Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1926, Page 36

36 § ( Defeat Yesterday by 6 to PORTS. OF SEVEN TO GAIN EDGE 3 Is Sixteenth Received at Hands of Indians This Year and Is Offset by Only S BY JOHN \ ETROIT, September 14.—Touw upon the quest of their t series with the Athletics they are after the one with a reversal of form as sharp as Ihey went to Cleveland with a ren proceeded to drop four games in Indians yesterday the holdov ter holding a lead throughout the To get the edge over the Tyger show t} hington Wi B. KELLER. 10TTOW d i d the Nationals are to embark erclub series of the year. With he Red x already to their credit the Tygers. But they will have to that they showed in Cleveland. string of 10 victories behind them, | a row. In their final fling of the vear er Champions were trimmed, 0 to 3, greater part of the contest. rs for the year they must win six of the seven games to be played here within the next five days. It will take plenty of work to do that, no doubt. That licking handed the Nationals vesterday was the sixteenth in 22 zames played with the Indians this season. But three victories were scored over the Tribe In Washington und a like number here. Now, the Nationals will have to fight to hold on to fourth place, in which berth they not so far ahead of the Tyg Al Crowder and Shaute, th v southpaw, were slab rivals day in the Clevelund finale. had all the better of the fe issued but one pass and allowed but four hits. "The Nationals got on lase fn_ only two rounds third, in which they did all their &nd the seventhi in which Muddy Ruel got a single after two were out. Crowder was far off in his control ie franked six batters to first in ad dition to uncorking a wild pitch, and was nicked for 11 safeties. Six of these hits were mixed in the run making. ch of the three Indians’ rallies was started by a pass from Crowder, and four of the men he wit on the sacks got to the final lase One verted iifto the first i for tl Spu and station. amie t latter vester Nl w of Crowder's passes was con- a run by the Ind ning. Jamison, Tribe, was on slid a mie pulled After s ed m: tirst. Judge middle at sueri- heaved up Is were checked in ov Shaute in the of but in the third inning they shoved across a trio of markers after {wo hands had heen retired. Bluege <tarted the attack by bouncing a wgle off Lutzke's gloved paw. Rucl ked Evidently hoping to cr Indians. Crowder spurned the and lofted to Speaker. Mc so hoisted to Spoke. Then ‘hings happened. Rice singled by Spurgeon, scoring Bluege and moving Ttuel to third. Goslin was knocked down Ly vne of Shaute's pitches. He laimed he had been hit by the ball, but had to show Umpir Dineen u bruised spot on a finger of the right hand before being waved to first by \e chief official of the fray. filled the bags. Myer lined ' to right and Ruel and raced to the plate. Another Pass Is Converted. Another of Crowder's passes was turned into a score by the Tribe in the latter part of the third, although faster pivoting by Myer probably Would have brought a two-ply Killing that would have blocked the run wte, first up, drew the pass. J; inieson whiffed, but Spurgeon advan station with a single to ounded to 1 geon. Myer's relay t too late to one- Rice Spoke. Then to tallied 'he Indians wasted a couple of it in the fourth and did so again in the fifth. Summa’s singlo at the outset of the former frame and Crow- ler’s fumble of Luke Sewell's sacrifl cial bunt put two on. Lutzke tried , sacrifice, but only forced out Sum 4. When Shaute singled to right, Luke Sewell attempted to count, but was nipped ai the plate by Rice’s fins {hrow. Jamieson proved an easy out with a g er to Bluege. purgeon opened the Indians’ fifth hoa shy his third essive hit of the tfied 10 MeNeely purgeon to second, good care of Joe Sew In th with one n / Burns singled but Rice took and Summa »'s sixth, Lutzke walked ind, after Shaute f: second. Jamieson past Bluege moved the corner, but Crowder batting streak, cker bounding to checked NSpurgeon’s Indian second-s the pitcher. t the Tribe 1 the seventh to get n it was Crowder’s ted it on its scoring Jurns was pass @ good | heaving the fourth <o wildl: the runner made sec Burns took third as Myer tossed nma's single the wil@iness that Summa hen swiped s ute | iment. | scoring. | ns' one-base knock | was not to be denied. | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Nats Face Task to Beat Tygers on Season : Cards Conceded Edge at First Base MUST CAPTURE SIX OUT INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Toronto, 10: Buffalo, 4. Rochestér, 6-0: Syracuse, 3-9 Baltimore, 5-1; Newark, 3-10, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Toledo, 1: Indianapol 1R Louisvi SoUTH ABSOCIATION. Atianta. 6: Mobile. 4. Memphis. 5. Ch New Orlewns. 17 Nashville-Little Roc SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. ugusta. 7: Macon. 15 fusvetd, i Mdeale: o ki Wariotte. s cofl ‘Spartanburg. 2-4. MONT LEAGUE. Greenyo Durham. 4 (poat series) B {111 ThaUE! """ Nortolk, 117 Pelersburg. 6 Wilson. "9 Portemouth. Richmond. 1: Kiaston FLOKIDA STATE LEAGUE. Br ton, 0 yers. 0. o B tord. 5 (10 innings, darkness) . | calls himself that. | Indi moniker. Heis a s His home 1s in a part of the coun- try noted for its big powerful men. Ennis was born in Superior, Wis., March 10, 1900, and still makes his | home in that town, where there are ald to be Dut three seasons in a ear, July, August and Winter. They have to be husky to withstand the climate in Superior. Ennis has been in professional base ball for five years. He started in the old Southwestern League in 182 playing with Muskogee. The next | year saw him with Coffeyville in the | same cuit. _In 1923 he went to | Tulsa of the Western League. He | was out of the organized game the | next vear, but 1925 found him with Los Angeles of the Pacific Coast loop. All of this season was spent with Imira, He worked in most of the games played by the ished the season with a batting mark around Ennis arrived in Cleveland yester- day shortly before noon and was in uniform for a workout with the re- mainder of the Natlonals before the final game of the season with the Indians was staged. Backstopping in batting practice, he seemed to be a shifty catcher for his bulk. He had only one turn at the plate wand drill. What he can do with the stick re- mains to be revealed. Ossie Bluege went back to third base for the Nationals vesterday for the first time since August 27, the day he wrenched his trick knee while unning bases in a game against the White Sox. The regular hot-corner guardian seems to be physically fit once more. He certainly needed the rest that he probably would not have had but for the hurt! Ossie was | placed seventh in the batting order | instead of eighth, the position held by his understudy, Bob Reeves. Joe Judge certainly is not sorry that Reeves has left the National line- it least temporarily. While Jue | high regard for Bob personall he would much rather take throws from Bluegn than from the young | substitute third sacker. As a Tesult | of Reeves' powerful throwing arm, Judge’s right hand is fearfully puffed. It is so tender that during pre-game | fielding practice the veteran firat | sacker wears a left-hander’s mitt huilt on the lines of a catcher's thick glove. Walter Johnson, who worked in but four innings Saturday in Cleveland, may start in one of the gamas for the double-header to be plaved with the Tygers tomorro! Stan Coveles- kie or George Murray may go to the slab in the other encounter. | There was more of that business by the Nationals of leaving bases unpro- tected in yesterday’s game. With In- dians on third and first in the third | | | to plate zke filled the | wo strik hat uple calle Perhaps heartened by Shaute poled @ twy inst | i | Center and three more | Iked up WASHINGTON MeNeely, 1. Rice. if. Goulin, of PTTE T P d CLEVEL Jamieso Shargen: Sheuker. Rurns. Vatake Shaute Totals Washington Cleveland Shaute, E v : by Shante, 6. Hit by b Shaute (Goslin) . Wild Crowder Crowder. By ) pitched Sales and Service 1709 L Street N.W. Just East of Conn. Ave. Main 7612 ss3832 piteh— club and fin-| HACK ENNIS, GRIFF’S NEW ATCHER, HUSKY ATHLETE ETROLT, September 14—Catcher Enuis, purchased irom Elmira [ he hits a harder ball than any man in the circuit, with the exception o of the New York-Pennsylvania League by the Nationals not so | long ago, has Russell for the first part of his name, but he never He prefers to be known as Hack, a nickname that he has carried for several years in pro base ball. Although Ennis is not built along the noble proportions of the ancient vehicle as are Bob Fothergill of the Tygers and Garland Buckeye of the ns. this purchase from Elmira appea; ix-footer and tips the scales around the 170-pound mark. husky enough to deserve the RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN BATTING. AB. M. SB. RBI. Ave. 811 182 § 197 578 185 23 33 Goslin Rice. McNeely. [ 110 Stewart .. B Taslor . Myer Roel G. =133 138 SEEEE322333L! Erp Jones PITCHING. Complete 990120 BTOSBRLTmid Games. Tonings "% Pitehed. 3 2 Marberry .. Morrell Crowder Murray . Johnson = Won. 98 a2 Lost. » 2 e 28 rY ® cooxrasosTa:: amed PY TSRO BoE RISy R AR round, Burns hit to deep right for a base. ' Bucky Harrls had run to the outfleld for a_possible relay, but Myer Instead of the pitcher ran toward third base to cut off a throw that proved too late to get Spoke going into that sack. That left sccond base entirely clear and Burns continued to that statlon. Joe Shaute had Joe Judge's num ber in the contest. The National Joe took the count in each of his four trips to the plate. waving for a third strike three times. e o . REDS GET PITTENGER, ONCE WITH THE CUBS LOUISVILLE, Ky., September 14 ). —Clark Pittenger, Louisville American Association star shortstop, esterday was sold conditionally to the Cincinnati National Teague Club. Pittenger has batted around the .300 mark all season and has been the steadying factor in the Louisville drive for another pennant. Pittenger came to the locals from the Chicago Cubs during the Winter. \MORE BEAUTIFULAND ¥ BRILLIANT IN PE MANCE THAN EVER -+ GASOLINE MILEAGE GREATLY IMPROVED STHHIE SNIE VY. consistently | BY FREDERI NOTHER world series again is just a few blocks tq the right which will bring a lot of new hustling youn, While Miller Huggi of 1921, 1922 and 19.73,% sharpshooters in Pennock, Jones, Hoy Gehrig, the husky former Columbi Pipp. out of his Yankee job in midse [new sluggers af the game, and Americ; Babe Ruth. Gehrig is a hitter prone to go into slumps, and he was in a bad one in early September, when Iuggins switched him from third to fifth place in his batting order. But whom Lou is in a batting mood, he is as dan- gerous as Ruth and Meusel and can kill a fast ball. Up to September 5, Lou had crashed out 41 doubles, 20 triples and 12 home runs. He led his league in triples, but fell down somewhat in his home-run hitling. In_ the Kastern League, where the Yanks had farmed him for several years, he smashed all home-run recorfis and clouted homers in the latter half of the 19 | American League season. It is in- |teresting to note that Sportsman's Park, St. Louls, has been Lou's fa- vorite home-run orchard this season. Gehrig a Nimble Worker. Gehrig is not & polished first hase- man, but I disagree with the opinion expressed by some writers that he is slow and cumbersome. Lou is not fast, but he is a fairly nimble worker around first base, and is clever in pulling In balls with his right hand. A former pitcher in college, he has an arm which fsn't far in back of Meusel's for strength and accuracy. Lou has a faculty for scorlng runs and he and Ruth have had a_merry conflict for scoring homors all sea- son. Jim_Bottomley, St. Louls’ crack first baseman, is hitting some 80 points below his 1925 form, but Jim remains a declded threat at bat and is a_dangerous man at all times. Desplte his marked falling off in hit- ting, Bottomley will lead his team in driving in runs. Jim and Gebrig have noe thing in common: When they do connect, they make the old ball sail. Jim had 36 doubles, 11 triples and 16 homers up to Septem- er 5. As a flelder T prefer Bottomley to Gehrig. WIith the possible exception of George Kelly of the Glants there Is | no other first baseman in the game today who is as adept in pulling in hard-hit ground balls as Bottomley. Even though Gehrig is outhitting Jimn by some 37-0dd points, and has been 4 much better run-getter, I give Bot- omley a slight edge at first base. Grantham Hitting Well. While St. Louls apparently has the | i best chance of representing the Na- | tional League, Pittshurgh and Cincin- natl still are near enough to deserve | attention. Should Grantham of the Pirates get another sworld-series chance he probably would be more dangerous at bat than he was a year * Tz ¥ SALES & SERVICE HANDELEY i | | RFOR- D. C, TUESDAY, | BOTTOMLEY RATED CLASS OF WORLD SERIES TALENT | St Louis Initial Sack Guardian More Highly Regard- ed Than Gehrig of Yanks, Pipp of Reds, or Grantham and McInnis of Pirates. Doping the World Series CK G. LIEB. around the carner of Sporting lane, of the big fight. It will be a series and interesting faces into the world series arena, especially if the St. Louis Cardinals, Rogers Hornsby's team from Missouri, represents the National League. ns retains his two big outficld guns of the series abe Ruth and Bob Meusel; his flashy third base- man of former champions, Joe Dugan, and four ex f erienced world series t and Shawkey; he will send a slug- ging bunch of young larrupers into the coming series A new and useful member of the Yankee slugging chorus is Lou n, who crowded the veteran, Wally son of 1925. Gehrig is one of the an League pitchers will tell you that THE RIVAL FIRST BASEMEN ! RECORDS IN PREVIOUS WOBLD SERIES. Wally Pipp. . G. AB. R. H.HRSB.Ave 47701 s Pirates Athleti Athletics Athletics Red Sox Pirates 13 WHAT THEY HAVE DONE THIS YEAR. H. Hr.Sh. Ax. 4151 4G ago, when he was benched during the 1925 series because of light hitting. He 1s hitting better than at any time in his career, though his average has been helped by the fact that he has not been called upon to hit against left-handers. Wally Pipp, former Yankee, still is playing fine game for the Reds. ‘While his average does not stand out, he has been Jack Hendricks' best sticker in the pinches. In former world series Wall, work was only falr. If he got a crack at his former teammates he might be the star of the serles, as players cast off by one team have a habit of making it most inter- esting for the club which cast them adrift. SEPTEMBER 14, ¢ lfrom a rellablo source 1926. SPORTS. DREADNAUGHT NINE TO PLAY EASTPORT ALEXANDRIA, Va | —Dreadnaught A. A.. | count in ,the serles for the Northern | Virginia semi-professional title Sun- day by defeating Herndon. § to 3. will | | meet the Eastport club of Annapolis. Md.. here Sunday afternoon i | Kermit Smith, who plaved with| | Parksley in the Eastern Shore League | under Washington option the past Iseagon, will twlrl for the Dread- naughts “Ike” Dreifus, coach of the Alexan- dria Fire Nlepartment foot ball team, will have his candidates together to- night in the No. 5 motor company for a blackboard drill Eagle A. C. is (o represent this city | in senior foot ball this season. | Septeniber 14. | which_tied the | Potomac Volunteer Firemen are giv ing a benefit dance to buy foot ball uniforms tomorrow evening at 10 o'clock in the Potomac City Hall Oliver Brothers will furnish music, with Stanley Simons, Hotel Mayflower saxophonist, included in the personnel. Alexandria Wiremen will play the Washington Fire Department Satur- day afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Dreadnaught Park. and S North Alfred street will Mary's. 'JACK DUNN IS READY | TO SELL STAR PLAYERS BALTIMORE, September 14.- Dunn has wired the manage 16 major league clubs, offering them the pick of the Oriole team for cash and players, according to a report Jack | Sheedy, stop, and likely to be overlooked league pilots. BIG LEXGUE LEADERS.- By the Associated Press. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Batting—Fothergill, Tygers, .381. Hits—Burns, Indian Runs—Ruth, Yankees, 126. Doubles—Burns, Indians, 63. Triples—Gehrig, Yankees, 20. Homers—Ruth,’ Yankees, 42. Stol s—Mostil, White Sox Pitching—Dauss, Tygers, won lost 4. first sacker: Boley, short-| Zarnskaw, pitcher, are not by the big NATIONAL LEAGUE. Batting—Hargrave, Reds, Hits—Brown, Braves, 187. Runs—Cuyler, Pirates, 100. Doubles—Bottomley, Cardinals, 36. Triples—Walker, Reds, and Waner, Pirates, 20. Homers—Wilson, Cubs, 21. Stolen bases—Cuyler, Pirates, 30. Pitching—Kremer, Pirates, won 18, lost 5. bk g Rowing is a sport in which the women of Poland excel, and nearly every river town in the country boasts of one or more women'’s rowing clubs. Populares 10¢ < of the | g, CARDS AND REDS IN TIE WITH 12 GAMES TO PLAY By the Associated Press. INCINNATI and St. Louis were thundering down the home stretch neck-and-neck today in the National League race. Each has 12 games to play, but there will be no dead heats, for their last game is with each other Bolstered by their third consecutive conquest in Brooklyn by 4 to 0, Cincinnati drew up on equal terms yesterday with St. Louis, which gav way by 3 to 4 in 14 innings at Boston. 3 The Cardinals’ schedule calls for six games v Philadelphia, three with New York, two with Brooklyn and one with Cincinnati, while the Reds have three with the Giants, two with the Robins, three with the Braves, three with the Phillies and one with St. Lou | Pittshurgh's chances to attaln the | BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS | ! crest were diminished by a 9to-5 set " AMERICAN LEAGUE. administered the Glants leaving the Pirates two and one-hali YRSTERDAY'S RESULTS. Washington, 3. sames in the 1ear of the leaders and | two games in front of the Cubs. 621 Chicago, =3 (flrst gume Detroit, 4-4: New York, 3-1. Rixey hur the shutout over STANDING OF THE CLUBS. | safeties. | After weathering clashes with the Vleaders, the Cardinals ran agatnst a snag in Boston. Cooney's single in the fourteenth produced the winning vun. St. Lous lost th | tests at Boston. The Cardinals’ ganie with the Braves on the league sched | ule for today was played as part of { & double-header September 11 Chi » bettered mathemat opportunity by def the Philile 3ol | George « i | man, pounde | Lrooklyn, limiting the Robins to fou: New York. Pereentaze |Philadelphin. New York Clovelund | Phil'phia 1 Wash'ton Detroit u ir first base out «w brace of hon, ganist Jimmy Ring, but (i Giants were not 1o be denied s Pittsburgh uscd 20 players, inelud ing 4 pitehers. Fhiladrivhia at Chicago. | The Tygers took the Yankees in NATIONAL LEAGUE. ! camp twice by 4 to 3 and 4 to 1. whil YESTERDAY'S RESULT! | Cleveland was hanging a 6-t0-3 Indian joston, &; Bt. lallll:. 4 (15 innings). sign on Washington. o il New Yor lead in the America: B:,'Zu).:”fi Philadelph! u':‘ {2 League has receded to 5} games. ans and the Yankees mee STANDING OF THE CL TODAY h Hitterr McCurdy’s triple, with the bases loaded, in the eighth gave tho White Sox a 3-to-2 victory in the second part of a twin bill with the Athletics. Philadelphia won the er, 5 to BATTING LEADER LAST. | MARTINSBURG, W. Va., Septen ber 14 (®).——The fact that the Martins burg Club of the Biue Ridge League led in batting during the season just closed with .306 meant nothing in the final analysis, for the team finished in a tie for last place with Waynesboro, QOFFICIAL AUTO-LITE SERVICE GENUINE PARTS CREEL BROS. 1811-17 14th St. N.W. Potomac 473 Brooklya. i 2= New York. 5= Pittshureh at New York. 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