Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1928, Page 33

SP ORTS.® THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, THURSDAY, OCTOBER % 19%8.° SPORTS.™ e Second Raters Apt to Brighten Series : Gotham Giving Yanks Home-Town Spirit RESERVE PLAYER ¢ EXPECTEDTOSTAR Each Club Has Men Likely to i/ Shade Luminaries of League Seasons. N than pitchers who had starred for their clubs during the Ktruggles toward league titles failed to glitter in the gruelling battles of base ball's classic. Most of the heroes of the post-season scraps other than the stalwarts of the pitching slab were the comparatively obscure members of their clubs during the championship cam- paigns rather than the players who had put themselves continually to the front with their sturdy slugging or spectacu- lar fielding. And history is apt to repeat itself in the twenty-eighth series for the world base ball championship that was to get under way in Yankee Stadium today. It is not to Babe Ruth and Lou Geh- rig of the Yankees or Jim Bottomley of the Cardinals that those who have been following series for years are look- ing for the heavy hitting of this set. Nor is it to Bob Meusel of the New York club or Frankie Frisch and Rab- bit Maranville of the St. Louis club that they are looking for the brilliant plays afield. Yanks Replacements Liked. Instead, they feel that much of the #pectacular in both departments of play ‘will be provided by the Yankee replace- ments, Cedric Durst, Ben Paschal, Leo Durocher and Gene Robertson, and by George Harper, Andy High and per- haps Watty Holm of the Cardinals. Both Durst and Paschal are to break into the New York outfield during the series, and each has revealed that he can do a pretty good job of outfielding. Neither was a world-beater at bat in the few opportunities afforded by sub- stitution during the American League season, but each is a dangerous hitter, and it is a player of this type who usu- ally shows up well in crucial series. He has no past reputation to hazard, but everything to ggin, and he plays ac- cordingly. Durocher and Robertson in the Yankee infield are not to be rated with such stars as Tony Lazzeri and Joe Dugan, but they are good ball players and in crises capable of becoming great ball players. This Durocher, in fact, is an unusually cocky chap ready to challenge the whole world when either his ga ness or playing ability is questioned a; he always is ready and willing to gi his club his all. He frequently came the rescue of the Yankees when injt forced Lazzeri to remain out of action. Some Capable Cards. ‘Harper never has been regarded a high- class outfielder, but the former Giant since his transfer to St. Louis has helped the Cards over many a rough spot. So has High at third base, although never rated a brilliant infielder. And Holm, who can play either in the outfield or at the far corner, is no mean performer. ‘The series will afford these fellows a wonderful opportunity to show their met- tle and they’ll be out - there all . trying with them is not as pressing by rated talent with the St. Louis Ko g your eyes on Durst, Paschal r, Robertson, Harper, High and Holm, say the series old-timers, if you are looking for thrills. What Price Managers? An odd thing concerning the Car- dinals centers about their last three pen- nant races. When in 1926 Rogers Horns- by led his men to victory and toa world championship he was acclaimed a “mir- acle man.” His leadership was the fac- tor that had done it, we heard every- where. The following year, 1927, Horns- by was with another club. Along came Bob O'Farrell and under =y personnel, p"::gsd. n:fi: stronger in , pound lown mtcgh neck-and-neck with the Pirates and only missed victory by a thin line. There could be no complaint against O'Farrell, as his club had finished strongly despite many misfortunes. Yet this year found O'Farrell with another club. Now it is Bill McKechnie who spurred the Cardinals down the stretch in an- other game finish, The fans are heap- ing praise upon McKechnie. But is his team so very different in personnel from the one that Hornsby led to victory two years ago? We think not. All of which leads to the conclusion BY JOHN B. KELLER. EW YORK, October 4—It is a matter of record that in most world serles the players other ‘| 1926 they had Pennock in prime form. OUTSTANDING FACTS ABOUT TITLE SERIES All games start at 1:30 p.m. Schedule for series—First and sec- ond games, today and tomorrow, at Yankee Stadium; third, fourth and fifth games at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis, Sunday, Monday and Tues- day; sixth and seventh games, if necessary, at- Yankee Stadium Thurs- day and Friday. In case of post- ponement the game for that day will be played in the same city on the following day and the schedule is moved back one day. Play continues until one team wins four games. Team managers—For Yankees, Miller Huggins; for Cardinals, Bill McKechnie. Capacity of fields—Yankee Sta- dium, 73,000; Sportsman’s Park, 8,000. Division of receipts—Fifteen per cent of the gross to advisory council, 60 per cent of the first four games to players (of this 70 per cent to be divided on a 60-40 basis to players of contending teams and the remainder to be divided among players of three other first division clubs in each league), remainder of gross to con- tending clubs, which turn over 50 per cent of their share to league for distribution among the other clubs. Umpires—Clarence Owens (Ameri- can League), at the plate; Charles Rigler (National League), at first base; Bill McGowan (American League), at second base; Charles Pfirman (National League), at third base. BOTTOMLEY PICKS CARDS IN G GAMES “Sunny Jim” Sees Pennock’s Loss to Yankees Biggest Blow to Huggins. BY JIM BOTTOMLEY, First Baseman, St. Louls Cardinals. EW YORK, October 4.—I pick the Cardinals to win the world series, four games cut of six. ‘We needed seven games to “take” the Yankees in 1926, but we are a stronger club today. The Yankees are weaker. I see no reason why the series should go more than six games. Why are the Cardinals more formida- ble than in 19267 There are several reasons. The team has a better pitch- ing staff, a harder attack and is more experienced. ‘Why are the Yankees weaker? In Pennock defeated us_twice, by close scores, 2-1 and 3-2. In each game he nosed out our star southpaw, Sherdel, and required much luck to win the 3-2 decision. Pennock, as a result of a lame left arm, is missing from this series, and not only missing, but missed. Now the Yankees have no pitcher of southpaw class able to take Pennock’s place, and Sherdel of this year is a better left-hander than he was in 1926. That difference alone should make the Cardinals heavy favorites, (Copyright, 1928, by North American News- NATS GET 2 FROM MINOR LEAGUES NEW YORK, October 4—Of the 25 minor league base ball players who will be given a chance in the major leagues next season as the result of the an- nual draft conducted -here last night by Judge K. M. Landis, base ball com- missioner, two will come to the Wash- ington team. They are Archie Campbell of the St. Paul American Association feam and Charles Gooch of the Little Rock Southern Association club. Except the New York Yankees all the major league clubs took part in the annual foray on the minor league talent. Players were drafted as follows: AMERICAN LEAGUE. S'EE""‘. -Robert Barrett, Buftalo, end Jerry and Dudley . Chicago—John Kerr, Hollywood. Washinston_Archie. Campbell,” 8t. Paul, e Roc! ey GET 2 IN DRAFT Im Tony |LAZZERI- HOYT SEES YANKS VETORS ONPUNCH Labels Hugmen One-Inning Ball Club—Confident He - Can Beat Sherdel. BY WAITE HOYT, Pitcher, New York Yankees. EW YORK, October 4.—Of the hundreds upon hundreds of thmmndlla wl:_?uwlxl; :fid about the world se papers o on-hear-about it everthe:radio, and of the many thousand who will see games, there will be none more thrilled than ourselves, the players. Throughout all ball clubs & certain attitude prevails. I can speak unhesi- tatingly about the Yankees. From club- house gossip, shower bath conversations, locker palavers, I gather this: ‘We expect to turn the trick. We are not figuring certainties. For instance, I expect to win. I figure I ean beat Sherdel. I have lost many games. I might lose this one. But I do not expect to. There are no certainties in base ball. We do not predict that we are going to beat any one pitcher. Our object is to win four ball games. The Yankees are essentiaily a one-in- ning ball club, meaning that we score most of our runs in one inning, be it the first, fifth or eighth, or any other. We operate on the theory that a win- ning ball club scores more runs in one inning than the loser does in the entire game. ‘The Hugmen are hitting at present, a signpost on the road to the world cham- pionship. We of the Yankees really fear the games in St. Louis, not because that is the home of the Cardinals, but because and Charles Gooch, Littit # St. _ Louis—Oscar Estrads, Minneapolis, that it is the team and not the T that counts. Maybe Bill Dinneen, the American League umpire, is right in his icea of the value of & manager. “If I owned a ball club,” says Bill, “I'd pay my scout $15,000 and my manager $5,000. It's the players who win pen- nants and it's the scout who gets the players.” LITTLE WORLD SERIES IS RETARDED BY RAIN INDIANAPOLIS, October 4 (#).— Rochester and Indianapolis, contestants for the Class AA base ball champion- ship, were hopeful that the weather would permit resumption of their series here today. ‘The rain, which kept the teams off the field yesterday, however, was still in the air, MALONE DOWNS SOX AS CUBS GAIN EDGE By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 4.—Joe McCarthy's Cubs were 1 up today on Lena Black- burne’s White Sox in their annual bat- tle for the base ball championship of Chicago With Pat Malone blinding the oppo- sition with his speed ball, the Cubs needed only the first inning to win the first game of the serie to 0, be- fore more than 25,000 yesterday. Ma- lone was in great form, allowing only five scattered hits and only one of Blackburne’s men got to third. Urban “Red” Faber, the South Siders’ pitching patriarch, was the victim of the game, even though he pitched only two-thirds of an inning. A pass to Eng- doubles by Kiki Cuyler and Charley and a single by Hack Wilson brought in the cluster of runs. Grady Adkins and George Connally, who re- lieved him, allowed only three hits be- tween them, but the damage was done. and Harvey Johnson. Greenville, 8. C. Philadelphia—Hal Rhyne, San Francisco. o NATIONAL LEAGUE. Philadelphia—Luther Roy, Birmingham, and Phil Collins, New Orleans. ton—Gorham | Leverette, indianapolis; R. P. Smith, Montreal, and George Perry, Wichita, Brookiyn—Ww. Ballou, Milwaukee. Cincinnati—D. “W. Sharer, Chattanoga; Leo Dixon, Baltimore: ter Lutzke, New- ark, and M. Gudat, Houston. bure} rl Bheely, Sacramento. go—Mike Cvengros, Wichita Falls, omas Angley, Atlai Chi and ¢ w —Tony Kauffman, Rochester, St. Louis—H. W. Elliott, Waco, Tex. “DOPE” ON PREVIOUS YANK-CARDS CLASHES St. Louis Cardinals, representatives of the National League, defeated New York Yankees of the American League, when they met in the world series of | 1926. St. Louis won four of ‘the seven games. This was the serles in which Babe Ruth hit three home runs in one game. A summary of the series follows: FIRST GAME. At New York, October 2— Cardinals %S Yankees . 100 x—2 ! atterie: E ' peateries cl, Haincs and ‘O'Farrell; SECOND GAME. At New York, October 3— Cardinals L0072 Yankees Batteri er, Shaw At St. Lout R H.E, Yankees 5 Cardinals 00031000x—4 8 0 Batteries —Ruether, Shawkey, Thomas and Severeid; Haines and O'Farrell. FOURTH GAME. October 6— R H. 1011421001014 Curdinals 100300001514 Batieri vt and Severeid; Rhem, Rein- hart, Bell, Hallahan, Keen and O'Farrell. FIFTH GAME. L At St. Louis, October 7. R H.E nkees ..., 00000100113 9 1 ardinals S0001001000-2 7 1 Alphonse Thomas was Manager Blackburne’s choice to hurl in the sec- ond game today, while Artie Nehf, the foxy southpaw and de luxe money siders, . BOSTON TOOK PENNANT WITH TWELVE PLAYERS How could they do it? In 1883 the Boston club won the pennant of the National League, using only 12 players throughout the entire season. No more or no less were on the pay- oll. The schedule ran 101 games. REAL PITCHING “BREAK.” While pitching against the Twin Branch Club of Misawaka, Ind., Dewey Skeeters of Elkhart threw a ball with such force that he suffered a break in ia arm above the elbow, Batieries Pennock und Severeid; Sherdel and O'Farrell SIXTH GAME. At New York, October §— H.E. Cardinals 3000105011013 3 Yankees 0001001002 8 1 Batteries—Alexander and O'Farrell; Shaw: key, Shocker, Thomas and Severeid, Collins. SEVENTH GAME. At New York, October 10— R.H E Cardinals 00030000038 0 Yankees 0010010902 8 Batteries nes. Alexander and O'Far- rell; Hoyt, Pennock and Severeid, Collins. THE PLAYERS. Cardinals—Bottomley, first base; Hornsby, second base: L. Bell, third base; Thevenow, top; ' Douthit, ~ Southworth, Holm afey. outficiders: Flowers, Toporcer, sub stitutes. Manager. Rogers Hornsby. first base; Li Gazells, Combs. Ruth, al, " Adams, substitutes. Miller Huggins. TEAM BATTING. Manager, R.H.E 000000001 a'l, 00001 6 of the playing field. P A ront of the pl has been wn to leap over the head of the third baseman. Any ball hit fairly hard and not hit right at an in- flelder is a sure single. (Copyright, 1928, by North American News- paper Alliance.) HOUSTON CLUB ANNEXES CHAMPIONSHIP OF DIXIE BIRMINGHAM, Ala, October 4 (#). —Houston's Buffaloes are base ball champions of the South. The Texans won the title yesterday by defeating Birmingham, 5 to 1, in the fourth straight victory of the series. Birmingham had won the first two games played here, but lost three in Houston and dropped-the fourth and final contest at Rickwood Field here. Throughout the afternoon showers marred the play of the two teams, but despite this handicap, both teams played fast base ball. Houston and Birmingham players will divide $39,486.60 of the receipts from the first four games, the clubs will split $48,586.22 and the league will receive $11,009.09. With the Bowlers Eight teams will open what promises to be the most successful Veterans' Bureau Ladies Bowling League cam- paign tonight on Arcadia drives, Spe- cial ceremonies will attend the rolling of the first ball at 8 o'clock. Georgetown Church League teams started the season activities last night H.E | at King Pin No. 1, Ten teams took the drives for the inaugural. Park View Christian furnished the tenth team at the last minute when it appeared that only nine teams would seek the title. E | " The latest addition did not fair well, however, as the Park View No. 1 five copped three games, two of which were by decisive margins. Grace Episcopal took three from Calvary M. E. and | West _ Washington Baptists _shutout | Peck No. 1. Christ took the odd game from Peck No. 2 and Georgetown Presbyterians took the last two from St. Alban’s after dropping the initial contest. Wheéler of West Washington Bap- | tists, recorded the best figure for three games, 361. Convention Hall's District League team made a bold bid to get in fhe 1,800 set class last night in_taking three games from Progressive Printing Co. The J. Wolstenholme-Hap Burt- ner-Al Work-Jack Whalen-Glenn Wol- stenholme combination piled up 1,789 pins, getting better than 600 in the H. 2B. 3B HR.BB. Pct. 65 131 4 11 .27 es 54 104 31 242 mpires. Dinneen, Hildebrand, American ue; O'Day and Kiew, Natioasl Leasue, ; L4 Cardinals e Iast two games, A 570 first game pre- vented crashing the coveted goal. Jack Wolstenholme led the attack with a ELUE T R 5 /V\AnK KOENIG- LAUREL AND DUNCE CAPS AWAIT HEROES AND GOATS BY ALAN J. GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. EW YORK, October 4 (#).—No out its hero—or its goat. The wreath of wild razzberries is bestowed, a glance over ‘base tially as the crown of laurel. Seldom has a world series offered as much opportunity for heroic stuff, as ay veteran or .ambitious youngster m“?:mp into the spotlight as does the current tussle between the Yankees. the stars of other years repeat or will some obscure performer leap into the glare with a great catch, home run, daring play or Babe Ruth can testify as to how it feels to have been the goat or a hero. The Bambino was a “bust” in 1922, able .118, but four years later, in St. Louis, the big fellow was acclaimed as he seldom has ever been when he laced in the enemy stronghold. Koenig at Two Extremes. Mark Koenig, in a much shorter tremes. The sturdy Yankee shortstop, then in his first major league year, con- tributed the error that started the Car- final game of the 1926 series. But last year, in the Yankee clean sweep over the Pirates, Mark was the outstanding at_bat and shining afield. Old Pete Alexander, 41-year-old pitcher, probably wouldn’t make a was cast in heroic mold in the great Cardinal victory two years ago. Two years have exacted some toll from this one of the greatest “money pitchers” of them all and may still have the Indian sign on the Yankees. of five world series, Waite Hoyt, the Yankee twirling ace, has known the glamour of being proclaimed a world world serles is complete with- ball's main chapters reveals, as impar- much chance for the lowly substitute, Cardinals. Will one of startling_pitching feat? when his batting mark fell to a miser- out three home runs in one afternoon career, also has known the two ex- dinals on their winning rally in the star, leading the regulars of both clubs Greek statue envious, but the veteran remarkable Nebraskan, but he is still Much younger in years, but & veteran serles hero. The Brooklyn undertaker pitched sensational ball against the g Giants in the 1921 series, the first the Yankees participated in, ready to shoulder the main burden | again for the House of Huggins. Miljus Was a Goat. While these few erstwhile inmates of the 'hall of fame will be knocking at the door again, others will be striving to climb up on the pedestal. There's many a slip on the way up, as John Miljus found out last year by tossing a wild pitch and losing the final game Just when it looked as though he would complete a heroic pitching stand. Of the Cardinal clan there will be and he s | Fiel the picturesque little Rabbit Maranville, back in the world series 14 years after he helped the Braves upset the Ath- letics. It would be a dramatic touch for the Rabbit to come through. If not, there’s Frankie Frisch, capable of super-stuff around second base, or Jim Bottomley and Chick Hafey, the big guns at bat. There will be a chance, among_the Yankees, for Cedric Durst or Ben Pas- chal to show their caliber as replace- ments for the injured Earle Combs in center, or for old Tom Zachary and ry Johnson to demonstrate ‘hing stuff should Hoyt or Pip- gras, the mainstays, fail. ‘World Series Heroes. Here are a few of the world series heroes of the past 10 years, additions to a previous roll that includes Mathew- son, Coombs, Baker and Gowdy: 1918—George Whiteman, outfielder, Boston Red Sox. 1919—Dickie Kerr, pitcher, Chicago White Sox. 1920—Stanley Coveleskie, pitcher, Cleveland Indians. 1921—Waite Hoyt, pitcher, New York Yankees, and Johnny Rawlings, in- flelder, New York Giants. 1922—Heinie ' Groh, third = baseman, New York Giants. 1923—Herb Pennock, pitcher, Yankees, and Casey Stengel, outflelder, Giants. 1924—Bucky Harris, second baseman, and Walter Johnson, pitcher, Washing- o Cuylk ler, outfielder, Pitts- burgh Pirates. i 1926—Grover Alexander, pitcher, and Tommy Thevenow, shortstop, Cardinals; Babe Ruth, Yankees. 1927—Mark Koenig, shortstop, Yan- STANDING OF PILOTS IN DIAMOND CLASSIC Clarence. Rowland. Gearee iailings, B s ‘Speaker, |‘vnn-n'.' Kechnie, B 3 ¢ " sssssscel’ d at Pat Moran, Philli Stanley Harris, Miller Huggins, o William Glew Hah enat F cesesummmttm e W B w———c s 7 American Leaguers Have Won 13 of“ 23 Series Since 1905 A ‘The Yankees heaped humiliation on the senior circuit by trouncing the Pirates four in a row last year, but the National Leaguers have three times been Year. Winning Club. New York Nationals Chicago Americans. Chicago National Chicago Nationals Pittsburgh Nationals. Philadelphia Americans. Philadelphia Americans. Boston Americans. ... Philadelphia Americans, Boston Americans Boston Americans.,.. Ohicago Americans. .. Boston Americans Cincinnati Nationals Cleveland Americans. New York Nationals New York Nationals New York Americans. Washington Americans, Pittsburgh Nationals, St. Louis Nationals. N T L L T N N N N -] victorious without the loss of a single game. Detroit in 1907, the Boston Braves ran rough-shod over the Athletics in 1914 and the Giants overwhelmed the Yankees in 1922, Tie games in each of the 1907 and 1922 conflicts were the best the American Leaguers could do. Another outstanding fact in world serles history is that no Boston team ever has met defeat, the Red Sox hanging up four triumphs and the Braves one. ‘The record of games and runs since 1905: MERICAN LEAGUE entries have triumphed in 13 of the 23 world series conflicts since 1905, but there is plenty of balm for the National League partisan in the champlonship record over this period. In games won and lost the American Leaguers have only a scant margin, six, while the two leagues are tied in total runs for 23 series, ‘The Chicago Cubs smothered Losing Club. Philadelphia Americans. , Chicago Nationals New York Nationals... New. York Nationals. Philadelphia Americans Philadelphia Nationals. Brooklyn Nationals. New York Nationals Chicago Nationals Chicago Americans, Brooklyn Nationals. New York Americans. New York Americans. New York Nationals. New York Nationals Washington Americans. New York Americans. /. Pittsburgh Nationals.... 13 21 15 6 10 12 17 10 27 26 21 10 SUMMARY, American League.,, National League *One tme Serieslost. Games won. Games lost, Total runs. | Springfield, Iil. 10 70 64 453 SAN 453 KEYSTONE COMBINATIONS OF RIVAL CONTENDERS FOR BASE BALL’S HIGHEST TITLE A FRANKIE FRISCH- SANDLOTTERS END CONTESTS SUNDAY Georgetown A. C. Champions Get Charms for Victory in Their Circuit. Sandlot base ball teams plan to make another attempt to stage the season's finale on Sunday. Several games are listed and at least one other team is seeking a foe. Silver Spring Unlimiteds will engage Cabin John Junior Ordermen in two games at Cabin John to decide the cmmg:muhlp of Montgomery County. The first game will start at 1:30 o'clock. Dixie Pigs and Hyattsville All-Stars plan an attractive bill at Riverdale, starting at 1:30. Two games are listed. Arlington Busmen are to meet Green Valley Quicksteps and Arlington A. C., two colored nines, at Arlington. Firs game will start at 1:30 o’clock. Pennsylvanians, who had planned to cease activities last Sunday, are seeking a game for Sunday. Rain prevented play last week. Manager Behrens will |unlkel u';rnnzemenu at Adams 8280 after o'clock. Players of the champion Georgetown A. C. nine were awarded gold base ball charms last night in recognition of their triumph in Capital City League. Those awarded charms were: Chaconas, Nor- man Hilleary, Barry, Haas, Werber, Or= tel, Robbins, Mattingly, April, Hughes, Phipps, Kuhnert, Donohue, G. Hilleary and Trainer Fiddesop. A banquet will be held Sunday for players and guests at the club house at 10 o'clock. Corinthian diamonders will meet to- night at Immaculate Conception Hall to turn in their uniforms. Basket ball practice is scheduled to start tonight and new candidates will be welcome. NORTHWESi'ERN GRID PLAYERS EXTRA FED By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 4.—Orange juice 000 and psychology may be a boon to Bob Zuppke's fighting Illini in their effort to repeat as Big Ten foot ball cham- pions, but at Northwestern chocolate %00 | malted milk is Coach Dick Hanley's training selection. ‘With practice sessions continuing long after the dinner hour under the glare of flood lights, Ranley has decreed that all players shall drink malted milk im- mediately after leaving the field. Onnael Jjuice still remains the piece de re- sistance for after practice tid-bit on warmer evenings. ‘The malted milk-orange juice diet supplants the eggnogg of last season, hich was not so successful as a train- ing ‘diet if the record of the Wildcats is any criterion. Inasmuch as classes detain most of the Northwestedn gridders until the sun has set the ghost ball and flood lights have made their appearance for the first time in a Northwestern camp. Under the artificial lights Hanley is driving his men at a fast clip to iron out the defects before the opening en- counter with Butler Saturday. MARRINER WINS FIGHT DESPITE BROKEN HAND HOW PLAYERS SPLIT WORLD SERIES COIN = HHE HiFH in’ 1904, CENNY L0 STAR AS ARCENTIVS N Horsemen of Pampas Now Favorites to Take Inter- national Series. N its defeat in the first game of the series for the polo cham- plonship of the Americas, Arturo Kenny, EW YORK, October 4 (#).— ‘Threatened with displacement from the Argentine team after young South American No. 1, has earned for himself a pllllce on the honor roll of international polo. Kenny seemed to be the weak link in the Argentine four when it lost the opener, but when the Four Horsemen of the Pampas came back yesterday to ride rough shod over the United States to win, 10 to 7, and even the series, Kenny was, perhaps, the most brilliant of the four stars. ‘The Argentine forward, playing in his first international series, scored five of his team’s goals and helped g;;e the way for others. Capt. Jack Nelson, No. 2, scored three more while John Miles and Lewis Lacey helped the cause by fine work both on the offense and the defense, J The United States “Big Four,” how- ever, fell below the form displayed in its brilliant opening victory. The Am:rig&'lsn‘tumaork was poor and their erratic. The remarkable display of smooth teamwork and the rturn to form of their horses in yesterday's game makes the Argentines favorites to win the de- ciding encounter at Meadow Brook Sat- urday. Before the series they were the first choice, but the evidence of the first game that their ponies had not re- gained their best condition after the tponement of sel or mnm lowered them to the position of_under-dogs. With the Argentines vaunted speed and outplaying ¢ all other departments, the Ame: never held the lead in yesterday’s At half time the score burdt. g a goal The United States have changed the decision if they had made the most of their free shots on fouls in one of the roughest games ever seen on international field. A dozen fouls were called on each team, but Hitchcock only drove two free shots through the goal and Lacey missed all but one. ST. MARY’S LYCEUM GRID SQUAD STRONG their ricans game. to a tle. ALEXANDI Twenty-three gridders, McCabe and Dud Saur, former George- town stars, will comprise the St. Mary’s Lyceum A. C. squad, which will face the Southern A. C. of Washington Sun- day at 3 o'clock in Dreadnaught Park in its opening game. Linemen with the “Saints” are Saur, O'Neill, Mouton, Broaddus, Whitestone, Riddle, Howard, Hubbard, Dickey, Reynolds, Sebastino, Shipke, Sommer, Gilroy and McKelvey. Ends are PEORIA, IIL, October 4 (#).—Les Marriner, sturdy Illinols heavyweight, has given one of the best demonstra- tions of gameness ever seen in the ring. After being floored for a count of nine three times in three rounds in his bout with George Gemas of Philadel- phia last night, Marriner discovered his right hand had been broken. Refusing to heed suggestions of his seconds that he q|ult. he fought on with such de- termination that he won the judge: decision, knocking his opponent down 1 b Marriner will be out of the ring for six weeks or more as the result of the injury, his trainer announced. Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. PEORIA, Ill—Les Mariner, Chicago, outpointed George Gemas, Philadelphia (10); Ehrman Clark, Indianapolis, won on foul from u‘)l‘ommy O’Laughlin, Phisgelphia out ;AT.T"& i elphia, - outpol 5, Maulla (10), B Fo Lyons, Richards, Bullocks and Mayhugh. Mc- Cabe, Trigger, Stanley Dreifus, Crup- per, Allen, Edwards, Wood, Crockett, Veach, Trout, Blunt and Darby. The team is coached this season by “Ox” Dagrossa and Tom Moncure, with Frank Kersey as manager and Charles Corbett, chief adviser. “Reds” Manning, a student at George- town University, ineligible to play with the Hilltop quint, has been signed by the St. Mary's Celtics for the coming court season. Bussy Brenner, Ike Drei- fus, Eddie Gorman and Buddy Zim- merman of last year's Celtic five; W. H. Edmunds, Ohlo University; Jack Allen, Old Dominion Boat Club, and Lefty Dyson, Fort Humphreys, also will play with the Celts. 0Old Dominion Boat Club has planned for the coming basket ball season. Jack Howard_ is r. John Bryant, former Princeton center and coach last year, will be retained as mentor, “Mac” Ross will again serve as director. Players with the Old Dominion are: Mike Pearman, captain of Virginia Poly last Winter; Bryant, Pierpont, Wiley, Moore, Clarke, Heberlig and Roberts. “Pat” Gorman has been elected man- ager of the Virginia A. C. foot ball team, Arthur Spillman has been chosen trainer and publicity manager. Virginia A. C. eleven has scheduled games with Norfolk Fire Department in SUPPORT IS DRAWN BY PLUCKY BATILE Cards Still Are Favored, but More Sentiment Is Shown by New Yorkers. BY WILLIAM J. CHIPMAN. Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, October 4.—For once in its base ball life, New York became a “home team” town today as the embattled Yankees plugged crevices in their Har- lem River citadel against an expected onslaught by the St. Louis Cardinals. Father Knickerbocker was in the first stage of his fifteenth modern world series, but it might well have been mis- taken for his first, with 75,000 fans marching upon the Ruppert stadium eager to yell the home forces on to vice ory. Indications of Indian Summer sun- shine fired the base ball spirit as it had not been fired for years past in this vicinity. The ominous shadow of Wee Willie Sherdel, he of the left-handed magic, remained across the path of the Yankees, but New York fans were willing to string along with Waite Hoyt —and the sort of fight with which the Hugmen pulled themselves along to the American League pennant by their very bootstraps. Cardinals Still Favored. ‘The Cardinals still were favored to take the series, but word had spread over the city of the gay capers Yankee cripples cut at the stadium yesterday when the sunshine finally appeared and really gave them a chance. Earl Combs was definitely out of the fight, with Benny Paschal and Cedric Durst scheduled to alternate in his place, but the other Yankee cripples were up and about and the Babe was almost playful. Limitations of standing room promised to hold the crowd about 10,000 short of the record assemblage of 85265 clients for the historic Yankee-Athletic double-header on September 9 last, but 75,000 would be just 11,400 above the present world series record held by the current contenders in the second game of their 1926 series on Sunday, October 3. Fans in bulk showed a disinclination to keep an all night vigil for unre- .| served seats. The Néw York bleacher tron has learned that an early start ‘t):the stadium on the day of a game will place him along the 20,000 fortu- nates who see a world series game for $1. $3 Seats Grabbed Up. & The 20,000 more choice $3 seats unreserved sections of the grandstand always are sold out much more quickly than the b]“l:h!l'};. :n&il it “:zr ul:\:ld trances e greal - e ers congregated today m in | made ‘The share of the plaudits, but longer will enjoy the sentimental ad- they eme: from the wi - nes: for the first time in the history of the National League. TEAMS STILL TIED IN RACE ON COAST SAN FRANCISCO, October 4 (#).— the tightest race the Pacific Coast League has known in 16 years, the San Francisco Seals and the Sacramento Senators won their games yesterday and remained in a tie for honors for the second half of the split season. The Seals swamped Los Angeles un- der a 12-2 count while Sacramento was handing Seattle a 5-4 defeat. Today ends the regular season. If both top teams win or both lose, they will play off the tie San Francisco won the first half of the pennant race and by capturing sec~ ond-half honors will romp off with the Norfolk, Va., on November 30 and the Norfolk Naval Base in the same city December 1. SOUTH CAROLINA TEAM IS INTACT FOR VIRGINIA COLUMBIA, S. C, October 4—The same line-up which started the game against Chicago last Saturday which resulted in a notable victory for South Carolina, will open against Virginia at Charlottesville Saturday. $15,000 bonus offered by the league. The standing: » Sy San_Prancisco, Sacramento BULLDOG BRINGS $5,000. SYRACUSE, October 4 (#).—Willlam E. Chetwin, Syracuse contractor, has sold Sessue, tri-international cham English bulldog, to Felton Bent of I~ adelphia for $5,000. This price equals the highest amount ever paid for an English bull. Financial Facts About Series By the Assoclated Press. Here are some salient facts and figures on world series of the past: game, $8,348, Athletics-Giants, Phil- adelphia, October 12, 1905. allest attendance for one series, Greatest single game crowd, 63,600, at Yankee Stadium, New York, Oc- | tober 3, 1926, second game of series | between Yankees and Cardinals. | Gate receipts for this game, $201,828, also set a record. Greatest series total attendance, g;;&%l, Cardinals and Yankees, in Greatest fiu receipts for one se- ries, $1,207,864, Ca: als and Yan- kees, 1926. Sm: 62,232, Tigers-Cubs, 1908. Smallest gate receipts for one se- ries, $68,435, Athletics-Giants, 1905. Largest winning players’ share, $6,143.49, Yankees, 1923. Smallest winning player's share, $1,102.51, Red Sox, 1 Largest losing player's share, $4,- llg.:&ufil:n'.;. 1923, lest losing T’s share, $832, Athletics, !N‘IS.‘“‘" Total attendance (1905-27, inclu- sive), 4,185,917, Smallest crowd for one game, 6,210, fifth game, Tigers-Cubs, De. troit, October 14, 1908. Smallest gate »eceipts for ope e~ X P Total gate receipts (1905-27, in- clusive), $11,553,529. “'roux players' pool (1005-37), $4,-