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38 SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1926. SPORTS. Manager Harris Confident Nationals Can Yet Attain Third Place in Flag Race TOTAL OF 85 VICTORIES SHOULD ACHIEVE POSITION Griffmen Need 38 Wins in 61 Games Yet to Play to Accomplish Object—1I Is Causc of 5-2 Defeat by Chisox. BY JOHN B. KELLER, HICAGO, July 29—Although i 5-t0-2 beating from the Whi: C Leagu cording to y and spirit ¢ to that hei race this season, a: With quality of pl. that his outfit can dri third of the campaign remains. mood seem to be optimistic. From what the first division cluh at least will be n 1cague this year, and the chances of the stretch are somewhat remote. the Nationals have played 1o decision 93 games and have won only 47 of them. They have 61 games to go to complete t schedule and they 38 mo to have total of 85 at the fin That means that if they are fortu nate enough to get through all the games remaining on their schedule. they would have to get through at a .623 rate for a season record of 85 vic- tories. That's better by 118 points than they have played so far, and every game that goes into the discard because of inclement weather from now on will make the necessary winning rate quite a few points higher. The Indians, Athletics and Tyge now trailing the Yankees in, the first division of the race, have far better chances of taking 85 games this sea- son than have the Nationals. Tris Speaker’s club can achieve such a record by finishing the season at a rate around .550. The Macks would have to finish at about a .600 clip and so would the Cobbmen. need ox Have Harder Route. y. the White Sox, although nhead of the Nationals at present would have to play at a rate of to tuck away 85 victories, and that a bit faster pace than the Nationals would be called upon to follow to reach the same point. But the Nationals have lost two games less than the White Sox and to finish their schedule would have five more games to go than have the athletes under the guidance of Eddie | Collins, The Chisox can not retrieve those two extra losses, while the | can do much with those shots at victors itionals have two more chances in the present series here to put & good crimp in the prospects of the White Sox of an S5-victory vear. And triumphs over the locals are need- ed to give the Nationals an even | break with them in the first 14 games of the campaign between the clubs. | The Chisox have won 7 of the 13 | engagements with the Nationals so far. Faber Baffles Nationals. To do so, however, Harris and his cohorts will have to show more hardi- ness with the flail than they did yes- terday. Then Urban Faber, veteran moist-ball_artist, held the Nationals to six safeties, divided evenly among three innings, and four passes. Onl twice did this attack get anythi for the Champs They certainly failed to make much of their scoring opportunities. Their first marker was a gift, Faber's wild- ness forcing the tally over the plate. | But with the bases filed Buddy Myer | of the clean-up notch fanned in-| gloriously. It was Ossie Bluege who failed to connect on two other occasions when it seemed that Faber was weakening. Once Ossie flopped with a runner on third waiting to get home with the tving tally and once when runners were on first and third and a wallop would put his team ahead. Dutch Ruether, who did the hurlinz for the Champs, s not_so good | from the start. The White Sox! hopped on him for three safeties and a fair lead in the first inning and con- tinued plugging away until thefr hit total for eight turns at bat amounted to an even dozen. Ruether grew steadily worse until, in the eighth, the Chisox hung up enough markers to win decisively. Mostil's single to right at the out- set of the first Sox round followed hy Hunnefield's one-baser, a_fielder: chotce. Sheely’s single and Falk's sacri- fice fly to produce two tallies. iriffs Tally In The Third. Tn the third the Nationals got one of these back when hits by Tate and Ruether and McNeely hases. Boss Bucky made the secend out with a loft to Barrett back of wecond base. Rice's pass pushed Tate home, but Myer whiffed. Faik's single, Barrett's sacrifice and Kamm's single got a run for the White Sox in the sixth, but the 2 tionals came back in the eighth to re- main within good striking distance of the enemy. Then Mver's single and Judge's double netted a run. But the Sox clinched the contest in the last part of the eighth when some of Boss Bucky's strategy went aw After. Falk singled and Barrett sacri- ficed. Ruether was ordered to pass Kamm. But Schalk lined a single to yvight counting Falk and putting Kamm on third. Then Faber sent a long fly to McNeely and Kamm scanfpered to the plate after the catch. 29 (). —In- dtana marksmen off the honors in the class championships of th Amateur Trapshooting Association, centrald ivision, here, winning four of the six title: Mark Arie of C the Class AA sl gets out of 100. 1. J. Kirby of Columbus, Ohio, had perfect score, of 100 in winning ass B champlonship. GAUTREAU WEE MITE. g took tar- ampaign, T ot, with 9 have a good chance to finish as high as third in the American But cold, unfeeling statistics make Harris’ eded to land a team in third place in the American 11 filled the | nability to Solve Faber n sixth place again as a result of a te Sox yesterday, the Nationals still Manager Stanley Harris. i improved, the pilot is of the opinion ght, even though little more than a bs haye done this season, 85 victories the Nationals winning 85 games over TOO MUCH FABER A t] . H. PO. POTRISE e mmommoos! RO um P oos0c0~00f oni Tot: 3 CH| Mostil, Hunnefleld, Collins, Sheely. Falk oowmmms® 2 B y lomausiamu3 wous0seueP sl Totals Wiashingta Chicago: > [ o1 0 tolen hases—Mon- Collins. —Falk, Judge, . Barrett (). - Left on bases ashington. 8: Chicago. 9. First base on balls—Of Faher, 4: off R 3. Stemek out—Ry Ruether, 1: Umpires —Messrs. Dinneen ‘and Evans. Time of zame—1 hour and 48 minutes. MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Jersey Citv. 10: Readine. 7. Newark_ 9: Baltimore, 0 Others, rain AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Columbns. 10: Minneapolis, 7. St Panl. 8: Toledo. 2 Milwaukes. 7; Louisville, 0 Kansas City,’ 3: Indianapolis, 1 SOUTH Atlanta. 3.0; Birmingh Mobile. darkness) New Orleans, . 8: Chattancoga. 0. Little Rock, 0 (1% 10: Memphis, 3. o innings, San_Anton Beaumont. 2 hita Falls, 1. : Shreveport, 0. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. San Francisco_ 8: Seattle, 0 Missions, 8: Sacramento. 3 4 Hollxwood. Portiand. 6 lani. Los Angeles, 12 VIRGINIA LEAGLE. Porfsmouth. 3- Richmond. 0 Wilson. 4: Perersburg. 3. Kinston-Narfolk, ram PIEDMONT LE! Durham. 6: Winston-Salen Greenshoro, 8: Saliabnry Figh Point, 4: Raleigh. SOUTH AT Greenville, 1: Charlotte. Knoxville, 3: Asheville, 1 FLORIDA STATE LEAGUF. Fort Myers, 6: Lokeland, 4. ipa. 4: St. Peteraburg, 0. Bradenton. 7: Sarasota. Others, rain. NTIC LEAGUE. o0 SOUTHEAST! Albany-St. Columbus. 6: Jacksonviile, 3 ninge). LEAGUE. postponed. rain. avannah. 1 (17 in- Montgomery, 2 BLUE Martinsbure. Waynesboro, Hagerstown, RIDGE LEAGU 4: Chamberaburg. 4. 16 Frederick. R-3: Hanover. ARMY MEN ON'U. S. FOUR FOR FIRST TIME BY LAWREN PERRY. NEW YORK, July 29.—One of the most interesting things about the tournament for the Herbert Mem- orial trophy which will be played at the Rumson Country Club next month is the personnel of the polo four which will represent Meadowbrook. For the first time in the history of American polo, this c'ub, which oc- cupies very much the same position in this country as Hurlington does in England, will be represented by Army players. Capt. C. H. Gerhardt will play at No. 1 and Capt. Peter Rodes at No. 3. Both Rodes and Gerhardt played upon the United States Army four which defeated the British outfit in England last year, and both men won international recognition through their brilliant work. With Watson Webb playing at No. 2 and Devereaux Milburn at back, Meadowbrook is certain to be represented by a nifty outfit. It will be handicapped at 31 goals, the high- est rating of any of the seven teams in the tourney with the exception of the Argentine team, which will play at 34. One suspects that if this Meadowbrook combination is together next season it will go in at more than 31, because of high handicaps for the two Army men. The appearance of this pair of sol- diers on the Meadowbrook quartet is significant in several respects. FFor one thing, it means that hereafter American polo will be characterized by the additional color and gallantry which the military always contrib- utes. England has always had it; polo, in truth, is in its essence a soldier game, since British officers played it in India originally, and then brought it to England. KAPLAN IS STRONGER NEW YOR! 3 Kid Kaplan will make his first officlal start as a lightwelght when he tackles the former lightweight champion, Jimm Goodrich. Kaplan will take the place of the prima donna of the ring. Ruby Goldstein. The writer for one was always skeptical of Kaplan's ability to make 126 pounds, the featherweight limit, and expected ‘to hear of his retire- ment as a featherweight long before this, As far back as 1922 the writer weighed Kaplen for his fights with Danny Frush and Babe Herman and knew for a positive fact that the Kid was having hard trouble making 130 pounds. In his first fight title with Herman in Waterbury there was some dispute about the Kid tip ping the beam over the welght and his efforts proved that he needed an extra pound or two to carry on with his accustomed vigor. Tipping the beam at 131 pounds Kaplan met Billy Petrolle, the Fargo Express, and amazed the huge au- dience that jammed the Hartford armory with his dazzling speed and two-fisted attack. He swarmed all over the hard-hitting boy from the Northwest and carried the fight so fast that Petrolle was unable to do anything with his hard-hitting right hand. As a lightwelght Kaplan should do as well as he did in the lighter class. Petrolle made a wonderful showing against Sid Terris not long ago and if that is any criterion of the Kid's chances he should be well up among the contenders for the title before the year is out. oo gl b A tennis game was played recently between two one-legged men, while in anotber freak match a well known player used an ordinary soda water bottle in place of a racket and de- feated his opponent easily. FULL card of nine games awai A Knickerbocker and St. Jo: fourth straight wins when they play a ton diamonds, respectively. Mount Rainier, playing the Universit today, entertains Chevy The Rialtos will be seeking a fourth vietory in the Section B series on the | Capitol field at Benning. Kenilworth gets action at Bladensburg and the Donohoe Motors and Anacostia Bagle nines stage their fray at Georgetown Hollow. First and second place teams tan gle in Section € when the Auths face the Modocs at Washington Barracks. Corcordian and Stephen teams play at liast Riverdale. The annual play-off for the twilight leagues’ championship, won last sea- son by the Marine Corps nine of the Potomac Park circuit, will be arranged tonight when officers of the various | loops meet at the Washington Post | Building. The gathering will be calied at 8. Public Buildings and | Public Parks of the Potomac Park |group defeated War Department, 4 jto 3, in the only game played yester- on the Ellipse. Gallegos and Burke were the opposing moundsmen. | Ballston has a chance to go into the | lead in the Northern Virginia series and will no doubt give Cherrydale its stiffest ficht of the season at Ballston field. The Cherries have won both their starts, while the Ballston Eagles have taken two out of three. Addi- son plays at Fort Myer, the Virginia White Sox invade Hume Spring and | the Hartfords tackle Glen Carlyn at i Lyon Village. i Walter Reed diamonders, booked to entertain the Hebrew All-Stars Satur- | day, registered their ninth straight win yesterday by downing the Marine Institute nine, 19 to 9. It was the Walter (Doc) Gautreau of the Bos- ton Braves is the smallest man in hase ball, a midget of 5 feet 213 inches, weighing approximately 132 pounds. Bryan Harriss of the Red Sox is the tallest man on the major league dia- mond, towering 6 feet 6 inches from his cleated boots. YANKS GET McCURDY. CHICAGO, July 29 (P).—Harry Mec- Curdy. catcher of the Chicago White Sox, and formerly of the Illinois Unl- versity, has been claimed by the New York Yankes via waivers. The New York club in obtaining MeCurdy as- sumes thg obligations Chicago has with the Houston. Texas ue club. TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'’S, 7th & F 2] fourth consecutive victory for Pitcher Connolly. Sergt. Hall, at Columbla 7400, branch 147, is arranging the Medicos’ schedules. The newly organized Thirteenth HAWKINS w : NINE GAMES FOR SUNDAY IN CAPITAL CITY LEAGUE ts the sandlot base ball fans Sunday in the three sections of the Capital City League unlimited divisfon. seph’s nines will be trying for their t Maryland Athletic Club and Arling- In addition to these two games in Section A, y of Maryland Summer School nine Chase and the Shamrocks invade Marlboro. Street Athletic Club opens its cam- paign Sunday in a double-header with Capitol Heights at Fairlawn. The opener starts at 1:30. Winsalls captured the pennant in the Sport Mart League when they handed the Coca Colas a 7-to-4 set. back. Able, the Winsall pitcher, fanned 10 batters. Aztec Juniors took the measure of the Jerry All-Stars, 12 to 9. ‘Sisler Juniors defeated the St. Paul nine, 6 to 4, but bowed to the Peerless Juniors, 12 to 4. Senator Midgets nosed out Orioles, 4 to 3. the When your out- look on life is dark and gloomy—chase those blues away with an exhilarat- ing bottle of healthful MOTOR CO. Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street 133337 Wtk St Main 5780 ol e VM%E?%‘:S Co. Washineton, D. C. Phone Linc. 5410 in defense of his | | Billy Deek fought Larry Goldberg and | Bl CROWDER LIS HICAGO, July 29.—No word Griffith of the Nationals nor C was hoping to get for his clul property of the Nationals was invol Thom farmed | tary Ed still had a claim on Thomas. “General” Crowder, recruit who performed so impressively in his de- but as a National in Washington last Saturday, was to go to the slab against the Chisox this afternoon. After switching to Red Faber at almost the last moment yesterday, Manager Col- lins was expected to use Ted Lyons on the hill today. There were many flashy bits of flelding in yesterday's engagement, but most of them were performed by White Sox. RBarrett jumped into the spotlight right off the reel when he dashed madly to_ his left to spear with one hand McNeely's liner to right field at the opening of the first inning. After singling in the Chisox first Mostil pulled a delayed steal. Ruether took plenty of time to throw to Judge to prevent a balk being called and the fleet Collinsman got to sec. ond well ahead of Joe's relay. Kamm took a hit away from Tate in the fourth when he leaped to his left and grabbed with his gloved hand the little fellow's sizzling grazer. Without coming up Willie threw to retire Benny and the side. Goslin was on third at the time. Harris smote a liner that almost knocked Faber off his pins in the fifth, but Red, after slapping down the drive managed to retrieve the ball and throw out Bucky Myer made a spectacular stop of Mostil's bounder over Ruether's head in the seventh, but could not get a throw to Judge in time to head off the hitter. Buddy had to cro: to second to get the sphere with one hand. With one gone in the Chisox seventh Mostil and Collins executed a dual theft, the former taking third, but Myer picked up Sheely's grounder later and threw out Mostil at the | plate, while Collins was caught in a | daring effort to steal home. FIVE BOUTS ARE STAGED AT INDIAN SPRING CLUB Paul Bruen earned a decision over Joe Rivers and Kid Woody scored a technical knockout over Joe Lewis last night at Indian 8pring Golf Club. Three other bouts were declared draws. Billy West met Jack White. Strickler faced Jimmie Gau tobacco. over | TED TO FACE has been reccived here of President of the Eastern Association pitcher he b. All the news of any deal in which ved was of that which sent Clarence young left-handed hurler, from Birmingham, whence he bad been s the Champs, to Rochester of the International League. non, here with the club, declared he did not know such a deal was even pending and has no information as to whether the Nationals Secre- RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN BATTING. w » = Sesas? 0292200380~ IN23AR=S! 2322333588 e poen PRCPPIRS I8 M P o Harris . Peckinpaugh Ruether . . Morrell Marberry Aohnson Coveleskie Crowder Uchrinsko 4o ® ooula; Tnnings "'EF vitehed. Compl zames. Murberry. . Ri ETT UL LT B P CoomanemSTRSAL I oat. BIG LEAGUE LEADERS | By the Associated Press. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Batting—Fothergill, Tygers,, .409. Runs—Ruth, Yankees, 93. Hits—Burns, Indians, 139. Doubles—Burns, Indians, Triplese—Gehrig, ¥ Homers—Ruth, . 31 Stolen bases—Hunnefleld, = White Sox Pitching—Pate, Athletics, won 8, lost none. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Batting—Hargrave, Reds, .382. Runs—Blades, Cardinals, 71. Hits—Brown, Braves, 133. Doubles—Wheat, Robins, 30. Triples—Walker, Reds, 17. | Homers—Wilson, Cubs, and Bottom- ley, Cardinals, 14. Stolen bases—Cuyler, Pirates, 22. Pitching—Jones, Cubs, and Haines, Cardinals, won 3, lost 3 4. was a to me FOR a long time, I wouldn’t admit that anybody could tell me anything about I was satisfied with the brand I wassmoking. Atleast, I thought I was. And then one day, I borrowed a pipe- load of Prince Albert from a fellow passenget in the smoking-car. To make a long story short, that ex- perience revised all my previous notions about tobacco. The very first puff told me that I had been missing something good up till that moment. It was cool' and refreshing as a breath of mountain air. It was sweet and fragrant, EIGHT STAKE RACES LISTED FOR LAUREL The stake blankbook for the 23-da racing meet at Laurel during October has been distributed. Most of the old fixtures will be re newed during the session, which opens October 5_and closes October 30. They $10,000 and one at $25,000. Tha fourth $10,000 race is the Selima Stakes and will be run for the first time this vear. It is exclusively for 2-year-old fillies, and the distance is a mile. William Woodward, master of Belair Stud, Prince Georges County, has offered a cup to the Selima. It must be won three times to gain per- manent possession, while a replica. of the trophy will be given annually to the victorious winner. Featuring the Laurel meet alw: has been the $25,000 Washington Handicap, which is at a mile and a quarter for 3-year-olds and up, and which always has been run on the last day of the meet. Provided the same date is selected this vear, it will be within two days of the inaugural of the §25.000 the Riggs, which will be held on the opening day at Pimlico. The latter is exclusively for 3-year- olds at a mile and a half. Three $5,000 Steeplechases have been run at Laurel Park for a number of | years, but the Patuxent has been dropped this year. The two that re- main are the Chevy Chase, at about two miles, and the Gov. Ogle, at | about two and a half miles. The previ- | ous distance of the first two runnings of the Ogle was at about three miles. The total money to be distributed among turfmen this vear totals $31 000 for stakes and purses, the stake money amounting to $85,000. 'This will be an average of about $13,700 daily. ntries for all the stakes, except| the Selima, will close on August 16, [ The Selima closed with 266 nomina- tions on October 26 last year. Following are the list of stakes: Washington Handicap—Purse, $25,000; sear-olds and up; mile and a' quarter. Laurel—Purse, '$10.000: all ages: mile 5 Maryland Handieap—Puirse, $10.000: for 3-yea mile and a quarter. S ehory Chase Steeplechase—Pirse, and up: about two and & haif miiee 00" for $5.000 TWO YALE MEN PLACED | ON ALL-STAR POLO FOUR| _NEW YORK, July 20 (#).—Two Yale polo players, one from Harvard and one from West Point have been selected by coaches and officials of the Intercollegiate Polo Association as members of the 1926 all-intercollegi- ate four. | The all-star line-up is composed of REDS GET FORD TO FILL HOLE AT KEYSTONE SACK By the Associated Press. H ¥ Horace w field imm Hudgens Albany, i stream of base hits and victories that the world champion Pitts- ediate] as par n the for Ford. hitter for major league ball. BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS STANDING OF THE « }z.. ve nal League terday, with remained Pittsburgh burgh Pirates have started is a hard thing for the Cincinnati Reds to gross, but they have found a ford—Horace Ford, the old second include four $5,000 features, three at |baseman of the Braves and Dodgers i take the place of Frank Emmer in the Cincinna Emmer has gone to Minneapolis with First Baseman payment short Emmer, who formerly played with astérn League, always has been regarded as too weak a The situation at the top of the nchanged toppling | the Giants for the second time, 6 to | 0. and Cincinnati turning ba |1yn by a close margin, 4 to 3 adows gave the New Yorkers only | an ve singles, while the Cuba ck Brook- Lee n. Lugue, struck out nine Dodgers and was well could be New York Cleveland Phil'phia Detroit. . Chicago. Wash'ton St. Louis | Boston Bost Philadel phia at_(levelan New York | New York. > | Clevelund, % Detroit, * 2| Chicago. d. at . NATIONA! YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Pittsbursl STANDING OF THE ( h. the St. Louis ped the first to Philadelpi¥®, 6 to 3. and second, 5 to 4. Cy William two on accounted for conquest, excellent to win Cardinals as t Percentage. second contest. Boston defeated the again, 3 to 2, in 13 innings | straight victory for the Brav des fu Cleveland tightened its gr ond place in the American ping the Athletics in two to 2 and 2 to 0, but gained |2 game on the speeding Yank | again defeated St. Louis, Great pitching by Levsen gave Cleveland its victories, mitting Chica ¢ the bats of his mates made by hey drop- me of a double-header won the ns' homer the Phils’ o Cubs the fifth ves. Both shed errorless ball. ip on sec- by stop- games, 5 only half who 3 to 2. and Uhle Uhle per- only one man to reach sec {ond base in the second game. n Paschal's home run n of the Yankees' conquest the the was Ruth striking out three times | Urban Shocker hurled and doubled in the ninth to winning run on Earl Com 2 ®| Brooklyn. 3 New York. St._Louis | - Chicago. | Brooklyn New York | 4 Chicago_at Boston. Pittaburgh at_New York. Cincinnati st. Louls 8. W. Van Meter of West Point as| No. 1, W. F. C. Guest of Yale as and W. K. Muir of Yale as 4. | revelation ! fair-sized tin garage. on a smoke-program. form with real tobacco. Mikey lost it t Give t Brooklyn. t Philadelphia Walker heid I was ready to admit right then and there that you can teach an old dog new smoke-tricks. When the train pulled in at the station, I bought me a tidy red tin of P. A. for myself. Since then, I've thrown away enough empties to make a Maybe you think that you are all set I just want to leave this thought with you: until you have smoked P. A., you have no idea of how that old pipe of yours can per- Prince Albert a chance in your jimmy-pipe. t(u National Joy Smoke ~ DRINGE ALBERT " 0. | weight title from the time he won it . R. A. Pinkerton of Harvard as No. | from Jack RBritton, in 1902 Washington w White Sox, 5 to 2 Ruffing_held Detroit to and the Red Sox won thel straight of the series, § to Percentage. two on the bases, only to both. home run. 'PENN OARSMEN WO ENTER BRITISH H PHILADELPHIA, July The rowing committee of a singles sculler will be st welter- | accepted by the English st the until he | ear. | the Penn A. C. crews. P. A. % i0ld everywhere in tidy red tins, pound and half-pound tin humi- dors, and pound crystal-glass humidors with sponge-m r top. And always with every bit of bite and perch removed by the Prince Albert process. Athletic Club has announced a senior cight-oared shell crew and handsom core the s single conquered by the four hite ir second 4. Dauss replaced Collins In the seventh with have Bill Jacobson insert a double which scored Regan of the Red S x hit a ULD ENLEY 29 (®) the Penn that nt to the British Royal Henley on the Tham next Summer, provided the entry is ewards. The sculler will be Jos Wright, ir.. <on of Joe Wright of Toronto, coach while Vic Keen did some¢ pitching in the final inning