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ST ORTS." THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C,” THURSDAY, 192! MAY 16, SPORT 5. Nationals Return Home With Morale High : Drop Final to St. Louis by 5 to 3 FIGURE TO REMAIN *FLAG CONTENDERS Macks, Yanks, Tigers andl‘ BY JOHN B. KELLER. Browns Chief Rivals for Championship. ITTSBURGH, May 16.—On their way home with a record of five wins in twelve engagements since leaving Washington last month, the Natio are much more chipper than they were at the be- ginning- of their tour. In fact, after looking over all their rivals in the cir- cuit the Nationals opine they are going to be very much in the American League Face this year. They will g0 into the four-game serles with the Athletics starting tomorrow afternoon in ington with spirit | aplenty, quite rea to carry the fight | to one of the four clubs they figure | their toughest foes in the struggle for the pennant. Their poor start is not WOrT; 'm any more. They are| quite tic these days and full of | fight Tk 's reason for the Warshington club’s optimism, too. It's a good ball club, much better than its present rec- ord might indicate and the other clubs in the league are not likely to run over it roughshod. There is no club in the circuit that stands From whit the va 5 outfits have shown in 2 base ball way to date, this American League scrap s ant to be a merry one Nationals, Yankees, Ath- s and Browns, with the In- e Sox and Red Sox occa- ning in for a punch at their als. st the Nationals evidently going to get their toughest tus- ut at present. are sling. Both the Yankees and the Ath- letics are powerful offensively, yet this rower in attack does not make them great enough to keep the flag fight be- tween them. Already the Yankees find themeelves handicapped by a lack of effective pitching. And the A’s ar: not so strong defensively, Connie Mack’s club is so prone to make mis- plays at critical moments that much | ©of its power at bat is wasted. In the West, the Tigers look much | better than any other club of that sector. Detroit has great strength at bat, and should pound its way around the base paths often. But the Tigers are not so good on the pitching slab and none too good on defense. Neither Heinie Schuble at short nor Dale Alex- ander at first base was impressive afield during the Nationals’ three-game series | in Detroit. But Alexander is a savage | swinger, and probably will make enough long hits to compensate for his slug- gish play around the initial sack. The Tigers seem to have picked up a good outfielder in Roy Johnson. He hits well and covers a deal of territory in the left garden. But outside of John- son, Charley Gehringer and Harry Rice there is little speed in the Tigers. They’ll need their hard hitting to get runs. It is nct a club that will annoy th= oppesition’s catchers. Back of the Tigers the Browns de- serve to be ranked. It is a fair-hitting combination Dan Howley has, and he has good pitching, too. Sam Gray, Al Crowder and Jack Ogden are a fine lot of hight-hand hurlers, and Walter Stewart is no slouch of a left-hander. ‘The Browns are fine defensively, and’ are fast on the bases. It's a club with plenty of fight, too. One that never knows when it is licked. Howley’s bunch will_malke a deal of trouble for all foes. ‘There's little good to be said of the Indians and White £€bx. At Cleveland Billy Evans has not been able to col- lect much material of class for Roger Peckinpaugh. Excepting Averill in center, Gardner at short stop and Falk in right, the Tribe is about the same as it was last year. Averill looks a good hitter and he is a fine flyhawk. Gardner was good enough to beat Jack ‘Tavener in the battle for the short field job, but he has not set the world afire by any means. Falk does not seem to be playing any more spiritedly with the Tribe than he did with the ‘White Sox. The Indians are not par- ticularly strcn{ at bat and are rather weak around the middle base on de- fense. Lind is not playing the fine s>cond base he did last season. -Of the ]’Ji(chm’s at Peck's command only Hud- in and Miller are consistently good. The White Sox will get nowhere until there is discipline in the club. Now the players do about as they please and apparently care little about the ball game. It is rumored Lena Black- burne is not being given a free hand in running the Sox and the clubs looks as t’ough it has no responsible head. There’s no hope for the White Sox | unless they soon get a ruler who will brandish the iron rod. CLOSE, THAT’S ALL | KNOW WHERE WE PIG'S KNUCKL €5 AND SAUERKRAU T (N Town! = -~ HOW 'BOUT (T CAMN GET THE FINEST /) THATS / Boy'! You warT TiLL You Sinw WUR TEETH INTO ONE OF BRIGGS. ( AND KRAUT -~ AND M 1T- SNAP- PAY OTTO - TwWo NicE Bl ORDERS OF HNUCKLE S AT B SORRY BL KNUCKLE S GonNeE - | A YusT DER LAST ORDER- - T DosE 135 ALL SELL SOME CH FooD NEW SWAT KINGS LOOM IN MAJORS Goslin and Hornsby, Champs of 1928, Off to Poor Starts This Year. BY ALAN J. GOULD, Assoctated Press Sports Editor. EW YORK, May 16.—Batting kings are not crowned in May, but if this month's perform- ances are any criterion, the major leagues will have a brace of new rulers in the comain of the royal and ancient wallop. ‘The kings of 1928, Goose Goslin and Rogers Hornsby, dashed forth with low- ered lances in April, apparently ready | to ride rough-shod through all opposi- tion, but both have slumped®badly in the last few weeks. The great Rajah, in fact, has had trouble keeping around -300 the last few days, slipping well back in the pounding parade, but it's too early to count him out altogether. The Goose promises to be honking as ef- fectively as ever in time to defy all rivals. Meanwhile new faces take prominence in the slugging procession as the names of Cobb, Speaker and Collins, among others of the old guard, no longer a) pear. Gehringer and Alexander of De. troit, Averill of Cleveland, Lindstrom and Ott of the Giants, Simmons and Foxx of the Athletics and the celebrated Waners of Pittsburgh all are helping supply the new punch. Just now Brother Lloyd is outdistancing Brother Paul Waner, but the latter may be ex- pected to hit his real stride at any time and join the pace setters. By precedent this should be Harry Heflmann’s year. He has won the batting crown of the American League in the odd years since 1921, but Hand- some Harry has started slowly. He has a flock of clouting- teammates to beat this year before looking elsewhere for batting laurels. Base ball packs some of the queerest turns of any sport, and“this Spring is furnishing a flock of good examples. Barney Friberg, considered a ‘“bust” as an infielder, turned pitcher this Spring, but when Tommy Thevenow was hurt he jumped in at shortstop for tllxle Phillies and has played sensation- ally. Up among the “five leading batsmen" of the National League is Frank Frisch, | blasting away while the man for whom he was traded after the 1926 season, Hornsby, is way down the list; also Andy High, starring at third for the Cardinals after being cast off by the Robins and Braves; not to overlook Rabbit Maranville, playing brilliantly for the Braves again after being a vital cog in the 1914 champions. George Uhle changed his Cleveland uniform for Detroit livery and promptly | won six in a row. Sam Gray and Alvin Crowder, the Brown pitching aces. were discarded by Eastern clubs. Cuyler, Hornsby, Stephenson and Wilson. the | big four of the Chicago Cub attack, all were traded or released by other big league clubs. WASHINGTON. ~ AB. R. H. PO. A. E. Rice. rf 4 g IR R el T TR e 373 10y el T 45 G o ) 3000 0 0 900 0 0 0 YR Lo G G i $:90 211 2 ® 2 00010 1. .0.9 6 08 S Dl g R 0 0 000 of -t s gt o oo @1 BEA AL A ) st in eizhth inning. tted for Braxton in ninth Inning. | n for Puel in ninth inning. | R H. PO. A E | e i 0 0rve e @ e o I e Tiai g i ¥ 3 gorg el R gt bVl ig ity L 510 21 9 3 001 0-3 0032 x5 . O'Rourke. | Ta ho and 29 minutes. RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN | | layed to Date.) 2. H.2b 3b. HR SH.SB.RBI Pet [ 00 .500 00 00 00000 1 U e IR 1409070 B is 303233 9 21 4 0 0 0 2 200000 0 2051031 4 213101010 i 2304 e L | 520001 2 200000 1 00000 0 8330018 200000 0 12 600021 3 2 000000 0 7.'e 000010 0 1 0000000 Burke. 5 3 0 000010 0 Hopkins 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ‘0 Stewart 9 4 3 00 00 00 0 Gharrity 2 1 0 090 0000 0 PITCHI 1'gs Gam.Comp. start.gam.W. Braxton Marberxy. 23 Liska.... 381 26 I MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS I TION Reading, 10; Buffalo. Toronto, 5-3: Jersey Newark. 7: Rocheste: Baltimore-Montreal 1 8, City, 0-1. 5. " grounds. ICAN ASSOCIATION. : Columbu Toledo. 15: Milwaukee. Indiananolis-Minneanoiis, rain. Louisville-St. Paul, rai: PACIFIC COAST LEAGUI Francisco, 2. Los Angeles. 4: 8an ttle. SOUTH ATLANTIC ASSOCIATION. 5 Greenville, 5. Asheville, August. FAS’ New Haven. Fittsfield, Albany. 3-4; Bridgeport.' 2-1. Providence. 5; Hartford, 3. 7 1-6. s Moines, N LEAGU 4: Allentown 1. Sprinzfield, 5 WESTERN TEXAS LEAGUE. Dallas. 7; Beaumont, 3. rt Worth, 3; San ‘Antenio, 1. aco, 1. Shreveport, 5; SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE. Pensacola, 9; Jacksonville. 5. Columbus. 3: Selma, Tampa, 6; Montgomery, 4. PIEDMONT LEAGUE. Greensboro, 1: Durham, 0. High Point, 5; Salisbury & Henderson, 8, Win: FASTERN CAROLINA LEAGUE. 4. iem. Ca mpbeil. Geriting ®oomomas! ©oso0 ) Booso e Soomasumnt ky Mount, 11; Greenville, 5. eiteville, 3: Goldsboro, 1 (10 innings). ingto: Kinston, 2, After Fight W school to obtain his degree in la a discolorcd eye and a cut ear, or later.” with the White Sox his further at least temporarily. “‘He still is the property of t! chance to make the grade.” burne had fined Shires $100 and played first base. College Angles. HE point has been raised that college sport should be entirely a matter of fun and recreation, without any need for discipline | or hard training or any form of drudgery. ‘This argument happens to have two | sides. It is still a question as to whether & certain amount of drudgery and hard training and discipline isn't a fine thing for the average young fellow. It has never hurt any one yet. No one in any college has to go out for the foot ball team or the track team or the crew. The disci- pline and the drudgery in these sports may at times be overempha- sized, but they are needed for the final physical condition demanded on the day of the main test. ‘There is bound to be a certain amount of discipline and hard training and drudgery in such sports as foot ball and the crew. A foot ball game is no picnic. Neither is a four-mile race. Naturally, if the entire program calis :;!l" x;\é::’; d:udgery lhlr}t!luculh for fun, 2 lent can pass long and t: something else, - ¥ ‘These who go out for the crew, foot ball or track expect to take the training that goes with each game. Bracey and Simpson. 'HERE is a good deal of division in two States over the fastest of American sprinters. Texas still stands by Bracey, who recently was timed in 9%, running with a slight helping wind. Ohio is fcr Simpson, who ran the 100 in 91;, with no helping breeze. Frank Wyckoff and Borah were the two leaders a year ago, but illness or accident has set both back. For that matter, Bracey and Simpson have run in record time, and it would have taken a record smasher to beat efther this Spring. It would be the making of a big| party if Williams, the Canadian; Bracey and Simpson could all be brought to- gether for a sprinting afternoon. The Canadians still insist that Percy Wil- liams is the Fastest Human, and as he is Olympic champion at both the 100 and 200 meters, they have a bale of logic on their side of the argument. Paddock ran the 100 in 97, some time back, but the record was not allowed, as timing up to that point had been done in fifths and not. tenths of a second. | mark of 92-5 will get most of the larel supply left, for that mark is close to the present limit of human speed. Crew Outlook. F any crew is to stop California’s win- ning spin at Poughkeepsie the an- swer seems to be Columbia. The Cali- fornians have now won something like eleven races in a row, dating back to last season. They ctill look to be the [plck of the water, but Columbia will {have quite enough to give the Western |stars one of their hardest afternoons in June. Glendon has done remarkable work at the home of the Bhe and { White and with another five weeks in which to put on the finishing touches he will have a crew that only a great crew can beat, Today's Golf Round-Up. “4YS there any difference,” asks L. F., “in the terms ‘pivot’ ‘turn’ or ‘transference of weight'? Al three are |often used in connection with the back | swing.” All three come under the heading of “proper action on the back swing.” The term “pivot” may be misieading. What takes place, or should take place, is transference of weight, which also includes the pivot or turn. The matn point is to bring about the right trans- ference of weight from left to right on the back swing, so that one is balanced for the down swing. There must be & N will remain so, but in what capacity, I don’t know. gets on the right track he will be THE SPORTLIGHT y GEANTLAND RICE ‘The first sprinter to bag the official | N | Cleveland at St |Art Shires “Quits” Base Ball ith Chisox Pilot CHICAGO, May 16 (®.—Art Shires, the White Scx “bad boy” engaged in a fist fight with his boss, Manager Lena Blackburne, in the clubhouse after yesterday’s with that he was leaving base bal! ame and announced forth- 1 “for good” and would re-enter w. Blackburne, decorated with , took the altercation like the seascned campaigner he is and announced: “It was just one of those things that had to happen sooner The manager added that since Shires is under contract legal education will be delayed, he club,” Blackburne said, “and If Shires reinstated and given another The fiight climaxed several months of dispute between Blackburne and Shires and occurred a few hours after Black- indefinitely suspended him for “talking back” during batting practice. The rupture between the two first occurred during Spring training in Texas. 8hires brcke training rules and was benched. Since then he has been bench warming while John Clancy slight sway in every correct pivot, else one would merely twist the body around like a corkscrew. Why is it, in golfing post-mortems, that the player always misses a short putt and his opponent always holes the long ones? Add to All-Star Hypocrisies the state- ment “I'm sorry” when your opponent slices out of bounds or hooks one into a marsh. HOME RUN STANDING I By the Associated Press. Home runs yesterday—Stripp, Reds, 2; Swanson, Reds, 1; Herman, Robins, 1; Cuyler, Pirates, 1; Friberg, Phillies, 1; Gehrig, Yankees, 1; Walberg. Ath- letics, 1; Phillips, Tigers, 1; Blusy Senators, 1 American League Leaders. Gehrig, Yankees, 8. Ruth, Yankees, 6. Foxx, Athletics, 5. Simmons, Athletics, 5. Goslin, Senators, 5. National League Leaders. Ott, Giants, 7. ‘Wilson, Cubs, 6. Jackson, Giants, 5. O'Doul, Phillies, 5. Klein, Phillies, 5. League Totals. National, 123; American, 86. Grand total, 209. l BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS | American League. YESITERDAY'S RESULTS. . Louis, 5: Washington, 3. Sleveind, 7 New Yorie Detroit, 6; Philadelphia, 5. Chicago. 8 Boston, 4. STANDING OF T) L. Chicago at Detroit. 0stot Cleveland at Chicago at Detroit. lew York. St. Louts. National League. YESITERDAY'S RESULTS. Cincinnati, 12; New York. Pittsburgh, 9: Brooklyn. it uis. 4; Philadelphi Chicago. 7. Boston, 4. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. GAMES TODA¥, GAMES TOMORROW. Brooklyn at Phils. New York at Boston. New York at Boston Brookiyn at Phil M. L. st Pittsburgh. St. L. #h. e 8 at Pittsbury U at Chic r&6 5 Y dar 2 B St EEE Kremb Optimistic as Former Stars Return—Teams Get Ready for Sunday. bP KREMB, genial manager of the Liberty A. C. base ball team, now is more optimistic over his nine than he was earlier in the season. This is largely because two of Liberty's former stars are to re- Jjoin' the club in time for its game Sun- day against Johnny A. C. on the latter’s field near Bladensburg. They are Nor- man Prather, catcher and outfielder, and George Collins, outfielder. It also is encouraging to Pop to see Dick McCarthy showing worth on the mound and it appears he doubtless will prove a great help to Francis Clap- per, Liberty pitching ace. Liberty's'and Johnny A. C. met ri#- cently on the Bladensburg Field, but cold weather necessitated stopping ac- tion in the sixth with the score tied 5-all. It is hoped to continue this con- test to a decision prior to the-sched- uled game Sunday. The Johnny manager is asked to call | Pop Kremb at Columbia 4165-J after 6 | p.m. with regard to this plan. ‘Two teams which boast impressive records so far this season meet Sunday, when Foxall A. C. nine enter- tains Bolling Field tossers on the Foxall diamond. Play will start at 3 o’clock. Bolling Field is undefeated so far, whl’l‘e Foxalls have lost only one game in five. Foxalls are to drill tomorrow after- noon ‘at 5 o'clock on their fleld. Brentwood Hawks, who are to meet Auths Sunday, at 3 o'clock, in a Capi- tal City Base I League unlimited section game, have announced that they are forced to cancel all contests sched- uled that conflict with their league en- gagements. Naval Hospital nine down Diamond b Co. tossers, 8 to lzt,‘hmellwl:lf::“m after more games wi unlim! cl nines. Call the athletic officer at West 627. Addison A. C. diamonders, who will meet tonight at 8 o'clock, have booked a game with the Lanham, Md., A. C. nine for Sunday, at Lanham, at 3 o'clock. Addisons will drill Saturday on the Missouri Avenue diamond at 3 o'clock. Friendship A. C. has carded a game for Sunday with Jefferson District, Va., Fire Department tossers at Virginia Highlands. Roamer A. C. baseballers will meet tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at_the home of Manager Thompson, 343 Ten- nessee avenue northeast. Sunday Roam- ers will face Montrose A. C. on Monu- ment Diamond No. 1 at 3 ¢'clock. Rover Insects, who will gather to- morrow night at the home of Manager Coakley at 7:30 o'clock, are after dia- mond matches. Call Lincoln 8289-W. Hess A. C. and Army Headquarter nines were to clash this afternoon at 5 o'clock on Monument diamond No. Yankee Insects will hold a diamond meeting tomorrow night at 7 o'clock at the home of Manager Curtin, 215 Seventh street northeast. sought. Call Curtin at Lincoln 2868 be- tween 3 and 4 p. A drill for St. Joseph's A. C. dia- monders is carded for this afternoon at | 5:30 o'clock on the Plaza Pield. In a midget class base ball game Hawks scored over Arrows, 14 to 13. A game for Saturday is wanted by Clyde Milan Insect class nine. Irving Indians and Panthers are challenged. Call Harry Little at Decatur 800, apartment 130. Mosean and FPreund senior class nines are to clash Sunday at 10 o'clock on Monument diamond No. 10. Saturday apd Sunday games are sought by Hadley Juniors. Manager Bill Rhodes may be reached at Co- lumbia 8146. ‘Webco Insect class base ballers have openings for an inflelder and a catch- er. Candidates are asked to report tomorrow night at the club's weekly meeting at 4508 Thirteenth street. RSN SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Atlanta, 11; M Little Rock. 14 Mobile, 7: emphis Rirmingham, 10. BLUE Waynesboro, Frederick, IDGE LEAGUE. Martinsburg, . Games are | GIANTS HAVE POOR SOJOURN AT HONE Loss to Reds Is Their Seventh in 10 Games—Yanks and A’s Again Defeated. BY WILLIAM J. CHIPMAN, Associated Press Sports Writer. OHN McGRAW didn't know what a break he was getting when the Giants put him to bed. After 10 pleasantly idle afternoons, he discovered yesterday that he got well too soon. Back at the Polo| grounds, he saw the Reds skip away| with the remains of a two-game series | by a score of 12 to 3. Red Lucas had 2ll to do with the size of the New York score, which could have been evenr smaller had the occasion demanded, but the top-heavy total for the Cincinnati expedition was the handiwork of a pair of green cam- paigners. Joseph Stripp, recently from Columbus, outraged Frederick Fitz- simmons with two™ home runs, while Evar Swanson from the Pacific slope contented himself with one. Fitzsimmons left the proceedings flat at the end of the eighth, and the Reds welcomed Joe Genewich with a real merry-go-round in the ninth. Five solid hits produced four decorative runs, re- moving any slight doubt remaining re- garding the outcome.” This defeat shoved the Giants down to a point from which Gen. McGraw could shake hands with any of Wilbert Robinson’s cave dwellers without rising from his chair. The victory of the Reds gave the Rhineland . invaders two straight at the Polo Grounds, and left the Giants nursing just three small victories and | seven bumps on the jaw for their | stand at home against the West. One tie also entered into the record. With Dazzy Vance ill, Glenn Wright on his way home and Burleigh Grimes in the box for Pittsburgh, the Robins, found a perfect setting for their eighth straight defeat. Babe Herman's homer off Grimes in the fifth with two Robins on base tied the score at 4 to 4, but the Pirates soon regained command to win eventually by 9 to 4. Cubs and Cards Again Win. While all of this brawling was going cn about the metropolis, the Cubs were tommyhawking the Braves by 7 to 4 at Boston and the Cards were punching the Phils by 4 to 1. These two con- tending forces thus remained on even terms at the head of the National League parade, with hand-to-hand fighting between themsclves apparently the only remedy left to pry them apart. ‘The Yankees and the Athletics wound up their respective campaigns in the ‘West with much the same result—a de- feat for each—and remained in a close grapple for the lead. The Macks head the champions by half a game, but the Browns are only one full game from the top, in a virtual tie with the amaz- ing Tigers. Harry Heilmann butted himself into insensibility against a ball held in the iron paw of Mickey Cochrane in the ninth inning at Detroit yesterday, but conscipus Or unconscious, sprawled across the plate with the winning run. The ‘score became valid, when Mr. Cochrane, properly amazed at such tac- tics, let go of the ball, after the umpire had called Heilmann out. This antic won for the Tigers by 6 to 5, giving them two out of three in the Phila- delphia_series. ‘The Yankees put the Indians to no such extreme in the finale at Cleveland, contenting themselves with Lou Geh- rig's eighth home run as the ‘Tribe pounded George Pipgras and three other Yank slabmen to win by 7 to 1. Joe Shaute twisted the champions into knots with some smart southpaw shoots. The Browns shaded the Senators by 5 to 3 in the get.away game, remain- ing in the thick of the fight, and the White Sox of Chicago nipped their Red Hosed namesakes from Boston by 8 to 4. NAVY YARD RALLY TIES. Overcoming an early lead Navy Yard | nine downed G. P. O., 10 to 7, yester-| day in a Colored Departmental Base | | OLD RIVAL (Including Games of May 15.) By the Assoclated Press. AMERICAN. Batting, Jamieson, Indians, .395. Runs—Gehringer, Tigers, 31. Runs batted in—Heilmann, Tigers, 28. Hits—Gehringer, Tigers, 42. Doubles, Alexander, Tigers; Kamm, White Sox, 11. Triples—Gehringer and Alexander, Tigers; Blue, Browns, 3. Homers—Gehring, Yanks, 8. Stolen bases—Auverill, Indians; John- son, Tigers, 5. Pitching—Uhle, Tigers, won 6; lost 0. NATIONAL. Batting—Stephenson, Cubs, .418. Runs—Douthit, Cards, 24. * Runs batted in—Hafey, Cards, 24. Hits—Stephenson, Cubs, 41. Doubles—Frisch, Cards; Grantham, Pirates, 11. Triples—Frisch, Cards, 5. Homers—Ott, Giants, 7. Stolen bases—Swanson, Reds, 8. i Pitching—Grimes, Pirates, won 5; ost, 0. S MEET IN SANDLOT LOoP Express and Pullman Nines Hook Up Tomorrow in Terminal League. O when American Railway Ex- press and Pullmans hook-up on the Union Station diamond at 5:15 LD rivals will meet tomorrow afternoon in the Terminal Railroad Y. M. C. A. League, o'clock. In the opening game of the league season Express downed Pullmans, 8 to 4. Last season Pullmans gave ex- press a stout fight before the latter won the Railroad Y League flag. Yesterday Pullmans downed Washington Terminal tossers, 5 to 1. Remaining games during May for the Terminal loop follow: Tomorrow—Pullman vs. Express. May 20—City Post Office vs. Washington Terminal. May 21.—Express vs. Southern Rallway. May 22—City Post Office vs. Pullm: May 24—Southern Railway vs. Pullman. May 27—Washington Terminal vs. South- ern Railway. Bureau of Engraving and Printing and Government Printing Office nines will face in a Departmental Base Ball League game tomorrow afternoon on the West Ellipse diamond at 5:15 o'clock. G. P. O. routed Treasury, 16 to 4, yesterday. Agriculture and Naval Hospital were to meet today. Union Printers and Government Printing Office nines are to meet to- morrow in a Government League game on the North Ellipse at 5:15 o'clock. ‘The Printers downed Interstate, 10 to 6, yesterday, Today, Navy and Navy Yard teams were to face. Thompson's Dairy and Big Print Shop teams are to clash tomorrow in an Industrial League game on the South Ellipse at 5:15 o'clock. Chestnut Farms and Western Electric were to face today. Thompson's Dairy scored over Washington Gas Light Co., 7 to 4, yesterday. Grace Episcopal downed West Wash- ington Baptist, 2 to 0, yesterday in a Georgetown . Church ~ League game. O’Mera, winning pitcher, gave up only two hits. ROAMERS MEET TONIGHT, PLAY MONTROSE NEXT Roamer A, C., formerly the Sam Rices, will hold a base ball meeting to- night at 8 o'clock at the home of Man- ager George Thompson. The Roamers, who will meet Montrose tossers Sunday at 3 o'clock on Monument diamond No. 1, would like to book an out-of-town game with an unlimited class opponent for May 30. Call Atlantic 1276. e Two .years hence. Maryland will send another candidate to the Grand National in England, Gracle, belonging to Dr. J. Ball League game. 100% pure —longe Chamber sburg, 0. ‘Henover, 4. MID-ATLANTIC LEAGUE. ‘Wheelin Jobnstown, ¢ Charlerol, 3; Scottdale, 3 (9 innings " oa8 "“Jeannette, 7; Fairmont, 3. 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The Browns stepped out in the third inning to shatter a tie that the Na- tionals had just created, and remained in front until the eighth, when Osie Bluege made the game ail-even again by lofting a_homer into the left-field open stand. The Browns, though, came back in the latter part of the round to bunch a double, triple and single for two runs and the contest. It was a sacrifice fly, caught by Sec- ond Baseman Melillo, that let Rice score in the first inning. Sam had sin- gled, advanced to second as Kress fuen- bled Judge's grounder and moved to third when Goslin forced out Judge. When Bluege popped to short center, Melillo went back for the catch. He gotkthe I;Inll. bx:t \lviast in &% position to make a heave to plate enough to head oft Rice, T ¢ i Two for Brownies in Second. The Browns came back in the second for two rups, one virtually handed them by Braxton. Kress and O'Rourke doubled in succession to put over the first marker. - Melillo beat out a bound- er to Bluege, sending O'Rourke to the far corner. Then came the gift tally. Braxton took Manion’s grounder and could easily have nailed O’Rourke at the plate. Instead the pitcher elected to retire Manion and let Blackie scamp- er_home. Each side scored in the third. For Washington, Rice beat out a grounder to short and Judge sacrificed. Goslin hoisted the ball to deepest center, where Schulte made a great catch. It was easy for Rice to go up to third, and when Schulte made a careless return Sam continued to the plate. He scored by ducking cleverly about Manion, who had received Melillo’s relay seemingly in plenty of time to get the runner. For St. Louis Manush'’s double, a passed ball and Schulte’s single netted a run after two were out. After Bluege's homer in the eighth put the Nationals on even terms with the Browns, Dan Howley's club stepped out to win. With one out Manush doubled and counted when Schulte bounced a triple off the right-field stand barrier. Kress singled Schulte home and the Nationals were licked. CLASH OF LEGION NINES IS DUE TO BE COLORFUL Plenty of color will mark the game between the Delano and George Wash- ington, American Legion, Post nines Sunday at 3 o'clock on the Seat Pleas- ant, Md., diamond. The contest will mark the start of play throughout the country in the American Legion base ball series. Vice President Charles Curtis will | thrown out the first ball at Seat Pleas- ant and arrangements are being made to have the Victory Post Drum and Bugle Corps and a section of the Ma- rine Corps Band in attendance. A flag | raising also is slated. i s | GLENN WRIGHT TO REST AT HIS OWN EXPENSE NEW YORK, May 16 (#).—Glenn ‘Wright, cflpgl:;l shortstop of the Brook- lyn Robins, been suspended without pay and sent to his home in Harrison- ville, Mo., where he will rest for a month before reporting back to his club. ‘Wright has been incapacitated since | the start of the training season by an | unyielding malady which has rendered | his throwing arm all but useless. T. LOUIS, May 16.—Baffled by the left-handed slants of Walter Stewart after the early part of of depend- able dealers display this sign. Ask for Pennsoil by name. e e = ] SOUTHERN WHOLESALERS, Inc. Decatur 130-131-132-133-134, 1519-21 L St. N.W, g S