Evening Star Newspaper, August 14, 1928, Page 29

: Griffs Still Hope to BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS ] AMERICAN LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. BEGIN HOME STAND NEAR UPPER FOUR Now Seventh, but Only 2 1-2 Games Outside of the First Division. Boston, & Clevel Others not scheduled STANDING OF THE CLUBS. K i: =3 H Pereentage of fourth place, the Nationals |Soston during their home stand, start- = ing this afternoon against the Browns, hope to crash into the upper bracket of the league. However S club ‘entextains but Taint hope of [ DurMUALERIN. . TDetelt getting as good As A 50-50 break for | Chieage at New York Chicaco a the season. The Nationals now are 13 : ames below the .500 mark. and to Feach it would have to take 38 of their NATIONAL LEAGUE. remaining 41_engagements YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Manager Stanley Harris has an- | pitshorsh. & Breokisn. 1. Others mot <cheduled STANDING OF THE CLUBS. GAMES TODAY. St Louis at Wash. nounced he will uss both Bob Reeves and Harley Ross during the stand here Harris may retire from the line-up for » time and employ Reeves at second base. while Boss, of course. weuld have to fill in at first base, relieving the vet- ersn Joe Judge These changes probably would not de for the remainder of the campaign uld the Nationals begin oward the first division. The ¢ club naturally would be pleased 10 8| Cineint & slice of the world series melon. and | pigsburgh . 4 fair shot at fourth place Man- | groekiyn ¢ s undoubtedly would send his | gagton and most experienced combi- | ppiiaaeiphi into action e The club may present some new ma- | - - t00. while at home. President —GAMES TODAY. Clark Griffith combing the bushes Brookiyn at Pittsh'sh. with Scout Joe Engel. and expects to| New York at Chi send several vers here before return- ing to Washi This a 10/ 41602 | 6810101063 49..565 GAMES TOMORROW h. | ! Phila. at Cinein Boston at St. Le ALEXANDRIANS BEAT HOUSE OF DAVID NINE ALEXANDRIA. Va August 14— Brownie Lemerice’s Dreadnaught A. A rs experienced little trouble with Houss of David nine at Dread- the Nationals have been i in recruiting for the Most of the other ciubs agion elub to date nd and 8 o - has less ma- any other vesterday, winning. 5 to 1 ore needed by a big ) - k 4 " | The three-game series for the R. F v b haps n: e e allows whg | & P. League title will be plaved this o Sibotand the strain of play and | Week end betwgen the Mechanical De- ouries better than the Nationals do. | PATtMent. victdrs in the first half. and | Prom the s of the seasor the club|the team which cops th- second half | 2lwase his h2d one or two plavers un- | of the schedule. ending Thursday. Fri- | ¢ for service, and right now it is skat- | 9av's and Sunday's games in the play- ing along on very thin ice, with but | Off will be staged at Potomac Yards thres reserves at hand and_Saturday's will be a_feature of | While the shedule for nest menth |the Field day of the R.. F & P. Clerks' Bas the Natin s without dates fre- Association at Dreadnaught Park. o . 1 be little loafing for the | 1 Office of Richmond and the c! Yard All-Stars meet on the P L E4 Fvnen is casting e Bhest for exhibition enzegements, and | Field day program also. hapes to fill all th> Apen dates with such bookings. At that. the exhibition fiits nrobably would pay the club bet- ter than many of * rhampionship geason game: it will have in September Atlantic & Pacific Tea Stores of this | | city have organised a senior-class team | among its employes. Theodore Forne ! has been named manager and Allan Dennis captain. | Ashbv Wood's All-Stars will be played | on Corbett Field tomorrow at 5 o'clock. CAKZONER!-ROUTIS BOUT : | SET FOR SEPTEMBER 27w ‘hard s meming. Peicay. mient ot | s 8 o'clo~k n the Columbia Engine Com- | ”P«;V-"";_ORR,X rhg;lv‘!. ‘l’;’;’;!;‘l_'x r\;n,\‘ meeting rooms to start plans for r] srveish? 1 N Ve the in; L ndre Routis, French challenger. | The same between the Alexandria | be steged at Madison Sauare Garden and Washington Police Depm.menu.i Beptember 27 insi¢ad of September 20. | postponed Saturday Because of the as_previously onnoumced storm. will take place Friday in Dread- The Sepiember 20 date alresdy had | naught Park at 4 o clock. been filled, off a* the Gnrden dis- { eovered, and the foatherweight tituler Del Ray Juniors have been th‘l'i leng>d to a series of games by “Tex" #crap was set back a week. Houston, manager of the Predericks- | MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS | | ™% °™*™ __ Dreadnaught A. A. goes to Fredericks- urg, Va. Thursday for a game with INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. Pet by Fredericksburg Elks. #1 %0 504 757 500 RFN Hustlers’ Bible Class of the Methodist | ter 5 " 5% 4 | Clothing Store to a 2-all tie in a seven- | Buftsio Protestant Church played Hayman's | Jersey City. 4876 377 | inning convest at Haydon Field yester- | represen! Baltimore. 4: Buffalo. 1 | ark. 19; Rochester. 3. Reading. 6 Teronto. I Other cibs not scheduied AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Pct WL Pet w.L Indian‘pelis 71 52 577 Kansas City 3 81 501 Wizneanolis 70 dedn .. 6164 458 day. Ches Fannon, Magnus Bales, Pierpoint. Parke Bell, Edward Gorman and Robert Whitton are candidates for the Old Dominion Boat Club canoe squad, which will be sent to the Middle States Canoe Racing Association re- | | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, Get Fourth Place : Robinson’s Scalp Sought in Brooklyn 1928, SPORT H F BETTENCOU! Browns 4.0 OT CORNERS HAVE BECKONED ROOKIES; OXX, WHITNEY, STRIPP REGULARS NOW WHITNEY Ph:ilies Athletics L} STRIPP Reds Several veteran third sackers in the major leagues find time to cool their fingers while recruits take care of their “hot corner” posts. the newcomers. to Brooklyn high!y recommended. opportuniiy. Three clubs ave depending on youngsters to handle the “hot cor- her.” a position calling for quick thinking, a .strong arm and un- flinching courage. One other ‘team has a first-year man who has proved his worth at third. while a*fifth has a recruit who is expected soon to assume regular guardianship of the third cushion. Heading the list is Jimmy Foxx of the flying Philadelphia Athletics. Jimmy. who landed at the warm spot after brief stops behind the bat and at first base. has contributed more than his share toward the high rating of the A's in all departments of the game. He has been hitting better than 350 since becoming a regular two months ago, and his defensive work has helped the Athletics keep up. near the top in team fielding. Inspiration to Mack. It was the stellar work of Foxx as a substitute that inspired Conaie Mack to make regulars of others of his rookies, a move that gave his team the needed punch to climb clos: to the slipping Yankees Close behind Foxx for first rec- ognition among .the recruit third sackers is Pinkey Whitney of the other Philadelphia club—the down- OUTH is bhaving its chance at third base around the major league circuits. and it is making the most of the . Jimmy Foxx, who has beaten Sammy Hale out of the third-cushion job for the A Whitney, Bettencourt and Stripp. all first- vear men, look the part of major leaguers, and Gilbert comes trodden Phillies. Whitney. formerly of the New Orleans club of the Southern Association, has been one of Bert Shotton's best performers all season. He has hit .300 and for a time batted clean-up, an honor extended to but few first-year men even on the tail-end outfits. Pinkey had a brief experience with Cleveland last year, but had no time to prove his value before being sent to New Orleans with other players in exchange for'the sensational Ed- die Morgan. Then the Phillies lost no time in picking him out and now Manager Shotton says he should be one of the best in the majors when he gets a little more seasoning. The other rookie third baseman playing regularly is Joe Stripp of the Cincinnati Reds. Joe got his chance when Charley Dressen, Cin- cy's regular third cushion artist dropped out because of mnjuries, Stripp has had very little time to try for a showing in the National, but his record in the American Asso- ciation, where he batted better than 400 carly this year to lead the league indicates that he has the goods. as the saying goes. Joe, who had the experience of jumping from the last-place Colum- bus club in the association to the pennant-contending Reds in the Na- tional, carried a powerful punch at bat in the minors, Among the other things he did “down there” was to collect three successive home runs one afternoon. Direct reports state that his drives would have been is the best of home runs in any big Jeague park. Probably better known to the sports world than any of the third- basing youngsters is Larry Betten- court of the St. Louis Browns. Lar- ry. in one leap during June, hopped from coliege to the Browns and promptly drew an assignment to play reliet for Prank O'Rourke, out of the game with injuries. Bettencourt Does Well. Bettencourt who gained natiou- wide recognition for his playing on the St. Mary's College (California) foot ball team, did such a good job of his substituting with the Browns that O'Rourke had a hard time con- vincing Manager Dan Howley he should get his old position back Larry batted 336, helping the Browns along to a sizeable winning streak or two Newest of the young third-base material 1s Wally Gilbert, who. like Bettencourt, gained most of his sports fame as a foot ball player Gilbert has just joined the Brooklyn Robins, roming from the Atlanta team of the Southern Association He is a big. rangy fellow who for several seasons has been showing the Dixie fans how third base should be played. With Hendrick. the Robins’ made- over third-sacker, playing erratical- ly, Gilbert probably will receive an early chance to try for the job reg- ularly. Hendrick, originally an out- flelder, has been kept at third prin- cipally because of his hitting. 'D. C. TYPOS IN THIRD ROUND OF TOURNEY ' BOSTON, August 14.-—Washington terday’s 18-t0-12 victory over Detroit Lou Hollis. Capital City Typo out-| fielder, tried pitching yesterday and held | claims the Mol Detroit to five safeties, while his mates | is not , with two wins ‘Georgetown A. Silver Spring 's tatives in the eighteenth an-.‘ nual Union Printers’ International Base | | Ball League tournament moved on to| Walter | the third round tod in as many starts as the result of ves- EORGETOWN A. C. outstand- ing unlimited nine and defend- ing champions, will: face| another test Sunday when| Brook Grubb entertains Haley's | crew at Wheaton diamond. Grubb's Silver Spring nine. which| ntgomery County title, averse to turning back the | In their only meeting last Nine to Play Tossers Sunday Lanham A. C. of Lanham. Md. has Saturday and Sunday dates open throughout the remainder of the sea- son, and would like to meet the best District unlimited teams. Call Potomac 2570-J Mavis A. C. officials will meet tonight at 479 Maryland avenue southwest at 7:30 o'clock. Players will drill tomor- | | | | By the Associated Press. OLLOWING the example set by the New York Yankees, their prospective world series rivals | St. Louls Cardinals, in a slump | and well aware of the fact. have | sent out an emergency call for assist- | ance. The Yanks, after a disastrous West- | ern trip, recovered their normal win- ning form almost simultaneously with the arrival of Fred Heimach, left- handed pitcher from St. Paul. Helmach won his first start as a Yankee and the | rest of the staff took a turn for the better immediately thereafter. Now the Cardinals plan to bring new faces into their line-up in an effort to protect the slim two-and-a-half game |lead they hold over the New York Giants in the National League. Club officials, including President Sam Breadon and Manager Bill McKechnie, | announced yesterday that outstanding | players on "Cardinal “farms” in the | minors would be recalled in an effort to | check the Redbirds’ slide | No Room for Sentiment. | “we are going to do everything in | our power to check this slump,” said | McKechnie, who managed the Pitts- | burgh Pirates to a National League and | | world championship in 1925. "It will | be tough to cut players off the list, but | the big thing is fo protect our lead and | | win the pennant. Sentiment will have | no place in our operations.” | ! McKechnie should know all abouy | sentiment—or lack of it—in the majoi | leagues. After leading the Pirates to | the title in 1925 McKechnie was let out the following vear when internal dis- CARDS SEND OUT 8. 0. S. " CALL TO CHECK SKIDDING | s - VETERAN MANAGER | of the two big leagues. | the Tigers from a shutout. | sension wrecked the Pirates’ chances of repeating. The Cardinal announcement that it was going into the byways for new | talent overshadowed the routine news | | | | | Only one game was played in the | National circuit, Remy Kremer, the big | Frenchman, pitching the Pirates to an | casy 6-to-1 decision over the slipping Brooklyn Dodgers. Kremer. now show- ing the form that was expected of him, gave the Robins only six hits and never was in_trouble. Bill Doak and Jumbo Jim Elliott were touched fre quently by the Corsair swatsmiths A’s Gain Half a Game. | In the American League the idle Yankees saw the Philadelphia Athletics | shave another half game off their lead when Lefty Grove, who now mixes judgment with his fast one. beat the | Tigers, 7 to 1. Lefty fanned only twn | men, where he used to whiff a dozen. | but the Tigers got only two hits off the lean left-hander’s delivery. TRose two Ningles and a wild throw by Mickey | Cochrane in the fourth inning saved The A's| vietory put them four and a half games back of the Yankees. In the only other major league con- | flict of the day Ed Morris registered his fifteenth triumph of the season when he pitched the Boston Red Sox a 6-to-2 win over the Cleveland In- | dians. Ragged flelding by the Indians | was chiefly responsible for their down- fall, although they also failed to touca | Morris when hits would have meart | runs. | British State They Are Ready To Change to New Golf Ball T now looks as if the long-waged| \ battle fought by Willia | jr., when he was pres Unired States Golf Association for | a change in the size and weight of | the standard golf ball was at last bear- ing fruit and that the next two or three | years will see a decided change in the | sphere, which, according to many. is causing golf course architects to stretch | champions! | and is robbing the game of most of its| charm by putting emphasis on hitting | power instead of skill ‘Word from the othe side states that the British golf ball committee will soon recommend to the United States Golf Association that the present ball, which |ls 162 inches in diameter and 162 ounces in weight, be discarded and that | |a ball 1.68 inches in size and 155 sunces in weight be substituted for it. | Fownes Suggested Idea. The impression given is that this st { sested change is one that has origina | with the golf solons on the other nde.' As a matter of fact, the idea originated | in this country more than two at the annual meeting of the | | States Golf Association in 1925.] Fownes, as chairman of the committee | on implements and the ball, made the following report* “This_committee, n;“I‘m i jon with a subcommittee ;md Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. | Scotland, has made an extended inves- | tigation of the many kinds of balls in an effort to select one which would be Suitable for a standard ball. ‘The com- | mittee feels that a standard ball should | have less driving power and require bet- | ter control than the present-day ball, but at the same time imuld retain its easurable playing qualities. pl"A large \plmt)' of sizes and weights of balls of different makes were sub- |jected to both driving machine and playing tests. As a result of these tests 1me committes is pretty well satisfied z in conjunc- | { that a ball not less than 1.68 inches in diameter nor more than 1.55 ounces in weight will meet the requirements of all kinds of al{‘ylnd‘"nnd constitute a satisfactory standar ‘The matter was subsequently taken up with the British authorities, who, at the time, would have nothing to do with it. In fact. public sentiment over there seemed to be preponder- ously against any change. Since then, however, quite a number of the better players in England and Scotland, both Amateurs and professionals. have taken up the cudgel in behalf of the proposal. | with the result that popular sentiment | has altered and the R. and A. authori- | | | i | to spend considerable money in length- m C. Fownes, | ening their courses to keep up with it, | ident of the |that it is making courses so long that | it is a task just to walk around them. and that it has taken away much of the premium on control They claim also that. while the new ball may cause a loss of a few yards on the drive, its increased size will give the average players an opportunity to hip courses to 7,000 yards offset this loss by greater ease in play- | ing their second shots. It will be recalled that when Bobby | Jones won the British open champion- ship two y2ars ago he made a strong plea for a larger and lighter ball on his return to this country. He said golf was a game for the masses, not for the few outstanding players, and that a change in the ball was essential to the growth of the game. . GOLF BALL IS HOME AFTER WORLD TOUR By the Assnciated Press. The favored golfing trophy of C. R. Wiselogle of the Colonial Country Club, | Memphis, Tenn. is a battered gutta | n | { the Royal | faded ink and a letter which attests its | percha globule bearing his name i history. In playing the Colonial Club course Wiselogle sliced this ball out of bounds and lost it. It was found later by a caddy who, as caddies are wont to do, sold it to another goifer. That customer happened to be W. W. Stilison, who was leaving Memphis for a world tour. In midocean Stillson. ex- amining his golfing gear, noticed Wise- logle’s name on one of his golf balls. He played the ball on every possible foreign course—first in Japan, then China, next in the Philippines, then in turn in Java, Sumatra, Burma, India, Afghanistan, Persia. Ceylon, Arabia, Italy, Switzerland, France, England and Scotland. On his return to America Stillson mailed Wiselogle the ball and a letter in which he set forth its history. The ;rp.i.;;l:dl:dd the 5udlu( p}e‘rc}éau have been nd posted at the Colonial CI by Wiselogle. s S. MOVE ON T0 0UST Vice President McKeever As- serts Fans Want Boss of Dodgers Deposed. Ry the Associated Press EW YORK, August 14—Over Brooklyn-way, they're gunni for Wilbert Robinson, manager of the Robins for the last 14 years A well developed move to oust Robin- son from the pilot seat at the end of the 1929 season, when his contract expires, 1 | is under way, and behind the move. ac- cording to reliable authority, is Stephen W. McKeever, vice president and treas- urer of the clul McKeever says his effort to remove Robinson is being made as a result of a deluge of letters from Brooklyn fans protesting against Uncle Wilbert's handling of the Robins this year. After tarting out the season in winning ashion, the Robins began dropping down the ladder until they now stand sixth in the National League ctanding and with little hope of ending the cam- paign in any higher position. Receives $25,000 a Year. Robinson holds a $15,000 contract to manage the Robins in “1929. As club president-manager, this year, he re- ceives a salary of $25,000. Special dispatches from Pittsburgh to New York newspapers today quoted Robinson as saying he had no intention of resigning under fire. “Judge McKeever has no authority whatever to oust me” Robinson was quoted as saying. “T have been engaged to manage the Brooklyn Robins, of which I am also the president. and I hold an ironclad contract with the cluh that still has another year to run. I intend to fuifill it “TI am doing the best I can under the | most trying conditions and I feel I owe | it to my other employers on the ¢ | stick by my fob and fulfill my ob tion to them. I. therefore, have intention of resigning before the ex- piration of my contract.” Given Credit by Neutrals. Generally speaking. neutral observers felt that “Robbie” had done very well to keep his make-shift line-up. in the running as long as he did. He alwavs has been conceded a front-rank posi- tion as a developer of pitchers, and out- side of the hurling staff the Robins of 1928 had little to recommend them- selves as pennant contenders. Under the circumstances the pitchers have done well enough, but they can't win | ball games without high-class defens! | support as well as a consistent day | and dav-out offensive. ‘The Robins entered the present cam- | paign as “dark horses” chiefly because | the team had been rebuilt during the | off-season. Of the new faces on | line-up some made good. notably De! Bissonette, the slugging first basem-n | but the others were no improvemer | over the men they replaced. KELLIHER'S TEAM -LEADS | IN BLUE RIDGE LEAGUE CHAMBERSBURG., Pa.. August 14— | Mickey Kelliher, one-time Washington | sandlot base ball star. has his Cham- | bersburg Maroons at the tap of the Blue Ridge League standing again. In his first year as manager last season he | carried the local team to & ant. Prospects that he will repeat are now bright. Mickey's hitting is one of the bright spots in the Maroons’ recent spurt. ‘Three days after Jess Aitenberg re- signed as manager at Hanover his team ! was knocked out of first place. BIKE RACING POPULAR. | Bike racing in huge outdoer arenas | which handle as many as 20,000 persons ,;t ; time is a popular sport in New | York. WOMEN IN SPORT took things easy after piling up a big | Westerners. lead in the first three innings. Simons | year (he Georgetown sluggers ham- and Schneider each collected four hits | mered out a uhqo-s victory es P for_the winners. | Nearly as much interesi as will center | EOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. “Slim” Giles, Dreadnaught | Chicago, defending champions. lost to | apout the diamond_contest has been | Wedresday and Saturday contests for w L Pet w L Pet. | outfielder and coach of Alexandria Post, | Cleveland yesterday. 4 to 3. St. Paul, manifested in the stecplechase which [ Rover Midgets. Call Adams 1689 be- | Ao 7123488 | No. 24, American Legion, which wou | which fell before Washington Sunday. | is scheduled to preceed the game. A |iyeen 6 and 7 o'clock | 542 2224 72 | the American Legion championship of { won over Pittsburgh, 11 to 5. St. Louis | number of amateur horsemen in that | | have entered this event. The | 2422 52 2 i Siics 2122 uz “'-; 3?3 Virginia this Summer, has been made | defeated Boston. 10 to 2, and Cin- | locality Cronin Insects are having trouble | | race will consist of two laps around|finding foes. Call Manager Chewning 350 Tol €757 340 Columbus. ' 5073 4 84 61312 Loutsville. .. €9 72 4! Paul. ¢ Minneapolis, 1 row at 5:30 o'clock on the Fifth and L streeis diamond . Manager Myer Tretick is looking for 7 gatta, at Belleville, N. J.. Saturday and Sunday. Pive of the six will make the trip. OLLOWING play for the women's District singles crown this after- noon which was scheduled at 3 o'clock on the Columbia Country Club courts, quarter finals and semi-finals of the doubles are carded. | seginning at 5 o'clock Phoebe Moorhead and Frances Walker, holders of the District Tennis League doubles crown, are slated to ties probably consider the time ripe for the announcement that a change is be- ing contemplated Matter Is Debated. Those in this country who sponsor the change argue that the increased length that the present 1.62-162 ball vields is making it necessary for clubs | A bronze swimming figure was to be | presented to the high-point scorer in the interpool playground swimming meet, being held this afternoon in the | Georgetown pool. Mrs. Catherine Pfeiffer Ladd. swimming instructor, is the donor |of the trophy. Other awards in the meet include the ¥ Oriesns Memphis tano g Nashville a. . Chattanongz. coach of the Columbia Engine Com- |cinnati kept in the running with a 4- . Rock. 12 Mobile pany team. | the Whenton field, a distance of about |at Adams 8995, for games. —s. 2 2 = | BLUE RIDGE LEAGUE. Prederic, Wi Eanover. 5. Martinsburs. Chameersburg. 4. Hagersiown. 1 MIDATLANTIC LEAGUE. meshors, 4 urg. 0 'CAPITAL CITY NINES | ARRANGE TWIN BILLS | In order to dispose of their remaining games as quickly as posible, Capital | City senior nines have been carded for | double bills Sunday. ie, 1—1 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Opartanburg, 1: Macon. 0 (3 innings. rain) Asheviile. 3. Charlotte. 0. Colvmpis, & Greenville. 4 Knoxv -Augusts. rain EASTERN CAROLINA LEAGUE. Greenville. 4 _Goldsboro, 2 ‘lr.svm 10: Payetteville, 3. ky M 4 Wimington. TEXAS LEAGUE. Wichits Palls. nreveport: 5 o Daliase 8. Vaco. allas. Sesument, 7. Port Wor WESTERN LEAGUE. Mo games schedulec BIG LEAGUE LEADERS HITTERS Player—Club. G. AB. R. H Pct Goslin, Senators 94 297 51 114 .384 Simmons, Athletics 78 206 51 113 . Hornsby, Braves .. 92 327 and 3 o'clock. Auths will meet D. J. Kaufmans and Hartfords are booked with T. T. Keanes in the early frays In the afternoon the same teams will play but Auths will meet Keanes and Kaufmans will clash with Hartfords. Auths and Brown & Wood nines will meet. August 20 to decide the winner of the first half flag. Arthur Heywood, secretary of the | league, wishes to trade two Monument | Iot diamonds reserved for 3 o'clock for | two reserved for 11 o'clock. Call Main 4205, branch 36. Government League directors stirred further trouble last night when they awarded the season title to G. P. O. Willie Glascoe, manager of Navy Yard ount, 2 b 3 0. 2 rth, 4 awarded the right to play Government Printers for the title Union Printers were awarded a chance to take, Glascoe claims. As Printers are at Boston and unable to meet G. P. O. in a post-season serie: ees . 112 412 the latter team was awarded the rigl f-‘::fl'. y.s}-:-rm 114 470 w_compete in the week-day 4 serfes TRAILING STARS. i G. AB. R. H. 1z 397 121 131 Cobb. Athletics .. 88 346 54 113 Frisch, Cardinals 97 372 73 124 T Pe. | League are especially requested to & 339 tend a meeting tomorrow night at 914 23 | P street at 7 o'clock Ruth, Yankees | Homa: Hut'son.2h Sim Wap) Desper.c | Goldsmith ¢ Holbrook.rf Schnefd'r.ct | Hollis.p 8 Contests will be staged at 11 o'clock | Fingsiad Simon (3) 3 | out—By Hollis | leagues | | to-3 win over Indianapolis. samnamnnd n.3h ons if le.1b Edwards.sc e Totals Washington Detroit Runs— Klatt n I John_ (21, Martin. Rupnow, n, Simon (3) (). Holbrook. Schneider (3) Errors—Kiatt, 8t John in Buchta Simon. Martin lena, H: Hutchinson ner. Edwards (3). Hollis. Two-base hit Desper (2. Waple. Homan. Simon hase hit—Holils. Stolen bases-Martin, man (3. Desper Schneider. Simon. Sact cns E 3 (2). Desper mards (2) stad o) halls—_Of " by Rupnow U. S. SPORT PHRASES GET PECULIAR TWIST By the Assoclated Press Latin America has its ow coined nine, claims his team should have been expressions pertaining to base ball. and to Yankee | sports phrases are echoed in all lands the | where Spanish is the predominant lan- second half flag. which Navy Yard had | guage. the peculiar twists given termed “beishol” batter swats out ball 1s swarthy Base when a long one and reaches home on it the The term is “jonron” or home run piteher is the “picher” and the c is the “cacher” Of course, the Spanish appellations for bats “pal ch m managers of Sport Mart Midget | gloves or quantes’ and the players | ugadores " In other lines of sporls A Waple, Des- Three Ho- base on Struck | standing unlimited teams of the District and are | | three-fourths of a mile. Attractive, | prizes have been offered the first and | Second " finishers Pop Kremb’s Liberty A. C. nine, which journeys to Bowie Sunday for a clash | | with Bowie Motor Co. nine, is making | | plans for the annual field day program | | at American League Park September 15. | | An' important meeting is scheduled to- morrow night at 718 Taylor street at| | 8 o'clock dates are asked to attend. anxious to sign a pitcher and an out- fielder Libertys will meet Monroe A. C. and Simpson’s Dairy nines in the field d; contests Boasting 9 wins in their last 10 starts, Bond Bakers are ready to meet the out- 2 ] 0 8 1 3 3 i 1 and nearby towns. Wednesday and Sunday dates are open. The only loss sustained since the reorganization of |the team was a 5-to-4 setback in 11 innings | Manager Gubisch will book games at | Pranklin 5350 during the day or Atlan- | tic 4127 after 7:30 o'clock. | | Pop Hessler is grooming his Ross | Council nine for its important tussle with Auths outfit Sunday. Practice was scheduled today on Soldiers’ Home dia- Imond, and an important meeting is booked tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at 3004 Park place n Chumbris and Talbert played major roles in Muddy Ruel Peewees' 10-to-6 win over Colonials yesterday. MILK-FED BALL PLAYER IS READY FOR MARKET By the Associated Press Less than $30 worth of milk has All players and new candi- | helped develop a base ball prospect for | Pop 15| the San Francisco Seals who is counted | on to bring big money in a major league deal When Frank Crosetti, star 17-year-old third baseman, signed this year, the | club owners thought he was @a bit too | light for the strenuous Coast League season grind Secretary George A. Putnam hit upon the idea of having the youth drink a quart of certified milk every day. A little more than three months later he had gained 10 pounds and now is heralded as “a $100,000 prospect.” GRAHAM FIGHTS TONIGHT LOS ANGELES. August 14 () Bushy Graham, bantamweight cham- | pion, insofar as the National Boxing Association 1s concerned, meets Charley | Pinto, Buffalo, N. Y.. boxer, in a 10- | vound encounter here tonight. The | Utiea. N. Y., champlon’s title is not in- er | there are Matters of im- | qmilar copying of American names and BY FAIRPLAY. Risko H;IS _j—()b (;11 H] To Win Battle With Roberti volved Hands for a fighter of his limited experience e may be short on the many little * POLO PLAY DELAYED Fights Last Night | | | By the Associated Press. | CHICAGO.—Shuffle Callahan. Chl-“ | cago, technically knocked out Johnny | | Sherrod, Fort Worth, Tex. (3). Tuffy | Griffith, Sloux City, Towa, knocked out Del Fontaine, Canada (2). Ernie| Owen, Los Angeles, knocked out Larry Johnson, Chiago (2). Frank Norris, | New York, knocked out Barney De Cor- sey, Chicago (3) | CINCINNATI, Ohio.—Johnny Dato, Cleveland, defeated Buster Brown, Chi- cago (10) Frankie Rio, Cleveland, outpointed Otto Atterson, Terre Haute (6). Johnny Nasher. Terre Haute, shaded Jackie Powers, Youngstown (6). Chet Smallwood. Terre Haute, defeated Ted Henry, Chicago (6). Calvin Ba- ker, Aurora, Ind, won from Paul Brown, Cincinnati (6). NEWCASTLE, Pa.—Dick O'Leary, Cleveland, defeated Johnny Dunn, Vilkes-Barre, Pa. (10). Andy Tomas- | Pittsburgh, defeated Carl Cavelli, | Canton, Ohio (6). Bobby Belfore, Al- | llance, Ohlo, knocked out Young Cor- | sey. Canton (5. Tom O'Leary, Cleve {land. knocked out Johnnie Jancowski, | Cleveland (2) UNTIL SEPTEMBER 8 By the Associated Press NEW YORK, August 14.—At the re- quest of the Argentine team, the open- |ing of the international polo matches | | for the championship of the Americas, | has been changed from September 3 to | | September 8. ‘The South Americans requested the | | thy Kingsbury and Mrs. G. P. Graham face Mrs. J. H. Ford and Aida Doyle in the semi-final encounter, while Doro- | will play Mary Hall and Corinne Fra- | zier in a long postponed quarter-final | match. The winners of this will meet Frances Krucoff and Elsie Jansen to-, morrow for position in the title round. Miss Krucoff was to defend her title Ln the singles against Dorothy Kings- ury Marian Wells, District junior cham- plon, and Mrs. Henry Prichard of Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. both of whom com- peted in the District champlonships last week, have gone to Mountain Lake Park to try their skill for the Western Maryland net titles. They are entered in the singles and mixed doubles and have formed a team for women's dou- bles play. interpool challenge cup and ribbons for place winners in each event. Loveye Adkins and Dorothy Kelso, rep- resenting Garfield playgrounds and sec- tion 4 in the interplayground tennis champlonships. will play Rose Dawes and Edith Clarke of Montrose Park, Section 1 winners. in the title match tomorrow afternoon on the Plaza courts at 2 o'clock. Miss Adkins and Miss Kel- so scored yesterday over Marion Sills and Helen Drach. Bloomingdale. 6—3. 6—2. in the semi-finals. Thy Dawes- Clarke team previously had bested Ver- nice Torney and Mary Sheehy, cham- plons of Section 2. in the other sem! final argument. Individual trophies will be presented the winners of the tournament by Mrs Susie Root Rhodes. supervisor of play- grounds of the District. g MERTZ & MERTZ TAILORS ‘ow in New Home Their 403 11th St. Opposite Star Office Mr. H. J. Froelich, for many years a member of the firm of Mertz & Mertz, has succeeded the 3 " Tigers 107 402 59 119 296 portance will be discussed. | phrases made adaptable to the Spanish » i | H Heflmann, s e P | NEW YORK. August 14.—Johnny | ypingi®inat distinguish a four-rounder firm and will follow the same lines BASE STEALI Cuyler, Cubs . um White Sox Frisch, Cardinals Cissell, White Sox Rice, Tigers RUN SCORERS. = MANDELL BATTLES i 0'DONNELL TONIGHT 16 16 By the Associated Press changes 1n spelling, s For instance, foot ball is “futbol.” Ef- ](nru. to change the word tennis, how- ever, have been unsucessful [ . {HAYES’ NINE LAYS CLAIM | TO PLAYGROUND HONORS Risko has a fight on his hands when he tackles the Itallan glant, Roberto Roberti, tomorrow evening in the first of a series of heavyweight elimination matches that Humbert Fugazy is put- ting on. Ten rounds s the distance and it 1s a sure bet that those who attend and like their healthy swipes and socks will get their money's worth. Ruth, Yankees Gehrig, Yankees P. Waner, Pirates Bottomley, Cardinals JANESVILLE, Wis., August 14-—In| Manager George Kelley of Hayes' 94 i his first bout sinee he defended his title | School Playground nine has laid claim 92 |against Jimmy McLarnin. May 21, in to the District Playground base ball title, but wishes to meet Peabody toss- Any time Risko climbs through the ropes the fans are assured of a good | old-fashioned slugging bee. John, the rubber mun, knows nothing about the | from a star bout performer, but he more | than makes up for his short-comings | when he is hurt. As a matter of fact Robertj tries to do the things he is taught. straight jab and black, and looks like a big over-grown novice. But let the other fellow hurt the pride of little Ttaly and then the leather begins to fly. Robertl can fight when he is in dan- | ger of being knocked out. Monte Munn | had the big fellow down twice in their | delay because of injuries to two of their | star players and because weather condi- tions had been such as to prevent In. tensive practice for their matches | against the American team to be headed | by, Tomm{ Hitchcock, fr | Under the revised schedule, the first | match will be played on Saturday, Sep- | tember 8; the second on Wednesday, | | September 12, and the third, if neces- sary on the following Saturday, Sep- tember 15, The two injured stars are John Miles, AND O’COATS and offer the same service that has made the name Mertz famous in Washington As usual we will show the larg- est and Dbest selected stock of woolens in the city. The corps of expert designers and taflors that have always served you so effi- clently will be at your service. TO ORDER 93 | New York, Sammy Mandell, lightweight | 10 rounds with | bout and mashed his lips and broke | No 3 player, and Arturo Kenny, the Combs, Yankees will fight ers in @ three-game series before closing ' finer angles of the manly art and fur- PITCHERS. Player—Club Benton, Giants Pet. 824 824 | champton } Johnny O'Donnell of 6. Paul tonight in the Janesville Fair Grounds open air arena While O'Donnell was good enough in the season thermore does not care. All John wants The games would be played on Plaza {s somebody to stand up and give and | dlamond if arrangements are pleted, com- Hoyt, Yankees Ehmke, Athletics Quinn, Athletics Grove, Athletics TIP FOR FISHERMEN WARPERS FERRY W Va The Potomac and " pRivers were very muddy this morning. August | does not allow title fights Shenandoal | at 18 | Minneapolis last winter to hold the) 189 | Rockford hoxer for 10 rounds. the 750 | champlon is a heavy favorite for to- | night’s brawl | "Mandell, win or lose, will still be | champion because Wisconsin State law The fight is the lightweight 4 BURNS TO PILOT HANOVER HANOVER, Pa, August 14 Burns, former New York Giant, and Newark Bear player, has signed to manage the local Blue Ridge League base ball club for the remainder of the season. 138 | limit, pounds, over Gieorge | take it. If the other fellow is willing, | Risko will go along with him until the { final bell | In Roberti, a young fellow with oodles of embition, courage and a he- man’s wallop, Risko has picked a better all-around scrapper than the rest of the so-called contenders for the heav: weight title care to mingle with. Bob- bio, ms the fans have nicknamed the serious Italian, has no‘dune 50 badly his nose. Roberti came back swinging | his_ponderous fists and one of them landed on Munn, who took a header | out of the ring and was unable to re- | | sume the contest. Roberti also had | Phil Scott on the floor. Rulph Smith gol a taste of Robbio's fsts, and. the | same goes for Jack Humbert and King Solomon. | Risko will win but he will know he has been in a fight. As Johnny says, “T expect more trouble from Roberti { than I had with George Godfrey." |No. 1~ Miles suffered injuries to his | | shoulder in & recent practice session at | Rumson, N. J. Kenny's riding finger on | the left hand 1s slightly infected ! Nelther injury is serious, but they have prevented the South Americans from getting the ~intensive workouls | they feel they need. A factor in the re- | quest for a postponement was the late arrival from England of th great back, Lewis Lacey ‘The ralny weather of the past month or 50 has be’ another handicap. ~ \\ MERTZ & MERTZ Tailors 403 11th St. N.W. 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