Evening Star Newspaper, August 25, 1927, Page 33

‘SPORTS. INFLICTED BY TRIBE, 7-1 Manager Harris Fails in Efl'ort to Cut Losing String by Benching McNeely and Reeves in Favor of Eddie Onslow and Rigney. BY JOHN B. KELLER. LEVELAX August Until the Nationals clear their bat- ting eves and display more pepper generally, they will find the going through the stretch of the American League cham- pionship race extremely difficult. At present, the Harris Clan seems to be weaker with the flail and lower in morale than at any other time this season, and its leader upparently is Bnable to discover quickly a remedy for these WS, Socked, 7 to 1, by the Indians yes- terday in the opener of the series here, the Nationals have taken eight Iolts on the chin in a row and prob- ably are too groggy from so much punishment in the West to stage a tudden comeback. Although Ma Harris will not admit it, ny of his players intimate that they do not ex- pect the club to find itself again and rerlnrm at anything like the speed it did for 4 month before running into Its present slump until it is once more settled on its home lot. At the rate it has been dropping recently, the Harris outfit might be ®0 far back of a sizable money posi- tion when it gets home next week that it will find it impossible to recover lost ground, even though it snaps its pace to the fast one that carried it so far ahead of all the field excepting the Yankees. Ground lost at this stage of the campaign is especially difficult to recover when the clubs are struggling through the stretch of the race. Revised Line-up Fails. Hoping to end his club's streak yesterday, Manager Harris once more revised his line-up. He benched Earl McNeely and Bob Reeves, sending to first base Eddie Onslow, just procured from Roch ter and who reported here shortiy before game time, while Topper Rig- ney was assigned to the short fleld. While these changes cut the speed of the Nationals to some extent, the pilot felt that having a more experi- enced player than McNeely at the initial sack and a steadier perform- er than Reeves at short might bol- ster the club. But it failed to do anvthing of the kind. ¢ Probably only the substitution of four or five batters of the Harry Heil- mann type for regulars would have bolstered the Nationals. The big thing they needed in the series onener was punch. Instead, they had an- other pitiful day at bat, being credit- ed with only four safeties and one of them was a scratchy affair. So effec- tive was the left-handed Walter Miller that Washington bingles were made in_just two rounds. Hollis Thurston got a real single to center after two were out in the third inning. Sam rice got on first when his roller was fumbled by Lew Fon- seca, but a hit was added to Sam's record. Then Bucky Harris ended the session by fouling to Rube Lutzke. Goose Goslin opened the Nationals’ seventh with a solid single to right field and moved to the middle base as Eddie Onslow was heaved out. Rigney pushed a Texas leaguer to center and the Goose ran home with his club's lJone tally. Rigney’s life on the runway was short, for he was,forced out by Ossie Bluege. Then Muddy Ruel lofted to losing THE SU nger| Fred Eichrodt In center to conclude the inning. Outside of these two rounds there was but one in whch Nationals got on base. Tris Speaker drew Miller’s lone pass of the contest at the outset of the- fourth frame. But after Goslin popped to Fonseca the passed batter was forced out by Onslow and Rigney raised a little looper to the Tribe second sacker. It was a sorry exhibition for National batters. The Fribe, though, found the Wash- ington pitching easy to solve, It slammed Thurston. who started, Gar- land Braxton and Clayton Van Al styne for 12 safeties. One of the dozen hits was a four-bassr by Homer Summa and_ 7 others were of the s y. Thurston gave up and a pass in his two rounds, two doubles bunched in the first inning producing a tally, while a double that followed a two-bagger and a walk in the second accounted for two mor> runs. Summa, first to face Braxton in the third inning, socked the south- paw's first pitch over the right fleld wall. A three-hit rally in the seventh netted the Trib» two tallies and in the eighth, while Van Alstyne was hurl ing, the Indians clustered two more hits, with a poor chuch by Speaker for a final marker. SAND THE TRACK four hits > Bl mommunuannany Braxton. ' p. Yan Alstsae.'p MeNeely* Totals SaLorloecaiad # =l 000500030000 » ® > | susenassas sl 000993500 nls0s020020~00" & *Batted for Braxton in Washington . nnol-nd 5 hits—Summa, Barns, o-hase Mitoey o Rewell Fomeea: J. run—Rumma. g . wo o Elavasssnes! .. 0 S Eichrodt, 1. H ises—Washington, 4: Clevel nm buse on balls—OfF Miller, 1. _Strack ont—By Braxton 3¢ hy Winier, 2, ln-—ol Thurs- ton, 4 in 2 innings: of 6 in 5 in- ninge: off Van Abstne; 3 T Tt g o Ditcher—Thurat i Me Hildelrand; Geinel and Eva =1 hour dnd 37 minutcs. TRACK STAR TO ENTER GEORGETOWN IN FALL CAMDEN, N. J,, August 25.—Morrie Lerner, former star sprinter and broad jumper of Vineland High School, will enter Georgetown Uni- versity this Fall. He holds South Jersey interscholastic titles for the 50 lnd 220-yard dashes and the broad G bemer gained the track records last ‘Winter, and has held the broad jump crown for the past three years. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Nationals Finding It Difficult to Snap Out of Their Worst Slump of Season EIGHTH STRAIGHT DEFEAT ED ONSLOW SEEMS COMPETENT AT FIRST CLEVELAND, August Eddie Onslow, veteran minor leaguer the Nationals bought from Rochester to fill in at first base until Joe Judge cets rid of his charleyhorse, seems to know what it's all about around the initial sack. He is no graceful fielder. but he | covers a deal of ground and appears able to take throws high, low or wide. He gets under fouls well, too, and in his debut as a National made a par- ticularly good catch of a loft from | Lutzke's bat in the seventh session. At bat he was nof so impressive. | Up four times, he rolled weak 1..\ Second Baseman Fonseca on three ¢ casions and once grounded to Short- stop Joe Sewell, forcing out Speaker. Onslow is a left-hand hitter, but is no speed demon getting down to first. Brother Jack Onslow received some had news yesterday from Ban Johnson. The league prexy. in a_letter, stated that he had {mposed a §50 fine on the National coach for his wordy battle With Umpire Rowland at Washington two weeks ago. Johnson also said that when he received Onslow's per- sonal check in payment of the fine, he would decide how long the coach was to stay suspended. Summa and Luke liked the National pitching in _the series opener. Each got three hits, Summa_including a homer and a dou- ble in his trio, while one of Luke's Waljops was a two-bagger. well certainly Bluege and Ruel seemed to feel that it was impropere to swing their bats unless Miller had two strikes against them. Kach time they went up to the plate these Nationals stead- fastly refused to wave their wands until the count was well in the Tribe pitcher’s favor. Rain in_Detrolt Tuesday caused Manager Harris to change his pitch- ing_program for this series. Zachary and Lisenbee, who were to draw the hill assignment in the first two games here, were expected to get the second and third calls after Thurston's start yesterday. BIG LEAGUE LEADERS HITTERS. Player—Club. G. AB. Heilmann, Tig 105 368 Simme Ath. . . .‘l.)l P. Waner, Pir.. Gehrig, Yank... 4’56 122 Speaker, Sen.. 421 65 HOME-RUN SLUGGERS. Ruth, Yankees . me | Gehrig, Yankees Willlams, Phillies. Wilson, Cubs..... Hornsby, Giants ..... RUN SCORERS. g, Ruth, Yankees . L. Waner, Pirates. Combs, Yankees ... Hornsby, Giants . BASE STEALERS. Frisch, Cardinals . Sisler, Browns ... Hendrick, Robln! . Adams, Cubs .... Neun, Tigers ... PITCHERS. = Hoyt, Yankees .. Meadows, Pirates Benton, Giants . BY ger of for Ten Years Before has never been Chase as a fielde him, time and bobbles ning, still headed play thinki and Gehrig helpless ler was umpiring In the second team got a man out. The batter to Gehrig. He 20 feet bag. sa ahead, YESTERDA' Philadeiphia, and go to bat ire. performan ear is that found himself. Gehrig compared er. T have w again, puil the ng 1 strike out. first base. inning to first wit hit a sharp b got the hall Y'S RES Cleveland, 7 3 hvllann n\\:lhlnx(fln Detrolt, 5. e, Eetis, did this | had to surmount many obstacles. next, about his bone- :Lo MORIARTY ; AT BAT Sut {ORGE MORIARTY the Detrg) n American League HE explanation for Lou Gehrig's nce at he has he He to Hal watched mental in- 1 recall distinctly one afternoon two years ago when a mental error taade at bat for two The Yankees were playing a double- and in the opening game I games, the visiting | h none »ounder within of first and started for the For some unacountable reason the runner who was on first ran back L lhe bag and planted himself on the H(‘re was a_simple double play | but Gehrig, trying to size up the situation, became badly confused. He finally stepped over and touched BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS AMERICAN LEAGUE. STANDING OF THE F] 3 H 3 “doyzuiysem PuvAI) - ezmua2iog 692 381 GAMES TODAY. P "l'c“ at Clevel el Boston 'at ‘Chicaso: YESTERDA GAMEN TOM! Wagh'tam at O Yorl ORROW. level'd. k, at, Detrolt. Louls. Boston 't ‘Chicago. V'8 RESULTS, NATIONAL LEAGUE. 7—1: Chicago, 6—13. OF THE CLUBS. - B = Chicago . [—1 O] “qa0p MIN neuupug, Boston .1 6 1/ Brookiyn 1 4! 61 Phila, .| 8 6] 3 nAuu‘ 'mnu it Boston, Rulher. Yankees . THaines, Cardinals il ot By GAMES TOM RROW Pittsbureh at_Roston Cincinnat] at t. Louis at N. B, Yor 5..in all four corn e "Izmflbc,lluvenodoubt a source of gratification to you to know that Chesterfield cigarettes were on sale-and, at that, the leading American seller, in all parts of the world. *We started our trip on December 2nd, and visited among other points—Madeira Island . . Gibraltar . . . Monte Catlo... Algiers . . . Haifa . . . Jerusalem. .. Cairo . Naples...Suez... D. ss of Inferiority Complex Has Helped Make Gehrig Great Hitter. * Nk K ry Over “Mental, Bobbles” Affect Him When a: Bat. * X % % re of Himself Now, and Promises to Set Up Great Hitting Record. Used to the bag. Then he touched the run- ner. It took him some time to dis- cover why mno double play was al- lowed. He lost the double play when he re- tired the batter first by touching the |bag. Because of that the runner, who had refused to leave first, was en- titled to the bag. Gehrig had retired the batter, vacated the bag and made |it possible for the runmer originally lon first to regain possession of it. was on Gehrig took advantage of the The spectators kept on Gehrig, and _through two deeply feeling the blun- made, failed to get on The laugh large crowd situation. razzing games Lou, der he had basa once. I made it a _point to sympathize with Gehrig. I suggested that he chalk up the play to experience, |added that that particular play ped up not oftener than once ever three years. I distinctly recall Geh- He has slowly mastered first base play: He developed’ confi- dence while mastering them. His fielding no longer worries him, for he rarely makes mistake now. The result is that when Gehrig comes to t he is able to concentrate on knocking the ball out of the lot. In the past Gehrig suffered an inferiority complex' He looked with awe upon Babe Ruth, his teammate, and always felt insignificent in com- parison. _This complex is now dis- solved. Within the last two months Gehrig has reached the conclusion that he is as good, if not better, at bat than the great Bampino. He has, nr‘e the start of the season, tied and passed Ruth nearly a dozen times in Khe thrilling race for home- run honors. Gehrig does not hit a ball harder today than he did two years ago, but hits it oftener because he con- centrates on hitting when he is at bat and no longer worries over field- ing blunders. There are no blun- ders to make him worry. poise. He is sure of himself. His |entire manner has chariged. He to set up one of the great- records of ba ball, me again, [Ty Rigney Harris s oy sosomsusmuatiieasH-052:082 and af He has: MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS l\‘rrlt Aflo\.n. LtAmt. Toronto First game— Newark Q00000008007 Rochest 01000000201 Mama rennan. - Swaney, Skiff: e e and Head. i) Second game— 0000000—0 8 haster. 000100x—1 3 0 Moore and Mauion: Shoffner and McAvoy. First game— Reading Ro 000000010—1 6 3 Toronto 01010000x—2 5 0 Parks and Sengstock: Fisher and Hargrave. Second game— Reading. o 004100000—5 & 2 Woods'e. Harrison and D 4 Fouikaes Gand lonea, "0 Devie: Satterfield, First game— Baltimore Buffalo. 5 Henderson. Vincent 3 Russell and Devine. Second game— Baltimore Buffal Ogden an Jerney City Syracase.. Williams and Daly: Mancuso. A.wzluu\‘ ASSOCIATION. 10— 715 4 0oivial 1 Lake; Mangum, 0—5 9 er and Pond. 010100000—2 & 01410170x—1419 Johnson. Abbott and Toleda, Kan, R. 002000032—7 02100000—5 e Indianapolis. 303100020—912 1 Milw uk» 00$200001—7 0 5 lorence: Sanders. Dennison Harris and Ferrell and ¥ and McMenems. Taledo. . 601000001— 811 4 Minneapolis. ... ". 0000109 0x—1012 0 Palmero and O'Neil: Benton. Hubbell. Moon and Ken 0000001001—2 8 0001000002—3 8 Lmuv\xllr 3 1 Zinn and smmuu‘ Kansas City. " Holley and McMullen* SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Birm'gham 7 3820 G034 543 LICRS Mobile_ 8: Atlanta. 5. tle Rock. 5: Martinsh's 0’ gers 24 38 Frederick. 20 20 500 Waynesb'o 14 24 36! Hagerstown, 1-6: Hanover. 6. Fredericksburg, 4: Martinsburg, 1 Chambersbur; Waynesboro, ‘1 EASTERN SHORE LEAGUE. 913300 \nrlh ton. 2: Parksler ‘Northampt 3 &iorth amn on, 3. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Greenville, 4: Columbia, 3. Augusta. 2. 8 Salisbury, Raleigh, an_Al Fort Worth.'0-1. Beaumont. 6. VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Portsmouth, 0. 3 Kinston, 1 . 6-7: R Hollywood, Oaklas d 8. Fortlana s sacramento. 4 (15 innings). Bombay. .. Java . . . Dutch Sumatra...Singapore...Manila... Hongkong ... Shanghai ... . Peking. .. Kobe...Tokyo lulu . . . the Canal Zone . . . Havana and home. *Not only was Chesterfield the leading American cigarette at all points visited, but it was the best seller (all brands) on our ship, the Empress of Scotland.” YANKS END THEIR SLUMP, CALLING HALT ON TIGERS By the Associated Press. HE Yankees have come out of a slump at a very opportune moment. After a mediocre showing against some of the second-division clubs, Miller Huggins' henchmen vesterday ap- plied pressure in the climax to stop a 13-game winning streak of the De- troit Tigers. The score was 9—F, and the manner in which the victory was achleved was a sensation in itself. With the bases packed, two hands away and the score tied, Tony Laz- zeri hit the ball over the left field fence at Navin Field. Owen Carroll, the Detroit pitcher, passed Gehrig and Meusel to get at the Italian slugger. Gehrig collected two doubles and Ruth went hitless. Blankenship shaded Ruffing in a hurling duel at_Chicago and the White Sox beat Boston, 4—3. Todt, Red Sox first baseman, hit for the | circuit. | Rube Walberg stopped the St. Louis | Browne after they had won six games in a row. The Philadelphia speed ball thrower poled out a homer in the sixth, sending his team into the lead. The Mackians won by a 4—3 count. Walberg allowed only five hits. The Chicago Cubs could do no better than even break in their double- header with the tail-end Phillies, but it permitted them to continue a two and one-half-game lead in the National League race. Sheriff Blake was pounded out of the box during a five- run rally in the ninth inning of the opener. The Cubs finished their half of the ninth with a lead of 8-2, but Blake immediately lost his effective ness. Sand drove in the winning run, the Phils winning, 7-€. Chicago started’off the second game with a six-run bombardment on Sweet- land that eventually blossomed into a 131 triumph. Hack Wilson, by knocking one homer in the first game and two in the second, brought his season total to 23. Yoter, the Cubs’ new third baseman from Indianapolis, bagged four hits in the two games. Pittsburgh and the Braves were scheduled at Boston, but rain inter ferred. A summary of yesterday's games AMERICAN LEAGUE. RHE . 001010304—912 111 000320000—511 Hoyt. Moore and Collins: Carroll and Shea. Boston .100100001—3 9 1 Chiea 03001000x—4 8 1 Ruffing and Hofmann; Blankenship and Crot @ 000012100—4 8 0 Louis.. . . 000026010—3 5 5 Walberg and Cochrane; Wingard, Crowder and Schanz. h St. NATIONAL LEAGUE. E nannx'\nxl—«m i 000002005—713 1 and Hartnett: remu-on and Chicago. Philadefohia.. Blake. Bus J. Wilson, Second game — #10130002—1322 0 Philadelphia 000001000—177 1 Jones and _Gonzales: Sweetland. Scott, De- catur and O'Donnell. ALEXANDER, HAINES BUSIEST TWIRLERS By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, August 25.—Grover Cleveland Alexander and Jess Haines, pitching aces for the world champion Cardinals, pace all rivals in the Na- tional League in the number of in- nings pitched, according to the pitch- ing records. The twirling duo also leads all other pitchers in the league in the number of complete games pitched. They are tied with the pacemaking Yankee pair, Waite Hoyt and Dutch Ruether, of the American League in the number of runs permitted in each nine innings. ‘While the Yankee flingers show the way in winning percentage, they have twirled in but 333 innings, while the Cardinal pair have pitched in 438. Haines and “Old Pete” between them have won 37 victories, a winning percentage of .725, while the Yankee pitchers have won 29 games, a per- centage of .763. DODGERS DROP BARNES. NEW YORK, August 25 (#).—Jess Barnes, veteran right-handed pitcher, has been let out by the Brooklyn Na- tionals. As a ten-year man, he re- ceived his unconditional release. 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