Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1926, Page 39

HUGMEN’S MISFORTUNES' SAVED JUNIOR LOOP RmE . But for In,unes New Yorkers Might Have Repeated m‘:.*,_;‘.?.".:‘" .l:“m-:%:“&cfl'}i" . ; 1923 Walkover—Lieb Now Regards Five.. i1y 1 be natd Clubs as Fllg Contenders in Majors, - ¥ % “BY FREDERICK. G, LIEB, - 1 HE v.nous big league contenders.now have reached the second half ‘of this crazy season. There have been same tipsets in the dope, | offered . yes, though not nearly to the extent that is.generally supposed. It has been said that a first-class team . in either league. ‘Well, if it hadn't been for Bob Meusel's Broken leg; Ruth's maimed props and injuries to Hoyt' and Shawkey the Yankees now would_ be so‘farin front that the American From now on I can see only fiv delphia“and Chicago in the America; the Natioral. Other capable teams would have run off with the pennant League race would be over. e ‘real contenders,’New York, Phila: n and Pitfsburgh and Cincinnati in are not far behind these clubs in sitign_or playing strength, but the stiffest fighting will be among the e olubs I enumerated. Th. injuries to the Yankees really saved the American League race, and prevented a repetition of the season of 1923, when' New York won by 16% sames. Huggins' club has had its share of misfortunes. Ruth is play- Ing, but still under difficulties. His legs are mot yet right.. Meusel will not be back until middle August. The pitching has sagged, and Pennock. star of the staff; is showing the effects of his hard work in the first half of' he season, . Koenig, the youthful shortstap, has been benched because of his Znability to stop grounders in the pinches. Yanks Have Much to Spare. That big Yankee lead has been Ye: duced, but there remains a lot of day-: light bstween the Yanks and _the second place club. When New York reeled off those 16 straight in May I said those victories would serve a» a valuable reservior for the midsummer slump, - which' was inevitable. The questigh is how much deflation ‘that lead can stand. It is my opinion that ] it will be further reduced, but I still feel confident New York will pull through. Nevertheless, 1 have re. Wuced the Yankee pennant chances percentage from .625 ta .600. What has helped the Yankees s that no club beneath: them has been capable of gny ‘coricentrated drive to catch up with the faltering New Yorkers. The, Athletics, White ‘Sox, Indians and Nationals have heen polishing off each other in turn, Recently the Mackmen have shown/ substantial improvement. Their feat of winning 10 out of 15 games from New York has been a godsend to the league. off more hits in the past fortnight, but they remain a poor'seventh in the vital . -department of batting. Howard Ehmke, the former Red Sox, has hardly come up to ex tions. He has not added the strength club ‘which Connlé confidential- ly anticipated when he sacrificed Harriss, Hélmach -and Bing Miller to bring the tall fiinger to Phflmlphhu ! Toss-Up for Second: It remains & | -up._ between the | Athletics and the te for sec- ond place. The White Sox have more than Mack, lacked consistengy; It is & nlllkal— dollar team one dvmhfl a. team dubs the next. But when it is called that anders in 1924, it is quite a feather in Eddie Collins’ cap \o have the club in the race two years later. Cincinnati is not a ;rent team, and if it does win it will be because of Pittsburgh’s breakdown, Netertheless, the Reds deserve great credit for the fight which they are wi punch that they have they boom along. league in batting with their hitting 188, is a trick in i Cincinnati owes much success to the fine cammeback by iCarl Mays, the foFfmer “'5'3' somie. Yankee. . Hendricks point. of letting out When Reds were slumping” East a month ago., had_some trouble with would have been waived out had not Pittaburgh held up waiyers. Anyway, (‘lmnnm retains Cafl, ‘and he been winning ever since, Donohue, Rixey and Mays recently have - isteady winners, though Luqueii {the pitcher he was. 7 e Pirates have regained some 'of the iground lost during that late June losing streak of seven’ strsight, though the champibns are not phm the . ball . that “boosters of the think it {s capable of. This is the sea- el | ‘Hendrickn and | FLAG CHANCE RATINGS IN'MAJORS TO'DATE AMERICAN LEAGUE. New York. thleties + jehampionship *'The fii i NEW YORK. “July for his: ' J By _the Asscelated Pnu +) record, mmb‘:‘;fld mht mxm York. n orl m ey- as 1 would realize hfi‘ the lllu!h i he]d in New rm bta!mholflh‘nflunmm ‘of .staging. . the" chu An"'New. ank is exhausted. “I'll be ready to ‘make vubllu nnt later than next. week,. Dempsey I will name mised 1 lhe slu before Au lllt l. but it will be sooner than thal “Chicago turnbh-s an_ideal spot for such & contest. In the first plice Chicago is in the. center of a district 110,000,000 persons, and a fight of this caliber has never besn held there. It now looks very much as though Chicago will. get the bout. ROSENBERG-TAYLOR TO'BOX IN AUGUST T, By the Associated CHICAGO," July for a bdnt ight championship at Cubs'. ball. in . August. between titling holding Charlies (Phil) ' Rosen. {.—Negotlations - how -m! Bud: Taylor of Terre Hw critical. He finds it difficult to pitcher who ean go nine innings. Knmer still has trouble with his and Morrison never recovered tully from his illness of six weeks ago. Yde looks like & false alarm. He burst into the league in'a’blaze of flory in 1924, winning 16 games and, lost 3. Last year he ‘was not so ef tective, though a. championship team carried him to 17 victories in' 26 games. This the left-hai has been a mm&,m Bush: 1 be of a little assistance. ‘The Cleveland Indians, Burns, their big gun, out of 5!0 line- up, continue to put up a strong fight for a first division berth. Uhle, the , has hnn.mu es- The Athletics have clicked | pecia " the world palms. - But the Natiol are out of it fer 1!20 though nfll the’| jangerous all the. ti A Ind., ‘ha mt Johnny' Butler, Brookls during the afternoon,” hjtt runs in the sixth gave St inf hi o dkapite 18 s has | all the way for the Cardinals; dewlu 16 enemy nfetlu e KENILWORTH BOUTS FILLED WITH Acmm Last night was “international night” &t Heinle Miller’s Ken h arena. Sons of old Ireland, Germany, Italy, Greece and’ Jerusalem stepped’ their wares and the entire card was cram- med full with action. * Billy' Drako, lightwelght chatipon | of Germany, was oltclassed in every way except gameness by Jimmy Ryan of the old country, now a fighting sed- man of Uncle Sam's Navy. Ryan plastered the representative of ‘the Fatherland with éverything he had. It was'really remiarkable how Drako took it all in the earlier rounds wuh out kl‘dnfi the vas. yan all the way except.in the fourth ‘and seventh rounds. In these two stanzas Drako landed re- peatedly with an overhand left to the Irishman’s right jaw, with the result hat Ryan—especially. in .the seventh round—was in a bad way.. In the eleventh Ry-n upset the German with & Teft to the jaw for & count of eight. 8 the bell rang ending the fight, Drako was a sight to behold from the and smashes he ahsorbed. jabs and Jimmmy. Mack, _conceding ml.ny pourids to Nick Repoll, proceeded to to_post forfeits and arrange details. i He indicated they had come to dn t & |agreement on a purse dispute. Mul- len's oflcr to ‘understood. $45,000. e contracts wflhh fu 10 rounds' to & nfm will be the Iu a title since the rece! vtvll of boxing in Illinois. The first uw the transfer of the lightwelght championship , from ~the veteran, Rocky Kansas,t6 Sammy Mandell 10 DEMPSEY.TO TAPER OFF "T0 AVOID GOING STALE: COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 14 (#).—Jack Dempsey, world's heavy- ‘weight champion, will, taper off his preliminary training work here next guard:against going stale dish out a meat trimming to his heavier opponent. Repoli took the first round, but paid dearly for his in- discretion’ during the remainder of the bout, Mack had his opponent on Queer street a-number of times but lacked the finishing punch. « TSmiling luckey" Flahive, another man.o-warsman,” gave Sylvan Bass of Baltimore a boxing lesson in six rounds. Flahive took rounds, one, two, threé and six, while the foyrth and fifth were even. At that, the Baltimorean put up a good scrap and kept Mickey oh his tees all the way. Johtiny Gauaza of the Mohawk Club falled to measure up to his past pel formances and as a result wason ths loser’s end inihis four-round go with Eddle de Simon of Fort Myer. The referee came to the rescue of ‘Larry Goldberg in the first round of his bom with Paul Healey and saved him from further punishment. Healey was all_over his mah at the tap of the gong and simply bewildered Gold- berg with punches. It was somewhat Tex | of a_comedy bout while it lasted and camp, ‘although he viously-he would traih at the bout is 32 |HUFF 1S SERIOUSLY ILL "IN HOSPITAL IN_LONDON|? URBANA, IIL, J 14 (P).—Gear L o ll!l'.lhn‘l‘t‘ University .of s in o condon x-"’wffiof‘ r;&;um & result pendieitis on July ‘1, according” (o £ cablegram recived by his daughter. Her hulh-nd .hmu McManus, has of h ry ('Iub, cabled that Huff’s condition is causing some anx- CATHOLIC U. GRIDDERS Rave the fans considerable amuse-. ment. - Bill Deeck of Berwyn and Joe Black of the Mohawk Club fought a Adraw.. {n the curtain raiser of, four nds. EISEMAN'S, 7th & F} P A A S SR S S 70 TRAIN AT NORFOLK/ 1+ Catholic: University is sending its oot ball team away for Fall training r the first t! next September. The squad will assemble at the Nor- of | folk naval base about September 10 The Brs thim ‘are bound suffer ] yongh:1-be- e M w's. club. vm shaw _so! 5 be, easily= thi m-:d -orhr or hur their hum is bound -to manifest jtseif. son:of the 'year when 1 looked for the | Piratés to show most of their Smoke. They play the weaker teams of: thes Enx the Phillies, Brives, Glantsand Dodgers, for nearly two solid but, the Phillies, doormats .for other clus, raise the very #éuce with the. world champions ¢véry time thesé Permsylvania teanis gu in the same hllll problem__is .how theyre kept rec from corns.. “'l‘hxrtyax hola of nolf a day certainly doesn’t drive - corns away, " Writes Genz Sarazen. for :a conditioning” period of two b i is" with Blue e opening game is Ridge lfimle -on Hcvtomb-r 25, in' the stadlum at Brookla: ACQUES' FOURNIER is qul:q a lwely BrooHyn invalid. Weakened by an injury which had brought a long lay-n& he )ut ‘only three home ‘runs ageinst the' St. Louis Cardirtals yestérday in-a /9L the heas .| game which Brookiyn lost, 12 to io. This tied the modern major hln! 3 .f; fso created wmethm; of & neotd s lomer” At 2 m Bill Shgrd.flelt«huded Cincinnati wt-lunod Philade] lu & Comars, minning 77 1 Bver. ot t!. former Am‘flefl.flm League shortatop, -had to leave the contest wul 4 twisted ankle after shooting & Huk 'Wilson’s home run in tht sixth , eyentually gave the 'Chic Cuibs, victory over Boston, 2 to 1, Heathcote scored ahead of him. It Was the former Glant’s thirt ylnu putting him in the lead in his The !u-m-' fead in the Apiefican League was cut to six games when they lost. to Ed Wtfltof Detroit, 5 to 4, and the A defeated . St Louis, 8 to 2. The Athletics won in/ the eighth inning, when Hauser, pinch | hitting for Cochrane, smashed out a homer, scoring Poole ahead. Three triples and four doubles came from Washington bats in the Cham- plon’s 13109 verdict over Chiu:p MecNeely had a double and four sin. gles for, a. perfeck day at bat, while Ruel .acdcomplished as much With a double and two singles. The Red Sox could muster only four, hits from the service ‘of Carr Cléeveland, and 'went down, 6 to 1. Bichrodt led the Indians' attack with a triple. double and single. NEW POOL TO OPEN. Swimming and diving exhibitions will feature the program on Saturday at the formal opening of the Wash- ington Swimming Club pool,.delayed bécause of late delivery of mpln: and sterilizing machinery. g:' is Jocated at Georgia avenué and W 1| Janey, . Clnndfin mehman Bridgeport, Ct i ,atraight, only be stopped. this ney. in four rounds, will be un dnhudin. nbach was not the light huw ki o hur ':“ gainl out,: nge: gain! nl the tit! ln‘: a. 16-round, de- claion the marvel rrmn Conneotl-; ‘cut,- whoss real ,nnm ds Chapdelaine, Predictlons. of knociout = are numerous, for Bcrllnhehl defense is an-offensive, while Delaney carries a right hand that may well bring fear to afiy gnt,. Fach is a_real fighter and-a. real fight is expeoted, Berlenl \; 1is expected to enter the it the ‘limit, 175 pounds, hallcnnr probably will -Fully 50, m pemnl are expetted to crowd Inlq the Brooklyn Nationad base ball park for the bout, standard League K;lch will lhnalmut 9 p.m. . ‘Wagering' lpp-rl to favor Delaur but in the past such situations have developed into evén money by ring tl{lnrl Lerthn-lnly the oMlh. h:u D:h ehallenger IV ‘t! champlon no. worry that napmo ¥ s ROGERS PENNSYLVANIA- w|: - OPEN GOLF CHAMPION mmmsmn. H’.""@‘ im'—\hhnny .. Shannopin_Cou fessional, won the Pennsylvania open golf tournament, played on the Allegheny C Club* Ilnlu, by scoring 289 for tM 72-hole ‘test. itchison of 4. —-Jnck De- # te | or otherwise crossed. N Delaney ru BY FAIR PLAY, EW YORK; July 14.—While Jack Delaney is the betting favorite in Thursday night’s battle for the world light-heavyweight champion- ship held by Paul Berlenbach, there is a good chance that the . defender may upset the dope and beat the Bridgeport Adonis. % ‘favorite becaase hs has a knockout over Betley and a knockdown in their second battle, which, however, Paul went on to win on ints, imself that’night—had tbeen ill. “And this is true, yet Berlenbach has been improving steadily, and if Detaney cannot knock him out early ~—which he will have a chance to do, since Paul wades in without much thought of protecting himself—Jack's chances will grow less round by round. 2 It would seem that Delaney’s only big chance lies in a quick knockout. He {8 an accurate puncher and with- out doubt the most scientific hitter in the ring. . It is entirely conceivable that he may pop Paul and send him down. But if Berley shows an ability to shake off the Bridgeporter’s hard- est shots, as he may, theri Jack will have to watch out. Berley does not play for one punch kayoes. He has the habit of batter- ing away at the stomach and ribs with & murderous left hand, either soften- ing “his man for a knockout or else wearing him down. Paul i8 open for a fast punch. Even a second-rater like, Risko proved this. E:‘t while Berley may gn down, he got over the idea of jumping up at'once and tearing into his man. He g learned to take tHe full count, and while doing so figures just what he will do when he gets on his feet. He is a dangerous man when stung Jack Dglaney knows this as well as any one. The battle should be a humdinger, and any one who gives too big odds on Delaney is foolish. . .. (Covyright. 1926.) £ HARPERS FERRY, W. Va., July 14—The Fotomac River clear and Shenandoah cloudy this morning. But the wise, giys take into consideration: that Delaney was not Inside Golf y Chester Horton. The arms in the back swing do not move as much perhaps as the average golfer thinks they do. They throw in most of their ac- tion. in the for- ward swing. In ° hitting at the ball the arms should hit away out after it, but in the back swing tl not about even with the hands, the arms'do reach up- ARMS DO NO'T REACH FAR BACK 1IN THE BACKSWING « shoulder high. It lu a mistake to strive to reach away up with them. Some players can do it, and any golfer can do it who is willing to time to practicing until he can t such a long swing. Let them go about shoulder high and, at the same , be sure to keep the fingers closed against the shaft and the l!" arm rather straight. (Covyrizht. 1926.) . A polo team from Indls will visit the United States in 1927. ".-Today’s greatest cigar ‘sensation is the new Chancellor Pnncteh. Its success is nothing short df amazing. A simple reason: 15¢ quality at a new low price. An un- beatable combination no smoker, can resist. -Our, latest climax. . 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