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21 SPORTS. ¢ GRIFFS IN FOR HOT FIGHT - WITH FOUR RIVAL TEAMS A\ #Indians, A’s, Tygers and Chisox Also in Race fi)r Honor and Coin—Pitcher “Tiny” Carroll, 19, Purchased by Champs From Little Rock. BY DENMAN THOMPSON, Sports Editor. The Star. EATHER permitting, the Nationals today were to launch a drif-e n a double-header against the Tygers, by means of which thf:y hope to attain second place in the American League penn:fnt race by the close of the campaign, just six weeks from todfay. New Y ork’s Yankees, boasting of the leadership by a margin of rfine fll games. are so far in front that hope for overhauling them virty, ha- been abandoned by all rivals, but for the second, third and fourth g - tions a far different situation exists. Separating the Cleveland Indians, present holders of the runne, r-up niche, and the Chicago White Sox, occupants of sixth place, are butf five and one-half games, a gap that easily could be bridged should the Ccfllins- men stage a winning streak while the Tribe is slumping, and with a 1fione- tary reward, in addition to the glory of achievement at stake, the pfayers may be expected to hustle their hardest to land their respective clif bs as Jhigh as possible in the race. Under the rules governing the | world serles, which this ¥Fall will he plaved between the Hugmen and either the Pirates, Cardinals, Reds, Cibe or Giants, who are staging a red.-hot battle In the National leagne. A generous share of the re- _reipts in set aside for the teams nther than title contenders, finish- 'ishing In the first division, .with the amounts graduated so that the sec- and-place outfits are most hi somely remunerated. with a I sum for the third-position teams and an even smaller pot for those fin- Ishing fourth. Even the latter is worthwhile, however, amounting to the equivalent of several toms of coal for each performer to help tide him through the chilly blasts of Win- | ter. and the athletes overiook no bets | “xwhan it comes fo acquiring coin. Although favored for the No. pest, which they have held for mev- eral weeks now. the Cleveland Indians had their grasp on position reduced to a mere half a game through their double loss to the Mackmen vesterday. The Athletics, in turn. are but thres contests bat- ter off than the Tygers. and next in line come half a game in als and a the Chisox. Double Win Would Help. A double victory for the Harris- men over Cobb's cohorts this after- noon. provided the elements permit the staging of the bargain show. wonld boost the Griffs hack into the firer division and give them a fine “art toward second place, their | ‘avowed objective now. 3 " 11 was expected that “Smiler’ George Murray and either Barney Johneon or General Alvin Crowder would be called on to start today's battles, and while Truculent Tyrus Cabb made no announcement of his pitching choices it was considered likely he would present slabbing of an entirely southpaw aspect by as- signing the mastodonic Fd Wells and the clever Earl Whitehlll to toil on the hill. i Should rain agaln necessitate idle- ness. as it dig vesterday. these two games will have to go by the board an far as Washington is concerned. for while the Nationals have an open date in the schedule tomorrow the Tygers are billed to battle in Phila- delphia. Enforced loafing again to- day will mean that the games will have 1o be transferred to Detroit and worked in as double-headers when the Griffmen visit there for five consecu- tive days, beginning September 15. Griffs Buy Pitcher Carroll. £1ill another aspirant for a hurling josi- BIG LEAGUE STATIST/.CS - AMERICAN LEAGUE. YASTERDAY'S RESULT| t ratn).” STANDING oF THEf 2 111601581.518 ‘Touis 1 6] o1 81100 7 Beston.. | &1 il‘ill'fl ]V Last .. 140IR4I5416610¢ V38168178 1—T—1 alf Fer game and a half over 131121 0I64i501.54 T1_4110]_7114164i511.557 7 6/111691541.522 121 6—T11] 6/18I571541.514 4T 715 eeL.a11 4l 41 7] 6I11/—I421671.385 8151154154161/66/67/—I—1 DAY'S GAMES. Pittsbureh (twe games). 8¢, s. Benton at Rk as 0. or Fhiladels fia at Cinelnaadl. SWIMMING RECORD SMJASHED, ONE TIED By the Asfsoctated Press. INDLANAPOLIS, Ind., August 18.— ‘Walter ~Laufer, Cincinnati, tonight joh with the 1927 Nationals has been | equaied}the Olympic record for the 100 ded to the roster in the person of | meters fback stroke in an exhibition “Tinv' Carroll, purchased yesterday | trial agjiinst time on the opening night from 1he Littls Rock club of the of the/ national swimming champion- Santhern Assoclation, according to an- | ships gt the Broad Ripple natatorium. nouncement by President Griffith. Thef record, 1.12, was established at carroll is a right-hander of only 19 | 'h:.!) st Olympic games by Warren Keallp of Hawali. years. and Griff never has seen him in g action. having agreed te his acquisi- Onfthe heels of Laufer's sensational on for what he terms a “rather stiff | psefprmance, Ethel McGary, New Jwice,” on the strong recommendation | Yogy, clipped 74-5 seconds from her (f Joe Engel. The Washington scout |owh| world record for the 880-yard «eerts that Carroll's chief asset is|waupan's free style event. Her time + fine fast ball, the rest of his reper- | a1 12 minutes 50 seconds. The race ‘wa § a runaway, the other competitors, has plenty of size to re_cam&:xedhhinll. h«” e R Nter | l.aufer added further to his laurels w] 2;0~meter free sattyle swim for the widdlo States champlonship after a The time was bk n right now, and still growing. e admits the youngster is as green ame and as wild as a native | o hut stoutly maintains he | cat possibilities for develop- | Gfie University star.® W hethar Carroll will join the | 93615, e when the 14ttle Rock club | George Van, Detroit, wi o amth or walt to ve. | poposition by local talent in the 440 1n Tamma training camp mext | frard preast stroke for the men’s na- % Srott sl My riitestlied | friona1 'junior champlonship. Sori whe has proveq & bul- [}, Mrs. Thelma Darby Willis of In e e hat for 1he "Rinitos jgdianapolis was far too good for her e rerhackers and slugged his Jfeld in the 300-meter open breast f-me with the Univegsity of j 5troke “"&:“m)“"‘ T freshmen nine last Spring, { ., ASnes Geraghty of New Vork won ded to forego a college edu- the 300-meter rn;dley, udl:'rm:utdll-- 1 planned to leave tibday for ;‘""“‘ a t""' :é"- Bflnm' L 1%, Ohio. to join President Joef| hanResen of Detroit was seco! <R smiate with kbe G | HAGEN HAS GOOD ROUND ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE 1t \was adjudged not guite TiDk leagne trial e : * Walter Hagen, who plays and talks DOXERS ARE FINED. golf, is sald to have red some ¢ | neat long distance shots a few days AGO. August 18 (PY.—Fine: ) for their failure i fight Jar- | ago that ran up a tidy score on the hout here Monday night have | stock tickers. \mized uvon Nick (uagerellf of | On the advice of a friend, so the “ Yok and Eddie Spegks of Lauis- | story goes, Hagen putted a few thou. 1 Ky vesterday by the Ill#nois|sand dollars in the direction of the 2 Commission. i | General Motors green and holed out some $100,000 to the good. MINOR LEAGUE RESUULTS. g » BASE BALL SECRETS e & Sel Metzger. Newark, 0. 'TRY FOR BASE ON BALLS. ° / DO THIS Y b WT THS N g ‘When the game is half finished and vour team is behind, the first batter up in each subsequent inning should ! try to wait out the pitcher. He tcalled ' chould let the first good ball go by, | like the player on the left in the il- lustration. Donit cut at it, no mat- ' ter how good it is. like the player on the right. Tt is alwayve a good thing to make the pitcher work, an espe cially good trait when vou are trving 10 overcome a goodly lead by the cppo- tion. toix t of. He foire being nothing to boast of ,,i"’"’ unava pther competitors. ol eronsly i 1t cnerously proportioned as Walter | o\ Re captured first place in the ird tussle with John Dithmer, Pur- < de h AMERICAN AN st Paft. 0. E i 7 Minneaptus. 1 covTnERY LEAGTE. nam 15 (frattansoga. & 1. Mobile. 3. | <7 | New] Oricans. : | "N Nadheitie i | | VIRGINIA LEAGUE. rond. 4 @nqnn 5.0 aterebure. 1 SOUIH AFLANTIC LEAGUE. o 3 Ghagloute. 8. i olimma. 19 Knoxville. 7, | theville. 4. [partanburg. 3 | PTIETPMONT LEAGUE. 8. Durham Greensharn T High Point. & | SOUTPIEASTERY LEAGUE. Joelo Kbty Sadannun iraimt FLYRIDA STATE LEAGU AL s Tampa 2 L &t Petaraburg. 6:5 25011 nn'ke, ra ugus: * "TROUSER To Match Your Odd Coats |EISEMAN'S, 7th & F TEXAS LEAGUE. . Wichita Falls, 2. 5 Bea T s umont. Waco. 0 (called. Bth, rain' | Bouwuy Shreme o Dallay, 0 fPACTFIC COAST LEAGUE. 7 Loe Aneeles 2, ta. 15 given little | " THE EVENIN( T STAR. WASHINGTON, D. < @ WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 18 1 99 6. HORACE MILTON LISENBEE. . HERE’S NEW ASPIRANT FOR HURLING BERTH WITH GRIFFMEN This is a lllwne;flhof the youngster recently purchased from Clyde Milan’s Memphis team of the Southern As- sociation. Lise: 10 has a record of Ilfl 0I381581.500 inbee, =11 MI:I.‘uM injury, but will be on hand for Spring training 19 games won and 9 lost ith the Chicks this season, s idle now due to an next year it he is unable to report this Fall. BIG LEAGUE LEADERS. By the Assoclated Press. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Batting—Fothergill, Tigers, .388. Hits—Burns, Indians, 170. Runs—Ruth, Yankees, 114. Doubles—Burns, Indians, 56. Triples—Gehrig, Yankees, 18. Homers—Ruth, Yankees, 39. Stolen bases—Rice, Senators, lflunnfifleld. ‘White Sox, 20. |* Pitching—Dauss, Tigers, lost 3. and won 8; NATIONAL LEAGUE. Batting—Hargrave, Reds, .388. :-‘Ilts— wn, Braves, 147 uns—Blades, , 81. Doubles—Heathcote, Cubs, 32. Triples—Walker, Reds, 18. Homers—Wilson, Cubs, 18. Stolen bases—Cuyler, Pirates, 24. 3 l"iu;lllzn(-—lhlnes. Cardinals, won ; lost 2. MOUNT RAINIERS SHIFT Mount Rainier's base ball nine is meeting the District Fire Departs ment team tomorrow ahd shifting the game with the Hartfards, originally announced for tomorrow, to Thurs- lday of next week. The fracas will take place on Mount Ralnier_diamond, starting at 5 o'clock. The Smoke Iaters are prep- ping for their annual clash with the Cops on Labor day at Ameri- can League Park | GAME TO PLAY FIREMEN! | By the Associated Press i Louis Cardinals in the N |ing St. Louis. | SOUTHWORTH. EW YORK, August 18—Thg win the National League p spite the gasping gurgles of team is “in it.” may do as in what the Pittshurgh Pi occur when the season has dwindled 1 1f the National League pennant What s true of the Cards is al- most as true of the Reds, and a lirtle more true of the Giants. Giants bushed themselves in their game against Philadelphia last week, the first of their trip away from home, they dug a ‘grave. Thut one game raised the defeats of the team to a higher figure than that of any of the other so-called contenders. The defeats eat into percentages to- ward the close of the season like a tornado into a corn field. The vic- tories are sort of negative things. Losses Are What Hurt. Last year the Pirates were de- feated only 58 times while winning the pennant. This year the Giants and the Reds already have lost more dropped 50 and the Pirates 4. It is almost certain that the three con- tending teams will lose more than 60 games before the month of Sep- tember is very old. If the don’t lose more than their share by that ratio, their losses will not affect their position standing in the race. Moreover, it doesn’'t appear that the Pirates are apt to plunge into a losing streak. even if they have had a jam about Fred Clarke being on the bench. Some of the players who | thought they did not want Clarke on | | the bench were willing to change their minds at once when they found: | they had voted on the losing side While the Eastern teams may take a fall out of Pittsburgh. it is against | probability. 1f Pittsburgh can do a | little better against St. Louis and the | Reds in their remaining games neither St. Louis or Cincinnati is going to win | | 2 pennant from the leaders. | The odds of the season as the teams | have been going are with Pittsbursh ‘To overcome the Pirates, St. Louis or | Oyoteration” Fruzo 228 First St.NW i| The Truck of Greatest | Economy When the | than B0 games, while St. Lonis has | Pirates | BUCS MUST FAIL BADLY TO LET PENNANT ESCAPE BY JOHN B. FOSTER. St. Louis Cardinals have a chance to ennant, but it is only a Chinaman's chance, and that of Cincinnati and the Giants is little better, de- New York partisans who assert their The chance of the underdogs lies not so much in what these teams rates may not do. Anything may happen in a season of six months, but less is likely to o its last siy weeks, may be won hy 90 victories Tt “ain't in the wood.” Cincinnati or New York must have an | uninterrupted run of victories. while | .333 per cent on their own account. That simply seems absurd as a pos- sibility to place reckoning on. Both the Cardinals and the Reds have had wonderful chances to win the National League bunting this year. No teams have had better, and if they do not win it will not be diffi- cult to tell why. Hornsby can't hit his batting stride, for one thing, and the Reds really should be given a blue | ribbon for getting where they did with- out a shortstop from the beginning of the vear. In some respects it is al- imfl.fll as big 4 vinning the eham- | pionship, but it won't zet the Reds {into the world series. MORRISON REINSTATED BY PITTSBURGH TEAM PITTSBURGH, Pa.. August 18 (). —Johnny Morrison, Pittsburgh Na- tional pitcher, suspended many weeks ago when he went to his home in Owensboro, Ky., without first asking permission, has been reinstated. Morrison, on the sick list for some time after a tonsil operation. said he believed he had fully and would he able to take his regu- lar turn on the mound HURLS A NO-HIT GAME. SRIDGEPORT. Conn.. August Peter Jablonowski pitched it, no-run ame for azainst Bridgeport. Eastern Leazue team, vesterday. The score was 3 to 0. Jablonowski walked three men. Only four balls were hit into the out. field 8 a HAWKINS Conreniently Located on Fourteenth Street I 1333-37 14th St. Main 578 and it | begins to look as though fewer than that mav win it, providing there is a let-down by Pittsburgh ~the Cardinale will have to win more than 800 per cent of the games they have left to play. the Pirates are not doing better than | recovered ' CARDS NOW LONE GAME BACK OF LEADING BUCS NLY one game separated Pittsburgh today from the rushing St. tionzl League. i carded by the Giants, but mad Hornsby, has been a sensatic. with his home runs since join- Billy Southworth, dis- \ regular outfielder by Rogers He is the second outfielder turned away by McGraw to gain a name in the records for long hitting this season. Hack Wilson of the Chi- cago Cubs is deadlocked with Jim Bottomley of the Cardinals for the leadership in the National. Southworth, 32 years old, is see- ing service with his fifth major league team. He played for Cleve- land, Pittsburgh and the Braves be- fore going to the Giants. Yesterday he pounded ount two homers in his club's 8-to-7 victory over Brooklyn. - His blow in the seventh with two on base put ‘the Cardinals in the lead to stay Cincinnati remains only a half game behind the Hornsbys as the result of good Mays. He allowed 10 hits, but had little trouble in turning back Phila- delphia, 8 to 2. Bush of Chicago beat the Giants, 7 to 0, only Lindstrom and Ott turn- ing back his pitches for singles. Waite Hoyt was knocked from the mound and the Chicago \White Sox heat the Yankees. 5 to 3. in a tussle limited to five innings by rain, but the New York team in the American League because Cleveland dropped iwo, 9 to 4, and 6 to 4, to Philadelphia. This uprising placed the Athletics only half a game behind second place, The Red Sox captured a double bill from the Browns, 5 to 1. and 4 to 0, Welzer pitching five-hit ball in the second. Bill Jacobson indulged in a field day against his old teammates with three hits in each contest. two of them doubles. pitching by Carl | gained xround | FLAG CHANCE RATINGS | IN THE MAJORS TO DATE| AMERICAN LEAGUE New York Cleveland | | | | | | | | | NATIONAL Pittsburgh New York St. Louis Cincinnatf Chi & Brooklyn . Boston Philadelphia . FIVE OLD DOMINION CREWS IN REGATTA ALEXANDRIA, Va., August 18.— Old Dominfon Boat Club will send 238 representatives to Norfolk Friday night, where they will meet the Vir- ginia Boat Club of Richmond in five rowing events that are scheduled as the concluding events of the three-day water carnival of the Norfolk-Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce. The water meet will he held to- morrow, Friday and Saturday. The senfor gig race was thrown out of the list at the requesf of Clifford Green, captain of the ‘Vir- ginia Boat Club, because of the ab- sence of two oarsmen from Narfolk on_ business. In place of the senjor gig it is expected that the senior singles will be added to the program. The menior quad. junior light, junior quad and junior gig are the other races. The No. 5 Motor Company Is scheduled to play the Cardinals here Sunday, but it is thought the game will be postponed until a laker date because of the Virginia Smte Fire Department Convention. The Motor Company is anxfous to agrange a game for Saturda ‘The Dreadnaughts-will hold a prac- tice Friday to prepare for Sunda) game with some team that Manager Eddie Allen will schedule, The St. Mary’s team is without a game for Sunday, and QGharles Cor- bett would like to heay from some senior nine today at Alexandria 564 before 5 o'clock. The Saints have called off Sundav's engazement with the Elliotts that was o have heen plaved on the Washington Rosedale playground. Members of the Bdlle Haven Golf and Country Club have started try- outs for the eight-man team that will contest in_the Tri-State Golf Assoclation meet here September 11. Coach Herbert Knight will issue uniforms to 25 camdidates for the George Mason High School foot ball team here today, and actual work will start tomorraw afternoon. St. Johns, Harmon Frances, Charles McCullough, Johrg Eddington, Robert Utterback. Pete Parsons, Garnett Frances, Howell, Douglas, Hawkins, Rolling, Damerom and Lunceford of | last vear's teamy are ready for serv ice again. MOUNT VERNON NINE MAY MUDDLE SERIES| Pastimers of Mount Vernon Savings Bank, with a record of four wins against one defeat, have an excellent chance to muddle the second Bankers' | Base Ball League series on Saturday, when they play on Monument mond No against American Se- | eurity & Trust, the team that tripped | | Riggs for the first time this season | ilast Saturday. | Should Mount Vernon win the game. | Riggs and American Security would be tied for first place, each having six wins in seven starts. In addition, Mount Vernon has a postponed game | with Hibbs, and by taking this con- three-cornered | tie with the I American_Security could take the second half title by winning Satur- | day’s smme. Riggs would then be met | in a three-game series for the Ipat"@’ champlonship. PENALIZED PIRATE TRIO ABSOLVED OF ILL INTENT By the Associated Pross ITTSBURGH, August 18. The case of Carey. Adams d Bighee against the Pittsburgh Nationals apparently was a closed inci- | dent today. The three Corsair veterans—Max Carey, Babe Adams and Car- | son Bigbee—ousted for_insubordination. stood cleared of any “malicious | intent” in their leadership of a movement to have Fred C. Clarke, assistant | manager, removed from the bench. day from John A. Heydler. president of the National League, to whom heir exoneration of everything save “mistaken zeal” came yester- | | Carey had appealed following his suspension by the Pirate management and the unconditional release of Adams and Bigbee. Heydler found, after a series of con- ferences with the disputants, that none of the three players was guilty of “wiliful insubordination or mali- cious intent to disrupt or injure his club” and that each mayv leave the |team “with a good name” and with no “stain or blemish on thelr long and honorable careers.” Both sides to the dispute indicated their satisfaction with the league executive's decision. “All we wanted was to clear our names and Mr. Hevdler's statement has done that,” was the terse com ment of Carey, ousted trio. “We accept his findings and con- sider the matter a closed incident,” Sam Dreyfuss, club treasurer, said on behalf of the management. Heydler, announcing his decision. emphasized he had no power to force Waterbury | the club to rescind its action against the three veterans. He declared Carey. | in_appealing the case. had made it spokesman for lthe | plain that he had no desire to re main with the club. but sought only | to have his name, as well as those of | Adams and Bighbee, cleared of any | charge of wrongdoing. | Carey, on whom the Pirates asked | waivers, will know whether he is | to remain in the National League to- | day, the fifth day since waivers first | were sought. It is known that Brook- | Ivn and New York, at least, have re- | fused to waive on him and present in- | dications were that he would go to the | Dodgers. | ARMY POLOISTS BEATEN. NARRAGANSETT PIER, R. 1. August 18 (®).—In one of the fastest exhibitions of polo seen on the Point | Judith Club field in years. Rockaway. N. Y. vesterday defeated the 11th Calvary four, representing the Pacific Coast Division. 11 to & in an elimina tion match on the {ntercircuit cham- | pionship. Be Carefree On Your Vacation | ! ASK FOR | REXOLINE MOTOR OILS SHERWOOD BROS., Inc. 4. R. Keene, Dist. Sales Mgr. Main 3904 306 Albee Bldg. ! . through SPORTS. Natienals Start Driv/-/é for Second Place : Pirates Being Pressed to Hold Lead g GIANTS NOW RATED REAL CONTENDER FOR PENNANT McGrawmen Are Figured to Climb at Least as High as Second Place in National League—Yanks in No Danger in the Younger Circuit. BY FREDERICK G. LIEB. EVELOPMENTS of the past week have not lessened the tension in the National League and the leading Pirates had dificulty in holding their own. Again we find the four Western contenders back on their home diamonds, with New Yark anxious to con tinue the merry clip which it hit up in the East Pitching weakness and the disability of Shortstop Glenn Wright again has slowed up the Pittsburgh world champions. Wright apparently 1s the mainspring of this club. The Piratec wabbled badly when Wright was ont with an injury in late June and early Tuly. That's when they guffered that losing streak of seven straight. Thev were_moving along nicelv on their last Eastern trip until Wright again was taken out of the line-up. Afie that the going became rougher and rougher. Back in 1923 McGraw managed to steer his club into a National Leagne championship with a pitching staft in which only two twirlers, McQuil lan and Bentlev, pitched in 10 com plete games. Remarkahle inckevinz of his pitchers made that McGraw pennant possible. However, T believe McKechnie cven worse off for pitchers than was McGraw three vears ago. and “Wilkinsburg Bill” ¢an lead that pitching staff into another pennant it will be one of the greatest mana gerial feats in years. The fall-down oi Aldridge and Morrison has beer the hardest blow to the club. At NN WRIGHT this time a year ago Aldridge wa« e ¢ pitching the greatest ball of hi< ca reer and ran off a latc-season string of nine straight. In recent week, Vic has been useless. Morrison started as though he intended to enin a great season. Then came his late Spring illness, the operation on hi tonsils and his suspension following his convalescence. Occasionally the Pirates break out with their old punch, and then mislay it, as in that unfortunate day in Boston on their last Eastern trip when' they twice were shut out, 2 to 0. Several times this season I have expressed disappointment in the Pirates, but when oue considers Carey's acute batting slump, the result of his Winter illness: Wright's disabilities the trouble at second base and McKechnie's pitching worries, it is sur prising that the club is as high in the race as it is. Tt is my belief that Pittsburgh will be hetter off with Clarke off the bench. No team ever progresses under divided authority The Giants now figure to finish sec. ond. with a strong pennant chance The club found itserr during its cent stand at the Polo Grounds; the pitching and_hitting perked up con- | siderably and it lovmed as the hest | club in the league. Cincinnati and St Louis especlally were roughly nsed | on their last visit to New York The trouble with the they have been the picking for the Pirates all 1 They have taken only 4 out of 14 from the | champions, with § more to go, 3 in| jttsburgh and 5 in New York. That September flve-game series at the | mgtched. They will continue to pol Polo Grounds may vet tell the story. [ish each other off. Cleveland. for in Cincinnati and St. Louis both have | ce, has held Philadelphia down taken on fresh heart by the numerous | by heating the Athletics all eason Pirate upsets. The pennant hopes of | Then Chicagn has ween a stumbling the Cardinals looked pretty well | block for the Indiane. as the \White smashed when they dropped four | Sox already have won their seison's raight to New York. but the Mis- series from Cleveland. 13 tn souri club showed its courage by | The Athletics recently have put an inding up its trip with eight vie again are giving their tories in nine games in Brooklyn and | admirers a zlimmer of hope. The Boston. The Braves, sturdy oppo- | Mackmen are close up to Cleveland. nents against Pittsburgh, New York [ but the Indians shouid win nd and Cincinnati, een St. Louix' | money in their remaining six gamex meat all season. rds have won | with Philadelphia. 1t isn't likely that 12 out of 15 from gang. | the Athletics can throw off the Cleve The Reds remain somewhere near |land yoke of oppresmon in those re the fighting, but I dont figure them | maining ; any higher than fourth. Carl Ma recently has pitched wonderful ball for Cincinnati, but Donohue and Rixey have been uncertain. 'The for mer has been overworked < continue their valiant fight « division honors, hut Brooklvn's recent losing streak of nine finished the Dodgers jor 1926 Following victory in their recent Cleveland serfes, in which the Yanks took two games out of three, the ague leaders suffe a sharp reaction. They lost their series | in Detroit and then were labored by Washi was one of New Yorks pet victims early in the season. | the last month after Collins in However, the club had such a big | himself. Much as I admire Edfle, I lead that knocking some 30 points off [ could not see his club as a real con the New York percentage pile still | tender this vear, figuring thmt it Jeft the Yankees well in front. Cleve. | needed his presence every day 1n land made only small gains while | make it u real formidable machfine. 1 ew York was slumping its way | picked the Sox for sixth, thgugh | Detroit und Washington. = hoped they would finish higherd ne Indians also suffered a reaction | \Vinning three out of four ggve the their g spurt iy Tigers a fresh stavt and they have August heen hobbing in and out of fhe Ara Huggins' veteran pitchers all hit a division. 1t probably will notfhe unth shimp at_ahout the same time, even | the last day of the season fhat the the reliahle Pennock taking saveral | various positions fram third§ie sixth Incin Hovt never nas heen the will he decided same pitcher since he tore a muscle shoulder in Julv. eH a veturn of tempera ment and a recent outburst cost him £200 Meusel is back in the Yankee line up. but he is not vet hitting. After heing out of the game for seven waeks it was no easy matter to get hack n | the old stride. But he should soon get started One of the reasons why [ do not think that the Yanks are in any seri ous danger is that the five clubs di rectly hehind them are so evenly Washington also has made a fresh advance up the percentage ladder. Tt has been my contention right along ationals can finish in the , division if Havris doesn't zo in too much expertmenting. How.j he heat the Yanks last Murray and an ex-Yank team 1o three n “hicago ring the sam it did after Collins made it ry for Eddie to move himself from the line-up. JLast vear, after riding third most of | the season. the Sox dropped to nnf, in jured is snffer t oy and The Cigar with A the Money-back Guarantee We know thed superior quality of Manuel Cigars and we want you to know it too. Thatls the reason we make our guarantee offer. Try ene and if you do not like it, get_your money back. 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