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PILOTS OF JUNIOR CIRCUIT STRESSING THE SACRIFICE Advancing Runners by Bunting Appears to Be Profitable Procedure Judged by Comparison of Statistics With National Leaguers. . BY JOHN B. FOSTER. 3 the old Army game. NEW YORK, -July 16—The American League managers are pla; N This is shown by the fact that the younger major league organization is putting it all over the National League | 7 M sacrifice hitting. In the total games played this season the American has run more than 100 hits ahead of the National all the time. That s! /WS that the American League is not putting stress on . the 'hit-and-rung or chance-it, game. This method has not been unsuccessful. That is indi- cated by the fact that the scientific attempt to. force runs ardund the bases and across the plate by teamwork has put the' total runs made by the Amencan League 100 ahead of those made by the National. * ‘American League men will tell arn:s is the best. e pitcher immediately by trying to sacrifice. you that their idea of winning ball When a runner is on first base they begin to worry Sometimes the American Lc:gue folks sacrifice when the runner is further along than first base. They do that thing more often than the Natiopals do it. Some National League managers say the Americans waste lots of opportunities for their batters by making them sacrifice and that if they permitted the batters to whang away and take pot luck they their making, but as the Americans are making more runs . than the National that doesn’t seem to be much of a demonstration in favor of the Na- tion League. In fact there doesn't seem to be any sound batcklr;‘g 8 coming for the VNIE MACK. National League LN on the sacrifice issue. Their batters do not sacrifice as often and their runners do not make as many runs. When it comes. to making base hits the Nationals have a total which shrinks far under that of the Amer- ican. Thé Nationals say it is be- cause the pitchers are better in their league and the Americans say it is because the Nationals haven't as |y ll'lnnny good batters as the Americans ave. That doesn’t exactly jibe, either, with the condition as it exists in both majors. The American League has approximately 40 men who can hit .300 or better, arfd the National , League about 50 who are .300 or better hitters. If ything can be reasoned out of that it is the pre- sumption that sluggers cut’ no ice unless they drive home runs. Then, too, it may be a fact that many of the alleged sluggers of the Nationul HUFF'S RALLY FAILS TO CHEER DOCTORS BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. LONDON~- July 16.—Although George Huft, athletic director of the University of Illinois, spent a restful | - night, six physicians who are attend- ing him at the Fullerton Nursing Home still are very gloomy, stating that his’chances of recovery are very slight. Thursday night was the first time since July 8 that Huff had had a quiet sleep. He is much weakened and has been almost constantly in a state of coma. Now and then Le opens his eyes and recognizes the nurses and doctors who are continu- ally at his bedside. This morning he was more cheer- ful and was able to take a little nour- ishment, not in the artificial way in which it has been administered to him heretofore. But in spite of his improvement the doctors still are ex- tremely pessimistic. (Copyrixht. 1926.) Inside Golf y Chester Horto! ‘When the left arm is kept rather it 10t :1 — in mn bu:k there is of cons| i e Bk R Moo clnh be fight in !lm Illnd: the pl;yer shmld careful kew this fitht- ;m !ee:hthls Ls“ t: s :n e llw lnb wmbeplenl far enough and up. when thws tightening-up feel- ing: . The fulllength back swing—that is, all h you require—is short of the Iom. long back swing you may be using. (Covyright. 1926.) League are pitchers, who have ac- cumulated a wl of a batting average in very few games. The Case of Davies. Attention was called by a man who didn’t stop to think of what he said of the prodigious batting ave of Davies, the New York ational pitcher with his .571 percentage. But .| Davies has been to bat only seven times and has made four hits in the seven, Cincinnati and the Athletics are sacrificing more steadily and more frequently than y other league teams. There's a lot in that which is more than mere happening. It immediately brings to ‘mind the policy that Connie Mack has pursued for years in trying to win ball games. There {s ‘no manager who has stuck through thick and thin to the sacri- fice game like he hnm Nntlonhn'} ue managers. poke fun at hi in a quiet way, because he hangs to it, but he has licked the National League teams much of the time when he met them in world series. Leaders Use It Often. Hendricks has yet to make a cham- plonship reputation-in basé ball, but he is doing well with the Cincinnatis right now, ‘and always has been a firm believer in the sacrifice game, although it has worried him to see cGraw come along and make -a bunch of runs in one inning. * The New York Americans are doing pretty well with the sacrifice game, and so are the Cubs and the Pitts. burghs. Any fans, who have a yen toward sacrificing should bear this in mind, becauss it is added evidence ‘that the most successful teams thus far are perhaps having better fon\lm because they are not afraid Yo ad. vance the dase runner by bunting. The Gilants and the Phiis sacrifice least of all. (Copyright. 1926.) To Try Out A SETS COURSE RECORD MACKENZIE-VO GT C[-IOICES TO LEAD MET. GOLF [N SHERWOOD OREST GOLF' NEW !ORK. Jul u;—wm- I course record of 67 ind him for first round over the llnhl of the m medal play in ‘the annual tournament lt;’;r the nlotropo!lun open golf cham- ons! ling Smith and tied for second El:lw'." Jim' Barnes of Rockwood 1 and Harold Sanderson of Holly- wood, each with 72. Gene Sarazen of Fruh Meadow had a 73, then followed l host. of golfing stars with 74s and W!lh all the unbelievable wizardy at his command, Smith yesterday 'vnnt around in six_ strokes under par. Me played rippling, rhythmic golf, al- though it rained and blew and throughout his round. Smith’s wu:’m quite l!fl‘lfl:"« nary, Not a le 5 appeared on his card, and only twice did he go as much as a strike over par, each time on a short hole. Furthermore, he did not get a deuce to bring his score down unnaturally. ~ He , shot four birdies and two eagles. His outward trip was made in 35, against a par 37, and his inward trip in 32, against a c hz-m' tr BY W. R. McCALLUM. . more than a score of entrants from Washington clubs in ‘the list of starters, the stage appears to be set some time during the next two days for the long-awaited meeting of Roland'R. Mac- Kenzie of Columbia, Walker Cup team star, and George J. Voigt of Ban- nockburn, who won _three of the big tournaments about Wuhlnllnn last Spring. © Both men entered and are playing today in the qualifying round of the ‘Sherwood Forest. invitation - tourney, Which started this morning over the picturesque course laid eut on the bluffs overlooking the Severn near Annapolis. There is little ques- tion that Hu:Konli- ‘and’ Volgt - will | Qualify and that the draw will bfln‘ them t before sundown on Sunday. While a good field has been gathered. for lhu first big tourney at erwood it, these two stand out llke a sore thumb from the rest of the fia!fl. RAI"I F. Kellerman, jr., and J. Floyd Bra nersmu-t.ob‘fln most formidable among the other Capital entnm.- Baltimore has sent Larry 'Tell, formerly a public links star hsrth Alex Knapp, crack’ younster e Baltimore Country Club, and Frank M. Sweeney of Rogers Forge, BOYS CLUB years old. He's a student at Lynbrook = (N. .Y) High School. He has run the hundred in 10:1 and broad yumptd 22 feet 2 inches. Y He just popped irito fame over- night. But ‘while the rest of the countr{ has heard little of Wilder- muth, he and his coach, J J. Carter, have had the subject in mind for the last five years. ! Coach "Carter has been tnlnlnl Karl five years, but never before let him compete in big meets. Coach Car- ter doesn’ think a boy under 16 -mma £1 ‘Savises plenty.of practice and now | e v N and no and then lpll'lll for time, but he be- lleves a boy should wait until he has most of his growth before going out to do fast time. ‘Wildermuth has a nice running form, and in the East they belleve he is going to be better than Frank Hus- sey, tl::choolboy sensation of a few years k. These track stars spring up sud- denly. ' Maybe you'll be the next sprinting sensation. -Follow the ad- vice of the coaches and imitate the form of the champions. The runner KARL WILDERMUTH is 16 ISuummmg Boys Get Chance Lessons in Pool CHANCE to combine practice with theory is being offered in the swimming classes being conducted on Wednesdays and Fridays at the Jewish Community Center for The Evening Star Boys Club. Members who have been following the lessons given in the daily columns of the club are putting lhur knowTed, from Jim some first-hand ipstruc into practice, as well as getting cNamara, the athletic director at the center, and his assistants, who always are ready to help a fellow get started right in the swimming game. Nobody ever learned to swim by just reading about it. The lessons printed recently in The Star are good dope, but in order to really learn how it is done one must get in the water and try it. Star boys have been given the use of the big tank in the building at Sixteenth and Q streets, along with the brand- fiew showers and locker rooms, for an houn on each of the club days, as well as the benefit of free teach- ing by expert swimmers. This is a big thing for the club hoys, and all who can are urged to take advantage of the offer. A good bunch turned out last Wed- nesday, although the weather out- side was bad. However, thers always is plenty of room in the ‘pool for all who want to learn to swim .or to perfect themselves on the points that they already have picked up.4 n; Boys Club Every member of The Star t| MARSHALL IS BEATEN BY LASKER AT CHESS S KE HOPATCONG, N. J.. July 16 (A’)—Only one of the two in the seventh round ‘of the Amarleu\ chess tournament was. finished ‘yes- terday, resulting in the defeat of Frank J. Mmlunofflw!nrkby Edward Lasker of Chicago. [won in 33 moves. The game between Joss R. Qw blanca of Havana and A. of New York was adjourned uter 41 m«;’m G. Maroczy of Hungary had 2 ‘bye: tle, 2. Sacramento; - ‘0‘ Holl ‘Bfi‘l A Pnn’ll'lmt flt‘i&" Chub P Pledge I I pledze myself to: WANTlobe.mhrof'flhE'-m'Sth Boys Club, and if accepied to membership yself always in good physical con- mon. Pl-y fair. umodutwmmmdmneomphinhc 'Abndebydumluof-flopm‘nnh .and respect offici Follow !ho activities Star. als. 3 oflluchbthmb‘ Vasli Clip ‘this blank application, fill it out md il tpdn Star p D. addressed: Chief, Boys Club, Evenm should know héw to handle himself in the water. Here is a way to I-rn without expense and without Boyl of all ages have been coming to the classes. Some have attended every meeting and are expecting to kp.xltupnlun(utmpoolh o] for their use. They are enjoy. ing every minute of the practice hour and alwi are ready for more when their time is up. Those who are not members of the organization but would like to get in on the swimming and other activities that are to come can do b Evening sur. Wl.lhln‘ton. Then, on Wednesdays #f they will come arou: stréet entrance to the Jewish munity Center at 2 oclmt the rest bé easy. m MUTUALTIRECO TIRES = At NewRedueed :: . BEREEE pictured has good form. Note the he carries his head, the swing of Ml arms and his stride. This sketch was nu udh: WI'.I .t:fim to break the and_ he's in speed. hat do you wish to know? Ask anlon. Is there a penalty for & runner talking to an oppvmnl at the start in order to “rattle” hi an opponent, and “nmu” an manent at the start is not a good sport: Gmrizhl 1026.) By the Assoclated Press. 4 ‘While Dutch Ruether’s good left arm is helping the Washington A.morl cans in their effort to win their third successive pennant, Hod Eller is giv- ing his right.arm a daily work-out di- recting traffic at an Indianapolis street Intersection. Ruether and Eller pitched Cincin- nati to a world series title over the Chicago White Sox in 1919. Eller remained in the majors one year. after his sensational ;m:mu of 1919, drifted to the Indianapolis Amer- ican Association team and ‘then to U!tll Rock in the Southern Associa- Ho quit organized ‘base - ball yur and became an lndhmpolll po- an. River | Wi il | varry !armor Maryland amateur champlon, While Horace G. Chickering, a lhx of the Wilmington Country Club, is also an entrant. Starting time and pairings of the s ol'nnon entrants follow: 8 andJock Viiton, Wosasemy Forme O 18 26—R, O X xnw. Columbis. and E. TII.DEN HEADS STARS ACCEPT HAGEN’S ADVICE, IN clNCY SEMI-FINALS WETHERED TELLS BRITISH QI"CH‘NATL July - 16~William 11, champlon racketer; George Lott of Chicage and Kirk Reld of Cleveland. were awaiting the comple- tion"of & match scheduled today be- fore. starting in. the semifinals of the ' twenty-fourth annual tristate tennis” tournament at Hyde Park. The fourth semifinals was to be decided when the winner of the Ray Kunkel, Cincinnati, Junior Coen, Kan- sas City, match, met Edward Weber of_ Loulsville. ly from An‘onm‘ ,’"’;nn’mm Davis Cu St s e, TR nés; . len already ’ had qu-.llned "for the semi- ege from star, Bossong, 4—6, 6—4, 6—0. ‘ahle, Cincinnati, and Junior will baftle for the right to meet race. The semi-finalists in the men's . | doubles will be H. O. Mathers, Austin, = '1!- i, Ba) The nearly 80 onuunu are qunllty- Ing today, while t| rst and seco: MUNY NET TOURNEY WILL START SUNDAY More than 100 entries for the an- nual District municipal tennis cham- plonships were reported at an early |, hour today and more are expected before ‘the lists close at 6 o'clock at Brothers, 608 Fourteenth street. Play for the singles title, now held by Hugh C. Trigg, starts Sunday at 9:45 on' the courts at Monument, Parks. Doubles will not get under way until later in the week. A big prize list is waiting for the winners of the singles and doubles crowns as well as the champions at the four parks. The trophies, to be presented by .the Joint Welfare As- soclation and Public Parks are on exhibit in the show windows of Pearson & Crain, 1329 F street. tage | FIELD’S LABRADOR GOES TO BRITAIN FOR 1927 RACE NEW YORK, July 15 (#).—Lab- rador, Marshall Field's great timber- topping horse, will be shipped to England Saturday to receive special preparation for next year's Grand Rational Steeplechase. Labrador is regarded as an excel- lent weight carrier, with plenty of staying power. Sir Orby Hastings, past-master in conditioning horses for the rugged test of 41 miles, will Jook after his training. Hx automobile racers wearing the nu 13 have been killed in Europe since the year 1922, TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'’S, 7th & F [nour NewAuto Accessors Dept. Baby Hammocks for auto, ch.nn to -umnd fivm $2.69 ELLER, EX-PITCHER, NOW TRAFEIC COP : | | | i - nunuormh-a.udmm DUCO Now you can Duco your car your- self. Apply like paint with a brush. In all colors.i Half Pint.... 1 Pint. Quart . OIL SPECIALS Mobile A oo Polarine; allon " Simenize ; e your. wax or Tire 39¢ Tex., paired with Ellis Klingman, Chi- . | Coggeshall, Des Moines, and the Aragon brothers of '.l'n’° Philip- pines. Mathers " and Klingman came through to the ‘semi-finals through thelr victory over Lott and Bud 1'huyi_cfumlml. by a score of 3—§, K CANADA AND CUBA MEET IN DAVIS CUP CONTEST HAVANA, July 16 (®).—Davis cup tennis teams of Canada and Cuba will ‘meéet here !odny in the first two sin- their five-match ‘fll. contests plt ‘William F. Croclur. against Banet, Cuba, and J: Wfllh Canada, agal: In the doubles, tomorrow, Wi Srocker will be opposed by Chagon Banet. The concluding singles events are to be played -Sunday. Throughont the Store, Semi-Annual * MARKDOWN OF ACCESSORIES | TIRES and TUBES Water Pump test g © auto lights. Adds dis- tinction and M&z to evi a car. one By the Associated Press. I darned laz ONDON, July 16—Roger Wethered, former British amateur cham- piofl, b¢lieves that Walter. Hagen gave British golfers good advice in his recent interview, even if he didn’t say they were “too gosh th!gered who tied Jock Hutchison for the British open title in 1921 , and lost on the play-off, says, judging from‘the manner in which Hagen's comments on British golf have been received in England, honest criticism apparently is unwelcome. “Various excuses have been offered to explain our British defeats,” he says. “Excuses are only another sign of 3 l.nd results stare us in the face. “I am afraid the truth of the mat- ter is that we are less efficient golf- ers than the Amer- icans, and the in- ventions. of other reasons for our failures does more harm than good. It remains for us to make a fresh start before we can hope to win back our lost lau- rels.” ‘Wethered thinks that the British golfers as a class undoubtedly have suffered from the natural reaction which followed the stupendous out- burst of energy during the long years of the great war, but says the time hus now come to make an effort to discover anew means of making Brit- ish opinion unasszilable in the play- ing of the ancient game. “We don’t practice at golf in the sense that practice must become hard, regular work,” he says. “It is a dis- tasteful business unsuited to our easy- golng frame of mind, but it is essen- tial. Although we pretend to hate the idea of specializing, we cannot over- look the fact that our great golfers have been specialists and we shall nev- er recapture our championships until the few best fitted for the task make it (helr duty to do so. “‘A series of good rounds in friendly matches or a success here and there in a minor tournament does riot mean everything. The perfection of a few strokes from tee to green suitable to all types and conditions of golf courses and the determined practice of them until they can be produced un- failingly will have far more effect than any un:llount of wayward genius or oc- come out on top as Hagen is, but we leave too much to chance. Instead of tmlo ul practice, we rely upon inspira- ““Take Hagen's advice,” counsels Wethered. ' “Cultivate not only the will to win at golf, but also the way to win.”" DISTRICT NET LEAGUES IN CONTESTS TOMORROW Five team matches are carded for tomorrow in the Public Parks and Suburban Tennis Leagues. 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