Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1926, Page 41

SPORTS OLDER CIRCUIT WITHOUT - AN OUTSTANDING HITTER . Hargrave of Reds and Spencer of Pirates, Catchers, Lead in Averages, While Next in Line Is Ott, Subsitute Player for Giants. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. NEW YORK, November 11.—It fan't very likely that there will be any official announcement or desig- nation this year of champlon bats- man for the Natlonal League. The fans, who have a fancy for grading thelr favorites according to their standing at the close of the base ball season, will be at liberty to name their own batting champion. Rogers Hornsby isn't up there with his 400 or better. The gallant wal- loper, who busted his way to fame, runs among the “also’s” this year, having stopped one of the prettiest starts for a mastodonic lifetime rec- ord that any ball plaver ever made. Maybe it was managerial cares that cankered his playing, but Rogers is more inclined to place the blame on the end of a personal spinal column that collided with the hard earth. There is an unusua! situation In the National League hitting records, due to the superior flzures of two catchers. Unofficlally the figures will show that Hargrave of CI cinnati In 105 games batted .353. Above him will be Spencer, a Pitts- burgh catcher, who oozed into the picture about thirty times and who is not therefore eligible in any way to be reckoned as a champion. Spen- cer's figures v:ill be the best made in the league in all probability. Ott, a substitute of the Glants, wil! have a high mark and next below | notchers. Ott will be Bressler, Cincinnati out- flelder who was on his way to bat- ting leadership, but fell a victim to appendicitis after playing 86 games. He is hardly to be accounted the champlon with fewer than 100 games of actual play. That is'nt just to the chaps who play the full 154 games, or nearly that. But playing 154 games does not seem to be the standard that most of these newer generation players are able to set. If they go through the season without being lald off for a game they want a salary raise the next year. There will be none of the 164 class in 1926 who will have done well enough to be hailed as batting champlon., But there are two catchers in the league who played in more than 100 games and they are among the top- Hargrave is the highest of all batsmen who took part in more than 100 games. Earl Smith, Pitts- burgh catcher, played 106 games and will have a percentage of .346. Christensen of the Reds in 114 games has an unofficial .349. Thus it is pretty-sure that the league leader- ship lies among the Cincinnati play- ers, but the question has been raised as to whether the championship should be given to any player whd has not taken part in more games than those in whick any of the lead- ers played during the year. Greatest Play I Ever Saw XV. “OUTSMARTING” ILLINOIS, BY JOHN SCHOMMER. (University of Chicago Star and Leading Offclal.) ‘While most of the credit goes to a player who makes a beautiful run, kicks a field goal or receives a for ‘ward pass, I do not think our coaches recelve the prailse due them when closely fought contests are pulled out ol]' the fire in the closing minutes of play. . ‘Thelr planning and strategy was impressed very forcibly upon me dur- ing the Western conference season of 1920 when Ohio State” won the Blg Ten champlonship. Dr. John W. Wilce, the former Wisconsin player, who 1s still head coach at Ohio State, was in charge of the Buckeyes that year. Ohio State did not have a powerful team when it came to the line or run- ning attack, but it was one of the best in the country In the execution of the aerial attack. The forward pass was the means of winning from Michigan, Chicago and Wisconsin, in the clos- ing minutes of play, and the Buckeyes had only Illinois to defeat in the fing, game of the year to win the undis- puted champlonship. Coach Wilce had developed two very accurate forward passers in Hoge Workman and Pete Stinchomb, Each could fake his passes nicely and nefther overlooked an opportunity to run with the ball if an opening pre- eented itself. Iilinois had a strong team. In fact, its line was a little stronger than that of Ohto, and for this reason Workman and Stinchcomb were hurried in get ting away their passes. This was the primary reason why the Buckeyes' passes failed in the first half and through most of the second. The throws were too long, as the receiver did not have time enough to get down under them. The teams battled along on even terms until the closing minutes of play, when Ohi State was again forced to use all the strategy and cunning it possessed. At this point ARMOUR WINS D, C. PRO GOLF TOURNEY Tommy Armour, Congressional Country Club professional, annexed the champlonship of the District Pro- fessional Golfers’ Association yester- day at Chevy Chase, defeating Eddie Towns of Indian Spring on the thirty- first green by nd 5. Both finalist: learned their game in Scotland, and rank as two of the best to come out of the land of the thistle as golf pro- fessionals in the United Sta Armour succeeds Leo Die trict profes I iq Ultedl aron T not been played since that Towns jumped into an aver the first nine of the morning 18- hole round, turning 1 up on the a curate Armour, even though he hac three stymies lald him. Over the last nine of the first round Towns fell into & wierd putting streak which left him incapable of getting down the short putts, while Armour was put- ting unusually well. Armour finished the morning round 3 up, negotiating a stymie at the seventeenth to retain that margin first, fourth, sixth nd lost the seventh afternoon play. The match ended on the thirteen h green. where Towns missed a holable putt for a 1 | neither team had scored and there re- mained only 42 seconds to play. Dur- ing these seconds, Coach Wilce showed his foot ball cunning. He made 12 substitutions, which so befuddled the Illinois players that they did not know who the eligible forward pass receivers were. With the ball in midfield, Workmau went back into punt formation anc then threw the ball down the field. Meyers, the end, had been delegated by ‘signal to receive the oval, and he tore across the chalk marks at top speed. He passed Walquist .the last Illi- nois defensive player, and turned just in time to catch the ball on Illinois’ 10-yard line. He then ran unmolested across the Orange and Blue goal line for the only score of the game. While the ball was in the air the pistol was fired to denote the end of the game. Ohio State won mainly through the strategy of Coach Wilce, who sent in so many substitutes in the last few seconds of play that the illinois_players, although they knew forward passes would be used, did not know the eligible men to cover. It was an impressive example for me of how a coach instead of the players may win a game. Next: A Play That Changed the Rules. e, RUDOLPH SETS PACE IN CUE TOURNAMENT By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, November 11.— Erwin Rudolph of Chicago today held undisputed lead in the tourna- ment_for the pocket billiard cham- plonship of the world. He swung Into first position in the standing by defeating Charles Harmon, Glendale, Long Island, last night 125 to 84. This gave the Chi- cago cueist four victories and no defeats and broke a tle for the lead with Ralph Greenleaf, New York, who has won three games and lost none. Harry Oswald, Pittsburgh, suffered his first defeat of the tournament vesterday at the hands of Arthur Ponzi, Philadelphia. e standing: n Rudolph, Chicago. ph Greenleal, New Yori Ty Oswald, Pittsbursh Frank Taberski, Schenecta Tommy Hueston, Y, Arthur Woods, . phia. . .. Baltimore Glendale, I THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1926. {h___fi*——————_—_:_————_———%——*———— National League May Have No Batting Champion : Rosenberg Safeguards Title With the Bowlers Once more bowlers are seeking to have observance of the foul line made compulsory in all leagues in the Dis- trict. It now seems that the majority of- the duckpinners of this city want the shooting to be done from behind the black strip in formal competition that all circuits may battle on an even basis and that scorés may justly be matters of record. This year more than ever of the men’s leagues enforce observance of the rule prohibiting the shooter from striding across the black strip as he fires the sphere at the little pins. And more of the women's leagues are ob- serving such a rule, too. The Washington Ladies’ League always has had a foul line rule and it was due to its insistence that the foul line rule is observed in the tournaments conducted by the Wash- ington Ladles’ Duckpin Association. The new Ladies’ District League in- corporated a foul line rule in its play- ing code right off the reel, a commend- able act. Of course, each league has the priv- ilege of making Its own playing rules. But when the controlling organiza- tions of the game for men and women here have a foul line rule that necessi- tates the bowler tr watch lils or her step in the annual tourneys it seems 0dd that some of the circults persist in allowing their members to disregard this point in bowling during their championship campaigns. One thing foul line observance does is better the form of the bowler. He reconciles his stride to the more re- stricted space he is given from which to propel the -ball, and after a brief. time his method of delivery is “set.’” And this establishment of form ;lsua.lly betters the bowler's scoring, 00. In the opinion of a majority of the bowlers here, the foul line rule would work wonders for the sport in almost every way. When you have found the going difficult all evening, missing every- thing with impossible splits adding to your misery and single pins left stand- ing on apparently good hits for spares; when you go into the tenth box of the third and decisive game, shooting at anchor, and find that you need a mark and a count of 8 to win; when you get the mark and then count 9 on it, in the words of Mr. Briggs—Oh. boy! Ain’t it a grand and glorious feeling? Harry McQuinn of the Farm Man- agement five in the Agriculture cir cuit had that delightful experience some time ago and is still talking to himself about it. Incidentally, the affalr goes a long way to prove that Dame Fortune does sometime look with sympathetic glance upon the bowling fraternity. Harry needed that bit of sunshine, needed it terribly. You see, the missus is also a bowling enthusiast and shoots at anchor tor a team of fair maple- smashers that had recently dropped three games by a single pin each. Ordinarily, Mrs. McQuinn has a per- fectly lovely disposition, but—well, you know how bowlers are. ‘What gloom there was about the household, however, was dispelied after that mark and ninepin count made by Harry. His countenance would have brightened Washington's darkest street at midnight. Spectators at the Federal League match between the Marines and Aggies last week had a look at three decidedly unusual spare shots. The medal goes to Burton of the Devil- dogs, who pulled a 9-8-7 cleanly with- out the aid of caroms or bounces. It was a beautiful shot, taking No. 9 on the right side and pushing off Nos. 8 and 7. A trifle later Dixon of the Aggles pushed the ball on the left side of No. 4 to drive off Nos. 6 and 10 for a spare; not merely a good shot, but almost a miracle. Conklin then took out Nos. 6 and 9 with the first ball in some mysterious manner, then cleaned off the remainder with second shot. All bowlers have sufficient fortitude to bear up manfully under the mis- fortunes of the other fellow; in fact, it 1s not improbable that they some- times get a little secret satisfaction out of watching the high ones tumble. So the bush league bowler who grows discouraged over his faliure to make his spare breaks regularly might have perked up con- siderably had he witnessed the rather unusual spectacle of four of the Bel- RADIATORS, FENDERS 819 13th N.W. 1423 P. REAR. SALES & SERVICE HANDLEY mont stars blowing single-pin bréaks in succession in a recent clash with the King Pins. Oddly enough, thongh this caused them a loss of some 30 pins in the four boxes, they won that game—and dropped the two others. In the inaugural match of the Ladies’ District League, bowled last night on the Petworth drives, the Convention Hall team took two of three games from the Petworth aggregation. Elizabeth Ackerman of the winners had high set of 313, and Anna Burkhalter of the losers high game at 110. The Petworths out- totaled the Convention Hall crowd, 1,310 to 1,284, but did their big scoring only in the game they won with a count of 501. PROS TO PRACTICE WITH CENTRAL FIVE Centra) High's scholastic title-seek- ing quint was expected to have a taste of real competition this after- noon when the “little” boys who will represent Washington in the Amer- ican Basket Ball League engage them in scrimmage in the school gym- nasium, “Bert” Coggins, coach of the Mount Pleasant team, thinks well of the idea of stacking his youngsters against the Pros, as it .worked well last year. He has a good-looking squad for the coming campalign, and Ray Kennedy, player-manager of the Pros is willing to_give 'em the chance. Last night the Regulars trounced the Yannigans in the first of the intrasquad games that will be the order from now on until the start of the campalgn, a week from next Sun- day evening at the Arcadia Auditor- fum, when the locals will oppose Philadelphia, thought by many to be the strongest contender in the circuit. Sale of Doc Schudit, Staten Island schoolboy, to the Baltimore Club was announced last night. Other players now with the locals must go between now and the start, as the league rules only allow a club to carry eight players. T DUNCAN FAST GOLFER. George Duncan, famous golfing styl- ist of Great Britain, will bring a unique reputation with him on his American invasion next month. The Rritish professional has been de- scribed as the “fastest” linksman on cither continent. STRIBLING FIGHTS TONIGHT. DES MOINES, Iowa, November 11 (#).—Young Stribling, Georgla light heavyweight boxer, who has cham- plonship ambitions, and Battling Le- vinsky, who has reached and fell from title heights, will meet in the 10-round feature bout of the American Legion show here tonight. IF COLUMBUS had not been of investi- CERTAINTOBEONEMAN ((WOMEN IN SPORT TO KEEP TITLE THIS YEAR However, He Will Take Chance on Championship Early in 1927 in Meeting Graham—Fails to Make Hit With Boxing Leaders on Coast. BY SPARROW McGANN. NEW YORK, November 11.—While this has been a year of surprises and upsets so far as pugllistic champions are concerned, it is a safe bet that 1926 will see nothing go loose so far as the bantam title is concerned. Charley Rosenberg, the boss of this division, Intends to see to that. Don't grab from this the idea that Rosey has plans all laid for knocking all aspirants cuckoo between now the time the New Year bells are ring- ing. Not a chance. The way Rosen- berg 18 going to keep his crown on his head is not bv giving any onea chance to knock it off. But in the first week of 1927 he will glve fate a chance to topple him from his throne, Bushy Graham being the lucky guy. As for Rosenberg, he has been pretty much of a disappointment as a title holder. What little fighting he has done has been over the no- decision_route, and it can safely be stated that he was outpointed in sev- of them. Craftiness Saves Title. Out on the Coast, for instance, his title was saved from California Joe Lynch by the cleverness of the cham- plon’s manager in having the bout fought at catch weights. Rosey won the title from Eddie Can- nonball Martin in March, 1925. The Cannonball was a pretty slick scrap- per, but hardly up to the mark of champlons which this class has fur- nished in the past. The battle went the full distance, and, much to Mar- tin's surprise, Rosenberg got the de- cision and the crown. What Eddle had looked for was a nice workout, and the surprise, cou- pled with the jolting he received, caused a mental breakdown. He has never been the same man since. Martin is now on the outs with his former manager, and while you never can tell about the truth of gossip among the caulifiower boys, the fact remains that insiders say that Eddie was double-crossed. Shea Takes the Count. After that winning battle, Rosen- berg took on Eddie Shea, the wallop- Ing wop from Chicago. Advance dope figured Eddle to have as good as an even-money chance with Rosenberg, or any other bantam in the ring. Shea, however, took the long count in the fourth frame. The aftermath of that battle sort of soured the fans on Rosenberg, and the Boxing Com- mission looked into the affair. Noth- ing was ever turned up, however. Then Rosey was called upon to de- fend his title against Bushy Graham and was declared ineligible for not doing so. He seemed to figure he ‘and | able to explain why. could_make as much money outside New York as in the metropolis. So he went West and did not fa- vorably impress the Pacific critics. Then came Jim Mullins, who offered the title holder a chance to grab $50,000 for his end of a battle with the extremely dangerous Bud Taylor. On the eve of this scrap the chalrman of the Illinofs Boxing Commission called the fight off. No one has ever been Some say that the champlon’s manager held off post- Ing forfeit money until a referee satis- factory to him was chosen. Ready to Fight Graham. And so Rosenberg now returns to his home town evidently more than pleased to do battle with Bushy Graham. He ought to be, since he has no other place where big money lies in which to fight. Rosenberg from first to last has never been considered a rough and tough battler by the tin-ears. He was looked upon as a fairly good club fighter who could stand up and give the crowd a run for its money. Harry Segal, his manager, has made some money for his champion, but not as much as could have been made. Rosey’s value after the Graham fight is questionable. If Bushy can make the fight he showed against Chick Suggs it looks as though Char- ley is due for a fully paid-up member- ship in the club of ex-champlons. P TEAMS WILL CONTEST FOR COUNTY HONORS Boys' soccer ball and girls’ field ball teams of Hyattsville and Upper Marlboro high schools that won the Northern and Southern titles in Prince Georges County, Md., are to meet tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at Rosedale Playground for the coun- ty champlonships. The field ball game will be played first, at 2 o'clock. The matches were to be played Tuesday at Maryland Park, but rain prevented. HOWARD ELEVEN LEAVES FOR GAME IN ATLANTA Howard University grid warriors, who have yet to taste defeat this sea- son, were to entrain today for Atlanta where they are to face Atlanta Uni- versity Saturday afternoon. Coach Louis Watson and Long and Doakes, assistant mentors, are in charge of the squad of 22 players. Last season the Georglans were de- feated at Clark Griffith Stadium here in a close hattle, BY CORINNE FRAZIER Holton Arms and George Washing- ton University hockey squads battled to a_ 3-3 tie yesterday afternoon on the Ellipse fleld. George Washington led, 1.0, at half time and regained the lead twice in the second period after the score had been tied at 1-1 and 2-2, but in the last seven minutes of play Holton Arms staged an attack which netted the tleing score. Alice Graham, George Washington captain and forward, drove the ball between the posts for the initial goal shortly before the close of the first half. Miss Graham plerced the sem!- nary defense for another count in the second half, and Myrtle Crouch scored the third. Eleanor Colahan and Frances Duke of Holton Arms ac- counted for the three tallies regis- tered by their team. Miss Colahan made two goals and Miss Duke the third. Alice Massey, Capt. Graham and Louise Omwake, goal, dide the out- standing work for G. W. Miss Cola- han, at center forward, and Elaine Patterson, left halfback, performed well for Holton Arms. Line-Up and Summary. Wash. Holton Arms AR igmer i Effie Wade Brttie, Peelle A.Gra'am (C. inor Colahan Myrtla Crouch. Jessie Rollins Helen Miller. X D\ll:rl MK Lutz. K. £ Brandenber L. omwake ... SOale—A " Graham | (2)0 . Duk . .Anne C. Gree I'M. Crouch B Sihatitutions—- Brandenberg. Wallls for M. Brandenbers VPhbt, ‘Wright . for Lee. for Tt RefertenAlin Nicoll, Miriam Filries, Katherine Whitfield. Peabody sextet defeated the Ed- monds tossers, 18 to 11, yesterday in an Elementary Schcol League tilt staged on the Plaza field. Action was fast throughout, the players seeming to imbibe additional pep from the crisp, clear weather. A double-header in the Rosedale Di- vision League resulted in decisive vic- tories for Blow and Plerce. The for- mer downed Madison, 32 to 2, and the latter overwhelmed Benning, 41 to 0. Dodze ball enthuslasts on the Park View Playground opened their league circuit this week with six teams en- tered from the schools in that vicin- ity. including Petworth, Monroe, Bar- nard, Hubbard, Park View ard Ray- ‘mond. Monroe was to meet Raymond this afternoon in the second scheduled game, and Barnard will clash with Park View tomorrow. worth. November 17—Raymond vs. November 18—Petworth vs. Monroe November 19—Hubbard vs. Park View. November 22—Barnard vs. Monroe November 23—Petworth vs. Ray ond. November 29—Hubbard vs. Barnard Bar- mg That first fragrant whiff, as you open November 30—Park View va Mon roe. December 2—Barnard vs. Petworth. December 3—Park View vs. Ray mond. December 7—Hubbard vs. Raymond . FIELD TRIAL EVENTS T0 BE ENDED TODAY It was expected that the remain ing braces In the members’ all-age stakes, the concluding event on the program of the fourteenth annual hunting dog trials of the National Capital Fiell Trial Club would be sent out today. The thoroughbreds were to take oft at Chantilly, six miles northwest of Fairfax courthouse on the Mid- dleburg road. Handsome silver trophies and a leg on the cup donated by Frank Burrows in memory of his ce'ebrated setter dog, Master Ben B. that won the preceding cup, donated by the club, will be awarded the winners. Master Ben B Junior. son of Mas ter Ben B. who died last vear, showed vesterday and attracted much attention Despite high winds tha bird work diff the thorough breds sterday in the carrying made good ing a $150 purse, did well. All honors of the race were garnered by entrles of Jack Dunn, owner and :nanager of the Baltimore Orioles. M Manitoba Jake was first; Manitoba Belle, second, and Bloodstone’s Ceasar's Patricia, third The only other dog to qualify for the second es was Over There, owned by E. B. McLean of this city FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. By the Associated Press. STOCKTON, Calif.—Ollie Bartlette St. Paul. Minn.,, beat Freddie Tm perial, Stockton (10). PITTSBURGH.—Dick toona, defeated Eddie Haute, Ind. (10). MILWAUKE Wis—Billy Bort- feld, Milwaukee, knocked out Eddie Johnson. 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