Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1928, Page 29

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1928.° Nationals Weak on Home Lot This Year: Yankees and Mackmen ResumeB@ing Silver Spring-Takoma Tigers SH N[]I m []EB"]E Clash in Big Game on Sunday NOW LEADS ALL BIG LEAGUE HITTERS WNORLY 5 0F GANES ELD HERE Red Sox Beat Griffs More RACE FOR PENNANT Games With Western Foes to (G ED MORRIS boasts of a bat- ting average of only .150, but he can hit the ball solidly once Griffs End Home Play Losers As Morris Upsets Strategists B in a while. This the Boston pitcher did yesterday and the DIAMOND clash that has been awaited by base ball fans of the Silver Spring and Takoma Park sections is to be staged Sunday on the Wheaton, Md., to the manager of Bowie Motor nine. Edelen can be reached at Capitol Heights 93. Janney A. C. nine of Chevy Chase, four hits and a pass in five innings, but the Nationals’ hits were in clusters of two and each cluster netter a_run. Sammy West's two-bagger, Sam Rice's retirement and Goose Goslin's scratch Than Any Other Club in Griffith Stadium. BY JOHN B. KELLER. 9 HROUGH at home this year, the Nationals now have but 14 more games to play to end their 1928 campaign. This string of con- tests will start in Detroit on Eaturday and end in St. Louis on September 30. It will consist of four games with the Tigers, as many with | the Browns, three with the Indians and three with the White Sox. And it will mean nothing more to the Nationals than a chance to finish the season in fourth place in the American League. With three games transferred here from Boston, the Nationals played 80 games to a decision in Griffith Stadium this year. Of these, they won but 35. Their winning percentage on the home lot was 438 against the .500 pace they have followed thus far on the road. ‘The Harris horde this year has been about the poorest home club in the circuit. Red Sox Plain “Poison.” The Nationals opened their season here on April 10 by taking a 7-to-5 licking from the Red Sox and closed it yesterday by taking a 5-to-2 licking from the same outfit. In fact, this Bos- ton club simply was plain poison to the Washington aggregation on the lo- cal lot this year. Of the 14 games it played here, it won nine. No other of the Nationals’ rivals approached that record in Griffith Stadium. The Browns and the Indians fared well here. though. Each of these clubs won seven of 11 engagements staged in Washington. The White Sox took six of 11 tilts here. So did the Yankeos and the Athletics. Only the Tigers were headed by the Nationals in the Georgia avenue vard this year. Bucky Harris' bunch beat George Moriarty's Mmenagerie seven times in 11 starts. The Nationals played better ball here against the Western rivals than against those of the East. That they can show a record of as many as 20 wins in 44 mes with the visitors from the West. fi:wever, is due to their last home stand against this lot. During August the Western outfits were licked here in eight of 13 scraps. It was the poor showing against Boston, of course, that made the Nationals’' record for its tilt- ing with the East In the Capitol so sorrowful. No Harris Trade Yet. “Absolutely nothing to it.” declared the Washington prexy - this morning when asked about the rumor of a trade that would send Manager Stanley Harris end Third Basem»n Ossie Rluege to De- troit for Second Baseman Charley Geh- ringer. “I never have offered these men to any club. nor hns any c'ub approached me concerning them. Nothing to it.” said Griff. As long ago as July 29, The Star printed reports from the West that Har- ris was slated for the management of the Tigers next year, but neither Harris nor the Detroit .club had anything to say concerning the reports. The rumors have persisted. however. So much smoke may mean some fire. 3 Flacctea Williame. It Taitt, v sussessss M enuseudelie [ersmms—— Bl umsnsannan s Sl umsnasesm > > mecumsaunsnch ossssa=as8o=F w {eeasmeconmsnt [oeenmmitisnnd | sspaummisnss wl2o525=222220™ nlosssmsssss M s Ditched e (fl?lthe;—nnrbe"y Geisel and Guthrie, Time of same—1 hou: 47 minutes. RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN | _H. SB.RBL Pet Goslin 13 3 Rite . 1t Tudze Reeves 13 mmis 2 S Weaver G, as. FETR Y PITCHING. I Gam. Com. Inn'gs Red Sox won the final game of the American League season here, 5 to 2. It all happened because Fred Mar- berry and the local board of strategy thought the big fellow would be a sap at bat in the ninth inning when the Red Sox had Doug Taitt at third base by virtue of a single, sacrifice and in- field erasure, and the game deadlocked | at 2-all. Charley Berry, husky catcher, was walked that Morris might come up to the plate for the killing. All the kill- ing was done by the intended victim, however. Ed drove the ball deep into left field, narrowly missing a homer into the open stand. As it was, the blow s geod for three bases, scoring Taitt and Berry. The unexpected punch so upset Marberry that Jack Rothrock fol- lowed with a single and Morris scam- sered home with the last run of the ay. And Marberry was loser again as a relief hurler. for he had assumed the mound burden after Irving Hadley had gone through seven rounds and allowed the Red Sox four hits, three passes and two tallies. Morris, too, had_entered the game as a relief hurler. Charley Ruffing, who started for the Red Sox, yielded but | | | single accounted for a marker in the third inning, while Muddy Ruel’s single and theft and Joe Cronin's one-baser netted another run in round four. In came Morris and all the Nationals got off him in four rounds were one hit and one pass. After issuing a pass and granting a | hit with two gone in the first frame, | Hadley kept the Red Sox off the runway until _the sixth. Then Berry smgled‘ and Ruffing walked. Neither Rothrock | nor Phil Todt could help their mates, | but Ira Flagstead singled Berry to the | plate. The Red Sox put over a tying | run in the seventh, an unearned | marker. A fumble by Bob Reeves put | Taitt on at the start of the: round. | Bill Regan sacrificed and Bill Rogell's single scored Taitt. Berry walked. but | Morris fanned and Rothrock skied to West. The damage had been done by | that error at the start of the frame, though. There'll be no more league playing | for the Nationals until Saturday. when they open their last Western tour in | Detroit. They'll leave here Thursday, though, for on Friday they are to play an exhibition game in Massilon. ALEXANDRIA POLICE BEATEN IN SERIES ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 11.— Alexandria Police dropped a 6-to-3 decision to the Virginia Public Scrvice Co. yesterday afternoon in Dreadnaught Park in one of the “double loss knock- out” tournament games being staged by local week-day teams. In the other series tilt yesterday Alexandria Light Infantry and Alexan- dria Post Office played to a 3-all tie in A game that meant elimination for the loser.‘" Mike Lynch, well known Washington long-distance runner, has entered the 10-mile modified marathon run which will be staged here Saturday as one of }hfi feA!stsureIs t‘l’; thefll’lodwénnc Yard Ath- letic ociation’s field day program in Dreadnaught Park. 5 Fort Humphreys defeated the St. Mary's Boys’ Club, 6 to 4, in a game on the Soldiers’ diamond. Potomac Yard Revision Bureau will 80 to Washington tomorrow morning to play Local 669 on the West Ellipse diamond at 10 o'clock. 1 a o0- St. Mary's Lyceum A. C. will hol frot ball meeting in Lyceum Hall night at 8 o'clock. Jefferson District Fire Department defeated Hume Spring A. C., 2 to 1, on the loser's diamond. MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS l AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Minneaotis 5 65 581 K ¢ ity %0 75 51 Indlanapolls 8 63 375 Jfi?fi‘uc'” 218 400 waukee. ¥ 3 5?; il AR 885 Cohissbng:: dignapolt§1s: Colymtus, St "l‘ l, 47 PSas Ié ity 3. Milwaukee. 7: Minnes 6. Toledo-Loulsville plaved rt le- header Sesterday: D co 8 Bart of double INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. ter... '8i 50536 React o Baltimors. . W L Pet. 1775 .507 53 Neware' R7 A5 8074 519 Jersey City 5994 .386 alo. 8: Rochester. 3. Other clubs not scheduled. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. 625 Ko 3935577 Atlan N. Orleans. 3335 485 Nashvilie. Mahile. 3: Atlanta. 2 (10 innings). Little Rock. 8; ville, 4. New Ol : Birmingham. 2. edule leans. Only games sch ‘WESTERN LEAGUE. Omaha. 8: Denver. 7. Pueblo-Des Mones. rain, ©Only games scheduled. . PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Hollywood, 6-—1: San Francisco, 1—0. Missions, 6—8: Los Angzeles, 1— Sacramento, 3—2; Oakland, 1—8. HOME RUN STANDING By the Associated Press. Home runs yesterday—Klein, Phillies, 1; Nehf, Cubs, 1; Reese, Giants, 1; Heflmann, Tigers, 1 leaders — Wilson, National League Cubs, 30; Bottomley, Cardinals, 28; Hafey, Cardinals, 24; Bissonette, Rob- ms, 21; Hurst, Phillies, 19; Hornsby, Braves, 18. American League leaders — Ruth, Gel ‘Yankees, 23; Yankees, 48; Hauser, Athletics. 15; Simmons, Ath- letics, 14; Blue, Browns, 13; Foxx, Ath- letics, 12. l BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS I AMERICAN LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. and, 3. ol Others not scheduled. STANDING OF | CLUBS. ° SR H H aepeIYg 18 0392490 | uorsog 1507 ermusina | 11114/16'991431.65% 13/14/18/89] | BAN JOHNSON TO LIVE Weaver . BIC LEAGUE LEADERS | | cves - df,::jfif:n%:‘;f* | Chiraen HITTERS. Player—Club. G. AB. R. H. Pc. P. Waner, Pirates. 137 547 130 209 .38 Goslin, Semators.. .21 398 67 151 .379 Hornsby, Braves.. 118 412 85 191 .374 Gehrig, Yankees.. 137 498 124 186 .373 Manush, Browns. 137 563 86 207 .363 RUN SCORERS. Ruth, Yankees. ©. Waner, Pirates. Gehrig. Yankees. L. Waner, Pirate Bottomley, Cards BASE STEALERS. NATIONAL LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. l;::!'tlbnhnih k) S(‘: -~ fr 509 iadeiphia. 11— Broo New' York. f—117 Boston, 1—-0. STANDING = L] ; | strations. | Pe. | 2993 ) B J186 GAMES TODAY. Cincinnal tshs it okivn at Benton, Grove, Hoy Pennock, Yanices.... Giants. . Athletics. GAMES TOMORROW. Cine'nati at St. Louls N. York at Boston. ivn at Phila, at St. L. Chica t_Boston, Phila, PARTRIDGE, CANTRELL | BOUGHT FOR GRIFFMEN | | Two more players have been bought | for the Nationals. President Clark Griffith this morning announced the purchase from the Atlanta club of the Southern Association of Jimmy Partridge, second base- man, while yesterday he bought from the Baltimore International Leaguers, Guy Cantrell, a right- hand pitcher. Whether any players were involved in the deals as well as money could not be learned. Both are to report to the Nationals at Tampa next Spring. Partirdge was with the Brooklyn Dodgers for more than a seasen and was sold by them to the Crackers in July. He has been hitting and fielding well in the Dixie circuit. He is 25 years old, five feet, 11 inches tall and weighs 165 pounds. Partridge is a left-hand batter. Cantrell, with 19 victories and 16 defeats, has hurled good ball for the Orioles this season. He is a big fel- low and still in his early twenties. Hurling in the majors will be no new experience for Cantrell, as he, like Partridge, was once with the Dodgers. COLMAR MANOR NINE HEADS TITLE CHASE | HYATTSVILLE, Md.. September 11 —As the result of games played terday among teams battling for the | insect class title of Prince Georges County the Colmar Manor nine is to- day leading the:race with a record of two games won and none lost, and was to defend its top position this afternoom against Hisers' Insects in a game postponed from last week. ther title series game today, Insects, who are -tied for second place with Hisers', each having won one game and lost one, were scheduled to face the tail-end Rex Insects in another postponed contest. In its game with Rex yesterday Col- mar Manor had little difficulty in com- ing out on the long end of a 10-to-0 score. Speaks hurled for the winners in excellent style and his teammates early piled up a comfortable lead. After losing a decision last week against Hyattsville, Hisers’ evened scores yesterday by copping a 6-to-2 battle, which sent them into a second place tie with the losers. Holland pitched a strong game for Hisers'. IN WIFE’S HOME TOWN CHICAGO, September 11 (#).—Ban Johnson, organizer and president of the American League for 27 years, is going to desert his old home in Chicago for Spencer, Ind., the childhood home of Mrs. Johnson. Much improved in health, the former American League executive said he had purchased a home in Spencer and planned to move there after November's election. Although he has not seen a major league game this season, Johnson said he was very much interested in the race between New York and Phila- delphia. ACE MIDGETS WIN TITLE AFTER 14-INNING CLASH ‘While Hudson was besting Poore in a hurling duel yesterday, Ace Midgets copped the first half flag in Sport Mart League, but had to go 14 innings to get the verdict, 7 to 6. Brookland Boys' Club nine counted 7 runs in the last two frames to gain a 10-to-3 verdice over Senators in French’s Insect League yesterday. SHENANDOAH SHOPS LEADS. HARRISONBURG, Va. September 1.—With Shenandoah Shops leading, 2-to-1, in games, play in the Valley League championship series will switch to Shenandoah today. Harrisonburg dropped a 3-4 decision yesterday. Shen- andoah needs but one more win to gain the title. WOMEN 1 A . one of the series of swims for indi- vidual point scores which is being staged by the officials at the lake tank this season. The girl collecting the | greatest number of points during the | series will be awarded a high-point trophy after the final swim on Sep- | tember 20 Lois Bates, Washington Swimming Club junior, who is but 12 years old, is at the head of the list of point | scorers so far. : Senior swimmers have an opportunity | to roll up a score for themselves in a similar contes) each Thursday after- noon at 4 o'clock. They have two more swims on their schedule, one this ‘Thursday and the last on Septem- ber 20. Events listed for both classes include free style, back stroke and breast stroke swims, diving and life-saving demon- JUNIOR swimming meet, open to all girls 18 years of age and under, will be held in the Chevy Chase Lake pool at 4 o'clock this afternoon. This is | | Catherine Cramer won the Twin Oaks event; Louise Smith scored at Park Vies, Christine Stignull was crowned at Chevy Chase ,and Helen Sullivan took * the championship at Bloomingdale. Miss Cramer will face Miss Smith in the first round of the interplayground elimination tournament today; Miss Stignull drew a bye and will face the winner of the Montrose-Gallinger play- ground match tomorrow afternoon. | Gients PAUL WANER, Pirate outfielder stepped to front yesterday by getting two safeties in four times ting .382 and Goslin, | up, while Goose Goslin got only one in the same number of trials. Waner is bat- 9. FIGHT IN N. L. TIGHTENS AS GIANTS WIN TWIN BILL By the Assoclated Press. N the excitement over Connie Mack’s bold bid for the American League pennant, the desperate battle be- ing waged in John Hydler's circuit has been somewhat overlooked for the past week or so. While the Athletics and the Yankees had an off day yesterday before re- suming their vital four-game series at the Yankee Stadium, the New York inaugurated _their four-dav eight-game series at Boston by taking both ends of a double-header with the Braves and thereby pushed themselves back into the thick of the running. ‘This double victory for the Clan Me- Graw, combined with defeats for St. Louis and Chicago, left the Giants only a single percentage point back of th» Cubs and but three games removed from the League-leading Cardinals. Notwithstanding the story the stand- ings tell, the Giants are face to face with virtual elimination from the race They are confronted with the task of playing three more double-headers with the Braves in as many days and the manager who can get better than an even break out of that arrangement deserves a vote of commendation. But McGraw had no trouble vester- terday and he may get through this base ball nightmare with a minimum of damage. He nesded only two pitchers to win the first two games of the seri»s and pitching, of course, ls! the princinal problem when double- | heeders pile up. Fred Fitzsimmons | scattered the Fraves' seven hits in the open-r end won, 4 to 1. Jo> Genewich tet his old Boston eomradss down with three hits in the nightcap and th» Giants copp~d. hands down, 11 to 0. Bowing to the Cincinnati Reds, 7to0 2 in the opening game of the series, the Cardinals lost their third straight game but kept intact their two and a half game lead over the second place Cubs who gracefully dropped one to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 7 to 5. The Reds pounded Flint Rhem and Sylvester Johnson for 11 hits and seven runs before Harold Haid stopved the slaughter in the eighth inning. Ken- neth Ash, recruit pitcher, held the leaders to seven hits and was aided by | three double plays that wiped out | Cardinal rallies before they were well | under way. | These double killings gave the Reds 174 for the scason, tying the National League record set by the Chicago Cubs two years ago and within eight of the major league record held by the Wash- ington club. Eight pitchers were on display as the Pirates turned back the Cubs and only Burleigh Grimes and Charlie Root were | effective, Grimes hanging up his | twenty-third victory of the year at| last. The Pirates bunched their hits for all their runs in the fourth and fifth innings. Brooklyn and Philadelphia divided a double-header. The Phils took the opener, 11 to 6, with the aid of Charliz Klein’s home run and three singles. Willilam Watson Clark pitched the Robins to victory in the closing engage- ment, 7 to 2. ! With the two leaders idle, the Ameri- can League program was featured by the Chicago White Sox's triumph over Detroit, 6 to 4, their ninth victory in their last 10 games. Urban Faber ! Miss Sullivan, who also drew a first- round bye, plays the winner of the Gar- field-Plaza contest in the second round tomorrow. All first round matches will be completed today, \ according {0 | Maude N. Parker, director of girls' play- | ground activities. i Ethel Bowers, newly appointed field secretary for women's and girls' athle- tics on the staff of the Playground and Recreation Association of America, is in Washington for a short stay. The purpose of her visit is to make a survey | of recreation facilities and programs in the city as a part of her nation-wide study of this subject to be reported upon at the approaching Recreation Congress in Atlantic City. 1 1 | Hine Junior High School athletes have organized an athletic club within their ranks, designed to encourage the highest standard of athletic perform- ance, sportsmanship and scholarship. Only those girls are eligible whoi combine with their athletic ability, a ! sound physical condition, high standing in their studies and a spirit of fair play and co-operation, according to Ramsay Nevitt, athletic director, under whose supervision the club came into being about four years ago. Membership in the club is limited to 30, and all must be recruited from the eighth and ninth grade pupils. U’fldErs’ in school activities are developed within the group, many of whom assist in organizing the sport program and in{ refereeing and'aching the teams. allowed only one earned run—Harry Heilmann's homer in the eighth—but four Sox errors helped the Tigers to their other three tallies, Blacholder was given excellent sup- port in the critical moments and St. Louis defeated Cleveland, 5 to 3, it being the Indians eighth straight reverse. WEST WASHINGTON EVENS TITLE SERIES est Washingicn Baptist nine evened the series for the champion- ship of Georgetown Church League when it defeated St. Alban’s, 4 to 1, yesterday on Monument diamond No. 3. Each team now has won a game in the serfes, St. Alban’s having taken the opener, 5 to 2. The deciding contest will be played Thursday afternoon at ;1:30: o'clock on Monument diamond 0. 3. Dan Wheeler's pitching was largely responsible for West Washington's win yesterday. He held opposing batters at his mercy all ths way. The losers’ only run came when Hodges, St. Alban’s second baseman, failed to cover second on a play, and the bass runner came all the way homs. Wheeler also sin- gled to score two cf his team's runs. TRAPSHOTS PLAN GLfiHOUSE. Alexandria Gun Club cont°mplates the erestion of a_new clubhouse at its traps in Janney’s Lane and th> instal- lation of three new traps. Alexander’s Plays Defecat the Shift BY SOL MiTZGER. Post-season foot ball games wrecked the few hopes in existence last season for undefeated teams. Pitt took a walloping from Stanford ‘n one. Georgia, the pride of the South, fell a cropper to Tech. That hurt, for these two teams are rivals unsurpassed. Credit the victory to the run of “Stumpy” Thompson, Tech’s miniature back, from the unusual formation that Tech will continue to employ this season. Stumpy was in the No. 3 back's position. Georgia Tech had already faked its end run to its left from this formation (the play shown yesterday), which wound up with No. 2 crashing through an unpro- tected center. Georgia had to watch that play. The result—Thompson broke for a touchdown and the win- ning score. ‘This play starts exactly as did the one shown yesterday, except that the No. 2 back, instead of crouching and driving back at center, springs into the interference and aids the quarterback, No. 1, facing just the opposite way to all other quarter- backs. to take the defensive right end. As No. 1 has a running start this is a hard play for a defensive right end. They get hit from the side by an opponent who comes at them full steam. No. 4 helps the end box the tackle. The left guard, No. 5, comes out and leads No. 3, the aforesald ‘stumpy,” who gets the ball on a direct pass from center, just as the quarterback hot foots it into the interference. A classic play. and one that scouts ran’t quite solve. If they do then No. 2 smashes back through the line. ‘That is foot ball as conceived by Bill Alexander, Tech coach. and a mas- ter strategist now that he has abandoned the Heisman stuff and gone on his own. For more than 20 years Sol Metz- ger has been identified with foot ball. He has observed. In a leaflet, “Diet and Training for Foot Ball,” he shows what a necessary part diet plays with success on the gridiron. Send stamped, addressed envelope, in_ care of this paper, and request this leafiet. (Copyright, 1928.) diamond. Brook Grubb's Silver Spring tossers are listed to meet Garrett Waters' Takoma Tigers in two games, starting at 2 o'clock. X Grubb’s nine is the pride of Silver Spring and the Tigers have made as good a record as any Takoma Park nine has ever recored. Both nines have large followings and plenty of rivalry is ex- pected to be in evidence. In addition to the diamond card, Grubb has arranged to stage a steeple- chase before the game. Members of the Blue and Gray Riding Club and several local horsemen will participate. Another attractive game scheduled for Sunday will be played at Alexandria between Dreadnaughts and Herndon Fairlous. | Lemeric’s Naughts will depend on Jeff | Smith in an effort to stop the Herndon | nine, which has defeated the Alexan- drians every time in their last four | contests. | . However, Fairlous will have Bill Howser, who starred for Mickey Kelli- her's Chambersburg Blue Ridge League club this season, on the mound. _ Maryland A. C. nine wants to get into the title scrap in Prince Georges County. Manager Edelen sends a defy which is scheduled to meet Virginia White Sox riine at Bailey's Cross Roads on Sunday, will hold a meeting tonight at 7:30 o'clock at Janney School. Bill Sanderson is not satisfied with the showing of his unlimited and senior nine He will drill his charges to- morrew and Friday on No. 10 diamond at 5 o'clock. His unlimited team hopes to stop Georgetown A. C. next Sunday. Monroe A. C., booked to meet Libertys Saturday at American League Park, are anxious to card a Sunday foe. Call ‘Willlam McMullen at North 10494 after 6 o'clock. Manager John Gold says his Beymer nine is ready to meet any unlimited team in the city without exception. Call Cleveland 4942 for dates. Manager Robertson will meet his Sam Rice Midget players at his home, 1346 | D street, at 7:30 o'clock Thursday night. Boston Insects, claimants of the Northeast tifle of that class and who yesterday defeated Warwicks, 6 to 3, will book games at Atlantic 3184. De Rosa’s hitting featured Colonial Insects’ 35 to 3 win over Paul Waners yesterday. Fights Last Night | By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Mass.—Maxie Rosen- bloom, New York, won from Homer Robertson, Boston (10); Scoops White, | Worcester, defeated Mickey Polo, New | York (8). JERSEY CITY.—Bobby Brown, West | Indies, knocked out Sam Silverberg, De- troit_(2). BUFFALO, N. Y.—Jimmy Goodrich, Buffalo, and Pete Perolle, fargo, drew (10). PHILADELPHIA.—Benny Bass. Phil- adelphia, knocked out Harry Blitman (6). NEWCASTLE, Pa.—Wee Willie Da- vies, Charleroi, defeated Luis Carpen- tero, Toledo (10); Howard Mayberry, Pittsburgh, defeated Al Lovell, Toledo (6); George Compston, Rochester, won from Bobby Belford, Alliance (6); Tom O'Leary, Cleveland, defeated Johnny Haggert, Pittsburgh (4); Tony Canzoni, Cleveland, and Harry McManus, Cleve- land, drew (4). NEW YORK POLOISTS WILL CONTEST HERE It was announced toda that the Gov- ernors Island, N. Y., military polo team had accepted the invitation of the War Departmont Polo Club to participate in the high and low goal tournaments, which are to start here October 8. Officials of the War Dzpartment club expressed themselves as highly pleased with the fact that the Governors Island team will be here. It was pointed out that the presence of a team from the Metropolitan area in both tournaments would mark the first time in many years that the 2d Corps Area has been repre- sented on polo fields hereabouts, and will give followers of the sport a chance to compare the play of War Depart- ment and Fort Myer teams with that of a high-class outside quartet. Though the line-up of the Governors Island four is not yet known, it is sure to be a well balanced, smart team. Col. Scott, a veteran of many seasons in the United States and ths Philip- pines, probably will captain the visitors. Capf Houghton, who will leave | immediately after the tournament for Mexico City to assume his duties as ass’stant military attache at the Amer- ican embassy. will b2 one of th2 main- stays of the Mew York team. Having left here conly early last Spring for duty in New York, he will b> remem- bered as cne of the most promising molo players to be seer in Potomac Park in recent years. Licut. Alec George, formerly of the 3d Cavalry team, at Fort Myer, is e:pected to be in the Governors Island line-up. The team from New York will bring its string of about 20 crack ponies to match those of local riders, already familiar to Washington lovers of the game. The Governors Island team now is playing in the tournament for the championship of the 2d Corps Area | and, therefore, will be in excellent shape 1‘for the games here. LIBERTY CLUB FIELD DAY CARD MATURING Plens are virtually completed for the eighth annual field day of Pop | Kremb's Liberty Athletic Club, to be | held Saturday afternoon in Clark Grif- | fith Stadium The program will start |at 1 o'clock, with a fungo hitting con- | test open to all followed by a base ball throw for distance and 100-yard dash, also open to all, a novelty handicap race among the Liberty mascots, Bob, Dick, Frankie and Jackie Branson, Noland Devine and Richard Kremb. These boys are from 6-to-12 years old. Suitable prizes have been offered by local merchants to winners in the contests. Liberty ball team will face Monroe A C. at 2 o'clock and &nmediately { afterward the Liberty tossers will tackle Simpson's Dairy team. The last man i noon will get a prize. jto hit a home run during the after-; BASS STOPS BLITMAN IN THE SIXTH ROUND BY FAIR PLAY. PHILADELPHIA, September 11.— Benny Bass scored a six-round knock- | out over Harry Blitman here last night. The victory clinched Benny's right to | the featherweight title of his native State and possibly earned him a return match with Champion Tony Canzoneri There was no question about the knockout. Blitman was out cold and did not return to consciousness until many minutes had passed after his sec- onds dragged him to his corner. But the blows leading up to the sleep punch, especially two hard right handers in Benny's victorious punch after 1 min- ute and 4 seconds had elapsed in the fateful sixth round. Referee Leo Houck was very lenient #ith Bass. The latter was shooting right handers well below the foul line several times and Bass escaped with a warning. Blitman has himself to blame for losing. It was grudge affair and Harry cast all boxing science to the winds to slug it out with his shorter, chunkier rival. Bass carried the fight to Blit- man. Several hard punches to the body in the first round took some pep out of Blitman. and as the pair dove into clese quarters their heads came together and both emerged from the clinch with blood streaming from gashes over the eyes_ Blitman’s right eye was a target for Benny’s overhand punches and the efe was tightly closed in the fifth ses- sion. second round for his low blows, Bass tore after his weakened rival and smashed him to the floor, the bell sav- ing Blitman at the count of six. Blitman ducked and weaved around the ring in the next round and avoided a knockout through Bass’ over anxious- ness. The pair of gamecocks kept up the busy pace, with Bass doing the bet- ter execution, mixing fair and foul blows without regard to their landing places. Bass came out for the sixth with blood in his eye. He centered his at- tack to the body and drove his op- ponent to the ropes. A storm of punching befuddled Blitman and as Harry bounced off the Bass sent a whistling right hander flush to the jaw and Blitman was out. HANOVER IS NEAR TITLE IN BLUE RIDGE LEAGUE CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. Septembor 11.—Mickey Kelliher's Chambersburg Maroons were to make their final stand in defense of the Blue Ridge League title here today against the Hanover Raiders. Hanover took the lead yesterday, 3 to 1, by defeating Kelliher's team, 5 to 2. Hanover needs one more win to clinch the 1928 flag and the right to meet the Middle = Atlantic League champs in the tri-state series. ELLETT ROLLS 359 SET IN ODD FELLOWS’ LOOP | Six Odd Fellow Bowling League teams opened the District’s organized cam- paign last night on King Pin No. 2 drives. Amity No. 1 and No. 2 and Lovalty teams were returned victors. Perce Ellett, league scorer and high- | average man last year, got away to a Rood start with 113, 120 and 126 counts | for a 359 total. “Breaks His Wrist” to Cut Under Ball | with Detroit, three with Clev the second round, had much to do with | After escaping with a warning in the | Settle Issue—New York . 3 Jinx for A’s. EW YORK, September 11.—The Yankees and Athletics resume their warfare today at Col. Ruppert's ball park. In the 20 times the teams have met this season the Yankees have on 15 occa- slons tasted the wine of victory. The Mackmen do not think that this is proper in a prohibition country and are going to try to pass an amendment prohibiting Huggins and his men from doing any more celebrating at their expense. The Yanks are now a game and a half in the lead. By tonight they will either be half a game in the lead or two games and a half out in front. The worst that can happen to the Athletics is that they will leave this city three and a half games to the rear. ‘The best which can happen to them is that they will leave with a lead of half a game. Apt to Fight to Finish. To do the latter they must beat the Yankees today and tomorrow. Such things have happened. When they do we call them base ball miracles. The Mackmen can trim all the other teams. but when they meet the Yankees they become most generous, almost refusing to win. But even if the Yanks make a clean sweep of the present series they ar> nme distance frcm the flag. With the other clubs the Yankees have 15 games left to play, distributed as follows: five with Detroit. four with St. Louis. three with Chicago a2nd three with Cleveland. After the series here the Athletics have 14 games left to play: four with Chicago. three with St. Louis, three land and one with Boston. To the teams outside of Philadelphia the Yankees are just a ball ciub. The Yanks will have to go at top speed to the end of the track to keep ahcad of the Athletics, for whom the clubs | outside of New York have recently been easy. The race is likely to con- | tinue until the final jump. Only Fair Crowd Likely. | It is not likely that the New York | Club will get any record-breaking crowd | again this afternoon, but there is every | chance that it will be a big week-dav gathering. Still there is apt to be room for all inside the grounds. There are manv who will not object to this. Billy Johnston. for example. after watching the tennis matches in Philadelnhia. hurried here on Swndav just in time to pav a snsculator $14 50 | for a grandstand seat. It wonldn't | have eost him mnch more to get a 1 horth back to California. | (Copyrizht. 1992 hv Narth imerican New paper Alliance ) 'ALICE BURKE NAMED DUCKPIN LOOP HEAD Alice Burke, member of the Daughters of Isabella team, was elected president of the Washington Ladies’ Duckpin League at a meeting last night at the home of Rena Levy. The new president will continue to serve as delegate of the league to the v‘vnshfingwn ‘Women’s Duckpin Associa- tion. Other officers chosen are: Bertha Greevy of the Becgus. vice president; Virginia Yarnell, Commercials, secre- tary-treasurer, and Jamss Baker, scorer. All of the officers, except Baker, are new officials. ‘Tuesday, October 2. was selected for the league opening at the Coliscum al- leys. Matches will be rolled on Tu-s- day night as in former years. Several minor changes in league by-laws were made last night. Teams are requested to send th-~r franchise money to Mrs. Yarnell at 1714 Newton street noptheast. PORTSIDE GOLFERS LINE UP FOR MEET About 30 left-handed golfers nave en- tered the tournament for portsiders to be held at Indian Spring Club Thurs- day, September 13. ~Additional entries are expected. The tournament will consist of 36 holes, medal play, with pairings made at the tee. Entries filed to date include: Columbia Count-v Club--A. J. mings, Thomas Bones, R. Burr, Ray Garrett, Robinson Water Joseph Sherier. Washington Golf and Country Club— Dr J. T. McClenham, L. C. Garrett, C. T. Clagett, E. R. Hendley and C. R. Semmons. Town and Country Cl:b—J. B. Kauf- man and Milton King Indian Spring—William Byrn Curtis 2. Cum- w. n | Al Duncan, Joseph F. Gross and R. W. Pearson. Bannockburn—Norman H. Hall. | | | ' 1 ! | i i | &1op DEAD H HE HOLLOWS 'PLAY IN WEEK-DAY Play in the week-day base ball league | championship series was scheduled to | be resumed today Loffler’s Provision and Bergmann's Laundry nines, representing Industrial | and Merchants' Leagues, respectively,: were to clash. each facing elimination. | As each has dropped one game the loser | {today will be removed from further play. | Three other games are scheduled this | week. It is probable that the series! will be concluded this week, although ! an additional game may be required | next week. | Other games scheduled—Tomorrow, G. P. O. vs. American Railway EXpre Thursday, Express vs. winner of tod: game; Friday, Express vs. G. P. O. P A A R S CENTRAL MERMEN START. Capt. King, Bodine, Hickey, Varela, Lyman and Rote are letter winners of | last scason's Central High swimming | team who were expected to be at hand for the start of pre-scason practice at | the municipal pools this afternoon at 3 | o'clock. HEENEY IS WELCOMED. AUCKLAND, N. Z., September 11 (). —A tremendous reception was given Tom Heeney, heavyweight boxer, when he arrived here yesterday on the steamer Aorangi from the United States. ‘Two thousand people bought tickets for !ll'le ;vhar and then the gates were closed. SERIES IS RESUMED { LEF( WRIGT - THIS OPENS FACE. MORE. AND TiLTS SHAFT BACK i I i = gy — ‘Were Roger Wethered, crack Brit- ish amateur golfer, to describe his short pitch over an intervening hazard to the pin, he would tell you that he grips the club with firm fingers, but with loose wrists. )Sl::: wrists would kill the shot for Note the two sketches above. For his usual irons the shaft runs straight down to the ball. But for this pitch with mashie-niblic he needs more loft on the face of his club He gets it by hollowing the left wrist. “This is done by bending it in at the joint. This also causes the shaft to slope well back from the ball and insures that the head of the club is going to meet the ball in advance of the hands on the downswing. Wethered is after both elevation and what, for lack of a better name, we must call a sliced cut. In other words, he is going to swing the face of his club under and across the ball from outside the line. Fully -90 per cent of the golfers slice. The causes are curable. Send stamped, addressed envelope to Sol Metzger, care of this paper, and re- ::nl his illustrated leaflet on *Slic- { Beaver Dam—Luther Florine. New Maryland Country Club. Balti- more—H. W. Smith and C. W. Van Horn. Rolling Road Golf and Country Club, Baltimore—Comdr. G. P. Brewster and Dr. Cooper H. Drewre; Belle Haven, Alexandria—Charles S. Holden. Unattached—E. C. Carroll, Charles M. Seaman, JI. P. Graf, Carl Stirzer and W. W. Kirsh of Washington, and Lewis Stahinect, Baltimore. ALEXANDRIA WATER STARS ARE HONORED ALEXANDRIA, September 11— | Presentation of the Old Dominion Boat ; Club monogram was made to 22 oars- {men and six canoeists last night at a banquet held in the George Mason Hotel in honor of the local aquatic stars. Rowing monograms was awarded to | the following: | Parke Bell. ; ks, Pl Loy Bl Lawe | ales. Jack Hoberts. Paul [ Thooderic Ross._ Alvin Friediander. Wait 2 arl* Knight. Marshall Shuman. | e e el Bunchs, Qo Beeton. James Trout, Cyril !Kel\nelh Moore. i cxmand o Canoeists who received the mono- gram gne: W. Bales. Parke Bell. Vincent obert Whitton. Chester Fannon ar.d rman. Jr. & E ark. N 1. a Robert Whitton served as toastmastor at the banquet while the principal ad- dresses were made by John M. Reed, president of the clul E. Lawler, chairman of the regatta committee: Walter H. Thrall, coach of rowing: Magnus W. Bales, club captain and canoe coach; Walter Pierpont, second lieutenant. Jack Howard, member of the brard of governors and chairma: the ath- letic' committee. s R