Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1928, Page 31

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHIN TON, D. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1928.7 SPORT S’ 31 Harris to Use Southp BRAXTON T0 FACE MACKMEN TODAY | | 1 | | i Brown and Burke Also May | Get Chance in Philadelphia Series Now On. BY JOHN B. KELLER. HILADELPHIA, August 9.—Dur- ing the Nationals' three-day stay here the pennant-aspiring Athletics are apt to see a deal | of left-handed pitching. Un- | loss Manager Stanley Harris changes | his plans suddenly. Connie Mack" crew not only will face the puzzlin “screw” ball hurled by Garland Bra: ton, ace of the Washington southpaws but also will have to swing at the wicked “hooks” propelled by Lloyd Brown and perhaps the nifty fast ones young Bob Burke can show. Braxton was Harris' overnight choic> for the initial clash of the series, and given & bit better backing by his mates | than he received in his three staris during the late tour of the West, he was expected to make matters more | than interesting for the Athletics this afternoon. Braxton pitched well against the Browns. White Sox and Indians in his last three starts, but the Nationals could get him nothing to speak of in the way of runs. Every time he has faced them this season Braxton has been troublesome to the Athletics. and right now the slender left-hander is in fine trim And so is Brown, a stockier southpaw than Braxton. Brown gave the A's slick licking when they were last in Washington, and although he was licked here afterward, it was weak support rather than faulty pitehin: that brought about his downfall. While Harris does not plan at present to employ the youthful Burke as a starter in the set with the club now pressing the Yankees for the league | {ead. he holds that the string-bean slab- man has enough “stuff” at command to worry the A's. So Bobby will b2 kept ready to rush into the breach. should any of his more experienced | brethren of the mound need succor. Banking on Gasten. Harris is banking upon using Milton Baston here, of course, Milt probably will get his fling at the A’'s in the Saturday engagement, although it is jble he may get the call tomorrow. Gaston did his last pitching at Cleve: land ‘on Monday and has had enough rest to be available for duty in the second tilt of the series. The last two times he faced them. Gaston subdued the Athletics with ease. Late in June. Milt allowed the A's but three hits and won his game in Washington. 4 to 1 Here on July 24 he allowed them but | eix hits and beat them. 5 to 0. Should Harris decide ‘not to than one left-hander here. likelv will usc as his third hurler ley and reserve Sam Jones, who has done better than any other right-hander pLL s § E i Few MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. L. w. Toronto. 66 49 Rocheste: 56 55 .5 foading .. 3834 322 Newark .. 313% Montreal 59 54 522 Buffalo 54 Baitimors. | 5633 314 Jersey City 447237 . 1. Montreal. 0. Itimore. to. 3. Newark. 1 City. 8—17: Buffalo, 7—3. ing, 15—4: Roc) 31, GOLDIE NEWCOMERS TO PRINTERS N Catcher. Kennedys and Mount Rainiers, Old Rivals, Will Face Sunday WO old rivals will on the Mount Rainier diamond | encampment. at 3 o'clock when Ted Otte sends | for Sunday. clash Sunday tossers will be hosts at the Maryland Eagles are without a foe Call Lincoln 4989 before WHICH WILL { FRED WATLE, First Boseman. 'D. C. PRINTERS’ NINE LEAVES TOMORROW Washington's Unfon Printer base ball nine and a score of friends and rooters will leave tomorrow for Boston, Mass., where fhe eighteenth annual In- ternational Union Printers’ base ball LK NATIONAL TYPO TITLE D.CNETMENWIN | 'the national public parks | tournament yesterday, ware to face formidable foes today. Mitchell drew | the strongest assigninent, as he was Reading, Ieft to right, are: Doug Weir, outiielder: die Edsarts shortstop; Jeff Jeffries, p T INMUNY TOURNEY Considine and Mitchell Are Contesting in Quarter Finals Today. CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 9.—Rob- srt Considine and Dooley Mitchell, who | advanced to the quarter final round of ingles tennis carded to face Ted Drewes of St. Louls, the defending champion and an out- standing favorite. Considine, who removed Harvey Ter- rill, Birmingham, Ala., ranking player, in straight sets, 6—0, 6—3, 6—3, ves- terday, was to face George Jennings, the Chicago ace. Mitchell waged a great battle yester- day in five of the hardest fought sets of the singles tourney. His ablility to withstand the oppressive heat enabled him to outlast Milford Meyer, Philadel- { of the PILOT HUGGINS CONFIDENT; BY WALTER TRUMBULL. IGURING that no two men would know more about the Yankees and the Athletics than Miller Huggins and Connie Mack, I asked them what they thought American League race in general and their teams and chances in par- F ticular. Both of these undoubtedly great rhanagers were very frank. Hug- gins said: “Our reverses of last month were the result of the work of our secondary pitchers and the inability of Cy Moore to assist as he did last year. His arm has not been strong. “With the absence of Lazzeri, my in- field defense has been unsteady. For the past month the club as a whole has been more or less in a slump, but I be- lieve that with Lazzeri's return and the addition of Heimach to the pitching staff our club will again play much bet ter than it, ha! “It is uhnecessa ry to say that any | elub which plays ball as the Athletics | have in the past two months will be dangerous. The schedule favors neither us nor them. Our club figures the four- game serfes with the Athletics in New York just as it has any other short sories. . Whichever club plays the better ball will win. The club that wins the pennant will be the club that plays ball and wins consistently, regardless of any particular_series.” Connie Mack is pleased that his club has been doing so well, but he has been in base ball too long and has seen too many things happen to commit himself or to boast. He said to me: “We have been going well. but no- body realizes better than I do what a | powerful team the Yankees have, and | that they may strike their stride again | any day. “Of course, T am proud of my play ers, and I do believe that we have a outside chance. This combination have now is composed of fighters, and it is one which doesn’t worry. I see no reason, outside of injuries or thing: which cannot be forseen, why these boys should break “Our pitching has been almost 90 per cent efficlent. There were only a couple of games where the pitching was not what it should have been, and those were not really bad. We have been playing just as good ball on the road as at home, so the fact that our last Philadelphia game is on Septem- ber 1 should not make much difference. Moreover, we have a lot of off days during the last part of the season. I can't see that the schedule favors either my club or the Yankees. “Cleveland, St. Louis and Detroit played hard ball ageinst us. Detroit especially played better ball against us than it has all season. They tried their least make any more effort to beat us, when we meet again. “I have a fighting club: and you may be sure we will do our best to make a race of it.” (Copyrisht. 1928, by Narth American News- er Alliance.) ONLY SEVENLEFT INTITLE SINGLES Three Matches in Quarter Finals of Tournament Listed Today. HREE _quarter-final matches in the District singles tennis cham- plonship tournament were to feature the program on Edge- moor Club courts today. Frank Shore, District junior champ, who stroked his way to an impressive win over Bob Burwell yesterday, was to meet Tom Mangan, veteran and fa. vorite. Carter Baum, who stopped Larry Phillips yesterday, faced Fred Haas, who has displayed brilliant ten- nis in the tourney. Joe Rutley, who was responsible for Gwynn King's elim- ination, was to meet Capt. Hills, who removed Wallenstein in straight sets vesterday. Capt. R. C. Van Vliet, who last week won the Army Sheridan Cup and is considered a probable finalist in the present tournament, advanced to .the semi-final round yesterday by master- ing Maurice O'Neil, public parks left- hander, 6—2, 6—2. Mangan was as steady as usual in disposing of Judd yesterday, 6—3, 6—2. Doubles Play Advances. Doubles play advanced to the third round yesterday, although several re- maining second-round matches were to be played early this afternoon. Col. W. C. Johnson and Capt. Van Vliet, winners of the Army doubles Country and A Tl < Rl 3 | Lieut. Watt, Navy stars, Paul Harding and Capt. Gore. Finals in both doubles and singles will be played at Edgemoor on Sat- | urday. Today's pairings: Single aquarter finals-—-Rutley v Hil Shore, Haas vs. Baim o1 . second T Ladd_and Ball ger vs. Dudley and Dudley. Johnson and Van Viiet vs. and Garnett ve Pinley and Hedekin. ound_Richardson and Sperry vs Howenstein Rutley, Dodge and Burweli vs. Fowler and O'Nelh Callan and Bowen vs. Shore and Yeomans. Mangan and King vs. Hobbs and Christenberrs. Haas and F. Doyle vs. winner of Mitchell and Pinley match: C. Yeomans and Baum vs. winner of Ladd- Dudley match, Godfrey and Watt vs. Gore and Harding. Yesterday's results: SINGLES. round—Baum defeated Phillips, Fourth 6—4, 7-8; Shore defeated Burwell, Hills' defeated Wallenstein, 63, 6—4 dafented Jud Young and Young, Mitchell WOMEN STRIVING FOR SEMFFINALS Fcur Matches in Singles on Card Today in Title Tournament. EMI-FINALISTS were expected to be determined today in the wom- en’s District tennis championships at_Columbia Country Club. The field in singles was narrowed down yesterday to eight players—Fran- ces Walker, Corinne Frazier, Dorothy Kingsbury and Mrs. Beatrice Smith in the upper half and Frances Krucofl, El- sie Jansen, Phoebe Moorhead and Jose- phine Dunham in the lower bracket. All advanced without much trouble | yesterday, except Miss Dunham. who nosed out Mrs. Ruth Martinez and Miss Moorhead, who was given quite a bat- tle by Dorothy Cook. | In the doubles yesterday, Aida Doyle | and Mrs. J. H. Ford scored over the Baltimore team, Helen Rupp and Eliza- beth Benthron, 3—6, 6—4, 6—3, in the feature match Two semi-finalists were named in the consolation singles. Winifred Hull re- ceived & default from Caroline Maccoun, which ‘placed her in the semi-final round. while Miss Bonthron scored over Mrs. M. Haugen. ‘Miss Hull had defeated Mrs. Ford in b L] CONNIE MACK IS HOPEFUL 4 hardest. They can't do any more. or at | aws Against A’s : Giants Proving Surprise of Old League CLUB WINS DESPITE A WEAK BOX CORPS Sets .765 Pace Against Western Invaders to Keep on Heels of Cards. | | | | Graw is doing it, but—there he ern foes, the master mind of Coogans slege by the enemy from the West. with one dependable pitcher and the paws, suddenly began to give L: them now. closed yesterday, but bettered it to the the Western clubs, coupled with a nor- ber 30. | flag—so long as they play a steady game day at the Polo Grounds yesterday when {on the series, one game of which was hand-to-hand fighting with the leaders column. Ball players themselves al- most of its postponements, but that a ing always were accurate, the Cardinals, eight engagements against the Braves | Braves. McGraw. after all, will have | contenders, through two-thirds of the | By the Associated, Press Sports Writer. OBODY knows how John Mc- is, with a record of 19 victories and 25 defeats in the first half of his campaign against West- Bluff settled into the fastness of the Giant dugout two weeks ago prepared to think his way through an 18-game All of the invading clubs were pen- nant contenders in all that the name implies. The Giants were ecquipped fighting spirit of John McGraw. Freddy Fitzsimmons and Joe Genewich, not to mention the younger set of soufh- Benton some help, the Giants began to pull off last-ditch McGraw rallies in the closing innings, and—well, look at The New York team alone of all the Eastern defenders bettered the .500 mark in the Western invasion which tune of 13 victories and only 4 defeats— 765 base ball. Anything approaching that pace in the 27 remaining games against mal gait against the East, wouldgbring Mr. McGraw in for some very &erious consideration along about next Septem- Cards Remain Favorites. ‘The Cardinals, nevertheless, must re- | main favorites for the National League | and keep their games-lost column in | better shape than that of the Giants. Cardinal pitching again had an off- “\Vxllil: Sherdel and Harold Haid tock a | lacing_which netted the home-talent a | 10-to-5 victory and two out of three | pestponed to September 21, an other- | wise open date. The success of the Giant arms in reduced the margin of the Cardinals to four and one-half games, with a differ- ence of only two games in the lost ways reckon the standing of the clubs solely on the number of games lost— presuming that any contender will win game lost is, of course, gone beyond recall. If this basis of estimating the stand- | indeed, ‘would have something about which to worry. The fly in John Mc- Graw’s ointment is that he must play in four days on September 10, 11, 12 and 13. and that is no bargain at any stage of the game—even against the to call on some inexperienced pitching hands in the double-header epidemic. | After posing as contenders, or semi- season, the Robins finally have assumed their normal position, with every as- sistance from the thoughtful Pirates. in the last of the ninth, 4 to 3. The the auunl{‘gr finals. aay; Kremer surprised himself with a Results: n ccanee: e Soung—prances Kevcom efened | {oaC R ugh o dnere third one-run geteated Marle Didde &1 &3; Corinne S;czslon mmmocktl‘y: in :;vu days, and jer arjorie 3 | their seventh straight in the East. The 3 Lewis, 6—2. s e T T ™™ 3 m defea {. Jatgult; Josephige Dunham de Four in Row for Phils. DOUBLES. p b:m:&tt‘xh;l Rohl;u 'erbeo settling firmly Louise wake and Mrs. rtinez won | inf lace just above the Braves Ui S 00 M. PRASE 8 | and ‘the Phile. u miracle was being e 'uamu ,“‘"_ Smith and dessic | Piled upon miracles at Philadelphia to ¥—l, Mrs. J. H. Ford and | the disgust of Josepnh Vincent s, défeated 3. Rupp and E. Bonth- | MeCa and his feflow Cubs. The e SR S | Phillics, believe it or not. were cleanin, NSOLATION SINGLES. | up their fourth straight against Mr 1d_defeated E. Gurber McCarthy’s cx-contenders—the same LR R Fhillies to whom a winning streak of Miss Bouve uefeated [ Onc consccutive game always came as Mis. . 6-3: Miss, Bonthion | a surprise dofeated Mrs e, v, 5%, 56| The Baker boys pulled this one out Stambaug fred Hull defeated 6-2: Mary Hall defeated Mrs. 60, 6-3. Today's Schedule. auarter finals—Frances Jansen. Phoebe Moorhead Vs Dunham, Prances Walker s Mrs. Smith vs. Dorothy Kingabur: Doubles: First ro Wooden and E. vs. E. King: d E. Graham econd round—M. and M. Wells vs. winner of Kingsbury-Graham, Wooden- Garber match, P. Moorhead and 'F. Walker vs. L. Omwake and Mrs. R. Martinez, Mrs. Keplinger and G. Crist vs. J. Dunham and . Ryan. Quarter finals—F. Krucoff and E. Jansen Mrs. Thompson and R. Nevitt. singles—Mrs. Prichard Krucof: | singtes, | vs. Elsie Josephine Gorinue Prazier, 5 und—M. sbury_an: De Sou: vs. Mrs Consolati vs only regretable feature was that Artie Nebf stepped onto the firing line just | in time to absorb blame for the defeat. | The Reds ran their string of losses to eight straight by permiting the Braves to win both games of a double~ header at Boston yesterday, 6 to 3 %ad 12 o 1. Ar¥ Delaney and Bob Smith turned in some of that Spring training camp pitching, and the Reds were helpless despite five double plays which ran their season’s total to 138. George Sisler helped out with a cluster of six hits in eight times at bat. ot ok his Kennedy Athletic Club toss- | 2 o'clock. tourkmment will of pen Monday. g - ) hard The American Le: . SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. ers nnlnh:tv:b‘ew:vgm;‘ckl::‘t:‘. pids| A busy program confronts Hess Ath-l Most of the players and friends will 3:::’sjg";fsnns'f&?eg—z?giz.score! udd. =3, 672" eatea | MATY RYAD. Mary Hall vs. Margaret Bouve. | ool (ATEFCT - ngye‘;c:T;‘bn:;: ATy WL et | B A it in ‘ndependent | letic Club beginning with a contest to- | motor 10 New Vork JolorroR, ang Sofc | aditchell and William Buchanan, the NP A e engagements. Not content to let & Tmmnem 218 6 N % 4 | for the unlimited U i Mnday wil | day with Red Sox and continuing Sat- | plete the trip o Bogion 1 (e, for| pistrict's doubles entry, which defeated DOUBLES. | MACKS’ SPURT YIELDS 19 |day so by in peace, the Yankees 3183 Ghattanoes 73 43 | have an important bearing on futurc | Urday against Hilltops and on Sunday | the annual reception Saturday night. = | gar) Krickbaum and” Albert Bingham | Flest round -Xoun and Youns deteated dropped one to Albany, 3 to 2. while . Orleans. 2019 513 Nashville. 1625 390 ? the two teams. | ngainst Croom Athletic Club at Croom,| Heinie Webb, manager of ‘the local | ;¢"cjeveland Helghts on Tuesday, was | Refusenr and Wallenstein, 13, 6. ¢-3 | WINS |N LAST 2 the Athletics were winning by 11 to & L A R aspirations of the ) ga entey, cxpects to have all of his regu- | T econd’ round.Hobbs and Christenberry | | 3 TILTS |in10 innings at Bingt - TR RoE 11" New Bricans. 10 Otte will call either Bob Lyons or|~ e |lars, who have been playing winning | & mect BUAL K00, Clougt -8 'Sl“‘n‘;';""‘ b poyle; a0t Orapoy o Jasaniy; | | 8 P Peitsenam-Nechville. rain willie Simpson to the mound and BEN | piaek Sox are preparing for two hard | ball in local independent ranks thi Cleveland today, =~ = cles champ, | HORGCKer. 6-0: borl: LaBEdon asa i Gt | Juls" ti—pesratt seore, | . R : ¥ Bellman i3 expected to carry battles Sunday at Dnion League Park | season, on hand for the first tourney | Drewes, the dCTo gles CHAMD. | feated Moncure and ' Burme, 6—0. 6--0: | Suly IN—Detroit 3—i | Mounts’ hopes. when Black Hornets of Charlotte, N. C. | contes was extended vesterday by Gus G. | Godfrey and Watt defeated Hills and Pit- | July IN—St. Louis = LEAGUE Y BLUE RIDGE LEAGUE. — e o e 4l B i . rs, W | Amsterdam. Philadelphia, who bowed | man. 61, 63 K. Callan and Bowen de- 9—St. L E TODA! Siiver Spring diamond will be the|make 8 two-game stand, starting ai| Three of his stars who have boen | i oy sers man 61, 61 K. Oslian and Bowen de o Chamhersburs, 5: Waynesboro, 3. seene of neighborhood struggles on Sat- | 2:30 o'clock. | on the sick list since last Sunday when ‘-‘R-”““; Shore and Yeatmans defeated Polk and proderict, o manaver 6 B o B ekt Thates Wil L2 | they were overcome by heat in a game - L S R MU LU Rl = MAY DEC'DE sER'ES sserstown, 11; Martinsburs. urday and Sunday ers Will | Mardfeldt Juniors, who are to meet |at Fort Leonard Wood. have been out | SINGLES | Horwanstein and Butley defoeted Farqons and | 32y s | s | tace"petworth Yorkes Saturday at 4| Goumar Manor tossers al Mount Rainier | of comba. this week i order to be in = rwikn BOUND Thcodore Drewer, (8 | UG g0y S50 phore and Harding ‘de- | July = St MIDATLANTIC LEAGUE. o'clock and Carl Minnick's Petworth| gatyrday at 3 o'clock, want games with | shape for the Boston contests | LonIRR ehird s G Amcterdam (Philn- | feated Birch and Bireh. 8-0. 6-4: Fowler |July =i Felrmont. 3. Jeennette. 0. | Bunday -tmlh: Hognd gt iR Dion | North 589, squad are Dike Desper, Mac McPher- | met (Memphis). 6-3. 6.-2. 6-0. and Dowd. 6—4. 62 July =4 |of Government League are to meet this ieroi, 7—8. tdale, 41, ers were y prep: — son, Goldie Goldsmith, Cy Simons, | Robert Consid sshington, D. C) de- ¥ July 5—4 | evening at 5:15 o'clock on West Ellipse Wheeling. 4: Cumberland, 0. for the contests Vie Sport Shop gfldnu.swhol are o | Ghief Roudabush, Jeff JefIries, Webb. | [*5% Harvey (Birmingham, Ala.L. . July = diamond in what may be the deciding ——- meet Russells Sunday at 3 o'clock on " { 1 ¥ S G ahing deteated &—a |8ame of e second series. EAST CAROLINA LEAGUE. Anacostia Eagle nine wil face 1 ¢3! Plaza diamond, are ready to meet any o, e e auCk DRlglah, |y reore! Katdon (Philadepmia). 8- -5 McCORMICK IS RETAINED £38|"'Winle Glascoe's Machinists turned Sors. 4 Kington. 8, test Saturday when For! nAr midget nine, Call Vic Gauzza at|Ben Snyder, Lou Hollis, Ed Lowery, |® 1 (Wadbiogtin, Bi €Y —4 |back the pace-setting Printers %nfi:fl,‘:’o‘;fl%fl‘: s Frankiin 9985, Ortek Hotbrook and Tom' Heaney " | qcematohuitord 3 heyer (Philadeiphin). AS ARMY DIAMOND COACH day, 5 to 1. By winning toda g d Manager William McMullen of Mon- | All of these players, with the excen- | ¢ 15, G 0 b8 -2 §3, celom defented| WEST POINT, N. Y. August 9.— Iard ean e with Printers tion of Goldsmith, Jeffries, Edwards, v (Baltimore), #-1, 63, 4-6. | Announcement has been made by the e 3 Swygert hel.g Typos to 6 hits yes. TEXAS LEAGUE. Besumont. 5—0: Dallas, 33 Wichits Falls, 4; San Antonio, 3. Ereveport,'s: Houston. o WESTERN LEAGUE. Wichita. 8 Denver Okjanoms City. 1 Tulse. 15: Des Moiner. Amarilio. 2; Pueblo, 0 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Los Angeles. 8 Hollywood. 4. Bacramento, 2. Porlland, 1 Oakland. & Besitle 5 M s Ban Prencisco. issions. 3 EOUTH ATLANTIC TION. Bpartanbure, 2 Columbia, 9. Charlotte, 6 Knoxville, ¢ ABSOCIA- 10. 13 Augusts, 11 HOME-RUN STANDING By the Assoclated Préss Home runs yesterday lies, 1; Hartnett, Cubs, 1 1: Bell, Braves, 1; Jackson Terry, Glants, 1 ational Leagug Klein, Phil- Allen, Reds. Glants, 1; | leaders — Wilson, | Cubs, 26. Bottomiley, Cardinals, 24, | Vissonette, Robins, 18, Hurst, Phillies i8. Hafey, Cardinals, 18 | American League leaders — Ruth ~ankees, 43; Gehrlg, Yankees, 19 Hauser, Athletics, 15. League totals—National, 447 ican, 371; grand total, 818, Amer- PETROLLE NOW WELTER. DULUTH, Minn., August 9 @) Billy Petrolle, who breezed out of North Dakots & few years ago with a 8 that won him the ring sobriquet of “the Pargo Express” has quit the light- weight division to become a welter- weight, his manager, Jack Hurley, nas aonounced -~ BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS AMERICAN LEAGUE. YESTERDA ¥ THE e © = = Chicazo bix/x T 'S Washinston /] /5= St Lowis ='E Cleveland 1 oo 2. Wash] Ney Dy NATIONAL LE YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Louls, 5. New York. 101 8t 2; Cinelnnatl o/ New York i ! 6] K = LK '8 8) B o we nw | St Lowis GAME TODAY Bt Leuls v'8 RESULTS. d. < Brostiva 1 for Sunday. | CLUBS. Detroit (U] 11208 49 34 o | I 95050 #0150/501. #4961 914660 4066 4“5 AGUE. ‘ 31 Percentaze 10/10/10/61 491506 | | W/1050'4K. 561 | i1z 065 471590 | =T 6254401 | Wil 081051308 | | may be made at roe A. C. finds his team without a game Any unlimited team will be booked at North 2480 or 10404, Army War College nine would lke to book some action for Baturday. Call Main 8775, Branch 27, before 6 o'clock. Unlimited class foes are sought by Dux A, C., which has players from 11 different States. Call Adams 89. A game for Sunday is wanted by lumbia Helghts Junfors, Arrangements Adams 6205 heduled to meei week-day games Meyer, Lincoln Federal A. C. nine, Langleys today, wan Call Manager Ralph 5856-J Having No. 7 dismond reserved for,| r ! 445 gaturday at 3 o'clook, Libarty Midgels | smice yestenanr 14 ) 4 exandri ‘491 | want opposition. Call Columbia 6276-W. | Colonials have reserved Reservoir dia- GAMES TOMORROW. | mand tomorrow and want to meet & ington at Phil York ut Bosto midget nine. Call Georgla 1542. Lionels have canceled thelr game with | Corinthian Midgets for Sunday, as they | have two games carded in Sport Mart League, Parker allowed ern Woodmen won ¢ 2 hits and Mod- easily over Naval Recelying Btation nine yesterday, 8 1o | Zahn led at bat, Although outhit, 9 to 11, Vic's Sport 8hop Midgets defeated U 8 Jacoh Jenes tossers, 10 to 4. Tamagni, losing pitcher, hit & home run. ENTRIES FOR BICYCLE TESTS BEING RECEIVED Robert J. Connor, local representative of the Amateur Bieycle League of America, will accept entries of riders who wish to compete in the trials to be B 4 B850 { . " % i“‘;“:‘d’ !_"_ 28 | held here August 17 to determine who | go to the next five finishing. GAMES TOMORROW. ¢ Pittsh'sh. Boston at Brookivn Phila, st New York. will represent this city in the eighth annual national amateur senlor and Junior bicyele champlonships to be held al Kenosha, Wis., September 8 and 9, Waple &nd Weir, played in the Cin- cinnati games last year. 'ALEXANDRIA POLICE | NINE EVENS SERIES | | ALEXANDRIA, Va., August 9.—Alex- andrin Police Department evened the count in the series with the Fredericks- | burg Colleglans by taking a 12 to 6 triumph at’ Fredericksburg, Va, y | day. i | | Hustlers' Bible Class of the Methodist | | Protestant Church took the inuagural ost- yesterday, 10 to 2, | Potomac Yard Revision Bureau took {‘lhr odd game of the serles with Wash- ington Terminal Tigers yesterday by winning 13 to 9 in a benefit game in | Dreadnaught Park. | Mechanical Department defeated Transportatfon Clerks, 17 to 5, in a Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad League game. | Haymanw's Clothing Store will tackle | | @ tough foe tomorrow in the Hustlers’ Bible Class ninces which has won five stralght, The game will be played on Haydon Field at 6 o'clock T pmen meet Transportation Clerks | | At itomac Yards at 5 o'clock tomor- | | row | Beginning Sunday the Dreadnaught | A A, Will sell reserved seats for its | home games | A huge silver trophy will be awarded | the winner of the 10-mile modified | marathon which will be staged here { August 18 in connection with the field day of the Potomac Raflrond Yards | Athletic Association. Ciold medals will No. 5 Motor Company 15 after a game | for Bunday. Phone Alexandria 1774 after 7 pm. HITTERS. G. AB. R. H. Pet. Goslin, Senators.. 91 286 51 112 392 Simmons, Athletics 74 283 48 110 389 Hornsby, Braves. .. 89 316 64 P. Waner, Pirates. 102 411 91 Sisler, Braves.... 60 264 44 97 367 TRAILING STARS. Ruth, Yankees... 108 382 117 127 332 Cobb, Athletics. . 88 316 54 113 ;327 Frisch, Cardinals. 93 357 71 114 319 Hellmann, Tigers. 103 387 56 115 207 RUN SCORE Ruth, Yanks ; 1m Gehrlg, Yanks 1 Bottomley, € r. Wane | Combs, ¥ BASE STE Cuyler, Cubs 6. 6-2 yne Fuller (Cleveland) defeated Charles Lefork " fchichgo) by defaule DOUBLES. ST ROUND- Dooley Mitchell and Wil- i hchanan (Washington) defeated Eari Krickoaum and Albert Bingham (Cleveland). 9. B8, . 64 ore Drewes and William Bascom (8t ouls). defeated O, A Ault and Harvoy ol (Birmingham. Ala,) 0. 61 Leo and d N Lester Uthofl Helahts, Ohio). 6 1 64, | SECOND ROUND 'Ralph Rice and George | Jonnings (Chicazo) defeated Emil Brewka e Jerome Zeman (Shaker Heights, Ohio) 1760, 6 1 ak ' (Buffalo) defeated | ad Leech Chilcot (Newbureh Mostil, White Sox Friseh, Cardinals. . Cissell, White Sox. Rice, Tigers o PITCHE! W. L Pl Benton, Glants AR 4 RIN Hoyt, Yankee A Quinn, Athletics 4 aml Crowder, Brown PR ) Sherdel, Cards...........0d & 700 athletic authorities at ' the Military Academy that Harold E. (Moose) Mc- Cormick, former Giant pinch hitter, has been re-engaged as head coach for the Army base ball squad for the next two years. McCormick has had a successful ca- reer as a base ball coach here for the past three seasons F(‘)xxr, Orwoll an Much Credit for Spurt of A’s BY GEORGE MORIARTY, Manager Detroit Base Ball Club. HE line-up which Connle Mack has employed in his recent and surprising effort to overhaul the Yankees, give base ball fol- lowers some! to think about. It shows mainly the changing pattern of a ball club. Those grand veterans Speaker and Cobb have been steadily absent in order to make room for Haas and Simmons in the outfleld. A further glance shows two Cochrane and Foxx, In third and fifth lklfilllnl\s respectively as batsmen. Foxx, by the way, is exhibiting rare versatility as a third baseman, and he can also do a high-class fob on the initial sack. Orwoll 18 showing splendid form at fivst base yet be seen there in & regular capacity instead of pitching or playing the outfield, Therefore Connle | Mack, playing & catcher at third and a pitcher-outfielder at first, reveals a most unusual brand of murrutlulneu Of course, you have read the current gossip abo the Yankees purposely “easing up.” It is the biggest laugh that major league ball players have had this season. “Easing up" to make the turnatiles click in abundance? What a clownish idea! If the American League race were arranged as a matter of gate receipts at this time, there are a few questions to be asked, atchers, | ALBANY BEATS YANKEES. ALBANY, N. Y, August 9 (®.—Al- bany of the Eastern League defeated New York Yankees, 4 to 3. yesterday after holding the visitors scoreless un til the elghth. Babe Ruth’s longest hit in the ~~me was a two-bagger ;l Haas Due Why should the Yanks allow them- selves to romp ahead with a 13';-game lead to discourage the rush of the cus- tomers earlier in the season? And why should they allow Cleveland to pile up 17 runs in two innings? And more re- m-nu{. why should they go through the gruelling mental and physical grind of the 15-Inning game they lost to the Browns? Couldn't the same result be accomplished in nine innings? Herb Pennock had been saved purposely with the hope of winning that game for the Yanks. Just between you and me and every- body else, the Yanks would give their all to have back thai 2 or 13 lead which had them dreaming of a world | serfes in October. Why should the Yankees destroy a palace to dwell in a hovel? | If the doubting Thomases could only | get an earful of the doings in the club- | house after a tough game is dropped. I am syre their doubts would fly hastily ' out of the window \" k'llk!‘d“ :&\ Mlllrrk' Huggins, the ankees’ lot, & week ago regarding the mulm‘ for his club and I never have found & man in more serfous Quite naturally, he was trying to stralghten out the pitehing problem which has confronted him lately, (CBbyright, 1928, hy North American News- Daver Alliance.) el terday, while Roudabush had to retire in favor of Jefferies, the pair yielding 9 safeties, including a home run by Curtis. West Washington Baptist nine .oved nearer the leading St. Alban's nine in Georgetown Church League yvesterday. cutting the lead to one and on games by defeating Calvary M lfo 2 Wheeler was in good fc | Hurley aided the winning caus> with a {eircuit blow | Second series honers in Indus League are practically assured for Lo fler's Provision Co. nine as the resu't of an 11-to-0 triumph over Western Elcc- tric tossers. Duvail held the losers to 2 lone bingles. Sweeney and Stahl each jcollected a four-base drive. Loffler's nine also won the first-half flag. Corinthians and _Corinthian Cubs nines each scored double victories in French's Insect League _ yesterday. Speakers twice bowed to Corinthians, 7t 4 and 7 to 4. Kress tossers were victims of the Cubs, 14 to 7 and 14 10 9. Webbeo nine continues to set the pace with 10 wins in 12 starts. trailed \asely v Brookland Boys' Club, S) d Cardinals ? . Team standing Webbeo Bkid, B Speakers | Cardinals | Senators | Garinthians Lionels o ung duel Saturday when vs' Club and Lionel Mid- gets meet on Lyon Village Field at 4 o'clock In a Sport Mart League contest. RED SOX FARM ROLLINGS. BOSTON, August § (#).—“Red" Rol- lings, & Red Sox inflelder, has been sent to the Fort Worth Club of the Texas League on option. He had been used mostly as a pinch hittes, .