Evening Star Newspaper, August 25, 1926, Page 22

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 192 6. SPORTS. White Sox in Double-Header Here Tomorrow : Old League Race Continues Tense JOHNSON FAC ES WINGAR IN BROWNIE FINAL TODAY Gen. Alvin Crowder Outpitches Ernie Nevers and Earns 9 to 6 Decision Over Sislerites, Although Weakening in Final Stage Today's game between the Browns and Nationals has bzen called off on account of rain. It will be played in a double-header when the Griffmen visit St. Louis next month. BY DENMAN ALTER JOHNSON, W Wingard, one of St. Loui here. today. weather permit the rival managers. Pilot Sisler had man, in order to give his admirers h to save OI' Tom for the Philadelphia the Chisox open a four-day sojourn h Nothing much hinges on this affair today, but it will give Johnson a chance to boost his pitching record for the season to the 50-30 mark, as ¢ assure 15t the Browns for the campaign, the i he now has 13 setbacks against an cve the Nationals of an even break aga record to date standing 10 to 8 in favo Having been virtually handed a win in the opener of the set Mon- day, the Browns yesterday returned | the compliment and made it easy fo the Griffmen to achieve a 9-to-6 decision. Ernle Nevers was the chiet culprit. The « collegian’s | half-underhand delivery wasn't func- | tioning well and during his six ses- sions of toil ued five passes, w with balk’and committed wild pitch. Win Ball wed a_huge improve- ment and held the Griffs at bay du ing their last two rounds, hut the damage had been done then. for the visitors couldn’t make their belated attack against Alvin Crowder go far enough. The general displayed rare | form for more than half the route, hurling shut-out ball for six innings, | durinz which he granted but three weattered hits. He wenkened a bit from that point on, but never ap- peared in T danger despite the &panking he absorbed in the last three stanzas. No time was lost by the Griffs in | action. Nevers paved No. 1 by passing man to face him. Harris' sacrifice, Sam Rice's safety to Gerber in deep short and the latter's force-out by Myer accounting for it. Added to this were two more tallies, also of the carned variety, registered in the second. Judge led by heating out a bunt to Harry Rice and ad- vanced with Blueg: Iked. on Tate's sacrifice. O looping rafety to left scored Judge, and Mc- Neely’s long fly to Durst led Bluege in. Four Runs in the Fifth. swinging into the way for McNeely, the fi run t Marking time in the ynext two frames the champions came back in the fifth to a quartet of markers, Nevers' inexperience prov. ing a factor owder and Harris got infield singles with MeNeely's roller over third base sandwiched be- tween. The pitcher tallied when Sam Itice hit into a force play and Myer's distant loft to Miller admitted Mc Neely. Rlice was granted title to sec- ond base when Nevers committed a balk in trying to thwart Sam's steal, and the latter took third when Nev- ers’ fourth ball to Goslin proved to be a wild pitch. Judge's single to right cashed Rice and sent Goslin to third. The pair_then e d a double steal with Nevers holding the ball, and Goslin tallied when Judge succeeded in eluding MeManus' tag ging efforts after Marty had taken Lrnie’s poor throw Crowder figured once more in tally fng activities when a pair was reg d in the sixth. He started the on by lining a single to left and promptly advanced on a passed ball by Schang. McNeely's death moved him forward another notch, and fol Jowing a pass to Harris and Rice's death, Myer produced a Texas league single to center that cashed Crowder and Harris. Browns Start in Seventh. ngles by Bennett in the first, Schang in the second, and a double by Nevers in the third was the ex tent of the damage done to Crowder's delivery until the seventh, when the Browns contrived to ring the bell twice, with some aid from the home crew Sisler led with a clean M"“i 1o right. Miller and McManus both hoisted, but Schang woped A safety to vight, and when Sam Rice | neediessly delayed his throw-in Wally | seooted to second and was credited | with double sisler tatlied. | Schang took third when H.H'l\.\l fumbled Durgt's roller back sec- | ond and counted on Dust’s bingle to o and Harry | nd Miller's - third Bennett feties by iy tirement S v run in round . They staged a in ‘the final frame when singles Durst, Gerber. Bennett Hitter Hargrave, coupled wi throw by Harrix and Harry sacrifice fly to Myer in short netted three runs. hut this left them as many shy of the quOta Necessary | 1o tie up the proceedin [ FIGHT ON SUNDAY BALL | IN PHILLY CONTINUES PHILADELPHIA ). | Seventy {wo property-owners in the | Vielnity of Shibe Park have sisned a | petition aghinst Sunday base bull| there, has heen annouw d by th Rev. William B. Forney, secre tary the Philadeiphia Sabbath Association Dr. Forne: bath Associa August 25 it Dr. \1so announced the Sab. jon will support the ity | administration in_its fight against the injunction which restrains 1l police from interfering with the B E RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN Bluege Crowdes A53-235 ©99032us3szoucrome - mes £ o:anFu + Total Complete Ga Innings olteh % Won. COOMUNS Diipmm B! Ruether Marberey Morrell Crowder Murray g 2505838 cames. ) coomans =I5, eooueomema -tz o P EE ®F - he was found for nine s P add THOMPSON, hington’s “old master,” versus trio of left-handers, will be the pitch- ing program for the third and final game of the current set ements of ¥, iff- him, but decided which opens tomorrow, when ting, according to considered using 7 ere a final peek a series, ere with a double-header. n dozen wins, and it also 1 r of the local contingent. f Ern CROWDER NOT CROWDED —o35mmm35-3-F il 2y for Nevers in sevenih for Ballou in ninth iny e 1l5—0f 1 Nevers, # In 6 innings. innings. Wild pitches—Nevers. ZNev Passed ball—Sch Ditcher. Umpires—Mess: Hildeb: hour and 50 minutes. ng. crifices : Wash M Nevers, Hits—Off Baliou Ball DISTRICT PRINTERS WIN TOURNEY GAME 25— ST. LOUIS., Mo, August Washington, Cleveland, Boston and Pittsburgh, yesterday won their first round games in the annual Inter- national Typographical Union base ball tournament. Washington blanked Indianapolis, 9 to 0: Cleveland downed Detroit, 8 I'to 6: Boston won over Chicago, 3 to 2, and Pittsburgh handed Cincinnati an 8-to-3 defeat. The Washington Typos, defending the championship and seeking a fourth leg on the Garry Herman Trophy, hatted in seven runs during the opening inning of their first game and scored their remaining pair in the second frame. Norman Hutchin- son held Indianapolis safe for seven | innings before retiring in favor of Haney. St. Louis and to meet today. ROSENBERG WILL FIGHT TAYLOR SEPTEMBER 17 CHICAGO, August 25 (A).—Charley Phil Rosenberg. world bantamweizht boxing champion, will defend his title against Bud lor of Terre Haute. Ind.. in a 10-round contest at the C'ubs’ base ball park on the night of September 17. Rosenberz, who meets Peter Sar. miento at the White Sox park Friday night, will engage in no other fights until the Taylor battle. BIG LEAGUE LEADERS. By the Associated Press. AMERICAN L Batting—Fothergill, Tigers, .385. Hits—Burns, Indians, 174, Runs—Ruth and hrig, Yankees, 115 ie $t. Paul nines are riples—Gehriz, Yankees, Homers—Ruth, Yankees, tolen bases—Hunnefield and Mos- il, White So: Tigers, won 9; NATIONAL LEAGUE. g—Hargrave, Rfd Runs—Cuyler, Pirates, 8. Doubles—Bottomley, Cardinals, 35. Triples—Walker, Reds, 20. Homers—Wilson, Cubs, 19. Stolen bases—Cuyler, Pirates, 28. Pitchin Haines, Cardinals, won 10; lost GRIFFS BUY THREE YOUNG BOXMEN OF CHATTANOOGA NOTHER trio of juvenile hurlers has been added to the roster of the Nationals ior 1927, with the Chattanooga club ||n‘1vr hailing point, according to the latest pronunciamento from Washingtn club headquarters. “Mac” McEyoy. 5 They are Decatur Jones, Richard Coffman and According to Clark Griffith, who closed the deal by wire last night with President Ni lin of the Lookouts, who himself carned a generous measure of big league fame under the name of Sammy Strang, these latest acquisitions, right-handers all, are regarded as among the most promising flingers in the Dixie circuit. Due to their they are somewhat rience, of course, what the Har but new Bucky and his aldes welcom rather tender vears signment lacking in expe- blood men are planning to rvebuild with for next season, and Bos: e the BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS 2 el (rui Boston-Detroit (rain). STANDING OF THE CLUI of applying polish to the newcomers. v erable doubt existing as to whether climatic_conditions would | permit playing the final game of the series with the Browns today. it was thought likely that a_postponement today would result in Fred Marberry being named as a starter with Walter Johnson in the double-header sched- uled to open the White Sox series here ‘tomorrow. the two Murray wder's ed some the wake of lashing ~ singles George ‘hieved the day before. trio of bingles yesterday buzzing among the small assemblage Coming in Pe | | of the faithful in attendance. Two Chieago. Percentage. of the General's hits were clean-cut affairs, the other being a slow roller that McManus couldn't handle in time for a retiring throw. Incidental- ly, Crowder issued na a pass in his nine innings of toll. |« Z|st. Louia, Wash' Chieaz Boxton. . Lost little | St. Louis | 41 91 31101 8] 7 —10i51/ The Rice boys figured in a first round fielding feature when Sam chas- ed back to the fence to clutch with one hand Harry's bid for an extra- base blow with a mate on the paths. Other good bits were contributed by 5| McManus in spearing Goslin's tall | bounder to force Myer with a_ flip to Gerber in the opener, and Bluege's superh handling of Gerber's mean bounder in the fifth j continue in position B will never make PIRATES WIN, AGAIN LEAD, SANDLOT NINES LIST AS CARDS BOW TO BRAVES By the Associated Press. FTER a day at the peak of the National League, the St. Louis Car- dinals were again in the wake of the world champion Pirates to- day. Cincinnati was tied with Larry Benton of the Braves flipped a paralyzing brand of base ball yesterday in the first game of a_double-header with St. Louis. four singles ‘glanced from the Cardinal bats. cnou;:h fo squeeze out a 2-to-1 victory. St. Louis took the second game, 6 to In the meantime knocked out Burleigh beat Brooklyn, 10 to 1. Ray Kremer, Pirate twirler, won his fourteenth victory of the season. Max Carey, former Buccanneer captain, could do nothing in his second appearance in Brooklyn togge: The Reds beat the Giants, 6 to the Pirates Grimes and St. Louis for second place. Only The™ Braves hit Sherdel The Chicago Cubs showed no mercy to the tail-end Phillies, taking a pair of games, 9 to 4 and 9 to 0. Wilson got behind one for his nineteenth home run of the season, while Hart- nett caromed two into the far reaches, Rain stopped all but one contest in the American League. Washington beat St. Louls, 9 to 6. @b; ébefiin& Qtar BOYS CLUB OW many base ball clubs in your end of town? own age and poundage? If you can * tournament. Of course, C, D and E. pose it's A and B. Then those tw team having most runs at the en against C. The winner at the end so on until E is in the game. It is possible that one team, say A, | would play through the entire 12 in- nings. That would be a rather hard day's work if there was only one bhoy who could pitch. Better have at least hree pitchers, for you'll need them in this tournament. d of This diagram is printed to show vs just learning to catch where to and” behind the plate. The young catcher will at first be inclined to edge off to one side in position B. He should be in position A. Position C is the batters place. If you're a catcher compare your footprints with those of the diagram aind see how nearly rrect you are. If you are the captain of the team see that your catcher is standing ac- ording to the diagram. To let him bo; a catcher of him. Next—How one home-run spree! (Copyright. 19 finger stopped a 6.) s e AL 76 SCORE IS MADE BY MAUREEN ORCUTT By the Associated Press. HAWORTH. J.. August 25 Maureen Orcutt, 1S-year-old metro- politan zolt champion, has now a re- markable 76 in medal play competition to her credit in winning the one-d tournament of the Women's Met politan Goif Association yesterday. At the White Beeches Club she cut three strokes off the women's record for the course held by herself. Few women have broken 80 in com- petition. In the Women’s national tournament the lowest rounds have been 77 by Mrs. Alexa Stirling Frazier by Glenna Collett. Orcutt’s drives, like her scores, are the envy of many male Kolfers, CARDS BUY INFIELDER. C., August second baseman South Atlantic Association club, ha: ationals for F Jordan, barely has shown much promise, both as a hitter and a de- player, during his first season in organized base ball. =/ Cinelnng 1. New York. |3| Chicugo. =3 Pittab's Chicazo. New York | Bro Roxt rhi fans to Clark Griffith As a mat in the way of diamond d to at Is and White Sox tomorrow. This ba in show is billed to get { under way at 1:30 o'clock the ve will be welcomed to w! Johnson and his mate: ) will be admitted with their buttons the only necessary means of identification, at the upper Fifth street gate, about an hour be- fore game time. Young fans of the city are making good use of The Star Club offer, are sending in their applications The Evening Star Boys Club Pledge WANT to be a member_of The Evening Star Boys Club, and if accepted to mem- bership I pledge myself to: Keep myself always in good physical con- dition. Play fair. Be a modest winner and an uncomplain- ing loser. Abide by the rules of alleports I engage in and respegt officials. Follow the activities of the Club through The Evening Star. Never neglect either home duties or school classes. I am vears old; attend- School. I would like to have a Membership Certificate and The Lvenin which T will wear. Clip this blank application, ressed: Chief, Boys Club, Evening Star, \\'g;hin\gtj, Star Boys Club button, Name of Boy. 11 it out and mail it to BASE BALL DOUBLE BILL FOR STAR CLUB MEMBERS LTHOUGH a morning of almost continuous rain made it impossible for members of The Evening S ce the Washington and St. Louis team in action today at Stadium, the postponement will not interfere with| the youngsters enjoying an afternoon of big league base ball. r of fact, the Boys Club members will get twice as much ings as they expected, for they will be privileged tend the double-header scheduled to open the series between the Na- i northea: | southeast ar Boys Club or any other base ball large numbers.. The following were added to the club roll today Wilson Reed. 2210 Minnesota southeast, Rudoiph Kirchgessner, 3214 Volta place. Max Feldman, 1042 First street. Francis Gaglér. 17 Quincy place north- east. Bills Kroger. 620 Kenvon street. Masnard Hamma, 3363 Brothers place coutheast. Charles’ Gordon, 1521 D street southeast. Rohert Burch, 6600 Pirst atreet. Milton E. Morris, Bethesda, Md. Erwin Marks, 1509 Varnim_street. W." Farmer, 3% Quincy place 1313 Four-and-a-half 6 E street_southeast. avenue Lawrence Flynn, strret southwest . Harry and Max Kaufman, 11t dtreot. . 151 ound up” as many as five you can have a 12-inning vour teams all have names, but here we'll call them A, B, Draw to see which two teams start the tournament. o teams will play three innings. 9: on. 1245 Cecil, ‘101 Hall, i124 Hanes, orth Capitol street 1th street north: am 1021 Soventh street Folwand flori av 'HH" no ast. == fonry Otis. ¥0B G_street southwest, Vito Perrusi, 803 North Capitol street Joseph My 3Q_Ainey place northeast. Donald Herman, 142 Bryant street Harry Goldstein’ 201 E street northeast $tanford Tavenicr. Cherrydate. Va Harry K . 1514 street southeast ites wireet, 1 Stephen Ackerman B B, |7 avid_ Epstei. 1620 Thirteenth streat ol A Harmis. 116 Ratlroad: avenur south- Rofln Pausicr. 1506 D strent James A @1 Joreph " O'Connell 3% K 106 Quincy place north- Francis Winehester. 1310 Potomac avenue Irving Gertler. 1337 Spring road. Lester, Otis. 805 G strest southwest. Jack McCarthy, 4 !l'[ Third street. oiifred Reines. 523" Four-and-a-half street Barney Munits. 306 Four-and-a-half street southweat. Leory Huntt. 1537 E gt Edmund L. Gans. 133! VBRI Good avid Goodman. 1323 Chandler Wright. 4620 George Holt. 55 K ziano, utheast. North Capitol ring road. irtieth street. street northeast. Jack Burton. 67 Clayton Absher, ‘1 nue southeast. Abe Mushine Richard K street northeast. 500 *Massachuseits ave- ky. 355 L . Bilkihton. 1037 Lamant streer: Profits of the casino gambling hall qMDm Carlo last year were $13, 000, Teams of your Sup- v The of the three innings will Sontinue that three innings will play D, and MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS. NTERNATIONAL LI . Toronto. 4-3: J Baltimora, 60 Roch, Newark. 8:10:' Buffal Syracuse. 5: Reading. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. | Minneapolis, Kansas City. 4-3: Columbus. 2-1. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION Chattanooga, 4: Mobile, Others postboned (rain). SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Knoxville. 6: Columbia, 0. Other games, rain. Louisvilie, Winston-Salem, 7:_Greenshoro. Durham. 5: High Point, Raleigh-Salisbus VIRGE Norfolk. 11 Poterabiirg. Portsmouth, 7 : SOUTHE. Columbu Jacksonviile, Montgomery, TERN LEAGUE. t. Augustine, 1. Savannah. ‘4. uston. 4 aco. 8 Wichita Fails, FLORIDA STAT sota, Bradenton. 0-4. Tampa. 5. St._Petersburk. Orlando, 3-0: Sanford, 0-0' (second game innings.” darknese). Fort Myers-Lakeland (rafn) PACIFIC COAST L. Sacramento, 5: Seattle, Hollvwood Oakland. % Port Los Angeles. 10: COTTON STATES LEAGUE. Meridian. 10; Vicksburg, 2. Hattiesburg. 7-2: Alexandria. 3-5. Jackson-Latirel (rain). HOLD MEET TOMORROW. Colored playground athletes hold their annual track and field meet to- morrow at 2 ground. Mrs. § 0ot Rhodes, si pervisor of the city grounds, will pre- 6: Dalla; s sent the prizes. ! WOMEN I BY CORI! UNIOR racketers were disappoi tated another postponement of their tourney the singles and doubles championship among girls of the District. Elsie Jansen, elected tournament chairman at a meeting of the committee last night, states that play will begin next Monday morning at 5 on the Henry Park courts, weather permitting. It was not thought advisable to at- tempt to schedule the event again this week in view of the gloomy weather forec The committee hopes optimistically for a bit of sun- shine before Monday to dry out the iter-laden courts. Since several days will elapse he- fore play begins, the committee decided to receive additional entries during the Interim, for singles as well as doubles. If more racketers enter the singles before Monday, a new draw will be made. The doubles draw has not yvet been announced. Teams should send their entries to Hoover Bros., 608 Fourteenth street, accom- panied by the fee of $1.50 per team. Deciding that the weather was too wet even for ducks and mermaid Maude Parker, director of girls' pl ground activities, ordered the post- ponement of the interpool swimming meet which was to have been held | yesterday In the Georgetown tank. Plans are now being made to stage the swim next Tuesday, August 31, at 2 o'clock in the same pool. Between showers during the two days Lydia Edwards, director of the Ludlow playground, contrived to complete a track meet for the fair athletes who frequent her play center. Similar events will be run off on all school playgrounds between now and September 1, the date of their closing, according to an announce- ment made at playground headquar- ters. Results of Miss Bdwards' meet show that Alice Hawkins was the high point winner both of her class and of the meet, with a maximum total of 20 points. She entered four events and captured,four first places. Alice competed in class A (gir from 8 to 10 years of age). In her class, Bernadette Wiles took second hondrs with' three places and Kath- erine Woollf followed in third, hav- ing placed second_in one and third VNE FRAZIER: | winning out by 1 point. in three. MATTY FUND GAME Local sandlot base ball fans will be afforded an opportunity to contribute to -the Christy Mathewson memorial fund on Saturday at the game ar- ranged for Mount Rainier diamond he- tween the home team and the Na- tional Circles. Saturday has been designated as Mathewson day and teams in all parts of the country are plaving to raise the fund that will be used to erect two memorials to the late New York Giant hurler. One is a gymnasium to he placed at Dickinson College, where Matty started his base ball career: the other is a recreation center to be erected at Saranac Lake, N. Y., for the use of disabled World War veterans. Names of teams contributing their services to the success of the project will be inscribed on a tablet to he placed in the building at Dickinson. The game will start at 3 o'clock, with Perry Batson toeing the mound for the National Circles and Frank Corkins twirling for Mount Rainier. Mount Rainfer will prepare for the Saturday clash in a meeting tomor- row with the Hartford nine of the Northern Virginia League. This match starts at 5:15. Corkins and Bellman have been named as the op- posing pitchers. Public Buildings and Public Parks drew abreast of Navy vesterday in the Potomac Park League play-off and made a third game necessary. The rubber contest will be played to- day if weather conditions permit. Yesterday's game, like that plaved on Monday, was a close one. The count stood at 3-to 2 when the game was called in the seventh. Burke, the winning hu-ler, an Grifin, his op- | ponent. each granted seven hit Kenedy, Parks' first haseman, counfed for three of the safetie: Black and White and Pullman nines were unable to use the Washington Terminal diamond terday for the fourth game of their play-off for the Terminal League championship. They will continue their series as soon as the weather permits. Kanawha Seniors are hooking Sun- day games for the month of Septem- ber with senfor and unlimited teams. Call Manager Sol Stein at Lincoln 5159, Naval Receiving Station base ball ers defeated the local Police nine yes- terday, 6 to 5. Cherrydale players will practice Saturday at Lyon Village field for their Sunday game with the Virginia White Sox. CHANNEL SWIM COLONY IS NARROWED TO THREE GRIZ-NEZ. France, August | —The definite decision of Lil- r and to start for home tomorrow rowed the colony of swimming nts here to three. These are Mrs. Clemington Carson, the former Amelia Gade: Ishak Helmy, the Egyptian, and Louis Timson of Boston. They plan to make their attempts on the first favorable day AMERICAN YOUTH WINS. COOMBE HILL. Surrey, England, August 2 weeney of the Canterbur ew Milford, Conn., today entered the fourth round of the boys' amateur golf champion- ship by defeating J. K. Walkden of Uppingham School, § and 5. N SPORT nted again today when rain necessi- which is to decide Childs and ran a neck-and-neck honors, Miss Childs She placed first in the dash and second in throw for distance, three-legged race and zoal throwing, giving her a to- tal of 14 points. Miss Swanck regis- tered first in throw for distance and the three-legged race (paired with dele Hawkins) and second in the 0-yard dash, giving her a total of 13 tallies. Third place was taken by Adele Hawkins with first place in goal throwing and the three-legged race. Summaries: _Class A (8 to 10 vears): 40.vard dash— Won by Alice_Hawkine: _second. Bernadette Wiles: third. Katherine Woollf. Throw for distance (volley ball)—Won by Alice Hawkins: second. Katherine Woollf: third. Constance Deenihan Totato race—Won by Alice Hawkins: sec- qud. | Bernadette” Wilea:" third.” Katherine Rulajcine—Won by Alice Hawkins: sec- qud. | Bernadette " Wilea: third. = Katherine Class B (10 to 12 Won by La Vern Childe uck: third, Helen Woollf, oW for’ distance—Won by Alice uclc; second. LaVern Childs: third, dis- qualified " hrec-lexzed race—Won by Alice Swanck and Adele Hawkins: second, La Vern Childs and_Helen Woolif. Goal throwing (hasket hall)—Won Hawlins: second. La Vern Childs In LaVern Alice race ass B swanck for first 50-vard dash— second, Alice Capitol Athletic Club tennis en thusiasts plan to begin play in their second annual net tourney for the club champlonship next iweek, s cording to Frankie Ross, tennls cha man. Entrles are being recelved by Miss Ross at Franklin 149. Drawings will be made Tuesday afternoon, Au- gust 31. Henry Park courts will be the scene of action, provided the tennis committee, composed of Mi Lillian Hoffman and Tone Whaler, "is able to obtain reservations for the re- quired number of cour Play will begin Thursday, Septem- ber 2, according to the present plans. When You're Always Having | Sherwood Bros., Inc. J. R. Keene, Dist. Sales Mgr. Main 3904 306 Albee Bldg. ISSUE IS MORE IN DOUBT NOW THAN FORTNIGHT AGO Pirates Reduced to Status of Just a Ball Club With Rhyne at Short and Rawlings at Second, But Still Loom Superior to Reds and Cards. BY FREDERICK G. LIEB. NOTHER hectic week finds no League. In fact, the issue is m night ago, when the Pirates looked to be reasonably safc. ever, the famous Pirate “mutiny,” let-up in the tension in the National nore in doubt now than it was a fort- How- along with Wright's injury, again has reduced the pennant chances of the Pennsylvanians. The actual truth of the matter is that with™Rhyne and Rawlings at short and second, respectively, and Barnhart in the outficld. Pittsburgh is just a ball club. Barnhart, a sturdy .3 325 hitter last ar, with a peunchant for driving in runs, apparently has forgotten all that he ever knew ahout hitting. His hitting skill seems to have left him just as Bighee's did a few years ago. Of course, Barnhart does not need to hit much to match the average of Carey before Max was banished from the Allegheny shores was hitting only .226 when they made case now is over, but I cannot help would have acted so precipitately had Ca son and Adams and Bigbee played the I still favor the Pirates, as they should have a little the better of it in the September fighting. All four of the western contenders close in the East, and the Plrates, having been through the mill, should be het- ter campaigners than the others Cincinnati, especially has fared poorly on its former visit to the East | Then the Pirates also should have Glenn Wright back in the game when they make their last swing around the circuit. St. Louls, of course, has a great pennant chance, and should the Cardinals come through no one will be. srudge the Missouri town its fivst Natfonal League championship. ever, Hor s club September ahead of it. After tember 1 all of their games the road. And while the Cards lost | only one game oh thefr first swing around the A the team is most effective at Sportsman’s park. Cards Indebted to Dodgers. The St. Louls club and fans ma thank Brooklyn for the present fine | position of the Cardinals In the race. Early in the month the Giants appar- ently knocked the props from under the Cards with four straight past- ings at the Polo Grounds. Imme- diately after that trimming in M hattan the Cardinals had the good fortune to catch the Dodgers at their worst. They keeled them over six times hand running. Recently they cleaned up another Brooklyn series in St. Louis, making it nine straight from the Dodgers. The Dodg- ers are mnot a first-class ball club, but St. Louls had no license to beat them nine straight. But then, for that matter, the Giants had no license to win ten straizht from the Reds. Then, Billy Southworth, traded by MecGraw for Heinle Mueller, has beer a wonderful acquisition for Horgsby. | Billy and Lester Bell have been | the offensive of the team. The Glants again struck a snag at a time when they were primed for a dash through the standing. They have been the champion in-an-out club of the season. This time they probably are out of the pennant racket for good. Schedule Good to Reds. After the Reds dropped four out of five to the Giants, the schedule w good to them, as it provided them with eight successive games with the | Phillies. And if there is one thing that Cincinnati can do better than anything else it is helaboring the poor They now teher's 5 games to 4. Incidentally, it's a good thing for Hendricks that Garry Hermann did not. accede to his request | to give Mayvs the gate in the late Spring. Carl has been pitching his best ball since 1921. plucky nders a battling hard for a first division bert The Dodgers have blown up com- pletely, and Bancroft of the Br has hope of slipping Into sixth p! next month, as he slipped from last to fifth unobserved last September. The Yanks are coming out of the throes of their latest slump. while the teams below them continue to knock | each other off. fter leaving Cleve- | land with a lead of 11 full games while on_their last Western trip, the | Yankees lost 9 of their next 13 games, | but lost only 2 games of their lead. | Wherein Yanks Are Lucky. | The Yankees bave had their share | of bad breaks this season. with vere injuries to Muesel, Shawkey and Dugar and lesser ones to Hoyt, Ruth, Pat Collins and Combs. But they have been most fortunate in the manner in which the other clubs have fashioned their campaigns. When Philadelphia was coming strong in July, the In- dians took pleasure in bumping them off. Then when the Indians became the runners-up the Athletics turned on the Clevelanders. There still may be a little fun in those - remaining Athletic-Yankee | games. It will be recalled that after | the Yanks won their first three games from Philadelphia this year the Ath- letics won 10 of the next 12. They have seven more games to play in early September. If Philadelphia gan continue to hang it on the Yan in those games they still have a chance to get back in the race. But that Yankee lead looks very safe. | However, after their numerous slumps, the Athletics again loom u as the hest bet for second mone: Cleveland hasn't heen the same since its great drive of July and early Au- | Pla | zame gust was stopped. Penstells 10 Invincible 2 for 2S¢ Presideat 2for 25¢ Imperial 15¢ “Scoops™ him walk the gangplank. The Carey but wonder i the Pittshurgh club v been in his form of last ea- kind of ball they flashed in 1921 FLAG CHANCE RATINGé IN THE MAJORS TO DATE AMERICAN LEAGU New York .. Athleties [} Boston NATIONAL LEAGUE. ' Pittshurgh St. Lou g0 . Brookiyn ...... 7l HOSHO ). .. voevneens S s Philadelphia 000 Washingtonsand the Tygers are put ting up an interesting fight for fourth place and the Senators should have a slight edge. The White Sox have fallen out of the fight for first division honors and settled in sixth place. The Browns are having one of their us weird Eastern trips, starting it off with the loss of four out of five to the Red-Sox. However. Bohbie Quinn and Lee Fohl dually are gettin results in the Hub, and right now Red Sox are playing their best of the year (Copyright, ) FRIDAY NOW IS SET TO COMPLETE MEET For the fifth time rain again this morning caused postponement of the third annual interplayground meet at field and it is now planned to stage the remaining seven events of the card of 20 Friday morning at 10:30. Officials have bheen tr: plete the meet since Aug _Georgetown athletes ave now ftop- ping the other teams with 23 points, but hold but a point advantage over Plaza, which was ahead at re- sumption program _vesterday. In the six events d vesterd: the West End hoy points. Cooke with 17 points and Columbin Road with 13 much in the runnin points; Burroughs, and Happy Hollow, One record was e day when M. 2 feet 9 inches in the running broad jump, mark of 16 feef 1 in the 1925 games. DAN O’LEARY TO CIRCLE BASES AT GRIFFS’ PARK Dan O'Lear ar-old hiker, will do his famous base circling stunt to- morrow before the White-Sox-National at_Ames 1gue Park, will mak ircuits of acks, heeland-toc fashion, in than 10 minut His ordi ing to com- st 17, lished yesier son leaped 17 100-pound class to shatter (he inch which he et He s, the less ing speed is at the n_hour Wallace Motor Co. means NASH Sales and Service 1709 L Street N.W. Just East of Conn. 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