Evening Star Newspaper, August 11, 1928, Page 20

1928. SPORTS SPORTS. 0 Is Regain WinningForm N NUTSHELL | TEST DUE LEADERS z THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. SATURDAY, AUGUST 1T, Climbine Mackmen Here Tomorrow: Yankeesand Cardina OLYMPICS | Georgetown Foot Ball Squad ! - Again Picks Wildwood as Camp .70 :‘ \ 11| Capital €ty team, |a supervising th e | HADLEY WILL HURL CONNIE WISHES HE HAD HIM BACK TODAY'S fencing PROGIRAV nd equestria FEATURF Boxing, swimming was YESTERDAY'S AGAINST A TODAY Griffs Blanked for Second. Successive Time. Old Jack Quinn Turning Trick. BY JOHN B. KELLER LADELPHIA 1 nch mustered but e Jack Quinn and to ing. In Friday's er here, but three hits wei another veteran. How Seven hits in two successive games do not indicate that the tionals should in the re- Poorest Showing of Year. the two engagements here Washingion club has looked than at any other time t six of the squad h: drive the ball ty Shibe Park. with so few players clouting. The venerabie Quinn appeared to much better advantage than the com- paratively vouthful Milton Gaston and Tom Zachary in the argument yester- Gay. In the first eight innings he pitched to but 24 batters and but three of them reached fi base. Sam West y the old timer for a of the fourth frame ooped & s beginning of th and Ossie Bluege was hit by a pit ball after one was out in the eighth. Double plays foliowed each Only 1n tne ninth did the Nationals threaten to count. Then Harris led off | with his second hit of the day, a triple to the right field corner. Ed Kenna fouled 1o the catcher. but Benny Tate. batting for Tom Zachary, scratched a safety to short left. Tate’s hit, how-| e was a pop fly that Taird Baseman | Jimmy Foxx seemed sure of getting and Harris felt inclined to cling to the far ecorner. When Bucky saw that the ball | would go over Foxx chance to strive for the plate, as Boley | backed the third sacker in fine style. | Then West fouled to Mickey Cochrane | and Sam Rice forced out Tate by grounding to Boley | As it turned out, the A's actually won the game in the first inning mainly through wabbly work by Gasion. He| E;m: the first man to face him, Max | hop then made a wild chuck while | trying to get Max off the first base and | let tne runner reach second. George Haas' infield erasure moved Bishop o | third, from where he tallied as Coch- rane singled to center after Gaston had him down to a two-and-two ‘count. Pound Gaston in Third. Bing Miller's hit to left center that| became a double when Red missed making a shoetop catch was all | the Macks got in the second inning, but | 1in the third they fell upon Gaston for | three singles, a double and a triple, and | these safeties, with Joe Cronin's error | thrown in, accounted for five markers. Zachury pitched the next five innings end yielded seven hits in addition to| making a wild pitch ‘The A's got a tally off him in the | seventh and two more in the eighth.| Goose Goslin committing an error in) the latter round to help the home club. During the next four or five days the Natiorals will have to do without the services of their regular center fielder. Barnes. In the second inning yesterday. when attempied 1o make a shoetop cateh of Miller's looper, Red crossed his | _ feet and spiked himself on the inside of the right leg, just above the ankle. He was cut deeply and not until an hour after he was wounded was the hemorrhage checked. West took Red’s place and will remain there until the regilar is able to play aga EASY TO DECIPHER B leessceae atted for Zachary in PHILADELPHIA. AR Bishop, b 3 . 1 ] H | Bir o— | ALl 8. o Harris tv Bluege 10 Hirri 1o Orwelt 2 Phi oft Zachary pitel ball— By Piteber—Gaston —— e | ' RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN ‘ HoOsB KB Gostin ez F 3= CLUB BATTING ® M SH Bus dewe 130 PITCHING Total Gam. Com wames siarl gam. vil B M3 ) H " 5 1 3 19 head he had no! _ ‘w . Detroi Barnes | 37" Touns at FRED HEIMACH, Southpaw slinger, formerly with the Mackmen, who signalized his return to the | majors from St. Paul of the American Association by easily winning for the, Yankees against the Red Sox, whom he held to four hits and oue run. September | | Men’s Singles Final Is Slated ‘Today, With Women’s Tomorro Hless 1 -Wide World Photo. BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS AMERICAN LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Philadelphia. &: Washington, 0. New York. 5 Bou :% g Percentage 5 55 439 GAMES TOMORROW. W Detroit at St. Louls NATIONAL LEAGU YESTERDAY'S New York. Brookiyn, . Louls k. 'i Percentage | 308 35 GAMES TOMORROW. at Brookiyn. uls. Bila. at New York MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. v. L. Pet w. L. Pet polis 69 52 570 63 39 516 cabolls 68 54 587 50 63 484 iwwukee 6457 520 4970 412 5 Ciiy 63 08 521 4071 408 10: Toledo. 5 10 Bt Paul. 0 1; Indiunapolis, 0. 1 kee, 18, Kansas City. 7. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. W L Pt W L Pet o 44 574 Newark 88 56 .5 5853 523 Rochester 60 35 522 B 5056 513 Jersey Rochester itre Ealtimore i arounds Buffaio. 5 SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. WL Pt 1, Pot 16 .63 22 500 2 2123 477 Mobile 20 20 e 17 N. Orleans. 2121 1727 3 wingham, ock mphis BLUE RIDGE LEAGUE. 80 [l 10 io AROLINA. EASTERN C Mount WESTERN LEAGUE % [ o 5 Okjahoma Oity, 0 Denve H to be pl o game PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Mollywaod, 1 wncisco, 8 Los Angeles, 6 SOUTHEASTE ny 12 {koipery b8, b Tkuiby it -Colu Pensuols, 1 facksonyille, . % bus (rain) TIP FOR FISHERMEN | 'HARPERS PERRY W. Va, August 111" The Potomae River was slightly muddy and Shenandoah was very uds this morning. e bl 425 | ST. ALBAN'S LEAGUE | LEAD NOW IS SCANT| St. Alban's lead in Georgetown | Church League was further threatened vesterday when Eldbrooke Methodist | Episcopal nine trounced the pace- setters, 6 to 5, cutting the margin over West Washington Baptists to one and | | one-half games. | | By bunching hits off Larry Schneidar | in the early innings, the winners | | amassed enough runs to stave off late | rallies by the Saints. Walker held the | losers to six hits and his mates collected but five off Schneider. Duvall and Hunt led at bat. | Bergmann's Laundry nine won the | second serfes in Merchants' League | yesterday by downing Thompson's | Dairy, 13 to 1, and _also tied for first| series honors with Barber & Ross, as the contest counted in both series stand- | ings. A game will be played next week | to decide the first half winner, with the odds favoring the Laundrymen, who went through the second serles without win the | championship series will be played be- tween the two serles champs. Members of the Bergmann Laundry nine and other employes are the guests today and tomorrow of W. C. Bergmann, sr., at his home on South River for the fifth annual outing of the firm. Athletic events and & base ball game are scheduled. West Washington Church and Claren- | don_Baptist nines are tied for the lead in Sunday School League as the result | | of the former's 14 to 3 triumph over the latter yesterday. Each has four | more games carded. Mount Vernon | hoids third place and Calvary Baptist nine tratls in fourth | E. Darne held Clarendon to two hits vesterday. H. Hodges collected three hits | including a home run Western Electrie nine gained a step | { upward in Industrial League's stand- | ing vesterday when Holmes Bakers | faled to muster a full nine and had to | | forfeit, Royals added another win to their lead in Capital City League insect ranks | yesterday by downing Jewish Com- | munity Center nine, 6 to 3. Webcos | downed Brookland Boys' Club in the | only other game played, 7 tol. Kelleys and Brookland Boys' Club | nines were victors in French's League Vesterday. Kelleys humbled Libertys, |70 2. and Kress tossers bowed to the | Brooklanders, 3-11 BIG LEAGUE LEADERS HITTERS. G. AB. R. H. Pet.| Simmons. Athletics 76 290 50 112 .386 | | Goslin, Senators 93 293 51 112 .382 Horsnby, Braves. 320 64 121 378 P. Waner, Pirates 420 93 154 .3 | Sisler, Braves. .. 267 47 97 TRAILING STARS. | Ruth, Yankees.. 110 389 119 128 | Cobb, Athletics.. 88 346 58 113 .3 Frisch, Cardinals. 365 13 117 . | Heilmann, Tigers. 391 57 116 | RUN SCORERS. | | Ruth, Yankees | Gehrlg, Yankees | P. Waner, Pirates. | Bottomley, Cardinals Combs, Yankees BASE | Cuyler, Cubs | Mosti), White Sox. . | Rice, Tigers | ¥risch, Cardinals | Myer, Red Sox PITCHERS. 2 | STEALERS. | | Benton, Glants | Hoyt, Yankees. . Quinn, Athletics Crowder, Browns Pennock, Yankees HOME-RUN STANDING | By the A | Home Robins Clants, ocluted Press Runs Yesterduy- Blssonette, Hurst, Phillies, 1; Lindstrom, Terry, CHants, 1, Genrlg, | Yankees, [ Miller, Athletics, | Natlonal League Leaders — Wilson, Cubs 26, Bottomley, Cardinals, 24; Bls- sonette, Robins, 19, Hurst, Phillles, 10; Hafey, Cardinals, 18 American League Leadgrs —RuLh, yankees, 43, Gehrig, Yankees, 20, Hauser, Athletics, 15 League Totals—National, 453; Ameri- cap, 374, Grand lotal 837, o {in | straight sets, 6—2, | Rutley, a+loss. Should Barber & Ross tossers | Finl first series @ three-game |§"% | Sox of Falls Church, aspiring unlim- 9 Yorks for tomorrow, ¥ ILDWOOD, N. J. August / This city again has bee | selected as the headquarters | | for the Fall training trip of rgetown v ore than 50 Hilltop- e about the 5th of in for three weeks former all-American University of Penn: director of athletics a orgetown, has notified the Wildwood Chamber of Commerce of his. decision to accept the invitation of that organi- zation to return here. Active conditioning of the squad will take piace on the beach and at the Wildwood Golf Club. where the board of governors alre: is putting the field in trim for the gridironers John Da Grosa. line coach pers will g ou of the and Capt. R. C Van Vliet, early favorites in the Disirict singles tennis cham- plon tournament, were to meet this afternoon at Edgemoor to determine the successor (o nce M. Charest, who was unable (o defend his title this vear. Play was to begin at 2:30 o'clock, un- | was raining at that hour, Paul Harding. tournament committee ¢ man, announced this morning. The Edgemoor Club courts dry very rapidly. he stated, and unless rain is actually falling at that hour the finalists will take the courts. One fourth round doubles match, which was not completed yesterday. and one quarter final match were also o be disposed of today. Semi-final and final | doubles matches will b2 played tom row, provided rain does not halt program tod Van Vliet Gets Revenge. Capt. Van Vliet waited two years to| score the revenge he attained yesterday turning back Carter Baum in straight sets. Baum eliminated Capt Van Vliet in the 1926 tournament in the early rounds and the Army ace had| been hoping against fear that Baum would not reach the semi-finals. Capt van Vliet was far off his usual game in the early games, but came back to take the first set, 6—4, and was easily | th2 master in the second, 6—1. Joe Rutley, playing in spite of an at- | tack of hay-fever, displayed some clever | tennis before yielding to Mangan in 6—3. Mangan was | hard pressed in the first four games of the second set wh.en Rutley led, 3—1. | Larry Phillips and Henry Judd fur- nished the biggest upset in doubles play | yesterday when they divided two sets with the ranking Army team, Col. W. C Johnson and Capt. R. C. Van Vliet, be- | fore darkness halted play. The Army | pair_toook tha first set, 6-—4, and the | youthful public parks combination car- | ried the second, 9— They were o | complete the match today. Lieut. Comd. | Godfrey and Lieut. Watt, Navy's rank- ing doubles duo, was extended three sets to defeat Eddie Yoemans and Frank Eioz"' District junior stars, 6—4, 4—6, | With Gwynn King performing at his | best and Mangan as steady as usual, the pair defeated Finley and Hedekin, | 6—3, 6--3. Fowler and O'Neil, veterans | of Public Parks League, reached the| semi-finals by dsfeating Howenstein and ~ 6-—3. Yesterday's results i SINGLES. round--Van Viiet defeated 1; Mangan defeated Rutley, OM MANGAN Club c thi DOUBLES. Third 1 -Howensteln _and Rutley | defeated Richardson and Sperry. 64, T-3 Johnson and Van Viiet vs. Jjudd and Phil- iips, called on account of darkness, 6—4, Mangan and King defeated Hedekin, 6-3. 6--3, Godfrey d Shore and E. Yeomans, Fowler and O'Nell defeated Rutley, 62, 6-3 POLICEMEN OPPOSE IN INTERCITY GAME ALEXANDRIA, Va, August 11.—Po- | lice Chief W. W. Campbell's Alexandria | Police Department were to meet their | fellow policemen from the District of | Columbia today on the Dreadnaught Park diamond at 3:15 pm. In the first| annual game between the forces | The game will be attended by Mayor | willlam Albert Smoot, City Manager Paul Morton, Police Chief Campbell. members of the city council as well as cfficials from Washington, Including Maj. Edwin B. Hesse and Inspectors william §. Shelby and Henry G. Pratt The game yesterday between Potomac | yard Revision Bureau and Local 669 of | Washington was called off Arrangements for a double-header to- morrow _on Corbett Field, between St Mary's Celtics and the Woodridge A. C. were made yesterday by Manager Charles Corbeti of the Celts. The first contest will start at 2 o'clock | bad breaks in the final round to cause | Unfavorable weather intervened terday and the Hustlers Bible class of | Methodist Protestant Church and Hay man's clothing store postponed their | | contest. | Piteher Judd of the Tralnmen hit a | home run with two men on the last half | of the seventh inning to knot the count | at 6-all in an R, F. & P. Ratlroad | League game with the Mechanical De- | partment SANDLOT NINES SEEK BATTLES TOMORROW Herndon Fairlous and Virginia White ited nines, have been unable to secure opposition for tomorrow Arrangements with the Herndon nine ' can be made at Herndon 19. White Sox will book a foe at Falls Church 824-F-2. Brookland Boys' Club Juniors want a ame tomorrow at 1 o'clock. Managet ‘acchina can be reached at North| 3676-W. Hilltops, who were (o mest District Helghts today, have canceled a game | carded with Hess A, C. for lomorrow Rockville Independents have also| called off a game booked with Petworth | James and MeDaniel contributed home runs to aid Phoenix A, C. in downing National Circles yesterday, at Marshall Hall, 7 to 6 Fights Last Night By the Assocluled Press CHICAGO- Young Jack ‘Thompson, salifornla, knocked out Kddie Dempsey, Philadelphia 4) DES MOINES, lowa Des Mofnes, defeated Elmer Des Molnes (6) SAN DIEGO, Calif - Andy Mitchell Long Beach, knocked out Ralph Cau- thon, Chicago (1), ‘Cony Legourl, Leonard, | Kingsbury and Mrs meeting Mary Hall and Corinne Frazier | !in the former and the winners playing | upon | lett, fiald work Dm Grosa, lke Little, pleased with conditions here last yes when the Hilltoppers went through the entire training grind without a serlous aceldent or one turned ankle or pulled tendon Little fs a firm believer in the con- ditioning aid rendered by ocean bath ing, and part of his training curriculum calls for a plunge into the surf for each candidate every day while in camp Little is expected here within two weeks to make his hotel arrangements Having lost several of his best men by graduation, Little plans a stiff grind for the candidates who report. Never an easy taskmaster, the head coach will pui a particularly stiff schedule into effect from the opening day of the camp W LAY for the women's District tennis title which was scheduled this afternoon, with Frances Krucoff slated to oppose Dor- othy Kingsbury, has been pos soned until tomorrow at 2 o'clock, be- <e of the rain. Following the single tomorrow, a quarter-final and semi final doubles match will be staged, Miss Goodwin Graham Frances Krucoff and Elsie Jansen, who alveady have reached the semi-finals Miss Kingsbury continued the con- sistent stroking which has characterized her play_ throughout, to Corinne Frazier yesterday in a semi- final upset, 6—3, 3—6, 6—3 Miss Krucoff disposed of Josephine Dunham, 6—1, 6—0, in the other semi- final encounter. cbe Moorhead and Frances Walk- place in the final round of the event, defeating Mary Ryan and Dunham, 7— 2. The Sraham team scored over Wells and Maycita de Souza, 2, in a postponed second- round match Mary Hall won the event, triumphing over Marian 6—2. 8—6. consolations Mrs. Henry | Prichard, 6—0, 6—4, in the final. Mrs. Prichard earlier in the day had elim- inated Mary Ryan to reach the last| bracket. The winner of the singles title will be the first to have her name engraved the Harold E. Doyle challenge trophy. MRS. FOX, ‘GRAND OLD LADY OF GOLF,’ DIES By the Associsied Press. PHILADELPHIA. August 11.—Mrs. Caleb F. Fox, known as “the grand old lady of golf,” and for 21 consecutive years a qualifier in the play for the national women’s championship, died yesterday at her home, Berthellyn, El- kins Park. Mrs. Fox, who was 67. had been Il since she returned, July 13, from Shen- ecossett invitation tournament at Gro- ton, Conn. Mrs. Fox had the longest active ca- reer of any woman golfer in the count: She was a participant in the first na- tional championship held under the di- rection’ of the U. 8. Golf Association at Reading, Mass., in 1895, and was still playing winning golf the past Spring. She won many tourneys, but never was successful in the national event. ‘The greatest feat of Mrs. Fox in la- ter years was her defeat of Glenna Col- then national champion, in the Belleair Heights, Fla. tournament in 1923. Mrs Fox made a medal score of for the match and beat her bril- liant ,\'Oung opponent 2 and 1. During her 34 years in golf, Mrs. Fox won the admiration of women golf ers everywhere, particularly young play- ers who looked upon her as an eager and infallible counselor. Mrs. Fox, who before her marriage was Margaret Crozer, was the wife of Caleb F. Fox, the head of George S. Fox & Son banking house. He sur- vives with a son and two daughters, Caleb F. Fox, jr.. Mrs. George W. El- kins and Mrs. Sydney E. Martin, all of Elkins Park. GOLF TITLE IS TAKEN BY HIGH SCHOOL LAD By the Assoclated Press CHICAGO, August 11.-—A 17-year-old Chicago high scheol sophomore, Dick Mullen, is the 1928 Western junior golf champion. Playing the same type of steady golf that won him medalist honors and car- ried him through an older and more experienced fleld in the preliminaries, Muliin captured the title yesterday by defeating Tom Cooley of Kankakee. Ill., 6 and 4, {u the strenuous 36-hole final Straight drives and accurate iron shots won the champlonship for Mullin, even though he did experience enough even an_experienced golfer (o blow up Coolev played & hard game, but could notmatch the genius of the high school star Mullin succeeds Albart Hakes of Fre- | donla, N. Y., as title holder. Hakes was climinated in the second round of play Medalist honors went to Mullin in the qualifying round when he shot a 73, or one above par. NAVY RACKETERS SCORE EARLY IN LOOP MATCH Welss and Picketts gave Veterans' Bureau net team its lone victory against Navy racketers in Departmental League match yesterday. Navy won 4 to 1 Summaries Bates and Wilson (N) defeated Silva_and defeated Osterman and Howard (N.) ), 86, Cumming and Abee (N.) defeated Joliison ‘and Laben (V.-B). 6. 2. 6 Rack wnd Bieldan (N od Myer and Keliey "y i) 60 672 "Rathiack and Fehigis (N, defeuted McDonald and Crosse 20-YEAR-OLD STARS IN MUNY NET FINAL By the Associated Press CLEVELAND, August 11 each under 20, defeat 2% ‘Two youths, today were to match | strokes for the National public parks tennis champlonship which found Ted Drewes, the St. Louls veteran, on the sidelines for the first time in five years. The finalists were George Jennings, an Austin High School, Chicago, southpaw, und Lester Stoefen, 17-year-old Los Angeles star. Jennings' dashing play yesterday enabled him to eliminate Drewes, the defending champlon, in three stralght sets, to enter the finals A year ago Drewes won the title by smothering Jennings in the finals Hloeten, whose steady play contrasts with Jennings' brilllance, took two sets out of three from Ralph Rice, another Chicagoan and then received a default Rice, outplayed, wished to save himself for the doubles finals today in which he and Jennings ware to defend thelr title against Drewes and Willlam St. Louls, SRRSO o score over | United States only nation to ta | Californla defeated Great Britain land Paul Costello and Ch | Wright and Guest of Cana | Ken Myers, United State culls to Bob Pearce of Australia oxswain eliminated in final by Gr Italy won fours with co: in defeated Great Britain to win pal defeated France in final of pairs Johnny Weismuller set ne @ in o | | seconds for 100 meters in winning |and Walter Laufer also qualified Albina Osipowich, United 5t women's 100-meter free | Garratti and Susan Laird | " Eleanor Holm, Lisa States, qualified for final of wome | King of-England et new Olympi Betty Beckeir Pinkston high diving, Georgia Coleman | tailed. | France took third place in w | United States eights in final rank John L. Daley, American lightweight, reached finals of South Africa and Holaiko beati vine, featherweight, defeated t | of spectators over decision against | finished seventh. Americ failed to take one of the jumps Squawking Rece Broken During By the Assoriated Press MSTERDAM, August 11 Olympic track and ficld e may have set a new record for the long and broad squawk has frequently been | but it remained for the boxing cor the sturdiest he-man sport on the Olympic program, to outdo in emphasis all the protests that had gone befors | The complaints that arose during the beside the near riot that took pl the boxing pavilion yesterday wr fans took expressed embk | ure at a decision against Jo | American bantamweight, in the | final round. When the shoutin |ing American fans, who crowded into the aisles ond started for the ring to protest in person, had been quieted by | the Amsterdam police, the judges then | diplomatically announced that they had | made a mistake and that Daley had d | feated Isaacs of South Africa. | reversal once stirred up | storm of p | herents. anoth Swedes Have Their Turn. Hardly had this second outbur | silenced when another Ameri | phen_Holaiko, was given the deci | over Berggren of Sweden in the light- weight semi-final. This aroused the fury of the Scandinavian who displayed a desire to a | failure of their representatis | ring by the conquest of a few American | fans, and the strong arm of the Dut {law again was called in to quiet t spectators. Harry Devine, the third Americar semi-finalist, got into action too e { side battles. The Worcester he weight lost the decision to Va of Holland before the svectators trying to outdo the fighters in the Oarsmen from Philadelphia 2 Berkeley, Calif., carried off the lion's share of the honors from the w fhe Sloten Canal. The Californ: American intercollegiate champion: lowed the trail blazed by the N Academy and Yale in the last Olympiads by carrying off the eight- oared rowing champlonship, defeati the British eight by three-quarters length in the fast time of 6 minute 3's seconds. Australian Wins Easily. Ken Myers, bespectacled fireman of | the Philadelphia & Reading Railr d, America’s representative in the single sculls, had his string of victories cut short by a 22-year-old Australian Bob- |DIVERS TO SHO IN MANOR CLUB’S POOL Diving stars will stage an exhibition tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock in | Manor Club pool. Mahlon Glasscock, Yale intercollegi champlon; Florence Skadding, for South Atiantic women's champion of this city; Onalene Lawrence, promising young star of Washington Swin Club, and Sergis Klotz, Leland-Sta ford University springboard artist participate. CAPITAL MAN TO HIKE FROM HERE TO PACIFIC Frank Miller, 108 Second street, has announced that he will start i from Washington to Los An morrow balancing a 30-pound load ¢ his head. Miller is best known to Washington | people as the “sandwich man ™ He car ries & basket bearing his business stock on his head | " Miller says he won the walking cham | plonship of Europe in 1893, when he | walked from Salsburg to Munich. a 137- | mile distance, in 19 hours and 17 min- | utes. | BANKERS’ CdURT LEAGUE “REORGANIZES AND ELECTS | Bankers' Basket Ball League organized at a meeting last nigh J. T. Howard of Washington 1 Trust Co. was elected resident Thomas Howard, American Security & Trust Co. vice president, and W. I Ford. District National Bank, secretary 1t is planned to play four games each week at Central High School | | [LABARBA LISTS GRAHAM | | IN NON-TITLE CONTEST| i | | 108 ANGELES, August 11 (® | Fidel Labarba has signed to box Bushy | | Graham, bantamweight boxing cham | plon, here September 11 ‘The title will not be | Graham doubted that [ climated yet | The weights were set at 122 pounds | Instead of forcing the champion to scale | down to the 118-pound title limit | . | TILDEN IN TOURNAMENT | NEW YORK, August 11 (# .- Wil | | lam T. Tilden, the storm center of | American tennis, has entered his first as | ac- at he st wa tournament since his return from Eu rope and the Davis Cup matol ™ the Eastern champlonships at the West- chester-Biltmore Country Club begin- nlnf today. Tilden, who 1s seeded first in the event, is not scheduled to play untll Monday. CHERRIES MEET PHOENIX Cherrydale A, C. Is scheduled to me Phoenix A. C. nine tomorrow on Lyon | Village diamond at 3 o'clock. ke ible by - IN STRETCH DRIVE XOnly A’s and Giants Seem to Have Chance to Overhaul W ter polo b banta ritzerland won gymnastic team ¢ an equestrian team disquali reported, | earlier events paled into insignificance | rotest from the British ad- in the evening to cash in on the ring- | team was diss W SKILL 'TWO YOUNG NETMEN t | feating the Ray Both ! teams rate high In uplimited circles, thuely, Leary starred for the losers, Pace Setters. defea Sl Associated Press. ACK in winning form again, the Cardinals and the Yankees are tightening their beits for the final and decisive dash down the tretch that will see fulfiliment pse of their hopes of pennant With seven weeks yet to go, the vankees lead Connie Mack's ambitious Athletics by 41, games. The Cardinals’ ver the second-place New York the National League is an games. Barring unexpected lopments, the chase for the two nts appears to lie among these McKechnie's hard-fighting St. Louls club snapped Pittsburgh's eight-game winning eak yesterday by downing the Pirates. to 1, in a thrilling 12: | 7 pitchers’ battle between the ve “larence Mitchell and the Fred Fussell. granted only five hits until when Hafey doubled and ored the winning run on Jimmy Wil- single. The Pirates would have by 1 to 0 in regulation time had Fussell fumbled Douthit's bunt in first inning. Douthit eventually cored the Cards' first run with the aid of a single by Frankie Frisch. The Pirates tied it up in the second on Grantham's single and Brickell’s triple, only to lose out in the twelfth when Fussell weakened. | The Giants kept pace by taking over the Phils, 8 to 4. The Giants confined their scoring activities to two innings. scoring three in the first when Preddle Lindstrom hit his eleventh homer with two on, and five in the seventh when Lindstrom_hit a single with the bases full and Bill Terry followed with his eleventh circuit smash of the season. Don Hurst, slugging first baseman of | the gmk. got his nineteenth homer in the fifth. Dazzy Vance in Form. With Dazzy Vance in form, the Brooklyn Dodgers had no trouble sink- ing the Boston Braves, 5 to 1. Vance fanned seven men and allowed only five hits. Del Bissonette got his nine~ | teenth homer of the year in the fourth. | The Yanks and the Athletics both won in the American League race. George Pipgras was strong in the pinches at Boston and the champions downed the Red Sox, 5 to 2. Lou United Da youngster Fus tw the George wd at Olympies Boxing Contests Club lost | erica 18 points, scor- st and and French 2. Gehrig's hitting was the feature, the ar driving in four and his twentieth | former Columbia | runs with a sing four-base smash. n, but no de Detroit took advantage of Washing- n the schedule. | ton's defeat to climb into sixth place in heats of thres | the standing by virtue of an 8-to-7 de- lympic records were broken | feat of the Cleveland Indians. Cleve- tied. Johnny w”m”“,,[land rallied for five runs in the ninth, Ioefe o o bt ym mark in | but Vangilder checked the drive in the : Srawling | nick of time. Ten of Detroit’s 12 hits | were for extra bases Also | Defeating St. Louis, 5 to 3, the Chi- Swimming Provides Thrills. 'nts yesterday style Osipowich: n Laird. In win ch_ cqualed F | w | one of forwar hen M tk 'ALL SECTIONS LEFT "IN FINALS AT TENNIS w courts today ent. | cago White Sox took undisputed posses- mars | sion of fourth place, a game ahead of r back- | the Indians, with whom they were tied Holland | on Thursday. A four-hit, two-run r record to|in the eighth gave the Sox the v _ Eleanor | Blankenship was driven from the tian Gil- | in the ninth. but Ted Lyons Bettencourt and Manush to check rally before any damage was done. NNA WILLNER and = Thurley Clark, each with 18 points, won in their respective classes of the Georgetown track meet yes- terday, topped the card of high point scorers. Miss Willner scored in the 115-pound ! and Miss Clark in the 100-pound hree-dey com- | class. Margaret Beach collected 14 the Olympic | points in the 85-pound class and Edna esterdav, | McKinley won first honors in the 70- to jump | pound k Miss Willner annexed three first plac- es and one second in her section, tak- ing the dash, quoit throw and novelty race and placing second to Sadie Kiat- ta in the base ball throw for accuracy. Miss Clark won the dash, basket ball throw for distance and obstacle race in the 100-pound class and placed s2cond in the running high jump, won by Jennie Torreyson Two firsts. one second and a third were credited to Miss Beach. while little Miss McKinley captured two firsts and a third All of the contestants who placed in the meet will be entered in the inter- play ground track and field champion- ships to be held next month on the playground. ults 0-POUND CLASS. involved dash_Won by Fdn: volve dashon 3, MeKin ship William ball 2 McKinley. or W Santa Barbura Thomas of E! Joseph Coughlin of opponents of Earl r id, Ma o1 second. Mary Hebbd; third. ms. nt—Won by M . e ¥y May King: sec 8-POUND CLASS, ard dash- Won by Lilliar 2 Eiliben Gelsel: “\hird. " Marearet theow for distanee W et rcand. Matzarer Beach L irevson ning high Jump Won by Ma Second: Elotse "Gl third, Hisbeh Won by Margaret Be o Totrevson, thite: Hloise O} 10-POUND € dash Won by Clark. year-old was of Tex s I M 13- kee Austin, Thom Novelty event second, f0-yard econd. Th fevson Basket hall Thurley Ol ie Mahoney. Jennie Tor- I theow for distance—Won by ki second. Btta Harding. third. vson ish second. romped through thi Los Angeles > deubles semi. nd Hayes upset al by elt tng Thomas k in thei Is, s tourname and David jump.Won by Jennie Tor- Thurley Clark: third. Viole: Obstagle race Won by Thurley Clark: second, Violet Angel: third, Mary Letgus. 113-POUND CLASS. yard dash-—Won by Aana Willner: sec- 4. Delores McKenna: third, Dorothy Fling Throw for accuracy (bave’ Balh—Won Jadie Kiatta: “second. Anna Willner: thb Wy Fling Quoit throw for distance -Won by Annm ‘econd. Reda Bryan: third. Evelrn Won by Anna Willn third, Sadie Kiatt; CLASHING IN FINAL TWC HELENS CLASH " FOR TENNIS HONORS ! EASTHAMPTON, Long I W igust 11 (P—Two Califor { Wills, Bnited States, British and French champion, and Helen Jacobs of Berki . ranking No. 3 player, meet in ! gles finals of the Maidstone Country { Club’s tennis tournament. Mg | Miss Wills swept into the finals by foo |administering decisive defeat to Mar- jorie Morrill of Dedham, Mass. 6—1, thel L. Miss Jacobs advanced only after e the |she had been given a terrific Or e | Marjorfe Gladman of Los les, tional girls' champlon, 7—8, 63, doul Jones the boy event Brvan SOUTHAMPTON Bell by New sots The voungest p Mendow Club titl In the double of Chicago will me of Australla und E New York in the iy d York rge went {ea M r t wht together ever foul Doex and George Tott | In the fim wome: nd ¢ al of the v woon B awkes | Miss Wills and Miss Penel - \vard Herndon of {or Richmnod, Va., defeated . George | W, Wightman and Sarah Pulfrey of ;l\\xll\lmfi in a thrilling three-set mateh 911, 6--2, 61 TWIN 0AKS WIN ANOTHER. Mayground nine added to fetories vesterday by de- | Auto Bodies, Radiators, Fend: mond playground team. Repaired; also N-" avde 11 to d. Mendelson pitohed well Anc| Wariison radiaters and coree tn stock Thumbris, Goldberg and Olverson hit Wi ittatatts, 1809 1 Nerth 7177 Also 316 130 14 4.'3 Ny AL