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SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1928. SPORT S5 riffs Hope to Gain at Yanks’ Expense : Pirales’ Rush Is Sensation of Season Series Starting Tomorrow He!ld Climbing Chance by Nationals. N B. KELLER. within the next four Nationals may face a r teammate when they step plate. The Yankees are i to play here tomorrow in one of the who just a uni- JO¥ time BY Miller has helped to keep L w T b may Te is A pitcher him that so easy for immediat ton makes the slab. ted as ex- t make the average ball former mate is e ba . but dead im when he is with a rival. Re- Zach was not so successful Vationals when he w uniform. He very likely w dangerous -vhen hs fac kee livery be many fans at ulling for the old boy post to shing ‘em Always popular unie. Zach still has the sympathy of the Washington followers of the game. Theyll be root- ing for him—but only if the Nationals are ahead That Huggins wi ever, the e ball yard p sgainst the g while he wor send Zach to the mound here is all but certain. The Yanks are in a sorry fix for pitchers these days. And the midget manage: is not one to pass up an experienced hurler because of base ball tradition. It has been rumored that Manager | Stanley Harris will return to the game for the Yankee series and that Bob | Reeves. who has been understudying the pilot at second base, will take over Joe Cronin’s job at shortstop. This may happen, but the only reason it may is that Reeves appears to have a bit more punch at bat than the recruit pro- cured from the Kansas City club. Cronin is a superb fielder, one who does not charge drives directly at him and who possesses an accurate throw- ing arm. It is questionable whether | the Nationals would be better off with | Reeves instead of Cronin occupying the | shortfield. and this doesn’t mean that Reeves is a poor player. It simply ap- pears that Cronin is the better afield. All the Nationals went through a strenuous drill this morning at Griffith | Stadium. Now tied with the Tige:s for four place after the double licking the ‘White Sox took fiom the Athletics yes- terday. the boys are eager to clinch | & first division berth if possible. and | they believe it is quite possible to do | 80 while the Yanks are here. As the| Nationals look at them, the Yanks are | Dot so hot these days. | YANKS KEEP OPTION | ON LARY AND REESE| By the Associated Press NEW YORK. August business manager of the New Yorl Yankees, denied today that the Yanks, had dropped the option they hold on | Lary and Jimmy Reese, second base combination of the Oakland Club of the Pacific Coast League Informed that reports from the Pa- cific Coast said that Jake Ruppert, owner of the Yankees, had become dis- satisfied with the playing of Reese and Lary this vear and had dropped the option on the pair. forfeiting $7.000 in option money. Barrow said “There is absolutely nothing to the report. Lary and Reese belong to us| have paid full purchase price for the plavers and they are our property. We | eould not drop the deal if we wanted to.” OAKLAND, Calif, August 29 —Offi- etals of the Oakland base ball club here denied reports that the New York Yan- kees have forfeited option money on Lynn Lary and Jimmy Reese, shortstop #nd second baseman of the Oaks, who have been sold to the American League team for 1929 delivery. On the other hand. the off positive in assertion two youngsters bz in next season. ANGEL jam Wrigle and own League Club d ls were that the the majors will ES. August 29 (#) millionaire sports- the Chicago Na- ed here tod: that the mped the , Lary and s of the Oakland Les 1 of Jjoined 1 nkees. tisfied s sea- Ruppert was 1 teited $7.000 ir RUTH’S, GEHRIG’'S HOMERS COST YANKEES VICTORY t 29 (A thely HARTFORD. Conn . Al put or b stern erted n t \inth tied the ms were ner first RHE 4 04 3 2 HOME-RUN STANDING F e — s—— ome. Hogan, Gia Bishop, Ath Americas ke nkees Hauser, immon Athievics, 12 Nationa Gilants, | its, 1 “Tigers, | Ruth 22 Ath ot Cubs. 30 Cardinals, 26 Bissonette, Robins, 20: Hurst. Phil Jies, 19; Hafey, Cardinals 19; Hornshy, Braves, 18 League 1 wonal, 491 n grand wtal, 894 American, 403 AMERICAN LEAGUE. ESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Chicako, 0-3 (second STANDING OF THE CLUBS. % Philadelphia New York Philadelphia St Louis | Washington Detroit Chicago ... Cleveland Boston _ w3 en'n | [New York 2 3 Percentage 37203003 8 Lost 114160 696069 3181 i . GAMES TODAY. MES TOMORROW Cleve. at Detroit. York at Wash'ston. St Louis at Boston. Cleve. at Detroit. Chicago at Phila Boston at Philad'phia. NATIONAL LEAGUE. VESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Boston Ne 3. St. Louls. 6: CI Pittsburzh Others not Cineinnati Pittsburgh Percentage | drooklyn 515 76 48 910/ 3136851 s12411 Cineinnati . Pittsburzh Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia Lo GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW Phila. at Pittsburgh. Phila. at Bosten. TEAMS MEET SATURDAY. In a Sport Mart League game Satur- day at 4 o'clock, on West Ellipse dia- mond, Lionels and Auth Insects will face WEST HAS LOST PRESTIGE IN JUNIOR MAJOR LEAGUE BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, August 29.—Five teams in the American League are between .445 and 528 in the standing today. A team with a percentage no better than 453 could crowd into the first d. “ision. That is something new in American League history in the month of August It would occasion little surprise if it oc- curred later in the .eason. how closely matched the teams of the mid-section of the league must be. It testifies to the runaway strength of the New York and Philadelphia clubs it also makes Boston look no better than it was a year ago, but there is no doubt that the Red Sox have improved This situation also proves that all the puttering done with the ball players during the training season didn't help much. Of course, the St. Louis Browns are considerably better than they were a year ago, but they are not very far above 500 in percentage and can't get higher than third place. ‘Washington's _venture into young | blood bore some fruit, but it did not put the Nationals in the race as a con- tender, especially when Goslin lost the use of his throwing arm and there was It shows | great assets Walter Johnsons are them ufitil after they lose them. Seven clubs hope the New York team | will lose the pennant and rip itself | apart for the campaign of 1929. The Athletics hope to win themselves, and | if they win they feel confident that they will repeat in 1929, because the | have a growing outfit Other clubs of the American League most candidly do not want anoiher season like the present. It hasn't been good. The West has not had a real kick out of any part of the campaizn Once the West boasted that it was th vital part of the American Leegue, and it was. It liked to talk about Wesicrn influence being strong and the Western fan was wont to discuss the American League as something which belong=d to | the prairie, while the National League was merely a side show to New York and the Giants. Conditions have changed so de:isively | since the Yankees began to make good— | and make money, too—that some Ameri- | can League club owners are calling for a new deal. But they don't know how | to get it. The Yankees have put to- gether a good ball club under the very rules that the other fellows made to | get good ball clubs themselves and they | no Walter Johnson to bolster the pitch- ing staff. Clubs do not realize what can’t undo the Yankees without ravel- | ing their own stocking: 22—za zarrov. JIECHANICS NEED WIN T0 REMAIN IN SERIESf | American Railway Express nine, class | of Terminal Y League. and Mechanics of Richmond, Predericksburg & Poto- mac Railroad League were to meet to- day in their second appearance of the week-day league championship series being played on Terminal diamond. Having been turned back yesterday by Bergmann's Laundry nine of In- dustrial League, the Mechanics will have to win today to remain in the race. Mechanies demonstrated yesterday that inal outfit as the Laundrymen had to attle to the last ‘tand for a 6-to-5 serdict The losers put over 2 runs in the final frame and threatened to knot the count. Yesterday's victory placed Bergmann's nine on even footing with G. P. O. at the top of the heap. Expressmen have won their only game to date. while Loffler’s and Navy nines have divided the spoils in 2 games. ics lost their only start and St. Alban's and Treasury nines have been elimin- ated E. H. Goelz, chairman of the com- mittee in charge of the series announc- ed the following schedule for the re- mainder of the week: Tomorrow, G. P. O. vs. Navy, and Friday, American Railway Exnress vs. Loffler's. It is nrobable that the field will be narrowed down to three or four clubs by Saturday. Scors yesterday's game F &P ABHOA B L 1,30 Taylor.3b Freed.ss Bennie.cf.n McDanld 1 o " A |2 1 Retd.ct Henley 2b Click b Watkins,rf Hanbeck.1b M Reed.n Boswell.e Dnncef'd.ss “Derrit Beech.1t Ty berlake sewass059s! Nunasawasal ® Sosmwmsasean Brown.n Guyer.et Ratted for Batted for P 7 Totals 341227 eford in ninth nning in ninth inning 100011002 Bergman 20001003%x8 Runs J Reid, Tayvior, Freed., Hanbeck Kelly, Guyer. Bennie. Houtk, MacDonald Boswell. Beech Ereors-Houek, Henly Luncetord. Tavlor (2), Brown (2). Watkin Two base hits Preed. Derrit. Btnlen bases nbeck, M. Rteed. Lunceford Bacrifices . Reid (2). Muc exorki Double play Pirst base on balls -Off Brown Brown. 3 in 6% innin 2 nus Biruck out 1. by Reed. 4 i balls Bniegoski k R 5 Thompson " off wild Bos- TO PLAY RICHMOND Possibilities of a revival of the inter- city amateur base ball serfes between {the championship league teams of | Richmond and Washington are slight, H. Goelz, chalrman of the local com- «. announced today Announcements for & three-game eries between the loca) week-day league champlons and the title winners in the Ealtimore & Ohlo Raflroad League of Baltimore have been completed, it was announced Dr. W. W Wood department of the #nd Chairman Goelz have agreed (o tart the series soon after the week- league series is completed next ¥ vovided both the week-day league and Baltimore-Washington series wre eompleted by September 15, there a chance that the Richmond-Wash- inglon series may be arranged, m chief of welfare rallroad company, P | Heilmann, Tigers. 123 453 | Frisch, Cardinals. 111 428 §3 and they will report next Spring. We | they may prove dangerous to the Term- | Mechan- | BIG LEAGUE LEADERS Hitters. G. AB. R. H. Hornsby, Braves.. 101 356 135 137 Goslin, Senators.. 107 342 58 131 . Gehrig, Yankees.. 125 460 114 P. Waner, Pirates. 124 500 119 Simmons, Athlet’'s. 92 353 58 Trailing Stars. Pet. 285 | G. AB. R. Ruth, Yankees. .. Cobb, Athletics 124 43 90 348 138 54 0 Run Scorers. Ruth, Yankees | P. Waner, Pirates . Combs, Yankees. .. | Bottomley, Caras ...)00 | Base Stealers. | Cuyler, Cubs. .. | Mostil, White Sox . Myer, Red Sox Frisch, Cards Pitchers, Hoyt, Yankees | Benton, Gilanis | Grove, Athletics . | Quinn, Athletics Pennock, Yankees WILL MEET FRIDAY T0 SET SERIES DATES Another meeting of managers has | been called for Friday night in the | Post sports department to fix dates for | the three-game play-off series between | Georgetown ‘A. C., vietor in- Section A unlimited division, Capital City League, | and either Auths or Ross Council, rep resenting Section B. Nothing was a :omplished #t a meeting last night Georgetown A. C. won the Section A flag some time but there s a red-hot battle on het en Auths and Ross Councll for the Seetion B gon falon. ~ Auths, who have finished their league schedule, are in first place b 2 halt-game over Ross. The laticr however. meets Army War College Sal- urday at Washington Barracks at 3 o'clock and if the Ross tossers win | they will engage Auths Sunday in one game to determine the Section B cham plon. O'Meara limited Eldbrooke M. £ bat ters to just one hit, while his team, | Grace Eplscopal, gathered cight to win a 6-1 five-inning decision yestcrday in | Georgetown Church League. Postons squeezed ont u 5-4 win over | Tris Bpeakers yesterday in a French's |1 et League tiit. Hall led the win ners at bat YANKEES BUY ED WELLS, | TURNED DOWN BY GRIFFS | NEW YORK, August Ed Wells, | | big southpaw pitcher sold by th: Na tonals to Birmingham after a trial in the Spring, has been purchased by the yankees, but will not report to his new club until next season The New York Club will be the third | [tn the American League for Wells, M. [ was with the Tigers for a time before joining the Nationals last year ‘nm‘ Washington eclub immediately shipped him to Birmingham, but recalled him for Spring training this year Wells Ishowed little in exhibition contests and was sold to the Barons, | A carded games with Willlamsport and ' and | the CES WITHOU Carc " AN ERROR SPARKY ADAMS, Pirate infielder. final A, C. Meets Tonight To Plan for Three Big Games GENERAL shake-up among his dinal A. C. line-up is prom- ised by Manager Charley Har- | rington before he sends his charges against Chevy Chase Bearcats, Cherrydale Pirates and Isher- woods on three successive days, begin- ning Saturday. Cardinal players are to meet tonight in suite 1170 of the National Press Club Building. While the week end program will be the principal subject. plans for a Cards, who are among the promising young_teams of Georgetown, will en- | | | | | | gage Bearcats Saturday on Friendship | Fi~ld at 3 o'clock. Cherrydale Pirates will b> met Sunday at the some hour on Washington and Lee High School 4famond, while Isherwoods will ale Ajamond. Among those requested to attend to- night's gathering are Bob Brown. Harry Poove, Beachem. Ralpy Young. Len "Tarripaton. Tuth Hermen Gormen Myde F-anital. Tarey Duva'l, Buck Fbe Geargs Fifor, JIne Buscher, o Johnson *t apd Bill Duryee, Bill Mcllwee and Carl Turvy. Collegians, leading contenders for the District junior title, are anxious to meet m Rices on Labor day instead of a later date as previously decided upon Collegians, with victorles over Vic's Sport Shop and Corinthian nines, claim the right to the title, but are willing o meet Sam Rices Don Grist will make arrangements Lincoln ter 6:30 o'clock Sandlot managers are planning busy week end program ahead. Begin- ning Saturday and continuing through Monday the amateur nines will stage their last three-day program of the cur- rent season Ted Otte, C. nine at who will meet his Kennedy tonight at his home, ha be en- | | 72904 Mondav at 2:30 o'clock on Rose- 8618 | Middletown, Md., Monday. One of the feature unlimited clashes Sunday will b» waged on Wheaton dia- mond. Pete Haley will send his George- town A. C. nine against Brook Grubb's Silver Spring nine. Play starts at 3 o'clock, but a program of field events | London reporters will precede the contest. Manager Bill Sanderson is having a foot ball outlook will also be discussed | busy time with his three Auth nines. Insects, senior and unlimited teams will drill today and Priday at 5 o'clock on No. 10 diamond Sanderson’s meet tomotrow night at home at 7:30 o'clock Snitz Nau has listed games with Hess accepted this hint A. C. and Cabin John_ Junior men for his Capitol A. C. nine Orde: teams for Sunday and | Insects will meet lo-‘ night and «the other two teams will| Hesse- |is not a wo 'Argentin PITTSBURGH PACE 01 SINCE JULY 7 | EW YORK., August 29 (P) The loss of some of their horses by sickness threatens to impair the chances of the Argentine . polo team in its matches with the United Statese next week for the | championship of the Americas. | In spite of all the precauticns the | South Americans have taken to prevent | such troubles a slight coughing and | fever has developed in a few of the Ar- | gentine mounts. Donie | . Although the | diagnosed as ar vaders are exer | The ponies will not be worked for sev-| eral days and are being closely watched. Two years ago, when the Argentine! players came here from England, some of their ponies suffered from the voy- age. The result of their not being in con- dition was that the Argentines lost the American open championship. This year 32 of the Argentine mounts were | sent here early in April under the care of Thomas Nelson, cousin of Jack Nel son, captain of the team. to assure their | being in perfect condition. Ten more horses, including those the star South American back, Lewis Lacey, brought with him after the London season, have been added to the string since then Thirteen picturesque Argentine Gau- Ciub Has Won 38 of Last 52 1, Games—Now Has Shot at Old League Flag. By the Associated Pre EW YORK. August Bush's Pittsburgh Pirates may not win the National League pennant this year—the odd in fact, or very much against | | it—but they've earned the respect of | the base ball world by the gallant fight they have made in the last two months The Corsairs were counted out of the present campaign as early as June. | | Handicapped by miserable weather dur- ing the training season, by the com- | plote collapse of the pitching staff with |the exception of Burleigh Grimes, and by injury after injury to their regu- lars, the 1927 champions spent most of | | the ‘season in sixth place. Their luck definitely turned for the batter on July 7. On the morning of | that day, “the Pirates were in_sixth | | place_with_Brooklyn, Chicago. Cincin- | nati, New York and St. Louts ahead of | | them in that order. They were 13', games back of the league-leading Cardinals while the Robins, in fifth | | position, led them by 6> games. July 7 the Corsairs took both ends of | a “double-header began a nine- game winning strea Since that date they have won 2 and lost ld]‘ | for a percent by far the best mark in the league. They Iment has not yet been ything serious, the in- sing the greatest care.| Fights La: By the BOS (Honeyboy) _Finne- n, Boston, defeated Bruce Flowers, . e left | New Rochelle (10). Benny Kid Car the Dodgers far behind and now are | phoenix, technically knocked tied for fourth place with the Reds | Frankie Garcia, Panama (7) and only a nalf game behind the | NEW YOR Giants, who <till hold second place. | jack = Britton, former | The Cardinals, setting the pace, lead | champion (10): Harry Ebbets, Free | them by six games port, N. Y. technicaily knocked out The seven games Harry Dudiey, Los Angeles (1) with th2 Cardinals NEWARK, N. J.—Tony Ca weeks probably will New York, knocked out Bobby G other whether Baltimere (1) i chance for his WILMINGTON, >, Philadelphia Louisville, out welterweight the in Bush second pennant in Del.— Vineent knocked out E Ky. (4); Al Philadelphia, defeated Tony Eoplucci Los Angeles (8); Hoe Smellwood, Wash- ington, D. C. knocked out Freddy Washington, Philadelphia (3). YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio—George Court- Okiahoma. defeated Dick Evans, | Youngstewn (10) GRAND ISLAND, Nebr.—Teddy Gor- tin, Lircoln, Nebr.. knocked out Sailor Eddie Kelly, San Francisco (9) LOS ANGELES—Santiago Zorrilla San Bias Indian, defeated Joey Sangor, Milwaukee (10) 'ALEXANDRIA SERIES PLANS COMPLETED ALEXANDRIA, franchise of the double local w Ale For- Basing calenlations on the form they . have shown since they began their treak, the Pirates figure to be rather better than long shots to repeat He | contenders have played since July Won. 8 29 sburgh St. Louis Cincinnati New York | Improved pitching tells almost the entire story of this_startling form re- versal. All season Bush’s batters have slugged the ball for a team average | of better than .300, but game after game was lost because the pitchers could not hold a lead. With Kremer, Hill, Fussell. Brame and Dawson to I help the overworked Grimes, the Pi- rates are winaing just as regularly as | they lost before. They may not win. If they | will mateh for sensationalism the d the F on Braves into the fonal League pennant 14 years @ 'GENE’S PSYCHOLOGY a. August 29 Logionnaires in the kout” tournament for ams was awarded to A Light In macting of tournament offie managers of the contesting team: | Legionnaires were unable to enf | Chairman Gerard Edwards’ s | WORKS IN ENGLAND of Revmond Poveriil. willam | Robert McDonald and Willlam wisle to umpire the tourney w E | proved. as well as the suggestion tha all games be plaved on Haydon Field | Jack Allen, secretary, was elected treas- urer also. Eligibility lists were sub | mitted and approved and franc] were posted The tournament opens this afte | noon, with the Virginia Public_Servi Co. opposing Hustlers Bible the Methodist Protestant Church at o'clock. Police play the Post Office nir tomorrow. Alexandria Light Infantiy meets the winner of today’s game on Friday Those eligible to play in the t ment are: Hustlers' Bible Class . Ralph' Serivener do Th ctions Wood, E By the Associated Press. \ LONDON, August 29— has worked “the psychology When the ex-champion arrived from | | America last week he mobbed by | news men and photographers. He sub- mitted gracefully to their importuni- ties then but dropped this little time bomb: “I alwavs heard that in Eng- ' jand the people attend to their own business don't intrude on the pri- vacy of others.” Evidently th> English finelly have or the papers have | droppad Tunney like a hot brik. There about him in today’s edi- e Pa men will b> mes Saturday and Junior | tions. Ordermen will b> met in Mondoy. Capitols want a Call Lincoln 1625, two games geme Sun- Many teams are socking end ;ames. They include Virginia Sox, Falls Church 824-F-2: A. B. & W. Busmen, Clarendon 807 Plar A. C.. West 963: Bond Clothiers, Franl lin 2047; Hess A. C., Lincoln 1655; Bey wyn A, C. Berwyn 108. Columbia Heights, Adams 62 fors, Atlantic 3493-J Lincoln 5780; Washington Pirates, P tomac 1236; Goose Goslin Peewee Adams 4394 wask Hess A. C. players will meet at the | { home of their manager tonight Ray of from nine. Dux the McGarvey, manager A C. would like to hear manager of the Indianhead Adams 3489 Dixie A. C. nine, which meets Corin- thians Friday at 11 o'clock on East lipse diamond, downed Sislers 11 to 0 utherns 5 to 3, yesterday BCG FIGHT FOR RUNNER-UP POST IN NATIONAL LEAGUE By the Assoclated Press T'S a dog fight for runner-up posi- tion in the National League A small blanket would suffice to cover the Giants, Cubs, Reds and Pirates, who are battling fiercely to catch the St. Louis Cardinals before Bill McKechnle gets his crew too far away Six percentage noints—or a hal me—divide the Glanis, present oc upants of second place, from the Reds rd the Pirates who are tied for fourth position. The Cubs, according to one v of reckoning, are all even with the ants, having won four more game nd lost four more than the cian Me- Graw, but they rank no higher than third m pereentog The standing of the leacers Won, i o8 70 0 today St Lonis New York Chicago Cineinnati Pittsburgh 1t took ning by 1o _bring The Cardinals, with the slump place for a fe stretehed their games by downing second stralght day. The Glants ran into disaster where they least expected it for they were defeated twice by the eventh place Boston Bra at the polo grounds. The Plrates further jumbled up standings by taking both ends of a double bill with the practically helpless Phils, and thus moved up to Ue the idle Reds Bohind some canny pitching by Clar- ence Mitchell, the Cardinals had no troubl ng o 6-10-0 victory o Cul e Cards were baffled by Pat Malone until the sixth when they scored four runs with the ald of some Cub infield ervors. Two more were add- cd In the seventh off Perdy Jones. The Cubs made only seven hits off Mitchell and never threatened. Orsatti got four hits, one a double, to lead the Cardinal assault Rogers Hornshy seemed to take great delight in the Braves' double defedt of ihe Glants, 3 to 2 and 7 to 5, He got L 4 and win- yesterday some heavy losing the five contenders about this situation apparently all through that cosi them first days not so long ugo lead to five-and-a-half the Cubs for the the | ix hits, three of them doubles, during the day, drove in two runs and scored our himself. Larry Benton and Joe Genewlich, both former Boston ready has seen him win 21 games. ‘The Pirates crushed the Phils, 9 to and 16 to 7. four hits in the first game Dawson received credit when Burleigh Grim of the box in the second inning. Corsafrs collected same and 21 in the second ot only three of the re triples. As a team, red in their fourth straight error- game, They've made only two plays in their 1 10 contests arky Adams accepted 10 more chances, running his string to 184 with 2 while was knocked out | out a mi: | to three the In the Americun League the Phila- delphta Athleties regained the ground | taking both | Chicago | Lefty Grove hung up his| Monday by biil with they lost on ends of a twin White €ox {welfth straight victory 1 to 0, although he g A's could g Thomas. One of the three, was Max_Bishop's home run third. Bing Miller'’s single the in the opener \ted_efght hits et off Alphonse the the in in | eleventh scored Mule Hans with the run | nme hat gave the A's the nightcap, 4 to 3 The double victory placed the A's agaln three games back of the New York Yankees who were idle as far as league play was concerned A six-run rally in the third gave the Detroft Ti: ihe Cleveland Indians in the opening of the series. Johnny Neun, Tiger first sacker, got back in the game for the first time since May, when he was forced out by sieckness he 8t runs in the eleventh Inning to back the Boston Red Sox, 8 to 6. turn LA v TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, West Va, Au- gust 20.-The Pofomao and Shenan- doah Rivers both were muddy this morning. White | nav Ky | Corinthian Sen- | mote: eattle Juniors, | pion a Stars, | N. Orleans e the pitching victims, it being Ben-| Memphis.. ton’s fifth reverse of a season that al- Carman Hill gave up only | Joe | for ‘the_second | The | Horhe 15 hjts in the first | hogn 4 Paul Waner | >olo but all of them | the Pirates | however., | | Asheville s an 8 to 4 deeision over ' Louls Browns rallied for two | i Gene has confesse that he made a at mistake in not bringing his to Eurcps. Telearams, flowers. s and other gifts are piled up in |, Virs rooms and his traveling compantons | 0z fasw notified him that they are unable | Carter. to stem the tide of gifts and callers. | Qaptain, Arrangements are being made for a | Gea temporary secretary to take charge of | his affairs Harry Preston, British sports will be host to the former cham- dinn-* tonight. ~ Although the | § {dinner is a preliminary affair to the | | boxing mateh between Newsboy Brown | a and Johnny Hill. Tunney declared he does not intend to attend the bout Nor does he know anything about re- ported angements being made for him to meet the Prince of Wales, Gene sald. He will go to Paris Monday and hopes the welcoming ceremonies there | will be the last in Europe AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W Indianapolis Minneanolis ansas City 78 64 Paul 75 66 532 ke Pohlic Serviee He Herndor Breans Potry Russell Kidwer h Raymone wilY Walt wrence Padeett, man- ain: James Ludlow Arnett Ludlow. Harve Hollis Deay pro- | Lane. man rroll ) Law Geor Office Lester . captain: C is Fone Gln's Mar Bav Bradley ver. Vincent Dave Hamilton Alexandri ota L or Lizht _Infantrs ter Cline. Cla e. Paul Feagan Owe! . Wi Lofty de S willia 21 vder. Frank BANCROFT NINE WINNER. Bancroft > ball team won a doubl ting Happy Hollow, 2 to 0, an 17 to 8. Riley | and Beymer of the eam made three home runs fter- noon. Bancroft play- ground title MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS ’ Milwauke Toledo Columbus Loutsville ol : 3 8 St 54 86 386 | horses that have proved their w | famous | Mosa —Pal_Stiver, outpointed | | about 200. e PoAloist—s HardHn By Sickness of Their Mounts chos, or native cowboys, came with Nel- son to care for the moun and have done so well that before the present oul- break the Argentine ponies had come through in fine shape except for tne temporary loss of Jupiter, Laety's fa- vorite, which was cut in a practice game jupiter still is unable to work, but may be back in time for the matches. The Argentine string has been called by some judges of polo mounts the finest coliection of ponies that has been brought to this country by any visiting team. Despite the fact that the Argen- tines select their polo ponies only f the rough work on the ranches, most of the South American horses are thorogh- breds and the string includes scveral polo ponies. Lacey’s Jupiter stood out in his play in Enzland. while his cream colored geiding. Bayo, hac been called the best pony in the history of Argentine polo. The string of Arturo Kenny, No. 1 of the Argentine four. includes Buena a full sister of Judy. the highest priced polo pony ever produced. Jack Nelson has two famous horses in Norak. a purebred chestnut mare by the Collar stud. and Windsor, owned by his brother Louis; a gelding. which the Prince of Wales used during his South American tour TUNNEY NOW FACES 1 LITERARY HEAVIES the Associated Pre LONDON, August ~Gene Tunney be~an a series of bouts with the heavy- weights of literatur> today, inaugurat- ing a new round of intellectual meetings | by ng with Hugh Walpole, the | at_his London home Walpole had extended th to the former champion shoril the latter’s arrival in London. > and nome o t along ralded meetir . in the mi the playw Italian va B: oc tation afte - as ate Amer citizen,” and when friends suggested that he give five minutes daily at a specified time to seeing newspaper men answered: “I don't see why I should. I am an ordinary private citizen This morning he discussed with Thornton Wilder. the novelist, their pro- posed walking four on the continent which it has now been decided will ba in the Tyrol. Another visitor was the Marquis of Clydesdale, young boxing enthusiast While ~> arrangements have yet been made for a golf match between Tunney and the Prince o Wales. members of the American group hope that a match may eventually be brought about through Sherman Cottingham. amateur golfer, who has a private links Maidenheod and plays frequently with th> Tince. Should a meeting on the links be arr: d it is figured that Wales is likely to win considering their comparative scores, Tunney customorily going arou in th> low 90s or n 80s, while the Prince averages a few strokes les: Tunney is planning to go to Oxford, Maidenhead and Surrey during the week and then Paris on Monday for several d: Today a new figure appeared in the Tunney menage, name- Iy a secretary to take care of the corre- spendence that has been flooding in. LOUGHRAN LISTS 60 IN HEAVY CAMPAIGN By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, August 29.—Tommy Loughran. world light-heavyweight chempion, will start his campaign for the heavyweight title, recently relin- quished by Gene Tunney, on October 1 r 3. when he will meet Jack Gross of S N J. in a 10-round bout at the League Base Ball Park. Ar- e been signed Joe th, manager. revealed that Loughran would not meet Ieo Lomski at Brooklyn on October 6. although this bout had been arranged definitely for that date at the reauest of the New York bexing commission. an will concede Gross a weight e of about 20 pounds. ement is for both to fight at ghts. Loughran is expected to around 180 pounds and Gross w PIN LEAGUE TO MEET. To make plans for the coming sea he regular ann meeting of Nautical Duckpin League will be held September 6 at 8 pm. at the Potomac at Club headauarters at the foot of th and K streets. Start only a few of the river clubs th > now has 12 teams. STERN LEAGUE Indianapolis. 5 isville, 52 \ Paul. 8; Toledo. Minneapolis, 10. Columbus, 3 SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. W W. L. Pet Birmin'ham 3§ o Yo "o Little Rock 2632 448 2535 417 2339 3711 Kansas City waukee, 61 0-3. 'WOMEN ZIE Chattano'sa Mobile Rashville BY CORINNE F HREE Washington girls champicnships in as sports at Sherwood Forest season, and each a trophy at tl | Daughter athletic dinner | resort last night Junior golf play m program of sporfs in Washington as yet, but local girls of the junior class | figured prominently i the tournament held at Sherwood Forest, where Rita Rending { Beichert of this city won the junior o 5 title. Jean Truter, Washington won BLUE RIDGE L 111»- senfor golf champlonship, whle | Frogeric. | Cora Melver captured the - archery 4 & 4 Wuvnesboro, 0 panship cup MIDATLANTIC LEAGUE Wheeling harlerol Jeannctte, Cumberland 3 New Orleans Rirminghan Mobile Chattanooga, 5. Memphis. Littls Rock, 8. Nashtille INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. | W. L. Pet | Reading 3 Raltimore, . 69 64 519 Montreal . 7188 311 wark 8473 467 Jerses 35 85 3 wop many | this 0 0 innings) given not be on the loranto. City Baltimore, § Roches(er Montreal,’ 3 B | : With the last of the elimination | meets completed and the winners en tered on the lists for the city-wide champlonships, the field is prepared for the fifth annual gitls' interplayground track and fleld meet, to be held on the | Plaza PFleld, at Second and E streets | northeast, at 10:30 tomorrow Between 800 and 900 girls are ex alisbuty, 7. Greensboro, 3 pected to participate, representing the strongest performers in the fleld SOUTH ATLANTIC ASSOCIATION | 3.500 who competed in the preliminar: events, Each girl in the final meet ha ot won ohe or more places in her ground ! eliminations } Rvents will be run off in four classes 70 pounds, 85 pounds, 100 pounds and 115 pounds. All contestants may enter | (wo events in their own classes tosedale playground performers won title and the challenge cup last collecting 30 points. | second with 16 and Georgetown third | with 14 In the 118-pound class a new event has bheen added this season ball throw for accuracy arksburs ottdale. 8. Fairmon(, | Johustown, 3 0. 4 | PIEDMONT LEAGUE. | B Winston-Salem. 7. Gint, 13, Ditham. o Charlotte, 17 Spurtanbury, o o [} Gireenville. Macon, 1 Columbia Knoxville. 1 Augusta. | SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE. | | Columbuys, 2--4; Tampa Helma, 3- 4 Jaoksonvill Montgomery. 4. Pensaco EASTERN CAROLINA LEAGUE iCinston, & Cireenville, 6 Faveiteville. & Rocky Mount, 1 Wilmington, 9 Goldsboro. 2 TEXAS LEAGUE, t Worth, & Dallas, 2 hita Falls, 5. Shreveport 4 Ban Antonio aco, rain W Beaumont Houston- PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Oakland, 31 Ban Prancisco. 8, ortiand, 14 u.‘vamg L W who comes the nearest to the black | clrele. Luncheon will be WServed on the grounds by ofcials of the playground department, as the meet is expected to continue well into the afternoan Maude N. Parker, director of girls' attle. 120 Missions, Los Ankeles, 6, Baciamento, 1. morning. | & Takoma was | o Ethel Mary the base | Syivia Dey Contestants | by, My throw the ball at a target with & center | oy “bull's eye," the winner being the one | Geitrude a | and. { Qualt throw and. ettv Sicty High second, Rett Dorathy won by Dorothy Jones will be the meet assisted by ground scorers, etc., with n acting as field supe flictal and will b directors as timers, Richard Tenny r. e as follows rd rd dash. v potal S0-vard dash high now Nasket Sump. hasket hish base of the 85-pour h-point scorer in the at Takoma Park play- Dorothy Jones, un- voint behind her in Betty Story, 100 third honors with wtion meet ound yesterd limited, was one second place and pound ¢ took 14 tallies. Results 40-vard dash dith Lund. (hird ace. won by Mury KA third. Lallian distance. won by L1} Rosa Santaiti third ent | (three-lesse At wnd Ll Herson '“and. ¥ Smith and Low wan Horson Peke class—30-vard _dash rone second. Eva Vberk Throw for distance won 3 second. Augusta Perone. thitd fo Running high tump. won v va cond. Aususta Perane: third Rose Novelty event (three-leased BT hon by Alswste Perone and Lanise second. Edith Rogers and Aldes Fo third Kose Herson and Syivia Rosen won by Sus Katz. third 100 pound el Curtain Becs Reck —80-vard ond. Betty Throw far second. Heity Brown nbers Running hish iump. second. Betty Hrown da da by Hrown distance won thir wo thirg Wk thi thiow onald . Elizabeth Poresta won by Elizabeth Foresta: s third. Gertrude MeDonald oYy eripede. MeBanald ry: Ehird. Elizabeth Poresta. Unlimited a—-80-vard *dash. won Ay Jones: second. Ada Luhin - Qualt won by Dorothy Jones.. High Sump. Lary by 113 “Relly Stary hmp.won h hrow