Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1926, Page 24

SPORTS. JTHE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ‘D. U, TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1926. SPORTS. lyer Redeems Himself After Proving Failure in First Trial as Major Leaguer PLAN TO HAVE JACK K. O0.’d BUDDY’S COMEBACK STUNT I1§°A RARITY IN BASE BALL T'l‘oflllifl«ll Product of Southern Association Has Hit "'for .357 Since Being Placed in Clean-up Batting Place and Improved in Fielding. BY JOHN B. KELLER. show a young fellow who seems to have everythihg necessary to Sr LOUIS, August 3—Onee in a while there comes to the big base ball n the making of a brilliant player. Yet this same youngster after a fair trial fails utterly to measure up to the major league standard and drifts bagck to the minors. Rarely does the youngster after his failure get a second trial the same season, and he*who redeems himseli is, indeed, a rarity. The Nationals are ‘fortunate to have one of these rarities in Buddy Myer. This youthful product of the South- ern Association, such a bitter disap- pointment_during the early part of the campaign, since his return to the game after a month of bench-warm- ng promises to develop into one of the flashiest shortstops of the Amer- ican League. Today he is rated as one of the best hitters occupying the shortfield position in the circuit and he is improving steadily afield. During the training season Myer showed so much ability at ‘bat and afield that Manager Stanley Harris thought he had the find of seasons. So Buddy was installed as regular ~National shortstop at the outset of the championship campaign. He was given every opportunity to make a permanent job for himseli, but after seven weeks of effort he had failed to make good. : So the shortstopping business was turned over to the veteran, Roger UDDY MYER. @ Harau-Ewine B Peckinpaugh, and young Myer was left on the bench to reflect upon his failure. could understand Myer's failure. y into such capable company Neither Manager Harris nor President Griffith of the Nationals y Why Mpyer, with his known speed, strength and native skill, was unsuccessful was a mystery to them. Perhaps he had not given his job consideration serious enough. Per- hars his failure was due to the natural timidity of a young fellow with on a year's professional experience behind him endeavoring to break But apparently Myer had been trying hard enough to live up to the job and there seemed nothing self-conscious in his attitude toward it. While not forward by any means, Buddy had an air of quiet self-confidence. Fortunately for Buddy, and the Nationals, too, Manager Harris did not altogether lose faith in the young fellow. The pilot could not rid himself of the idea that the player who had periormed so smartly during the train- ing season must possess big league quality. And so instead of casting about for a minor league farming spot for Buddy, Harris put the shortstop on the Nationals’ schooling list. After a month of grooming, back to the game Myer came on July 1 and almost immediately he began to re- veal his real worth as a ball player. He went about his work in the short- fleld in more intelligent manner and with smoother style and, above all, his hitting improved wonderfully. So good was his punch that in his first eight games after his return to the line-up he clouted for .367. With his reputed heavy hitters failing to live up to thelr reputations, Hurris dedided to place Myer in the clean-up position in the batting order, and the voung fellow certainly has substan- tiated Harris' judgment. Bats .357 in Fourth Place. Buddy now has been fourth-place batter for the Nationals in 23 games and has batted at a .357 rate in them. He has scored 18 runs and driven -in 18, and in only -5 of the games has heifailed to drive the ball safely. In 3 of those, however, he drew from 1 to 3 passes and scored in each. All told, since his return to the line. up Myer has batted for .360 in 31 gumes. To do this, he has made 45 hits in 125 times at bat. His slams have included 6 triples and & doubles. Buddy has tallied 19 times and knocked over 21 runs. While his flelding still leaves some- thing to be desired, he {3 much better than he was in his early trial. In the 31 games he had had 158 chances. All but 10 have been accepted, for an average of .936. He has maue 66 putouts and 82 assists. A dozen times he has participated in double plays. On_ this second Western tour with the Nationals the young fellow re- peatedly has earned the plaudits of the fans and the praise of the sec- tional press by scintillating _efforts afield. And what's more, he has slammed the opposition pitching well enough to break into the 300 class at ast. MURRAY AND COVEY FACE THE BENGALS TOMORROW b T. LOUIS, August 3.—George Murray. who failed to get away with the best foot—or should it be arm?—forward in his pitching debut as a National here Sunday, will get another chance to strut his stuff to- morow in Detroit, when Bucky Harris and company open a four-game series with the Tygers with a double-header. Murray will share with Stan Coveleskie starting-pitching honors in the two-ply sketch, Manager Harris says. Furthermore, the pilot figures that on the larger field in De- triot Murray will make a much better showing than he did in the band- box here. For Covey it will be a chance to score his first victory since July 10, when he was credited with a win over the Browns in Washington, although then the spit-baller had to give way to Fred Marberry after five frames of toil. has been charged with defeat. If the last series between Nationals and Tygers is taken as a criterion, the impending set of four games be- tween the clubs should be a red-hot one. Cobbmen have been having their troubles recently, but so far this sea- son they always have managed to make the going more than rough for the Champs. It is worthy of mention that the next three series the Nationals are to . play will open with double-headers. In addition to the dual bill with the Cobbmen tomorrow, the Nationals bave one with the Inllians in Cleve- land Saturday and another with the Yankees in Washington a week from tomorrow. On Saturday, August 14, the club will jump to New York for two tilts with the Hugmen. Plenty of work ahead for Boss Bucky's slab- men. For the final clash of the serfes with the Browns today, Manager Harris has nominated Al Crowder as pitcher. Either Joe Giard, lefthander, or Ernle Wingard, who started yesterday. was expected to go for the home erew. There has been no mad crowding of fans into Sportsmans’ Park for this set of battles between Nationals and Browns. The paid attendance Sat- urday was 3,879, and Sunday -6,016. It was ladies’ day yesterday and there were about 4,000 present, but fair fans inade up fully three-fourths of the at- tendance. Robertson engineered a nifty double- play in the fifth. The Brownie short- stop made a fine stop of Goslin’s hot grounder, touched second to retire Myer and heaved to first well ahead of the Goose. B Myer took a third hit away from vangilder when he snared the pitch- er's high bounder in the fifth. After grabbing the sphere with his bare hand, Buddy stepped on the middle sack for a force out of Robertson. A feaping catch by Robertson kept a bingle from Tate in the sixth. Benny socked the ball on a line toward left- center, but Gene jumped in its way. Some speedy passing of the ball choked a Brown rally in the seventh. With Miller on third, McManus, after one was out, started to swipe second. Tate's throw to Myer was'too good for Marty and he was.pushed back !o first. M;er then whlgged the ball _— USED TIRES Since then Covey has been on the slab five times, and three times to Bluege, and Miller, who had taken a daring lead, was snuffed out. Blyege’s homer in the ninth, that put the game in the bag for the Na- tionals, was &' terrific drive that hit the ground not so far back of second base. Instead of playlng the hit safely, Harry Rice made a_desperate effort for a shoetop catch. He missed the ball completely and so great was its speed that with one bound it trav- eled to deep center. RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN BATTING. G, AB. 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Mo st chicase, Boston veland MoCURDY IS DRESSED UP, BUT HAS NO BALL CLUB CHICAGO, August 3.—~There was myst at the White Sox ball park yesterday when the name of Harry McCurdy, hard-hitting catcher, was discovered on the roster of the New York Yankees before game time. McCurdy was on hand, but he was in the uniform of the White Sox. “Sent to New York,” sald the Sox officials. “He’s not ours,” sald Miller Hug- We know nothing about him. “McCurdy was clalmed by the Yankees a week ago and he is their x. 't a place for McCurdy and can't take him,” said Huggins. “Well, all I know is I've m work. T don’t care where. k I'd rather be with a pennant win- ner than with a sixth-place club at that,” saild McCurdy, the ball play- er without a club. NATS DOWN BROWNS, 14-11, IN A SLAM-BANG CONTEST By the Associated Pre LOUIS, August 3.—There was a deal of slambang stuff to the 14-to-11 victory over the Browns yesterday that kept the Nationals above the .500 point in wins and boosted them to the bottom berth in the first division, The Champs started well, but the Browns soon caught the hitting fever and from then until the finish it was a bush league battle. i Walter Ruether tried to get his twelfth victory of the year, but the leit-hander was rubbed off the slab in five rough innings. " Bill Morrell hurled for a couple of frames, then Fred Marberry came in, first to let the Browns tic then to have his mates win for him. The Browns got 16 safeties and | But the Nationals had not lost 3 s off the Natlonal mound |heart. They hopped on Gaston in trio while the Griffmen got 13 safeties | the ninth for three more markers and and 7 passes off the combined |victopy. After Myer walked, Goslin efforts of Einie Wingard, Elam Van- | singled only to be forced out by Judge, BIG LEAGUE LEADERS. By the Associated Press. (Including games of August 2. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Batting—Fothergill, Tygers, .396. | Runs—Ruth and Gehrig, Yankees, 97. Hits—Burns, Indians, 144. Doubles—Burns, Indians, 45. Triples—Gehrig, Yankees, 17. Homers—Ruth, Yankees, 33. Stolen bases—Hunnefield, White Sox, and Rice, Nationals, 17. Pitching—Pate, Athletics, won 8, lost 0. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Batting—Hargrave, Reds, .385. Runs—Blades, Cardinals, 74. Hits—Brown, Hraves, 137. Doubles—Wheat, Robins, 30. Triples—Walker, Reds, 17. Homers—RBottomley, Cardinals, and Wilson, Cubs, 15. Stolen bases—Cuyler, Pirates, 22. Pitching—Jones, Cubs, and Haines, gilder, Dixle Davis and Milton Gas- Blugge, though, slammed a homer to ton. There were three homers, |deep center ftleld. Cardinals; won 7, lost 2. Ruether, Ossio Bluege and Ken Wil liams socking them. Bluege got his in the ninth when there were two mates on the runway, and it finished the Browns for the day. The first National marker was | chalked up in the second round. After Myer lofted to Willlams Goslin walked and Judge followed with a single long enough to send the Goose to third, but Hawry Rice booted the ball and Goslin continued to the plate on the error. Wingard Is Chased Early. Wingard wus chased to the show ers in the next frume when the Champs got three tallies. Ruether was out of the way when McNeely singled, Earl took second as Harris was heaved out and counted when Sam Rice lifted a Texas leaguer to center. Myer's one-baser moved Sam to second only, but Goslin's single down the right field line drove in w couple of runs. After Judge walked Vanglider ascended the hill and checked the rally. Then the Browns opened an attack that left them just a run shy of the Nationals. Ruether easily disposed of the first two batters to face him in the third, but Vangilder surprising- ly tripled to left. After Meiillo walk- ed Harry Rice tfipled to send his two mates home and followed them to the counting block when Sisler singled. Ruether with a homer poled into the right fleld stand in the fourth boosted_the National's advantage to two tallles, but in their batting half of the round the Browns socked Dutch to take the lead. Miller started the five-hit onslaught with a double and, AS CHICAGO By the Associated Press. I streak of 11 straight games. The score was 2 to 1, Faber permitting only six safeties. The other Urban did about as well, granting six in seven frames, but was unfor- twnate in that three of them came together for the winning two runs in the fourth. | AN VICTORY o ' [Srrs e LYY rm—, | ecooumsiormieP corcoom~ - ® 3 | PTEE—_ =l osoccesococnel ul | comeuoresninsy | T — %l - Sl eoncoermmen-onP & - 8l ¥ % Robertson singled Red to the far B ] JBatted 1 i 4+Ran for J. Harrls In a T was blue Monday for the league-| were victims of an inter-Urban clash between Faber of the Chicago White Sox and Shocker of New York, which halted their winning corner and Vangllder got another safety, this time a double, that sent Hargrave home with the tying marker. Robertson had to pull up at third, but crossed after Goslin collared Melillo’s holst. There was more Brown scoring in the fifth. Willlams began it with a drive that landed on top of the right field stand wall for a homer. Ruether hit Miller and, following McManus’ loft to McNeely, Hargrave hit Ruether for & single to put Bing at third. Robertson’s crash to right for a base registered Miller. Nationals Tie It Up. After three fruitless innings, the Nationals got busy in the eighth and drove Vangllder from the slab by scor- ing three runs to tie the Browns, They then hopped on Dav Vangilder's successor, for three more tallies in that round. Sam Rice walked and after Myer whiffed, took third when Goslin singled through Sisler. Judge singled Rice home and Bluege walked to crowd the sacks. Tate's single to left tallled Goslin, and Moon Harris, who batted for Morrell, drew a pass that forced Judge over with the tying marker and Vangilder out of the Washingtol St. Louls. ! R %8 Ruether. :g".fl'.....r n 2 innl May - ‘Rueth; E“%}:‘}lfl “::AI:.;“";‘ Dl{fii’;_ u game—? hours 1_minutes. ve), gante. Davis lost no time in putting the Nationals ahead. Dixie pinked Mc- Neely on the arm, thereby pushing Bluege across the plate. ‘Then Boss Bucky rifled a single to left that scored Tate and Stewart, pinch- runner for Moon Harris. J Some . sloppy flelding by the Champs, however, let the Browns catch up in the second half of the round when Marberry started pitch- ing. Schang batted for Davis and singled. Melillo’s _retirement put Wally at second. Then Harry Rice ‘walked. Sisler sent a measly roller toward Bucky Harris, but with a side-retiring double play in sight the pilot first kicked the ball, then made such a poor throw to Judge that not an out ‘was negotiated. Willlams lined a single to left-cen- ter and two runs crossed while Sisler went to third. Miller's stroll filled the bases for the second time in the frame, then another error let the tying run get home. McManus grounded to Myer and a toss to Harris forced out Bing, but Judge failed to hold Bucky’s relay to complete a two-ply killing and Sisler was in with a dead locking tally. HUDSON PROBEY TIRE STORES 2104 Pa. Ave. N.W. Oth & P Sts. N.W. 12th & H Sis. NE. MACKS CAPTURE A PAIR TRIMS YANKS leading New York Yankees, for they Philadelphia again showed signs of taking up the pennant chase by top- pling Detroit twice, 6 to 0 and 10 to 1. In the first contest the veteran Howard Ehmke gave the Tygers only three singles. Rube Walberg and Lefty Grove scattered 10 blows in the second offering, Manush's elev- enth homer of the season giving De- troit its only run. ‘Washington won over St. Louis in a slugtest, 14 to 11. Pittsburgh accepted a beating from Philadelphia, 8 to 8, while Cincinnati was idle, the Pirates thereby “etain- ing a lead of one and one-half games. Chicago brought the Brooklyn Dodg- ers back to a tie for fourth place by downing them, 5 to 4, with an attack led by the former Clevelander, Riggs Stephenson. The New York Giants, with a 4-to-2 margin, won from the Cardinals. Al Tyson, outflelder from Louisville, now with the Gilants, was hit by a Vic Keen slant in the sixth and went down, but was revived and later deliv- ered the winning hit and made a double play unassisted. Manager McGraw of the Giants an- nounced that he had signed Joe Mor- rissey, outfielder from Holy Cross, and that John Boyle, Xavier College catcher, had been released. TAKE FIFTH STRAIGHT. Arlington Elks turned in their fifth straight win when they defeated the Army War College detachment, 6 to 5, at Arlington. A homer by Holmes gave the home team the victory in the wminth. Auguat ét/l THE NEW SUPER=SIX New Bodies » New Colors New Beauty + Comfort and Performance - IN A GYM DRILL IS NIPPED Attempt to Steal Ballyhoo Is Frustrated When Com- ing Champion Floors Bryan Downey in Exhi- bition Before Newspaper Writers. BY JACK KEARNS. ding-dong attack on Willard. A counts I got, and that was water on our wheel. FTER the Salvation Army bout was stopped in Chicago, I kept up a It was burning him up, from all ac- By this time all the writers began to ask about my man. . “We've been saying a lot of things about him and hearing you say them, so we want to get a little besides pure guff. When are you going to show him around here in Chicago. Why, we haven't even seen him in a gym.” Derhpse; didn't ‘look bit bigger. kidded the pants off me. . was weighing about 168 to 170 pounds at that time. He V‘\f and his illness and lying in bed hadn’t made him look a hen the gang got a good look at him on his feet they me the horse laugh. They didn't think he was a heavyweight at all. They even accused me of using some of the ey “stuff” the boys around Salt Lake were using. Well, finally came to the day when I was to show him. I arranged to have him workout at Howard Carr's gymnasium. So much publicity had been smeared on about his going to fight Willard for the title that when he stepped out on the floor at the Carr gym you couldn’t find an inch of spare room. The place was packed to suffocation. The old ballyhoo had done its share and no mistake. Tom Jones happened to be in the place with Bryan Downey, the welter- weight contender. : Jones, an old timer, had been with Papke and Wolgast. He was quite ex- cited about Dow- ney, who really could fight and was a terrific hit- ter. ‘The more they saw of Dempsey moving around the, less they thought of him. He wasn’t impres- sive with them. A few of the big fel- lows around there boxed with him, and Jack didn't look any too good after his long sick spell. The more @ they watched him work the surer they were that I had & punk on my hands and that all the fawing about him had been pure bunk. Some friends of mine came to me one day and told me that Jones had been wise cracking about letting Downey box Dempsey on the follow- ing day and that he was going to have Downey smack Jack over for the edification of the newspaper boys. ‘Well, sir, the next day you'd thought that a match for the title had been arranged. What a mob came to see Dempsey workout that day. Jones had been doing a lot of ballyhooing himself. He was going to steal my fire by knocking Jack over with a little welter. "It would make his man at my expense. What I had bullt up he would knock over. Lovely, I said to myself. Jones Makes the Request. Well, Jack went along working with this fellow and that. I was walting for Jones to make his crack. Downey was limbering up on the floor and was all set to go. I hadn’t said a word to Dempsey and he went right along in his own way. Finally Jones came over to me. “Jack,” he sald, “will you let your blg fellow there box my little fel- low?" “Aw, you don't want that little fel- low to get hurt, do you, Tom?" “I guess he'll be able to take care of himself. He likes to work with the big fellows. I'm not scared over his boxing that big guy of yours. Tell your man to get the gloves on. I called Dempsey aside and told him what was coming off. I warned him MAKERS OF FINE CLOTHES L.Jacobs& Co. TAILORS 413 11th St. N.W. that Jones was out to bust him off and that he'd have to watch everything g)owney did. Jack said it would be all ne. “‘Step around nice 1n the first round, but watch him,” I told Dempsey. Downey Comes Tearing In. So they started to box. Downey came tearing after Jack and the big fellow stepped in and out with Dow- ney, but he didn't try to lay a glove on him. He was waiting for orders. Downey let fly with everything he had and there were a few knockout drops in some of his swings. ‘The second bell rang and they got off again. Downey had had positive orders now to knock Dempsey over. You could tell that by the way he came tearing in. He left fly with every punch he knew and just when it was getting hottest, Jack looked over my way. It was about time to do something on his own hook and I gave him the office to “tag” his nibs. He feinted and then hooked a left to Downey's Jaw. Over he went! Also a couple of front teeth, to say nothing of a few spectators. Jack reached down and picked Downey up off the floor. He shook him up and then clowned around to let him get his bearings. The fellow was out on his feet and Jack didn‘t hit him a second time. 1 called Jones over and I told him that he ought to be more careful about letting his little fellow box big men. “You'l get him killed some day. You'll get him the same dose that you got Billy Papke when you tossed him back in the ring with Ketchel after you had the title won.” Made Capital of Scheme. Poor Jones was licked. He had tried to steal my ballyhoo and now I began to turn it on stronger than ever. I made a lot out of that would- be double crossing and by the time I got through with it you would have thought that I had had Dempsey slap over Jess Willard. It was great stuff for the boys. It gave them something to write about without having to go and dig it up. I matched Dempsey with Jim Flynn right after that. Flynn, the Pueblo Fireman, had scored a one-round knockout over Dempsey and I wanted 'S a good GOTHAM FANS FEEL SURE OF DEMPSEY-TUNNEY GO NEW YORK, August 3 (#).— The boxing fans appear to take it for granted that nothing will prevent the holding of the Dem; sey-Tunney bmm:l the Ymi: e ek of e ekt B pres of L) b i o b conieting ok e Saratoga camp. to have that wiped out. Dem; h confessed that the knockout wasn' on the level as he had taken a “dive’ to Flynn because he needed th money. There never had been an: great talk about the “dive” but made up my mind to wipe out th knockout just the same. Better t: have the K. O. reversed than havi them dig it up on me at a later dat So he was fatched with Flynn, the fight to take place at Fort Sherl ‘There was no money at the fort bu that didn’t bother us. We agreed to $500 purse, the winner to take it all. (Copyright. 1026.) FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla—Jack Britton, outeg pointed Red McLachlan, Saginaws NEW YORK.—Pal Moran, Orleans, and Bobby Burns, New York, - DALLAS, Tex.—Clyde Hull, neapolis, beat Dummy Mahan, CHICAGO.—Paul Allen, Urban: I, beat Charley Rychell, Chicago (S){ Fargo, N. Dak., defeated Johnny Ses collf, Scranton (10). INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Evracuse. 12- Baltimore. 1 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Paul. 7: Columbus, 2 (8 tnnines. rainiy; Mich. (10). News! fought a draw._ (10). 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