Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1927, Page 24

24 SPORTS THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1927 SPORTS.’ Tigers Here Tomorrow in Twin Bill : National League Pennant Race Tightens GRIFFS CAN REACH THIRD PLACE IN FOUR-GAME SET| T Only Half Game Back o 12-Inning 6-5 Victory Over White Sox. Hayes Drives in Decisive Tally. BY JOHN B. KELLER. ALF a game out of third place and the third place club to play for the next three days, That's how the Nationals stand and what they have to do. And if they tackle the Tigers in the fourgame series opening here to morrow with the same spirit they showed in the game vesterday when they downed the White Sox, 6 to 5, in 12 innings, they are likely to be one notch better off in the standing of the clubs at the end of the week. But beating the Tigers has beel nothing easy for the Nationals this geason. They have encountered the Detroit club 20 times thus far and won but eight times. Two of the games ended with the clnbs all even. In the last series the Tige triumphed over the Nationals four times and tied once. The set with the Tigers will opened with a double-header extra game was transferred from Detroit, rain on August 23 pre- venting_an engagement at Navin Field. Perhaps the rain was a bless- ing in disgu for at that time the were losing mames just ahout as they could. By heating the White Sox yesterday. the Nationals added another annual series to thel ring. The others which the Harris hord has an ad- vantage for the campaign are the Indians and the Red <. But the advantage over Ray Schalk's was not gained until after it seemed the Nationals were hopelessly beaten. he The here Gallant rallies in the eighth and ninth | fnnings brought about a tie and in the twelfth the game was pulled out of the fire after it appeared the clubs would have to wait until this afte noon, an off date in the schedule, to settle the argument. Four Griff Hurlers Work. The Nationals employed four pitch- ers during the fray and the White Sox used two. Tom Zachary started on the hill for the locals, but he was pounded so severely that he retired before the third inning was finished. His successor, Garland Braxton, went along well to the end of the seventh then gave way to a pinch-hitter. That | brought Waltér Johnson to the slab, | but in the minth the veteran hurt his | leg while fielding a grounder, so Horace Lisenbee got a chance to pitch three innings and get credit for the victor: All told. the White Sox got 10 hit Six of them were gleaned off Zach and they were good for four tallies. But two were made off Braxton and the run that crossed while he was hurling was unearned. Johnson gave up a bingle and so did Lisenbee. Si; teen safeties rattled off the Nationals’ bats. Ten were socked while the ven- erable spitballer (rban Faber was at work. He blanked the Nationals until the eighth inning, when they chalked up a marker, and faded out of the pic- ture in the ninth after giving up a hit and a pass. Then Ted Lyons came on to vield seven hits in four | frames and become the loser. Washington base ball history does not record another finish similar to that of yesterday's engagement. And what happened should be a lesson for local fans and officials of the club. When the crowd surged on the field after it appeared that Stuffy Stewart had crossed with the decisive run in the twelfth inning, it was no easy matter to get it back into the stands and for a time there was grave danger that the game would be forfeited to the White Sox. Fans would do well to refrain from intruding upon the playing ground be- fore the players have left it, Also the Washington club officials should de- vise some scheme whereby exit from the stands to the field will not be so easy. In no other American League park except that at Detroit are spec- tators allowed to intrude upon the | area reserved for play. Stewart Leaves Base Early. Th Washington's twelfth wr enouzh to zet on the nerves of all hands, at that round with a rousing triple to right center and it seemed that the game was in, for only a loft to the outfield LOTS OF EXCITEMENT ? Kamm, 3b . L ) w80 ams 0] Clanes Crouse, .. Faber, n Lyons, » Total | wazanuassal | oissimmmmisna =i 2 2 T8l sxmuanmoaw® = 2=959500=n25mmmox Jul cusosommmmy ®Ex 3 i s2232225-305-30-" olecss023200™ 2o3mmommuANANRDS 2203 =mamanmDT=0P 29558 =simalane dge in the twelfth, L103000100000—3 1000000013001—8 Two-base hits—Flaskamper. i @) . Bl T Taser—Chicago, 6 Wash: Ly v Braxton. 1: Fatenry 1% i 2% e Zuchars. & in 2% innings n 1 Braston, I 1500 2 innings: o t by vitched ball—By ‘Faher balis—Crouse, (2). P = ess= Yan Alstvne o e PITCHING, Comp. e Marberry Burke braxton crew | Joe Judge opened the | Sacrifices — Huyes, | CAPITAL CITY LOOP S ARE DECIDED Four section titles were declded yes: terday in Capital City League. St. Joseph's rallied gallantly to de- feat Ballston, 13 to 9, and gain the West section crown’in the unlimited class. Both teams clouted lustily, Niero and Farrell for the victors and Baker for the losers wielding the most potent bats. In the East section Hart- fords routed Stephen Athletic Club, f Detroit After Sparkling was needed to bring in a run. Stuffy ) Stewart was put on_third to run for (13 to 7, and now close on the heel Judge, and as Carl Reynolds grabbed [of the loop-leading Northeast Mote Henny Tate's holst to left, Stufty dug |Whom they will meet Sunday. 'Pripp for Tome. RRYHRINE tHew (tay | pitched well for the winners. Nutter the hig base was late and poor and it | 0f Hartfords socked a homer with seemed the game was over. The Wash- | W8 on in the fourth. = ington players rushed to their dressing B tMne to e o UGl sk room, Umpire Bill McGowan left his | 00 aqding 1o t as the game pro- post behind the plate and the crowd [ Eressec. Woos “"?., “;’c‘;""(!‘ 1\1\; swarmed on the fleld. section B, senior class flag. O’Connor Only George Hildebrand, umpiring | iiopoq stellar ball for the winners and at third base, stuck to his post. At|p.q S oo ""‘1-”‘, the time, only he realized that Stew-|, .~ 7 2 LU rt had left the hase before the ball | ; : ; | Was caught by Reynolds. But it did |, WiRE, hard and often. ' Auths not take long for the White SoX 10 |1y "anq copped section A m‘)"'”'. e | know what had happened. A fan had | jaurels, Smithfields seared mver Wi, | picked up the ball Reynolds had|salls, § to . in scction (- thrown in, but Willle Kamm grabbed | *Cgiming from hehind te score (hree the sphere from the fan's hands, ran|runs in the eighth, Aces vanquished toward third and handed it to Ray|Easkimos to gain the section 1i 4l | Flaskamper, who stepped on the base. | the Midget class. Capt. Wi That made two Nationals out With|stole home to register the winmine none on base and none at hand to|tally. Aces will clash with Sam Rices, | resume the zame. section A title holders, in the first | _But the players were hustled from |game of the loop play-off Sunday. | the dressing room to the feld and | S e the game was won in surprisingly WANER HAS ONLY POINT LEAD AMONG “BIG EIGHT” short order. Ossie Rluege slammed a two-bagger to left center, then Jack Haves, voungster who has been do- | ing so’ well at short and at bat since| _~ ~ | he hroke into the line-up, ®socked a _ NEW YORK, September 12 (P).— | single to the same territory and the | Paul Waner had only a single pe centage point leew er Lou Gehrig in the hattle for the top of ‘“hig eight” bhatt in the majors. The standing | same really was ended. | Late Rallies Tie Game, The Nationals had deadlocked the contest with rallies in the eighth and ninth. With one gone in the eighth, Goose Goslin was hit by a pitched ball, and successive singles By Judge and Tate put the Goose across with the first home club run of the game. In the ninth, Hayes singled as a starter and Muddy Ruel, up in John- son’s place, walked. In came Lyons to Faber's relief. Ted got rid of Sam Rice, but Bucky Harris, with a three- and-two count, singled Hayes home, while Buddy Dear, running for Ruel, pulled up at the middle station. Tris Speaker bounced a single over Aaron Ward’s head to tally Dear, and Goslin with a double to right chased in two| He will report to Boston again next runs to tie the game. Spring, Manager Dave Bancroft Most of the White Sox scoring had | having liked the boy's work been done early in the fray. Flas-s| Clark, who also is a local soccer kamper opened the game with a dou-|Star, plans to play again with the ble off Zachary and tallied when |Monroe team here this season. Kamm singled. ~ After_one was out | = AL in the third frame, Kamm doubled | CUBS DRAW MILLION. CHICAGO, September 12 and crossed the counting biock when Johnny Mostil singled. Goslin's fumble of the one-baser let Mostil take second. | More than 1,000,000 fans have passec Alex Metzler’s single moved Johnny to | through the turnstiles of the ¢ third only, but the hitter raced to |base ball park here thix season, estab. second as the ball was returned and |lishing what the Chicaso. ol an. scored with Johnny when Reynolds | mounced today was & new Nationnl slammed a hit to right. League season atten ce record. edlpas @ wild chuck by Haves that b i e et Faber score in the seventh inning. Red had doubled before Flaskamper| DIVIDE DOUBLE-HEADER. Black Sox and Myrtles, colored t 3 ers, divided a double bill sterday. fouled to Tate. Kamm sent a roller to the shortstop, but Hayes, trying for v at third, threw by Bluege, and | Myrtle won the first, 6 to 5, but drop. Faber got home. | ped the nighteap, 2 to 6. ) | Speaker. Roush, BRAVES FARM CLARK TO PROVIDENGE TEAM Zarl Clark, local boy, has heen sent by the Boston Braves to Providence of the Eastern League, with whom he will finish the season a pla CHEVY CHASE BEARCATS ADD TO THEIR PRESTIGE HEVY CHASE BEARCATS moved closer to the District unlimited title yesterday when the Shamrocks were disposed of easily, 8 to 3. Batson was invincible for the win-| ners after yielding a trio of tallies in the first. Yesterday’'s win, following a victory over Knicks last Sunday, makes the Bearcat championship chances bright- est. Manager McAuliffe challenges the Alexandria Dreadnaughts to a game next Sunday. Call Wisconsin 3027 after 7 o‘clock. Silver Spring semi-pros staged a| | successtul field d: on Wheaton | | field vesterday, proving sociable hosts to Georgetown A. C. The latter de- |feated Grubb’s nine, 14 to 6, for the eleventh consecutive vietory. Claude and Hines were bumped freely by the winners. Cherrydale batsmen hit timely in two innings to defeat Addison A. C. yesterday, 8 to 7, evening the series between these teams. Six runs in the third and two more in the next round sewed up the issue for the Cherries. Ku Klux Klansmen shut out Hiser's Hyattsville All-Stars yesterday, 4 to 0, breaking the tie for honors between these teams, which had stood at one victory each. Silver Hill also lost to the Klansmen, 9 to 1, in five innings. Benning A. C. sluggers went on a rampage yesterday and defeated North- east Motors, 6 to 5. Duvall checked the Capital City Leaguers, while ir'll.cl?'e and Steele were touched for 5 hits. Gerhardt held Junior Ordermen to four scattered hits yesterday as Mount Ranier turned in a 3-to-1 victory. Arlington All-Stars broke their jinx yesterday and defeated Annandale, 3 ito 2, in a 10-inning battle. Jones held Petworth batsmen to five hits yesterday, giving Jefferson Fire- mn}v)lann 8-to-4 decision. R. Heflin led at bat. National Circles went down before Berwyn yesterday, 6 to 4. Giddings checked the visitors after the fourth. { Gilly Ottenberg and Bennie Mensh played major roles in Rialtos’ win over Galesville yesterday, 5 to 1. | St. Martin's scored a 6-to-5 win over |Hume Springs yesterday. Western | A. C. also defeated Hume, 15 to 4. Carney’s hurling and Spless’ hitting featured Park View's 8-to-2 win over No. 5 Motor Co. nine, felded 3 hits and fanned 12 yesterday as Holy Rosary Seniors de- | feated Terminal Icemen, 3 to 2. Guyer also hurled well. Frager held “Kaunawhas scoreless yesterday, while Auth Senior batsmen hammered out an 80 victory. Hess A. C. players fattened their averages yesterday in pounding out an 187 win over Marlboro Inde- pendents, Ajax defeated Nationals yesterday in a thrilling 13-nning game The | winners counted twice in the last inning. Reid pitched Manhattan Juniors to a 3-to-1 win over Clintons, Baltimore junior champs, yesterday. ¥ Juniors prize the 8-to-4 win which they gained over Brentwood Junlors yesterday. Hardesty wi effective, Remember the name—you can't forget the Western Union Juniors defeated J. C. A. C. nine yesterday, 10 to 3. Thompson’s pitching featured. Niles hurled Northern Midgets to a { 5:to-3 win in 12 innings yesterday over DETROCIT AFTER HICKS | OF ST. WARY’S CELTICS XANDRIA, September 12.—Tt orted that Louis Hicks, St. Celtics first baseman, is being soughkt by Detroi* He was formerly captain of the local Wigh school nine. in | Fisher | ). — | YANKS AMONG GREATEST, CONNIE MACK BELIEVES Veteran Chief of Athletics Credits New York Club With Having Every Base Ball Essential—A’s Hurlers Disappointed Manager. W YORK, September 12 (#).— | bases and they have a great defense. The Yankees not only are in What more could they have? class by themselves this year, There seemed no adequate answer ! so far as the American League | to this, other than a nod of acquies- is concerned, but they rank|cence, Offhand, it wouldn't secm any- | unquestionably among the greatest | thing more was necessary. 1’E‘v,‘,x‘ly‘rul'_\(|“:,”)(A(““p‘ in the estimation of Might Have Been Cl The veteran chief of the Athleti “When we started out this season, was sitting in his office at Shibe Park, |I counted pretty heavily on our where he has controlled the destini pitchers,” Connie went on. “I thoug of many a great ball club of his own, | we would get just about the best pitch las he discussed this y pennant | ing in the league, based on what my |race. It has been another big disap-| men had shown the season before. Buc pointment to the tall tutor, as his|it didn't measure up to my hopes. own team failed to meet expectations “That is chiefly the reason why we this season, but he showed no hesita- | didn’t make a close race of it. But tion in handing the palm to the wal-| granting even that my pitching had |loping men of Miller Huggins. some through or that everything else The Yankees have everything.”|had gone well, T am frank to admit said Connie. “P’eople, perhaps, think | that 1 do not think we, or any othe f them most as a great bunch of hit- | elub, would have stopped the Yanke: ters. Of course, they are, probably | They would have won under any cir the greatest that was ever gotten to- atances, d of It being a runaway, how |gether. But they have good pitchers, [too, and reserve strength of such ¢ ever, the race would have been cl | ber that there i= no apparent slacken- | now, granting us more of the breaks, ling in the team’s pace when regulars | byt ‘that's all. As it is, the race has |are forced out or pitchers show signs | peen virtually over since June. The |of weakening. They are a smart|yankees, instead of showing any signs lub, too, They can play any type of | of “weakening, have gotten better me. They can slug a team into|\when their pitchers slumped a little, bmission or beat ‘em by one run in | yyiley Moore stepped In to bolster up tight same. They can run thelpe staff, a tower of strength. BlG LEAGUE STAT'STICS Thinks Gehrig Surer Hitter. Of the two Yankee Big Berthas. Lou Gehrig is now a more dangerous bats. AMERICAN LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S RESULT: man that Babe Ruth, in Mack mation. : Chicago, ew York, er. a “If-1 was a pitcher T would rather face Ruth than Gehrig. The Babe is the harder hitter of the two—that is he gets greater distance, great anybody the game has ever known, but Gehrig is more consistent. He is liable to hit anything anywhere. But there isn’t much to choose, can break up a ball game. RECORD FOR PAST WEEK IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES -avpuedIag | Sew York | Philn, . Detroit - 3 | | Wash't A |t | ord of games won and lost, runs, hi e | errors, opponents’ runs ar . Lonis.| Roston .| Lost ! follows: AMERICAN LEAGUE. | W 1 New York. .. i Philadelphia | Chicago - { Boston . Claveland | 5t Louis | Detroit Washingfon GAMES TOMORROW. at Wash'n, Chicago at Phila, Cleveland at N. Vork. ouis at Boston. GAMES TODAY. No game! 41 42 NATIONAL LEAGUE. TERDAY'S RESULTS. -5. ., 0. 4B CLUBS. o g £ : wEamashia CyappeiNg Fittah’gh New Vork | St Lonis. Chicago, | Cinein | Boston _ L o ‘ GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. | Brookisn at St. Louis. Brookiyn at Chicago. | Boston at Cinclnnati.” Boton at Pittsburgh. N. Vork at Chicngo. N. York ut St. Louis, ¥ at_Plttsb’gh. Phila. at Cincinnati Motor J His relief pitching has been | Either one | The past week’s major league rec- | home ! | runs, ‘including games of Saturcay, | Gulf NO-NOX |CUBS WILL WIN FLAG, By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 12.—The Cubs ational Leazue Joe MeCarthy, econd vic- New York :m-v going to win the nt, said Manager when his club gained its tory in over the nts vesterda “That game turned the tide,” said McCarthy in talking of the Sunday { victory. “Now we ing to win | We have 18 more games to play, and 12 vietories out of those 18 ought to {put us over. That will giv, | wins and 64 defeats for the {The Cardinals won the pennant | vear with $9 victories. The other clubs—the Giants, Pitts burgh and the Cardinals—have just |as tough a row ahcad we have. Our fellows were hou for a while. Wilson had a hard time getting his eve hack, but he has it again now. We've had the breaks against us, but the team has stuck togethe The hoys pull for each | hard as they do for them: \m.us the spirit that wins humbled T. T. terday and annexcd scutive pennant in League. a row are us 90 season i to 5, | gecond | worth Keanes the: onts 17 con enior ries, each team st previously Doc Baker of the winners | Freschi, Keane hurler, eng | pitching duel after the latter to a peor start. ing won one | Tremonts counted six runs, enough | to win in the first Freschi hit his stride. | Brown and Joe Fr spective teams at bat. frame before hi led their re- YOUNGiIgHEhWOODS WIN FIRST GAME OF SERIES Young Tsherwoods defeated Lionels in the first game of the play-off series for the championship of Noel House | Midget League yesterday on Rosedale | diamond, 10-9. Carter of the winners fanned 13 batsmen hesides contributin three | hits. Eby also hurled well for Lionels | The second game will he played on the same diamond next Sunday at 2 | o'clock. 'WICHITA FALLS EAéILY TAKES TEXAS BUNTING DALT ptember 12 () Maintaining lead from the first game of the on, the Wichita Fall Club of th exas League finished | vesterday 14 games ahead of Waco wce the leaders of the fation in the Dixie series, annual assic of the Southw ort Worth, San Antonio !mont finished in the order Tex., the named. M’CARTHY ASSERTS 1 to fall down | Southern ! CUBS REMAIN IN RUNNING " BY BEATING GIANTS AGAIN {Fourth-Place Club Only 22 Games Behind First- Place Pirates—Cardinals Tie for Second by Licking Dodgers—Reds Take Two. By the Associated URTHER effected - ch had heen toda in the bunched race among four clubs for the | tional League pennant. Once | being § to 4 and 16 to 5. again the fourth-place club is|and May each went the full route. two and onehalf games away | McQuillan was batted hard in the (o e Ldiles: Iwm,.‘n game and Dick Rudolph, star | Topes of the world champion | Pitcher with the Boston Braves o Cardinals flamed anew a3 the elub| 003, took, We Place | Ohe JFecos whipped Brook again and climbed | COMCh gavi ol h R TR L L L x:l:"l)u!‘“_”h wild pitch. _Pittenger led the e o o “rwe gnmeq | Cincinnati attack In the second game separate St. Louis from first place, | With four hits out of five attempts. sepr S 1 *| Purdy, Coast League outfielder with nd the ¢ matching that pace, Y, e Rana will invads the Mound City tomorrow | the 1teds, collected six hits out of the | dounle-heade for what may be considered g it for what may be conmidered o ianty | The Yankees were two games re- in{moved from the American League will try to crowd seven gam |wm | pennant today, After having h-n‘fm I four davs, and one of the contender . Louis Browns 21 times in sue- it not both, may fall by the wayside. the Tugmea fell before Milt Fred Frankhouse, a rookie hurler|Gaston’s tight pitching, 6 to 2. Gas- from Houston, pitched St. Louis t0 4| ton granted only five hits, one being 0 win over roklyn vesterday. He | pabhe Ruth's fiftieth home run of the let the Robins down with four hits. The Babe is now five up on Lou It his second successive victory | Gehrig and is only nine homers away in the majors. | from his record of the 1921 season, Hack Wilson's twenty-sixth home | N York added another record run of the season started Chicago off |in vesterday's game, nevertheless, toward a T-5 defeat of the Giants, | Ruth’s homer brought the team total il Rarnes blew up in the sixth | 141, one better than the season 1nd the Bruins put over a half dozen runs, Hal Carlson was in trouble in the fifth, but the Cub infield stopped a rally after the Glants had put across three runs. Cincinnatl captured both ends of a double-header from Boston, the scores 5. Donohue | mark made by the Chicago White Sox of 1884. i Sunday Game Score: | A summar | | | of vesterday's games: AMERICAN LEAGUE. R. H E. 100300001 11 5§ 1)10100000—2 5 1 i Pennock, Shawkey, BIG LEAGUE LEADERS HITTERS. yer—Club. G. AB. R. H. Pet. | D 374 75 13 at. L Neéw York Gaston Pipgras and nd’ Bengou NATIONAL LEAGUE. R H E L 000030002—3 10 ¢ 000600x—7 11 0 P. Waner, Pi twell and Taylor; Carl- Gehrig, Hornsby, G HOM | Ruth, Yanks . Gehrig, Yanks Barnes. Henry son and Hartnett Brooklyn L 000000000—0 Lowis ..., 00020003x—8 Petty and Henline: ~Frankhouse Snyder. Boston 4 2 8 1 and .100001101—4 13 4 11101310x—8 18 1 " Goldsmith and Gibson: Don- nkeforth. 020000 | N § ; 531003 g McQuillan. Rudolph and Gehrig, Picinich. Ruth, ¥ 021— Crvar Yankees it PIRATES BUY PITCHER. 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