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riffs Hope to A Goslin Proves Arm Now Is O. K. As Griffs Drop Final to Tigers CHISOX FACE YANKS ASNATS PLAY TRIBE Harrismen Must Take Three Straight to Win Yearly Series From Pecks. BY JOHN B. KELLER. LEVELAND, September 19.— Having tamed the Tiger to W their first season-series of 'he year the Nationals, after rest- ing today, will resume battling 4n an effort to bag another annual set. This effort, though, should prove much more difficult than that accounting for the success in Detroit, for to capture the yearly set with the Indians the Na- tionals must take all three games of the Jot, beginning tomorrow. The tribe has an edge over the Har- 3is horde to date in the battling this Jear. having won 10 of the 19 games tween the clubs. However, Roger Peckinpaugh's warriors gained this edge mainly by their valiant fighting in Grif- fith Stadium instead of on their home ground. In Wsahington the ndians triumphed in 7 of 11 engagements. Here they have won but three of eight games played with the hustling Harris- men. Although the Ifdians have been tak- ing their lickings quite regularly the past two weeks, the Nationals are not expecting any set-up here. In fact, they figure it's about time for the tribe to turn and assert itself and they are Jooking for three red-hot scraps at Dunn Field. The series here offers the Washing- ton club a great opportunity to en- trench itself in fourth place, its goal for the seasons While the Nationals are mixing with the Indians, the White Sox,.at preserff, the only real fourth- place contenders other than the Har- ris-led aggregation, will have on their hands at Chicago the Yankees. d, though the Yankees have been buffeted about a great deal lately, they still g:;% some place to go, and are full of It appears that the next three days ghould be much rougher for the White Sox than the Nationals. The latter will step into the three-game series here with all hands im prime condition excepting Bucky Harris. The pilot's sore knee is froubling him again, and he was limping about this morning. However, it takes right much of a hurt to keep the game Harris out of action, and more than likely he will be in the line-up when the Nationals take the ! field tomorrow. LEVELAND, September . 19.— ‘While the Nationals yesterday were taking an 8-to-5 beating, the first in the four-game series with the Tigers, Goose Goslin showed the world that his throwing wing is working again. He did not throw out any one of George Moriarty's menagerie, but in the sixth inning, when Bob Fothergill rifled a single to deep left while the bases were filled, the Goose retrived the ball and made a perfect peg to the plate that prevented more than one run crossing as & result of the hit. It was a throw typical of those wing- ing from the Geslin arm of last season, and left no doubt in the minds of those who witnessed it that the right wing that had been virtually uscless in a basz ball way all season is right again. A youngster from Springfield of the Eastern League, Phil Page by name, pitching his first big league game, left- handed his way to victory over the Na- tionals. According to some of them this young Page had nothing, yet he managed to hold them to five hits in the first eight innings, and granted but three more in the ninth after the Tigers had the game tucked away safely. True, he gave up six passes, but the Nationals were unable'to take advantage of his wildness, and but for an error back of him in the early part of the fray the Nationals never would have held a Jead even for the brief time they Page Outpitches Hadley. At any rate, Page proved a more suc- cessful pitcher yesterday than Irving Hadley. Irving was a good hurler until after he got two men out, then he took his punishment. He stuck along until the Tigers registered two runs after two were out in the sixth, then turned the game over to Lloyd Brown. The Moriarty men had combed Irving for 11 safeties, five passes and six tallies. Off Brown they gleaned four hits two walks and two runs. With two singles and a walk, the Tigers filled the bases with one gonc in the first inning. Then Gehringer scored after West got McManus® hoist The Nationals came back for three runs in the second session. With one gone, Bluege strolled and tallied the tying counter as Ruel doubled. -After Harris skied out, Ruel pilfered third as the fourth ball was pitched to Cronin. THE EVEN & STAR, WASHINGTON, B..#ss. WEDNESDAY]. SEPTEMBER 19, 1978 Then Warner kicked Hadley's grounder and Muddy registered while Cronin, who had swiped second, pulled up at the far corner. West's one-baser scored Joe. The Tigers cut down the Nationals' advantage in the third when, after one was out, Gehringer doubled, went to third after West bagged Harry Rice’s fly and scored as Heilmann doubled. They went ahead in the fourth. Fothergill strolled and, following War- ner's erasure, Woodall drew a pass. Page whiffed, but successive singles by Stone and Gehringer accounted for twd tallies. Hadley got rid of the first two Tigers up in the sixth, then walked Gehringer. Her'y Rice and Heilmann singled, counting Charley, and McManus’ walk crowded the cushions. Fothergill's one- baser to left scored Harry Rice, then Brown came on to check the tallying temporarily. Brown Bumped in Seventh. But Brown got his in the seventh. Woodall began the round with a triple and crossed, when Stone doubled, after Page struck out. Brown .got rid of Gehringer, but Heilmann's single tallied Stone. The Nationals kicked in with two runs in the ninth. Reeves batted for Brown as a starter and singled. He got home as West doubled. Sammy held second as Rice was thrown out, but checked in when Goslin singled. That single by Goslin in the ninth saved him from a sad day at bat. He had been up three times previously without hitting and the end of hiz long string cf consecutive hitting games seemed at hand. Sam West liked the southpaw rookie's hurling. He collected four safeties m five efforts, three of them two-baggers. Sam missed getting a hit his fourth time up.- Then he lifted a long fly to Fothergill. Gehringer, Heilmann and Fothergill each garnered three hits off the Wash- ington pitching. This Gehringer, by the way, was a nuisance the Washington club thr;aughout the four-game series in De- troit. Fourteen games of the 22 played this year with the Tigers were bagged by the Naticnals. And that's the only serles won to date. BY GEORGE MORIARTY SWATTED TO DEATH mmaisnd | mowwmmmsans al moomonnsssnp wh oo b il ol omsmusussss? 2 ® cotesmunp eueomsLmEnP P = SENEE £ 8l eummsinueced [“*fil ior Fo (Manager of the Detroit Base Ball Club.) SSUMING that the New York Nationals may combat the Ath- letics or the Yankees in the world serfes, many._interesting angles present themselves. In the first place, the Polo Grounds, the home of the Giants, offer a fairly short right field pavilion that com- mands the attention of left-handed home run seekexs such as Ruth, Gehrig, 'lt‘er‘iy, O'Doul, f Haas, Orwoll, Hauser e ., home of the Athletics, tempting left-field pavilion, which continually beckons to the strong, cight-handed batters. Home runs should be plentiful if the series is confined to the Atlantic seaboard, as the Yankees also have a close right-field bleacher. Jue by -his record, McGraw has no ave n to being in a world series, and_undoubtedly hopes again to be in the Jimelight in October. In such event, Larry Benton would be his pitching ace, as he has enjoyed a remarkable season.. Fitzsimmons and Genewicl have twirled clever ball for the Giants at times, but_they have disappointed too often to be classed with a consist- ent winner like Benton. Peppy Series Due if Giants Meet Athletics or Yankees and Benton, the Yankees and Giants seem to be more or less even-up on pitching talenj. The Athletics, however, have a decided advantage over the Giants, out where the curves begin. Add Catcher Hogan's performance to the smooth work exhibited by Lind- strom, Cohen, Reese, Jackson, Terry and Ott, and you have circled the color scheme of the Giants, including, of course, Benton. Ott, O’'Doul, Wright- stone, Mann and Welsh fall far behind the outfield standard of the Yankees or the Athletics, both in the business of attack and defense. Hogan and young Ott pack a big part of the Giants’ punch at bat. It is so true of Hogan that he has forced a backstop of O’Farrell's ability into protracted idle- ness, and Catcher Cummings works a little as a result. Comparisons of world series players sometimes mean very little, The stars do not always garner the laurels. I have seen stars get shaky in a pinch, only to become amazed when a timid rookie steals the limelight. It is well to h remember that the greatest pitcher does not always pitch the better game, nor is the better pitched game always the winning one. A fielding average comput- ed through the season reflects small enry and Hubbell, the In Faulkner, He L | Giants have a ready supply of left-hand- ers for the tussle, and much would de- bases— | pend on their efforts, Walker and Mays i 1i wn, Fflmvnm—- | by and ym) Campl i | RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN 8. RBL Fet. [ 336 13 7 13 ’; Pl ti=t el g5 RS s0s0sscuvnssca e = o 33 i i counsualSi EEEIAEEEE ket sounausIRTLRERRES IRET IR i R |:| MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS || INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. t W. L. Pet. W. L. Pet. 8 76.537 Reading.... 8279.509 8873333 Baltimo 78 80 494 es! o 531 Newark... 7683 478 B §378:818 Jersey ity 6597.401 Baltimore, 15; Jersey City, 7. T Rochester. 3. 1; Montre; Newark, 1. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. inneapolls 2394343 Golum 5 308 t. Paul.... 8775.537 Louisville. Towavine, 2 ) lu"i'fipfid K c. 8 ansas C. gd""""m 23 oledo. ... T Tol ansas City, 1. Indianapolis, 7 Columbus, ' Minneapols, 3: WESTERN LEAGUE. : Pueblo, 8. Tulea, 9— . Wichita, 15; Des Moines, 8. Denver,’ 5 Oklahoma City, 3, Omaha fajled to arrive at Amarillo and Porfeited game. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. San Francisco, 5; Seattle, 4. Portland, 7; Los Angeles, 3. Hollywood, 16; Oakland, Missions, 6: Sacramento, 5 (11 innings). l HOME RUN STANDING I By the Associated Press. Home runs yesterday—Terry, Giants, “ §; Wilson, Cardinals, 1; Tucker, In- Mtians, 1; Collins, Yankees, 1; Schulte, Browns, 1. National League leaders—Wilson, Cubs, 30; Bottomley, Cardinals, 29; Hafey, Cardinals, 25; Bissonette, Rob- ins, 23; Hurst, Phillies, 19; Hornsby, Braves, 18. American League leaders — Ruth, Sankees, 50; Gehrig, Yankees, 24; $auser, Athletics, 15; Blue, Browns. i4 Simmons, Athletics, 14; Foxx, Athletics, 32: Heilmann, Tigers, 12; Goslin, Sen- ators, 12. League totals—Natfonal, 818; Ameri- Ban, i total 1005, o off (a strong of the lesser lights should see little duty unless the others fail. Scott is finisher. . Pennock (provided he is O. K.) and Benton should be the luminaries of an all-New York series. Barring Pennock credit if a player makes a costly “boot” in a world series. I look for plenty of splash and dash in a setto that would find the Giants facing the Yankees or Athletics. Mc- Graw, Huggins and Connie Mack each has a flock of pennants, and any one of them would lose a year's sleep to out- smart the other in a world series. (Copyright, 1928. by North American News- baper Alliance.) ! BIG. LEAGUE STATISTICS I AMERICAN LEAGUE. YESTERDAY’'S RESULTS. 14: 8t Louts, 11, vela; 3 el Detroit, §: Washi . 5. hléaks anaBosion not seheduled. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. GAMES TOMORROW. Washinston at Cleve. New York st Chicaco. roit. Boston at St. Louls. NATIONAL LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. GAMES TODAY. No games scheduled GAMES TOMORROW. . Cincinnati at Boston. Pittsburgh at Phila. St. Louis at N. York. GAMES TODAY. Cineinnati at Bos Pittsburgh at Phil Chicago at New Yo . BOXING TOURNAMENT I LIST STILL IS OPEN Several have entered the elimination boxing tournament to be staged October 2 at the City Club to pick a team to represent the club in competition the coming season. They include Bill Stan- ley middleweight; Leo Coveleski, welter- weight; Hanry Slaughter, Ken Shroyer, Bob frving, light heavies, and Arthur Penn, William Ashmead and Rudolph Ball, iightweights. Any school or college boy or any of boy of good character may enter 1l urnament by getting in touch with teman, City Club coach, who will ew applicemts daily from 3 to soon as a team is picked Bateman will arrange to train the boys after which they will be made junior mem- PRO TENNIS TOURNEY TO HAVE GOOD ENTRY | NEW YORK, September 19 (#).—Al- though Karel Kozeluh, Czechoslovakian star, who holds the professional cham- plonship of Europe, and Vincent Rich- ards, former Davis Cup flayer and lead- ing American professional, are the headliners in the professional lawn ten- nis championship which is to be held in the stadium at Forest Hills, September 26, there will be several other players of };npo{tnnce who will help furnish in- rest. Besides Kozeluh, who conquered Rich- ards in two matches on the other side of the ocean, Europe is sending three other stars, Valerian Yarvorsky, Russian star of the pre-war years; Viadamir Terentieff and Thomas Iannicelli. After Richards on the list of Amer- ican players come Howard Kinsey and Harvey Snodgrass of California, both former stars in the amateur ranks; Alan Behr, New York veteran, and George Agutter of the West Side Club, who was runner-up to Richards in last year’s event. Another Californian, Matt Har- ris; Paul Heston of Washington, Louls burgh and Edward Faulkner of Ocean City, N. J., complete the list of entrants from outside the metropolitan district. The professional championship this year has invaded the stronghold of ama- teur tennis at Forest Hills under a spe- cial sanction from the United States Lawn Tennis Association, and the pros believe this change of heart on the part ?r;dteh:h.muwir gove;r‘flnv body will pro- e opening wedge for event to be held next !euonl.n g BIG LEAGUE LEADERS HITTERS. Player. Club. G. AB. R. H. Pet. Hornsby, Braves.. 128 449 89 IHP;;:! P. Waner, Pirates 143 571 133 218 .382 Goslin, Senators.. 125 415 50 156 .376 Manush, Browns. 144 592 96 222 .374 Gehrig, Yankees. 143 523 129 193 .369 RUN SCORERS, Ruth, Yankees ......, P. Waner, Pirates. Gehrig, Yankees . Combs, Yankees . Bottomley, Cardinal 4 BASE STEALERS, Cuyler, Cubs . Myer, Red Sox. Frisch, Cardinals . Mostil, White Sox Carey, Robins .. i HOME RUN SLUGGERS, Ruth, Yankees Wilson, Cubs .. Bottomley, Cards ... Hafey, Cards .. .. 30 .29 25| Gehrig, Yankees . Bissonette, Robins . PITCHERS. Crowder, Browns Benton, Giants Grove, Athletics BaB o= e amm Volpe of Boston, Julius Boise of Pitts- ] WINNER AND RUNNER-UP IN'GIRLS’ CITY-WIDE QUOIT TOURNEY By defeating Margaret Burke. of G: Priscilla Woodley demo: ted Happy Hollow and displayed pionship Saturday, tor represen! YOUNG CORBETT, BAKER PLAN ANOTHER BATTLE NEW YORK, September 19 (#).—The State Athletic Commisison was informed yesterday of plans for a return welter- weight match between Young Corbett, 3¢, of Fresno, Calif., and Sergt. Sammy Baker of New York, at Ebbets Field, September 26. They fought a sizzling 12-rounder at Madison Square Garden last Thurs- day night, when Corbett was declared the winner. The decision was disputed by news- paper men, but the official slips, given out yesterday, showed both judges and the referee agreed on Corbett by nar- row margins. HURLING SITUATION WORRYING HUGGINS By the Associated Press. A great deal of the tension was re- moved from the American League race yesterday when the Yankees increased their lead to two full games by batter- ing the St. Louis Browns for a 14-to-11 victory while the Athletics were losing to Cleveland by 3 to 2. The chief re- maining element of doubt is furnished by the Yankee pitchers. Miller Hug- gins was forced to call upon all four of his available regulars to save yesterday's game. ‘The standing: ‘Wan. York. 94 Lost. Pet, To Play 49 631 11 63 10% (*)—One game with Boston dropped permanently from schedule. The status quo again was maintained in the National League, as each of the three leaders won. The Cardinals still lead the Giants by two games, while the New York team is one and one-half contests ahead of the Cubs. The Bruins invade the Polo Grounds tomorrow for a single game, while the Cardinals are idle_awaiting their double-header against McGraw’s men the following day. The standing: Won. Lost Pct. To Play ... 88 55 615 1u 57 601 11 59 590 10 New Pl G. P. 0. AND EXPRESS READY FOR BATTLE Government Printing Office and American Railway will engage the first day that weather conditions will permit to decide which shall gain the cham- pionship of week day base ball league play for the 1928 season. Yesterday these nines battled through 5 innings in a 3-all deadlock. Dick Hughes and Bob Lyon, pitching aces of the two contenders, met in a mound duel yesterday. Dick got off to arfield. in three straight games in the final of the inter-playground quoit cham- nstrated her superiority over approximately 900 girls who competed. The vic- consistently steady form througheut the competition. MEDALIST IN ARMY GOLF TOURNEY T Il:llsl;:'l‘f LAMAR G. SEELIGSON of n terday in the qualifying round of the Army golf championship at Chevy Chase. was in the hardest half of the draw as the first and second match play rounds were gd:r way today at the Chevy Chase ub. Lieut. Seeligson, who won the Army championship in 1925, annexed the qualifying round with a 36-hole card of 79—82—161, playing steady golf where the balance of the 28 entrants faltered and ran their scores well up over the 80 mark. Lieut. Seeligson flew to Washington from Texas with Lieut. C. H. McCurdy. Lieut. Wilfred A. Ouimet of Boston, Mass., a brother of Francls Ouimet, former amateur and open champion, is one of the contest- ants in the tourney. Maj. T. H. Lowe and Maj. E. B. Lyon, the representa- tives of the Washington area, both qualified in the championship flight. Pairings for the first round today, with qualifying scores, were as follows: 5 . A Ouimet (163) , Washington (182); Lieut. on, San Antonio (161), vs, Lieut. H. 5th_Corps Area (172); Lieut. v J. (169) R, Smit K. Dunn, West Point, N. D, D, Duncanson. 6th G T_ E. Tillinghast. (161 Des. Pfafiman, Worcester, Mass. (1' . H. Lowe, Washington (175); M . C. Barr ' (183) Lieut. C. H. McCurdy, San Antonio (170).. .Capt. R. C. Scott, who won the cham- plonship last year, is not defending his title in the present championship. Two 18-hole match play rounds are sched- uled today, while the semi-final and final_rounds, scheduled for tomorrow and Friday, will be at 36 holes. Pairings in the second flight follow: Lieut. Sherman Trowbridge (186) vs. Lieut. R. C. Van Arsdale, Newtonville. Ma: (190)% * Ma; W. C.' Whiting, Pana Ejgene Reybold, Buffalo hi P, Wade, Washington (185), ys. Capt. W. F. Tolson, New York (19 Capt. H. E, Fuller, Fort Leonard' Wood. A (189), vs. ‘Capt. F. E. Hickson, Fort Ben- ning ' (189). ‘While a small group of Washington players are competing today in the first half of the qualifying round of the Rolling Road tourney at Catonsville, Md, today, nearly a score more are scheduled to play tomorrow. Pairings of the Washington golfers in the tour- ney tomorrow, follow: 11-W. B. Curtiss, 3 arker, it Rodeors Fotser 0—J. P. McCarthy, Indian Spring, W, E._Thopmson, Baltimore C. C. i1:15—R. H. Moulton, Indian Sprin G, F, Camipel, Marsland . C. Smith, Marsiand. " Son . K. s aryland. . O'Brien, QBrien, Indian Spring, Carnes. Indian Spring, ndian Spring, nio, Tex., medalist, yess | W: % |day for the title. 11:45--Raloh sl.minwl , Washington. and S50 Ba% ARIRS aveste, ana E. T. Backus, Baltimore. 5w B, Castiman, Washinston, and J. San A Qwens, Gibson 3 {10-A. S. Gardiner, jr. Columbia, and Spring. J.°8. Seymour, Indlan Several additional entries were re- ceived yesterday for the Bannockburn Golf Club Fall invitation tourney, which started today over the rolling course of the Glen Echo Club with the first half of the qualifying round. Included 4n the added entry list are John C. Shorey, the new District junior cham- pion; H. L. Lacy of Manor and F. E. Lewis of Indian Spring. Shorey won the wummex“ two years ago. The fifteenth green at Chevy Chase, which has been out of use for ten days, was planted yesterday to stolons and is expected to be back in play within a few weeks. Louls Fuchs, a public links star, yes- terday holed an iron shot for an ace on the fourth hole of course B at East Potomac_Park. The hole measures 200 yards. Fuchs was rluying with H. H. Fry -and Roy Corwin. Finalists in the Bannockburn Club champlonship are J. A. Taylor and W. J. Strobel. They will play next Su ‘The first flight con- solation has been won by M. J. Hall, who beat Dr. J. R. Mood, 2 up. DELANEY IS TRYING COMEBACK TONIGHT By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, September 19.—Jack Delaney, the Prench-Canadian, once famed for a rapier left and a crushing right hand, reaches the fistic cross- roads tonight in a 15-round bout with youthfut Nando Tassi, Italian slugger. Humbert Fugazy is staging the match at_Ebbets Field. Delaney is taking the first step in a comeback campaign that he hopes will lead him to a match with Tommy Loughran for the light heavyweight championship. ‘The French-Canadian’s efforts among the henvywelghu during the last indoor season brought him little but grief. He was beaten on points by Tom Heeney and knocked out in a single round by Jack Sharkey. His bout with Tassi is his first since the Sharkey debacle. If he is beaten by Tassi, a comer in the 175-pound division, Delaney seems headed for the pugilistic scrap- heap from which there is no returning. ~CHESS MASTER ARRIVES. NEW YORK, September 19 (#).—Dr. Emanuel Lasker, former chess cham- pion of the world, has arrived on the liner Westphalia from Hamburg to spend two months in the United States. Real Champions Are Sought In Welter, Bantam Divisions By the Associated Press., EW YORK, September 19.—If the New York State Athletic Commission has its way, the bantamweight and welterweight thrones will be occupied by kings who have shown definitely that they are entitled to the royal purple. Joe Dundee, Baltimore Italian, is the ruler of the 147-pounders, according to the book, but lost what little prestige -emained to him when he was knocked out in two rounds by young Jack Thompson of Los Angeles, a negro. Dundee saved his crown, but not his reputation, by forcing the negro to come in overweight for that fracas in Chicago a few weeks ago. The bantamweight throne has had no universally recognized occupant since .| Charlie (Phil) Rosenberg was stripped of the 118-pound title early in 1927 4| when he failed to make the weight in a titular bount with Bushy Graham, Y., streak of lightning. hand in the welterweight solons announced their intention of asking Dundee to meet Thompson in a return battle with the title at stake. Then, to dispose definitely of all the outstanding claims, the commission would have the winner of this battle meet the survivor of a return bout between Sammy Baker, the Mitchell Field, N. Y, star, and Young Corbett, the third, of Fresno, Calif. Baker, who lost a close decision to Corbett at Madison Square Garden last week, takes on the Far Westerner in a return match at Ebbet's Field next Wednesday night. To clear up the bantamweight situa- tion the commission would have Gra- ham meet Al Brown, the elongated ne- gro from Panama, with the winner to clash with Fidel La Barba, retired fly- weight champion, now campaigning among the 118-pounders. La Barba won a decision over Graham in a re- cent bout at Los Angeles. Brown made le iwel at the Gar- last week, et B el PETWORTH YORKES . SEEK A BAL! SAWIE| Aih:.*:, to close a long eampaign which has netted 20 wins in 23 bl‘fl;’, G. Petworth Yorkes nine s anxious meet two rival teams before tessing the uniforms away for: the current season. Manager . Austin, who has carded many of the best teams in this section for his team, weuld like to list Hiser's All-Stars and Takoma Tigers before play is halted for the season. He can be reached at Main 6063 after 8 o’clock. Few sandlot games have been sched- uled as yet for the approaching week end, indicating that the present dia- mond season is nesring its close. Sev- eral titles are to be awarded in the various classes in the District and near- Tge has annexed Capi- tal City League honors and appears certain of retaining the inde- pendent title, although Brook Grubb's Silver Spring nine and Bill Jenkins Washington Red Sox nine are anxious to meet the Westerners in a series of games. Should weather conditions per- mit, it is probable that Pete Haley will send his G, A. C. nine against both of these contenders. S scite Janney A. C, formerly the CheVy Chase A. C., will send its nine to Fred- ericksburg, Va. on Saturday to meet the Virginia Shoe Co. tossers. players will meet at Wisconsin avenue and Grant road at 10 o'clock Saturday. Dixie Pigs of Cheverly and Monroe A. C. of Brookland have scheduled a game for Saturday. The Marylanders will visit the Monroe baliwick at Brook- land at 3 o'clock. Manager Deutermann of Arlington ‘Busmen is anxious to book his charges with strong unlimited combinations for Sunday and the following Sabbath. Call Clarendon 87-F-5. . ALEXANDRIA BOATS ENTER RACES HERE ALEXANDRIA September 19.—Cen- tury Kid, owned by Chester Fannon, and Jack S., owned by John Arnold, both of whom are members of the Old Dominion Boat Club, will compete in the outboard motor boat races at Wash- ington Saturday in the Potomac Boat Club’s regatta. J. C. Lindsey has been elected man- ager of the Alexandria High School foot ball team. Lionel Beeton of this city and P. K. | Stacey of Fort Humphries, who tied in the President’s Cup tournament at Belle Haven Country Club with net scores of 141 for the 36 holes, will meet Saturday or Sunday in the play-off. Sarepta_Lodge, No. 46, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, will play Colum- bia Engine Company Sunday on Haydon Field at 3 o'clock. Snellings and Petersilia_have been signed by the Alexandria Fire Depart- ment Preps, giving the locals another pair of sturdy ends. a bad start and before third Printer was out, 3 runs had crossed the plate. He was invincible the remaining in- nings, while Lyon weakened enougi to ph:m tlylng of t:‘et sco{le Darkness soon after the count was knuned? e ‘The score of yesterday's game: EXPRESS. AB H Hleary, ct*3 1 9 8 Barry, 1. b o ™ o | coommmmmo o (O 5| comooman: romtsncawnd, | oammmommel | mrmomomoa> o5 Runs — Homan, Gastland,. M. Barry, R. Hughes, Fowler, —Errors— Hughes, Mosedale. Ritenour. -base_hit— R. Hughes. Three-base hit—Fow Stolen base—Ritenour. Double play—Ritenour to S. Simon to Homan to Schneider to Homan. First base on balls—Off Lyon. 1: off Hughes, 1. Struck out—By Lyon, 2; by Hughes, 3. dvance in Cleveland : C();r;e Mack’s Pennant Chances Hard H it YANKS NIP BROWNS ASTRBELICKS A'S Hugmen Hold Two-Game Lead With 11 to Play, While 10 Remain for Rivals. By the Assoclated Press. ONNIE MACK'S pennant hopes appear about ready to take wing, fly- away and return only when another base ball season rolis around. Connie’s hopes along with his Phila- delphia Athletics ran full tilt into dis- aster yesterday at Cleveland, where grief this year has been confined al- most exclusively to home-town rooters. The Indians are going nowhere and know it, but they rose out of the ruck of an 11-game losing streak to smack the Athletics for a 3-to-2 loss. While the A’s were engaged in this reprehensible business of losing a game, the New York Yankees staggered in drunken fashion to a 14-to-11_victory over the St. Louis Brown: This left the Yanks holding a two-game lead with only 11 games yet to play, one more than the Mackmen. Walberg Tribe's Victim. Rube Walberg was the victim of Cleveland’s triumph. The left-hander ailawed only four hits in the seven innings he worked, but one of these was a home run by Ollie Tucker in the fifth and in the seventh the Indians bunched two more with a grievious fumble by Sammy Hale to score two more runs. The A's started scoring after this, but one in the eighth and one in the ninth was their limit. Everybody but the police reserves were called into action before the Yan- kees finally beat the Browns. St. Louis fans were given a chance to see Miller Huggins’ four regular pitchers in_ac- tion in one and the same game. Hei- mach, Johnson, Pipgras and Hoyt fol- lowed each other to the mound in more or less rapid succession. Of the Yankees who played the whole game only George Herman Ruth failed to hit safely. The Babe went to the plate six times. The game ended the season’s series between the two clubs, the champions winning 12 of their 22 games with Dan Howley's men. National Race Unchanged. The National League situation re- mained in status quo, all three leaders recording triumphs. The league-leading St. Louis Cardi- nals made it five in a row over the Phillies, 4 to 2, and closed the season’s series with the Quakers with 20 vic- tories and only two defeats. Jess Haines held the Phils to 6 hits. Bill Terry’s home run in the tenth gave the New York Giants the edge over the Pittsburgh Pirates, 3 to 2. Bur- leigh Grimes, trying for his twenty- fifth victory and his sixth over the Giants, gave way to a pinch-hitter in the ninth with the score 2 to 1 against him. The Pirates tied it up in the ninth, but_Joe Dawson, who relieved Grimes, offered one that Terry liked and the game was over. 'The victory enabled the Giants to split even in the 22 games with the Pirates and remain two games distant from the Cardinals. The Chicago Cubs held fast to their position a game and half from, the Giants by lacing Boston, 8 to 3. The Cubs smashed out 17 hits, Freddy Ma-~ quire getting 4 of them. Cincinnat; trondle bowling over the Brooklyn Dodgers, 5 to 2, to make the season’s count 12 to 10 in their favor. \ . JANNEY BALL TOSSERS CLOSE SEASON SUNDAY Janney A. C. base ball team will close its season this week end on Virginia diamonds, meeting the Virginia Shoe Co. team -at Predericksburg Saturday afternoon and Hume Spring Sunday at that place. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND.—George Courtney, Ok~ lahoma, outpointed Ernie Owens, Cali- fornia (10); Gorilla Jones, Akron, de- feated Bobby LaSalle, Los Angeles (10); Billy Bailey, Cleveland, knocked out Ray Archer, Pittsburgh (2). INDIANAPOLIS.—Roy Wallace, In- dianapoll St. Paul (1) [EW YORK.—Tommy Grogan, Oma- ‘l"ll.(sghmd Al Bryant, Newark, N. is, knocked out Roy Mantell, LOTT AND HENNESSEY T0 PLAY IN CHICAGO By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, Sept. 19.—George Lott and John Hennessey, national tennis doubles champions, will return to the courts where they first won recognition, to match strokes with the leading play- ers of American and Australia in the intersectional team matches starting to- morrow at the Chicago Town and Ten- nis Club and continuing through Sun- day. Neither the four musketeers of France, the excommunicated Bill Tilden or Frank Hunter, the Nation's second ranking player, will be among those present, but many of the other interna- tional net aces will be on hand to play for the Simpson cup in the series of elimination matches. Lott and Hennessey expect their chief o) tion centering about the Australians and_the Eastern combina- tion of John Ryn, former Princeton star, and Gregory Mangin. HUNTER ALMOST CERTAIN TO TOP U. S. TENNIS LIST By the Associated Press. EW YORK, September 19.—Now that the amateur tennis season has reached its climax with the national championship, a re- view of a baker's dozen of the big court events of the Summer’s cam- paign in the East shows that young players have copped most of the laurels. ‘While Francis T. Hunter, veteran, of 34, virtually clinched first place in the national ranking by his great battle against Henri Cochet in the final of the United States championship, such players as Johnny van Ryn, Wilmer Allison and Julius Seligson have but- Tournament. National championship. National intercollegiate. Eastern turf court,. Eastern clay court. gml:;fld llll;ll.llhn. ‘anadian championship Seabright invitation. invitation. . tates champi Newpo Middle Metropolitan clay court. A topsy-turvy tennis season in which only the play of the French and of Helen Wills was consistent has caused Potomac Yard A. A. will organize a basket ball league this Winter. - Potomac Yard llevl;:lon Bur:au z:)y: vening Star in Washington tomo! morning at 10:30 on the North Ellipse diamond. Washington Terminal All- Stars play Revision Bureau on the Ter- minal diamond in Washington,at the same hour Saturday. 01d Dominion Boat Club will back a senior basket ball team next season as well as its unlimited squad. BURNS TO SEE HUGGINS TO “TALK THINGS OVER” CLEVELAND, September 19 (#).— George Burns, former Cleveland first a complete upheaval among the coun- try's so-called “first 10" players. Only five of the 10 men who were placed first by the United States Lawn Tennis Association the end of last season can be expect to hold their places in the ranking for 1928. Filling the vacancies will be a flock of Amer- ica’s younger players on whose shoul- ders rest the responsibility of eventual- ly winning back the laurels that Co- chet, Lacoste and Co. have taken to France. If the tennis goveratng body follows the precedent set in the case of Vin- cent Richards, big Bill Tilden will not be ranked at all for the first time in 11 years. Eight of those years he topped the list. Richards played as an amateur throughout the season of 1926, and was entitled to the No. 1 baseman, has reconsidered his refusal to report to the New York Yankees, wl}o had purchased him at the w:lver' price. Burns said he would call upon the Hugmen at Chicago Thursday to “talk things over.” Burns said he is willing to play out the seasbn with the Yankees, but he wants to know definitely what his status il be afterghate % ranking instead of Tilden, yet, because he turned proféssional in October of that year, he was not ranked at all. With Tilden out, the No. 1, position for 1928 appears certain to go to Fran- cis T. Hunter, largely because of his remarkable play in the national cham- pionship, culminating in his victories at, five-sef t tressed their claims to places in the first 10 by winning two or three minor claims apiece. M. van Ryn was in the first 10 last year, but neither of the other two made it. In the list of important events, Selig- ?}: s name Inppeus l:ll}reev times in the ners’ column, while Van Ryn and Allison have two victories apiece }l'a their credit as a result of a season in which they met three times in final round batiles, the Princeton youth bowing to the Texan on_ two occasions. The Southampton, Seabright and Newport events were won st year by Bill Tilden. The 13 big events this year: «Winner. Runner-Up. Henri Cochet. . Francis T. llll:ntr' Julius Seligson... Ben Gorchakoff John Doeg. .. Fritz Mercur Gregory Mangin....Herbert L. Bowm- ‘Wilmer Ailicon. .. Allison ...... The tennis solons never get around to ranking the players omginlly unrl‘A{ February, but the followipg more or less off-hand rating, based on season's performances may do until the official one comes along: Nl;l';nnch T. Hunter, New Rochelle, 2—George M. Lott, jr., Chicago. 3—John F. Hennessey, lndhn‘:polh. 4—Wilmer Allison, Austin, Tex. 5—John Van Ryn, Orange, N. J. 6—John Doeg, Santa Monica, Calif. T—Fritz Mst.rellh Bethlehem, Pa. Of the 10, Hunter and Hennesse: alone can he classified as vy tenn; Hunter this year at the age’ of 34 reached the apex of his game and fairly earned the No. 1 position, if his friend, coach and former team mate, Tilden, is to be passed by. 3 Of the 10 named above, Hunter, Lott, Hennessey, Van Ryn and Doeg are hold-overs from the official list of 1927. The five who have passed in favor of youngsters are, in addition to Tilden, Manuel Alonso, who has played very little in this country this season; Cranston Holman, who Wwas not seen on Eastern courts, and Arnold Jones and Lewis N. White, who lost their chance for ranking through physical disabllig. .