Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1926, Page 22

S \Griffs Regain Old Confidence : Pirates and Reds AUSPICIOUSLY OPEN TOUR |CHICAGO PUTS BAN PORTS. BY TRIMMING CHISOX, 7 2 Harrismen Display Former Spirit of Fight and Hustle "~ in Attaining Verdict for Johnson in Initial Tilt of Western Invasion. BY JOHN B. KELLER. CHICAGO, Ju'y 28.—Maybe its virtue of their 7-to-2 victory the comforting knowledge th arged to something of respectable m: C | their rise to fifth place yesterday by over the White Sox. Or maybe its at their pitching staff has been en- ajor league proportions. And, again, t may be something else that has caused the Nationals to become mighty khipper at the start of this, their second, invasion of the West this season. B : erything By Bucky Harris ko ciaim their club can and will make on the up and up this morning with the outfit bossed Even though none of the athletes are so optimistic as a drive for a third consecutive cham- pion:hip, every man jack of them feels that his club will more than make matters interesting for any rival that Somethmng has made the Nationa! ‘fput henceforth and do more giving hey have suddenly developed a deal When they first came West this | Sear there wasn't much fight in the | fhamps. What spirit they left home | with en May 30 was all but knocked out of them when the Yankess mauled them in a double header. As a re- 1t, the club had its most disastrous estern tour in y but 4 of 13 .games pla tionals' f2 N S over the White $ox al , they are figur- ng on geting away with more than {half of the 16 engagements remain- §ng on the present trip's schedule. Ac- cording to past form that seems & big order for the Nationals, but this +time they are con- itemplaging the fu- ture with much more fire in their gystems then they formerly had. 7. The team un- @oubtedly was Strengthened yes- Yerday by the re- turn of Goose Gos- lin to the game and in a new posi- “gion. Asa center- Hielder instead of -guardian of the left pasture the Goose certainly appeared_to splendid advan- tage. He covered plenty of territor roaming far on either side, going back getting distances and coming in al- ~most to the inner line for dazzling Jeatches. Goose's Arm a Factor. As expectec, tae Goose's powerful wing arm stood the club in good ‘stead, too. Once he cut down a run- ner at the plate with a smart heave gnd later he prevented a too Am- itious Collinsnian from converting | a double into a triple by a brilliant throw from the far reaches of lefi | center to Manager Ha standing on the base path betwa:n the se ond and third sacks. The sphere g %o Bucky quickly enough to make “lonly a short relay necessary to Kkill off the White Sox runner easily. As it performed vesterday the out- —~fleld was the best defensively the Nationals have put out this season Farl McNeely continued to may im ressively in left, while Sam Ri n his old place in right alwayvs w: “master of the siiuation. and Goslin ‘Went about his task in such manner ~as 1o lead one 1o believe he is just o fhe center fielder Bucky Harris has WeBeen casting ahoit Tor all season. %' The lay-off due to his indifferent aving in the first gzame of the ouble-header wih the Tygers at Washington last Wednesday evident- ly dld the Goose a Jerseyman was on his toes every minute vesterday. The lesson may have been expensive for Goslin, but he may gain by it in the ong run if he continues to take it 0 heart. GOSLIN. | i Contest a Tough Affair. " The opener of the second Western {nvasion was a tough affair, with the Nationals showing more stick-to- itiveness then the White Sox. Al- #Phonse Thomas. recruit njto’-er, who { checked the Champs b ..ditv here 4 last month, but who W Ariven %from the slab by them in Washing- “ton not so long ago., seemed on his Svay to another easy win over them. #° In the first six innings, he vielded but two hits. one a single by Sam Rice in the first inning and the other n single by the same player in the sixth. In the wmeantime Walter Johnson had been somewhat spotty fn his heaving, but had been helped greatly hy good support. | * The White Sox, though, had broken through for a marker in the fourth. Spencer Harris drew a pass at the | stat of that frame and zot home | when Bib Falk doubled to left-center. | After that until the ninth Johnson | managed to hold the Collinsmen at bay. Thomas had been putting plenty of Nationals on the paths with bases on balls, but they did not hurt him st all. Some dizzy fielding behind the young fellow enabled the Nationals 10 match the big White Sox' run in the seventh, however. Poor Fielding Hurts Thomas. Then .Spencer Harris, playing right field, lost Goslin's loft in the sun and it fell for a three-base blow. After, Joe Judge walked Ossie Bluege put | up a pep to short right. Morehart. | Chisox second sacker. got under the | hall, but let it slip from his paw That let Gos'in sedre, although More- | hait received the ball quickly enough to throw for a forceout of Bluege. | Then in the eighth the Nationals Xnockéd the White Sox cold. With | McNeely out of the way Boss Bucky | and Rice to third. When Goslin and | Judge followed with singles, driving | in two more markers, Thomas was | vanked by Collins and Jim Joe Ed- wards, southpaw, hustled to the hill. Edwards walked Bluege and Ruel, | the last mentioned Tate’s pinch bat- | ter. That forced Goslin home. | Johnson popped for an infleld out. | but McNeely, up for the second time 4n the session, walked and pushed | Judge over the counting block. That ocsused George Connally to relieve Edwards. Bucky Harris scratched a eingla off Morehart's gloved hand and Bluege raced home with the sixth; fally of the inning. Sox Threaten in Ninth. The Sox threatened to knock John- | n coff the hill in the ninth. Then alter lost control and a couple of | passes with an infield single sand- | wiched between filled the bases. Mc- Curdy lofted to McNeely in short left, but Barrett batted in place of Con- mally and drew a pass that shoved | Bheely to the plate. Johnson, though, easily took c¢are of the next two batters. PLANK DAY IS NAMED. PHILADELPHIA, July 28 (®).— hursday, September 30, will be “Eddle Plank day” in Philadelpiia, when a game of base ball between the Athletics and Phillies will be played for the benefit of the Plank memorial .;f‘;mnuium fné of Gettysburg Col- ze, - deal of good. | may have pennant aspirations. Is believe that they are going to step than taking in the way of lickings. of self-confidence that is astounding. STARTING TRIP RIGHT WASHINGTON. PETHRr 280~mimmmsy Ruel. G Tohnson, p Totale 233523-wmwmwaZ 3| se5smumumoz s 8| 22082 nmumumand S souuaanass s05-20mamsous? 3| ~se-swuousP sesumnnananaaly s3990938~3-223 - » 4 Totals .. *Batted for Schalk i inth. +Batted for Connally in ninth. Washington .. © 6 6 0 0 0 1 6 0—3 Chicago 100010000 1—2 Two-base hit—Falk. Three-base hit—Gos- Stolen bases—Goslin, Bluege. Double plays—Schalk to Moreheart: Myer to Judge: (unussisted) : Goslin_to Tate. Left on bases—Waushington, '8: Chieago. 9. First base on_balls—Off Thomas, 3: off dohnson. A: off Edward Struck out—By Thomas, Connally. 1. Hits—Off off Edwards. s res—Mes iteher—Thomas. i me—2 hours ineen. Time of minutes. ses2502222295" | sssessm0~a" THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTOX, D€ ON HEAVYWEIGHTS By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 28.—The Tilinols Boxing Commission, silent while two promoters were busily arranging for Jack Dempsey’s defense of his title in September, has settled what re- mains of the controversy by announc- Ing that there will be no heavyweight fight in Chicago under anybody's management. The commission belleves that heavyweight fights do not fit into the boxing picture in Illinois, fight ticket, and that §17 solute top. When the Dempsey ne- gotiations were in progress here a $50 top was talked of. Chairman 0. W. heavyweight fights as fairs, and generally brutal. “We do not interpret the law to call for a spectacle of that kind.” he sald. “We aim to regulate boxing so | that it will be a sport at which ladies may attend. We do not think heavy< weight fights would provide such sport. “With regard to the Dempsey-Tun- ney and Dempsey-Wills fights. we had no information officially. Neither Tex Rickard nor B. C. Clements thought of consulting this commission in the matter. “We have read that Dempsey and { one of his opponents were guaranteed |$1.100,000 by one promoter and $600 1000 by another. Other expenses would add to the totals. That money would not be invested in Illinois. It would be taken out of the State and not one { person within the State would derive any benefit from “We do not think there is a pro moter, and this includes Rickard, who | could ‘put over a show of this magni- |tude and eliminate all chances of an aftermath that would he highly dis astrous to the sport we have sworn to protect and regulate.” Huncke said the commission had heen asked several times 1o sanction | ticket prices ranging from $3 to §20 “It is the commission’s opinion that $20 is entirely too much to be invest ed in a fight ticket. We have good shows with prices ranging from $1 to $3. from $2 to 37 and from $2 to $10. We fail 10 see how any other pro- moters can give the public. why are the ones to he considered, any better shows for a greater investment on single tickets.” TYGERS SEEK PLAYERS. MARTINSBURG W. Va., July 25.—Detroit, through Scout Charlie | Moran, has asked the management of the Blue Sox here for prices on Bates, catcher, and Griffith, shortstop. | FORMER BROWNS SHINE AND RED SOX FOR YANKS By the Associated Press. i ferites vesterday. home run, double and three singles Detroit. The Babe's lit at’ St. Louis placed him within five of his 1921 mark at this stage and it helped materially, but the bats of Severeid and Earl Coombs really won the battle. Combs hit a home run the like- Rice of Browns did wise. Jacobson's heavy hitting _supported a. superb pitching performance by the late Philadel- phian, Slim Har- riss, who granted the Tygers only five safeties. Washington gained a T-to-2 conquest at Chi- cago. Loose fielding by Emil Meusel in the early innings gave, the Pirates a start that the Glants could not overcome and he was bench- ed after the third. Jimmy Johnston went to center and Tyson to left. Jackson and Lindstrom of the Giants obtained home runs, both to the left- fleld stands. 5 Cincinnati gained an even break in a doubie bill with Brooklyn, the Dodg- taking the first, 6 to 3. behind Me- w's good pitching and the Reds the second, 2 to 0, when Carl Mays delivered a five-hit performance. A Cardinal bombardment of 15 hits was almost equaled by the Philllds, but St. Louis won, 9 to 5, with Ray Blades and Bill Southworth leading SEVEREID. DAY of accomplishment for sons of St. Louis in the major leagues who no longer periorm in the Mound City must be recorded, even though the Pittsburgh Pirates toppled the anxious Giants and | (George Herman Ruth hit his thirty-first home run of the season. Hank Severeid, tossed about in the Browns to Washington to Yankees v, hit two doubles and a single in New York's 6-to-5 victory over the The Yankees wanted him to do the receiving and that would have sufficed, but Hank carried his bat along as well as a mitt. Bill Jacobson, center fielder for the Browns for some y and McManus and | s, had a in the Red Sox 7-to-0 victory over | the attack. Sand of the Phils hit for the circuit. The Boston Braves won their fourth straight game taking the first of | the series from Chicago, 1 to 0, Bob | Smith besting Charley Root in a pitch- | ing duel. Only four hits were made off Smith. LEAGUE. Toronto. 8; Syracuse. 3. 4: Readi Newark, 14: in. Buffalo, 20: Rochesier, §. Only tbiree played INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, Indianapolis, 8: St. Paul, 5. Others, . SOUTHERN ASROCIATION, 5: Memphis, 3. 9: Chattanooga, is Rock, 5. lle. rain. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Hollywood, 9; Oakland, 3. Missions, #: Sacramento, B. ons, No others scheduled. TEXAS LEAGUE. Dallas, 2: Wichi [ 5 VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Richmond, 6: Portsmouth, 8. Wilson. 3: Peteraburg. 2. Kinston-Norfoll Durbam, 5: Raleigh, 4. High Point reensboro. 8. Salisbury, 3: Winston-Salem, 1. EASTERN SHORE LEAGUE. Salisbury, 6, Cambridge. 5. aston, ver, 2. Parksley, 5: Crisfield. 4. \ RUETHER TO FACE LYONS C of McNeely tried to swipe second as Boss Bucky fanned in the opening inning yesterday, but was cut down he throw got to the sack several ya 4 4 Goslin and Myer turned in nifty catches in the second session. walked. Rlce singled him to "hc""d | Goose raced well toward leit field to drag down Sheely’s liner, while Buddy end Myer singled his manager home |}, ied far behind short field to get under Schalks tricky loft, to retire the side. After catching Hunnefleld's liner in the third, Myer could have tagged out Mostil instead of throwing to Judge {o complete a double play. Johnny, who had raced down from first, was standing almost beside Buddy when the latter heaved. ‘When the Chisox attempted o stage a hit-and-run play in the fourth, Rice was given a fine opportunity to make an unassisted two-ply killing. Sheely darted away from first when Morehart sent a loft to short right. Sam came in for the catch and ambled to first to get his second retirement in the play. Goslin and Bluege went through with a dual theft as Tate whiffed for the second out in the fifth. The effort | was wasted, however, as Hunnefield made a great stop and throw to nip Johnson. In the sixth session, after getting the second hit of the game off Thomas, Rice endeavored to negotiate a de- layed theft. He was caught easily by Sheely’s relay to Hunnefield of the slabman’s throw. Tate made a fine play at the plate to complete a side-retiring double play in the sixth. After Goslin _made a Fountain Pens Repaired Keys Duplicated, 25¢ Adams News Depot, 902 G N.W. HICAGO, July 28—Dutch Ruether and Ted Lyons were likely to be pitching opponents this afternoon in the second game of the series our here between Nationals and White Sox. by Schalk’s fine heave to Morehart. rds ahead of the runner. The shoe-top catch of Falk’s liner to short center, Hunnefield tried to get home from third. The Goose's throw came | in on a low bound, but Benny grabbed the sphere and made a diving tag of the runner. ' { Two errors by Nationals in attempt- ing a double play put Sox on first and third bases in the seventh. Boss/ Bucky took Kamm's hot grounder and tried to get Morehart going into sec- ond, but the throw to Myer was wild. Buddy followed with a bum chuck past Judge that gave Kamm a. life and al- lowed Morehart to reach third. Goslin’s hit during the eighth-inning rally was a terrific drive against the right field bleacher screen. It was | good for one base only, however, as Myer, fearing Spencer Harris would get the ball against the barrier, clung to first until the last moment. After Southpaw Edwards went to the slab in the eighth, Ruel bafted for Tate. Muddy drew a pass and forced run @cross the plate. He caught duflgf:fie mainder of the fray. BIG LEAGUE LEADERS. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Ratting—Fothergill, Tygers, .409.. Runs—Ruth, Yankees, 93. Hits—Burns, Indians, 136. Doubles—] s, Indians, 43. Triples—Gehrig, Yankees, 17. Homers—Ruth, Yankees, 31, Stolen bases—Hunnefleld, White Sox, 17. hing—Pate, Athletics, won 8 lost none. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Batting—Hargrave, Reds, .387. Runs—Blades, Cardinals, 70. Hits—Brown, Braves, 130. Doubles—Wheat, Robins, 9. Triples—Walker, Reds, Homers—Wilson, Cubs, tomley, Cardinals, 14. Stolen bases—Cuyler, Pirates, 22. I'I'i('h|||u.'—lum:s bs, and Haines, CARDINALS TO PLAY BOLLING FIELD NINE ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 —The Cardinale have hooked the Rolling Field Aviators for one of the games on the local base ball card Saturday. The tiit is listed - for. Dreadnaught Park. The St. Mary’s Club entertains the Virginia White Sox at Haydon Field, while Potomac and Occoquan Lodges, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, play at Dawson's Beach | On Sunday the No. 5 Motor Co. |and Columbia Kngine Co. teams play | the second game of the Fire Depari- and Bot- |ment series, while the Dreadnaughts | | play hosts to the First Aviation toss. |ere. who recently captured the pen- | nant in the Quantico Marine Barracks | Leagu, ul Cardi , won 7; lost 1 By the Associated Press., day from Chicago to plunge into proximately seven weeks his plas ll:nvl_\d-'weigm battle at the Yankee r ficulty. N championship battle between test back to New York from Chicago. There will be no referee for the will be permitted to fight in peace. Legal points, which count for neither side in a champlonship boxing are numerous in the new ituation. The bout has been accepted ¢ the commission, through a 2-to-1 vote at Its regular meeting vesterday, in which Chairman James A. Farl went down before the combined attack of Willlam Muldoon and George Brower. Brower, it was, who caused a gen eral change of front by wiring Rick ard in Chicago an invitation to retu and talk over the matter which the commission had twice turned down. Now comes to the fore Col. John J. Phelan, chairman of the license com- mittes of two men, which must pass upon, in a licensing way, the eligibil- ity, of Dempsey and Tunney, for nefther own licenses in this State. Phelan Backs Farley. Before the Dempsey-Tunney matter went before the commission yesterday this license committee sent up word that hereafter that body would act | separately, according to its findings, a situation hitherto unknown. Brower and Muldoon contend that the com- . The promoter predicted the on tion of licensing the bout and fighters, would be hurdled without dif- NEW YORK RING OFFICIALS | AT ODDS OVER TITLE BOUT NEW YORK, July 28.—Tex Rickard returned to New York to- the task of completing within ap- ns to stage the Dempsey-Tunney Stadium on the night of Septem- remaining obstacle, the ques- ‘W YORK, July 28—As a semi-final to the 15-round heavyweight letic: Champion Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney, at the Yankee Stadium September 16, the State Athletic | 1 Commission and its license committee will clash. | This was decided upon yesterday when the commission approyed the proposition of Tex Rickard’s emissaries to bring the much-traveled con- | jetdown on the part of the Cincinnati | . semi-final and no limit has been set but after it is all over, boxing observers believe that Dempsey and Tunney | mittee always has followed the com- mission’s recommendations, and al- ways should. | Col. Phelan is known to favor, along | with Chairman Farley, a bout tween Dempsey and the negro Harry ‘\\'Ill and Intimated vesterday that no licenses. for the Dempsey-Tunney affair would be issued. Farley went |80 far as to predict that the big fight never would take place. Brower and Muldoon said that the 1 | committee can refuse license only for | legal reasons. | Farley’s contention was that the | commission had no legul right to ac- | cept the bout before the hoxers had re ceived licenses, but Brower and Mnl- doon countered with the Dempsy- Firpo situation, wherein the champion obtained a license only a few hours before the bout. Two weeks hence the license com- mittee will meef again and at that time there may be a decision. Mean- while Rickard s planning for the event and Dempsey and Tunney have arranged for their training camps, the champion at Saratoga, and Tunney probably at Lake Pleasant, N. Y. NINES WIN - A Bill McQuinn twirled Shipping Board to a 7-to-6 triumph over Civil Service in a clash that went only sev- en frames. the victors. McQuinn got the only homer of the game. Departmental league teams fur- nished the only other clash on the sundown cireuit diamonds. Post Office got the better of Treasury, 6 to 3. McConnell did the hurling honors and was opposed by Edelin. The Union Printers had expected to fight for the victory in yesterday's scheduled contest with Fashion Shop in the commercial loop, but the latter club failed to produce nine men and the Typos earned another forfeit. They are sure of getting action to- morrow with Chevy Chase Dairy, however, as the Dairymen need only one win to clinch the second series title. A meeting of the league has been called for Friday night at the Atlas sporting goods store. Moufit Rainier’s nine will naugu- rate a series of Thursday evening games tomorrow at 5:30 ‘when the University of Maryland Summer School nine is encountered on Mount Rafnier diamond. Manager Holcer is booking the contests at Columbia 7821 between 6 and 7. On Sunday Mount Rainier entertains Chevy Chase in a Capital City League game.’ Washington Terminal Y. M. C. A.— All-Stars, leaving Washington today RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN ] ] = RESRRARBRART weR & 9929220990 =08-120a30=0) 282288580 s, o 3 N P=sauseRss 33538 R = osuBac PSSR 2 Crowdes Uchrinskeo = 3 el z H started. (omplete Cames. = T 5 ig“ vitehed. S0a~uneaBbanina Wen. e Games DN & ZanE % »3 8! Fae Morrell Coveleskie 21 Uchrinsko. "3 wo~oBul oo-a BT * 920mANe~3BNBNN 1 o0t ==\ Wire and Disc Wheels W. S. Kenworthy & Co. 1617-19 14th St. N.W. North 441 Service and Parts Tires, Tubes and Repairing MOTOR CO. Conveniently Located on_Fourteenth Street 1333-37 14th St. Main 5780 The hits stood 8 to 5 for | P. 0. AND SHIPPING BOARD CLOSE GAMES FTER “dropping two starts apiece last week, Government Printing Office and Shipping Board nines of the Potomac Park and Govern- | lh';'(' the thick of the pennant seram- ment Leagues, respectively, got back into the won column yester- | ' Fday by taking two close games at the Ellipse. : The Government Typos, beaten by General Accounting Office and In- | Joe Me( terstate in their last two matches, nosed out Patent Office in am cight- inning fray, 8 to 7. Simon limited the Patent Office batters to 8 bingles, while his mates were crashing out 14. for a series of games with teams of the Pennsvivanfa Rallway system, took the Junior Order nine to camp vesterday at Terminal fleld, 8 to 1. Ku Kiux Kian base ballers, matched with the Juuior Order team for the game Saturday at American League Park, play the Fellowship Forum nine tomorrow at 5:30 on the Arling- ton horse show grounds. Angus Heeke occupled the mound for Mount Vernon yesterday when the West Washington Yankees were defeated, 6 to 2, in the Sunday School League. Cleary, Yankee center feld- er, hit for the circuit A four-run rally in the sixth inning gave the D. C. Engineers the edge over Southern Rallway, 7 to 5. Bryvan, Matthews and Nawlin clouted home runs. Pullman and D. O. Fire 'ment nines play at Terminal fleld Friday at § o'clock. At the Sign of the Moon Close Dady 6 P.M. Eotabliehed 1008 Sale of Priestly English Cloth and Mohair Coat and " Trousers Made to Order as You Want Them $2D50 $35 and $40-Values Mertz & Mertz Co., Inc. 1342 ¢ sweanvw WEDNESDAY, JULY 28 Are Staging Real Pen CARDS LACKING IN CLASS; GIANTS’ HOPES ARE FADING 1926. Yankees Likely to Coast Lead—Athletics and BY FREDER NOTHER week finds the hect A in Brooklyn. to the Western country. for in New York's lead. tween Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. In certain respects Pittshurgh's po- sition is more advantageous for a hard grind than that of Cincinnati. | The Reds have set the pace most of the vear, and that always puts a strain on a club, especially a club with no pennant experience. It will he | recalled that last year the Senators were content to run second to the Ath- nntil August, when Philadel- | phia's losing streak of 12 straight | games gave the Senators their chance rush to the fore. | The Reds are unlikely to lose 12 | straight at any time during the mex two months. but I expect a similar |tearn to give the Pirates their chance |to romp out in front. In the 19 world series Pittsburgh tralled all | through the series until the eighth {inning of the deciding gamec. And | that was the proper time to be ahead. The fining of plavers Moore, Yde |#nd Aldridge doesn't look so good. | Either McKechnie Is suffering from nerves, or the team isn't pulling with should. Moore, a | temperamental player, was let out and_Johnny Rawlings now will try to bring Pittsburgh some pennant Iyek. him the way it Third Place for Cards. The Cardinals are the pennant | choice of many fans, merely hecause St. Louis never has won a pennant. St. Louis, a good loyal ball town, surely deserves a winning after that long stretch of lean years, but Horns- by's entry still looks no better to me |than third. That's the position I picked for them fin last April's training dope. Had Hornsby and | In’ their form of 1925 | Keen pitched ali season the way | did in May and June, St. Louis | have had an excellent chance, | then base ball is full of “ifs. After starting their second Western trip with six victe from Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, the pennant bee was buzzing noisily around the Giant bonuets, but the lat- ter part of the New York team's trip |was no howling success. Chicago | proved an expected stumbling block. | Every now and then, the Giants show |a flash of their former greatn they lack any real consistenc present home siand gives club its last real chance for getting | i | Hottomley hit and Rhem and they uld but McCarthy a Miracle Man. | No matter where the Cubs finish, arthy has o base ball's higgest George Stallings lifted-the Braves into |a world champlonship in 1914. Who |last April would have dared to pre- | dict that this team of misfits, walloped |all over the coast, would be within a | tew games from the top in the last | week in July? Brooklyn survived its last Western trip better than I anticipated.’ I ex- pected to see the Dodgers sink well under .500 on their long road jaunt. but they got back home with their per centage on the right side of the .50 mark. Vance now is making himself of some service, but it was rather late for the big boy to start. The Phillies and Braves continue thelr Money Back Guarantee Backing up our firm belief in the superior quality of Manuel cigers, we now offer them to the smoking public with a money back gusrantee. There are no strings to this offer. Simply buy a Manuel cigar, smoke it end if you don't like Slump and Indians Are Due for One. In the American League the Yankees take their substantial lead out Despite the fact that the Yankees< percentage ly is slightly less than .500, there has been no appreciable reduction The Athletics did succeed in hacking it down as low as five and a half games and then blew from their own exertions. While six clubs still are in the National League flag hunt, [ have not changed my opinion, expressed when the teams were at the Fourth of Tuly hali-mile post, that the real race in the parent league would be he- Both of these clubs have taken some hard knocks, but invariably they have bounced back. ries in seven games SPORTS. 1 to Pennant on Big Early, White Sox Both Hit ‘ ICK G. LIEB. ic National Leagne war back on the Eastern front, with the Piratec attacking the New York fortrese at Coogan’s Blnff and Cincinnati waging a new. road campaign | guerrilla_ sniping from the rear, and get away with occasional games. The Yanks survived their big slump withont any great damage. About & month ago. I said that if the clul played .500 ball from the first of Juls 1 did not think it could he stopped All of the other clubs beneath them Would be too busy polishing off each other to win anywhere near 90 games. And as August approaches that still | is holding good. | Momentum Helps Yankees. i New York suffered through the ah- | sence of Bob Meiisel. who may be out | another month™ Hoyt. one of the three star pitching regulars, was out | three weeks at a time when the cluff| | was going badly. Ruth was out for | several glavs, and when he did return | he could not do himself justice he- cause of his bad le Koenig was benched hecause of his errors in the | pinches, but that Spring momentum kept Huggins' team well out in front. | Now that the worst -of Huggins' troubles are over, his club again | should play between and 600 | ball for the remainder of the sea I ean't figure who will head them off The recent infury to Pat Collins oved really A good break for the Yanks. In a hole for catchers, with Bengough's arm again giving him trouble, Huggins picked up Hank Sev- | ereid on waivers, and the former Brownie has taken on a new lease of life in New York. Since my last weekly analysis, the Athletice have taken a sad flop. a flop which is as disappointing in the Sesquicentennial town a that 12 straight losing streak of last August. | However, I do not blame the club as much as some of my Philadelphia baseball-writing brethren. Readers of this column will recall that I frequent- Iy was puzzled to account for the | Athletics’ strong showing. When the team is taken apart, meither the hit- | ting nor pitching strength is there. | White Sox Slump Badly. | The White Sox slumped badly in their trip through the East, slumped at a time when they might have given the Yankees much embarrassment They won their series in Washington cere forced to divide with the lowly Red Sox and were severely | mauled in Philadelphia and New York. | Collins’. supposedly strong pitching | staff went back on him. Ted Lyons especially fell off bad!v in his work, |and was charged with two defeats in | New Yor "rhe Indions furnished the big sur- e in their recent invasion of the | st. the Speakerites winning all four series. the Yanks and enators a good sticking up, and com- pleted the job of wrecking the Ath-| Jetic pennant aspirations, which was started by Detroit when the Tygers downed the Mackmen in four straight |games. In some respects Cleveland | has the best pitching staff in its | league, but they will go so far and| then will run into the same kind of | a slump which enveloped the Ath- |letics and White Sox. | The Tygers now are playing their | best ball of the vear, hitting hard and | timely and scoring a batch of runs. | Cobb has been criticized for the man- ner in which he lifts pitchers, but nant Race FLAG CHANCE RATINGS IN THE MAJORS TO DATE American League. New York Athletics . Detroit St. Lowis RBoston . National League, Pittsburgh Cincinnati . St. Loul ew York. Chicago RBrooklyn Boston . Philadelphia when he has a staff such as his 19" | collection he cannot gamble too lonz on apltcher. Ty figures on pullinz his pitcher before he blows rather than to walt until he has blown, Bucky Having Difficulties. With a new Goslin insur his hands and a pitching up almost entirely of lohnson, Ruether and Marberry, *Rueky" LHarriz is having his_difficulties, hut everybody who plays Washington con tinues to have a merry fight on fts hands. Old Coveleskie had just one ROO year. It was enough to enable Washington to repeat last season The Browns are the hest seventh place club within my recollection, hut it is hard to see how they can get anv higher at this late date. The Red Sox remain evervhody's foot ball (Cops BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS AMERICAN LEAGUE. YFESTERDAY'S RESU ction an aff made STANDING OF THE CLURS. De Wash'ton | Chieago. | E T T TODAY'S Washington at C) Philadelohia at ¢ New York at 81. Loui Boston at Detroif. 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