Evening Star Newspaper, July 27, 1926, Page 20

L 0 Goslin Due to Be Reinstated and Made Regular Centerfielder of Nationals SPORTS. EARL McNEELY IS SLATED - FOR JOB IN LEFT GARDEN Bucky Harris Believes Base Running Activities of Rivals Will Be Cut by Such a Combination. Johnson to Oppose Sox in Chicago Today. BY JOHN second invasion of the West C B. KELLER. HICAGO, July 27.—In today's game, the opening one of the Nationals’ this scason, the outfield combination ‘generally used by the Champs was likely to be sent into action. / Goose Goslin's suspension that has kept the gardener idle for a week was apt to be lifted by Manager Stan Harris in time to permit the player to take his place in the line-up this afternoon. ) Whether the Goose will remain in the line-up any great length of time is another matter. Although statis! tics for his batting gave hrm a more than respectable average, it was more or less a “paper” batting mark. He indifferent playing, nor had he been Unless the Goose shows more punch after his return to action, he will be vanked quickly, Manager Harris has intimated. The pilot seems of the opinion that he can get a good hitting combina- tion for the gar- den without hav- ing to use the erstwhile strong slugger. Now that Earl McNeely has dem- onstrated he can play left fleld as well as center, he may be retained in the job Goslin vacated by request and the Goose tried in the middle pasture. Harris fig- ures the Goose is fast enough to take care of the larger field, and he is particularly desirous of having in center a player with a sjrong throw- ing arm such as Goose possesses. It has been lack of strength in his wing more than anything else.that has kept McNeely on the bench so much. There is no better fivhawk in the American League than Earl. He can roam far to drag down drives of the opposition, but in center he was not so googd at getting the ball to bases after mak catche: As a left fleld A y would not be called upon to many long throws. And he has plenty of pewer for the shorter ones. In games in the Tyger series in Washington last week the agile voung pastureman several times winged the ball to third in good GOOSE GOSLIN. not particularly effective with the flail at the time he was benched for for some time. time to head off too ambitious run- ners. To Cut Rivals’ Sacrifices. With Goslin playing center instead of McNeely or Sam Rice, Harris has an idea that the sacrifices heretofore made so frequently by opponents of the Nationals will be reduced mate- rially. The pilot feels that rival clubs have been profiting too much at the expense of some of the weaker fling. ing wings of his athletes. ‘Walter Johnson was to open the series against the White Sox this afternoon, according to Manager Hars ris' overnight plans. The big fellow has not toiled since last Wednesday, when he repulsed the Tygers in the second game of double-header at Washington. During the Nationals’ last visit, here Johnson started and ended the serfes. He was driven from the slab in his first effort, although the Champs with a spirited rally trl- umphed. Credit for the victory went to one of Walter's successors. He came back four days later and was defeated. Tate Due for Some Toil. Harris sald today that Benny Tate, who now constitutes half of the Na- tionals’ catching department, will likely get plenty of work during this Western tour. In addition to over- time toiling in the bullpen with the relief flingers, Tate is to be sent be- hind the bat in gontests. The strain of almost continuous catching is be- ginning to tell on Ruel and the slight receiver will have to have an occa- sional rest, the pilot believes. HELMY DUE TO TRY CHANNEL TONIGHT By the Associated Press. BOULOGNE, France, July Tshak Helmy, the “Egyptian glant, has again been forced to postpone his attempt to swim the English Channel. As he was about to 't Jast night there was a sudden change in the wind from east to northeast, and the Channel, which had been calm, with conditions favorable, became so rough as to make a start inadvisable. Helmy hopes to get away tonight, at which time Mme. Sion, the French swimmeor, and the Canadian aspirant, Omar Perrault, will also start. Gertrude Ederle and: Filian Can- 27.— non, the American swimmers, have gone to Cape Gris) at which point Helmy is to ta e water. They expect to take turns pacing Helmy, as part of tragning for thelr attempts to swim the channel. 28 e e LEPER BASE BALL LOOP GIVEN PERPETUAL CUP HONOLULU, July 27 (P.—Base ball players of the leper settlement at Kalaupapa now have a perpetual challenge trophy, gift of the team of the University of California. The patients at the leper setilem wrote the Honolulu Star-Bulletin ing for a trophy. Cecil Benny, mana- ger of the Haw League, ent K Baseball gave a cup for the winning team this | vear and the University of California players, here for a Summer against Hawalian teams, chipped ip to buy another cup for berpetual | challenge. The trophy will be known 'as the California cup and bear the names of the members of the team donating it. TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va., July 27.—The Potomac and - Shenandoah Rivers were very muddy this morn- ing. MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS | M 1 Columbus. ndianapolis, 8: St. P: aul, TE! XAS LEAGUE. Waco. 1 ort Worth, 1. Mobile. 5. od. VIRGINIA LEAGUF. rtamouth, 8: Rjchmond. 3. a U, Sorlole T ilson.'3: Petersbure, 0. NTIC LEAGUE. Charlotte, 1. Asheville. . 7; Columpbia.' 5. Macon. 2-3. PIEDMONT LEAGUE. Ralelgh. 3: Durham, Greensboro, 1: High reenvitie. & Sarianbure, St Weusta, 5:0: Point. 0 FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE. 5; St. Petersburg. 1 L 2: Orlando. 1. arasota. 8. ort Xyers, 8. SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE. §t Auzugting, 5:0: Albany, 4:6. acksonville, ) M Columbus. 6-7 COTTO Itport, 18: Vicksburg. A e O Meridian, 9: diig 1. raln. 9: Al Jackson-Hattiesbur EXHIBITION BASE BALL. Aubum, N. Y.— STATES LEAGUE. B E Feronto (International)... v i} oako (American). ... 151 Maler, Hubbell, Carroll. Satterfild _an o RN Sreennrate. Tiureion and Gravowert INTEI Baltimore, lléadhu;, 0. N board daily in figures. {more than 70 points. | place in a league race except eighth. will be hanging by their toes to stick of August. ° I BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS l AMERICAN LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Philadelphia, 5: Boston, 0. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. ] ) Sz 33 ] & E c = B series | Bos TODA Washington at s ork at St. Philadelphin at €l Boston at Detroit. 3144137 146/54157|—! i TODAY'S GAMES. hi at Boston. Plttsbureh at New York. Cinclnnatl at Brooklyn. St. Louis at Philadelphia. BASE BALL SECRETS l By Sol Metzger. { Hit in This Shuation. i) THIS ‘When a batter is up and there are runners on first and .second bage and none out and the score close, the fielding team usually ex- pects a bunt and plays for it. It is always good base ball to cross the opposition, and in this situ- atlon one of the best plays of all is to.take a good cut at the first good ball pitched rather than bunt Newark, 4, it. If the batter connects there is Rochester, 13: Buffalo, 3. every chance in his favor of a clean Others not scheduled. | hit, for the reason that the infield BLUE RIDGE LEAGUE. Chambersburg, 16; Martinsburg, 8. Frederick, 5-5; Waynesboro, 4-3. Hagerstown, 9; Hanover, 3. EASTERN SHORE LEAGUE. Salisbury, Cambridge, 8. Paston, 8; Dover, 1.- Parksley, 18; Crisfield] 9. RADIATORS, FENDERS Wit TP S R ¥ s, will be playing in for the bunt and will be caught off guard. R IS It costs between $15,000 and $20,000 to stage the English Henley regatta each year. 'TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S, 7th & F THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., N A CARRIER PIGEON (Owned by Afteruntl of Londer), REWRNED HOME AFTER YEARS. “D ‘:0 ouFrod beshn, 1926, (HIPP.EVERS o) VITAL WEAK SPOTS SHOW IN MAKE-UP OF THE REDS : BY JOHN B. FOSTER. g EW YORK, July 27.—It is obvious that the Cincinnati Reds are not winning at the same pace they held a while back in the National League. But it is not so,obvious how they have been losing, be- cause the grand total of their failings doesn't get pasted on the bulletin Since the Ist of July the net gain of the Pirates over the Reds has been That is enough to drag any team out of almost any _Another 70-point loss and the Reds in the first division by the latter part The vital weak spots In the team made themselves manifest when the Reds finally were coliared in a jiu- ditsu grip. Admirable pitching enabled them to put it over their Western col- leagues, but when the Eastern teams came through Cincinnati on the in- vasion just completed the Reds “‘blew” both in the box and at bat, and the wabbly side of the infield had its share in the blow-up. Loss of Hunnefleld a Blow. Several persons attribute the sag- ging of the Reds to the faflure of the management to, sign Hunnefleld for shortstop last Fall. They sent a spe- cial envpy to take a second look at the player and then rejected him. ‘Tough luck for the Reds, it is evident now, because Hunnefleld has been moseying along fairly well for the White Sox. Best of all is his batting. Emmer at short is not hitting .200 for the Reds, and no major league team can carry a less than .200 infleld bat- ter in daily games and win a pennant. The Pirates are nearly a month be- hind their 1925 schedule. Last year they fell out of first place once after arriving, but if they fall out this time they could just as easily fall through the slats of a berry crate after being nailed in, because Cincinnati doesn't show it is resourceful enough to stand the Pirate gaff. Luque isn't where he was a year ago. Rixey stood out for a salary boost in the Spring and hasn't stood in with many well pitched games this season. The Reds also need Bressler badly as a regular, will have him back shortly. ‘The present invasion of the Nation- al League Western clubs in the East is only the second of the season, and if the Reds can't regain some of their winning spirit as they make a fresh start today in Brooklyn, they are al- most sure to be thrashed. If the Reds had anything to ex- change they might have acquired some new strength, but the manage- ment has played so close to its Ohlo Valley belt that the team is barely | able to take the field to meet its own needs. Y Reds Are Displaying Nerves. Defeat has played on the nerves of the Reds. And the players of other teams, knowing that the Reds can be heckled, are after them with verb and noun—and some of the repartee is llke the sharp end of a Canada thistle. If Manager Hendricks can't keep his athletes amiably inclined when they are teased, they will fret themselves out ‘of every close game they get into. (Covyright. 1926.) Tickets to the Army-Navy foot ball game at Chicago on November 27 will cost $10 each. TIRE STORES 2104 Pa. Ave. N.W. 9th & P Sts. N.W. 12th & H Sts. N.E. 'BELIEVE IT OR NOT. |08 un 5 ; MRS. THEA ALBA CAN WRITE 3 SENTENCES IN 3 LANGUAGES UPSIDE DOWN AND BACKWARDS — ALL AT THE SAME TIME and probablw| (Reg. U. S. Pat. Office.) A\ 4 { PLAYED 2 YEARS AND WAS ONLY OFF THe FAIRWAY ONCE { (1898 -1899) TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1926. SPORTS. —By RIPLEY TYPOS STILL IN RUNNING IN THE 90MMERCIAL LoopP By the Associated Press. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Batting—Fothergill, Tygers, .409. Runs—Ruth, Yankees, 92, Hits—Burns, Indians, . Doubles—Burns, Indians, 43, Triples—Gehrig, Yankees, g L f 30, bases — Hunnefleld, White LANS for a post-season play-off to decide the in the F'l‘(:ll::;.’_““' A nkees, Commercial Base Ball' League were halted today by overy R that the Union Printers are still in the running for 1} i the Pitching—Pate, Athletics; won 8, | second-half series. 1] lost none. The Typos, who meet Fashion Shop today, have taken six of their NATIONAL LEAGUE. Batting—Hargrave, Reds, .384. Runs—Blades, Cardin; 68. Hits—Brown, Braves, 12| Doubles—\Wheat, Robins, 29. Triples—Walker, Reds, 1 Homers—Wilson, Cubs, and Bot- tomley, Cardinals, 14. Stolen bases—Cuyler, Pirate: Pitching—dJones, Cubs, and Cardinals; won 7, lost 1. nine starts and still have three games play. Chevy Chase Dairy has taken nine straight. i Should the Typos be beaten today the Dairymen would win the honors and the remainder of the scheduled games called off, so that the play off between Fashion Shop, winner of |the first half, and the Dairy nine could be staged without fur delay. | T If the Printers take today's con.|the Police Departm | test they will go against Chevy Chase | Dalry on Thursday. The leaders got thelr ninth win yester: from Chesapeake & Potomac phone Co. w. Penr They will meet lway teams of system ing is bookin partment SOLDIER AT BENNING _ MUST SWIM 50 YARDS FORT BENNIN July 27 (). ~—The soldier at Fort Benning Infan- Barber & Ross and D. C. Engineers |nines played a 7-ail tie yesterday o. | darkness halting the contest in the © | seventh, Vie Gauzza's Goose Goslin Midgets | winners over the Southeast Goose the | Goslins Sunday, continue their fight General Accounting Office and La bor Department nines captured : two games played vesterday in the|for the champlonship of independent try School who would avold compul- | twilight loops. General Accounting | mideet rein ae e comin Beriam & sory attendance at swimming classes | Office swamped Treasury under a when they tackle the Coca-Colas at & 10-3 score in the Government League, must learn to swim 50 vards any|\ua“War snowed Labor ynder i | . stroke and to covey 60 feet carrying |the Potomac Park circuit with a 15 a 10-pound weight. to-2 win Compulsory attendance at swim-; ming classes has been made the rule of all conbatant troop units of the | garrison, and enly soldiers who have demonstrated thelr ability to with-| stand the tests are relieved. The rule was put into effect upon considera tion of the demonstrated usefulness of swimming in active operations. YANKEES SHOULD CLINCH TITLE ON TRIP IN WEST {OLYMPIC COMMITTEE TO HOLD MEETING HERE Members of the American Olympic committee will meet in Washington | on November 17 and 18 to e plans for America’s participati the 1928 games at Antwerp, ing to Charles H. Ornstein, & Atlantic A. A. U. and Olympic a diamond. If they defeat a-Colas they will have avenged he only two defeats suffered this sea | son. They hope to meet the Auths in { the near future. Mount Rainer's nine has booked peaiaee the University of Maryland Summer | Bus Freed will pilot a team of col School team f®r a game at Mount lege and high school stars against the Rainfer field Thursday at 5: | Norfolk & Western Raflway team at Washington Terminal ¥. M. C. A. | 'larrers Fern All-Stars, playing the Junior Order ” hine today at 5715 on Terminal dia- | issime om mond, start on their jaunt through i g Maryland and Pennsylvania tomor- sler Midgets defeated the spa . 11 10 3, vesterday, but lost to the 8, 28 to 2. White Havens rogistered their win of the season a Alexandria Barcroft Bus Drivers, 13 to 8. nth the expense of nd Washington By the Associated Press. ” HE Yankees, leading the American League by nine games, are mak- | ing an invasion of the West that is likely to be decisive. They have 59 games to play, 40 of them on Western fields. Tf they play .500 per cent ball for the rest of the schedule Cleveland must win two-thirds of its remaining games to gain the pennant. Babe Ruth will have to insert a home run every two games to tie his record of 59 circuit blows recorded in 1921. y Much of the Yankees' good showing com- mitteeman, who was hers vesterday. accustomed smashing way. Now they " ‘The meeting will follow the national ST ANAES is due to Mark Koenig, who is playing :{:"r:’rk‘ n&uostl to l\vh‘:r ;}\‘ ;1";"!' A. A. U. convention listed for Balti PiR . wi y about a third of a > 3 Vo 5 ENGLAND his first season in the big show. His | (o i Voro, mate on ;l\’,emm'h:r" 14 ‘:Lm;;;u::. errors have cost several games, Yet| The Pittsburgh Pirates gained a few | prominent in international athleties without him t“e Yankees could not|points on the National field by beat-| for a number of years, is chairman of win consistently ing Brooklyn yesterday. 3 to 2, all|the American Olympic body. $500,000 OF EQUINE DOCK FROM BRITAIN By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 27.—Equine roy- alty valued at half a million dollars has arrived in New York from Ens- land on the Minnejonka. Forty-one of the four-footed pas- sengers were polo ponies of Lewis Lacey’s Argentine team and the Prince Meres of England, which will compete for the American open championship. 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