Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1926, Page 28

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, SPORTS Nationals Now Engaged In Two-Way Fight : Reds AreShaded In Right Field Berth SEEK TO OVERHAUL MACKS| % teacue stamsmics | ZACHARY DUE TO OPPOSE AND TO STAVE OFF CHISOX| ..z CROWDER ON HILL TODAY Double Win Over Browns, With Good Pitching by Brawr ket st tolielpayeditly e N Covey and Jones Well Supported, Puts Griffs IR o iirch ke Nosth Caralinat gent Within Half a Game of Third Place. the Washington uniform for several vears, was sl paw slants to his old friends. M Stan H BY JOHN B. KELLER. in his pitching plans this morn He had sc the Tuesday clash Gerber made a_sensational grab to | flail in take a hit from Sam Rice in the first | ste 1.OUIS, September 21.-—When th were playing the Tygers ! frame of the opening encounter yes- | hor recently, the Nationals were concerned mainly with beating off terday. The Brown shortfielder had |t the club that threatencd to take from them fourth place in the by S shone s e | Robertaoncutt > metican League race. S A | In the third round Rennett sent n |b W to g But in this seris with the Browns that got under way yesterday Fiidiiradae: tawasd thivd: that - miade ) ont Bucky Harris and company are waging a_twb-way battle. Not only are Bluege move fast, but the National | heaved they fighting to overhaul the Athletics, who now occupy the third place in the scramble for money positions, but they also are endeavoring to tave off the determined attack of the White Sox, who have visions of hing into the prize-winning first division. 3y trouncing th'e Browns, 7 to 4 and 8 to 2, vesterday the Nationals hot-corner guardian jumped for a |aiter one-hand stop and followed with a [and ali a game of the third-place Macks, but they head the Chisox by only a game and a half. : 'POLO GAME VICTORS i e L BATTLE IN TOURNEY thy socking, lin singled and Myer did the same. e twin victor Then Joe pumped the sphere into the W while Covey was right-field stand that Moon Harris untit had found such a good parking.place { their nine for hits. - The final scoring of the day was done by the Browns. There was one out in the ninth when McManus rifled a double down the left field line. Jones 't go a wild pitch and Marty moved | i 13— He got home after Goslin 101l Hargrave's heist to deep 1926, WALKER NOT AS CAPABLE ASRUTH AND SOUTHWORTH Much Will Be Expected of St. Louis Performer if Cardinals Compete, But Bambino Will Over- shadow Any Figure in the Series. e a the first game, it in the second s to the piate. 1 B [ DOPING THE WORLD SERIES Article VII. BY FREDERICK G LIEE. :ua Lost. Washington at St. L N < at Chicago. Philadelphia at Detroit, Boston at Cleveland. NATIONAL LEAG! YESTERDAY'S RE Boston. 4-3: Cincinnati, 3-0. Pittshurgh. hiladelphia, 0. Chicago, 4-2; New York, OF THE CLUBS. barely HE presence of Babe Ruth in any world series is enough to assure it of a decided kick.. Whether George Herman hits a home run, or strikes out in the pinch, you can’t keep him out of the limelight. The Bambino remains the big dramatic figure of base ball, and will overshadow any figure in the world series, including the great Rogers Hornsby, should the Cardinals.beat out the Reds. On paper, Ruth must be given a decided edge on Billy Southworth and Curtis Walker, right ficlders of the Cardinals and Reds, respectively. | However, the mighty Ruth has had a somewhat checkered world series career. Wreaths of raspberry have been intertwined with the milk and | honey. His world series batting average has been rather tame. In 22 world series games, scattered through 6 series, Ruth has hit only .238. Ruth was more effective as a world series pitcher than as a batsman. He still holds the record for pitching the greatest number of consecutive coreless world series innings, 29, in the series of 1916 and 1918. However, in llngiiszhrcc world series with the Red Sox he got only one hit, a trip!v,| in A | In the first world series with the Yankees, Ruth developed an absess on his right arm, which interfered with cooRAnARONSLA McNeely backed agninst the left | field stand wall to get under Miller's | hoist in the fourth. At the start it seemed the hall would soar into the stand for a homer. eocmwatohau: accounted for the In the first making the ter purt to safeties, the wallops well derably by the of the Browns afield. Ernie | ard, southpaw. took ail the pun i from the Washington batters | » initial encountgr. e the second . to toil for center. Sisler got a single in the sixth ses- | slon with a drive that rolled between | Boss Bucky's feet to right field. U *Released. COMMERCIAL LEAGUE OPENS SERIES TODAY Fashion Shop, Commercial League | champions, and General Accounting Office, Government League title hold- will face this.afternoon at 4:45 1 Sixteenth Field A il Moon Harris hit the ball hard in his first three trips to the pi In the second inning he sent Harry Rice | far back for itch. In the fourth and fifth frames he socked homers into the right fleld stand. In the eighth he walked. Pittuburgh, 1w 3d ¢ | wer | rps wa intest, flashir RIVAL RIGHT FIELDERS When Miller bunted in the eighth Covey did some nifty fi Ho | & Taalou, who T _ nied by the 7 made made Ballow's expense Browns ot six hits off the you s, Junes, ull made after the third rowd. Three Homers Registered. Thi were three homers clouted i the matinee, all by Nation: In the first game Moon Harris tw parked the ball in the right field stand. One of the round-trippers rame with & man on the runway. In the second match Joe Judge poled the <phere into the right field stand when thers were two of his teammates on the paths. . Mey started the Nationals on their scoring way in the first engage- ment. with a the init n o The gle to center, but s 1 sack as Moon Har to Harry Rice. ngied to the middle | Rice let the ball field and wh Ty long roll to the flag. et by him fo pole Myer tallied. In the fourth the Rrowns backed up a couple of National hits with sle work afield and ulted. Moon Harris open the frame with his of the afternoon, a drive ight field stand lowed with a two-b: sacrificed. Then the wild. uel dre bled an the thirds: rris scor pried into is Sislermen went w a pass, but Covey sy chanc ker Tumbled and Covey lly zetting hold of Ttobertson heaved wildly and Ruel got to the far McNeely forced ont Cove ed the plate. Barl when Sch s poor pes hounded off Gerber's hands he continued to third. McNeely did not hesitate there, go- ing on the plate when Dennett kicked the sphere. Lettin; n reach first. the the Fifth. onal Two More Two more chalked up ir the round with forced out by Myer, came along with I “lout, the ball markers were . Goslin opened o in landing in the ing the Schang poled a_one- Sam Rice let the he T him, MeManus tallied and the hitter contin ued to third. As Robertson runded to Moon Harr chang rumbled to the counting block. There was more scoring by the Browns in the ninth. Schang walkec at the outset of the session and took 1en Robertson singled to right. | ns batted for ¢ and when o Moon “Har hanz ve went to the plate for d, Moon Har tobertson. who had ad infield retirement, > game when Bennett hit to center base, National tallying in the second tilt of the day began in the initial round MeNeely hit u's first pitch to left for two bases and pulled up at third when Sam I shot a one-baser to the e territory. He clung to third us Goslin forced out Sam, but counted when Myer was disposed of by Me- Manus and Sisier \ Bucky's Hit Counts Two. ce of scores came the way of in the third inning, ‘ne. Myer dropped a Te ) left for a base. Judge! two-bagger down the it field line put Buddy at the far corner. a single to left, both of his team-mates to the Wingard ris to Covey. vanced with each sent fina fourth marker was scribbled on the board in the fourth inning. Tate began the making of the run with a e to left field. Jon o and Benny raced in from sec when McNeely clouted a long e to center. in thelr part of the o the run column. { the way when the first hi . a drive to 1 It was good enough for when it t 2 mean hop past Gos- lin it wen a three-ba threw out Sisl went home. » fifth inning saw the making of National run. It came after Then Judge doubles d line and registe: ond from ck, when Stan | single over second | bas: Three runs were checked in by the TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S, 7th & F He opened the second inning | four | | | NEARING THIRD PLACE. l FIRST GAME. N AB. R. 41 > | 8. i | Goslin, e | Myer, kA | N, Harri Bluege, Ruel, '© | Coveleskie, msomE (SRS 2l wouunuoss = Totals. TR E R SoumbameinS alssssingoennt? nloscscoensl in_ni +Batted for Wingard in 010120 000000 Home runs— | 00 0—7 20 2—i| areis. rifices—Bluege, Miller, Dlays—Coveleskie “to MeMan Chicago at New York. Cincinnat} at Boston. Pittsbureh at Philadelphia. St. Louis at Brooklyn. WINNAI CAN'T DRIVE WITHOUT HIS STOGIE Fred Winnal’s winning stogle or Pete DePaolo’s baby's shoes. Which is the better lucky piece? For those who believe in charms, rabbits feet and looking over the left shoulder at the brand-new moon, this probably will be one of the most in- teresting aspects of Saturday’'s auto races at Laurel. % Winnai this yvear is driving the car that DePaolo drove to the national championship last season and, inci ly, to the greatest fortune evel amassed by a race driver in one year. Already the question has been raised 1c- drih- | y to Robertson. But | S0 stan | deep | nDires- as to whether the car will be as s "Time of game—1 ho cessful in the hands of the daring vouth who stands second among the N. M. R. A. drivers as it was under _|the steely merves of the swarthy De Paolo. i i o Looking deeper in the mechahles of | Mver. " w.. : the situation, one finds that it also is | g 03 g a battle of lucky pieces. : ’ DePaolo couldn't drive without those baby shoes attached to the front Winnai cannot drive with- fogie clinched between his =5 So far as Winnal is concerned, it n't the car, his driving or the It was the cigar that enabled him to do it. It is a famous cigar, but so are Pete’s baby shoes. Saturday probably champion of the two - Ao CLARK’'S WORK TELLS. Willard < pitched and hit Sea- t0-8 victory over Upper nine ¢ 1 H 1 I [ b H [ Williams Totals. | w with the visi leading 3 to 1, CI checked the Marlboro batters and in the eighth put his team ahead to - | stay, 8 to 7, when he crashed a triple | with two on. 'CARDS TWO GAMES AHEAD WITH ONLY FIVE TO PLAY | By the A . | HE ST. LOUIS Cardinals found themselves with a full two-game lead over Cincinnati today, as the result of another Boston Brave uprising. ey g The Braves, who specialize in walloping pennant contenders, beat Cincinnati twice yesterday, 4 to 3 and 3 to 0. St. Lo which "had no game scheduled yesterday, has five more | games to play, the same as Cincinnati. | 52 hek Mendricks may lead his men to | {aking Philadelphia into camp, 4 to 0. in all five games, one of them | Joe Bush allowed the Quakers but two with St. Louis, and still only tie with [hits. Earl Smith rammed out a the Cardinals, 1f St. Louis wins three [ homer. out of five. Chicago taok two games from the The Cardinals can lose three games | New York Glants, 4 to 2 and 2 to 1. {and still tle if Cincinnati meets defeat | Washington walloped St. Louis just once more. twice, 7 to 4 and 8 to 2. " The standing today: Philadelphia_beat Detroit, 8 to 0, | when Rommel turned in a two-hit | 7 performance. Then Detroit won, 5 e nna . . 85 L33 E to 2. | | he Yankee: terday dropped two RCERTEIIET TR BIG LEAGUE LEADERS. games to Chicago, 7 to 3 and 4 to 8, By the Associated Press. |but with the Boston Red Sox whip- AMERICAN LEAGUE. i ping Cleveland 3 to 2 in 10 innings, {only a half game was clipped from | the threc-and-a-half-game margin of | New York, at the top of the American | League. If New York wins but two of the six remaining games, the In- | dians must win all of their six to grab the banner. i The standing today: Won. 88 Runs—Ruth, Y: 3 A Doubles—Burns, Indians, 63. Triples—Gehrig, Yankees, 20. s Homers—Ruth, Yankees, 43. Ne 60 Stolen bases—Mostil, White | Cleveland : .8 63 574 | Pitching—Uhle, Indians, | Ep allowed the Braves only | lost, 10. . but a_muff by Zitzman of | 5 e = | drive In left field with two on NATIONAL LEAGUE land two out in the eighth let two| Batting—Hargrave, Reds, | Hits—Brown, Braves, 196. | runs in for the winning margin in the 3 {first game. The Braves played bril-| Runs—Cuyler, Pirates, 101. Doubles—Bottomley, Cardinals, 37. ant ball in the second contest behind 3 , n | the shutout pitching of Bob Smith,| Triples—Waner, Pirates, 25. Homers—Wilson, Cubs, 21. the reformed infielder, who cracked | out a single and triple that drove in Stolen bases—Cuyler, Pirates, 34. | two runs Pittsburgh made a deflant gesture, Pet, [ xew York. s wor lost, 5. i FALL DYEING; FOOTER ALONE GIVES FOOTER RESULTS A silk scarf, satin slippers, a fur neckpiece or your living room rug can be dyed at Footer’s in a fashion- able shade. Back of the bright lustrous shades and the diver- sity of articles dyed is an organization of 56 years’ experience always making scientific investigation for the improvement of its service. You will not be obligated to submit for examina- tion articles for colors and price. FOOTER’S Cleaners and Dyers 1332 G Street N.W. Lol daiiass | ! | 1 e g «;mmmmw+munnu-n+ Pitching—Kremer, Pirates, won, 20; | his play, and forced him to the side- lines in the last three games. Ruth hit 213 in that serles, and bagged his first world series home run, but he finlshed the series with eight strike outs against five hits. In the following year, 1922, the great Bambino hit the world series depths. He got only two hits in 17 times at at and emerged from the series with the humble batting average of .118. His failure to come through in the pinches was largely responsible for the inability of the Yanks to win a single game, in that series. Ruth Proves Star i The Babe's big bat fi through to world series gloi the third meeting of the Y Giants. Ruth g4 Huggins' v r. as he hit -368 and cracked out three home runs, two of them in one game. T know that Ruth is not particularly pleased with his past world series hat- | ting record and welcomes nce to tackle nal League vitching. This has one of Ruth’s | greatest seasons, and he should enter | the series in wonderful condition. | In sqme quarters, there still is a | rather silly belief that Rtuth is a big | fat man Who is played in right field because of his home-run _hitting. There are few better defensive out- fielders in the game than Ruth, and his arm is second only to that of Bob Meusel. In fact, Huggins has told me | that Ruth has thrown better this year | than_any season since he came to | the Yankees. Walker Steady Performer. Cincinnati has a steady performer in right field in Curtis Walker, who Is a dangerous left-handed hitter against right handed position, but not particularly effective against southpaw He hits a ball hard, and as the Yankees have the triple king of their league in Lou Gehrig, the Reds have the most productive wal- |loper of triples in the National in { Curt Walker, Walker s a fairly though not as dependable as Ruth or Billy Southworth. Early in his Na- tional League career Curtis was slow in starting after fly balls or liners not hit directly to him, as he did not possess that natural Instinct of know- ing where the ball would go, He has corrected this fault to a eertain ex- tent, but not entirely. - Southworth Is Fortiildable. Should the Cardinals represent the National League, St. Louis will ex- pect almost as much from Billy South- worth as from Rogers Hornsby. Ever since the Cardinals made that happy midseason deal with the Giants, ac- quiring Southworth for Helnie Muel- | ler, Billy has been one of the out- standing stars of the St. Louis club. Should the Cards beat out the Reds, no Cardinal player will be more actor in good flelder, RADIATORS, FENDERS BODIES MADE AND REP! NEW _RADIATORS m'g: g 4 WITTSTATT'S R. & F. WKS. 1 319 13th N.W. . REAR. { Your OLD FELT MADE NEW Again Cleantng. Blocking and Remodeling by Experts | Vienna Hat Co. | 435 11th Street | UNITED STATES TIRES AND TUBES Akron Auto Supply Co. 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Billy took part in five games in the 1924 Glant-Wash- | ington world series, but mostly as a. pinch runner and ninth inning center fielder. He failed to get a hit in his only time at bat. e o'clock on West Ellipse diamond in the first of a thres-game series to de- termine the championship of the week-day leagues, These combinations have eliminated other contenders for tho title, the winner of which will reeelve the ‘Washington Post trophy. Red Sox ball tossers are after games for Saturday and Sunday with unlimited teams. 614 I street northeast. Manager Garrett Waters of Takoma Tigers, who may be reached after 6 p.m. at Columbia 2590, is casting about for a double-header for his team, to be played Saturday at Silver Foring Fleld. Peerless Juniors want a game with Southerns. Call Lincoln 1444, Collegian Midgets after capturing a serles from Michigan Park Pastim- ers are now after a game for Sunday with a midget team having a diamond. Call Don Grist at Lincoln 8618 after 6:20 p.m. —— Chicago has 152 golf courses, of (Copyright. 1926.) which 35 are public fee links. Call Harry Groves, | retrieved the sphere and whipped it to Moon for whisker decision over,Bir b the second session of the latter part | of the matinee, Ballou did not do| much work. He whiffed Jones and McNeely with six pitched balls, Hargrave thought he had a the second, ze his mind. o spear Red's drive. but Myer made him Buddy jumped to | | isler went far back to get under| Sam _Rice’s foul loft in the third | round. George juggled the sphere, but | managed at lasi to get a firm hold for | an out. | But for MeNeel, error, fou! catches would have retired three of the Browns in the sixth. After Wil liams doubled, Bluge caught the un fair lofts of Bennett and H: o McNeely camped under Sisler's high foul, but muffed it. Then George | hoisted to Sam Rice, | It was a good batting day for the | National first sackers. 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