Evening Star Newspaper, May 12, 1928, Page 12

SPORTS. National Rookie Shining as Hitter BARNES, EXTRA (,ARDENER MAKE% COOD AS REGULAR | Getting Chance When So re Arm Forces Gos Red Hits for .415, Improves Afield—Helps in 9-5 Tiger Rout Ending Losses. BY JOHN B. KELLER. HILE the Nationals have been taking many jolts on the jaw this season, they have jearned a great deal about some of their members. One of their most important discoveries is that they have in Red Barnes, recruit cutfielder, a hitter who seems destined 15 take high rank among the batters of the majors. All Red has hit thus far ihis season has been 415 and during the present home stand of the club he has socked the ball at a 421 rate It was Barnes who shared with Ossie Rluege vesterday the honor of leading the 15-hit attack that routed the Tigers | 2 to 5. and ended the Nationals' second ~xtended losing streak of the season at four games. Red and Ossie each socked hree safties in four battings eflorts, sut Red's blows were singles, while Cssie's were a_single, double and triple n order. Each slammed the spheis to afety the first three times he stepped o the plate. Barnes drove in one run nd scored two. Bluege drove in two | nd scored two. Here's hoping they| ontinue the good work in the set with he White Sox. starting today. This Barnes boy was accounted noth- ng more than a reserve outfielder after he Nationals had concluded their raining in the South this Spring and ‘hen the championship campaign pened he was on the shelf nursing a _everely cut shin. the result of & col- sion with Bobbie Lamotte during an shibition contest with the Orioles in ‘altimore the day before the curtain as raised on the pennant scrap. Goslin's Hurt Gives Red Chance. It was a hurt of mysterious origin hat incapacitated the throwing arm { the erstwhile slugging king of the *“ationals that gave the rookie. the op- ~ortunity to show his batting ability. | “7hen it was felt that Goose Goslin's mbflnv to throw was not being offset his punching prowess. even though e Goose had hit at a good clip. it as decided to try Foster Ganzel in the wrden. Ganzel had batted in the 400 ass in the few games he plaved at the B"l‘l'ld of last season and fielded fairly ell. ; Ganzel's trial was brief. though. and arnes, even though his lacerated shin ad not fully healed, was sent into left sld shortly after the Nationals began ir present home stand. Red did not ne as a left fielder, but he banged > ball soundly from the start. Re: ‘ntly shifted to center field, Barne s performed much better defensively . more important. continued his sock- g. During the series with the Tigers 'at ended yesterday. Red walioped for 1 average of 538 and throughout the °t he hit the ball firmly. Barnes seems to smash the ball on 71® nose most of the time, at that. | Then he meets it. and he does so often. | 1© opposition has no easy chance as a | ale. Defensively. Red probably would | 70w to better advantage in right field | aan anywhere else. He patroled that arden {rcquenlly during the exhibition | »ason in the South and did very well. Vhy left field should be so difficult for “im is not known. but he certainly can ~et around in either of the other two - ardens. Even when Goslin’s arm heals suffi- | “ently to permit the man who has . been the main punch of the Nationals for several seasons to return to the game, Barnes. may be seen in action {requently if not scgularly. At present he cannot be accounied as good a fielder as Sam West, who now is being used in the left pasture while Barnes in center, but to date he has himself far _better clouter than Sammy. And Red is a mighty fine prospect for the club’s next rigat fielder, Sam Rice has been up a long time, and even though the spirit may be there. Rice's legs are not getting any stronger as he grows older. He cannot hope to hold his outfield job regularly much longer. n shattering their losing streak yes- terday, the Nationals supported the pitching of the venerable Sam Jones m great style, both offensively and de- They piled up runs at the pe f Josh Billings and Ken Hol- loway to such an extent in the first four innings that the nine hits and two | brief rallies the Tigers staged could not be expected to annoy Jones. So for the fourth time this season a Wash- ington pitcher went a full nine-inning route. enbee are the others besides Jones to have achieved this distinction, Lisenbee having pitched nine innings twice. While the entire club performed sparklingly afield, it was young Jack Hayes at shortstop who proved the glit- tering star of the array. He had eight chances come his way and handled all without mishap. Toward the latter part of the engagement he fell back to deep short to dig up difficult smashes and follow with remarkable retiring throws to first. They were “strikes” and nothing else that Jack winged to Joe Judge Get Flying Start. shown “ The Nationals made short work of & Billings. Sam Rice's triple and Judge's long sacrifice fly accounted for a tally in round one, and in the second inning | the home crew collected two rui } Bluege and Benny Tate single as start- ers, and Ossie counted as Gillis was in ()ul,‘ Fred Marberry and Horace Lis- | THE EVENING STAR. W\QHT\(“TO.\'. WG l ONE IN A ROW I DETROIT wo A 33333-2=32=—=3 tHarerayes | motan NGTON. is kept | RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN | minutes "ML Pt | v :stsssa:l:als:a-‘-:saav::-' After Hayes whiffed, Jones sin- | era: gled Tate home. With a walk by Shea, Tavener's single and Harry Rice's triple the Tigers ¢ scored twice in the third, but in their | half of the inning the Nationals coun- tered with two runs off Holloway. Sin- | i gles by Barnes and Tate with Bluege's double sandwiched between did the | | work. Holloway was reached for three runs in the fourth after two were out. | Successive single by Rice. Judge and arnes, an error by Gehringer. Tiger | second sacker, and Bluege's triple ac- counted for the tallying. Vic Sorrell pitched the last four in- nings against the Clan Harris and yield- o-d but one marker that was put across s Gilis' single, were out. ‘The Tigers had tallied in the previous half of the seventh when Fothergill doubled at the outset and advanced to | the plate as Hayes threw out Easterling and Shea from the depths of the short- field. They got two more markers in | the eighth, singles by McManus, Harry | Rice and Gehringer turning the trick. | In the ninth, though, the first two | Tigers up fanned. and after Red Har- | grave, former National catcher. walked. Barnes took good care of Tavener's hoist to short center. V KRESS SLUMPS AT BAT, BUT STILL Ay the Associated Press. HICAGO, May 12.—Facing plu:h- 1p] Kress, the 21-jear-old St. lmm slugger, slumped considerably. 7t he still tops the American vitters by & comfortabie ond of the euc\nll fourth week ol ~m George Pipgras ‘rto the lead for giuhuu when he turned in L victory, while his mate and former hder. Hzrb Pennock, st his first game in s Any!ronlwmexreu hwea but .275, umofficial averages today revul 'rhu ought his season’s average "1! orfinotnululthxnlt lheend However, jiphia and “Goose” Goslin of-Washing- trm, who sre tied for second place with 21 _average of 404. ‘The remaining seven of the 10 leading hitters who have batted 40 or more | t'mes including games of May 9, are ¥. Rice, Wash! . 385; Meusel, New rk, .383; Hale, Philadelphia. .378: mseca, Cleveland, .358. Dugan, Nfl/ York, 357; Ciaell, Chicago, 351, and Iasterling, Detroit, 351 The Yankees dri d 10 points in their team batting, but still lead the l BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS | AMERICAN LEAGUE. VEATERD vu lml 118, Yochinston. 9. P idevsiond. ' (10 innings)., Chiewga, % . Lo G OF THE (LUBX, [N Vowis, Washington Detroit. Won. i New York mM] o« Chicazo, T Phitadetnhia. & o o Roston iy SITavie Doiroit W unk'ton Ponton Chirago 414 A n 200 GAMER TODAY. GANER TOMOKIOW 2y AR NATIONAL LEAGUE. YERTERDAY S KES TR A Yok Chmein'uth #. Lowie ks agn Pitteh/ sh Proatlre 4B #9514 54 Powon al o, ok ( TOPS LEAGUE| | circuit with an average of .316. Phila- dfl;hfl dropped 3 points, but was sec- | with a .300 average. The Red Sox are last in team batting and first in team fielding, with an erage of 985. Philadelphia is second n team fielding with a 979 average. Leagu at the | The Browns have turned in 31 double | terday, 6 to 5, by pushing over a pair Pllyfi to lead that field. ‘Whispering Bill” Barrett of the | of the league, having pilfered five. CUBS UNABLE TO MEET| | RESERVED SEAT RUSH CHICAGO, May 12 (#).—Owner Wil- | llam Wrigley, jr., of the Cubs yelmed for a Yankee Stadium or a base ball park of Boldier Pield seating pmpor._ ions as his team opened its series with \hu league leading Glants today. Every reserved seat at Wrigley Pleld | iy | has been sold for the two week end en- | | gagements and hundreds have been turned away, so great is interest in the | games. The seating capacity of me Plrk is 45,000, but 50,000, are expecte to eram their way into the plant Indny and tomorrow, In addition to the Cubs six-gam: winning streak, two Glants atiracied s | | large following. They were Andy Cohen | and Bob O'Farrell, former Cub. who has Junumn traded to the Glants from St. 350 000 SWIMMING MARATHON PLANNED 1By the Associawed Press CHICAGO, May 12.--Norman Ross | of Chicago, the 1920 Olympic swimming champlon, proposes 1o go “Cash” Pyle, transcontinental derhy en- | trepreneur. one hetier in marathon pro- motion. He is planning a long-distance swimming rece from either Chi 0, Pittsburgh, Minneapolls or 8t Paul New Orleans. The race fs to start about August 1 with cash prizes otaling $50,000. There are o two divisions, one for men and snother for women. Under tenta- tive plans, contestants would swim not more than six hours daily, with a two- | nour stop for Juncheon and rest Rous { belteves the race will last 90 davs Three routes are being considered for the swimming marathon: Prom Pitts- | irgh to New Orlesns via the Ohio and 5 sipnl rivers: from Lake Michiean feaen 1o New Orlesns via the Chi Dratnaee Canal, the Tinels and slond rivers or from 8t Paul or #Srinennnlh New Orleans down the “iselseiont The distance over the Iat- ter eovse is aporoximately 2 000 miles Althourh eondithons for {he contest vel in the formative stage. eniry ks comtairing #'1 detalls will be June 1. R waid Rons sald ne expects 500 entrants 1 | | | | | Annadale Va ., huse ballers have ar Lranoed a doone header for tomorrow “n the Annagale dlamond Haymarket tossers wi'l e entertained st ) 2rlock and w1 with Priendshine of this eity will follow Dove and Davie wrolmbly will piteh for Annadale. FIGHT TO 4-ALL TIE, Nevv Yard snd Tressury teams hat (VA throueh stk innings in A A-sll | Vregmork in & eolored Denarimental Teaniie wame vesterday. Navy Yayd had one big mning to elude defeat. ] Charles | {LIET TWO GAMES TOMORROW. | Brvie | Van Al-!vnv C0BB PASSES RUTH | IN “BIG SIX” LIST | tha Amocioted Press. | A light-hitting day in the big six saw take place from Babe f the Geo! pea | Cobb got one hit as his Phu.delphln pals walloped the Browns 11 to 5, but Ruth did nothing for his hit col- umn, even though he carried the win- ning run home in the hectic Yankee victory over the Indians in 10 innings, | 7106 Paul Waner was idle, and remained | in the lead. Hornsby, Frisch and Hell- | mann all umpg:d back in points, but | remained in their respective positions in the second division of the big six. The standing to date: G. AB. | P. Waner, Pirates. 23 96 Cobb, Athletics... 18 70 :-lh Yl;l:l. :2 i3 lornsby, ves 1 Frisch, Cardinals. 26 107 Heilmann, ‘HMI 29 115 LABOR NINE DOWNED BY SHIPPING BOARD United States Shipping Board nine | won from Labor in Federal League yes- | | | of tallles in the final frame. Navy Pipgras of the Yankees went | White Sox 50 far s the best base stealer | slugged its way o & 10-to-6 win over 9 honors dur- | p! | War in the same loop. Washington Gas Light tossers moved | upward in Industrial League’s standing | by defeating Holmes Bakers, 8 to 3. | G. P. O. nine turned 4 hits into enough mm to defeat Bureau of Engraving, 5 in Departmental League. lemnnnn- Laundry jolted Thomp- | son’s Dairy nine by running up a 12- |t0-2 victory in Merchants' League. | West Washington had no trouble win- ning from Grace in Georgetown Chnrch League, 9 to 1. In Government League, General Ac- unts came from behind to win over | Navy Yard, 7 to 6. R. Hughes was in- vincible for American Rallway Express- men in Terminal Y League, his team dflnllnl Pullmans, 5 to 2. UNLIMITEDS OPEN | SECTION B PLAY, | @ection B, unlimited elass. of Capital | City League now has its full quota of cight teams and will open its schedule lnmnrmv | Opening games are carded as follows Washington | Arme War Collegs va. Auths: Bagra ity Council, District Walter | .,'"u',n-m va Douglas A, €0 Silver Soring. 1 o' clon | Silver Spring-Kensington players will | meet tomorrow at 12:30 o'clock at Dud- | |ley's drug store to maké a trip to| | Baliston. to meet Pop Wood’s enterpris- | | Ing outfit at 3 o'clock. | Peerless Senlors are without competi- | tion tomorrow, Call Manager Rl'hlrg'l‘ at Lineoln 6838, Cardinal A, C. nine wants a foe to- | morrow. Call Alexandria 21-F-3 or' Pranklin 2038, | FAIRFAX COUNTY TITLE WON BY HERNDON HIGHI FAIRFAX, Va, May 12-Herndon | High SBchool’s base ball team yesterday won the Pairfax County title, triumph- | ing over Floris High. 10 to ¥, on the | falr grounds here, Nick Altrock, coach- comedian of the Washington ball club, umpired. ‘The victory gave Herndon a | second leg _on the Fairfax County | Chamber of Commerce silver eup, which must be won three times for permanent possession 1" Today the annusl Palrfax County [schonl meet 15 being held on the fafr grounds, . NO HJTS, NO RUNS! DELAPIELD, Wis, May 12 () 0O | Carlson, pitching for Bt John's Mili- | lary Aci J:'mv twirled & no-hit, no-run | wame, shutting out the Wauwatosa | Aggles, 10 10 0, yesterday, | ¢ | | SPRINGFIELD GETS AL ECKERT | | MILWAUKEE, Wis, May 12 () Al Bckert. Ieft-hunded piteher, vesterday s sent i the Bpringtaid, Ma., el he 5O 1A el Milwaukee American Lon | over a huge sum in eash and pl SATURDAY. ’\[AY 12, 1928, I MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS iy ihe Associated Press. AMERICAN. Batting—Kress, Browns, .420. Runs—Ruth, Yanks, 26. Runs batted in—Meusel, Yanks, 26, Hits—Manush, Browns, Doubles—Meusel, Yank Triples—Regan, Red So: Homers—Ruth, Yanks, 7. Stolen bases—Barrett, White Sox, 6. tching—Pipgras, Yanks, won 5, lost 0. NATIONAL. Batting—Grantham, Pirates, .444. Runs—Frisch, Cards, 24 Runs batted in—Frisch, Cards, 26. Hits—Douthit, Cards, 12. Doubles—Traynor, Pirates, 11. Triples—L. Warner, Pirates, 5. Homers—Bissonette, Robins, 6. Stolen bases—Frisch, Cards, 8. Pitching—Lucas, Reds. won 6. lost 1. 'MASONIC LEADERS HOLD PIN PLACES Masonic League bowlers closed their annual tournament at Convention Hall | without displacing any of the first-place | occupanis in the three divisions. | CHALMER CISSELL, Called “Bill™ shos » lnr the “Mlv‘ Sox thi IS HE L\DED Tor local schoolboy athletes was the second annual Eastern Catholic _interscholastic track meet at Catholic University. Aside from public high title golf matches between Central and Tech and Business and Western, all other action was scheduled for foreign soil. Tech's track team was at College Park for a meet with the University of Mary- land Freshmen, and the base ball nine of that school was at Staunton, Va., for a tit with Staunton Military Academy. Devitt base ballers were at Front Royal, | va. for an encounter with Randolph- Macon Academy, and Georgetown. Prep and Loyola High nines were to clash. | Devitt's track team was at Chapel Hill | to compete in the University of North Carolina interscholastics. Western's chances of making a good | showing in the public high school base ball chlmrlnmhlp race were dealt a crushing blow yesterday, when Business overcame the tossers from across the creek, 8 to 4. It was an unusually in- teresting battle until the eighth inning, | when Charley Rich .ashed out a home run that cleared filled bases and put the game in the bag for the Stenogs. In the seventh Dick Keefer also socked one for the circuit with no one on. Keefer's clout broke a 3 hich had prevailed since the second inning. After Business had scored three runs | In the first inning and Western h'ld g | come back to count a trio in_the tz, | ting | and ond and tie the count, Max Sch who relleved Bernie Jones, st Stenog hurler, in the second, George Fletcher, who went the route | on the mound for Western, in bang-up style. A home run also figured in the Busi- ness’ scoring in the first inning. Revelle | Jones propelled the ball for the circuit {scoring Charley May ahead of him. It was the second homer of the series for | Jones. Incidentally, that worthy played a stellar all-around game and in the eighth, with three Western runners on the paths made a fine catch of Hunt's low smash and brought about a double performed ay. Western threatened in the ninth, when with one out, Wilson doubled eand scored on Sterling’s triple, Here Coach Ahern's boys were checked, how- ever. Mike Hunt played well for Western. He got two hits and was robbed of an- | other and played In stalwart style afield. ‘The score: 0.A $14 1 EADING the sports card today | for short, the shortstop for whom Owner Charlie Comiskey lurmd vers (o the Portland club, whe wi h BY C. U. MEET yesterday, 5 to 0. Rain provented the doubles matches. Summaries: Inability te hit Williams, Virginia Military Institute Freshman pitcher, re. sulted in Tech's nine bowing to the det yearlings in a 3-1 game vesterda; Lexington. In addition to holding Joppa’s team mark survived. although | Washington Centennial No. 1 rolled into | third place with a 1,771 count. crept into the first 10 group. Doying and Pthohoff held to first prize in doubles competition, Urban and | Watson stepping into third place with a 744 score. A. King's Alnllel mark survived the | final assault. L. Ettenger managed to squeeze into qecond place ahead of | L Brown, Winners sharing in the 840‘7 prize money are: _Teams—donpa. 3 J 17 !t Bwaon, 13017 Fentaipha Dfllflfl--knmlnl and Pthohoff. 746 Bovd hai® 741 and ). Fent. : Gentner and Booth R. L ity Ettengor, PAYNE LEADS HIKE WITH GAVUZZI OUT FREEMONT, Ohio, May 12 (#).—With | Andrew Payne, Oklahoma youth again heading the big parade. C. C. (“Cross- country”) Pyle's bunion derbyists hoved mlllrd from here 61 miles to Elyria | Tech to three hits and fanning Williams gathered three hits out of four times at bal St. Alban’s hnu hallrrn drubbed Don- aldson School of Baltimore, 11 to 3, here yesterday, The visitors were un- | le to hit Bowles and Rauers, who be- | tween them gave up only two hits. | Bowles also hit two homers. Central blanked Georgetown Prep golfers, 9 to 0, yesterday at Garrett Park. Atherton, Central, got an eagle 3 on_the par 5 second hole. Summaries: First foursome—Webb (Central) de- feated Donohue, 6 up; Oliveri (Cen. {tral), defeated English, 4 up. ball, Central, 5 up. Second foursome — Atherton (Cen- iral), defeated Owens, 6 up; Kolb (Cen- tral) defeated Roche, 2 up. Best ball. Central, 3 up. Third foursome — Tierney | defeated Duggan, 2 up; (Central) defeated Dennis, | ball, Céntral, 3 up. | ‘The public high title rifle match scheduled between Eastern and Western yesterday on the latter's range was | postponed because Eastern was unable fto come to Western and the latter wi |unable to get to Eastern. A new date will be set later, 'GALLAGHER DEFEATS | GATES IN RING TILT l A (Central) | Kniebiehly | 3 up. Best | I‘HIL.ADELPH!A‘ May 12.—Out-| classing his opponent all the way,| Marty Gallagher, Washington, D. C., heavyweight, last night drubbed Leo | | Gates, Mohawk Indian fighter, to gain | the decision in their ten-round bout the high spot of a Cambria Athletic 0! Club program. | Getting across punches to the body and head continually the Capital City yne has covered the 2.689.3 miles (rom Los Angeles in 444:48: Left behind was Peter Gavuzzl. youthful | Britisher, who dropped out mterday | after an ulcerated tooth, followed ‘nb!mv to digest his food, sa) | vitality. Gavuzzi at the start Priday morning from Wauseon was leader over Payne by 3 hours 45 minutes 20 seconds. John Salo, Passaic, N. captured Friday's hls | 64.7-mile lap in 8:58:43, thus advanc-| ing to second place in the jumble for the leadership. Salo's elapsed time was | 468:52:05 The withdrawal of Gavuzzi appeared | lagged behind. ‘and when word was passed down the line stragglers in-| creased their m toward the Prldny night nontrol with_enthusiasm to | wrest a f $48.500 prize money that will be dmrlbuled among the 10 }‘uden in New York some two weeks Hundftdl thronged the control here Friday night and many were on to witness the 6 a.m. start from Elyria. | CHECK ON DOG RACING. LONDON, May 12 (#).—A bill giving local authorities power to vent the establishment of new t for dog racing In their districts and also pro- viding for the licensing of existing grey- hound tracks after 1929 was given second ding In the House of Com- mons today by s vote of 222 to 18. Fights Last Night | By the Associated Press, NEW YORK.—TIhil Scott, England. won over Roberto Roberti, Italy (10) Big Boy Peterson, New Orleans, defeat- | ed Rudl Wagner, Germany (10). Plerre Charles, Belgium, and Arthur de Kuh, Italy, drew (10). ‘TORONTO.—Frenchy Belanger, To- ronto, 112%. shaded Frisco Grande. Philippines, 11215 (10). former University North Carolina foot boy was the aggressor from the start f‘mlln:hv‘l 19 G ver, knocked out Pedro Corri, Cleveland (6). -i Athletes of Four S(‘hoole In Meet at Episcopal Today ' by Fietehor Wit miteher . Jones Hitting opportunely behind the effe fve pitching of Jack Lewis, 8t. John's yesterday surprised somewhat by squeez- Ing_out a 4-to-3 win over Central Duffy and Lew!s were the Central pitch- | | ers. ‘Augusterfer and Mudd for the win- ners and Schriver for Central were lead- | Infl hitters, “ stern overcame Ihlhlllul in a pub- igh champlonship tennis match | MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS B Pl B Kansan City Minneanolis &7 Tndianan KN ANSOCIATION, ihis 0 7L Rock, 6 hill Attt Iieminghin Chiattanoon, 1 INIY LEAGLE, Peterahare A artsmtiih v iehmond IENMONT LEAGLE, WoN Y Teh Paint 0 Winstpn Salom. A SOUTHEANTENN LEAGUF ) KA THOATLANTI | Colwminis, 12 (10 In in #, Ay Mantenmey Kelmn, 0 LEAGUE, \ Sparanbaiee, O PACIFIC COANT LEAGUE. FANTENS CAROLINA LEAGLY Qottsborn 5 digeenvitle. # [ " e B kit calied" darknmen, g 1 LEXANDRIA, Va, May 12.—Gll- man County School, Tome In- stitute and Woodberry Forest School arrived here early this morning with every entrant in this afternoon’s Afth annual quad- rangular track meet with Episcopal High School of this city in tip-top shape and ready for competition. The meet will start at 3:30 o'clock on Hox- ton Fleld Woodbeery Forest ranks as the strong- it rival of Eplscopal, the favorite bv ue of its all-round strength and | sensational victorles in three meets | without a loss this season. Rhoads, | Beury, Lauck, Eyster and Dockery are | the “Woodberry stars. Rhoads has | thrown the discus 140 feet, Beury ix | clipping off the 440-yard dash in 53 srconds, Lauck Is consistent at 4 min. ntes 42 3-5 seconds in the mile run, Eyster has peen doing 26 2-5 seconds i the low hurdles and Dockery high jumps 5 feet ® Inches with ease. St. Mary's Celtles play Allled Roofing Co, of Washington today at 3:30 o'clock in Dreadnanght Park. Ashby Wood, Siruder, J. Wood, Ralph Semlilton and Jimmy Moore are after the Celts' pitch. ing aseignment Alexandrin Gazette trophy 15 & stake today in A handicap tournament at Belle Haven, at 3 o'clock. Club handi« caps at 18 holes will apply. youths graced minor league line-ups Thursday. In the Pledmont League Kermit Smith lost m 64 decision to High Point while vitching for Raleigh. Riley played left field after Thomas of the Norfolk Vire ninla State League broke his shoulder in making a shoestring cateh, Rip Hicks vecovered from a brulsed hand and played shortstop for the Cumber« | Three Alexandrin TODAY BASE BALL, N AMERICAN LEAGUE PARN Washington vs. Chicago TICKETS ON SALE AT PARK land Coltd of League. Crews of the Old Dominion Boat Club as| the Middle practice under Coach Walter H. Thrnll De Luxe A. C. has been nl’nnlnd Sinclair, der, Scott, Boran, Travers, Lyons, Quigley, Thomas, W Thomas, Lucas and Gensmere play with | the new nine. Lionels will be played | at Washington tomorrow. Episcopal High base ballers drubbed | Swavely, 17 to 12, on Hoxton Field yesterday. Gravatt, Episcopal, & homer and a triple. Alexandria Gazette nine took measure of Alexandria Police, 9 to 3. yesterday at Dreadnaught Park. Each socked series 5%2% and 6% Real Estate Loans Save your time and energy by coming first where you know the money can be found: No appraisal fee. Prompt decisions. Mortgage Locn Department SHANNON & LUCHS, Inc. Bright- | | wood and King Solomon teams also 05. | Preakne: nd | colt Solace. KINGSTON, N. C.—Addison Werren. | Atlantic | the | has now defeated the other once in their | SPORTS. By tho Associated Press. IVEN scant consideration in pre-season forecasts, the Cin- | cinnati Reds are gliding along within easy striking distance of the National League lead. Good pitching, sensational fielding, particularly by Hughie Critz, and timely batting have marked the Reds' fine showing in the race thus far. Today they rested but half a game behind the' New York Giants, who hold, the top rung. 3 Red Lucas won his sixth game in seven starts at Cincinnati yesterday when the Reds beat the Boston Braves. 3 t0 0. Lucas allowed,only six hits and batted out a triple and scored a run Bunched hits off Bob Smith in the third and fourth innings gave Cincin- | mati all its runs. Two more double plays sent the Reds' season total to 40 | Alexander Fans Nine. Grover Cleveland Alexander struck out nine men at St. Louis as the Car- dinals defeated the Phillies 3 to Jimmy Wilson caught for the P} until the second inning when he | sold to the Cardinals for several p! avers Jimmy immediately left the game, | changed his uniform and is to catch fer his new club today. Wilson replaces Bob O'Farrell, traded to the Gilanjs for George Harper, veteran outficlder. Art Nehf outpitched Dazzy Vance and the Cubs ran their winning streak to <|x games at the expense of the Brook- Th" Robins I:fl’ 2 Cincinnati Club Is Furnlshmg Surprzb NEGLECTED IN F ORECASTS, REDS ARE A REAL MENACE | Hendricks” Team Is Gliding Aloné Within Easy riking Distance of National League Lead. Alex Stars as Cards Cop. 1 only five singles off Nehf and he never was in danger. Vance pitched well but he hooked up with Nehf en Art wa as good as he was with the Giants 2 few years ago. Hack Wilson hit his feurth homer of the year. Rain forced postponement of the Giants-Pittsburgh Rirates game at Forbes Field. An error by Aaron Ward permitted tha New York Yankees to tie the score in the ninth and win in the tenth from Cleveland, 7 to 6, at New York. Gehrigs fourth home run of the season came in the sixth inning with the bases full. but home runs by Liike Sewell and Lang- ford in the seventh and eighth gave the Indians a 6-to-5 lead. A bad error by Ward, however. permitted the cham- pions to tie it up in the ninth. Meusel's double with Ruth on base ended th- batile in the next frame. A’s Crush the Browns. tinuing their savage batting. th Athletics crushed the St. Louis Browns 11 to 5. at Philadelphia. Sam Gray was rudely treated by his former team- mates in the first three innings and his ssors, Strelecki and Crowder. ed Cochrane, Bishop, Kress iulte hit_home runs. Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox continued their battle for place with Carrigan’s crew tem- arily holding the advantage through win at the Hub. Tedt's homer uffing on base was the decisive 'hhl sent the White Sox down WORKMAN'S RIDING FACTOR 1 By the Ascociated Prese, | PIMLICO RACE TRACK., Md.. ! 12.—Victorfan, Harry Payne Whitney |bay son of Whiskbroom and Prud | won the rich Preakness Stake yester- |day In a whipping finish so close that the immense crowd witnessing the fca- ture was left in doubt as to the resuit. Toro, E. B. McLean's entry, los by a nose after coming up stretch and passing Victorian time, only to have the Whitney forge up again at the finish. By the victory Whitney retained the famous Woodlawn vase, prized racing trophy inre 1860, and at stake in the gain through the courtesy { Wh!mry who held it by reason ol | Bostonian's Preakness victory last year It was the third time a Whitney he had won th: classic, Broomspun ha |ing brought the prize to the Whitney Sl.able in 1921, The race this year had a gross value of $71,025, and was worth $§0,000 net to the winner. “Sonny” Workman. riding Victorian, was the winning factor in the close | finish. Victorian, after setting the pace, ‘ume into the stretch well in the lead. Eddie Ambrose brought Toro up from e one colt | to stimulate many who in the past have | behind, and 50 yards from the finish | he | past d the son of the Porter-Brocatelle the Whitney horse. Then Work- ford apparently “caught him napping. | and Victorian, with a display of courage under the grueling drive, regained the half length and in the final stride | pushed ahead to win by a nose. Two len, Stable’s Canadian dden by L. Pichon, the | son of Trojan-Bellsolar ran a smashing | race, and though outrun in the early | came the leaders at the end. | Grand Parade and Comedienne, en- | tered by Salubria Stable, finished four | lengths further back. Distraction, favored by some in the pre-race . stayed second in the running until the turn into the stretc] (but there he tired badly. The New | York_contingent, whose enthusiasm for the Rancocas Stable colt Nassak was a factor in making the Sinclair horse the favorite. met disappointment. Nassal Tires here to play in junior diamond "nki.l ' You can buy US( ‘ Company. Come in any time. tion. SIX CONVENI 624 Pa. Ave. S.E. 2009 14th St. NW. 912 H St. N.E. ROYAL 1435 K 0t NW. 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May 12—The Iebanon Purs six-furlong race, was <t a good canter for Anita Peabody erday, but it sent the fleet fillly into ihe front ranks of Derby contenders. Carrying her weight easily, I.he light bad no difficulty keeping ahead Lee, who, in turn, led Perle R star of Mrs. John D. Hertz's d Derby favorite, show- ed plenty of foot in a final workout yesterday when he turned in nine fur- s in 1:5345 with the owner look- | ing on. The son of Sun Reigh eased up e full Derby distance of a mile and quarter in 2:08. Martie Flynn cov- ered three-eighths of a mile in :384; Lawley went the distance in :38. Mr. and Mrs. Hertz in Company with Mr. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Peabody, were early arrivals from Chicago. They visit- ed the paddocks and stables. watching the workouts of several three-vear-olds that will challenge the gallant Reigh | Count_next Saturday. | " In the Clark Handicap this afternoon the Headley entry wa: favored. 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