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28 b TP S B R TS Sl TN | i BVENTNG Nationals’ Slim Chance in Flag Race Lies in Four-Game Series With Yanke SET WIN NEEDED TO KEEP . GRIFFS IN PENNANT FIGHT DURING YANK SERIES Even Break or Worse in Tilt With League Leaders Would Leave Locals in Lurch—Split Lot of Games With T' B. KELLER. games hack of the Yankees after trouncing the In- diar 4 to 2, yesterday, the Nationals were to enter a four game with the league ders this afternoon with only an side chance f{or the pennant, even 1 they sweep the set. Bucky vis is a fighter in base hall the greatest in the game, and ng lot of plavers RY LEV JOF series one he too are greatly against the | face him in onals in this yvear's flag chase the Washington fors would Isave them still sever games back of e sottors the Yanks hav 1 the b on edge he Western under way next ight mean d be carried game serles nkees that York on ember 1. an even series and simply will It “wonld ball cludb ional the season very good fight wha believe a started. They when the August with a then cracked and to stave off a de- made by the Indians. ooking for the Yanks to aps do mot stop to think any has vear managed nined flag b those | see- | be in 4-2 Triumph. netted them v nn |against the Tribe Al . | thelr runs during the southpaw thed batted in Buckeve's place eighth, &0 Joe Levson not to pitch one inning against tionale. All he vielded was on_ balls | Manager Harris sent Hollis Thurs {ton to the hill and for the second successive time Hollis went the route He gave up nine hits and one walk the walk going to the first batter to the game, and but three times were the Indians able to clusior s many as two hingles in an inning While double plavs twice got Hollis out of diculty, he probably would have held the Tribe to a lone tally the one error charged agains which he committed Thurston hurled in the form that made him a ent winner up to mid.June. Nationals alwavs were ahe: over a run in the nning after two were out, Wi Harris and_ MeNe singled lofted to Kichrodt in short but Summa dropped Goslin's and Harris got home. Bucky started the third inning a stroll and was singied to third MeNeely o's long drive Summa put rris across the and McNeely on second s in ‘skied to the Tribe right elder Ruel singled McNeely home. A hit by Bluege and a fielder's choice on Reeves that got no ane filled the gossions Myatt in the chance the Na one base 1 at h one gone Iy B with by tol and sacks, but Thurston forced out Bluege | with a grounder to Lutzke. Tribe Starts Scoring. Autry opened the Tribe's ffth inning with a single bunted down the first base line and made second as Thurston chucked wildly past Judg A one-baser by Eichrodt tallied Autr The Nationals countered in the sixth | when Rice, who had forced Thurston | { New | ¥ must crack to lose all | their advantage. Won With Low Rating. t this stage of the campaign last with a lead of nine games over the Tribe. 45 games to go to the Indians, 42. and one-half The Yanks had The Yanks won but 20 of the 45, while the Indians won 25 of their 42. Yet the Yankees staggered to the end and victory by three full games. They won a pennant by tak- ing only 91 games. The Yanks' win- ning percentage for the year was .591 The Tigers won in 1908 with 388, he Yankees were in first place | sh and- the | g | | : | Toledo . e | only club in the American League to | get a flag with a lower winning per- centage than the New Yorkers had last year, At last, the Nationals yesterday dis- | covered a left-hander of Jack McCal- lister's pitching staff ‘they could solve and managed to get an even hreak in the series with the Tribe to make their record for the home stand against the Western clubs read 11 victories and 4 defeats. But beating the massive Gar- land Buckeye was nothing new to the Washington athletes. They have trimmed him regularly since he don- ned a Cleveland uniform. They socked Buckeye for which’ mixed with three passes one of the three errors charged ag Tame Indians ND. 10 hits, and CLEVEL? famitson. if. > soomc? hradt. otzke, Suckeye, \sen, “Myat{ Totals WASHINGTON, Rice, of. Eres =lsssssee- = Thurston, b. s pe 8l sscnaSa: | suumsssus» als w|-so002s2s! Totals . . ed for Buckeye in eighth. 0oo 000 1—2 10200100 x—4 i g » s ° buse—Rics s—Hurris to Reeves 1o Harris to Judge. Left_on b . Washineton. " 11." First base on balis. OF Buckeve, 3% off Levson. 15 off Thurston but—Be Buckey by Thu Hits—0f Buckeye, 10 in 7 innings: 1 in 1 inn Umnires—Meanrs. Losing niteher—Buek- exe. Time of game—1 hour and 4% minutes. AMERICAN LEAGUE. VESTERDAY'S RESULTS. shington. 4: Cleveland, 2 delphia, 8: New York, STANDING OF THE CLUBS, w P waw) s uoysuy won New York — Wash'ton Detroit Phila, .. Chicazo Cleveiand St Louis Boston Lot GAMES TODAY New York at Wash. Boston at Phila. GAMES TOMORROW. New York at Wash. Boston at Phila. StOL. at Detroit. at Cleveland. NATIONAL LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS, Pittsburgh Chi 2 STANDIN P W Fhicag Fittab's [0 GAMES Ton NV A Pitish Phila, at Boston, . Phila. Cincinnatl at Chicazo. Brookiyn at N. York. Pitisbuzgh st St Lo 0 | | | | | | for the second out, pilfered the middle | station and scored as McNeely singled | following Harris’ walk. | The last Indian marker was chalked up in the ninth that Summa hegan with a single. Burns hoisted to Rice, but Summa made second when Judge. | after retiring Joe Sewell, heaved to| Reeves too late to complete a two-ply killing. Autry's two-bagger sent Summa to the counting block. MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS AMERIC, w. L . 7143 6 48 65 50 63 54 First game— RHE olumbus ....... 000010020—3 & 0 Kansas City. . 000002200—3 8 1 Murray and Peters: Zumbro. Withem and ird. Second game— Solumbus, Kansas City Zinn and Shinau Ferrell. First game— Milwaukes | N ASSOCIATIO | Pet H2R Minneap'is 61 579 Indianap'is 48 85 Louisville. 38 Columbus. | Toledo Milwaukee Kana. City St. Paul... | 01001— 511 001613—1316 Buemiller, Withem and P 010—3 7 08 x—1011 Pal cee.. 00000 1L00000 Johnson. Eddelman and McMenemy mero and O 'Neil. Second game— Milwaukee ...... Toledo te e Orwoll and Young: Pfeifer. 0'Neil. st. Paul 10000000023 i Louisville 18883828883=8 3 Betts and Gaston: Mows and Mever. Only games played. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L._Pet w. L Pet 78 42,834 Toronto.. i 57 517 7345 19 Rochester. 5 04 63 51 560 Jersey City 51 67 64 54 Reading. . P il 1—6 11 0— R 2 Ryan and 00 )0 z Buffalo. .. Syracuse. . Baltimore Newark. .. Rochester Newark 00—0 s 00110200 x Hallahan, Stout and Mancuso: Brame and Smith. First game— Buffalo 2 Reading "..0001] Stryker and Dev stock Second game— uffalo . 0823000—1112 eading : 0000101— 2 8 (Seven innings by agreement.) Falk and Pond: Hansen. Rouprich Davis, [ Seng- 000—2 000—1 vodgie and 000071 ne: Wo 81 R 3 and SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. W L. Pot w. L. Pot 0741 803 Atianta... i 56 478 07 48 583 Mobile.."” 52 63 438 emphi 70 Little Rock 45 85 ashville. 0248 564 Chattan'ea 44 7% 370 First_game— R HE Little Rock 00000— 0 @ 3 Mobile 0104x—1618 e 0 Mitchie ands Redmon. Ainsmith: Pierce and Querry. Second game— Little Rock, .. ... Mobils Robinson and Ainsm Birmingham L 000110 I Nashville 103200020x—710 Coffman. Hilton and Yaryan: Fuhr and Phillips. Memphis New Orleans Griffin and Consipeau Ouly games plaved. Rirming'm N Orleans . 2000001—3 9 2 i200002—4 8 1 : Coumbe and Sims. L 000000000 0 200000000 0 Danforth and Dowie TEXAS LEAGUE. 7: Fort Worth, 1 Waco. 7: Houston, 8 Wichita Falls, R.5: Shreveport. 2.3. Beaumont. 5-1: San Anfonio. 37 SOUTH ATLANTIC 5.2: Macon Spartanburg. %: Augista Columbia. A: Asheville. 4 Knoxville. 4: Charlotte, 3. PIEDMONT L Salishury, 4: Winaton-Salem, High Point, 5; Durham. 4. CANTERN L Dallas. ASSOCIATION. 12, . Greenville, AGUE. SOUTH] Savannah Wayeros Columbus. X ‘Selma. Pensacola E RIDGE Pet 7 o LEAGUE. Hanover 10 600 Hagersto'n 13 480 Wavnesb'o 3 Hagerstown, Wayiesboro, 1 4 12 Chambarsburg, Martineburg. 5 Frederick. 62 Hanover EASTERN SHORE LEAGUE. W, L. Pet 04002 i N8 571 | Salisbury. . 86 571 | Easton. 8: Parksley i Salisbiry, 8. Cambi % Crisfield, '4: North BORG, FINNISH RUNNER, BEATS WIDE’S RECORD aston prthaniptn Crixfield Parksiey HELSINGFORS, Finland, August 10 (#).—Eino Bq Finnish runner. was credited with having run 2,006 meters at a Viborg athletic meet yes terday in 5 minutes 23,4 seconds, The 2,000-meter v~ ord of 5 minutes 6 seconds is held by Edvin Wide of | Sweden. It was set up June 11, 1925, in Sweden.) LEADS BARNYARD GOLFERS. DULUTH. Minn., August 10 (#) Frank Jackson of Lamoni. Towa, who has held the world’s horseshoe pitch- ing championship 13 times, was the only undefeated contestant today in the annual Summer tournament of the National Horseshoe Pitchers’ As- sociaiton. | i g | plate ! * OLD DOMINI | swain. LAMAR TO PLAY LEFT |CUBS’ STREAK IS Lawiar, newest of Natlondle, | have been ton fatigned by hie | from Philadelphin to get fnto engagement, but he wa e B place i lert Geld neaina Yankees thix afternoon and will o that fob until Tris Speaker vined left heala aufMelontly o permit the slugger (o retuen to e line up Lamar will take the place A in the batting ition Tead oft the wame nin may vestorday ' the fek whint club'e star that wa [ i in third to hix ey Spoke Rice wiil Th hitting n the i Ram Ve e remaindor Nationals st will he the 1 has heen 1o since the club returned from West Hubert Atkinson, voung outficlder recently drawn from Chiea pro rvanks, was handed orth Adams. Mass, last 1ot immediately to foin that town's club, which in the MUl Valley Teague. Atkinson s to return o the Nationals at the end of the Massachu | setts circuit’s season wemi ticket (o night, and | | Tom Zachary, Horace Lisenbee and Irving Hadley have drawn pitehir assignments for the Yankee series Zach was to start this afterncon and W get another shot at the Yanks mdav. Lisenbee will go to the slab tomorrow, while Hadley will begin the tehing on Saturday No word yet from Clavion Alstyne, pitcher recalled ingham, He probably through Washington to his home in Renssels A for a visit Iu\{fllv‘ reporting to the Nationals, van from Birm has gone on le n great stop of Burns’ in the sixth inning yes to start a sidervetiring double play. There were Indians on first and | second when Bob scooped up George's drive near the middle sack. McNeely, who was (o sce this after son's game from the bench, put up a | e game for the Griffs vesterday e took care of four chances in center and at bat got three hits in five efforts. He scored once and drove an | other run home Reeves m hot_grounder | terday ONS PICK CREWS FOR REGATTA ALEXANDRIA, Va.. August | 010 Dominion Boat Club will four crews to Richmond Saturday to compete in a dual regatta with the| a Boat Club on the James and the same combinations that in two of the races at the 10.— send | rowed | Southern Rowing Association regatta in Baltimor last month will perform. In the other two events the Old Yominion will place hurriedly organ zed combinations into competition. The four-oared junior gig that won the Southern regatta event will be sent to the post against the same Richmond entry that placed second. Magnus Bales, Gorman, *lke" Iried lander and Ross comprise the local crew. Tommy Hulfish, Benny Minor Parke Bell and Fappy Whitton will | row In the squad, while the second | | gig crew, just organized, will embrace Bob Marshall, Walter Pierpoint, Jimmy Trout and “Doc” Ruffner. Louis Bell, coxswain. The new Old ‘Dominion eight crew will be composed of Ross, Bales, Gorman, _Fried- | lander, Marshall, Pierpoint, Hulfish | and Minor. Louis Bell will be cox- | Columbia Motor Company, on a par with Motor Company No. 5 in the Alexandria Fire Department cham- pionship series, will tackle St. Mary" Celtics on Haydon Field Sunday aft- ernoon at 3 o'clock. L. C. Major, manager of the Alex- andria, Barcroft & Washington Rapid Transit Co. base ball team, has canceled the game scheduled for Sun- | day with St. Mary’s Celtics and in | its place arranged a contest with the | Purcellville (Va.) semi-pro outfit. The | game will be on the Dreadnaught dia- | mona at 3 o'clock. Sarepta Lodge, No. 46, Odd Fellows, | | whipped Penrose “A. C. of Clarendon, 9 to 7, on the St. Agnes' Episcopal School diamond. NEWCOMER T0 CUBS MAY PLAY SHORTLY By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, August 10 Elnier Yoter, the third baseman obtained vesterday by the Chicago Cubs from | the Indianapolis American Assoc | tion team, may get a_change to play with the Natlonal League leaders before the end of the week. Yoter, for whom the Cubs gave Fred Haney and considerable cash, | is the second third baseman to come to ihe Chicago team from the asso- cition this season, Eddie Pick having been acquired from Kansas City. A switch of the Cubs’ inficld which has been indicated would put Yoter on third Adams on | second, English | another association graduate, at | shortstop, but henching Clyde Beck, | second haseman. | | | | WILL HANDLE Y BOXERS. Frank Taylor former amaten 1 boxer of the U. Navy and a mem- ber of the 1924 Olympie t { representinz this country, has taken the hoxinz classes at the local M. €. A. Taylor has some good prospects in training. BATSMEN. Club. G. AB. Athletics 98 351 104 131 83 tow, 68 217 HOMERUN SLUGGERS. | Gehrig, Yanke, I Ruth, Yankees. ... Williams, Phillies Wilson, Cubs. . | Hornshy, G | RUN Gehrig, Yankees Ruth, Yankees. | Combs, Yanlees L. Waner, Pirates ! Hornsby, Giants. ... | BASE STEA | Frisch, Cardinals. Sisler, Browns Cuyler, Pirates.., Adams, Cubs. | Hendrick, Robins.... ... PITCHERS. Player. Hadley Hoyt, ¥ | Rueth Benton, Giants Pirates. TROUSERS | To Match Your Odd Coats | | EISEMAN’S, 7th & F! STAR, | their | Red Sox tod: ather I Atk SHINGTON, WA 0, L0 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1927.° sp ORTS.” es ENDED; CATCHER HARTNETT HURT Ny e Associnted Proa O the Dodgers, who have heaten the Cubs only twiee In 15 gamon, goon the distinetion of pping the National Teagu wors affer they had won nine games Inoaorow. The Cubs beat the Rohing, @0 the first pame of vesterday s donble header, bt Tost the ' The Brging lost the serviees of thely inspiving enteher, “Gabhy™ Hartoett who was spiked in the foot hy Gus | L irookivn outfielder s staved thy 1 of the Pittshurgh Pirates, who trounced the Giants, 7 i loosely playved game. Errors by Hornsby and Tackson nided In the Covsair vietory ot it was tha everrvelinhle Paul Waner who drove home the winning run in the laxt of the ninth. The Giant defeat hrought the record of MeGraw's elub on its Weatern {rip to seven victorios against four beatings. | only two games were scheduled in the National League. Lou Gehrig's thivty eighth home run | in the ninth inning saved the Yankees from their frst shutout of the season The Athletics greeted the Hugmen at Shibe Park by pounding Dutch Reuther and George Pipgras to all cor ners, and took an Sto-l victory. It was the fiest game for the Yankees on their thivd and last voad trip. Rube | | e full games MA CHESELDINE PILOTING [grat rin Walherg pitehed masterful hall for the Muckmen, allowing only six hits, |1 th went hitless, but Gehrig. In addition to his home run, pounded out a dou The huster {8 now th homers ahead of Ruth Ty Cobb was nctive in the downfall the New Yorkers, He drove in the slnmined out thres hits amd played heilliantly in center fleld Tho Red Sox, enger to inerease their winning string of wix styalght g were rained out against DHetroit American League teams reheduled, A summary nes Other not were of yesterday's games: AMERICAN LEAGUE, York vaninhia Ruethor Cochran w 000000001 0110081t Pipgras and Colline, Wallerg and NATIONAT 10001200 D000l Henry, Fitzeimmons and Meadawa, Tl and Gooch i o LEAGUE, New Yook Pittsburkh Grimea, Devormer Firat Brooklyn Chie Petty, son and Second Brooklyn Chicazo Dol heart Taylor game Ho¥ DO 000000 Ehrhardt, Clark and Henline Hartnett HoE yo 15 0 Brill R 3200005 P01 000 014 Deherrs . Rush, 1 Gonzales game 01 Clark and dones and Harty REORGANIZED LAFAYETTES A CHESELDINE ha the management of Lafay- cttes, recent reanized unlimited team, which had a &ood record last season., Ma's | 4 taken two of three| nd hope to continue s assumed | | played charges Rames | winning streak, despite a heavy | schedule. | Following a game with Washington | the Brodt's outfit will | be met Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock | on Naval Receiving Station Field. Saturday, Congress Heights will fur- | nish the opposition, and Seabrook will ‘ be visited on Sunday. | Lafayettes would like to book Mount | Rainier, Cherrydale, Hilltops, Ballston, Red Sox and Cabin John nines. Write Ma at 1002 Thirteenth street south east. Aztecs are seeking a foe for Satur- day in the senior class. McGuire | and Donohuse have been added to the rvoster and the Indians are expecting to travel fast for the remainder of the season. Manhattans were to test the ability the Western Union Junior nine toda The former wants games with junior championship _contenders. The club roster includes Stone, Reid, Kel ser, E. Wade, Richards. Brown, Jar- man. Ware. Goodard. Miller, J. Wade, | Duvall and Farley. of aats held District hits yesterday and scored a b1 victory batters Heights to five Triangle A. C, D tts led the Beck gained a slight edge over Dur. ham in a hurling duel yesterday, in which Washington Barracks defeated Potomac Savings Bank nine, 2 to 1. luggers hounced 22 hits off Bowman and gained an 11-to-4 victory over Fairfax Cavaliers on Glen Icho diamond. Junior Order DEMPSEY OFFERED MANY FINE CAMPS | By the Associated Pross. NEW YORK, August 10 —1f Jack | Dempsey desires to train for his return title fight with Gene Tunney at 0 e track, country club, In a “mil Honalres’ colony publilie auditorium or an avmed camp—he can do so mere Ly by wiring aceeptance of any one o unprecedented list of offers conditioning uite More than 100 1w, clthew and var Iption have to train former. cham Prof Feo P tinetly privacy “It's all very amazing . I've had more than srams altogether on this subject alone Look at thig batch of them, just in Calumet and Streator, two Hlinols towns, amon t They range from Ridgewood to Omaha, Nebr. If the offers V't from coun try clubs themse nearly all men tlon golfing advantages, apparently aware of Jack's fondness for the links not to mentlon my own."” As he reached this point Prof Flynn fished a couple of golf balls out | of his pocket f for ing e Mtered places for Demp Aeupite the fact and hay that his mad they manager it dix desire an Flvnn understood * waid Prof. 300 tele Intest Ohio, loeated one of Tex Rick | ard's putters and gave a fancy tion on the odda of 1 to in o trick tin Prof. Flynn's life just at pre He switched promoter’s carpet, o 2 in his ability to hole out Golf and Dempsey are f two main interests in ent | | back to the training “This millionaires’ col £o, supports its hid w 0 signa tures—all millionair maybe, und looking for some of the fame that Tex Rickard's ‘600° have gotten her i fer from Racine, Wi, has the approval of a_number of clergymen representing all erecds;_anoth offers an auditorium seating 2,000, Ap. | parentiy they don't know we want pri | vacy. A third place assures us plenty | of protection by offering a guard of rmed men daytimes and 10 others | at night. | The famous Lincoln Fields race | course, with sumptuous ~clubhouses kitchens and a golf course included, is favored by Tex Rickard as a site of | Dempsey’s camp, but Flynn prefers | to make a survey of the situation him self before deciding where to locate ne With the exception of one bad in-| ning, Yeatman was in good form ves ter he hurled 8. D. Emery Mid- gets 1o a T-to-5 win over Corinthians. Royal Peewees added two wins to a | long string vesterday by twice down- ing the Zachary Peewees, 18 to 8 and 19 to 10. als hammered 39 hits in the second fray Corinthian Midgets challenge teams their class. Call Lincoln 4005-W Rames, in fo Calhoun Midgets have defl to teams in their class. consin 3960 after 7 o'clg issued a all Wis- k. Newly organized Monroe Midgets desire games, Call North 4521 for ar- rangements. 'DELANEY-UZCUDUN WINNER 'TO BE “SUB” FOR BIG BOUT By the Associated Press. EW YORK, August 10.—Tha | winner_of tomorrow might's | Jack Delaney-Paolino Uzcu- dun fight will be held in readi- ness by Tex Rickard as a pos: sible substitute for either Jack Demp: sey or Gene Tunney, in the event| either of the principals of the heavy- | weight championship bout at Chicago, | September 22, iy unable to go on. This was learned today, following | Rickard's retirn from Chicago to at- tend to details of his New York card | at the Yankee Stadium. | Some time ago the promoter signed Jack Sharkey to an agreement where- by the Boston fighter obligated him- | self to substitute for either Dempsey | or Tunney in an emergency. “I don't expect anything to happen to cither Tunney or Dempsey that would prevent them from fighting.” Rickard said, “but I am taking no chances. Injuries have played havoc with some fighters at the time of im portant battles. I hav ed as a possible substitute and either Delaney or Paolino would make a sec- ond emergency man. The winner of tomorrow night's bout here is assured of a fight with Sharkey if every- thing goes well in Chicago." Leo P. Flynn, Dempsey's manager, in conference with Rickard re- garding a training site for the former champion. Flynn indicated that the Lincoln Fields race course might be wa | chosen eventually, but he said he still is considering numerous bids from clubs and resorts near Chicag: Paolino has been given the a of medical examiners representing the New York State Athletic Commission. The Spaniard has a boil on his right forearm, but insists he is not hothered by the growth, or from an injured left thumb. Paolino will weight in around 192 pounds tomorrow. Delaney came to New York today from his camn weighing 177. pproval WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINN TYTHREE consecutive tories on the basket ball court | is the remarkable record of the Aldie High School sextet of Aldie, Va., which completed its fourth year as a unit this past June | without once having tasted defeat. | Not content with winning the coun- ty champlonship for four consecutive | seasons, the vounz lassies have chal- | lenged numerons teams in Virgini Maryland and the District and always | bave brousht home the bacon Washington basketes and the Princess Athletic Club Sextets fell he- | fore them last Winter in hotly con- tested encounters | {ligh School champions of several | 1 counties also have been | heir vietims and on one or two oc- | wasions they have ventured into the salm of college busket ball and earned | the decision each time Time is the enemy of all who reach | the high places, however, whether they be kings or athletes, and the | perfectly co-ordinated combinat from Aldie has had its little day but two of the fair stars graduated in Tune, breaking up the most succes tul high school sextet in the histor of Virginia. | Sue Leith and Maxine Ambler will return to the gymnasium in Septem n ) Virg B Bt et Marberry Zashary xon Wayes CET P PITCHING, Total Comp. Innings i i cumes vitehed. W. L. Zachary B 30 Burke Lisenbee hursto Dadley Sarb TODAY BASE BALL ;3% AMERICAN L] 'E PARK Washington vs. New York E FRAZIER vie- | ber and will try to instill into the new | material which offers itself the sams spirit that has carried the famous team through its noteworthy career. The squud as it lined up last season included Olivia Tyler, captain and left forward; Sue Leith, right forward; Hazel Sudduth, center; Frankie Leith, side center: Maxine Ambler, left guard and manager; Virginia Boduer, right guard. Dorothy White, Distriet of Columbin goll champion, will head the field of loeal womin golfers who will compe for the Middle Atlantic championship on the Congressional Country Ciuh course in October: 1t is expected that the event will be scheduled for the first week of the month, but the date has not been announced definitely yet, Miss White plans also to enter the | national championship for the experi ence she will gain in competing with golfers of the first ealiber, provided that she can find the time to make the trip to Cherry Valley, Long Is. land, where the American cla SCORING IS HEAVY IN LEAGUE GAMES routed n Railws in the a Ame vesterday & League in marked by a deal of hitting., Farring- ton, winning pitcher, not only hurled creditably, but socked a homer. g two runs in the last inning K a 4all tie, Public Buildings and Public Parks triumphed ovir War Shipping Board, 6 to 4, in the Federal League. Drulbing Jewish Community Center, 19 to 6, Russells tightened their hold on first place in the Capital City League Insect class. The winners led by a good margin all the way. in Corinthians added to their lead In French Inscet League, pointing the way to George Burns, 6 to 2. Colonys took the measure of Royals, 16 to 4, to gain second place. Tris Speaker: surprised by squeezing out a.10-9 win CORD TIRES Al Sizes GUARANTEED ....5495 vee. 995 R 33x6.00 ...........11.95 FULLY 30x3'5 ... 30x495 . 32x4 . 31x5.25 . TICKETS ON SALE AT PARK AT 9:00 AM, We Mount All Tires 1010 Pa. Ave. N.W. NEXT T0 PRESIDENT THEATER Sharkey sign- | ssic will | it | | his expensive charge. Fights Last | By the Associated Press. JERSEY CITY.—Bobhy Baltimore, knocked out Jimmy Hoboken (7). NEWARK.—Pete Nebo, defeated Bennie Cross, ) UTICA. N. Y.—Day York. knocked out Fr San Francigco (11). NEW YORK.—Tony Brooklyn, defeated Eddie Wyoming (10). Joe York, and Johnny drew (10). 'EFFORTS TO CLOSE DOG RACING TRACKS HALTED CHICAGO, August 10 (P).—FEfforts | of the State's attorney’s office to clo dog racing tracks in the Chicago dis- trici, where it is charged wide-open | gambling is going on, have met with | turther court delay. Judge P. L. Sullivan vestreday re- fused to hear a motion to dissolve an injunction under which the tracks now operate. A renewed court move to stop the races will be made next | week, the State's attorney said. ;swmfiis' STRIVING T0 GET INTO FINALS | Boys to represent the Eastern sec- tion of the city in the interplayground | swimming meet against the finalists | from the Western end will be picked | at_eliminations to be heid tomorrow | in Rosedale pool. Today mermaids of | the Eastern sector were to match strokes in the Rosedale tank to pick their standard bearers for the city finals. This meet originally was card- | ed for Friday. | Eliminations to select natators to luphold the prestige of West Wash. | ington have been held among bo | and girls at Georgetown pool. That their opponents may not get too much of a line on them, the times | made in the various events in the Georgetowh affairs have, at the re- quest of the contestants, been with- held, but playground officials who were in charge declare there were some fine performances. Georgetown boys will be counting heavily upon Robert Wrenn in the title meet. This youngster won both the 25 and 50 yard free-style events in the eliminations in impressive style. A new feature of the girls' meet at Georgetown was a balloon race ar- | ranged by Katherine Ladd, official in- | structor of girl swimmers in the play- | ground department. Anna Lupo was | the winner, being the first to inflate a halloon_ after the required 25-yard swim. Forty-two competed in the event which made a real hit. Sum- maries of the Georgetown meets fol- low: . Florida, ewark (10). Abad, New aytista, o Canzoneri, Anderson, Scalfaro, New Vacca, Boston, | \ | BOYS' EVENTS, | | | | | n. vard free style—Wre Nichols. Moly- nexl ! 1 o | Ni Unlimited, Dahbe. 0-vard free stylo—Wrenn. neais Plunge for back stroke nzell. Wrenn, style—Youn Nichols, Mol yard. free Wrenn, J. distance—Buscher, o'Comnor Novice—T; Bnfeor froa Viies, Pattis GIRLS' EV vard free siyle (14 vears and over)— Whaler. Janet Lowrie, Rosemary Mul stroke—Linkins. Abel. Beach midget—R. Kirchgass- Dreast ihull ¥le. ENTS, vard free style (14 vears and under)— Wren. Virkinia Jones. Blanche Hughes. Bexinners' 30 feet—Alta Patterson, ¥ Trillinz, Hazel Barasky Syard side " stroke (tiider 12)—} Dorothy Bureh. Helen Amonri for dista Lowr Gladya 1 Evelyn Mo v inia 50-vard Janet ric, € free therine Franzel S REINSTATED. [ . Ok CITY, P August 10 (#).— | Jake Pitler. former outflelder, who wa PITLER I barred from organ- been reinstated. of the Toledo club. HAWKINS " MOTOR CO. Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street 1333-37 14th St. Main 5780 Pitler is the property American Association that the | Branzell. | 95 VICTO RIES SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO WIN N. L. FLAG | BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK. Au all the indieations the August atmos lsn't likel ship the \son be this than ning is more If the battle, u ith f in 1926 vic ia team’s tota it to be hoye of ome cor thing number of endir ¢ ed ki the pennant than 95 game 1t present agreed that somewhere in on. The first three Chies ttsburgh ire without question | fourth, New York It is also in the thing is likely to happer but the Giants canrot tmore than 15 games of the season if 1 pennant. To a e | hidder and team they have to Not Likely to Flop. 5 they think better for the pennant | hadn't taken Cincinnati Reds | place, the Cubs the b of the Chicago 1926, Its its outfield is more infleld has been mo h to suit some of the hvpereritical, the winning capacity cf the team can have been mar ndled ve as Chicago continues to {well out in front toda may put the Cubs on it any time, hecause have been is pitchers better thar win and Accidents the fight difference of the hicago and Pittsburgh and Louis and Chicage fa dents will put any pen race t is ns LEONARD AN OLD TIMER. BUT ADMITS HE IS GOOD BY BENNY LEONARD. Retired Lightweight Champion of the World HENEVER a bunch of sport | fans get together, the con- versation sooner or later turns to time-honored topic: “Are the fighters of as good as the old timers?" today And then you have a discussion that | up. | There will be those who are all for | them. will be | them a few who will hold that the fighters | wasn't will last till the party breaks | the *“old time and there of today have a chance with the old | timers. But as a ru timers” have it. Invariably there is at least one old fan who has seen practically every | fighter worth seeing in action, and sometimes there are more than one. | head, and the veteran will tell man interesting—and in many cases orig nal—stories of some feat or incident | concerning one of the “old timers." | Listening time and again to these liscussions, 1 have often wondere just what constituted an “old times | T would hear this veteran talk of Sam | Langford in his palmy days, and 1'd| hear -that patriarch extol the fighting virtues and qualities of John L. Sul- livan, Fitzsimmons, Corbett, Jack | Dempsey, the Nonpareil, Kid McCoy, | | Tommy Ryan, and last, but by no! means least, Joe Gans—all would | come in for praise and historic anec- | dotes. Entertained Secret Hope. And so subconsciously I came to think of the “old timers” as of a dif- ferent age, of having existed way back in the dim past, whose memories were to be revered. At times I was I bold enough to hope that some da | far in the future, at gatherings lik | these, perhaps the name of Benny | | Leonard might be recalled, and while |T thrilled at the idea, I blushed at my | | presumption. | Of course, at all these learned con- | | fabs T was always a silent listener: | There was no reminiscence or story | | T could tell that wouldn't grate on ho ears of the “old timers,” I felt. And then one day, some months ago, | when I was out on a theatrical tour. |it happened—I got what I consider the greatest compliment ever paid to my fighting ability, and, incidentaily one of the biggest shocks I ever got | outside of the roped arena. We were in San Francisco, the land to which the “old timers” is peculiarly indigenous. Believe me, there are more old “old timers” to the square inch in 'Frisco than there are in any other spot on earth. | Veterans Among Spectators. T was keeping in pretty good trim then, was in t shape to tear off three or four rounds at top speed. One |day I dropped into “Moose” Tausie's | | symnasium to do a little boxing. 1 went through the usual routine of . rope skipping and in- ! | shadow boxing | dulged in a bit of bag punching. 1 saw Spider Kelly, one of the ring's most famous xeconds and prob. ably as historic a chavacter as the | ring has today. and 1 gave him a | hello. He sat down and watched me idly. | A" few minutes later Eddie Grane: | noted old referee. and Billy Nolan, the | man who made Battling Nelson world champion. came in, and they festooned {themselves in_comfortable positions alongside of Kelly. Tim McGrath then sautered in, followed a minute for two later by Larry McGrath. I didn't pay much attention to | them. but went on about my work, | and then T put on the gloves to do a | bit_of boxing. There was a fast little BRAKES For Every Car We Save You .‘u»‘nlt‘ $3.90 to $8.00 We Are Brake Specialists Brake Sorvice Only 25 Years' Experience Pittsburgh Pirate | ized base ball in 1920, when he jumped | to the Oil City-Franklin League, has | Cadillue, Buick. Buic sh. rear wheels. he T Wheels aklind. 2 wheels Oakland. i wheels Chevrolet 20-Minute Service Complete, $4. Ford Bands (Genuine) 15-Minute Service ‘Complete, $1.60 Oilier Care at Correspondingly Low Prices Relined While You Wait . 1-Year Guaruntee on All Wheel Bruke Lining Free Adjustment = o A hextoy T Ambler Asbestos) Scrvlf(r. 7 am. to 0 RVICE Brakes Free_Inspeetion Thinz AUTO BRAKE ‘SE AND FORD BAND CO. 425 K St. N. LW. 8208 , the "ulwl‘ i In any case, old reminiscence rears its | | shooting lad named weight, and of unds, junior light in the gym rounds with 2 oxed a couple of . T was in pretty fafr pe. and I fooled with the two boys, making them miss and getting a lot of exercise and fun out of hoxing Of course, I had weight on and it was only boxing. I trying to “show off.” hut I always have made it a practice to get hit as little as possible, even in the gym. Flabbergasted by Applause. When T finished hoxing, I was flabs bergasted to hear somehody applaud ng. I turned and there were the old timers.” all of them, giving me a hand. Jac Root, the former heavy. weight who came near holding the title after Jeffries retired, and sev. eral others had swelled the original group, and you ean take it from me, they all knew fishting and fighters years before I was born When they stopped applauding. shook hands with them, and came the chorus “Benny, it's a pleasure to ses you work on these voung. fellows. These newcomers ain't nothing like us old timers. The you work on them proves it. Why. there ain't one of these fellows of today who could have touched you in vour prime.” I opened my mouth to speak the shock wore off before I said thing. and then I realized that these veterans, these dyed-in-the wool “Old Timers,” had taken me among them as one of themsal 1 then ut any. suddenly | knew it to be the greatest compl they could pay me They had made me (Covyrizht, 1 GILBERT, CHAMPION TRAPSHOOTER, DIES By the Associated Press SPIRIT LAKE. La.. August 10.— "d Gilbert, who in his lifetime, fs id to have won virtually every trap- challenge world, is dead h which he lived for ve Cabinets filled with his prizes medals were among his most ed treasures. For 31 was regarded as the world's greatest shot. He won the world wing shot cham. pionship at Baltimore in 1895, In 1303 he took permanent possession of the national wing shot four-yvear-challenge cup. Gilbert had held the championship of Am-rica POLICE NINE HAS GAME. 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