Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1928, Page 29

SP INFIELD, OUTFIELD STARS PURCHASED Five Men Bought and Five| Others Recalled—Club Gets Liska. BY JOHN B. KELLER. HESE are buying days at_the Washington ball club office. Right on the heels of the pur chase of Jimmy_Partridge, in fielder, and_ Guy _Cantrell ORTS pitcher, President Clark Grifith an- | nounces the acquisition of five players | and the recall of five who were farmed | this season. No prices are stated by the prexy, but it is rumored that Min- neapolis got £20.000 for Adolph Liska, pitcher. Scveral of the players bought or recalled are to join the Nationals during the Western tour that starts Saturday. Three of the five players bought are actually new to the club. They are | THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D C., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 12, 1928. | draw or what have you. all scem to turn to the direction of Bob Jones, the BOBBY IS FAVORED Voigt’s Brilliant 143 Wins Medal—AIll Washington As- | pirants Eliminated. BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. BRAE BURN COUNTRY CLUB, Bos- | ton, Mass., September 12.—It looks as | if the golfing fates or the luck of the reigning emperor of amateur golf. Bob s in what should be a soft spot | today as the first and second rounds of match play in the thirty-second edition of the national amateur cham- | pionship move through their thrills and sorows, and even though the young | lawyer from Atlanta isn't overly keen for 18-hole match play rounds. he should have little trouble wading through the opposition that will face him _today. CARDS OF D. C. GOLFERS IN TITLE TOURNAMENT Par out. Houshton 4 BYLUCK IN DRAW ¢ Hary Pitt to the right on this 255-yard par 3 hole, leaving his ball behind a clum of birch trees with an almost impossible shot across a bunker to the green. He had to chance hitting the trees, and in som= manner the ball scooted through. Then he canned a 20-footer for his 3 when all"lhe odds were that a 4 would be fine 0lf. g His tee shot at the eighteenth, where he needed a 4, and knew it, was pushed again. It took a bad kick to the right, climbed halfway up a bank and brought up against the exposed root of a tree. From here he played over against the base of a wall around the tennis courts, his ball coming to rest in a clump of small elms. The lie was practically unplayable. Harry swung at the bail twice and didn't move it. He then shopped it out. put it on the green and missed the try for a 7, to finish with an 8. The Manor lad should not be ashamed Liska, pitcher, and Pete Yoter, third| e torers el or i sacker of Minneapolis, and Elliot Bige- | low. outfielder, of Birmingham. Wash- ingion also has bought back Grant| Gillis, shortstop, who was with the club | several months this season before he | was sold to Minneapolis, and Melburn Simons, outfielder, who had a trial with draw, for the pairings are top heavy, | of his showing by any means, for he unless the lads in the back room con- | has done unusuaily well in his first sider Ouimet, Johnston and Knepper | championship. All through the medal championship possibilities. Ouimet fades | round his tee shots were off. and sel- toward the third day, Knepper never | dom did he play his second shot from | has been a championship possibility | the fairway. But even with this handi- and Johnston doesn't seem to last. | cap, he came within a hair’s breadth e of qualifying. A passable lie on the the Nationals at Tampa before he was | sold to Birmingham. | Three of the players recalled have | been performing with the Minneapolis | club. They are Horace Lisenbee and | Clayton Van Alstyne, pitchers, and Jack | Hayes, infielder. Van Alstyne was| farmed to the Millers when they bought Gillis, while Lisenbee and Hayes went to them later. Paul Hopkins, pitcher, has been recalled from Montreal of the | International League, whence he was farmed after showing his wares at! ‘Tampa, and Ernest Shirley, first sacker, | gns been ordered back from Birming- | am. Yoter Good Minor Hitter. Yoter, who has been playing a fine third base for the Millers, was up with . the Indians two years ago and also ! had a trial with the Cubs. He proved | Just a bit shy of being of major league caliber when tested, but since has de- veloped to such an extent that it is believed he will make the grade. In| addition to fielding well for the Millers this season, he has stung the ball to the extent of a .337 average. Bigelow probably has been bought with the expectation of making a pinch- batter of him. He is not a particularly good outfielder as he is slow and some- what inaccurate as a fly judger. Nor| is he young But he can bang the ball. And he can bang it as a regular player or a bench warmer. Not being in the game apparently does not dim his bat- ting eye. He has been socking at a 409 clip in the Southern Association and that's hitting in any league. Simons is picked instead of Spencer Harris, the Minneapolis outfielder that | Washington had a chance to get. Tried t Tampa last Spring, Simons was just | a trifle off as a big leaguer. He was neither a sure fielder nor a strong | batter. But in the Southern Associa- tion this year he has developed remark- | ably according to President Griffith and Scout oJe Engel and ought to make the grade at the next training camp. His hitting rating for the season in the Dixie circuit is .307. Liska Help to Millers. Liska, bought from the Millers, and Gillis, bought back from the same out- fit, have starred as minor leaguers. The right-hand hurler had up to the first part of this week a record of 17 wins and 4 defeats. He has done much to put the Minneapolis Club at the top of the American Association. Gri , though, declares that Paul McCullough, who also has been bought from Minne- apolis, is a far better pitcher than Liska even though his record does not him seem so. Gillis has done much better as a_shortstop and third sacker with the Millers than he did here early in the season and has hit in the American Association at a .311 rate, 80 the Washington boss figured it worth while to bring him back to the club. Of the recalled players Hayes has been the best in the minors. In fact, ‘his brilliant infielding and heavy hitting | are said to be mainly responsible for the lofty position the Millers hold in the Association. Jack was somewhat weak as a hitter with the Nationals and none too fast on his feet, but he impressed the fans here, nevertheless. He was certain in his work, even though he lacked speed, and was thought so well of by the club that he went to the Millers only under 24-hour option. Recalled Hurlers Weak. Lisenbee and Van Alstyne probably are recalled only because the club is overlooking nothing that may bolster s pitching staff that has functioned none too well this season. Neither has been so successful with the Millers. And the same goes for Hopkins, too. He has been no shining light at Mon- treal. As a matter of fact, this young fellow developed a grouch shortly after Jjoining the Royals and never showed the worth he promised 'when at the Florida training camp with the Na- tionals last Spring. Shirley, however, has been one of the stars of the Birmingham club and one of the best hitters in the Southern As- | sociation. The stocky first sacker, who has been twice tried by the Nationals. always has been a capable fielder, but in past seasons was not so strong at bat. His stickwork has been so good this season, though. that officials of the Washington club believe he will give | the veteran Joe Judge a great battle for the initial base job next year. All Options Exercised. ‘The Washington club also has exer- cised its option on Ed Crowley, infielder, end Doggy Sheridan, pitcher. Crowley, shifted to the Birmingham Barons from the Albany, Ga.. club after the South- eastern League passed out, has been | sold to the Baltimore Internationals, . George Voigt, former Wa hingtonian, who won the qualifying round with a record-breaking score of 143, is shown in the inset. AMERICAN LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Philadelphia. 3. icago. 6. St. Louis, 16; Cleveiand, 6. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. a3vjuddIag New York . St. Louis Chicago Washington Detroit Cleveland Boston__. Lost .. GAMES TODAY. Phila, at New York. NATIONAL LEAGUE. YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. 3. GAMES TOMORROW. Chicago at St. Louis. usp003g, uoysog,| | eamusasag St. Louis New York . | Laicaga Pittsbursh Cincinnati .. Brooklyn o T 8162162 3089 94 —|— GAMES TOMORROW. N. York at Boston. ooklyn at Phila. “GAMES TODAY. Cincinnati at St. L. New York at _Bosto) Brookiyn at Phila. WANER BOOSTS LEAD FOR BATTING CROWN By the Associated Press. Two hits in four times at bat yes- terday gave Paul Waner another point for his lead in the National League batting race, but his rival, Roge.s Hornsby, kept pace with him by hitting four times out of nine attempts. Paul's pair—a fourth of his team's total against the Cubs—brought his average up to .383, the best in either league, while the Rajah’s four hits gave him a 375 mark. The National League standing: B. R. H. Pct P. Waner, Pirates.. 51 130 211 .383 Hornsby, Braves.... 21 88 158 .37 Lou Gehrig's one single off Lefty Grove in four times at bat drove in the tying run for the Yankees and put Gehrig in position to score on Ruth's homer, but it did little to improve his standing in his batting duel with Goose Goslin. His average remained station- ary at .373, six points behind Goslin, G. A 138 5 120 4 ! who did not play yesterday. The American League standing: G. AB. R. H. Pct 121 398 67 151 .379 138 502 125 187 373 BOTH RACE LEADERS HAVE SAME MARGIN By the Associated Press. Goslin, Senators Gehrig, Yankees. Wwhile Sheridan, farmed to Newark after being bought from Birmingham, has been sold back to the Barons. These deals clear up all the options the Wash- | ington club held on players in the minors, for Ernest Smith, infielder, was turned over to Birmingham outright some months ago. MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L Pet W. L. Pet Minneapolis 91 65.583 Kansas City 81 75 519 Indiananolis 89 66 '57¢ Toledo.. .. 77178 497 58 96 .377 Milwaukee 5896 377 Miyaug 545 Louisvilie.! 8274 526 Columbus. ‘e, 3 (10 innings) | INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Jechester Yoronto W L, Pt 78 75 510 7578 490 7479 423 W. L Pet 8270 538 8373 532 Buffalo 8474 531 Newarl Montreal . 8074 519 Jersey City 6194 .394 Jersey City, 8—3: Baltimore, 1—0. Rochester. 5: Buffalo, 4. Reading, 5: Newark. 1 “Toronto-Montreal. rain SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. W L Pet am 46 26 639 4527 6: Reading Baltimore . va Birmin'h femphis 47 | Yesterday's W. L Pct i 478 Babe Ruth evidently believes in doing things right. With the score tied and Lou Gehrig on base in the eighth in- ning of the third game of the crucial ories between the Yankees and the Athletics ysterday the Babe delivered is forty-ninth home run of the sea- on and held his team in first place. 5-to-3 victory for the | Yankees increased their margin over { their rivals in the pennant struggle to 1215 games. With one more duel be- tween the leaders scheduled today, ! their standing was: Won New York . 91 47 Philadelphia 89 50 640 Taking another double-header from Lost Pct. ,ond place in the National League stand- ing by a margin of 2 points over the | Cubs. New York and Chicago are tied as far as games are concerned, both being two and one-half games behind the league-leading St. Louis Cardinals. | The Cards clung to their narrow margin of leadership by beating Cincinnati ! while the Cubs held onto their virtual tie for second by trouncing Pittsburgh. The standing of the National League leaders: Pct. 603 585 583 Lost 54 56 58 St. Louis New York . Chicago itle Rock 4035533 Atlanta . hatiano'ga 3538 470 Nashville.. . 6 Atlanta. 2 e hpck 4 Nasnile. 3 ham, 3; New Orleans, 1. Subas"Elibe "m0t scheduled. 16 403 2647373 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Osklan4. B: Missions. 5. Sacramento, 8. Hollvwood, 2. games scheduled. 659 | the Braves, the Giants moved into sec- | RUTHS 9T HOWER DOV ERDIE 53 | Yanks Again Beat A’s Bcost Lead in Race to 21-2 Games. By the Associated Press AUGHT in a withering ba cf Yank:ce I pennant aspiratios realization a few short days ago, apparently are dying a slow and painful death. § [ Those aspirations were in a vigorous | state of health as late as last Satur-| day when Connie's Philadelphia Ath- letics occupied thz American Leagu:® summit in solitary grandeur. Today 2 fecble spark was thz only indication that they still were alive. To the massed attack of the Yankees, led by the peerless Babe Ruth, with b forty-ninth homer of the season, can be attributed the partial collapse of the tall tactician’s hopes for his first pen- nant victory since 1914. 4 Mack saw_ Quinn and Walberg fail to stop the champions on Sunday. Yes. terday he called up his last hope, Robert | Mcses Grove, fastest left-handed pitcher in the majors, to save something cut of the wreckage. Grove’s Sizth Failure. But Grove failed, just as he had failed in five provious attempts to turn back Miller Hugzins' maulers this s»a- son. For scven innings he had the Yankees waving futile bats as his fa one whizzed up to the plate. and a single run represented the sum total of the champions’ ofensive at that time and Grove entered the last of the eighth with a 3-to-1 lead. And then just as Lefty was ready to record his fifteenth straight victory and his twenty-third of the scason, the blow fell. A pass, a single, a wild throw by Jimmy Dykes and a wild pitch by Grove himself, and Gehrig’s single. tied up the game with nobody out. That brought the Babe to the plate. Grove elected to pitch to him, for a pass would bring up Meusel, who had wielded a wicked warclub in the first two games of the series. The Babe bunted the first pi foul and took a called hall before driv- ing the third pitch into the right field stands as 50,000 fans broke into a de- lirious demonstration of jov. Grove | quickly retired the sice after that mighty wallop, but the demage had been done. | pinch hitters—Cobb, Collins and French in the ninth and the game was over with the Yanks on the long end of a 5-t0-3 score. It was Johnson's fifth | victory over the A's in six starts and Grove's sixth defeat in seven against the champicns. The victory sent the Yankees into a two-and-a-half-game lead in the stand- | ings and assured them of invading the West in first place, regardless of the out- come of the fourth and final game of the series today. In the other American League engage- ments, the St. Louis Browns beat Cleve- | land, 16 to 6, in a game which saw j defeated Chicago, 7 to 6, when John Stone, recruit outfielder, cracked out a home run with two on base in the| eighth. | i Giants Gain Second Place. Taking their second double-header in as many days from the Boston Braves, the New York Giants ousted the Chica- go Cubs from second place in the Na- | tional League race. The scores were 11 {to 6 and 7 to 6. The first game was a walkaway for the Giants, but the | second was a dog fight the whole way. i Larry Benton, a relief pitcher, fanned Rogers Hornsby to end the game, with the tying run on first base. Fred Lind- | strom pounded out eight hits in 10 times at bat during the day. ‘The St. Louis Cardinals retained i their two-and-a-half-game lead over ; the field by tronn~ing Cincinnati, 6 to | 3. The Reds established a new Nation- al League record for double plays with 1175, but that didn’t help them in scor- ing runs. | The Cubs cracked five Pittsburgh hurl- ers for 11 hits and romped away with ! |a 9-to-3 victory. Pat Malone had only fone bad inning—the third—when the | Pirates scored all their runs. The Cubs. | however, now trail the Giants by two | percentage ponts. Brooklyn and Philadelphia again di- vided a double-header. The Robins took the first by 5 to 2, but dropped the sec- | lond, 4 to 3, when Fred Leach clubbed the first offering of Dazzy Vance, a re- lief pitcher, into the stands for a home run. | |Fights Last Night | i { By the Associated Press. « DENVER.—Eddie Mack, Denver, out- pointed Cowboy Eddie Anderson, Chi- cago (10). LOS ANGELES.—Fidel Labarba, de- feated Bushy Graham, Utica, N. Y. (10). | Cuyler, Cubs . Red S Henry Johnson got rid of three Athletic | Fouch 114 doubles pounded out, and Detroit | B | CUBS LIKELY BIG LEAGUE LEADERS HITTERS. Player—Club. G. AB. R. H. Pec. P. Waner, Pirates. 138 551 130 211 .383 Goslin, Senators.. .21 398 67 151 .39 Hornsby, Braves.. 120 421 86 158 .375 | Gehrig, Yankees.. 138 502 125 187 .37 Manush, Browns.. 138 569 87 209 .3671 RUN SCORERS. | Ruth, Yankees. . *. Waner, Pirates Combs, Yankees BASE ST ¥ Mostil, W Southern, Phillies. ... 5 PITCHERS. W, Ben Hoy Crowder, Browns Grove, Athletics. Pennock, Yankecs..... ONLY THREE REMAIN IN WEEK DAY SERIES With Bergmann's Laundry nine, win- ner in Merchants’ League, eliminated yesterday, 3 nines remained in the bat- tle for the week-day league series cham- pionship today. American Railway Express of Termi- nal League and Government Printers of Government League were to clash to- day in what promised to be one of !h:',‘ crucal contests. Neither team has lost | a_gamo to date, although Printers have | played twice as many contests. | Loffler’s Provision Co. nine, pride of ! Industrial League, managed to survive yesterday by hanging a 6-to-2 defeat on the Laundrymen. M. Roberts stilled the Loundrymen’s clubs, yielding seven scattered hits, while his mates gathered | 10 and furnished perfect support. James led lum assault with a triple ahd two singles, Tomorrow Loffler's nine will face the big test when American Expressmen are engaged. A loss will mean elimina- ton. t, .18 .13 .22 17 ion, Team standing of the three survivors: W. L Government, Printers A American_ Express LofMer's Provision Score of yesterday's gam ABH.OA. Loffler's. 3212 James.rf. Loeffler,If M.Taylor.1b. Stahl.3b. .. Smithson:ss Tehmy'r.2b 3 v L.Roberts.ct c S 14 o B. L. . Taylor.3b reed.ss. ... EETTIPOIVES- o 3l ononwabi-o Brown, *Malorey Totals. .. .3 “Batted tor Beraman's Loffler's. so05-s0-omm 0 1 Runs. L._Roberts. Long, Koch. Stahl. Smithson. Viehmeyer, James. Error— Guyer. Two-hase hits—Stahl. H. Taylor. Three-base hit—James. Stolen _ bases—H. Taylor. James, Stahl, Smithson. Sacrifice: M. Roberts, ° Bergmann. _Double pla Smithson to' Viehmeyer to Taylor: Bennie to M First base on balls—Off M. 2: off Brown. 5 Beremann. 5 in 4 innings: off rown. 0 in 1%, innings: off Bennie. 5 in 223 innines. Hit by ed ball_By Bennie (Stahl). y Brown, 2; by Bennie. 2. B ya by TO REACH NEW ATTENDANCE MARK CHICAGO, September 12 ().—The Chicago Cubs may not win the National League pennant, but they bid fair to hang up a record for attendance. Last year 1,210,000 people clicked the turnstiles to watch the Cubs play. This | season already over 1,100,000 have paid | their way into Wrigley Ficld to see the | Bruins in action. This, with the free list and the 35.000 that are expected to watch the Car-! dinals and Cubs in their clash tomor- | row, may set & new attendance mark. oft 0 e S LA BARBA WHIPS GRAHAM, BUT DOESN'T GET TITLE.| LOS ANGELES, September 12 (P).—‘ Fidel la Barba, curly-haired Italian| mite today was touted as the outstand- ing contender for the bantamweight championship as the result of his thrill- ing victory over Bushy Graham, cham- pion of the 118 pounders, here last night in a non-title championship fight. He was given a 10-round decisfon over | th» Utica, N. Y., title holder. and the fight is said to have paved the way for | a championship meeting. St NEW HAVEN WINS FLAG. NEW HAVEN, Conn. September 12| (). —New Haven has clinched its fourth | Eastern League pennant in the 13 years' | history of the organization. ——— e e ‘WESTERN LEAGUE. Oklahoma Citv. 15: Amarillo, 1. | now on will forsske medsl for match takes three putts | players in the tournamont | painless, Tulsa, 13: Wi Des ' Moines- mika, postponed, wet srounds. 'y In Amateur T By the Associated Pres EWTON, Mass., September 12. Only 32 of th> 143 golfers who started out Monday remaincd today when the play in the n: tional amateur championship | reached th» man-to-man stage. The small, but select qualifying elass from | The plavers will not be opposad n~bu'ous “eld man par” who never pl: by After tonueht there will be lzlx_u cight hole matches, “suddon death™ the ers call thom and th- end i< not alway will be followed by 236-hole | matches each day for the remainder of the week. The casualties in the 36-hole qual- ifying round included some well known stars, Roland MacK-nzie, Walker cup player: S. Davidson Herron, William C. Fownes, jr., and Jesse P. Guilford, for- mer national amateur champions; Eu- gene Homans, Walker cup alternate and others were left to watch their fellow: from the gallery. Five membors of the | British Walker cup team fell. Nothing over 155 for the 36 qualify- ing holes was safe. Seven who scored 157 went out in the gathering gloom to fight for the four places left. Maurice J. McCarthy, jr., New York, Carl R. Nettelbladt, Worcester, Mass.; T. Suf- fern Tailer, jr., Newport, R. L., 16 years old, and William F. McPhail of Boston were left after the shooting was over. Bon Stein, Eddie Held, New Yq and | Nicol Thompson, jr., of Sca were | turned back from the threshold. | George Voigt captured th> medal | by on stroke from Jimmy Joanston | | Ro: ‘Number of Stars Eliminated ournament Test of St. Paul, sparkling rounds of 71—172 | bringing the former Washington star home in front of a great fleld, just a stroke under the record held by Clarke Corkran, who did not qualify this year, and by Bobby Jones, the champion, who was in with a score of 151. safe, but not brilliant golf rated by the great shot maker's normal game. The champion, however, was him- | self again over a great part of his sec- ond rcund. For seven holes of the sce- ond nine he recled off two birdies and > pars, although on the finishing two holes he’ dropped the two strokes back to par. 0 hard for the closing 74 as he did for th2 earlier 77, ‘Three national chamniom: wore left in the comnetition, jones, T. P. Perkins, ~ Dritish amateur champion, and Somerville, amateur champion of Canada. Perkins was supported by two other British players, John B. Beck and Eustace F. Story. Somerville had Gordon Taylor to keep him com- any. Before the match play started the exparts were picking George Von Elm, 1926 champion, and Voigt, the medal- . to reach the semi-finals in the up- per bracket with Jones coming through the lower bracket to clash with either Von Elm or Voigt in the finals. Von “Elm was defeated last year in the second round by Harry Legg, veter- an Minnesota star, and Jones had a narrow escape in his match with Mc- Carthy. Among the players left today thore was talsnt enough to turn back eny on2 of the game’s greatest stars 50 golf ch ns cannot bs counted until RIVAL COUNTY NINES ‘ TO OPPOSE SUNDAY| HYATTSVILLE. Md., September 12 --Much interest is being evinced in the clash Sunday afternoon on the Mount Rainier diamond between Hyattsville All-Stars and Mount Rainier. It will be the opening battle of the annual 3- game series between the clubs who are looked upon as just about the cream of | Prince Georges County unlimited class sandlot teams. Hyattsville won last year, copping a 6-5 decision after exciting battling in the third game and Mount Rainier seeks revenge. Mount Rainier defeated Hyattsville 6 to 4, and Hisers took the measure of Colmar Manor, 2 to 1, yosterday in the series billed for the Prince Georges County insect class diamond title. Hisors and Colmar Manor are now heading the series each with two wins and one de- feat. Prince Georges County Men and women Duckpin Associations are to hold meetings tonight in the American Legion Club rooms here to complete plans for the opening of the circuits. ALEXANDRIA RIVALS IN DIAMOND SERIES ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 12.— | St. Mary's Celtics will_open a three- game series with the Dreadnaught A. A. Sunday in Dreadnaught Park at 3| o'clock. The other games are set for Septem- ber 30 and October 7. Celts will play Washington Red Sox on Corbett Field Saturday at 4:30 p.m. Only eight entries have been received for the 10-mile modified marathon run which will be held here Saturday by the i Potomac Yard Athletic Association, under the auspices of the A. A. U. Entries, however, will be received until Saturday morning by Robert McDonald and C. A. Burgess, who may be phonad at Alexandria 516, beiween 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. ‘The run will start from Dreadnaught Park at 2 o'clock, while the field day vrogram of the Potomac Yard body will { be in progress. A meeting of the St. Mary’s Lyceum A, C. will be held in Lycgum Hall to morrow night at 8 o'cloc® Alexandria Post Office will play the Alexandria Light Infantry today in a week-day series game on Hayden Field | at 5 pm. The loser will be eliminated. and the winner will meet Alexandria Police in Dreadnaught Park tomorrow. NO-HIT GAME IS PITCHED IN SUNDAY SCHOOL LOOP Ray Davidson made Sunday School League history yesterday when he turn- ed back West Washington Baptists without a hit or run, giving the Calvary Drakes a 1-to-0 victory and the cham- pionship of the league. A ninth inning rally gave the victors the only tally of the contest played on Monument grounds. th>v are hatcland later in the week. i HINE IS DEVELOPING | e TNNSYLVANTANS, seeking hon- ors among unlimited nines for to keep busy the remainder of the campaign, with expectations of developing some good material for Pennsys have scheduled Planskys for |Sunday on Sixteenth street reservoir | diamond, and the following Sunday Echo. A trip to Indian Head is slated for September 30. Manager Behrens, at Adams 8280, is seeking games for PLAYERS FOR 1929 the first time this scason. plan | next season. will engage Glen Echo A. C. at Glen October dates. Hess A. C. players begin a busy pro- gram tomorrow when they meet Sea- men Gunners on the latter team'’s field at 5 o'clock. A business meeting will | be held soon after the game at 2210 | Shannon place southeast. | . Hessmen plan to make a good show- ing Sunday, when they clash with Deu | termann’s Arlington Busmen at Arling- ton, Va. at 3 o'clock. | Manager Furr of Phoeni | his team has no game scheduled for | Sunday. He will book any strong un- | limited nine. Call Lincoln 7408, after 6:30 o'clock for arrangements. A. C. finds Vic's Sport Shop players will gather tomorrow night at the home of Vic i Gauzza at 8 o'clock, to make plans for their clash with Kelly Midgets, slated { for Plaza diamond, Sunday at 1 o'clock. All Lionel A. C. players are requested to attend a meeting Friday night at 8:30 o'clock at 4418 Seventh street. | Important matters will be discussed. | Ace Midgets, who bagged the second i series title in Sport Mart Midget League, | challenge Vic's and other strong teams. | Dates and arrangements will be made | at Franklin 8539. | Corinthian Insect i re willing to card |games tomorrow and Saturday, with | 'HANOVER IS WINNER | OF BLUE RIDGE FLAG, CHAMBERSBURG, Pa., September 12.—Hanover won the 1928 champion- !'ship of the Blue Ridge League by de-: irnanng Chambersburg here yesterday, |5 to 1. The victors took four wins in | five games. 5 i Mickey Kelliher, Washington diamond product” and manager of the losing | team, saw a big opportunity to capture | his second consecutive pennant fade as | Hamlin held his sluggers to four hits| | yesterday. | {" It is Hanover's first championship | ! victory in the 11 years it has had a| | team 'in the leagu i i 1 {BROOKLAND, CORINTHIANS ! WIN DIAMOND CONTESTS i+ In French’s Insect Base Ball Lt-gue l;:nmm yesterday, Brookland Boys' Club defeated Cardinals, 4 to 2, and Corinth- ians dl‘uhb‘? Senators, 10 to 1. He did not have to struggle | But up in the top half of the dmwf | there are such tough lads as Von | Elm. conceded No. 2; George Voigt. | who won the medal yesterday with thr:‘ | amazingly low total of 143; Tommy | | Perkins, the British amateur champion; | Chick Evans and Jess Sweetser. | | That bunch is not a crowd to trifle | with, and again the lad from Atlanta had gotten the break. If he met one | of these in the abbreviated pair of 18- hole matches that constitute the cham- | pionship menu_today, his crown might | be knocked off. Instead he draws J. | Walcott Brown, from down New Jersey | way. in the first round, and then should meet the veteran Ray Gorton of Brae | | Burn in the second round. The skids are apparently well greased for another Jones march to the semi-final at least. By thay time the Atlanta lad should have gotten his game into high gear. It certainly has not been hitting on all eight <o far. Voigt the Star Thus Far. George Voigt is the star of this cham- plonship so far. The ex-holder of the Middle Atlantic title and present Dis- trict champion, who is a member of the Bannockburn Club, yesterday swung his usually impeccable game to greater heights than he ever has reached in winning the qualifying medal with an- other marvelous round. For Voigt added a 72 to his 71 of the previous day to nose out Harrison R. Johnston of St. Paul by one stroke. George has failed | to qualify in two championships over the last two years. Some said it was because a whispering campaign was aimed at fHim. That was bunk, of | course, for he failed because he didn't plav well enough. | But up here in staid old Boston, th> | insidious voices of the whispering bri- gade. or whatever the trouble was, didn't seem to function, for George led the first day and never was hoaded. His machine-like game never functioned more perfectly than it did yesterday to click off a 72 after a trying 6 on the | first hole, ard he ended in spectacular fashion by canning a 20-footer for a birdie 3 at the eighteenth. That birdie was just the margin by which he beat Harrison Johnston, for the St. Paul lad nearly holed his putt for a 3 also. Voigt and Johnston Monday were tied at 71 for the lead. And when Voigt started with a 6 on the first hole it*] looked as if Johnston might be the medalist, for here Voigt hooked to a trap, put his second in a water hazard, chipped on the green after taking a penalty stroke and got down in two putts. He partially atoned for his mis- take by geotting a birdie 4 at the long fifth, and although he dropped a shot to par at the ninth, was out in 37. Coming back, however, Voigt was im- peccability itself, for he started with a 4 at the long fifteenth, went one over {on the seventeenth and sank a 20 footer for a birdie at the home hole. Had Voigt’s ball kicked naturally birdie 4 at the tenth, zot another birdi= | toward the hole at the seventeenth. he | bank at the eighteenth and he probab- ly would have made it. Al Houghton. a club mate of Pitt at Manor, led the Washington entrants for the 36-hole medal test, adding a 79 yesterday to his 80 of the previous day. He and Pitt were the only ones ! with a real chance to qualify, as the pair got hot yesterday after the slow | start of Monday and the boys went | for everything in sight. Houghton was |out in 39 yesterday, notwithstanding a 6 on the hilltop par 4 ninth hole, but he ran into another 6 at the tenth and even though he obtained a birdie 2 at the seventeenth and finished with a 4 it was too late. His 159 total was out bv two shots. Miller B. Stevinson. even though he ran into a brace of 6s on the first | nine, ‘was out in 40, with a fighting chance to qualif;. Too many 5s coming in, coupled with a 6 at the fourteenth hole spelled ruin for the determined Columbia player. He finished with an 81 and a two-day total of 163. Stevin- son was paired with a fine golfer named Hancock from Connecticut, who has the misfortune to have acquired the golf heebie jeebies. Hancock never play- ed a shot in the two days without sur- veying the ground from both sides, tak- ng at least 10 practice waggles and then doing a toe dance before he struck the ball. Needless to say it didn't heip the high-strung Stevinson to plav with a man of that type, although Stevin- son didn't say a word about it. Ro!and Had No Chanrce. Roland MacKenzie never had a chance. His 88 of Monday left him needing a 68 or 69 to be sure of gotting in, and that was too much to ask of a lad who scarcely has played any golf for 10 months and really hasn't gotten the feel of the club after such a long lay-off. Roland never got started in either haif of the medal round. At no time did he appear to be hitting his shots crisp- ly, showing plainly that lack of prac- tice and that alone lay at the founda- tion of his poor showing. He did an 84 yesterday to add to his 88 of the previ- ous day and left for Washington this | morning. Roland naturally went for everything yesterday, knowing what he Fneeded to qualify, and the putts would- n't drop. After he got out in 40 there was no hope, and he loped over the last nine in 44. Had he been out in 34 or 35 he might have had a chance, but the 40 killed all hope. Page Hufty had a grand chance |also, for the Congrassional lad breezed | through to the turn yesterday in 33 | end was going well until he struck the fourtzsnth At this 538-yard affeir | he pnt his tee shot in the rovgh cad |took a 7. He followed with a 6 on t: tri 311-vard fifteentl A 5 3 5 finish loft him too far ou'side to set ‘n, and his total was 162. Mark Flan- agan. Hufty's partner. and a student at Georgetown University, was out in 36. but ran into a peck of trouble | bagged birdies on the other two. And a “ dropping in the hole for another birdie. | might have tied the record for the na- | coming back for a 42, to finish with tional amateur championship qualifying | 139, two shots too high. round, held jointly by D. Clarke Cork- | Reid Diggs, who has only been play- ran and Bob Jones. But his ball kicked | ing golf for four years, had scarcely away from the hole and he took a 4 | any chance to qualify and knew it. He on this par 3 hole. Corkran won the | went into the championship with a medal with 142 in 1924 and Jones tied | care-free mind that looks good for him this mark last year at Minikahda. ;:\ futu}l;:' fm{s. but never played well o o ere. e took 86 vesterday. for a two- Unknewn Five Years Age. | day, total of 169 Diggs took 7 at the Voigt's victory is more or less a golf | tricky ninth. where he played three epic. For five years ago this lad was not | consecutive pitch shots to the hill-top known at all outside of Washington and | green and the ball came back each only little known in the city in which | time. He ran into a brace of 6s at the he grew to manhood. In those days he | thirteenth and fourteenth from bad was a Government clerk, repairing type- | tec shots and came back in 43 for writers in the Treasury Department at | his_86. a small salary, and playing golf before | Washington really has two men in and after office hours. He had been a |the championship, "even though they caddie on the old course. of the Colum- | are not registered here from Capital bia Country Club. but gave up the game | clubs. George Voigt is a non-resident | when Columbia moved over to Chevy |Of Bannockburn. or so he said tod: | Chase, to take it up again in 1921, when |and Maurice J. McCarthy is a mes the first real public course was opened 'ber of Washington and a student at |in Washington at East Potomac Park. Georgetown. McCarthy was one of | Here he worked and slaved over his four who won places in the champion- | game, reaching the peak of local public | ShiP in the play-off of a seven-cornered | links golf. tie. McCarthy. Willlam F. McPhail In 1925 he became a member of Ban- | Of Boston, Tommy Tailer of Newport nockburn, and then started a winning |and Carl Nettlebladt were the success- streak that has continued uninterrupted | fUl ones in the play-off. which saw to the present time. He has won some- | Eddie Held. Nicol Thompson and Bon thing like 24 tournaments with but one | Steun, former Western champion, nosed defeat. and that came last Spring at | Out. the hands of George Dawson. His rise ! to national prominence speaks volumes | for his assiduity and will to win and | I.'ST 0 likewise the character of golf around ! Washington, for he was tempered in the ! fire of competition around the Capital | before moving out to larger fields. Voigt | | now s erg;;lu,ve:id by & New York bond | ouse, and is said to oing well. ! Geor v e Not one of the entrants from clubs | Harrison.d. donnsmor ) about Washington made the grade in | Qonald Moe. Alderwood | the medal round. Harry Pitt had the | Go oS omervilie. C best chance, but ran into a piece of ; ‘ Li the toughest kind of luck on the lasf t e hole. Voigt and Maurice McCarthy | 15"} Aeminrarc® Avons; Chicase have played lots of golf around Wash- | Robe=i R Gorian. Br ington, but neither is entered from a Erancis ou Washington club. i s Even though Harry Pitt was far wide | Fred W Jr. Alherarle of qualifying in the final tally of the |John B Beck. Great Britain score, the margin by which he failed | oy ' & ‘Wit OF QUALIFIERS IN AMATEUR CLASSIC . Atlanta A, ake. Von Elm Detroif Fole. “ards. 0—491 ... SRFEEE chip shot for a 3 at the sixteenth failed on the bank of a ditch alongside the |G Manor G M cramplon from the | Georke"pavion. Wester-Biltmore 1 Eustace Storey. Grent Beitain others. And we haven't any doubt that | a i\_!:mrlr" McCarthy. Old isn't any doubt about Pitt's gamenes A hectic out round of 43, mainly the But the lad from Manor buckled down | J1oif;, Yards: and a 4 to tie. In that seven-hole | 57 427 . by the width of his putter blade from | %2 - was little wider than a gnat's evelash. | Charles Evans. For had his ball found a favorable lie eighteenth fairway, the chances are ' Watts Atianta the Middle Atlantic champion from the | Zhomas Perkins. Great Britain Phillins Finlay. Sandy By through with the 4 he needed on the | Rudolt Knepper. Onwentsis. home "hole to tle at 157 with seven | Sustace Storev. Great Buitai Carl Nettlebladt. Wavese'ar if Harry had gotten in the tie he would | Majurics McCarthy, Flatbush 79 have won one of the places, for there | (i F: McPhail. Notfolk Mass. 19 nor his ability to come through a st barrage of enemy fire. result of a terrible 7 on the lengthy fifth hole, left Harry too much to do. to his task over the second nine and |2 304 . came to the seventeenth needing a 3 3—35 ... stretch he played five holes in par and | 335 - Afifl. ‘Total. 2 3 Grand total, 6.643 r 4 4 4 4 H 2 4 3 i L 2.516 .. Great Golf Under Pressure. | . 32 par. We'll always believe his par 3 at the seventeenth was one of the greatest| RICE OF TIGERS ARRESTED. bit of golf under pressure we ever have | DETROIT, September 12 (#).—Harry seen. For here was a man who needed | Rice, center fielder for the Detroit club a 3 and a 4 in his first try at the big |of the American League, was arrested championship to make the grade. As at a hotel yesterday on a non-support most of his wooden club shots had done complaint made by his wife in St. all day, he faded a high spoon shot far Loul’ i \