Evening Star Newspaper, July 17, 1926, Page 27

Eastern Clubs Keep Tribe in Flag Race GRIFFMEN FAIL TO ANNOY INDIANS SO FAR THIS YEAR Speaker’s T‘eam, With 24 Wins in 37 Starts Against| Deubies~Sume, Indisis, 3 This Section, Has Defeated Champs in 5 of 7 i Games—Levsen Blanks Harrisnien, BY JOHN B. KELLER. EARING the buzz of the penn: pickin's for the Nationals, are ant bee, the Indians, for years easy tough customers for this same club to handle this year. They have bagged fiye of seyen games played so far with Bucky Harris and compa ny, and what they showed yesterday in scoring an 8-to-0 victory indicates that the remainder of their stay is apt to be most unpleasant for the twi o-time flag winners. ! That defeat sunk the Nationals so deeply in fifth place that they can cmerge during the present series only by takingat least three of the four engagements yet to be played with the Tribe, - That's quite some order, considering the strength of Tris Speaker’s warriors these days. . It is to the East that the Indians are looking for gains this season, and their record to date against thi wwise in this respect. Of their 47 victories, 24 have been scored over ern clubs, and but 13 of their 41 defeats East. That game yesterday was a falr sample of what the Nationals have been able to accomplish against the Tribe this season. In it the clan of Harris lacked about everything es- sential to a base ball club. It lacked real pitching, a hitting punch and was none too brilliant afleld. It played just about the class of base ball it did egainst the Indians here in May and in Cleveland in June. Tribe Here for War Dance. When they visited Washington for the first time this season, the Speaker- men took. two of three tilts. They were similarly successful when at- tacked by the Nationals on their first tri!.w‘ to’ Cleveland. It's no wonder Chief Tris and his band of warriors figure on & merry killing on this bat. tlefleld. Speaker has been banking heavily upon his husky right-hander, George Uhle, of late. ~Tris has been finding plenty for George to do and he inti- mated this morning that this product of the Cleveland sandlots would be sent to the hill in an effort to make | L it two straight over the Nationals be. | Le fore the day ended. Uhle has faced the Nationals once before this season. He pitched for the Indians in the initial game of their first visit of the t ba year and took a beat. b ing. But ‘twas a different Uhle to hurl today—and a far dlflm‘“: ‘Washington club he was to face. Manager Stan Harris, who does not hesitate to give plenty.of advance in- formation about his pitchers, an- nounced last that Walter Ruether was to get the call this after. noon. Dutch was handed a trouncing by the Tribe when it last came to this town, but he has been doing about the best hurling of the meager staff now sported by the Nationals. His record for the season reads: Games won, 9; games lost, 3. That' a record not to be sneezed at. ‘Whoever hurls for either side will have to do much clever pitching to equal the effort put forth yesterday for the Indians by Emil Levsen. This young fellow breezed along in easy fashion, holding the Nationals to eight safeties, spread through six in- nings, and a couple of passes. Emil at times was a trifle wild and he plugged two batters, but whenever danger threatemed hisclubmates came to the rescue nobly. They executed three double plays to queil incipient rallies. - Only three of the Nationals second base. Jamieson Heads Attack. It was Charlie Jamieson who led the attack against the trioc of pitchers trotted to the slab by the home club, Jamie collected four safeties and a pass in his six trips to the plate, but he was_closely pressed for batti honors by Homer Summa, who c’g three hits. All of the Tribe except Levsen shared in the making of the 15-hit total. 3 ‘Walter Johnson was the first of the Nationals'. pitchers to feel the sting of the Indians’ war clubs. He tolled through five innings and sustained a ¥10-hit lacing. The Tribe bunched a couple of safeties in the.second ses- sion to get their first tally and in the next they filled the bases with none out, then proceeded to garner three runs. - Thereafter they scored \vng ease, reaching Walter for more markers, collecting a brace off Emilio Palmero, Cuban southpaw, in the sixth seventh and combing Curly Oy for a score in the eighth. Still within hailing distance of a WOMEN 1 section of the circuit proves them East- ave been handed them by the pennant, the Indians are meeing red these 's, especially ‘when they ‘en- counter-& foe as vulnerable as has been the Washington club to them this season. ¥ 3 . R e i * »| 0000s00~s0~000l 2900000~ muo T 12000 B=umitnnd 25| oumssmmumaR moBNAS—wnd 3§ wwoon=oan? &l AMERICAN LEAGUE: . Hits—Falk, te Sox, 134. ; Blolon Dascubsueo. Yankioss. 14 Hunnefleld, White Stolen Rice, Nationals, 14; Sox, 18, ; : Ml:h.aamprm. Athietics, won 8, NATIONAL LEAGUE, . 18. Pitching—Jones, Cubs; won 6, lost CRUM IS BUSY ON- 6. W. U. GRID PLANS H. Watson Crum, athletic director and coach of foot ball at ‘Washington University, has returned to Washington, and is busy lning up the candidates for. his 1926 grid team and arranging other preliminaries to & busy geason. The Hatchetites have an unusually. heavy schedule this Fall, and will be playing their hardest string of games | since Crum took over the ceaching job. The freshman rule, which goes into effect this season, will-add to the work of rounding out an eleven. The selection of an assistant foot ‘ball coach will be, announced within a few days. —_——— EXNIBITION GAME. New York (Nat.), 6: Toledo (A.A.), 3. L uali trials yvesterday. George %nol:,yul'fu ch:mpdon, sent his mile-and [ 4 MACKS RAPIDLY CUTTING . BIG LEAD OF THE YANKS “can League pack a few weeks ago, today felt the hot breath of.a THE New York Yankees, who paraded 10 games ‘ahead of the Ameri- desperate sprint by Connie Mack's Athletics to close the diminishing gap between the two clubs.: The margin was shortened br‘ a double-barreled victory by Phi men were barely escaping ahother inping batting rallies accounted for both Thi by 3 to 2 and the second by § to 4. DE PAOLO GETS MARK IN NEW JERSEY TEST b . SPEEDWAY, N, J., July 17 (#h— Twenty-five kings of motor speed ‘were here today for:a new test for motor sprints on a wooden track. Three drivers beat the world rec- ord for 9l-cubic-inch racing cars in Poter de whirring around the . bowl at the mate of 133 miles.an hour, 14 miles an hour faster than th previous world mark, held by himself. Close behind were Dr. Willam E. Shattuc, Louisville, Ky,, and Bennett Hill, the former doing 132.4 miles.and the latter 131.7. The program, starting at 11 a.m, standard time, comprised three 60 mile sprints, with a 120-mile final, for $50,00 in prize money, Other features arranged were a 15- mile motor cycle race for the world championship and an attempt by Ralph de Palma, veteran driver, to break all world automobile records from 1 to 10 miles. SIXTEEN D. C. GOLFERS, QUALIFY AT SHERWOOD HERWOOD FOREST., Md., S luly 17.—With 9 Washingtonia first 16, overshadowing the efforts of the strong group Baltimore sent to this resort course, the stage is set for the long-expected s in the meeting between Roland R. MacKenzie, Walker Cup team star, of the Columbia Country Club, and George 08| the District. and Middle Atlantic golf championships. J. Voigt of Bannockburn, holder of MacKenzie and Voigt, who qualified well up in the medal round of the first Sherwood » | Forest invitation tourney yesterday, have been drawn in oppoite halves of ti;e first flight and should go through to the final to meet tomorrow , | afternoon. 4 On thelr way {o the ‘final round, I however, they must overcome st rong opposition, for Dr. L. 8. O'Tell, win- ~|ner of the medal yesterday, with & ACCOUNTANTS TAKE RACE LEADERSHIP General Accounting Office, winner of the first Government Base Ball League serles, broke the tie for first place in the second half race yes- terday and forged ahead of Patent Office with & 9-to-§ victory over Inter- McDonald occupied card of 77; J. Floyd Brawner and H. G. Chickering stand in_the way of Voigt's advance to the final bracket, while MacKenzie will have to beat such stars as Frank Roesch of the Washington Golf and Country Club, K. F. Kellerman of Columbia and Alex M. Knapp of Baitimore before reaching the ultimate round. MacKengie, with three lost balls in his medal round, finished one shot back of Larry O'Tell's 77 yesterday. scoring a 78 on his first trip over the rolling Sherwood Forest course. He was opposed to Norman B. Frost of Indian Spring today in the first match play round. Voight, who, nifd’ yesterday in_a mediocre 81, H. B, Crook, jr.; of In all, 16 Washington golfers qual: OP- |ified in the five flights, and none of urray. game second contest played in the league this week, rain having kept the team away from the diamond for three days straight. Fashion Shop got back into the first division of the Commercial cir- cuit and tied the Union Printers for second place position by blanking Pepco, 7 to 0, in seven inniny The Fashion Shop crew and ti Typo combination each has won only three out of six starts and must do _some traveling to catch Chevy Chase Dairy, :'hlch has half a dozen consecutive ns. The Navy nine. which captured the first series flag in the Potomac Park League last Monday, registered its second win of the last half yesterday when Civil Service was downed. § to 2. Sams of the winning nine lim: ited the Clvil Service batters to five ?lnsle-. walked one man and fanned our. Pullman took yesterday's’ clash in the Washnigton Terminal loop, win- nml‘ from Express by a score of 11 to I. N SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER A to be held this afternoon on th, ing promptly at 4 o'clock. Girl acrobats will be featured on N amateur circus—the small boy's delight, not to mention the small girl who was once supposed to.prefer mothering her dolls—was to e Virginia Avenue Playground, stari- the bill, according to Thélma Smith, 7 “ringmaster.” Music will be furnished by the Navy Band, and the affair will be quite complete with all the usual circus trimmings. tswomen will desert the tennis courts, swimmi s their skill on trapeze, bars a cartwheel, flip and other acrobatics familiar to the Youthful s and other playfields to demonstra ‘Wilda Farran, the best all-around acrobat of that wvicinity, will perform a varlety of stunts, specializing in double-jojuted novelties. Four sisters, Mary, ces, Regina and Rita Orange, will be grouped in several unique events, including a forward and ‘backward rolling stunt, their specialty. These young acrobats will wear costumes to carry out the color scheme suggested in their name. They pare “headlined on the 'bill as ‘““The Orange Acrobats.” They range in age from 4 to 12 years. Intricate handsprings will be ~ formed by Gertrude Richards, while her sister Grace is carded to do the cartwheel. Much interest and enthusiasm have been evinced by the members of the circus.casts in their preparations for this event, which marks a red letter day on the calendar at Virginia ave- nue. Many of the costumes have been planned and designed on the ground, where a_delightful anticipatory bustle l';u been in evidence for the past few ays. . Twin Osks racketers swung into nction yesterday after having their first matches rained ot on Thursday, the date originally set for the opening | tanks at the wdust ring. Parella was the winning hurler. | bruised NO WORD OF DEALS COMES FROM GRIFF Although administrative officials at headquarters of the Nationals were expecting some encouraging message yesterday and this morning from President Clark Griffith, who is in the Southland endeavoring to recruit ma- terigl for his faitering. club, no word of deals accomplished or in the mak- ing was received. The only wire from the prexy was one telling of his hotel address in Memphis, Tenn.. Bucky Harrls has been having enough trouble with his pitching staff, but affairs are worse now. In the fifth inning yesierday a hot drive from George 'Burns’ bat struck Walter Johnson just above the left ankle and the veteran pitcher so severe- 1y that he had to retire frame ended. may not be in condition to go as a re- sult of the injury. . Charlle Jamieson had his batting eye peeled for the opening encounter of the series here. The first time he stepped to bat he cracked a single to' left. In the third inaing he-dragged a bunt past Walter Johnson for & one:baser and in the fourth he got a single to right. Jamie drew a pass from Palmero in the sixth, but came back against Ogden in the h to get his fourth blow of ‘the day, & sin- gle. In the ninth Jamie grounded to Judge, and was barely beaten to the bag in his race for a fifth bingle, Se for an easy double, the Na- behind at the orack. of the bat, deep a advance all' hands, with: Jamieson were piifered by the I Tecause the Nationai the. {op-notchers was dropped from :hl first flight. Today's pairings fol- low: t—Dr, L. §. 3 ore bk o P By ing. neto: 6 x vs.' 3 et 4 lerman. jr.. (80). "vs, M s X I ich: mor e iadk Pullo® seriomes w2 (L) g 8). be- | BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS AMERICAN LEAGUE. - STANDING OF THE CLU five and one-half games yesterday with dglphia over i . Louis, wi the Hug efeat at the hands of the Tygers. Mackian triwmphs, the first The Athletics now fave won 12 of their last 14 games, as against 5 out of 13 for the Yanks. Ehmke, obtained recently from Boston in a trade, finally | has come through to suppert the mound efforts of Lefty Grove and Ed- die Rommel], the former Hub yestorday turning in one of He allowed the ful ninth-inning stand agal Cobbmen,” which started’ a three-run rally to turn the tide In favor of New York, 4 to. 8. A double by Combs, th.mrl’- triple and Dugan’s single did e rest. . In the only other Americgn game Levsen outpitched Walter Jol lfl;“fi‘o;hnk lhnm : tt: 0. 4 gging bees deve) in two Na- tional League conflicts, with l:o Robins mmering five 8t. itchers for an 8-to-7 victory, and the rates outslugging the Braves, 9 to 7. Wilbert Robinson’s warfare with his pitching staff reached husky Jess Petty yesterday. Jess was Suspended indefinitely for alleged . neglect of training rules. - Seven rums in a second-nning bat. ting assault clinched the Pirate wie- tory over the Braves, A home run by Rhyne with two on and a triple by| ‘Waner, which cleared the sacks, fea- tured the rally. TWOSOME SCORES ACES ON. CONSECUTIVE HOLES BLOWING ROCK, N. C., July 17 P).~Both members of a two- some made conseeutive holes in one yesterday on the Green Park BOIf course here. Robert Mebane: of Blowing Rock drove -his ball 108 yards and’it rolled into the hole. * Then Oscar Al Charlotte mom'l.um n"'h.b and its rney en in hole. Once before on the same course Abernethy sank his ball with one shot on a 385-yard hole. LEAD IN CHESS TOURNEY IS HELD BY CAPABLANCA LAKE HOPATCONG, N.,J., July 17 (#).—Jose R. Capablanca of Ha- vana held his lead in the Fan-Amer- fcan chess tournament yesterday by ue n- drawing with Kupchik of New York in a seventh-round match after 41 moves. Kupchik later defeated F. J. Marshall of New York in an irregu- lar_defense in 35 moves. Edward Lasker of Chicago ad- journed his match with G. Maroczy of Budapest after 41 moves. The standing: S s er d Pairings for the ninth round today follow: . Maroczy vs. Kupchik, Mar. shall vs, Capablanca, Lasker a bye. TRI-STATE DOUBLES " BROTHERLY AFFAIR CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 17 P~ ‘Willlam T. Tilden, Philadelphia, ten. nis champion, playing in the doubles semifinals of the tristate tennis tournnament, with ‘his vouthful pro- | tege; Junior Coen of Kansas City, Jost {a Rveset battle 3 %’en from yesterday to a pair the Philippines. Francisco and Guillerma Aragon of ‘| Manila, Philippine Davis Cup stars, the 3 | through . superior VR h | 8l 7110 8|S 71 $I& (3= 7] 5] 51 slioiaeis0] 1401 tional manager having left second far | ? HYATTSVILLE NINE HOST os| . TO ORIOLE TEAM TODAY odd game from Tilden And (o8N, match score was 3—8, 623, 75, 67, Tiiden and George Lott, finals of Lott’ el d ond final wd-; &?? h:.fllfit} nals Paul “Kunkal, nati ustin, Tex., and nan, Chi- , inl straight sets, 6--2, 6—3. 7—5. ! THe * Aragon brothers . eliminated ‘and Harris Coggeshall, Des T Pmis; for the AEst time in the his: tory of the tristaté toUrnament broth- ers will oppose brothers in the doubles COTTON STATES 1EAGUE. Wi g Delaney DELANEY’S HOME TOWN CELEBRATES JACK'S WIN @), GOLF TEAMS CLASH IN WESTERN TOURNEY R —— WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn., July 17 i), — Intersectional matches, bringing together spme of the -best amateur golfers of the West, pro. vided the curtain raiser today for the ‘Western amateur golf tournament which starts here Monday. lflflu leading golfers of the Pacific Northwest faced a select group from the Western Amateur Association in an all-day schedule calling for eight singles and four doubles.matches over the hilly White Bear Yacht Club cou rse. ‘The scoring system for determining the group victor accorded one point to & single trilumph and two points to a doubles win, or a possible total of 16. - Much interest centered in the match between Dr. O. F. Willing, Portland, nd Eddie Held, St. Louis, and Oreg. th:‘ meeting of Harrison' (Jimmy) Stein, Johnston, St. Paul, and Bon Seattle. Singles matches also included: Dex- ter ngu and Jack ‘Westland, Seat De! Huntington, W. Va., and Portland; Donald Carri and Jimmy Wall, Portland. ARMOUR IN RUNNING FOR MET. GOLF TITLE NEW YORK, July 17 UP.—Fifty players from a field of 135 starters were left today for the final 36 holes play of a 72-hole struggle for the Metropolitan open golf championship. MacDonald Smith this morning had a three-stroke lead over the defending champion, Gene Sarazen. Adding a score of 73 yesterday to his brilllant opening round of 67, Smith had a total of 140 for the first 36 holes. Sarazen's scores were 73— 70143, Joe Turnesa and Johnny Farrell each with 145; Willle Klein, Bill Mehlhorn and Harold - Sanderson, each with 146; Bobby Cruicksha with 148, and Tom Armour, with. 1 also were in the running. MUNY TITLE SINGLES TOURNEY DRAWS 118 Municipal tennis players numbering 118 take to the nets. toi at 9:45 on ithe four of publfe courts to start the annual fight for the Muny singles championship now held by Hugh C. Trigg of Rock Creek. Rock Creek and Monument racket- ers were included in the drawings for the upper bracket, whife Henry and Potomac Park entries make up the lower half of the draw. Trigg, the defending champion: - Maurice V. O'Neill, winner of the title in 1925 “Rob. Considine, runer-up last year, and Gywnn King were seeded. Doubles entries close on Wednesday at 6 o'clock. ngs for the first round tomorrow follo .| draw with Charley Long of Omaha, . | 1os “Angeles lightweight, won a de- X ‘r‘.l;‘ion over Roscoe Hall, Towa boxer s Victory Elates Boxing Fans NEW LIGHT-HEAVY CHAMP SCORES IN GREAT RALLY Wrests Title From Berlenbach in Last Five Rounds ’ of 15-round Fight, Despite Fractured Left Thumb and Paul’s Greater Weight. By the Agsociated Press. EW YORK, July 17.—The world light-heavywgight ring crown; jolted N from championship heads five times in the last six ‘years, found a new resting place today atop the handsome countenance of Jack Delaney 'of Bridgéport, Conn., whose real name is Chapdelaine Ovila. A sensationa! tory, under the unanimous decision -of the judges. brought. the' roving diadem to. Delaney before a capacity. crowd of 45.000, which paid $420,000 to see the-rivals of two years' standing grapple at Eb- bets Field for the third time. = E The verdict. for Delaney, who'only seven months before had failed to lift the champipnship-from his rugged rival, was as popular as only such a victory could be for a ring warrior who had gathered around him prob- ly the greatest following of any challénger since the days of Knockout fic smash to the pit of the champion's m»'.“x; That blow turned the fide ‘of battle, Delaney had appeared to be ‘sledge-hammer body Pl e stapped Toreh with. rerewsn t he ort vigor, to y:flm .the x;‘l:“.mmr with - 1 lightning I and rights. , De- y repeatedly, in the last five rounds, nailed Berienbach on-the jaw ‘I'with his famous right and omce, in ' | the fourteenth, it appeared as if the power | pagsing “champion would < crumple. ‘But Betlénbach, who was knocked out twp, years ago in four rounds by Delaney and who was floored In hmar second battle last Winter, @eathered e O e oy, | the storm of punches wit#but going It was & triumph |00 4o oneq King nela his title over a tremendo: - yo o S weight advan only a little more than a year, but surmounted, his brief careers was an eventful one ' and he achieved the reputation of * being the most active champion in- Andlleunoulhndan likes its heroes crowned--with a specthcular rally in the last 5. rounds of the 15- I round struggle, Berlenbach_ap- | tiring under t! q than & stout-heart- ed, iron armed v ing in his left thumb during the second round. While officially the weight of Ber- leénbach was recorded as 173} and that of Delaney, 166%, postponement of the fight one day because of rain actually gave the defending titieholder @« margin of 12 pounds over his op- ponent. When they entered the ring, Ber- lenbach tipped the .scales at 181, six pounds over his class limit, while the challenger’'s mark was put at 169. Delaney’s margin on points was de- cisive in the estimation of critics at the ringside. Up until the last five rounds, however. there was little to choose be;w;cn ;:lm as lth: big l‘lfl vantage of the challenger in early rounds faded before the dogged, deter- mined attack of the champion In seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth. Tide Turned in Eleventh. Delaney opened with sensational ral- ly in the eléventh, sending a thrill through thé throng by driving a terri- pugilism. Delaney, 26 years old and a French- Canadian by birth, has been boxing since 1919 to compile a record studded .* with notable knockout triumphs and two stunning defeats. In 1922 he - was twice stopped—once by Augie Ratner and once by Young Fisher. But a year later Delaney~ redeemed himself by outpointing Ratner, while Fisher faded into obscurity as De- laney rapidly -climbed the ladder. Delaney Eleventh Champion. Delaney’s victory marks the pass- ing of the title to its eleventh holder.” . Jack . Root, the first champion, was knocked out by George Gardner, who . held the crown until the great Bob . Fitzsimmons strode upon the resined .. battlefield. Bob, In turn, was suc- ceeded by Jack O'Bryan. Jack Dillon mounted the affer a period of Inactivity, only to be outpointed by Battling Levinsk: Then came Georges Carpentier. Ba flzfi Siki, Mike McTigue and Berlen. 1 throne When the riew champion was a preliminary boy an announcer pro- ."&'L"w name to the best .of his . - ity p-de-lay-nie. O e it ey The crowd got it as Jack Delaney NEW YORK.—Jack Delan®y.lang thé name stuck. Delapey’s share . Bridgeport. Conn.,, won the world|of last jnight's fight is estimated at light-heavyweight champion by = [$70,000.0 Berlenbach received some- judges' decision over Paul ~Berien- thing more than $150,000. -\ bach (15 Monte Munn, Nabraska, |jemmann® conecinr G e beat Gordon Munce, New York (4). dollars. He ainis to_enter, the hea knocked out | weight ranks, having found it almos St. Louis (2). i impossible to train Julius Weisse, Germany, and Tommy | pounds. 7 Walsh, Dublin, fought & draw (4| Official figures on last night's re. Ted Moore, England, beat -Jimmy | ceipts were 37,032 tickets sold ‘at France, Union City. N, J. (8). prices ranging from $2 to $35.for a STEUBENVILLE, Ohlo.—Pete Lat- | total of $419,789. ; # won from Ted Nelson, RIChMONG, | s by technical knockout (4). pine Islands, beat Hilario ines, 7, down to 1 lightweight champion of Spain (10). WATERLOO. lowa.-= 'y - Zoo Bill, Chinese flyweight, beat die- Lewis. Minneapolis (8). SAN FRANCISCO.—Lefty Cooper. Minneapolis middieweight, fought a a9). HOLLYWOOD. Calif.—Jackie Fields. MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Syracuee, 3: & Toronta, 4 B 8 SOUTHERN ASSQCIATION. gha i M b v VIRGINIA LEAGUE. BB FLORIDA Wallace Motor Co. NASH Sales and Service 1709 L Street N.W. Just East of Conn. Ave. Main 7612 STATE LEAGUE. e ‘Bradenton. 2 (10 inbings: LOUISE FORDYCE GAINS ‘were - n perior drivea of s an advantage. BASE BALL.%% X MIC{N- LEAGUE PARK Washington vs. Cleveland Mise Forayos ive