Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1928, Page 42

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON D. C., THURSDAY SPORTS. Nationals Again Sink to Sixth Place As They Drop Opener of Series to Tigers TEST FOR HADLEY IN DETROIT TODAY May Be Ousted by Burke as Regular Unless He Shows Improved Form. JOUN B. KELLER. 2.—Doy n as a re trimming handed series opener here, noon BY into a cam- a slabbing way t noon, his ce as one of the regular starting s is apt to be turned r to Bobby Burke, the o along well Burke Best of Pitchers. Nationals After Tom ed from the revealed 1o ker in the first ip the ng_of the second ses With only & for- lorn hope, for Tigers had helped themselves to seven markers at the outset. Burke toiled manfully for five rounds. He held the Tigers scoreless while his teammates zathered four runs ©Off _the left-handed Earl Whitehill g south- | | OVER EARLY WASHINGTON. AB. R. H. TO. A. Barnes. of 5 1 Bluege, Cronin, Zachary. Marberry Burke. » Brown. ® Kenna® Reevest Tones Totals DETROIT. Warner. 3b. Heilmann Harera Tavener. Carroll Whitehill Sweeney, Totals 3 “Ratted for Marberry in second. +Batted for Burke in seventh, IBatted for Brown in ninth. Washington Detroit Runs _batted in . Carroll, W Ruel. Judge, Goslin (2) e. Carroll. Barnes Three-base Home run—Hargrave. ~Sacrifices—Cronin, | Ruel. S. Rice, Goslin. Whitehill, Carroil Double plavs—Tavener to Gehringer to Manus. Gehringer to Tavener to M Ruel to Bluege. Left on bases. ton, & Detroit. 6. First base on balls—Of 2: off Burke, 1: Struck out—By T00000380x—10 Zachary Whitehill, Whitehill. i, inning: off i o vitcher—Zachary Geisel, Owens and Barry hours and 6 minutes. Umpires Time Bu: nings. —Messrs, of game—: DETROIT BALL FANS DESERT THE TIGERS DETROIT, August 2.—Fans here have forsaken the Tigers. The club had { won 7 of its Jast 9 games, 3 out of 4 from New York and 4 out of 5 from Boston. before tackling the Nationals. Yet less than a thousand were in the stands at Navin Field yesterday. Eight Nationals shared in the making of a dozen hits off Whitehill. Goslin. Judge, Cronin and Harris each socked |2 safeties. In the ninth inning, Sam |Jones went in to bat for Brown and !banged a neat double down the left field line. | With Fothergill nursing a sore thumb {and Wingo suffering from boils, the o linvolved his team against the { Connie got the vells then, as the lesser 0 210100105/ Then with his club fairly back in the | Tigers are using Carroll, the pitcher. me, Burke was yanked in favor of |in left field He made three good pinch-hitter in the seventh. With one | catches and got a double and a single out and no one on base, Bob Reeves batted in Bobby's place and whiffed. In came Lloyd Brown to hurl two innings and in the first of them the Tigers leaped on him for three runs to put the game bey the Nationals’ reach. Just why Burke was lifted after hurling five good frames is difficult to understand. In his term, he had granted but five safeties, two of them very scratchy, and one pass. And he was just as strong in the sixth session as in the second when he started. There seemed o advantage to be gained by a batting substitution with one out and none on in the seventh. An odd move, anyway one tries to figure it. against the Nationals. i | Three times Tigers attempted tostec! and three times they were checked by {Ruel. In the third inning, Carroll and ‘Whitehill essayed a dual theft. Muddy’s | peg turned Whitehill back to first and | Harris’ return got Carroll at the plate easily. | Goslin made the best play of the game when he ran to the scoreboard in {the first and leaped for a one-hand | catch of Warner's long drive. | Tiger batting was done by 8 players and 7 of them got 2 hits each. Har- grave led in total bases with 6. Tigers Bag Game Early. ‘The Tigers lost little time in bagging the contest. Zach plainly had nothing from the start. Only a fine running catch by Sam Rice retired Jack War- ner at the outset of the first Tiger frame, then Marty McManus walked. Charlev Gehringer singled Marty to second and both counted when Harry Rice tripled to the right field corner. | gion Harry Heilmann strolled and tallied with Rice when Red Hargrave doubled. | Jack Tavener singled Red to third and Zach to_the clubhous>. Owen Carroll greeted Marberry with a double that | scored Hargrave and Whitehill's single sent Tavener and Carroll home. Then Goose Goslin and Red Barnes took care of the next two batters i Singles by Joe Judge, Ossie Bluege and Bucky Harris and sacrifice lofts by Joe Cronin and Muddy Ruel account- ed for two National markers in round two. In round three, the Harris horde ted up another tally after two were vith Goslin's two-baser and Judge's one-baser. The fourth run was register- ed in the fifth inning that Barnes be- | gan with a double. Successive sacrifice | hoists by San Rice and Goslin got Red over the big base. In the seventh, the Tigers got to Brown quickly. Harry Rice walked, Hell- | Burke. mann doubled and both scored with Hay ve. when Red lofted the ball over | | | RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN S.B. RBL n 5 SRS | Rice | Zachary Ree: scsscssuesuiusaaruasiiel 193 g 1B R RRERA avane=2ECERE! Rl CLUB BATTING. | Marberry . Zachary . | Gaston %5 | EASTERN CAROLINA LEAGUE.| Ball An Athleti By the Associated Press. OHN J. McGRAW, so far records reveal, never had to see r specialist as a result of an sustained cheering for the Giants on the road. Even the wily | cornelius McGillicuddy ~ suffered a Z\inimum of inconvenience from alien shouts that went up for the Athletics the distant ys of Bender and Soombs and Plank, although the tall leader always had to prepare him- ader olf against any world series which nts. two evils—to the fans at large Messts. McGraw and McGillicuddy, being persistent winners, became greed and tyranny incarnate to fans beyond the limits of New York or Philadelphia. | How the tall Tactician, as he once was called, broke up his famous team | is well remembered John McGraw waiting for some other club to break s great combinations on the field He carried on his success pped down, and by just creased his “unpopularity” which considered him “a menace” to the peace and well-being of the various local contenders. What a change a few short vears can make! The season of 1938 find: Mr. McGillicuddy something of a ‘grand old man” in his mid-sixti making a gallant fight against the vankee octopus. He finds a nation of fans applauding his efforts, and not a few of these would be willing to see even the Giants win and so. revive the splendors of '05, °11 and i3 when New York and Philadelphia met for the highest crown in base ball. Rain forced the maintenance of the MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. W, L. Pet 53 51.505 53 54 .490 49 53 480 52 85 380 Toronto Reading Montreal Rochester Newark Orloles. 12 Buffalo. 6-5: Roche: Newark-Jersey City (rain). SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. W, L Pt 16 14 .876 Mobile ¢ 19 16 N. Orleans . 1916 543 514 Nashville Birm'gham Memphis. . Atlanta Little Rock Ol Mobile, 1 Birminghas Little Rock. 1. Nashville, 4; New Orleans, 0. Atlanta, 6; Memphis, 5 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W, L. Pet 55 54 .508 54 56 491 44 65 /404 43 67.391 W, I Pct. Lnd papolis. 63 41368 Milwaukee. t. Paul .. ‘oledo Kansas City 60 49 ‘560 Louisvilie. Minneapolis 60 52 536 Columbus Tolego, 11-11: Kansas Oity, 0-7. St. Paul. 5-8. Indisnapolis. 3-6 Minneapolis. 9-6; Louisville, 25, Columbus, 8; Milwaukee, 2. SOUTH ATLANTIC TION. Asheville. 3; Spartanbure, 3. Macon, 11; Charlotte, 2 Augusta. 3: Columbia, 1 Greenville, 5; Knoxville, 4. ASSOCIA- BLUE RIDGE LEAGUE. Waynesboro, 12; Hagerstowp. 6. Martinsburg, 8:" Frederick. 1 Hanover, 3; Chambersburg, MIDATLANTIC LEAGUE. Charlerol, 4; Fairmont. 3. Jeannette, 8; Scottdale. 5. Cumberland.' 6: Johnstown, 3. Wheeling-Clarksburg (wet’ grounds) WESTERN LEAGUE. Wichita, 11; Omaha, 10 . '8; Oklahoma City, 8. Denver, 14; Tulsa, 12. Des Moines, 13; Amarillo, 2. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Seattle, 7: Portiand, § San Prancisco, 6: Los Apgeles, 5. Hollywood, 8. Missions, 7 Oakland, 6; Sacramento, 4. Fayetteville. 4-7: Kinston, 2-4. Goldsboro, 4; Greenvilie, 3., Rocky Mount, 13; Wilmington, 8. TEXAS LEAGUE. Wichits Palls, 4; Dallas, 0. Waco, 6; Beaumont, 2. San Antonio, § ouston. 5 Shreveport, T. Fort Worth, 4 as the | always insisted upon | Fans Would Welcome cs-Giants Series | status quo in the National League yes- terday, when all three scheduled games | were postponed, and simultaneous vic- torfes by the Yankees and the Athletics accomplished the same result in the younger major circuit. The chase re- s stern for Connle Mack and his an array even though he has won | nine straight, 16 out of 17 and 26 out of 32. Only super-teams can move at that gait, and the Yankees still dangle five and one-half games beyond the Mackian grasp By all of the laws of averages the Athletics soon should ~falter—against some weak team when least expected. | By the same laws Yankee fortunes | should take an upward turn. But base | Dall has a way of twisting up all rules and regulations every now and then. The thundering Mackmen showed some signs of lagging vesterday, but pulled through to a 6-to-4 victory over the Indians in Cleveland. Howard mke gained a six-run lead in the | second, when the Mackmen assaulted | willis Hudlin with vigor, but the re- | formed Bostonian himself gave up one | marker in the home second and three | more in the seventh. Eddie Rommel then was called on and gave the In- dians only one hit in two innings Billy Bayne, the veteran southpaw, w relieved Hudlin with none out in the ccond, allowed Philadelphia only three safeties in eight rounds. Miller Huggins saw something more than a game won as the Yankees over- ho | | came the Browns by 12 to 1 in the serles | opener at St. Louls. Young Henry John- son, whose chief fault even in ‘victory, | has been apparently incurable wildness, !let Dan Howley's boy’s down with seven | scattered hits and gave only ane base on | balls. Boosts Mark 82 Points. Perhaps only Johnson himself is in- | terested in the fact that his batting average was lifted 82 points to .260 in one afternoon through the handy med- jum of five assorted singles in five times {at bat. This represents almost a sea- | son’s work for many pitchers and it is almost unprecedented in hitting feats by pitchers. Johnson's fine performance marked the first gailant effort by the Yankee second pitching string in many weeks— the Shealy-Johnson-Campbell combina- tion which looked so good while winning. That other slugger, George Herman Pct. | Ruth, added his forty-second home run 300 | to the woes of Alvin Crowder in the first | inning at St. Louis. This put the Babe 23 games, 27 days and 8 home runs ahead of himself, as measured by his record gait of 1927. Bob Meusel added his ninth circuit blow with two on in the sixth and Harold Wiltse in the box. | | Dick Coffman tried his hand in between | Crowder and Wiltse. The defeat dl;red | the Browns below the .500 mark and left | the Yankees and the Athletics alone | | above that Agure | The White Sox ran their string fn‘ five straight by downing the Red Sox |in Chicago, 4 to 2 and 7 to 3. Ed Walsh, | jr., officiated in the second clash, and von his first home victory. BIG LEAGUE LEADERS HITTERS. G. Goslin, Senators... 85 Hornsby, Braves... 87 3 Simmons, Athletics 67 P. Waner, Pirates.. 95 Grantham, Pirates 77 | | TRAILING STARS. | Ruth, Yankees.. 102 358 113 | Cobb, Athlet e s Frisch, Cardinals Heilmann, Tigers BASE ST! Cuyler, Cubs. .. | Mostil, White Sox | Frisch, Cardinals. RUN SCORERS. Ruth, Yankees,..... Gehrig, Yankees. ... | Bottomley, Cardinals. . | LEADING PITCHERS. 2 1 13 17 | Hoyt,% Yankees. . 867 Benton, Giants Auto Bodies, Radiators, Fenders Repaired Harrison radiators and cores in stock Wittstatts, 1809 14th North 7177 Next to Creel Rros. Also 319 13th, % Bleck Below Ave. the left field wall for a homer. The National th, an error paving the e made second when hi dropped by Harry double put Sam w Rice and Goslin's across HOME-RUN STANDING By the Assoclated Press Home runs yesterday. kees, 1 Meusel, Yankees Tigers, I American League leaders yankees, 42, Gebrig h, Yan- Hargrave, -— Ruth, Yankees, 19; | tlson s, 23 Cardi- Hornsby 15, A Cardinal; Phillies, 17 er, Cardin National 410 THE best way to find complete tire satisfaction— Equip your car with MillerTires GEARED -TO - THE -ROAD !n l it Mild enough for anybody ...and ye% they Satisfy* ‘SATISPY means good taste and pleas- ing aroma. 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McLarnin, whose campalgn for a re- turn shot at the title was initiated with a one-round knockout of Phil McGraw, has been established a slight favorite However, there are plenty of fans who | like the chances of the slant-eyed South American, who recently defeated Bruce Flowers, the New Rochelle negro. | McLarnin was conceded an edge in boxing ability, should he elect to box. ‘There was doubt among local ring worms as to whether he could out- | punch the Chilean, who also beat Mc- Graw and draped Flowers over the ropes here. In point of aggressiveness they shape up about even ‘The bout, “natural” drawing power, has been a complete sellout. Every reserved seat in arena, which accommodates more than 18,000 persons, was taken yesterday with advance receipts of more than $80,000 reported Due to reported circulation of coun- terfeit tickets, attaches of the Internal Revenue Collector's Office are to be stationed at the gates tb inspect pasteboards as they are presented. A detail of 300 police also has been as- signed to the arena to prevent possible disturbances arising out of the con- fusion over tickets in point of A card of four preliminaries, headed | by a 10-round affair between Johnny Datto, Cleveland Patsx Ruffalo of Mount Vernon, N. rounds out the program. : By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA —Rene de Vos, Bel- gium, defeated Dave Shade, California (10). Tim Cowl, Philadelphia, out- | pointed Umberto Torriami, Italy (10). Babe McCorgary, Oklahoma, knocked out Buddy Burl Chester, Pa. (2) CLEVELAND.—Eddie Shea, Chicago, won from Dominick Petrone, New York (10). Pal Cavelll, Canton, Ohio, technically knocked out George Ste- venson, Scranton, Pa. (4) Greyhound racing dogs are sold for as much as $5,000, and many are being insured for large sums. Mec- the | all | featherweight, and INIFREE E. JOHNSON has been appointed by the Wel- fare and Recreational Aseo- ciation of the Office of Pub- lic Buildings and Public Parks of the District as supervisor of athletics over all parks operated by the | welfare association. | Johnson, who is a former physical | director of Western Maryland College, | | has been connected with the Mary- | land Public Athletic League and has| | had _other experience fitting him for | | the local position. He will have super- | vision over the allocation of base ball | | diamonds, tennis courts and other fa- | cilities in the parks. | Johnson also will'ald in the develop- ment of base ball leagues, tennis play and in the parks' athletic activities generally. His work will have nothing | to do with that of the Municipal Play- | ground Department | It is explained that Johnson's ap- pointment. was actuated by a desire to encourage fuller use of parks by public. If need develops, more facilities will be obtained | One of Johnson's duties will be take up with citizens’ associations a similar organizations the matter of cilities for their respective sections. | If interest is shown efforts will be made to provide what is wanted. | WIGGINS WOULD STOP | MARCH OF MARRINER to By the Associated Press. | CHICAGO, August 2.—Chuck Wig- gins, the sturdy Indianapolis scrapper, | who has fought every hea | importance except Jack Dempsey, | attempt to stop the sensational career | of Les Marriner, the former Unive: of Tilinois foot bgll player, in a | round bout tonight. | For Marriner, whose one-two punches have knocked out 16 of his last 17 op- | ponents, it will be the first severe test | | of his career. If he can stop or even !wm a decision over Wiggins, he may | | claim recognition in the forthcoming | elimination matches for the heavy weizht championship. Considering Wiggins' ring experiences | and Marriner's record, odds were gen- | erally even on the bout, which is ex- | pected to attract one of the largest crowds of Chicago's Summer season | N | ENTERS CUMBERLAN]i MEET By the Associated Press EW YORK, August The dir of claimants to the most val able crown in pugilism is te rific. This, however, is not circumstance to what may b expected when the really top-note claimers make themselves hes like Managers James Joy Johnston an¢ Dumb Dan Morgan, so-called becau ne once talked a Congressman deaf dumb and blind in one round hre or four hundred thousand words With Gene Tunney voluntarily among the ex-champlons, briefs ready have been filed by William I rence (formerly Young Stribling) and Johnny Risko, the Bohemian bake boy, mot to mention ominous rum- blings from the Argentine, whers Lui Angel Firpo let it be known that he | would be willing to_train down to 300 pounds or so if Tex Rickard would make It really worth while. 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