the opening frame. Carlyles won from the Anacestia Eagle Midgets in 10 innings, 7 to 6. —_— RECORD FOR PAST‘IEEK IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES NEW YORK, 12 . and UP).~The Both games in section C were won lose margins, The Auths, with ) ’ ¢