Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1928, Page 47

SPORTS. Goslin Is Finding Q THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 28, 1928. SPORTS. uest for League Baiting Championship a Tough Proposition GO0 S NARRDH EDE ON ANLS Gets but One Hit Against Two for Heinie, but Leads by a Point. BY JOHN B. KELLER. T. LOUIS, September 28.—It was a tough business, this, of becom- ing a batting champion. Goose Goslin discovered it yesterday when engaged in immediate com- bat with Heinie Manush for the swat- ting crown of the American League. ‘The best the Goose could do was drive out one hit in four legal times at bat, while Heinie, after two trips| to the plate that counted against him, | came through with a single and a | homer in his last two times in the batting box. And that gained con- siderable ground in the race for Heinie. | ¢ Here's how the averages are now: G RS B H Ave | . 132. 445 75 167 .3753 . 151 628 102 235 .3742 And how they pitched to this Goslin | 5 in the opener of the series here. The | first time he was at bat the Goose had | Kre to face everything the left-handed Wal- | ter Stewart had in his repertoire. Hooks, fast ones and a dazzling change |§ of pace came Goslin's way. Up came three pitches wide of the plate, {hen & couple of strikes. Goose Has Bad Luck. ‘The Goose finally socked one through | the pitcher's box that would have been a real hit had there not been a mud puddle back of second base as a result of an early morning rain. The puddle slowed up the ball just enough to en- | fray. Heinie drew a pass in the opening inning, but in the fourth frame he grounded to Ossie Bluege at third base, and in the sixth was retired when Joe Cronin rushed from the shortfield to | the neighborhood of the left field foul | line and collared a pop fly. | Then Manush boosted his average. | With one out in the eighth inning, he was fed a slow curve by Hadley and whacked a liner toward right field. Joe Judge leaped for a catch, but only suc- | ceeded in knocking down the ball and | holding the hit to a single. | "And in the ninth, when Manush came | up again with two Browns on the run- way, Hadley fed him a slow curve once more. Bang—the ball landed on the roof of the right field bleachers and Heinle had his second hit of the game. Manush’s success yesterday. though, hasn't daunted Goslin. He still is con- fident he will maintain his advantage |and become Washington's first major |league batting champion in - modern base ball. £l ool snsZonanal Totals .. ST. LOUIS. Blue, 1b. ... L I m3335~330mmn® ol vommmsmssm 23333-aus9=2” ulwmwarssss? cssscu ssniad e *Batted for Wiltse in ninth. Washington ....0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1—§ St. Louis 00000000 55 Runs batted in—Hases (o). Hadles, West o. able Oscar Melillo to make a nifty stop | §'s and flag the Goose at Sam Rice was at the middle base first. with two out the second time Goslin | ivijts was up, but again came a drive to Melillo. However, there was no chance of this drive becoming a hit. It was an ordinary bounder to the second sacker. The third time the Goose step- ped to the plate Rice was at first by virtue of a single and Goslin swung earnestly at the ball. Once more a bounder to Melillo and a double play followed. It was different’ the fourth time Gos- lin batted. He opened the eighth in- ning and did so with a corking double, driven to left center. A real hit it was. But when the Goose came up in the ninth. Manager Dan Howley of the Browns changed pitchers, substituting g5 oft Coftman. 3 in 12 innings: off 1 T 39 innine. Losing pitcher— Stewart. Umpires—Messrs. Van 'Grafian, Connolly, Guihrie. Time 6f game—1 hour and 56 minutes. FRISCO-SACRAMENTO STILL TIED ON COAST SAN FRANCISCO, September 28 (#). —San Francisco and Sacramento each won their games yesterday to remain in a tie for first place in the coast league race. Hollywood's stars, also tied for top position after Wednesday's games, lost to Los Angeles, 2-1, and dropped one game behind th the left-handed Harold Wiltse for the orthodox-flinging Dick Coffman. And didn’t Wiltse work against Gos- lin. He worked to such an extent that Rice, who was on first with two out, ‘was permitted to amble to second base unmol . Wiltse wound up carefully before each pitch, paying no attention to Rice. But Goslin was watchful and drew a pass. Hadley, who pitched for the Nationals, gave Manush a tough time of it, too, during the first part of the Announcing e leaders. The Seals defeated the Missions, 6- d Sacramento won from Portland, 2-1. Only seven games remain to be played in the second half of the split season. SMALLWO0D SCORES K. 0. Joe Smallwood, local boxer, scored his twenty-seventh knockout in 30 bat- tles when he stopped Battling Mutter in the feature bout at Richmond last night. 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And the club has Fred Marberry, Garland Braxton and Sam Jones to use in order on the hill here in efforts to get the needed victory to conclude the campaign in the first division of the American League. ‘The Harris horde had a scare thrown into it yesterday, though, before it an- nexed its 6-to-5 engagement with the Browns in the series starter. Irving Hadiey, who had yielded but four safe- ties and five passes in the first eight innings, was nicked for three hits, in- cluding a homer by Heinie Manush with two on the sacks, and two passes in the ninth, and the Browns put acra all their runs with only one out. The Nationals, however, had done well against the southpaw Walter Stew- |ing after two were out in the second session, accounted for the Nationals | first run | In the seventh Ossie Blucge, Ruel |and Haves singled in succession for a |tally. " Then. after Cronin flied out. | Hadley's two-bagger drove Haves home, and West singled the pitcher over with the third run of the round. | Successive doubles by Goose Goslin | | and Joe Judge were responsible for th |run and Stewart’s departure in the | eighth, | With two gone in the ninth, Hadley | reached second after grounding to Red | Kress when the Browns' shortstop peg- | ged wildly past first base. West's sin- | gle scored Hadley with what proved to {be_the big run of the game. | The Browns went wild in the ninth when Hadley lost the location of the | plate. Earl McNeely singled as a start- er, and after Clyde Manion hoisted to Rice a pass went to Larry Bettencourt, batting for Wiltse. Lu Blue's walk filled the bases, and Blackie O'Rourke | sent two runs over with his single. Then Il BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS l AMERICAN LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. 3—3 (second ess). eveland Percentage S | Chi | Det | Clevera | Boston | “cas TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW | Washington at St. L. Washington at §t. L. | New York at Detroit. New York at Detroit. Phila. at Chicaco. Phila. at Chicag | Boston at Cleveland. Boston at Cleveland. NATIONAL LEAGUE. art and the right-handed Dick Coff- | Manush slammed his homer to the | YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. man_before that happened. hits had bounced from their bats, twelve of them off Stewart’s deliveries before the left-hander left the game with one on and one out in the eighth. Coffman drew a three-hit and one-run punish. ment in the ninth before giving wa.\‘tg wit! two on and two out. All the Nationals except Joe Cronin participated in the attack. Sam Rice and Jack Hayes got three hits each, while Sam West, Muddy Ruel and Had- ley each socked two safeties. Both of Hadley’s hits were doubles driven to the left-field corner. Ruel’s double and Hayes' single, com- BIG LEAGUE LEADERS BATTERS. Player and Club. G. AB. R. Hornsby, Braves...138 479 98 1 Goslin, Nationals..132 445 75 167 .37 Manush, Browns..151 628 102 235 P. Waner, Pirates..152 603 141 223 Gehrig, Yankees..151 550 135 203 RUN SCORERS. Ruth, Yankees... P. Waner, Pirates Gehrig, Yankees. . Bottomley, Cards Combs, Yankees L. Waner, Pira BASE STEALERS. Cuyler, Cubs Myer, Red So: Frisch, Cardinals. Mostil, White Sox. Thompson, Phillies Crowder, Benton, Grove, Athletic Hoyt, Yankee: Pennock, Yankees H. Pe. |pon |were but a run behind. Frank Mc- | Gowan, though, fouled to Ruel and | Kress popped a foul fly to Judge. | | RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN SB.RBI. P | Gostin 16 97 | Rice | west | Judse " | Reeves CLUB BATTING. AR. R B SH 3080 688 1468 133 PITCHING. Total Gam. Com. Inn'ss .start. gam.pitched. I SB. 102 329 = 82 2wl BT 9 s mmg SualBubE3 1 il 1 Weaver . o GALLAGHER, WASHINGTON BOXER, WINS AT CHICAGO | CHICAGO, September 28 —Carrying | the fight to his opponent most of the way, Marty Gallagher, Washington, D. C., heavyweight, was awarded the de- cision over Bud Doran of Chicago in a six-round boxing bout here last night. During the first part of the fight | Gallagher held a decided advantage, but tired in the final two rounds, when Doran fought him to a standstill. Tomorrow- SQTUB_DAY, SEPTEMBER 29th 6| € Chi 0 Fifteen | right-field stand roof gnd the Browns | | Erookiv Clncinnait, 6 Brookiyn Boston 2|3 Pereentage 35 Y GAMES TODAY. Louis at Boston. St. Louis tshurgh at Bkivn. Piftsburgh cinnati at Phila. ' Cincinnati cago at New York. Chicaso 'ROCHESTER NOW SEEKS REVENGE ON A. A. RIVAL ROCHESTER, N. Y., September 28 (#).—In an attempt to even the count with Indianapolls, which won the first |game of the little world series, Man- | ager Southworth of Rochester today planned to send Herman Bell, his star hurler, against the Indians in the sec- ond series contest, postponed yester- | day because of rain. The Indians won the opsner from | the Wings, 3 to 2, in an 1l-inning struggle. The teams are champions, respectively, of the American Associa- tion and the International League. SEEKS SUNDAY BALL GAME. 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C. has trimmed Triang| Dixie Pigs, Seat Pleasant and ot county nines, it was decided to give the former Capital City League nine a chance at the title. | Bellman, Waters and Waple, Moun® Rainier mound aces, are all ready to| start Sunday, but it is probable tifat| the former will get the call. | Clinton A. C. of Clinton, Md., hurled a challenge at Phoenix A. C., and the latter nine accepted it as readily, and these nines are to clash Sunday at 3| o'clock in the Maryland town. Phoenix | players are to report at 12:30 o'cloci | Sunday at their hall. | Stadiums hope to avenge a previous defeat inflicted by Janney A. C. when | these two nines battle on Frisndship | Field Sunday at 3 o'clock. Stadium | pu]yerks are to gather at their club at 1| o'clock. Saks’ Kroydens are cramming all the diamond sport possible as the s2ason closes. Double-headers keep them busy. Beymers will be met in two games Sun- day on Beymer diamond on Conduit road, starting at 1 o'clock. Sunday’s contest with the Gambrills, Msd.,, unlimited nine will probably be the last for Dixie Pigs of Cheverly, Md. | Dixies enjoyed a victorious season and C.'s. successful season is attributed to| Pitcher Chapdelaine. Isherwoods won | 26 of 30 games. Chapdelaine sharcd\ HOME RUN STANDING |- By the Assoclated Press. Home runs yesterday—Ruth, Yankees, | 2; Pipp, Reds, 2; Bissonette, Robins, 2; Grove, Athletics, 1; Manush, Browns, 1: | Hogan, Giants, 1; Comorosky, Pirates, 1. | American League leaders — Ruth, Yankees, 52 Gehrig, Yankees, 25: | Hauser, Athletics, 16; Simmons, Ath- letics, 14; Blue, Browns, 14; Goslin, Sen- ators, 14, National League leaders—Bottomley, Cardinals, 31; Wilson, Cubs, 30; Hafey, Cardinals, 27; Bissonette, Robins, 25; Hornsby, Braves, 20; Harper, Cardi- nals, 19; Hurst, Phillies, 19. ? League totals—American, 466; Na- Mount Rainier Books a Series With Maryland A. C. 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