Evening Star Newspaper, July 30, 1928, Page 24

SP ORTS.’ Southpaws Main Reliance of Griffs : Mackmen on a Rampage as Hugmen Slump A’S CLIMB TO WITHIN 6% GAMES OF PACE SETTERS LEFTIES OUTPITCH THE RIGHT-HANDERS Braxton at Top of List, While | Jones Leads the Ortho- dox Brigade. BY JOHN B. KELLER. HICAGO. July 30.—What a help the left-hand pitchers have been to the Nationals this yea: Not only have their own sout! paw slabmen outpitched their orthodox brothers of the staff, but the left-handers of the opposition have vielded & greater percentage of victories to the Nationals than have the right- handers. Up to today record of 46 victo Right-hand pitche: than half the for the Ha club, but the; o> have been ch: with many more defeats than have the | left-handers. The recard for the right-handers reads | 28 wins and 38 s. The record for the left-handers reads 18 wins and 17 losses. Thus the southpaws have a the Nationals have a and 55 defeats have score winning percentage of 514, against 424 | ¢, for the orthodox flingers. Consider the pitchers of the opposi- tion. Right-handers of rival clubs have licked the Nationals 44 times and been licked by them 33 times. Against hurling of this type the Washington outfit can show a winning mark of but 429 On the other hand, the Nationals have trimmed southpaw pitchers 13 times and lost to them but 11 times. These figures mean a winning rate of .542 against the portside pumpers Braxton's Percentage High. The southpaw squad of the Nationals boasts a really good record for the sea- son thus far, even though but one of ts members is above the 500 point in winning percentage. But Garland Brax- tion, who has the rating above the half- way mark. has the healthy one of .636, which is pretty good for a pitcher with & club that this morning could show a winning percentage of only .455. The record is all the more remark- able when it is realized that 3 of the defeats and not one of the wins were registered early in the season, when Braxton was working solely as a | relief pitcher. As & starter he has flung his way to a 7-and-1 count. | Lioyd Brown can show an even break | with 3 wins and as many defeats. | ©Old Tom Zachary has hung up a rec-| ord of 6 wins and 7 losses to . | while the youthful Bob Burke, who has/| not been used to any great extent this| eeason, can kick in with a 2-and-3 showing. # Sad Sam Jones is the lone member of the right-hand detail who has raised | his head above the .500 point. He boasts | of 2 games better than an even break. | Milton Gaston is just shy of an even break, Pred Marberry has been drop-| below the 50-50 line since the Na-| ls came West, and Irving Hadley has the poorest record of any one of | the lot of eight hurlers wearing Wash- uniforms Lisenbee’s Record Poor. ‘The right-handers’ rating was hurt a | gut deal by Horace Lisenbee before | was farmed to Minneapolis of the| American Association. Liz left behind record of 2 wins against | t the club is through 'fihi '%en youre | | FIRST GAM) | _ WASHINGTON. AB. Barnes, of. . | Riee. 'rr. G N . W Ju Bluexe, B | Kenna, . Jones.” v Totals. I35555-n33-28 ulsomsonssuum ol ssunwss255-T ulsmsumzssss® Totals. . 3 Batted for Lyons in ninth +Batted for Clancy in ninth ashington. Chicago. Runs batted in—Metzler, Judee @), dones, Bivere, 1—8 03 —C 5 plays—Cisst 3 to Hunnefield to Crouse fo Kamm. Cronin, Judge to Cronin to Jones. 5 Washingto: nires—Messrs. Guthrie Time of game—One hour and 44 mi SECOND GAME. WASHINGTON. AB. R. Barnes, of........... 3 Rice. . G if. Judge. min Have ron Harris, 2b. el Hadley, '». Brown, . Tate* Kennat . esa:-a-s:s:as nossssommenunl coscemmomssnd Totals. aea ki 0 “Batted for Hadley in fifth i +Batted for Brown in ninth I CHICAGO. AB. Mostil, ef.. . 3 Hunnefield, b, Metaler. rf. Falk. 5 5 - i 3 ] » El 2 5 L ami Claney, Cissell. ss. McCards. Adkins, D Totals. Washington. ;..‘...., JEIROHRORS, wl sommmusssl [ e —— Clancy. . 7 base hits—Kamm (2), Adkins. 2 Bluege. Sacrifices—Clancy, Goslin. Double Plavs—Metzler to McCurdy, Cronin to Har- Tis to Judse. Left on bases—Chicago. 5: Washingt . First base on bals Adkins, o, hurt Bluege's arm. . | sition in the American League chase. .| Lloyd Brown tofled for four frames HICAGO, July 30.—Despite the injury to his left arm sustained i yesterday during the second | game of the double-header with | the White Sox, Ossie Bluej | was expected to be at third base again | for the Nationals this afternoon. It | was in the fourth inning of the latter | part of the twin bill that one of Grady | Adkins' pitches landed solidly against Ossfe's wing and inflicted such painful injury that the player had to give way to Jack Hayes for the remainder of | the engagement. However, Trainer Mike Martin | promptly ‘applied ice packs to the bruised arm and it was believed it would | be in good enough trim this afternoon | to permit Bluege to return to his job at the far corner. This Adkins pitching did more than It also hurt the Nationals' cause to the extent of one game and reduced them from & fourth- place tie with the Indlans to fifth po- The Harris horde got eight hits off the Chicago hurler, but after the sec- ond inning when a brace of hits mixed | with a pair of passes netted a tally | they were thoroughly checked and went |on to a 5-to-1 licking. Irving Hadley opened fire against | the White Sox, but lasted only four | innings. During that time the home | club collected seven safeties and three | runs. | It was Adkins himself who settled the | |issue early. With two mates on the | runway in round two, the Chisox hurler | tripled. after Hadley departed and was nicked | for two hits and as many markers. By taking the first game from the | White Sox, 8 to 3, the Nationals had | kept pace with the Indians, who spent | the afternoon in Cleveland giving the | world champion Yanks a coat of lily white. But that second game licking | left Harris and his horde half a game | back of the Tribe. | | A farcical affair, the first game was, | What with poor fielding by the White | Sox—they were charged with five errors | H s—Oft | —and clownish work on the base paths | o Bluege to Play, Though Hurt; Nationals Divide Sunday Bill Stru Bre of ball Brown. Messrs. RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN .| | G = Gostin PIRATE A. C. WINS GAME. |furke BALLSTON, Va., July 30.—Pirate A.|Cronin ©. defeated Aldie A. C., 12 to 10, in 11 | E3eharY - innings yesterday on ‘Washington-Lee | Barnes High School diamond in the deciding _;1““ . game of & series of" three between the | Kenna nines. Alan Goodwin, Pirate shortstop, | Haves was the batting star with two triples 1.'_';'.' and a single in four tries. L 2 ley double-headers until August 25, unless | harberry inclement weather in the meantime |Gaston . forces the s of additional twin |Rrown . bills, the right-] M SussiEaNEnELLNnEE 0 S ss3ssssuuas lers of the Nationals | goss . 000 | may show more good pitching than they have. Gaston has been swinging along | . s, Pet. | at a good stride recently after a poor | 102 S W B early-season start, and there is no rea- | son why Hadley should not get along| | better. Marberry, of course, will be | - | held for emergency work. | Should the orthodox assume | Jones . ways the N ought to climb a bit. It certainly seems they m pretty well upon the south- en. £ Braxton . ER— Bulisonas can- paw behind at of cars that are creeping - with AMOCO-GAS The AMERICAN OIL COMPANY by the Nationals, the crowd of 8,000 in the stands must have wondered what had happened to the national pastime. Sam Jones and Ted Lyons were op- posing pitchers all the way. Jones gave up nine hits and Lyons a dozen and the Nationals got enough runs in the first three rounds to bag the contest, as it turned out. Rice's double, Judge’s | New sacrifice and errors by the White Sox shortstop and catcher accounted for | two tallles in the first frame. Another error by Cissell at short, a pass, an in- field out and Jones' single netted a run in_the second session. In the| third, Rice's single, a fumble of Gos- | lin's grounder by the second baseman and Judge's pass filled the Bluege's erasure let Rice tally. To make the game more certain the Nationals got a brace of markers in the | N fitth, when Barnes and Rice beat out bunts and Goslin and Judge smote sound singles. Judge and Rice helped their batting averages in the first setto and Rice and Barnes did much to swell the run total of the fray. Judge walked, got & sac- rifice and hit three singles. Rice doubled and hit two singles. He also scored three times and so did Barnes. Goslin was the kittenish cut-up on the bases in the first game. Twice he endeavored to swipe a base already oc- cupied and each time was retired. | Umpire Hildebrand did not think it nice that the visiting athletes poked | | BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS l AMERICAN LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Bigirercentace | basses. | ~ GAMES TODAY Wash'ton at Chicago. Wash'ton at N. York at Cleveland. N. York at C ton at Detrol Boston at De la. at St. Louis. Phila. at St. NATIONAL LEAGUE. YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. New York, 4-1; Chieago, 3-3. 10 ‘inning.) Brook| Chieako. 1 eeland. Bos Phil Others not STANDING OF THI Pittsburgh Percentage | Boston fun at Pitcher Adkins in the second | Ch game. Because they did the grunting for the White Sox hurler every time he raised his arms, Reeves, West, Braxton,| Burke and Zachary were banished from | the bench in the second inning. Hildy | Pl fired Altrock the next round. They all | were to be back today. BIG LEAGUE LEADERS HITTERS. G. AB. R. H. Pet. 83 262 48 104 .39 84 299 62 117 65 246 42 92 3 92 363 76 234 Gehrig, Yankees ... 99 354 89 131 . Foxx, Athletics . 63 200 47 73 . TRAILING STARS. Ruth, Yankees.... 99 346 107 116 .335 | Frisch, Cardinals.. 85 330 68 109 .. Cobb, Athletics.... 86 344 54 113 Heilmann, Tigers.. 94 356 49 104 . RUN SCORERS. Ruth, Yankees . Goslin, Senators . BASE STEALERS. ! Mostil, White Sox Frisch, Cardinals. Cuyler, Cubs Hoyt, Yankees . Benton, Giants Crowder, Browns. Lucas, Reds . Pij Yankee: Auto Bodies, Ra North 7177 | | | | St. Louis at Phila. MES TO T w. Chicago at New York. Chicago at New York. Cincinnati at Bkiyn. Cincinnati at Bkiyn Pittsburch at Boston. Pittsbureh at Boston. Louis at Phila. HOME-RUN STANDING Home runs_yesterday—Wilson, Cubs, 1; Foxx, Athletics, 1; fes, 1. Haasm, Athlet- | = |in Yankees Annihilated at Cleveland, 24 to 6, in Wildest| Contest of Year as Athletics Beat Browns for Seventh Straight Time. By the Associated Press. OMETHING has struck the proud Yankee craft, bow. stern and amidships. She’s still afloat, but leaking badly, and may go down at any minute. A month ago the champions were leading the American League proces- sion by more than a dozen games. To-| day that lead had dwindled to six and | a half games. Taking heart at this un-| expected collapse upon the part of the | haughty New Yorkers, Connie Mack | has pushed his Philadelphia Athletics along at a whirlwind pace, and again has hopes of realizing his long-de- | ferred ambition of piloting another | league pennant winner. At Cleveland yesterday, before 25,000 | fans, the largest crowd of the season | there, the Yankees suffered the most humiliating defeat they have taken l since 1925, when they ended the season | in seventh place. They were annihi- lated by the Cleveland Indins, 24 to 6 in the wildest major league game of | the year. | The Indians started out with 8 runs| the first inning, decided tha'.’ wouldn’t be enough, and scored 9 more | in the second. By this time the Tribe | was more tired running bases than the vankees were chasing singles that| hopped all over the lot. One run was | the best the Indians could do in the | third, and they waited until the sixth| inning to score the last 6. | As near as could be determined. the | pliching victims were, in order, George | Pipgras, Wiley Moore, Myles Thomas, Henry Johnson and Archie Campbell. | For some reason or other Miller Huggins didn’t pitch nor did he call Babe Ruth | to the mound either in an attempt to| stop the carnage. The Indians pounded | out 27 hits and batted around twice in each of the first two innings. It was on | June 17, 1925, that the Yanks last were | defeated by an 18-run margin, the De- trioit Tigers turning the trick by a | contest in the first game, the Chicago White Sox came back to beat the Wash- | ington Senators in the last half of a double bill In the National Lessue, the Cincin- nati Reds strengthened their hold on sccond place by turning back the Brooklyn Dodgers, 6 to 5, Zitzmann's fourth_ hit of the game, scoring Jakie May with the winning run in the ninth. | The New York Gaints and Chicago | Cubs fought each other to a standstill in a double bill at the Polo Grounds. The Gaints took the first game, 4 to 3 in 10 innnigs. Larry Benton gaining his seventeenth victory of the year. Guy Bush outpitched Vic Aldridge in | the nightcap and the Cubs came out on the long end of a 3-to-1 score | GAMES THROWN, CHARGE AGAINST ELMIRA PLAYERS | ELMIRA, N. Y., July 30 (P).—As a | result of charges made by the Elmira | Sunday Telegram that three players of | the Elmira team of the New York- | Pennsylvania League have been throw- ing home games for a local gambling | syndicate, Manager John T. Sheehan has wired Kenesaw M. Landis, commis- sioner of base ball, asking him to come to Elmira as soon as possible. Sheehan dispatched the telegram | after a conference with his players dur- ing which he read the charges pub- lished in the newspaper. | Sheehan, who is a former National League player, said that he intended to sift the charges to the bottom and | promised to run the guilty players out | of organized base ball for all time. FARRELL FORFEITS TITLE. | CHICAGO, July 30 (#)—Johnny | Farrell may be the national open cham- w. Toronto... 59 Rochester.. 54 Montreal.. Reading. MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. L. Pet. 44.573 Newark. 47535 Baltimor} 5548 534 Buffalo.. 5248 520 Jersey City. 4 6-3; Baltimore, .’ 3; Reading. 2 Montreal, 3-4: Rochester, 0-3. Toronto, 9; Buffalo, SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. W. L. Pt w.L 414.563 N Orleans. 1615 .5 3 14 563 16158 6 14 1518 71 1122 553 165 387 533 Chatan’ss 5 531 Nashville Birmingham. Chattanoogs. Nashville. 0- Littie Rock. S. 1 1 1 1 5 lanta. 5-10 New Orlean: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. st Paul. 7-3: Toledo, 4-7 Columbus. Indianapoli; Louiswille SOUTHPJ;.N LEAGUE. Montzomery. 8: Selma, 2 Atbany. 4; Tampa. 1 Pensacola. 4: Columbus, 3 (Only games played.) PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. 11-6; Seattle, 10-8 (sec- Portland, 9-5. cramento, ollywood, 2-5. San_Prancisco, ond game 12 inni Los Angeles, 6- Missions, 7 Oakland. 3-2 H WESTERN LEAGUE. 7-1; Des Moines, 4-10. City, 6-5: Pueblo, 3-8. -9 ‘Amarillo. 5-7. 6: Denver. 1-3 THREE-EYE LEAGUE. Decatur, 2 Peoria. 2-1 Wichita, Oklahoma Omaha. 1 Tul Evansville, 1. Danville. 1-2 Terre Haute, 4-1: Sbringfield. 0-8. Bloomington. 7-2; Quincy. 2-3. TEXAS LEAGUE. 11: San Antonio, 8. Wichita Falls, 2. Shreveport. Houston, 4: Waco, 5: Dallas, 2. Fort Worth, 8-2; Beaumont, 5-8. MIDATLANTIC LEAGUE. Jeannette. 8 Clarksburg. § Cumberiand. 5-1. Scottdale, 4-3. Joh wn. 6. Fairmont. 8 Wheeling. 14: Ch LUDEfiUS QUITS AS PILOT. OMAHA, July 30 (#) —Fred Lude: has resigned as manager of the Omal Western League base ball club. J. “Barney” Burch, president of the club, expects to take over the reins Friday. ol 0. score of 19 to 1. National leaders — Wilson, | pion, but he won't retain his Chicago When the | Cubs, 24; League Bottomley, Cardinals, 23; Bissonette, Robins, 18: Hafey, Cardi- nals, 17; Hornsby, Braves, 16; Hurst, Phillies, 16; Harper, Cardinals, 15. American League leaders—Ruth, kees, 40; Gehrig, Yankees, 19; H: Athletics, 15. League totals—National, 400; Ameri- can, 348; grand total, 748. ol Ace Junior players are slated for a hard drill Wednesday at 6 o'clock on Plaza diamond. . . 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