Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1928, Page 69

| Fish@, Swifnm_ing | Tennis , 't Gol_f The Sunday Stav. SPORTS SECTION ABase Ball, Track | Lacrosse, Bogipg Part 5—4 Pages WASHIN GHON, D: SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEM BER 9, 1928. Macks Gain Lead by Twice Tripping Red Sox, Although Yankees Lick Griffmen - 1'S DOWN BOSTON, | Connie’s Club Is on Top in September for First Time | in 14 Years. Br the Ascociated Press. OSTCN. September 8.—After 14 years of effort, half of it in the | nethermost depths of the Ameri- can League, the silver pate of the grand old man was bobbing along tonight in front of all the rest Connie Mack, the master manager— when he had Bender and Combs and Plank—was on his way once more. moving with sure-footed stride along the broad highroad that leads toward the land of pennant gold The dean of all the mas‘er minds drew up alongside Miller Huggins in the shadows of last evening. For a day they marched upon even terms, but this afternoon the ancient Connie succeeded :n pulling away—just half it is true, but nevertheless weay. The Athletics wouldn't be beaten and they couldn’t be beaten. They flashed their most ferocious war-spirit to pull out the first game by a score of 7 to 6 in 10 innings, and then won rather peacably in the second by 7 to 4. The Red Sox put their best foot forward in a vain effort to stay the ruch of the Mackmen. but the ringing | cheers of 25.000 Bostonese told Connie the home folks were glad the Sox had failed. The veteran manager was the | objective of an ovation as he led his men away after the second game to make ready for a_double charge upon the citidel of the Yankees on the Har- lem tomorrow. A's Half a Game In Front. With the prospects of fighting for his | first pennant in 14 years with 80,000 erhaps not unfricndly pairs of eyes ooking on. Connie Mack has the ad- vantage of being in front—by half a game. It is only a little, true enough. but it means that three out of four in New York would send the Athletics into the West with a margin of two and one-half games, and with that much to spare, it is inconceivable that the Philadelphia Patriarch could boot this one. Connie made a hold bid in 1925, but his kid team faded in August under the seasoned assault of the then cham- pion Senators. He never has been a September threat since that last pen- npant year of 1914 which moved him to dismantle the too-perfect base ball machine. A World War fought, and forgotten, since then. Babe Ruth has risen from an unknown re- cruit southpaw to—what he is—since Connie last won, or even threatened. Moving back to this new Mack menace, model 1928, the Athletics were faced today with the certainty of crowding into first place ahead of the Yankees, with whom they were tied, if the Red Sox could be turned back in a double bill. This was a matter of cold mathematics, even if the Yankees took their one game from Washington, which they did. Settling down almost methodically to their task. the Athletics harpooned Ed Morris for 4 runs in the third round of . the opener, only to sce this advan- tage and more shot away when the Boston boys fell on Howard Ehmke, swinging all their bats in the sixth. | The home forces scored 5 runs to move i into a lead of 6 to 4, but it became no_part of a rout. The Mackmen at this point had only bezun to fight. They pounded Morris for a single run in the seventh and | flustered him into forcing home the one that tied in the eighth. Oswald Orwoll, the recently reformed first base- man, went to the firing line for the Macks in the eighth, succeeding Eddie Rommel who had given way to a pinch batsman. From that time on it was merely a question of how much time the Athletics would require to score another run off Morris. Orwoll a Batter, Too. The Blonde Ghost, as he is called in | - CORDOVANO his native Northwest, became the bionde dragon, spitting fire and brim- stone from his left fist. That mighty whip, dangling simian-like at rest, writhed, rose, fell—and with it cach time fell a Red Sox victim, one, two, | three for three innings. { The blonde bolt himself took a hand in the undoing of Morris when the kill T (Continued on Second Page.) AT TOP OF HEAP FIRST AB_H.O. A 33 H O.A GAME. Phila Boston Bishop.2h lagst Haas.cl Cochrane.c. Simmons.if Poxx.ab AB, cf. Myer.3b Williams.if Ruffing*. Taitt.rf 2 1 A P Morris.p [UTRUT soonuanEmas Orwoll.p Totals.. 2 *Batted for Barted for Batted for T Soore by inni 153013 Totals... 401330 14 Rommel in the eighth inning. | Williams in the tenth innins. | in the tenth inning | no 400011017 00100500006 Erro | in—Miller hop, Simmons. Rogell. ). Morris. Two-base Simmons. Flagstead. Doubd Left_on hases— Base an_balls. Struck ot 3 by Morris. 3. innings. none oui i 5in 2 (nninss: off Orwol Winnng pitener— Orwoll mpire. < Dineen, Guthrie and Naliin. me of same—2 hours 21 minutes iller. D Niams M Hias, Dykes. B . Todt. Tait (3 Mytler. ' Bishop. Sucrifices--Cochrane. Boley and Foxx 2 11 Efmke. 8 in 5 Fes his Todt nop ot n h: of Fommel I SECOND GAME | A% 11 O A Boston ! . 3 Rothrack.cl 30 s 1; 3 0| ome Loepp: Totals . 3313 Totals *Batted for Rus:cli in the fifth inning atied for P. Sunmons in the seventh in- a2 B emire in the ninth inning. 60000 6101 0—4 100 Hass. Cochrane. A. Simmor, Bolev. Rothrock. Todt. B ore - Cochrane. Earnshi Drkes. A Simmons (3). Bishol Miller. Myer. Todt, Williams Tws Todt | Three-bese hit—Rothrock - 1 Bacrifices— Earnshaw. Dovhie play_Todt a Phil>delphs. 7: Bos. n1an &N 002001 B D: William Teft on b Umpires lin and Dinneen. Time ©f game—1 hour and 47 minutes. 0 s 0 this ;7 ' do that. Sox Tilts Openil;g Here Today May Be Harris BY JOHN B. KELLER. EW YORK, September 8.—In the series with the Red Sox to be played Sunday and Monday in Griffith Stadium, with a dou- ble-header listed for the Sab- bath at 2 o'clock, the Capital fans may be looking at a Harris-led team in Washington garb for the last time. While neither Clark Griffith, presideni of the Nationals, nor Stanley Harris their manager, has made any public statement concerning a change befor~ the next base ball season rolls around rumors to the effect that the Washing- ton club will have a new pilot and that Harris will be associated with another cl for several months and these rumors may have some foundation. 1t is no secret that the Nationals’ failure to make any progress this year under Harris' direction has annoyed the Washington president greatly. Nor 1c it any secret that heckling by the dis- gruntled element of Washington fan- dom has gotten under Harris’' skin 'o such an extent that he would welcome a job with any club other than th2 Nationals. Harris’ handling of the club through- out the greater part of the season h been unfavorably criticized around th> league by base ball folk and much of unfavorable criticism has been heard around the Washington head- quarters, too. It seems that a deal of second guessing has though never has made any pubhc staieruent relating Lo the running of his club on the field. H> is too much of a diplomat by far, to Players Respect Bucky. On the other hand, Harris certainiy holds the respect of the men playing under him and there are many un- biased critics who believe he has got the most out of the material he has at hand. Harris cannot be held to ac- eount for many things that have handi- capped the Nationals. He was in no way to blame for the failure of most of the pitchers to function properly in the early part of the season. To ail appearance, the hurlers were in godd trim physically when they quit (he Tampa training camp. Goose Goslin | weak wing that has ‘un. the club Jub *m 1929 have been in circulation | Last as Boss greatly cannot be blamed on Harris Nor can the failure to improve condi- tions in the shortfield through months of the campaign be charged against him. He did all he could with the players available. The pilot has ben particularly un- fortunate in suffering injury repeated- ly. He has been out of many games, but in the games he has worked the club has gotlen much from him in a fielding way. As a second sacker, he still ranks among the topnotchers of the majors. Harris has not hit well. In fact, this has been about his poorest | batting year since he became a major leaguer. Yet defensively, he probably has more than offset his weakness In | tack. It seems, though, that Harris' days | as manager of {he Washington club are numbered and perhaps one doesn't | have to look farther for the reason for this than the size of the salary that goes to him under the terms of his con- +tract with the club ending this year. " Harris and the Washington club en- 'tered into this contract right after the | I Nationals had won_their second suc- {cessive pennant. The club was pros- | perons, the man who in his two vears at the helm had brought the Capital} its first big league flag and world cham- {plonship and then the league title again ‘was immensely popular with the fans land a_substantial contract was Harris' {reward. It was a contrct for period | at been done there. ;of three years, Griffith being still en-! President Griffilh | thused by his club's stupendous success | fand Harris being a shrewd bargainer. Then Came Evil Times. Then the Nationals came upon evil times, evil many of the short-sport fans | thought because the club was not win- i ning_more pennants and evil, President | Griffith had good reason to think, be. | cause there was a noticeable falling off lin gate receipts. The Nationals fell to "fourth place one year and got no bet- ter than third in another. In this last year of Harris' contract they may fin- ish as weil as fourth. Such a record does not warrant the (managerial salary Harris is receiving. base ball sharps contend. And more than likely President Griffith is nclined to agree with them. It iz certain Man- ager Harris does not. When the time for making a new contract arrives < ithere’s apt to be much pow-wowing be- tween Bucky and Grif, and even now NS —— ——— |t s not difficult to pick the winner of the argument, Now, this Harris is an upstanding young fellow with a deal of pride and cannot be expected to take a cut in salary from the Washington club. He might be willing to take a job for less money than he is getting now with some other major league outfit, but not with the Nationals. And it isn't on the books that President Griffith will pay what he has been paying these last three seasons for a manager. Draw your own conclusions. NOTED OF THE NATS | NEW YORK, September 8.—Koenig | took a look at the scoreboard in the first inning and fanned immediately. The A’s tying run in the opening game | at Boston had just been posted. | After bagging Ruth’s long drive in | the third round, West made a great | peg to third to prevent Koenig from | moving to that sack. Sammy had no chance to head off a score by Combs. In the fourth both Ruel and Reeves | were victimized by Bengough's arm | when they tried to swipe second. Laz- | zeri tagged cach well off the sack. Ruth made a spectacular catch at Cronin’s expense in the sixth. The | Babe tore in and got the fast falling | looper at his shoe tops with one hand. | — | Braxton thought he had a hit in the | seventh until Dugan hoisted a gloved | hand and dragged down a scorching | liner. Victory gave the Yankees their an- nual series with the Nationals, 13 | | games to 2. PIRATES PURCHASE PAIR FROM WESTERN LEAGUE PITTSBURGH, September 8 (#).— | | Purchase of Third Baseman' James | J. Seweil, Montague. s Mcstil. Shires. Redfern (3). Dor- | KEN ProVINCIAL: | JERRY C ARROLL - FIVE RUNS IN FIFTH WIN FOR WHITE SOX By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, September 8.-— Coming from behind with a five-run mass attack in the fifth, the Chicago | White Sox wrecked a fine pitching per- formance by Verne Underhill, recruit G right-hander, and shoved the Indians | down to an 8-to-7 defeat. Chicago. ABH.OA. Cleveland. AB Mostil.cf... 3 1 D k Shires. b Reynoids.r( 5 S s553-35u35mem5s L. Sewell.c Caldwell.rf e Underhill.p Grant.p Harder.p Rurns Jamieson Myatt. . 92711 Totals Ratted tor Adkins in Afth inninz. +Batted for Montague in eizhth inning. ‘Ran for Burns in eighth inning sBatted for Grant in eighth inning Chicazo 0010502 Cleveland 1021101 Runs—Mostil. Shires. Reynolds (2). B by. Kamm. Berg, Metzier, Dorman. J. S2we Hodapp. L. Sewell, Caldwell. Underhill, ieson. _Errors—Swanson. Biankenship. 25as0aB0a=0 ~2333-23mmmmw Aot et o “Metzler msms—swannmans S 35mn5-53-nuessen Totals .. .32 8 Hodapp. Caldwell, se hit—Underhill. Three-base_hit Caldwell. Stolen bases—Reynolds, L. Sewvell. Harvel Sacrifices—Kamm, Swanson, Har- vel. Lind. Double plays—L. Sewell t6 Mon- tage: Montague to Hodapp. —Clucago. (: “leveland, 8 Harvel (2 Stroner and Outfielder Carl Frey from the Wichita club of the Western League | by the Pittsburgh The | | was announced today | National League club officials. players will report next Spring. A sum of money. the amount of which was not announced. and out- right assignment to Third Baseman | George Gottleber, who is under a Pirate | option, were given for the Western ! Leaguers. | Gottleber has been with the Colum- | bia ciuY of the South Atlantic Associa- tion this year, | enship. 5 in 31y ases on balls off Underhill, 4 T, offt Adkins. 1 by Grant, 2: oy Harder, 1 2. Hits—Off Underhill. Grant. 3 in 4 inni inning;: off Adkins, ni in_12:' innings. * Hit by pitcher (Ealdiell). " Winning bitcher - Adkir inz pitcher—Underhill "~ Umpires. Hildebrand and Campbell, WESTERN LEAGUE. Omaha. 22 Ttsa o Amarillo, 8 Oklahoma City, % nd. | Blak- Left on bases ' Total Gam Janes Rraston Rrown . | Marherey - . AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. st Milwaukee. ncia 10: Colum Toledo, 6. sville. Minneapolis, paul, 5 napoli Lo Memphis. 3 New Orlcan Toronta, ontreal. Jerser City, 4 Reading, 3. Newark. 8: Baltimore. 2. TEXAS LEAGUE. Shreveport, 6; D Fort Worth, 5 5: Waco. 5. an_Antonio, COAST Houston, PACIFIC mento. . Hollywood, 7. I RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN 2 bus. 8. itle, Kansas City. 1 SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. 10-3; Rochester. 4-1. uffalo. alias. 5. wichita Falls, 2. 4 LEAGUE. o | By the Associated Pre: DETROIT, September inning the eighth g wea the first game St. Louis. AB.H.OA Blie. 1b 3110 3 b O'Rourke.3 Manush.If Stone. Heilm e White! —mowamwaues: s538555-25 s358umswons! | “Rettcan | *McNeely .| Totals...3375 “Ratted for McGowan in n | tBatted for Stewart In nin 3| st Lowss | Détroit | Runs 12 | Rice, Bl Schvlte, _Gray, ._Rice, Heilmann Gray. Tavener. Stone. Rice Two-base hits—Bine. Home run—Gray. Krass and Blne on bases—Detroit. I ‘ay. by Whitehill. 2 art, 1 inning. Losing _pitcher—Gri Massrs Time of game—2 hours. 'GNE-PIVECEi GRID FOR FORDHAM NEW YORK. Septeml | one-piece suit has strucl | field. announces his team will not defachable and fect. used last year, today Rice.c{ Totals 000001 00000 Stane. Hargrave. Tavener, Whitehill Runs batted Heilmann, | Barty. Connolly and SIX-TALLY SESSION | BIVES TIGERS GAME 8.—A six- i hit, six-run assault on Sam Gray in | pudee. ruined 8 | gaere.*® | pitching battle between the St. Louls | Ree | ace and Earl Whitehill, and the Tigers | §ranin. « of the series. 6 to 2. | Detrait, ‘nin.ib Wingo.rl Hargrave.c Tavener.ss hiil.p. 3 inth. - th. 10 02 08 x—6 Gehring Error: in— 0 ), | — | Dux: 311027 14| Ren, RUTH'S 48TH RAP ROUTS NATIONALS ‘Gives Hugmen Winning Mar- gin of 6-3 After Support Fails Braxton. EW YORK. September 8.—Babe Ruth’s 48th homer of the sea- son broke up the final battle of the year between the Na- tionals and Yankees today in the big Bronx s ium. The drive into the right - field bleachers came with two on the runway and netted the Yankees their margin of victory in the 6-t0-3 engagement. The homer climaxed a seventh innring rally that was due as much t7 the ascension of the Nationals' infield as to the batting of the three Vankees who stepped to the plate zhead of Ruth. An error by Shortstop Joe Cronin with an easy double play in sight, and Bob Reeves’ failure to cling to a liner driven directly at him set the stage for the Bambind. He played the part well. Up to the seventh inning the game was a bright pitching duel between Garland Braxton and Henrv Johnson. Braxton had held the Yan:s to five safeties and two tallies, while Joinson bad yielded the Nationals as many hits and three runs. But the Nationals stopped hitting after the fifth frame. while the Yanks went on after the sixth to run’their swatting total tonine hits. Each hurler struck out six batiers while Johnson walked six and Braxton walked three and uncorked a wild pitch. Biffing Honors te Rabe. It appeared for a time that Joe Judge would be the batting h-ro of the game, for it was his single that drove over two runs after two wer2 out in the fifth frame and put the Nationals ahead. But the Babe got all the laurels. His clubbing accounted for feur New York markers, as before he registered three with his homer he sent one over with a sacrifice fly. Nothing of interest occurred in the first inning other than the strikeouts of the leading and runner-up batters of the American League. Goslin ended the Nationals' turn when he watched a third one go by, while Gehrig finished the frame for the Yanks by swishing his bat through the air. Different in round two, though. The Nationals got a run and. made a deal of fuss about getting it. Judge strolled and swiped second before Bluege whiffed. Dugan made a poor chuck after picking up Ruel's slow one and there were runners on third and first bases. After Reeves' single scored Judge a pass to Cronin filled the sacks. Braxton, though, forced out Ruel at the plate and West skied to Meusel. A_pass, Meusel's infield erasure and a wild pitch got Ruth as far as third base in the Yankee half. but Lazzeri fanned and Goslin took care of Dugan’s long fly. In the third after the Nationals wasted Goslin's single, the Yankees went ahead. Bengough began the at- tack with a_single, only to be forced out when Johnson bunted. Combs, though, beat out a grounder to deep short and the sacks were crowded when a throw from Cronin, who had picked up Koenig's roller, was dropped by Reeves, letting Combs make second safely. Cronin was charged with an error, but it seemed Reeves should have held the ball. Gehrig's walk shoved Johnson across the plate and Ruth’s long fly to West let Combs count. Meusel then struck out. Griffs Forge Ahead. The fifth saw the Nationals take t lead again. Koenig's bobble gave Brax- ton a life at the start of the session and the hurler pulled up at second &s West drove a single under Gehrig. After Rice sacrificed, Goslin fanned, but Judge poled a single to center that accounted for two tallies. In the latter part of the inning, singles put Yankson second and first bases with one out, but Gehrig waved at the air and Rice got Ruth’s low liner. _ Trouble was threatened by the Yanks in the sixth that Meusel opened with a | single. - Successive sacrifice flies by Lazzeri and Dugan advanced Meusel to third and Bengough walked, but Jngnsm;‘ fanned. ut the Yanks more than made their threat in th> seventh Wh!n!m Nationals’ inner cordon failed to func- tion properly. Bluege ran all over Combs’ bunt to give the first New Yorker up a single. Then Cronin, with an easy double play in sight. let Koenig's | grounder go through the wickets and Cembs reached third. Reeves got in front of Gehrig's liner, but failed to hold the ball and Combs went over with the tying run. Then Ruth lofted the sphere into the right-field bleachers and the Yankees were up by three runs, and ‘;Il;;dgsmo was out of the Nationals' BABE'S AT IT AGAIN WASHIN G e | Barnes® Bosst TS P 3 “Batted far Braxton In nin FRan Tor Rarmes n minthr '™ YORK. R, H, e lassummaumi s S e ol 220 gnsmmsss? wl33362200202" H AB. G s2m 3332 zh. e | Johnson. . | Tetals | Washington | | PPPS—— | 33 0mumwan® Lalniissanss New York Runs batted in—Reet (1), Judge (2 Gray. Tavener. | 1o Double _plays—-Brannon, Blue, 47 Gra; |10 in 714 innings: off Stewar¢, none in Ponn e SUIT PLAYERS r 8 (#).—The the foot ball Frank Cavanaugh, coach at Fardham. be equipped this season with one-piece “creations™ intended to permit greater speed. The Jersey and pants of the suit are give an overall ef- ‘The suits are lighter than those Home Run Standing By the Assoctazed Presy ? —Ruth, Yankees, : Sisler, Braves, 1. League leaders — Ruth, Gehrig, Yankees, 23; | Hauser, Athletics. 15: Simmons, Ath- | letics, 13; Blue, Browns, 13: Foxx. Ath- letics. 12. National Cubs, 1: Gray, Browns, 1 uarmel leaders — Wilson, '1.2;: Hurst, Phillies, 19, Hornsby.' Bra League totals—National. 534; Ameri- can, 423. Grand total, 957, By