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28 SPOKTS. \ - TuE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, D. €. SATURDAY. AUGUST 28, 1926. SPORTS. <l Ruether’s Release to Yankees Is Part of Rebuilding Program, Griff Asseris DUTCH LAST OF VETERAN PITCHERS TO BE LET OUT Nats Now Left With But Six Flingers—Murray Is Bill-! ed for Mound Duty Today—White Sox Take Third of Series by 5-3 Count. | 3 BY DENMAN THOMPSON, Sports Editor. The Stur. i UTCH RUETHER'S release to the Yankees is in line with -the program of rebuilding the Nationals for next season, according to Clark Uriffith. Commenting on his action—surprising to most fans—in relinquishing by the waiver route the team’s leading pitcher and only left-hander, the club president today asserted it was done with the best intérests of the team in mind and was calculated to make for better harmony and a higher level of morale. “We don’'t want Ruether.” Griff declared. “We are trying to rehabili- tate the team for next season with players who are keenly iterested in their work, preferably yqungsters. but ambitious at any rate. We started cutting out the dead wood when it became apparent we had no chance for the championship this year. and Ruether’s rclease completes the program, at least so far as the pitching staff is concerned. He just didn’t fit in with our plans, that’s all.” Many followers of the Griffmen| rett’s double caused Bill to be yanked. will be puzzied over the willingness | Crowder winged Sheely, the first man of a team to let go of a hurler with a | to face him. filling the bases. and pitching percentage of . 12 games | Falk promptly unloaded with a hearty won and 6 lost—but in Dutch's- case | double. history me is repeating itself for | With two away in the home half, he had ‘winning margins with the | McNeely singled, took third on Rice's Chicago Cubs, the Cincinnati Reds | safety, and scored when Goslin beat and the Brooklyn Dodgers before he | out a surprise bunt. Myer's clean was sold to Washington prior to the | clout cashed Rice. brought Alphonse 1425 season,and in each instance the | Thomas to the hill in place of Con- holding club showed no hesitancy in | nally, and put the issue up to Judge. disposing of him. Josephus cracked a liner to right Last Spring when Ruether was| center that seemed due to tie the! holding out at Tampa waivers were | score, but Mostil ended the fray by | reported to have been obtained on | racing over to clutch it. him from every club in the two major OUTFINISHED leagues, despite the fact that he had | R a record of 18 games won as against | only & defeats with the Nationals in 925, and when waivers recently were | asked by the local club New York L alone put in a bid for his services, | Me “He has my best wishes.” was all | Godin: Manager Harris had to say in regard | Jver. & to_the loss of Ruether. it Dutch himself could not he reached. but it is a foregone conclusion that he i eminently pleased by the transfer to the Yanks, who are all but certain to win the pennant this year. for hav- ing been shifted prior to August 31, he will be eligible to compete in the 3 > » DYCEYRIR | PRI — | PPPPr—— =l ss02059-290-- 3 5 sszumeouenl Hlssssses world series, a circumstance which AB. ! should add several thousand dollars 3 to his bank roll. 5 Ruether is 33 vears old. having been “ born at Alameda, Calif., September 13, i 30 1893, and has been a most effective 25 flinger when in condition. Weth Herb o0 Pennock, the only southpaw among i his regulars, Manager Huggins nn. E i doubtedly fizures that Ruether will Erery prove a decided asset to his prospee- > in sixth o tive American League champions in | Washington. .. 1000 the coming title games, whether (he | Chicago. i b o Pirates, Cardinals or Reds are their | ¢ Jwoibuve hits—Kamm, = Rarret opponents, Dutch k the ability to | Moorehari to instify this belief, too. provided he : W hhln ton, 1 toes the mark in his best shape. With | w4 " Strock ot Ruether it is largely a question of ¥ Mo whether he stays put, or wanders off i $% Innings; o the reservation. rell, 5 in 2 inninke: o inning. "HI{ by pitch Griffs Now Have But Six Boxmen. | (kheei. " Winhing' oiteh heels. ' Left on bases—0 s rbe: ‘Connall 5 Hits—0 7 e | i achten o e of putne Excluding Jim Uchrinsko the Nais _23.0-";‘ 1 now have but six hurlers—Johnson, Coveleskie, Marberry, M Crow- 3 = = Rt e i et i BLOND AND BRUNETTE the campaign remaining. Efforts are being mude to have Clayton Van CLASH FOR GOLF TITLE | Alstyne of Bridgeport, Joe Carroll of Little Tock and Lefty Thomas of | CHICAGO, August 29 (#).—A blond | Rochester” report at Cleveland when | and a brunette met in the final round | the Western invasion opens Septem- | of the women's Western champlonship | ber 11, but unless their respective | tournament at Olympia Fields today. | managers acquiesce Pilot Harris will| Dorothy Page, & tall and robust 17 have to worry along with the talent | year-old golden-haired girl from Madi- already on hand. son, Wis., won her way in the final Murray was booked 1o face the|by eliminating Naomi Hull, & young White Sox in the fourth contest of | Indiana school teacher, in the semi. the current serles today, with the|final. 2 and 1, and Mrs. O. S. Hill of | likelihood that he would be opposed | Meadow Lake, Kansas City, a rather | by Jim Joe Edwards, lefthander, who | diminutive brunette put ont Mrs. formerly owed allegiance to Tris | Stewart Hanley of Lochmoor, Detroit Speaker's Indlans. city champion, 3 and pllows bunched in two difterent —— —— - rames off a trio of Griffithian flingers | enabied_ the Coninsmen to ovtain « | GEORGETOWN BOYS 5:3 verdict in the third game of the set vesterday, when a determined last- inning rally Ly the Nationals fel}, just TAKE MEET HONORS a bit short. Marberry P 5 S iR RS By finishing second in the 880-vard Marberry was touched up in lively | relay, unlimited, while Plaza was get- fashion for the brace of tallies the | ting third, Georgetown athletes se- Sox earned at the start of hostilities. | cured the necessary points to nose After tossing out Mostil Fred yelded | out the Northeast boys in the third 4 rousing double to Kamm, who |annual interplayground: meet, which scored on a stinging single by Bar- | was concluded yesterday - at Plaza vett. Firpo victimized Sheely on|fleld. The West Enders counted 4314 strikes, but couldn’t gct '>m over for | points to barely top Plaza's 40%. 1alk, and when Hunnetield slashed a | Cooke was third with 25, mafety past Harris another tally wap Five new marks were recorded and toted home by Barrett. one old one equaled in yesterday’s It was the fourth inning before the| events. i Nationals could break into the run | (ieorgetown athletes were awarded | column, singles by Rice in the first, | the Washington Post cup. to be re- Goslin in the third and bingles by | tained until the next annual meet. toth Judge and Bluege in the second | Individual medals also were presented being wasted, despite the fact that | the winners in the various event i il il The presentations were by Mrs Ruel 2lso drew a pass in that frame, Thibtics. difector Gupl largely because Harris drilled into a | Suste Root SR double play. The Griffs needed some | rounds. outside assistance in registering their = first marker, however. It was fur- | SEM|-FINALS REACHED nished in the form of a wild heave ET PCAY | by Morehart following Bucky’s single, the boss taking third on the miscue IN FILIPINO NET L-— and scoring on Bluege's second safety. | Lansang and Soriane face today in | Marberry settled down after the|the seml-final round of the Filipino opener and allowed but one hit in the | tennis tourney being staged at Monu- next four frames, and although|ment courts. Coronel also has ad- threatened in the sixth, when a pass | vanced to the semi-finals and will meet to Sheely and Morehart's single, fol- | the winner of today's match between lowed by Rice's futile throw-in, put|Hess and Del Rosario. Sox on third and second, he escaped | Yesterday in singles Hess defeated by purposely passing Grabowski to|Bayava, 6—0. 6 Del Rosario won zet at Connally. who hit into a force | from Masangkay, 6—3, 6—1: Lansang | play. defeated Guevara, 6—I, 6—I; Soriano % T " " trimmed F. M. Silva, §—6. 6—4. and Fred Fades From Scene. Coronel showed the way to Tomelden, Fred faded from the scene in the|6—3, 6—4. fag end of this frame o let Joe| In doubles Hess and Del Rosario Harris bat for him. Moon did hiswon from Acantilado and Bunuan by part by coaxing a free ticket after |default. and E. J. Silva and Carballo Judge got a life on Sheely’s bum |outpointed Ba and Madelo, 3—6, chuck and stole second. Ruel, also | 6—3, 6—: was franked. but with the bases load- T . ed, McNeely sent a difficult hopper to Tinneeld which was converted into| SWIMMERS WILL TEST a force-out Morrell then held the hose untit the | PACIFIC COAST CHANNEL | ninth, when Kamm’s single and Bar-|, 15 ANGELES. Calit., August 28| ¥ —Plans to_swim the channel be- | tween Santa Catalina Island and the RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN | | mainland by relay teams, partlx for BATTING. the purpose of determining the | i, AB. H.SR.RDLAve. | | Strength and actions of the current. | have heen announced by two sources. | Reeves . 4 2 0 _1.300 Goalin 8 98 362 Clyde Swendson, former Olympic | ety B champion, and now coach at - the | Ktewart Hollywood Athletic Club, said that | . 13 of the best. swimmers in his class | will take off the morning of Septem ber 12, each man to swim approgi- | mately one mile and a half. He be- | lieves the feat should be accom- plished in 12 hours. A similar attempt will be tried by | eight Southern California stars, to| | be picked by Fred Cady, of the Los | | Angeles Athletic Club. coele | DOUBLE-PLAY MARK TIED. | BEAUMONT. Tex.. August 28 UP).— | Three double plays by the local Texas ©33339233339908~nud i lehed. H l League team yesterday brought the £2 g 3| |season's total to 193, tying the record a9 12 6 {of Milwaukee. which is believed to be 1% #-8 | [the world mark. Milwaukee's total flg 3 3| {was achieved during the seaxon’s Mureay 3 1 3380 1 ¢ | |schedule of 168 games, while the locals Coveleskie 21 1; JE i3 33 ihme played onl; 13, : | PO 284 { ¢ St IOE | NARRAGANSETT PIER. R. I, Au. | 8% 3 gust 28 UP).—Fort Leavenworth won o3 | i the 12-goal polo championship of the 7§ 8| |United States by deteating Rockaway 1 in the final match at Point Judith Country Club, 14 to 1. TWIRLS TWO VICTORIES, ONE A NO-HIT CONTEST CRISFIELD, Md., August 28.— Bill Everham, Crisfield mound ace, won both games of an Eastern Shore League double-header here yesterday with Salisbury, pitching 2 ne-hit, nerun contest in the gpener. The scores were 3 to 0 and D. C. TYPOS TRIUMPH FIFTH TIME IN ROW ST. LOUIS., Mo.. August 28.—Nor- man Hutchinson pitched the Wash- ington Union Printers to their fifth stralght championship In the Interna- | | THE FIGHT GAME FROM THE INSIDE : CHAPTER XL. BY JACK KEARNS. T was a very hostile crowd that greeted us that day in the bowl at Boyle's Thirty Acres and Joe Humphreys didn't help matters when he got up and introduced Carpentier as tiie | to stir up the bitterness. Jack went in there to flaiten Georges as | bring great joy tc quickly as possible. He came close to doing it in the first round, but | | Georges was slippery and Jack couldn’t catch him squarel; In that second round Jack -was get Carpentier to open up. Don’t let wasn't stung in that second roun The punch landed high on Dempsey’s tional Typographical Union base ball | head, or’ there might have been a loop here yesterday. The Capital City nine showed the way to St. Louis in the final of the an- nual tournament, 14 to 2, and gained a fourth leg on the Garry Herrmann trophy which goes to the team win- ning the greatest number of cham- pionships in one swing around the league circuit. Hutchinson held the Missourians to a total of 4 hits, while his mates smashed out 14 bingles. Ray Homan accounted for a homer and a double. Dike Desper also hit well for Wash- ington, getting three singles. Eight of the winners' runs were scored in the first two frames. SANDLOTTERS START TITLE PLAY MONDAY General Accounting Office and Post Office nines have been named to stage the opening battle in the play- off series for the twilight leagues championship which s'arts on Mon- day at West Ellipse diamond. Five leagues will be re are Government, Departmental, Washington Terminal Y. M. . A. Potomac Park and Commercial. The schedule: Auguat 30 General Accounting office vs. Post Office: :i1. Parke ve. Pullman: Septam: 1 Accounting a: 3. Pullman Acconnting Of- Pullman: 9. Pullman va. 3. Fashion Shop ion Shop General Accounting Office vs. Post Ofce. Pullman got into the twilight leagues play-off séries vesterday by presented by | respective title-winning teams. | pe 3 | | | new champion. If the punch had been lower down and on Jack’s chin Dempsey would have gone down, but T won't admit that Georges would have been able to keep him there. At that téme it would have taken a greater fighter than Carpentier ever was to keep Dempsey on the floor. A second after that right Tanded high, he shot another and an- other. Dempsey smothered the last two. I knew he was all O. K. cven then. He got' the last two on the neck as he rolled his head. Demp- sey by that time had steadied him- self and he hooked Carpenticr with a left to the hody that took all the fight out of the Frenchman. As Dempsey sat down in his cor- ner for the rest after the sccond round T shook him up and said: “How do vou fecl, Jac! That fel- low nailed you with a pip. But I knew that he had felt it oldier of France. taking all kinds of chances trying to anybody try to tell vou that Dempsey | CARPE; ;I'IER. plenty. Any punch that will stagger “Oh, I feel fine ! I didn't cgu feekthe punch.” Dempsey will be felt. He wa ¢ o sore and anxious to break Carpentic: in two that he thought he didn't feel it. He didn't want to feel it, to be plav 1 warned him not to let Carpentier hit him another like that, or b pt to feel it for some time to come. g .1 sent Jack out to crowd him in the third and we missed knocking him out a couple of times by the fraction of an inch. We knew we'd get him in the fourth. Carpentier had w torn him to picces and he was done. ilted to nothing. The body blows had He finally put Georges down with a left hook to the belly and a right that scemed to land more on the neck than on the jaw. There was a lot of talk about Dempsey car tures sake. My orders were to win as quickly as possible. Dempsey is one fighter who can't carry a man. downing Black & White Taxi, 2 to 0. | He simply can't pull his punches. He in the deciding game of the Wash- ington Terminal post-season matches. Lefty Tripp did the’ hurling honors for the winners and held the cab- men to five bingles. Pullman col- lected =ix from the pitching of Me- Connell, | /Public Buildings and Public Parks | was given a clear title to the Potomac Park League championship | yesterday when President A. F. Koch decided that Na € protest relative to Thursday's game did not hold water. Knickerbocker and Maryland Ath- | must fight to keep going. It's the only way he can fight. He's never zolng to lose his title decision. He's either going to knock his man | out or get knocked out. You can take that from me. Cannot Carry a Man. He has the style of the killer. He knows no other. He iz a big Ketchel, a Lavigne, a McGovern, a Walcott. He knows no other style, so it is fool- | ish to think anybody is going to out- point him for the title. One or the letic Club teams of Sectlon A of the | ther must go. Carpentier out of the Capital City unlimited division meet | WY We turned our attention to vaude- today Hollow. The Arlington-St. Joseph's game, alko scheduled for today, has National Circle nines are to play for the Mathewson Memorial Fund on Mount Rainier diamond at 3 o'clock. | JACK UNIMPRESSIVE T0 GUNBOAT SMITH By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. I, August| 28.—Jack Dempsey started scouring the country today for sparring part- ners willing to take a chance on be- ing pummeled. After two weeks of hard work, -he Is ready to cut loose. In fact, he says he must if he is going to attain the keen edge he will need when he enters the ring In defense of his title. He wants topnotch light-heavy- weights and middleweights. who can open up with speed and at the same time shoot punches at him, such as he will have to avoid from Gene Tun- ney. ¥ Gunboat Smith, the California heavyweight, who fought two bhard fights and lost them to Dempsey in his palmy days, saw the champion in a six-round workout vesterda hut was not greatly impressed. Smith | said that either Dempsey was not the same or the necessity of handling his playmates greatly made him look bad. ULATOR. N. Y., August 28 UP)—Gene Tunney today was hack at his regular training regime, after a day off canoeing. Tuesday the Tunney eamp will pack up and set nut for new training quar. ters, at Stroudsburg, Pa. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE — Pinkey Mitc Milwaukee, defented Jimmy Fialor. Louisville (10). Jacki 'F;l;ul, shaded Joey Cline, Milwaukee CLEVELAND—Billy Wallace, Cleve. land, scored a technical knockout over Tommy Farley, New York (4). Wil bur Cohen, New York, beat Benny Gershe. Cleveland (10) CHICAGO—Charley “Phil” Rosen- ber, New York, bantamweight cham- plon. and Pete Sarmiento, Philippines. fought a_draw (10), non-title. Teddy Gartin. Denver. knocked out Fred (Bogey) Saab, Birmingham, Ala. (3). | Clyde Hull, Texas. and Floyd Hybert, | Cleveland. fought a drawY10). JERSEY CITY. N. J.—Eddie O;Dowd. Jersey City. and Carl Tre- maine, Cleveland, fought a draw (10). defeated Phil McGraw, De. at_4 oclock In G n | ieorEelown | moved on to California, where .we Nichols, St. YORK--Ace Hudkins, Ne- ville. A little of that and then we | entered into real estate and hotel been postponed. Mount Rainier and | PUsiness as partners. | best to fight his way around the small New Jersey clubs. Dempsey was getting anxlous about |the situation. as he realized that he | was laying off too much. There didn't seem to be an opponent worth while just then. Floyd John- son was making good around New York and big Firpo was doing his to recognition IMights weren't coming often enough. He cared more about the work than he did the money. He had plenty of that. T looked up Jess Willard and talked over a comeback for him. He still was in good condition and he thought he would try a comeback.s I advised him to fight himself back into favor jand make a tour. meeting all that | he could get before him. He thought it a pretty good idea. Firpo Gains Limelight. He figured-to fight three or four times hefore tackling Jack again and | T put the proposition up to Rickard. Tt was to Tex's liking and we started old Jess off on his comeback jaunt. In the meantime Firpo and Johnson had come along fine. They were be- ginning to notice Firpo. He was a plcturesque fellow and Rickard felt sure he was a great possibility. Bill Farnsworth was running a milk l | fund show for Mrs, Hearst, and Wil- lard was offered a fight with Floyd Johnson. It was a tremendous suc- | cess that show and old Jess came out on top with a knockout. Firpo knocked out Jack McAuliffe in three rounds on the same card, so that they loomed up as the natural attraction and Rickard put it on in the Jersey City bowl. Firpo won. of course, and he stood out as the chal. lenger. He had stunned them with his strength and punching power. The old ballyhoo helped things along and no man was ever built up quicker than Firpo. 1t ended old Willard as a_comeback star. If Rickard had hoped to bring Jess and Jack together again, that bout ended it right there. Firpo's style made it certain that a Dempsey fight would be a fast and fu- rious battle If ever they met. KFew expected Firpo to win it, vet they knew he'd be fighting until he was dropped. Tt was a good guess. Wills Bout Squelched. The demand for a Dempsey and Wills hout was kindled some by his friends, but never in all the time there has been so much gab about it was there ever a legitimate offer from a reliable promoter. Wills came along and posted a forfeit with the New | York commission challenging Demp- sey and William Muldoon, then the | chairman of the commission, called me to his office and sald that I would have to accept the challenge in six troft (15). ~Maxie Rosenbloom. New |months time or the title would be York. beat Johnny Wilson, former|yacated to Wills. middlewelght champion (12). Joe Ma- | T altvays wanted the match, so™T rino, Staten Tsland, defeated Kid | tnought this would be a good oppor- Soken. Nebraska (6). HOLLYWOOD. Calif. — Tommy | O'Brien. New York lightweight, won # decision over Paul Demsky of Aus tralia (10). Jess S&tringham, Salt tunity to accept and articles were drawn up, the fight to he left open to blds” and to go to the promoter making the best offer. The bids would be left open for 60 days. 1 signed Lake heavyweight, defeated George'everything and was on the level with Barach, New ¥ork (6). S e — RIPLEY SIGNED TO PLAY WITH LOCAL PRO QUINT Elmer Ripley of Brooklyn. formeri with the Fort Wayne Knights of Co- lumbus and the Original Celtics, was signed yesterday by George Marshall | owner of the Washington franchise lin the American Professfonal Basket | Ball League. it an. Ten days after I was ordered to fight, T was told by the commission ' ving him for the pic- | Famous Battles for Heavyweight Title This is the first of a series bf I8 skcetches dealing with the Nigh lights of heavyieight championshin fiahtx since the ere of glore fghting began. By the Assaciated Press John L. Sullivan, an old man at 34, was knocked out by James J. Corbett, a youngster of 26, at New Orleans September 7, 1892, after 21 rounds of battling. They wore their gloves larger in those days, but a spectator, describing the end, declares, “Sullivan fell like an ox, rolled over on his stomach and was counted out.” “I went in too often,” was the champion’s explanation of his defeat. 4 vears ago [ could have whipped ¢ man in the worlk ained blows on_him,” was Cor- imming up of the fight. It was a sad day for Sheriff John Duffy. White Plains, Y. The sheriff agreed in the event of defeat Sullivan to go home each night 7 nd refrian from drink- tuous liquors until Janu- ing a ary 1 of the following ye: Overconfidence sat in Sullivan's cor- ner during the bout. The Boston “strong boy” admitted after he had been dethroned that he had held the shifty Corbett too lightly and had not applied himself to his training as he shouls A boxing commissioner, who once trained John L.. stopped a the: al engagement long enough to say that he was not surprised when apprised of the champion's downfall. DAVIS CUP MEN DENY SIGNING WITH PYLE Flat denial was made vesterday by the four members of the American Davis Cup team of a statement in Philadelphia by C. €. Pyle to the ef- fect that ome of them would oppose Suzanne TLenglen In a series of matches in this country. William T. Tilden, William Johnson, Vincent Richards and R. Norris Wii- liams, the members of the team, each specifically stated that he did not in- contemplate signing with Pyle. has been divided. 4—6, 6—-2. Towa Avenue, the present title- holder, saw its representatives bow to the team from Phillips in the initial round. Rosina_Cerrutti and Vernice Torney took the measure of Bessie Buchanan and Sallie Aman defending fowans, 6—3, 6—2. Virginia Ryan and Margaret Moore of New York Avenue found raugh salling in their first set with Helen Streaks and Bertha Soper of Rosedale, but after capturing it at 9—3, breezed through the second at 6—1. Today play is scheduled to continue, with the following matches posted: | Section 1—Betty Gartman and Mary | Tolman of Chevy Chase vs. Judith Fishburn and Louise Raff of Mitchell {Park. at Chevy Chase; Sadie Kiatti {and Delores McKenna of Georgetown vs, Louise Romera and Aileen Hal- tigan -of Happy Hollow, at George- town. Section 2—Kathleen Stead and An- | that ‘the fight would never take place. | toinette Edwards of Twin Oaks vs | | All the promoters were scared out by that ruling and I started working on a Dempsey and Gibbons hout. Mul doon came out flat against the hout jand sald that Dempsey was too big 1,|and Gibbons too small. He wouldn’t <tand for it, he said. That ended it for us. 1 went West come here in exchange for a Wash. |and built a railroad 17 miles long to ington player vet to be named. help the enterprise. While Dempsey The league games will open here on | and 1 were in Salt Lake City we got |a telegram from Harry Pollock asking | me to come on to Chicago to clos for a match that looked good to him. November 21. D. C. MEN IN REGATTA. Potomac Roat Club is sending a At Greenwich, W junior quad crew to Alexandria today for a special race during the annual club regatta of the Old Dominion Boat | Club. Hammond, Heinz, O'Brien 1'nger will carry Potomac colors. Win- ton, Miner, Hulfish and Gorman will row for the Virginians, w T left Salt Lake that night and when there was a tele- gram for me telling he that Mike Col- |Bertha Ryan and Emily Harrington of Bloomingdale, at Twin Oaks. | _Section 3—Virginia Ryan and Ma gaTt Moore of New York Avenue vs. | Helen Herhert and Elizabeth Stull of jl'hna. at Plaza. |- Seetion 4—Alice Brown and Teresa rfield vs. Phoebe Parker Breen of and plunged Into the hotel business in |and Mary Fllen Totten of Virginia | Ripley. who was captain and guard | o= Angeles. We interested ourselves | Avenue, of the Brooklvmites last season. will |in the Great Western Coal Co. of Utah | t Virginia Avenue. Lillian Hodge, placing first in two ievents and second in the third, won | high point honors in the .Johnson- | Powell playground track meet. H | total of 13 tallies was closely secon ed by the 11 markers collected by Au- drey Keaby, who earned first place in one and second in two events. Helen Barry, in class €, with 10 lins and a fellow named Melumby had | POints, won third honors. 5 just missed me at Salt Lake. flown from Great Falls, Mont., and had They had_eome with plans for a Gibhons- Demipsey fight at Shelby, Mont. (Covyrizht. 1926.) Summaries. CLASS ‘A. 40-YARD DASH—Won by Lil- lian ‘Hodge: second. Andrey Keahy: . third. T TATo RACE—W, lian Hodee g an : ancont Aures Keabs THInE, Wary Croran, | Laurie Ay iam Muldoon, now a New York | tend to turn professional and did not | by | Timmis by one hole, WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FR_.:JZIER FTER a lengthy postponement pl. h playground doubles championship of the District, with initial en- counters staged in three of the four sections into which the tourney M’LEOD, THOMPSON 'BUSH SHUTS OUT GIANTS FOR TITLE TOURNEY O KEEP BUCS IN FRONT { Twenty-three linksmen from clube | about Washington. Baltimore and Richmond, with but very few excep-| tions, found the going extremely dif- ficult in the qualifying round of the Professional ~ Golfers' Assoclation championship . at the Congressional | Country Club yesterday. and wrote a It helped | page of medal play scoring that must the hearts of duf: fers who have heen unable to nego- tiate the course in less than 40, Out of the entire group—and some ! of them are stars of the game—only | two were able to make the 36-hole cir | cuit of the long and difficuit course in less than 160. These two were the youthful Jimmie Thompson of tke Hermitage Golf Club of Richmond and the veteran Fred Mcleod of the Columbia Country Club. The 157 shot by Thompson and the 159 scored by Mcleod earned for the youngster and the veteran the right to represent the | middle Atlantic section in the P. G. A. championship, to be played at Salis bury, Long Island, next month. Weird and wonderful scores, rang- ! ing upward to a voluminous 98, were | the rule. Fiist Secand round.round.Total Tames Thompson. Hermitage 77 158 Fred McLeod. Columbia. ... 81 189 | R.T. Harnett, Chevy Chase. R4 161 Times R Fikridge. ... 81 164 R. C. McKimmie. B'ver Dam K6 164 AT A Armour. Congressional X3 166 Gien” Spencer. Baltim . RE 166 Alex Taylor. ' Balt 167 Kenveth Allan. Baltimore . 83 168 Chas. Betachler. Marviand. . 8% 169 Dave Thomson. Washington 90 €. T. McMaster, Rolling R'd 86 William Woo.l. Washington . 89 Leo McNerhanv, unattached 87 iR W. Thompson. Hermitage . 82 Withdrew Poter unattached. 83 Withdrew | Indian Spring 8% thdrew Potomae Dark: BT Withdrew Thorn. Town & O Withdrew Baniiagan. Co Withdrew T. Syivester. Congressional. 91 Withdrew R. A. Gabriel, Rock Creek.. 08 Withdpew SARAZEN, WITH 141, REMAINS IN FRONT By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., August 28.— Seventy-one golfers with scores of 156 | or better for 36 holes today remained in the contest for the W golf championship at the Highland Golf Club, with Gene Sarazen in the lead with 141 strokes. Sarazen was ahle to lead at the end of the first ronnd by virtue of a fine §9 on the par 70 course of 6559 yards, one stroke ahead of P. O. Hart of Marietta, and by taking 72 vesterda he maintained the same margin ove the Ohio player. who scored 1 The most industrious pursuer of the hell wether was Walter Hagen of Pasadena. Fla.. who equaled the | 2 | conrse record vesterday with a 68 to| tie with Jock Hntchison of Chicago | for third place with 143, | Hutchison might well have heen | even with Sarazen but for a bhad Hvi on the eighteenth hole, where he | needed a par 4 for a 68. His per-| | fect drive landed in a divot serape and in cutting the ball out with a. mashie | | niblick Jock found a deep trap and | took 6 for a 7 azen's trail was | ieago, who shot vesterda . 144 while the | Three Horsemen™ of the links, Harry Hampton of Memphis, Emmett French of Southern Pines and Abe Espinosa of Chicago were only 5 strokes behind Another s | Sarazen with 146. FRENCH GAIN EDGE | IN DAVIS CUP PLAY By the Associated Press, FORKEST HILLS. N. Y. August .—The power of the French Davis cup stars, which has threatened United States supremacy in tennis for the past two years, has been demon strated again in convincing fashion. |. They split two singles matches with the Japanese Thursday, and yester day the French doubles team of Co chet and Jacques Brugnon defeated Tawara and Herada, 6—0, 6—0, 6—2, in a match that took 42 minutes. France enters the final matches holding a lead of two to one in the series to determine the team that shall meet the United States in the challenge round. Ta Coste and Tawara meet at 2:30 p.m. foday and Cochet plays Harada late Jean Borotra arrived vesterday on the Berengari: He will be available for the challenge round, should France win the present serfes. COOMBE HILIL, Surre August 28 (#).—The B 3 amateur golf champlonship was won E. A. McRi who defeated E. A. England. lay hegan yesterday for the inter- Sadie Kiatti and Delores McKenna, representing Georgetown play- ground, scored over Ruby Riley and Evelyn Ager of Montrose, 64, STANCE—Won by Agdrey Lillian Hodge: third, Mary | CLASS D. 50-YARD DASH—Won by Mil- dredd Weleh: second, Mary Cnrry. THROW FOR DISTANCE—Won by Mary Currs ; second. Mildeed Welsh CLASS €"60-YARD DASH-—Won by Helen second. Ruhy Wright: third. Ruth THROW FOR DISTANCE—Won by Helen Barry: second. Rextal Wright: third, Ruby Wright. The track meet on Bi ground was followed by presentation of bronze badges to girls who have passed their athletic efficiency tests during the past ‘week. Gertrude Haislip recejved a silver badge. indi- cating that she has pased her second degree tests. The initial tests are Tor the bronze badge, which was won Thursday by Vallie Absher, Elizabeth Burkhalters Mary West, Hazlett Rooks and Emma Smith. Lena Graham, director of Buchanan, made the awards, Results of the meet, reported by Miss Graham, are as follows: vecond. hanan play- halter: second. Hazlett Rooks: third. Mary ARD DASH—Won by Gertrude Hais- ®econd: Vallie Absher: third. Emma . Waon by Vallie Aheher: By the Associated Press. OR two who'e days the Pittshurgh Pirates have held a hali-game lead in the hectic struggle that grips :te National League. This performance, startling. i in the standing during the past week that has seen the St. Lonic Cardinals twice dislodging the Pirates from the peak. was accomplished vesterday through the sterling pitching of Joe Bush, American Leagne discard, who blanked the Giants, 4 to (. BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS AMERICAN LEAGU YRITERDAY'S RESULTS. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. 4 z H 3 Percentaze. Detroit, ] 3 H [ Ll countered _the Qua sentatives Thurse in third place and Phil 2eS | The scores follow: | N | TODAY'S GAMES. Chieaso at Washington. Detroit_at New ¥ Cleveland at Boston. er { have heen enough to win the game New York, 0. | abled the Yankees to put a « STANDING OF THE Cl Tony La Pittabureh. 2 Clnelnne.L. New York. Brooklyn. Boston. St. Louis. ern open | | soing 12 innings. Roston at Chieago. Philadelphia at St BIG LEAGUE LEADERS. By the Associated Press. American Teague. Batting—Fothergill, Tygers, ..386. Hits—Burns, Runs—Ruth and Gehrig, Yankees, Doubles—Burns, Indians, 58. Triples—Gehrig, Yankees, 20, Homers—Ruth, ¥ 4 s—Hunnefle Mostil. White Sox, 1. ing—Dauss, | Tilden. natio protege, Alf the Newport tennis singles honor toe day. National League. Batting—Hargrave, Reds, .367. Hits—Brown, Brav Runs—Cuyler, Doubles—Bot{omle; Triples—Walker, Red: ves | battling. defeated Manuel Alonso of s Cardinals, 36, |10 triumph over Brian T. ( the INTERNATION AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, Kaneas City, 4: St Milwaukee, 8. pion, SOUTHERN ASSOCTATION. New Orleans, studies term at Eme September 2 a two-Year in the law school preparatory to joining the firm in which his father nted. FLORIDA STATE LEAGU Lakeland, rain VIRGINIA LEAGUE. HEASTERN LEAG TEXAS LEAGUE. Ft. Worth. 6 Vicksburg. 3-8: Hattiesburg. 5: Gulfport, 4. three scheduled. PACIFIC COAST LE Hollywoad, 0. San Franciaco, HAS PERFECT SCORE T0 KEEP TRAP TITLE By the Associated Press. VANDALIA, Ohlo, August 2 day is the last day of the twents seventh annual grand American handi- cap trapshooting tournament. Charlie Young. Ohlo, veteran, shattered his hundredih | clay target yesterday afterncon and shot his own name on the polished side of the Gates Trophy | feature act of the world's greatest | trapshoot show was over and only five minor events were left. Young's perforniance yesterday was | possibly the greatest in the history of | trap shooting. only once, and 10 years ago. Then and vesterday he hroke 100 tar. 40-YARD DASH—Won by Elizahéth Burk- | It has heen ond. Elizabeth” Burkhalter: third. Mary Weat THROW FOR DISTANCF—Won by Vallie Absher: second. Gertrude Hatslip. Miss Absher, with 13 points, win- | ning two- firsts and one second place, | was high point scorer. 74 Two matches were reported yester- day in the cdloréa interplayground net championship, which had been postponed by the continued rain. Dor Logan playground triumphed over Louise Butler and Marie Edelin of Willow Tree, 6—2, 6—3. Doris Skin- ker and Louise Harris of Howard reg- istered a victory over their first oppo- nents, Edith Jenkins and Goldle Wood- land of Cordoma. gets at 23 yards. Those who trod close behind Younz in his match | trapshoot realm were R. G. Johnson, | Cable, Ohio, 19 vards, second Boice, Pontiac, Mic R. M. Jenkins, Orleans, Ind Goshen. Ohio, 1§ vards, sixth. The woman winner vesterday were g Fright, Atlanta, othy' Thomas and Edith Dixon of Mrs. H. P, Andrews, Atlanta, second: Miss C. B. Pike, Kent. Ohio, third, Wiison, Buffalo, N. Y., {and Miss M. ‘ N7 MOTOR CoO. R. D. Morgan. with a score of 89, led the three Washington shooters Frank Burrows and Dr. €. Wymkoop each scored 85 breaks, 11333-37 14th St. iew of the rapid-fire changes At the same tim& the Cincinnat Reds took complete possession of the second place herth where the Card: nals have heen spending their time when not at the_top of the heap Again it was exceptional hurlin that turned the stunt with E | Rixey, lengthy southpaw, mowing down the oklyn cohorts for the second. 1 to 0, whitewash of the dav the second straight day the lowly Phillies harpooned the Cards championship hopes with a 9-te-7 victory, made possible when Phila- delphia three times came from he- hind to take the lead. he Cardinals were in first place when thev en- rtown repre vday they are delphia’ fans« are wonder what could have in ected such a spirit of lese majesie into the tail enders The pitching feats of Rixey and Bush, who doled ont 3 and 4 hits, re spectively, were shared somewhat hy Tony Kaufman of Chicago, who ran the Cubs' winning streak to 6 games by turning back the Roston B to 1. The tribal clan found Tony safely but five times. Grimm’s hom with 2 man on in the sixth would = Herb Pennoc th his twentleth victory of the season in the opener of the esries with Detroit, 4 to 1, en the surge of the Tyzers tows ond place in the American L i humped one out park in the fourth with two on fo his sixteenth eireuit clout of the vear Heilmann landed four of the *eight hits. § Lonis Br selves a little s took unte them action when they broke the jinx that has dogged them t Shibe thi; son. The Browns took their first gume from Philadelphia_there in 10gstarts, 7 1o 1. McManus showing the way with four hits in four appearances at the plate. Cleveland took two from the Boston Red Sox, % to & and 5 to 4.°the I « e Burns ¢ within one of Tris Speaker's two-hase hit record by driving out his fifty eighth of the season. Smith’s homer in the twelfth gave Cleveland the sec- ond game after the Indians had ham mered out 16 hits in the first session The White Sox beat \Washington, 5 to 3. ter TILDEN AND CHAPIN IN NEWPORT FINAL WPORT, R. 1. August 28 —Rill champion. and his 1. Chapin. met for Both came through the semi-finals ter up-hill hattles. Tilden. n, 6—1 4. hapin rallied from a firs 4, 61, et defeat wton of 0 Antonic [ 1, 6—4, 6—4. With terrific service holts and over | whelming drives. he swept the E vopean star back to win the third | set at 61 The closing set indieated that Alonso had spent himself in a heroie ffort to overthrow the champion in he e < of the mateh, JONES TO STUDY LAW. ATLANTA, August 28 (®). Tobert T. Jones. jr. American a Britlsh pen and American amateur cham stopped a husiness career to e-enter school and will take up his At the opening of the Fal ¥ University, Atlanta t that time he starts RADIATORS, FENDERS BODIES MADE AND, REPAIRED NEW RADIATORS FOR AUTOS WITTSTATT’SR. & F. 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