Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1926, Page 26

GRIFFS GET THIRD PLACE n WINN ING TENTH STRAIGHT - Labor Day Vietory lghleenth in 21 Contests With Red Sox—Eastern Rivals Well Drubbed Here, But Westerners Were Troublesome. BY JOHN B. KELLER. tionals plaved as good base ball abroad as they did at lvnmr this <eason they now would be in the running for the flag Of the 72 engagements plaved to a decision in Clark Griffith Stadium this year. 42 finished in favor of the erstwhile Cham. pions. That gave the local outfit a winning percentage of .583 for play here. 38 points more than it can show for its winning throughout the campaign. But the club that won the championship of the Johnsonian circuit during the past two vears is not apt to finish so poorly this season as it threatened to do not so long ago. With a winning streak that was ex- tended 10 10 games by a 2-to-1 victory over the Red Sox yesterday. the Nationals have lifted themselves to third place, and. although they are in that position by just a fraction of a point, a fair tour through the | West and a hot fling at the Athletics, now in fourth place, at the end of the campaign. wi'l assure the one-time pacesetters of the third money. The Nationals made a hrave stand A FOND FAREWELL especially against Of the 32 games WARHINGTON. | MeNeely. 21 home this vear, the Eastern clibs. nlayed this lot. 22 were won br the Harrismen. The Red Sox. of course, were the softest for Rucky Harris and company Ten games were played with them and nine came the way of the Nationals. The only |Tate. c. defeat came in the fivst tilt in the | Keeves Georgia avenue yard with the bunch | ) from the Hubh. Although the Red Sox were lead fnz. 1 to 0. vesterday when rain ended | To the second scheduled game of the day "“ hefore the third inaing was com- |4 pletad. the Nationals probably would | Rezan,' have run their home victories over | hoit: the Bostonians to 10. for they were Gaston. inz the beiter pltching Athletics also took a good drnbhing here. They dropped three of the ceries of four games that opened | Bratchet the Wachington season in April and | of the total of 11 games they plaved | here won but four The leagne-lead ing Vankees too. took more punish ment than they gave on the local | Washington 0100001 Tnt hey were ‘trounced in six of 11| Twohase hits—s. Hartls. Rice A ent ( o a decigio - 'ohin, g fogazements plaed (o A decision in | Giae Aiurrli, & iars® Bonble The Western bunch did much ‘ter than the tern outfits, in National Capital. The Tygers Trdians both won their series But nine games were played with the Cobi n preventing any clashes when they visited here for the last | time. Thev took six of the nine. The Tndians plaved just 10 games here. rain stoppinz them. too. The tionals won but three from them Fut the White Sox and Rrowns | were <cundlv thrashed. The former went into the scheduled 11 engage. | ments and took only fenr of them. | Tain held the schedu'e with the Mound City men to 10 games. Seven of them | were captured by the Nationals. i Only two games here this failed 10 to a decision, heir first visit in May the Rrfier winning a counle of times, w “plaved to a tie. In July the Nationals 2nd Yankees went » an | gven score. rain ending hostilities Won 18 m Red Sox. In the series with the Red Sox that s complated vesterday the Nationals | made their hest showing of the vear. Thev took 18 of the 21 tilts played with this club, winni the last 10. Tut they had to battle desperately <t of the time to score their vic 2t that. and they certainly had | (hicago 1o put up a cood fizht to get the lone Tolor daz me plaved out i the good pliching Alvin re than anvthing else thar ~ final home =uc The General allowed the Rex Sox hut two | eafeties and four passee. Neither of | the hits fizured in the making of the | mirzle tally registered hy the Foh!-| men. One of the hits came in the firet inning after one man was re- tired and the other In the third in ning with one cone. Topper Rizney | snd Slim Hareies. the Iatter the Red hurler. did the hingling. | wo of the four pas: that (‘row. iseued were bunched in the eighth me. but tha General might have es eaped unscathed then had he heen bet ter supnorted by his catcher. Benny Tate. Fred Haney drew a walk after with) . ~se=23930% [ wasamuss s-ss22022T » Totals 8 FET T TIPS 3 2993929832238 Totals . “Ratted for Gastan In (he eighth tRatted for Harriss in the eighth. | Roston .0000000 “ | det. . Harris to Judge: Keeves to . The | Warie o Judge.feft on bases—Boaton, 3: Washington, 9. First base on balls—Off Hurrlu. 3 fln Crowder. 1. Struck out—By by Welrer: . Hitnesor 1 ks: off Welzer, 0 in 1 it by pitched ball—By "Hllhl l‘lf\”'VT assed hall—Tate. pitcher—Har- iae. Umblres—Measrs. MecGowan, Dinneen M rl:."v Time of game—1 hour and BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS AMERICAN LEAGUE. TE3TERDAY'S RESULTS. Boston. 1 (seeond zame hird, rain) . a. w Vork, 2 . 3-1: St Louin. 6- . 531 Detrojt. 4-5. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Crawder hreuzht GAMES. veland at St. Louis. Raston at New York. NATIONAT. ;, Pittsburg] Cincinnati. Aer 4 | stricken in his sulky, |ond in the first heat of the 2: | his hands and | Foster |latter, | P).~Pitcher | night, ). | dle Atlantic League will e determined | one was out Rosenthal batted for s nd ate let a pitch g0 putiine Harev on second 4 neomptlv nilfered third and racad ac 'ratche batting for Harriss ~d cut Rosentha! nals ot o the h. Twice <afeties in an in Cincin'atl_| Pittabgh | 9] 6i— Chicago sror uzh t hits off Xlim inninzs he thev clus ing wore Tneky er that ol is chief. <oaven TODAY'S GAMES. . Louis at Pittsbureh. ago at Cincinnati. Brmaiiona Th Sew York ar Beston ( YANKEES HAVE FLAG WITHIN THEIR GRASP NEW YORK. September 7. Mathe matically speaki the New York Yankees have practically made cer tain of winning the American League pennat 'he Yankees are six full games | ahead of the second-place Cleveland Indians and each team has 20 more games to play to complete the league ~hedule 154 games. S of their | ames, including postponements, will bhe played on the Cleveland field, start ing September 15 If the Yankees hreak even in their eries with Cleveland. winning just three of the games, and also break even in their 14 games with other clubs. then Cleveland must go through the remainder of the season without 2 loss in ord © nose out the leaders. The New York games are divided as follows X with Cleveland. three with Detroit, four with Chi puhles— <. 6. cago. four with St. Louls and three T Nantcees: o0, NIt Bomon " Ctevelund must et Homars—Ruth, Yankees. 1. Washington four &ne- Ph)ladelphla Stolon bases—Mostil. White Sox, 24, four times. Detroit twice. Boston ! Pitching=—Uhle, Indians, won three times. St. Louis once and New lost 8. Ya ix tintes. ‘\ ATIONAL LEAGU ; Pirates, * i LA oy ¥ % : SALES & SERVICE ~HANDL E Y Cardinals, 3730 Georgia Ave. Wallace Motor Co 20 means NASH Sales and Service 1709 L Street N.W. Just Fast of Conn. Ave. Main 7612 we thev seared. Twe seeand when to ce hits uer games). One out the seventh when Crowder sinzled. Earl McNeely took one of Har pitches an the left hin then Rice sinzled to center. driving Crowder home Welzer Stopped Scoring. W 2 came in to piteh and onlv twn Nationals RBoeky Ha = drew a t outset of the frame ed out by T NRain ended the the Nat had a m tuwa out and A strike Myer the rd inning hamps had hit Fred Heim: feties, while the Red s orge Murray for on! ocre fi Muddy ieky elzith hase nass bt wa second whan N on first with against Ruddy But the h for s had two. and Ruel P onals e s s F BIG LEAGUE LEADERS. the Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE. tine—Fothercill, gers, . ~—Burns, Indians, 189 uns—Ruth, Yankees, 121 les—Bottomles . Reds, w THE EVENING DRIVER IS FATALLY STRICKEN IN SULKY AYLESFORD, Nova Scotia, Sep- tember 7 (#).—Harry C. Lydiard, 78- vear-old veteran of the harness rac- ing sport, gave the fans a final thrill vesterda when he was fatally and his horse, ran alone to finish sec- 20 trot Briar Mae, and pace. At a_critical stage in the heat, when the aged driver of countless ictories was urging his horse to the front, Lydiard suddenly threw up fell to the ground Briar Mae had just passed Torpedo Lady when the reins fell from the lifeless hands of his driver. He slowed for a fraction of a sec- ond then the horse swept on in a | splendid stride on to the pole. McGreager, driven by an- veteran of th@ track, Frank of Kingston, Nova Scotia, ahead of Briar Mae, but the with reins dragging, pulled up alongside and passed him, levelled away for the lead horse, Aubrey the Great. While the spec- tators watched in awe, raced as though driven by hands. Aubrey the Great passed under the wire & length ahead of the Briar Mae, and the latter the track again his speed until he reached stables. never breaking once. Dr. Beason of Avlesford, who ex John other was invisible slowly |amined Lydiard, said death was due ! 1o apoplexy. MAY IS PROBABLY LOST TO REDS FOR YEAR CINCINNATI, Ohio, September 7 Jakie May of the Cin- cinnati Reds will not accompany the team when it leaves for Pittsburgh to- and may not be seen in uni form again this season. The spike wound the left-hander re ceived in vesterday's game was more serious than at first heleved, exami- nation disclosing a badly cut tendon. May has won 18 games and lost 9 o far this seamon SCHULTZ WINS AUTO RACE. COLORADO SPRINGS, (Yolo.. Sep- tember 7 (#).—Covering the distance of 12 miles 2,200 feet in 19 minutes and 15 second, n Schultz of Colorado Springs yesterday won the annual Pikes Peak Automobile race from the foot to the summit of the famous mountain. TEAMS WILL PLAY-OFF. RATRMONT., W. Va.. September 7 —The 6 champions of the Mid- In a serier beginning the latter part of this week between .Johnstown, Pa., and Fairmont, winners. respectively, of the first and second half of the split season. BASE BALL SECRETS | By Sol Metzger. Step Into the Ball When Batting. Do THIS . Many hall plavers have a fault of pulling away from the hall when swinging at it in order 1o get a good start for first ba Result is they lose force in their swing and are continually popping up little flies instead of driving the ball The batter's job is to step into the ball as he hits it. like the player on the left in the illustra tlon. He can get started for first just as rapidly as is the player on the right. who is stepping awa from the hall. What is more, he can clout it a good smack. which the other fellow ecannot dn. then | the horse | loped around | decreasing | the | STAR WASHINGTON, iy Onthe Side Lines With the Sporting Editor BY DENMAN THOMPSON TANLEY HARRIS has no alibis for the disappointing work of the team he is directing this year. The youthful pilot is aware of the fact that a slump such as his club has taken following two consecutive seasons of triumph causes followers of the club to speculate as to the contributing causes and to wonder if there wasn't some one thing that was responsible—something that a person not in close touch with the players could not be expected to know. However, such is not the case, according to the manager. Hav- ing appeared in his final contest of the season here, and realizing his club has practically no chance of playing in the 1926 world series. Harris today, on the eve of the Nationals’ departure forsthe West, un- | burdened himself of a few words in the nature of a farewell to the | fans of the Capital, in which he confesses inability to explain why | thé Griffmen have been trailing all Summer, but also looks forward hopefully to the next campaign. “No doubt, many of the fans would like to know what hap- pened to our team this year,” sayvs | Harris. “Well, I would, too. I | am as much at a loss to under- stand it as the outsider, yet I do believe that the unexpectedly poor work of Joe Bush started us on our downfall. Other things un- | questionably were factors, but I cannot blame any one individual of our present outfit for our fail- ing, because, as 1 see it, they all tried their very best. “Maybe it just wasn't our vear, but believe me when I say that our poor work has caused me more concern, I am sure, than any one else. Really, the only satisfaction I get these days is when I think of the success we enjoyed the | i ! past seasons. Now, then, comes the bitter to offset the sweet. It is, indeed, very hard to swallow, vet | venture to say that in every walk of life it is the same, so we have to take it and like it the same as every one else does. “For the future there seems to be nothing left to do but reconstruct, and, judging from the material that President Griffith and Scout Engel are gathering, I would say we will be fairly well fixed for some time to come. “It is quite too early to make a prediction for next season, but I will do all in my nower to at least show the fans during 1927 a good hustling team with a never-sa die spiri NATIONALS OFF TONIGHT two HIS was a day of rest for the Nationals, but they will swing into action again tomorrow in an exhibition game at Massillon, Ohio, where the Agantha base ball club will be encountered. Thursday 1 an exhibition tilt will be staged with the General Tire and Rubber Co. club at Akron; then the Champs will move to Cleveland, where, on Sat- urday, they will start a drive to clinch third place, at least. The athletes leave tonight for Ma: >1 MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS | sillon with 24 players on the club ros- ter, but before the final invasion .,ij | the' West gets under way several more | men are expected to be added to the SOUTHERN, ASSOCTATION Memphis, 1-6: Littls Atlanta. 8-3: \‘[oh! 3 Birmingham. outfit. Nashville, 2 There was plenty of fancy fielding | in the game plaved to a decision ves. terday, but the brightest stunt of the | afternoon came in the third inning | of the in-stopped second tilt. .John.| ny Tobin, erstwhile National, drove | E ol the ball to deepest center, bui Goose | ""PO"ed: Tain!. Goslin went racing back for a leaping | = VIRGINIA LEAGUE. | one-hand catch that was a marvel. Betermhare - 60h. Ricmnd. 315, Kinston. 8:1: Wilson, 3-2 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Spartanburg. 7: rain) . Macon. 10-3: Columbia. Greenvitle, 1-10 Armeviite, -2 Charlotte. 5: Knoxville. I (morning zame vostponed. rain). FLORIDA STATE LEAGU Sarasota, 8: Bradenton, Sanford.’ 4-4;_Orlando. Tampa. 9-8: St. Petersbure. 8-4 EDMONT LEAGUE. 2-4; Durham. 1-6 Winston-Salem. 3-3: Raleigh. 2.2 High Point, 6. Salisbury. 5 (second game | An odd double play was worked by the Red Sox in the fifth inning of the first encounter. With Reeves on second and McNeely on first, Rice sent a low looper to short left. Both | runners darted from their bases, but | Shaner came in for a remarkable grab | of the sphere. He threw to Todt, hoping to double McNeely off first. | Earl managed to scramble back to the bag, and Todt. who was about to toss | _Lakeland. 53! Fort' Myers. 3.3 (first the ball to the pitcher, suddenly re.| ¥™me. 12 innins: second 9 ninks. darknese ) alized that Reeves had not returned | SOUTHI . {to second. A relay to Rigney caught | | Bob easily. | Montgomery. 8: St. | zame.” postponed. " rain) COTTON STATES LEAGU Jackson. 4-4: Meridian. 0-2 : Gulfport. 5 : ‘Hattieshurg, 4.1 _(first game avers late arriving! WESTERN LEAGUE. Tulsa. 10-4: St. Joseph. 4- Bilshoma Lis 2 R Rherdial 4 Lincoln. 3-6: Dea Moines Gmaha. 84: Denver. 3 TEXAS LEAGUF. Dallas. 5-3: Shreveport. 1.2 Houston, '2-2: Beaumont, 1.6 San Antonfo. 11-3: Waco. 10-5. Wichita Falls-Fort Worth' (rain) PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Sacramento. 6-0; Portland. 4-6, Missions, 6. San Frlncl.co Seatt] -0: Qakland, Los Angelee. 2- nonwnud 1 Augustine, | Three times the Nationals checked | the Red Sox with two-ply killings in | the first game. In the last one. that came in the ninth to end the fray, { Bucky Harris proved a great pnm\ man. He had to take a wicked throw | from Reeves and had no time to waste in relaying to Judge. Shaner came through with a greaf | caich to take a hit_from Rice in the fifth round. The Boston left fielder | |ran far to his left for a one-hand | srah . TERNATION. LEAGUE. Jersex Ciy. 0: Newark, 0 (rain) Toronto, 3.5: Buffajo. 2-6 S Rochester. 1 Baltimore. 6: Reading. 1 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. St. Paul. 5.4: Minneapols, 4-11 Columbira. 1-3: Toledo, 111 Lomeville, £3: Indiarianolis. -6 Kansas City. 11-6: Milwaukee. 10-4 The first hase hnll lenuue was organ ized in 1871 and was known as the | National Association of Professional ' Base Ball Players. Silent and adjustable fromt end chain drive of the same quality and type used in the costliest cars. It typifies the way Essex matches costly car details throughout. Minute Ride Wil Win You / TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 7. | in | Crisfield | Salisbury FOR FINAL WESTERN TRIP | ond halves. respectively. | Ridge Base Ball League. open Augusta. 4 (second game | |liama Hale Thompson, 2 (mecond | 1926. CARDS PAY BIG SUM FOR AN OUTFIELDER| SYRACUS . Danny Clark, slugging the Syracuse Stars of the tional League, has been sold St. Louis Cardinals for a ported to be in excess of 000 and three young plavers recently pur- chased by the Cardinals from minor leagues. Clark ranks third in batting in the Tnternational league with an aver- age of .362. he has poled 32 home| September outfielder nu Interna- | to the rice re- | runs and 27 doubles. Clark saw service with San Antonio the Texas League last vear and hit for .399. Manager Hornsby of the Cardinals| will determine date of delivery. GOES TO CRISFIELD! SALISBURY, Md.. Septemher 7 (#). | _Crisfield of the [astern Shore ’ League officially was deciared pennant | winner of the peninsula cireuit by the | circuit's board of directors. meeting here last night. CriNgt il cante oubat the topratithe| circuit after the dire: had con curred in the act esident Harry Rew last e league head ordered Dover vie torles forfeited and 22 games removed from Cambridge’s win column and dis tributed among the other teams Penalties Imposed upon_ Dover Cambridge followed against Easton and Parksle the season for carrvinz on rosters a greater number of players than regulations of the permit. The standing of the ieams ing the final games of the played yesterday. follows W. L. Pet . 8371 .74 Dover. 57 20 #8313 Cambridge 4046 465 Faston e includ season. Parkeles . leading by three zames, was Then Faston. the first club to he disqualified. Parksley. tied with Dover lost 20 games and was knocked out of the race. Finally Dover. setting the pace also was disqualified. Except for the disqualifications. Crisfield would have finished last. The Crabbers. howeve have been playing good base ball dur’ | ing the last two week: The first and second games of the “Five State” series with the Blue Ridge League winner. either Hagers town or Frederick. will be played in Crisfield next Monday and Tuesday. | ‘The third game will be plaved at Salis- bury or Easton on Saturda CLUBS OPEN STRUGGLE FOR BLUE RIDGE FLAG| FREDERICK. Md., September 7 Hagerstown Hubs and Frederick Hustlers, winners of the first and sec- in. the Bine their here, five-game championship series today. ELEVATES ‘BARNYARD GOLF.' CHICAGO, September 7 (#).—Wil sportsman and | politician, has raised “barnyard golf" | to a new sphere. speculatively speak- | ing. by offering §10.000 in wagers that | he can produce two men who would | “piteh 50 ringers in a 30-point game.” | tack woke up behind Eppa Rixey in 'EASTERN SHO’ FLAG N. L. RACE IS UNCHANGED BY HOLIDAY TWIN BILLS | By the Associated Preas HE St. Louis Cardinals today retained a 5-point lead in the Nationsl League after desperate holiday attacks upon them St. Louis. playing Pittsburgh in a series that max decide the pennant, took the morning encounter, & to 1, hut fo t in <ie after noon. 4 to 2. Cincinnati likewise broke even with Chicago. behind, winning the aiternoon joust. 7 to 4. aiter the Cubs in the morning The Reds today were hali a game behind St 17 points back of the Red Although the Cubs hit M 1 rookie, and Donohue twice safely in the first game, doled ont 4 hits while the Reds were making The Cincinnati batting at Cincinnati came d won ire 2te 0 Lounis, with Pitt<bnre Meeker, no e hut American League showed h Roth the Yankees and Cleveland split double-headers. Ehmke beat New York in the me with Phils delphia, 5 to 2. but weakened when called nupon in the second and wa forced 1o take a 2-to-1 defeat. Clevs land won the first against 1 7 to 6. but was noesed out in the ond. 3 to 1 Chicage alone was able to win mors than one game in the dav. taking two from Deiroit by scores of 5 to and 7 1o 5 her celehratad his 3%ih hirthday with a vie Washington won its tenth straigh vietory by heating Reston again, to 1. 4 errors the second game i Rhem allowed the Pi es only 4 hits in the morning. Rayv Kremer held the Cardinal « in check when hits meant runs in the afternoon Rrooklyn and Philadelphia split. The Hobins hammered their way through the first game. § to 6. Fred lLeach got home n with the bases full 82 v v in the afternoon standing at the top of the TWILIGHT SERIES PL AY WILL BE RESUMED TODAY < will Building« LAY in the annual twilight league’s championsh he con tinued today. with General Accounting Office and Public and Public Parks nines meeting on the Ellipse ai 4:43 hese teams are tied ior second p'ace, cach having taken or | game in two starts. Post Office and tomorrew. while on Fashion Shop combination ing the league with twe makes lte mext start, fackline rildings and Public Parks Pullman nines phi Fhursdas now lead RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN BATTING. AB. W Gostin 5 tho " Rice . 190 MeNeely 5 ] k | Stewart E vietaries Public Kennedy tossers got back into fir place in the Petworth Senior Leagis vesterday by King the Arrows to camp. 5 to 1. They are now tied with the Tremonts, fach clubh hav seven times in nine starts. ma-Cardinal same was rained out |the second inning. with the count 0o 0 Concordian and Auth nines of Capital City League play off a | | poned game today at Washington T lv‘at-l\v starting at 5 o'clock sring all their runs in the openin ame. 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