Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1926, Page 23

ATHLETICS ARE CRAWLING Mack’s Club Has Eurned Reputation for Gameness and Fighting Qualities—Reds and Pirates Run- ning Neck-and-Neck in Old League. Y FREDER HE passing of another week on T the Spring winning streak of 16 str: to remain in front. are running neck-and-neck, with the ting on a strong Midsummer drive. That Yankee slump proved ev: Almost every club which starts off wi kind of reaction. Huggins got a bad Bob Meusel and Waite Hoyt just at ting in. Then Babe Ruth hasn’t be: trouble. And when Babe isn't hittin, The slump of the Yankees com ICK G. LIEB. 1 the big league chessboard finds the gap between the Yankees and the other American League teams gradually closing. The predicted Yankee slump arrived, and only aight’ has enabled the Huggins outfit In the National League the Reds and Pirates still Giants, New York's other entry, put- en more serious than I anticipated. th a Spring rush usually is in for some break ‘in that he lost the services of a time when the depression was set- en the same player since he had his g the entire Yankee club feels it. es in answer to the prayer of seven' other American League club owners, who feared a repetition of the Yankee walkover of 1923, when New York threatened after Decoration day. won by 16)4 games and never was However, we now are assured of a race in the American League, and probably ome with a real old/fashioned finish® The Yankee pennant percentage has again been reduced this week, from .600 to .585. That’s a drop of 040 In the last two weeks. I still consider Huggins' club the favorite, but it now looks as though it will be hard pressed. Yanks to get their second wind in the near future. now is scheduled for middle August, and 'Hoyt is about ready to take his regular turn on the mound. Mack’s Philadelphia. team has taken full advantage of the Yankee slump, and day by day has been drawing ser to the slipping New Yorkers. 0 club in either league is fighting harder for games this vear than the Athletics. 1 don't know whether it is Kid Gleason’s fighting spirit, but it is uncanny how this club can pull out games in the eighth and ninth innings. It truly is one club whi isn't licked until the last man is out. Mack shifts his line-up, throws in his pinch hitters, and jockeys about his pitchers, but he is willing games. When the Aathletics slid out of the 1925 ‘race on an August losing streak of twelve straight T frequently heard the club’s gameness questioned. The Athletics learned a lot during that fatal string of reverses, and today there isn’t a gamer, harder fighting club in the two majors. Griffmen Lack Pitchers. Washington continues to show im- provement, and “Bucky” Harris an- nounces that his team still is very much in the race. The Nationals especially have come forward in their hitting, but Harris hasn’t sufficient pitching for another hard drive to the wire. The White Sox haven’'t been going &0 well in the East, as their strong pitchers have had difficulty in stand- ing up. Lyons, Blankenship and Faber were all hammered in Philadel- phia. The Sox continue to do their share of, hammering themselves, and when they meet the Yankees in their six-game series this week a lot of hits should fly around Yankee Stadium. Speaker still has his Indians going strong, and Cleveland is due to give the Athletics a tough time of it this week. Just as the Mackmen can beat the Yanks, so the Clevelanders can beat Philadelphla. They enjoy a 6-to-2 edge on the Quaker City team. Detroit ~continues to flounder, though the Tygers played good ball in New York, and held the Yanks to an even break. The Browns show- ed a vast improvement in their gen- eral play just before they came East, but this is proving another tough Fastern jaunt for them. Bobbie Quinn and Lee Fohl continue 1o ex- periment in Boston, and the Red Sox now are a fairly respectable tailender. Giants Master of Reds. "The Giants certainly know the com- bination for beating Cincinnati, even though they have trouble in beating the lowly Braves and other teams. When the Reds were last in the East the Giants hurled them back three straight games, and they jammed four more defeats down their throats in Redland last week. McGraw's club is putting in the strong western trip which I predicted for it last week. The National League race continues so close that any kind of a continued drive could send the Glants to the top. Repeatedly I have warned against underrating the Giants because. they happened to be in the second division. Being in the second division doesn't amount to anything in a race where only four defeats separate the first four clubs in the losing column The Glants put over a double vic- tory against the Pirates before a capac- ity crowd last week, but Pittsburgh has them on the season's games, eight to four. Back around 1921 and 1922 the Giants used to beat Pitts- burgh oft themselves, but in the last three years the Pirates have had quite an edge on the McGraw entry. The Glant clean-up in Cincinnati again put the Pirates within striking distance of first place, and did a lot to wipe out the lead that the Reds plled up while the Pirates were on thelr seven-straight losing streak, Infleld Troubles Develop. Both of these western contenders have developed infield troubles. The Reds grabbed Everett Scott over the interleague waiver route,to take the place of the weak-hitting Emmer at short. “Scotty” cracked out three hits in his first game in Cincinnati, but the player who reeled off 1,307 con- secutive games in the American League injured himself in his second game as a National Leaguer. Kddie Moore has fallen down badly at second for the Pirates, and Johnny Rawlings has been given aother trial at the hag. Joe Cronin, a budding young infielder farmed out to New Haven, has been recalled and may be shoved into the second place gap. Moore went to pieces at a time when Glenn Wright's bad knee forced his retirement to the side lines. Between the fllness of Carey, the injuries of Wright and Traynor, Barnhart’s col- lapse as & batter, Moore's letdown at second and a wavering pitching staff, McKechnie's pennant journey has not taken him over any smooth, well paved roads this season. The outstanding feature of the Pi- rate play recently has beerr the splen- did hitting of George Grantham, the former Cub, which, along with ‘that of Traynor and Bgrl Smith, has car- Wallace_!ll_o_tor?!g.~ NASH Just East of Conn. Ave. . " Main 7612 However, 1 expect the | New York FLAG CHANCE RATINGS IN MAJORS TO DATE AMERICAN LEAGUE. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Y 583 Pittsbureh ... . Bob Meusel's return | Ch ried the club along to such victories as it has won. Cubs Still Going Strong. | The Cubs refuse to be shaken off iflnd stick dilligently to their knitting. Joe McCarthy’s revamped tailenders remain in the tnick of the fighting. By another season or so Charley Root, Percy Jones, Blake and young Osborn should be whipped into quite a pitch- ing staff. The Cubs hit it out with the best clubs in the league, with “Hack” Wilson, thé former Glant, leading the charge. The Cardinals no longer are getting the pitching that featured their spec- tacular June drive through the East, the trip in which they lost only one game. Rhem, Keen and Sherdel won practically all those victories, but Rhem now is batted out in nearly every start, Keen has trouble with his arm, and Sherdel has become an in and outer. Hornsby is back in the e, but hitting nearly a hundred oints less than on this date a year ago. Just as “Dazzy” Vance promised to be of some service to Brooklyn he was incapacitated by a hot liner striking him on his, pitching shoulder and he 2gain is out of commission. Grimes now is_pitching brilliantly for the Dodgers, but by the time this West- ern trip is over I belleve the Brook- lyns will be firmly lodged in the sec- ond division. The Phillies nad Braves both are serving as beneficial tonics to the percentages of the four West- ern clubs. ' (Copyright. 1926.) Bridgeport, are covered with N tion from the facile pen of Chick Ci As a member of this club badk in 1919, Ovila Chapdelaine, then only 18 “years old, weighing 122 pounds, had his first fight. It took place in that little room. It was a four-rounder, with Steve August as his opponent. Both lads made several trips to the canvas during the bout and it was called a draw. This pair met again in a six rounder, with the same results. Al Jennings liked the looks of the lad in action, signed him to a con- tract, changed . his name to Jack Delaney and set out to conquer the fistic world. Delaney gradually took on weight and in a little over three years after his debut fought Lou Bogash for the New England title and' was returned the winner after 15 torrid sessions: sions. Jennings had a lot of trouble get- ting fights for his charge. The bet- ter Jack fought, the harder it was to obtain opponents to meet him. Al decided “to _let some one else take charge of Delaney rather than hinder his progress in the fight game. Frank Marlow, the race: horse owner, paid $900 for his contract. Marlow was too busy with his.beloved horses and in turn sent Delaney to Pete Reilley, his present manager. 4 Rellly is a go-getter. He got plenty of matches for his fighter and Delaney more than made good. His efforts were rewarded last week when he The Sweel an Geo. W. Cochran & Co. Distributor 5 of Jack Delaney: “The mighty oak American League Race Tightening Up : | EVERYBODY DIzZY |BIG CROWD .SEES AHEARN|THREE MUNY TENNIS [WEST CHECKING ADVAN CLOSER TO THE YANKEES| INTHIS BALL GAME CTVE GARDNER NEAT LACING| TOURNEYSENDTODAY| - BY GIANTS AND DODGERS { SPRINGFIELD, T, July 21 UP).~Fifty-six runs were scored in a Three-oye league hase ball game yesterday, in which Spring- fleld defeated Peoria, 33 to 23, the score ® new league rec- ord. Other organized base ball marks also fell by the mynm Thirteen hurlers a . There were 10 home rums, 7 two-baggers, and 4 triples as well .as 18 bases on balls. Springfleld clouted out 22 hits and took advantage of 14 bases on balls to overcome a 10-run handi- mP. Peoria_ hit_safely 27 times. n one inning Springfleld scored 8 runs, Thompson, catcher, hit- ting & home run on his first time up and a triple with the bases full for his second, thereby send- '"f‘ in 6 runs. ) ‘hatham, Springfield left fielder, walked on 5 successive tri to the plate, and Layne of Pes made 3 successive home runs. The game required 3 hours and 4 minutes. WAR REDS TURN TABLES. War Reds of the War Department Polo_Association, beaten Saturday by the Whites, avenged the defeat .yes- terday by nosing out their rivals, 7 to 8. Col. Margetts led in the scoring with a quartet of goals. b LS GRS TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va., July 21.—~The Potomac River was clear and the Shenandoah cloudy this morning. A next Wednesday night in the WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER SPECIAL meeting of the Metropolitan Athletic Club will be held B the fight all the way through to his to the body had its effect upon Ahearn did not use his left to the Jaw as frequently as he might, but seemed content to jab his right to the face and shoot his left to the body. In the clinches the logal boy was all over the Rhode Islander and played @ regular tattoo on Gard- ner’s body. Gard- ner appeared to have the heavier kick, ‘but rarely connected with it, as Goldie was en- tirely too fast and clever. Ahearn is a smart boxer and wals glven quite an ovation when the referee raised his right arm in . token of victory. GOLDIE AREARN. piaie Buell of California was at his best Jast night and proceeded to give Joey Kaplan of Baltimore a regular boxing lesson. The first two rounds were even, both eeling out.” From the second on, however, it was all Buell. Kaplan is a good, fast boy, but Buell was even faster, and at times made the EFORE a capacity crowd at Heinie Miller’s Kenilworth Arena last night- “Goldie” Ahearn, Washington featherweight, gave a neat lacing to Spencer Gardner in th‘eir 12-round bout, Ahearn proved conclusively that he cannot longer be called “Holdi holding or stalling His right jab found its mark repeatedly and his left Gardtier, " because he carried opponent, never once being guilty of Sammy Braunstein, the allservice lightweight champion, proved to local fans that his oneround knockout of Irish Jimmy Ryan was no fluke, when he stowed Billy West of Clinton, Iowa, away in the first frame. The Ghetto champ proved all the good things said of him—exhibiting speed, cleverness and a terrible punch. He' dropped West three times for the count of nine in the first round, and had his opponent out on his feet when the referee stepped between them and saved West from being murdered. Jack Cody of Fort Myer won a tech- nical K. O. over Frankle Cheslock, Quantico marine, in the first round. Cheslock suffered a cut over his right eye which prevented his continuing. The fight was a slam-bang, knock- down and carry-out affair as long as it lasted. After stalling for two rounds, Jimmy Mack and Bud Logan were warned by the referee and proceeded to make a real fight for the next two rounds, Mack was given the decision, but the worst Logan should have had was a draw. The crowd booed the decision. Johnny Amato, United States Ma: rine Corps, gained a four-round decl- sion over Nick Alvis, Both boys were exceedingly green, but Amato proved the more willing and cifried the fight Baltimorean look foolish. It was six rounds of speedy milling. ~ clubrooms, on F street, with Gladys Mills, athletic director, acting in the capacity of president i‘n the absence of the president and vice president, both of whom have resigned. The chief business for which the meeting has been called is the elec- tion of a president pro tem to serve until the regular election in November. In & recent meeting, the club voted to indorse the action taken by the Philadelphia Women's Athletic Fede- ration in refusing to co-operate with or have any part in the national women's track and fleld championships held in the Quaker city under the auspices of the Sesquicentennial exhibition committee July 9 and 10. The Phila- delphia_federation 'based its refusal upon the ground that the National Amateur Athletic Federation stand- ards were not upheld by those in charge of the meet. ‘The Metropolitan Athletic Club was asked to indorse the action because of its new afilliation with the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, which organization stands firmly behind the N. A. A. F. in its efforts to protect girls’ athletics from exploitation. The Metropolitans are the first athletic group to join forces with the General Federation. They also are the first to declare their complete accord with N. A. A. F. principles. DELANEY STARTED BOXING AT 18, WEIGHING ONLY 122 BY FAIR PLAY. - EW YORK, July 21.—The rooms of the Acorn At hletic Club, in flags and bunting. Beneath a life- size painting of the new light-heavyweight champion is an inscrip- rayton, sports writer and bosom pal from a little acorn grew.” won, the world light-heavyweight crown from Paul 'Berlenbach. ‘The new champion is 28 years old. He was born March 19, 1900, in St. Francis, Canada, of French-Canadian parentage. He has participated in 60 fights, scored 25 knockouts, won 26 decisions, foughts 2 draws, lost 4 times, was knocked out twice, and 1 bout was de- clared no contest. (Conyrigbt. 1926.) PAN-AMERICAN CHESS ‘TITLE TO CAPABLANCA LAKE HOPATCONG, N. J, July 21 [UP.—Jose R. Capablanca of Havana, world chess champlon, captured the pan-American tournament which end- ed here yesterday. a French defense with G. Maroczy of Budapest in 21 moves and A. Kup- chik of New York and Edward Lasker of Chicago drew a Zukertort opening in 59 moves. The final standing fol- lows: Won. Lo.t. Capablanca. ........ 6 M 5 3 413 3 .a"' fi,% 113 6% d All members are urged to attend, in order that the selection of the tem- porary leader may represent the choice of t he entire body. Miss Mills has been appointed Dis- trict representative for her club in the General Federation. Priscilla Woodley, present holder of the Happy Hollow net title, came through unscathed in her initial en- counter of the 1926 event which opened this week on that ground. Miss Woodley defeated Irene Holtigan 6—0; 6—4. 3§ Sophie Romero took the measure of Frieda Stein, 6—1, 6—2, in the other first-round match reported yesterday by Frances Major, director, who is managing the tournament. Playing consistently despite the in- tense heat, Maria Gil Borgas and Sidney Alexander won their opening matches decisively on the Chevy Chase playground courts yesterday afternoon. Miss Borgas scored over Virginia Alexander, 6—1, 6—2. 8id- ney Alexander registered a 6—3, 6—2 victory over Margaret Tolman in the other contest, which was close enough to be very interesting through- out, Play will continue today, accord- ing to Ruth Colman, director. In the final round Capablanca drew | Bronze test buttons, emblems of athletic efficieney, were awarded 15 girls on the Johnson-Powell, Van Ness and Adams playgrounds yesterday by Maude Parker, director of girls ac- tivities. Those who passed the tests success- fully are: Johnson-Powell—Janet Keller, Teresa Neri, Alice Neri, Martha Hancock and Frances Fuhrman. Van Ness—Marie Alexander, Irene Hunter and Pear]l Titeman. Adams — Edith Barsky, Dorothy Burr, Doris Burr, Mary Crawford, Jean Crawford, Ethel Kahanov and Sylvia Kahanov. Hikers from the Corcoran play- ground will sart out tomorrow morn- ing for a tramp along the towpath bordering the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. Accompanied by Katherine Pfeiffer, the party will leave the play center at 10:30 o'clock. JUNIOR ORDER AND KLAN NINES PLAY ON JULY 31 Base ball teams of the Junior Order of American Mechanics and Ku Klux Klan will play ‘their annual game at Griffith Stadium on Satur- day, July 31, according to announce- ment made today by officlals of the Junior Order. A flag raising, exhibition drills by uniformed patrols from' both organ- izations and their women's auxiliaries as well as a performance by the Juniors’ clown band will précede the game. ND GENTLE W throughout. 25 LOCAL GOLFERS IN MARYLAND EVENT| Twenty-five golfers from Washing- ton clubs are entered and will play tomorrow in the qualifying round of the annual golf tournament of the Marylana Country Club over the rolling course on Park Heights ave- nue, In Baltimore. Leading the list of Capital entrants, all of whom start after noon tomorrow, are Ro- land R. Mackenzie, former District and Middle Atlantic champion, and Miller B. Stevinson of Columbia, winner of two tourneys last Spring. Albert R. Mackenzie, former holder of the Middle Atlantic title, also is an entrant. George J. Voight of Bannockburn, present holder of the District and Middle Atlantic cham- plonships, has not entered the tour- ney. ‘While the qualifying round started today, the Washington entrants will not tee off until tomorrow. Pairings and starting times of the Washing- ton players follow: 1245B. W Kadel. M4, C° ., and R. . Waldron, Wash: G, & 280 K. J. Wike, Wash. G. and C. C., andpastner. A 12:66—C. A. Watson, Columbia, and W. L. Richardson. fr. . 1:00—Roland R, Mackenzle. Columbla. and J_F. Brawner. Columbia. Col :05—K. F. Kellerman, ir.. Columbia, and John Merritt, Columbia. 10-—Albert Macenzie. Columbia., 1 o8 #."fhum' jar, Columbla, and L. rea. Rollin 235" Everett Eynon, Columbiafand Rob- Gormley. Columbia, :40—C. H._ Orme, Columbia, and William G. and ¢ ash, W. A.‘McPhail, Md. C. C. . Bruce ‘L. Taylor, Dr, Louts peman, ‘Washington Golf'and Country Club 1so an entrant, although his name 18 not in the list of pairings made by the Maryland Club. Members of the Washington Den- tal Soclety will be hosts to their coi- leagues from the Baltimore Dental Soclety this afternoon at the Wasi.- ington Golf and Country Club. The match is a return engagement for one played a month ago at the Maryland Country Club. - WINCHESTER GOLFERS WIN. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., July 21.— The Winchester Golf Club team de- feated representatives of the Opequon Club in a match played on the local course, 2713 to 84. “The next match for the Martinsburg linksmen will be the tri-State meeting Saturday at Hagerstown. PRI ey o PIEDMONT LEAGUE. é}fihm' 45, Winston-Saleqy. . | ien Bolat. 4 nu%?n.'s.’ Bang Rutn's Home Run Feet *“It isn’t always the length of the hit ":fl.e'm the run. Some- } § S AY "ro:"lN\D’_A A Wl’x‘fl singles championships being decided today on the tennis courts at Monument, Potomac and Henry Parks, three of the mi- finalists in the annual municipal tournament for the public courts title will be known by nightfall. Rock Creek still is rurining behind sched- ule, and will not stage its final until tomorrow. - Bob Considine and C. F. Stam are to play today for the honors at Potomac Park. In the fourth round yesterday Considine defeated A. L. Knapp, 6—1, 6—2, while Stam won from Mortimer Rathgeber, 6—1, 6—2. Gwynn King meets A, W, Steb- bins in the final at Monument. King's newest victim is Don Sickler, who lost yesterday, 6—2, 6—1. Stebbins :E’zlnn&ed Ben Detwiler, 6—1, 6—8, Maurice V. O'Neil, former muni- cipal titleholder, is matched with Dooley Mitchell in the last round at Henry. Mitchell defeated Hal Fow- ler, 10—8, 6—1, and O'Neil won from L. Coronel, 6—1, 6—0. ° Hugh Trigg meets B, Burke, and R. E. Newby faces G. .B. Clark in the fourth round of Rock Creek Park matches. The tilts will be staged at the Monument courts. Burke won from pDouglas Love, 7—5, 7—5; Clark defeated B. S. Loney and Newby defeated J. E. Eckert, 4—6 6—3. of Results matches: yesterday's doubles POTOMAC PARK First, round—Woodward and Schare de- eated ml! and partner. by default: Dresch- r and Hoftecker defented Otennor and Kim- Ty, 10—8. 9 J and_Robbips de- leated Dougherty and Drew. -2, 6—2. o el el T na 5 A ing .’r’fwfxmeu defoated Garber and ‘rench. 1, 6—0 MONUMENT PARK. First d—Haig_and- Slanker dofeat Dontghus brothers 523 6210 < Nowby wad grant deteated Barber™ and’ Kirby, 60, s doleated MeDiarmid and pariner by do: fault. HENRY PARK Second round—Granett and _Gould de- feated Shiitack and Hoagland. 6—2. 4—0. ELIMINATION SERIES IS MINUS STRIBLING By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 21.—W. (Young) Stribling, whose light-heav: weight title aspirations were jolted re- cently by Berlenbach, is out of the ring indefinitely and will not partici- pate in an elimination tournament to determine a challenger for the new 176-pound King, Jack Delaney. ‘This_was disclosed today by Pro- moter Humbert J. Fugazy in announc- ing the State athletic commission had approved his plans for several bouts in_such an elimination series. Fugazy had sought Stribling as an opponent for Tommy Loughran of Philadelphia on August 18, at Ebbets Field. but the promoter was informed by “Pa” Stribling that his son was not in good health and would not be ready to fight for at least two months. Stribling has not been in the ring since his decisive defeat by .Berlen- bach at the Yankee Stadium June 10. ‘Newspaper men have been asked by Fugazy to select an opponent for Loughran. 'Their choice is expected to be Maxie Rosenbloom of New York, whose two successive victories over Dave Shade recently have lifted him to_prominence. ‘Berlenbac] the dethroned cham- pion, js booked for an active L. palgn having for its goal a reburn match with Delaney. He has signed Jor two bouts only a week apart on Fugazy’s program at Ebbets Field, substituting for Delaney as an oppo- nent for Francois Charles, French champion, August 11, and oppusing Mike McTigue, former 175-pound titleholder, August 18. The winner of the Berlenbach-Mec- Tigue and prospective Loughran- Rosenbloom contest will be matched by Fugazy to determine an opponent for Delaney. Delaney’s first appearance in tne ring since winning the light-heavy- ‘weight title now is fixed for Septem- t Gaining Little in the Parent Circuit. Much Seesawing, but no Forward Move That Looks Enduring. Made by Seaboard Clubs in Their Second Western Invasion of Year. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, July 21.—There has been much in the way of seesawing, . but mo significant gain by the [Eastern section of the Nationa! N League in its present invasion of New York and Brooklyn that so their checkered careers. 4 however much it may have jolted the ,Anything the Gi: the Pirates ha way to keep Cincinnati and JAPANESE NET STAR FACES TILDEN TODAY By the Assoclated Press. ' BROOKLINE, Mass., July 21.—A Japanese tennis threat menaced the Longwood Bowl today. Willlam T. Tilden, 2d, the national champion, who has swept aside op- position easily in the opening rounds, drew for his opponent in the round before the semi-finals Teiso Toba, third ranking Japanese Davis Cup player. Toba advanced yester. ‘day at the expense of Luclan E. ‘Willlams of Chicago. Two other Japanese net stars re- mained among the eight athletes to survive the preliminary rounds. They were Takechi Harada and Seki Omtawara. Alfred H. Chapin, jr., of Spring- field, who once beat Tilden, lost yes- terday to Lewis N. White of Dallas. Other survivors of the third round were Bradshaw Harrison and Ed- ward G. Chandler of California, and Berkeley Bell, sensational junior from Austin, Tex. Today’s matches start at 1 p.m. standard time. HAGEN SETS RECORD IN EASTERN GOLF WIN By the Associated Press. DELAWARE WATER GAP, Pa., July 21.—Walter Hagen today wore another golf crown—the Eastern open championship. In winning yesterday, the first competition for the new title, Hagen played sensational golf. After setting a new world record of 132 strokes for the first 36 holes, he failed by one stroke of equaling the world mark of 274 for 72 holes, made by Emmet French at Yougstown, Ohio, in 1922. His worst round, a 74, was played on a wet course. His other rounds were- 67, 65 and 6€9. The former course record was 70, while 72 is par. On the eighteenth green of the final round Hagen had a 12-foot putt to tie French’s record. The putt was true, but the ball hung on the lip of the cup. Hagen’s card of 275 was nine strokes ahead of his nearest competitor, Johnny Farrell of New York. Hagen won three of the four special prizes of $100 for each low round and $500 first money. He also was awarded a gold wolf’s head with dia- monds for eyes. HUFF IS MUCH IMPROVED. CHICAGO, July 21 Huff, veteran athletic director at the University of Illinois, is so much im- proved in a London hospital where he was operated on recently for ap- pendicitis that daily cable advices to ber 10, when he is booked to fight Tack Sharkey, Boston heavyweight, at the Coney Island Stadium. relatives will be discontinued. 'Word to this effect was received here today from Mrs. Huff. ~ Right on the counter/ J Right in the Best Condition, Right in Price tm&mvh acturers Washington Distributors, 1347 Penna £ , i There hasn't been a forward 'move that looks enduring. The Giants beat the heads of the Cincinnati Reds against the baked mud of the Ohio, River bottom, but that did not win the penant immedinel§ (P).—George -4 - of the West, despite the fervid hope mething may turn for the better in for New York. eds. complacency of the nts may have done to Cincinnati is offset by what ve done to the Giants. And now the Cubs are whaling McGraw’s men. There alwa;g is a balancing of ittsburgh around the top. er that results in some It St. Louis had shown the same punch against the metropolitan dis- trict that has been shown by .the Pirates and the Reds. the Cardinals might have been leading the race. . , up %o the present, has been the weakest of the four in gaining ground at the expense of the East. As the race is running today the percentage of victories by the West over the East as a section is about 600, There’s the story and that is why more than once this year, and for the first time in several seasons, all of the Eastern clubs have been in the second division of the National League race. . Different in Junior League. In the Americari League the situa- tion is quite different. The Eastern clubs have the better combined per- centage. Their total is about .520 as against .475 for the West, in approxi- mate figures. There is little satisfac- tion in them for the East, altjough it seems probable that an Eastern team will win. The figures show there is strength enough scattered around in. . ¢ the Western section to win a pennant, Ps but that none of the teams can con- 3 centrate on an objective. Ci 2 The Natlonal League race, which = i has abput .190 points between its first and clubs, seems to be closer than the race in the American Leaguey but that is due to the fact that the Yankees are big leaders and the Bos- on Red Sox big losers as comparea with the other six teams. ‘The Red Sox have won nearly as many games from the West as the Nationals, although they have lost so many more that they are a low- lier bunch so far as Fast and West concerned. ‘White Sox Hurt Tribe. Cleveland has been the strong Western team against the East in' . the American League and if the In--' dians had not taken such terrific punishment from Chicdgo they would have been nosing around the cham- pionship oat bin, The National League logically " speaks little hope for an Eastern . winner. The American League is a much tighter fight and there would be a chance for one of the Western teams to step in if one of them could pull together and organize as much as there is in the Yankees. The ‘Yank punch is not working overtime, as it once was, but every now and then it rises like a geyser when it is needed mighty bad. (Covyright. 1926.) Wire and Disc Wheels - W.S. Kenworthy & Co. o 1617-19 14thSt. N.-W. North441 - Service and Parts Tires, Tubes and Repairing * 4 Fountain Pens Repaired - Keys Duplicated, 25¢ Adams News Depot, 902 G N.W. s at %" Ave, N.W., Phone Main 391