Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1929, Page 29

@he Foening Star WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1929, LISKA TO OPPOSE HUBMEN IN FIVE-GAME Last-Place Boston Club Shows Fight in Its Recent Engagements—Reeves, Gaston | ing Well—Hayes Has Fine Record Afield. BY JOHN B. KELLER. TLL CARRIGAN brings his Red Sox of Boston here tomorrow, and they will remain for a five-game series with the Nationals. Time was when the Washin a visit, for one usually mea B SET OPENER| ow Perform- gton club would have relished such nt a flock of victories for the host But now Boston is held just another tough band to tackle To make the impending series #t must be played in four days. Th a trifle tougher for the Nationals, ere’ll be a single contest in Grifith Stadium tomorrow, a day to which no game was assigned originally by the schedule makers: another solo number Friday—ladies’ days— and a double-header Saturday, with the set ending with a one-time card Sunday. With so few pitchers who may rightly be regarded starters, five games in four days—even five ga picnic for the Nationals. These Red Sox are, as usual, berthed in last place in the Amer- | ican League, but they are not so far behind the Nationals. And they have not been playing such bad base ball recently. True, they won but 6 of 16 games played at home against the Western clubs, but they made battles of most of the games they lost, and forced two of them into overtime. And vesterday they got an even break with the Yanks. Carrigan’'s crew s hustling these days. Twn of the lot of five players the Red | Box got from the Nationals last Win- ter in exchange for Buddy Myer are doing well now, Bobby Reeves is fleld- ing nicely at third base and socking the ball solidly. Milton Gaston. who was| anvthing but a pitcher for the Wash- | ington club Iast season, ssems to have returned to form once more. He was licked only Monday after sooring four victories in a row. Milt probably will get a zhot at his former teammates in the impending series. Liska to Face Red Sox. “The Nationals are resting today. Be- cause of the intense heat. Manager Johnson deemed it best not to have charges out for practice on the off d: Some of the boys may need-it. but the pilot figures getting it under the swel- tering aun would do these backward players no end of harm. | S0 the brief warm-up and the inning | he pitched against the Athletics yes- terday will have to serve as Ad Liska's | |2 | gratulations mes with the Red Sox—mean no the opening contest more because he thinks Liska needs a deal of work than for any other reason. Since com- ing back to the hill after the lavoff enforced by his ankle sprain, the young- ster bought from Minneapolis has not appeared to advantage. But he's a willing worker and confident extra toil will enable him to regain his winning form. | It will be Liska's second shot at the{ Red Sox. He first faced them in Boston | on April 26 in his debut as a starter in | the American League, and was licked. | to 1, He allowed them only six safeties, but, three of them were clus. tered in the eighth inning. and enabled the Hubmen to ovarcome the lead the Nationals had gleaned off Jack Russell in the fourth—a tough loss for the rookie. | While the Red Sox are here our of time fellow townsman. Robert Ree will. take unto himself a wife. After the double-header Saturday he will go to McLean, Va., to marry Miss Miriam Storm, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Storm. While atill receiving con- upon - his marriage, Bob will celebrate another great occasion in his life—Monday, June 24, will be the twenty-fifth anniversary of his birth, Jack Hayes has been doing some re- markable second-basing since returning | tn the game as a National regular on | May 28. He had no chances afield that day, but in 19 games since he has had 113 ‘chances, and failed to handle clean- Iy only one. He accepted 59 chances before making an error, and has cared for as many since. In the 19 games VANKEES ARE SURE SLUMPISDUEAS Hugmen Recall Their Narrow Squeak in 1928 After Getting Big Lead. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. BOUT this time in 1928, the New York American League club had A percentage somewhat like that of the Athletics at the present The Athletics have .755 right The Yankees in 1928 had about A now. “prelim” for the Red Sox serfes starter.| Hayes has made 49 putouts and 69 .780 on a eorresponding date, Johnson has picked the submariner for ' Assists, | Athletics Get Out of Slump By Beating Griffmen, 7 to 6 letice when they have the Nationals to play? Nothing | at all to bother about. After! losing two games in 3 row, for the first time this season, Connie Mack’s band visited Grifith Stadium yesterday. and as & matter of course ended their losing streak by nosing out | Walter Johnson's charges, 7 to 6. | Beating the Nationals seems only an | ordinary afternoon’s work for the A That victory yesterday was their elev- enth in auccession over the Washing- ton outfit and their thirteenth in 14 starts against it this year. For a brief while the Nationals were wery much in the game. They again made the going rough for Lefty Grove, | forcing his exit after two innings of | toil. 1t was Grove's twentieth start against a Washington club in his big league career and the nineteenth time he was driven from the slab by one. ‘The only thme Grove ever started and finished & game against the Nationals was last May his only win as a starter against them Tt was a six-hit attack, netting three tallies, that chased Grove, and the Na- tionals wasted little time in getting to Robert Moses' successor, Rube Walberg for another marker. But Irving Hadley would have his pofsonous fifth inning and had to give way to Garland Brax- ton. 1In Jig time the game was gone. All that ‘the good pitching of Llovd Brown and Ad Liska, who followed Braxton. did was to make the game close when the Nationals rallied against Walberg in the eighth. Hadley went into the fifth frame with 8 4-to-1 advantage. but twn singles and & baze on balls filled the bases with only one nut, 5o Braxton was sent to | Bump's relief. Braxton went to a thres-and-two count with Haas, then Haas swatted a triple. and three Macks went to the plate to deadlock the con- test. The tie did not last long. Coch- rane singled Haas home to put the vi itors ahead, and Bluege's boot nf Foxx's grounder after Simmons' sacrificial loft resulted in an unearned run being driven over by Miller's single. Braxton was yanked in the sixth after 2 colid single by Boley and bunted singles by Walberg and Bishop crowded the sacks, with none gone. Hayes and Flagstead providing sterling support, retired the A’'s without a marker. He was nicked for what proved the big tally of the day, however, when | Hayes clung a trifie 100 long to the ball sent his way by Haas in the eighth Boley was on third, with one out, when Haas drove the sphere toward the sec- ond sacker. Boley streaked toward the plate. but would have been caught had Hayes thrown promptly. Jack's delay in heaving let the Macks’ seventh score register, although Haas. who endeavored to make second on the toss, was flagged. Tn the eighth the Nationals almost put themselves back in the running. Bluege singled and counted as Cronin doubled Bishop took care of Haves and Ruel, but Myer batted for Brown and rapped a £ingle o oenter to zend Cronin to the plate. Judge drew a pass to put a potential winning mn on the path, but e forced out at the midway point by That Mack sixth was a thrilling af- fair. With the bases filled and none out, Brown stepped.to the siab, and Haas, first to face Braxton's relief, sent a dribbler Hayes’ way, and again a force-out at the plate followed, Walberg being the second victim of Jack’s arm. ‘Then the hty Simmons rified the ball toward left-center for what seemed a sure hit—and a long one, too—but Flagstead sprinted back, jammed against the wall of the open stand and reached above his head for a sensational, retiring catch. Hayes had a hig day at second hase, getting four putouts and nine assists Too bad he did not get the ball to Ruel a bit faster after picking up Haas' grounder in ighth. The teams might have been plaving yet. Cochrane made a nifty catch of Flag- stead’s foul in the third. The A cateher ran right wp to the fleld box 17, and then he scored | & o | ball, Goslin, returning to the game yester- day, almost ruined a photographer in the opening inning. When the Goose | took a vigorous swing at one of Grove's | pitches the bat flew from his hands and | goared just above the head of a camera- | man who was atooping near the first- | June couldn’t be beaten for a pennant, | base line not far from the plate, | Myles Thomas, pitcher, recently pro- | cured by waiver from the Yankees, re- ported yesterday and went through a workout. WHY A’s LEAD i | ] 3 s55-—anuanad > p Welberg. p "Freach P o [ ) 23333322222 2l omammromnumel - (PR o *Balted for Grove WASHINGTON J ib e 5 EY 3 = s3353mans0nst] A AR 1 222> | s5550mmumsas-3 53533333-2223" 5 by #hth jnning ann15001 0.7 1201000304 aas (41, Cochirane. Sim- Miller. Judge. Rice. Flagstead, Cronin, Myer. Two-base hits—Cochrane. %. Three-hase hits—Haas, Cronin, Ruel yer. Sacrifices—Simmons, | Hedles. Double plays Cronin o Hayes to_Judge, Bluege to Hay: io Juage. Ruel to_Cronin on b | Philadelphia. ‘4: Wi i Bases on | ba Wi T Ha Totals LW iBatted for Brown in e Philadelphia ... Washingron Runs batted in mone, H Brown, with | 3 | Time of game—2 hours and 17 | RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN | | BATTING. H.25.3b HR.8 8B RBI Pct. | Rice 729740 29 348 16 1314 Eronin Hayes Marh iy Ta TR SLLLiiisiiiiisii 233555552 29333333 a0n33unnany! 052335509-0usa-o——wuoma ©53533535-33-31u335— Hwn, ' oomroma335sanSunanma 3 3 % 3 covm—navanadi ] Z a Jones | Liska row | | | OFF SLAB THAN ON IT CHICAGO, June 19 (#).—Sheriff Fred Blake, Cub right-hander, has a good alibi for not having been able to finish yesterday's 13-to-6 vietory over the Cardinals. During his stay in the game he spent | & lot of energy runinng bases, due to| two hits, life at first on an error and a | fielder's choice. He scored two runs. Guy Bush finighed, but Blake received credis for the victory, his first in eight CTIRN ] TEEEER Eremsitss | will make them eoncede that, th When the Yankees were so top lofty last season at this time other clubs were about willing to give up. There was much protest because of so much winning by New York and, as usual the Western cities of the American League denounced the profligate ways of the idle rich in the East who bought all th players in aight and.won pennants with | t | em. Yet before the season was over, HATE dlinfp 10 the Ath-| barrier and leaned far scrose to get the YAnkees had a narrow squeak. It wi about four times as hard to run away with the champlonship of the American League in 1928 as it was to win the world serfes. Big Marks Fall Rapidly. i It was said last vear that a team with | a percentage approximating .780 in | but that was overly optimistic. - A team | with 850 in June can be beaten for the | pennant. When thoge high percentages begin to fall, they come down in big jumps. Had it not been for the tumble of the | Yankees in 1928 there would be almost | A unanimaqus opinion that the Athletics are about to run away with the race | this vear. All the fans do not think that prob- able. Nor do all the ball players. Col- lectively. the members of the New York American League club. recalling their oWn experiences, are certain that the Athletics sooner or later will eome down. The members of the Yankees do not think the Athletics are as strong right | now as is New York. Necessity compels them to concede that they have a better | percentage than New York, but nothing | v are a better team than New York. They ex- pect to pull together shortly and then pull away from the Athletics. Every time that the Athletics lose A game the Yankees insist that the descent of the high mountain has begun and when the Athletics, for the frst time this year Iost two games in suc- cession. the Yankees were sure that the tide had turned. But the Athletics won again vesterday. Tigers, Browns May Help. Both Detroit and St. Louis are econ- fident that they will heip bring the Athletics back to normal econditions. The members of the Detroit team main- tain that the Athletics of this year are not %o strong as the Yankees of last year. What about the Athletic pitchers? “That." said the manager of the De- trojt team, “is their strong point. be- cause I don't think Jimmy Foxx, Al Simmons and Gordon Cochrane will keep up their batting on the road.” “Connie Mack has been fooling with his infield again," said one of the Detroif players. "It isn't good policy to change pln;’r! when you are on the winning road.” BIG LEAGUE LEADERS By the Associated Press American League. Batting—Foxx, Athletics, 396, Runs—Gehringer, Tigers, 56, Hits—Gehringer, Tigers, 87. Runs batted in—Simmons. Athletics, 8. Doubles—Johnsan, Tigers, 23. Triples — Combs, | Yanks: Manush, Browns: Searritt, Red Sox, 7. Homers—Gehrig, Yanks, 18 Stolen Bases—Miller, Athletics; Cissel White Sox: Forseca. Indians. 8 Pitching-—Grove, ~Athletics, 10 1 lost. won National League. Batting—Terry, Giants, .400 Runs—Douthit, Cards, 57. Hits—Terry, Giants, 88, Runs batted in—Hafey, Cards. 68. Doubles—Frisch, ards; Herman, Robins, 20. ‘Triples—Frisch, Cards, 10. Homers—Hafey, Cards, 18. Stolen bases—Cuyler, Cubs, 18. 1?&?‘""_0m“' Pirates, 10 won, 24 LETTED ATHLETES ARE LOST TO I0WA U. When University of Towa coaches as- s=mble their forces next Fall 24 major letter winners will be missing from Old Gold ranks. The graduation casualties include six track and fleld men, five in foot ball, four in base ball, three in gym- nastics, nt;moln basket bianll. two in swim- ming a: ne each cross-count and wrestling. 2 Joe Boley here is shown in fwo stages of producing the tally that gave the Macks thelr thirteenth victory in 14 games with the Nationals vesterday. In the lower picture the Philadelphia shortstopper, who opened the frame by drawing a pass, it shown safe at third on Bishop's short single to Goslin, reaching the sack ahead of Flagstead's throw to Bluegs. and In the top view Boley is depicted sliding over the pan with the clinching marker ahead of Hayes' belated toss of Haas' hopper. The middle picture is a snap of Myer stealing second after his pinch single scored Cronin with the tally that put the locals within one run of the enem: Buddy, however, was stranded with the potential tieing marker when Rice hit into a foree play Jim McLeod, 19-Y ear-Old Griff Rookie, Is All°Round Athlete Bpecial to The Washington Star LITTLE ROCK, Ark., June 17—8. J. McLeod. whom home folks call “Jimmie” for short, will go up to the Big Time next Fall with the good-will and interest of all the State of Arkansas, for Jim is an Arkansas boy.” Born in the shadow of Kavanaugh Field, the home lot of the Travelers, Little Rock’s Southern Association team, Jim McLeod just grew into base ball. He is 19 years old, quit his high school education and refused to make a special trip to Chicago to represent his State in the Inter- scholastic track meet, just to get his first tryout with the Arkansas Travelers this year. And he has made good, for the sale of the boy to the Washington club is said to have involved $12,000 cash. The boy thought' enough of his abil- | ity to quit school in order to have a chance to “make” the Travelers, and 'his sale ‘thus vindicates his judgment and the judgment of the Traveler offi- | cials. With the, local club he has been | batting about .260 and his fielding has | been sensational and steady | MclLeod was known to the boys in| school as “Father Time” and “Daddy.” | becalge he was slow about gefting out to practice. He is an all-around ath-| lete. He made all-State end in foot ball and played center with the cham- pion high school basket ball team. and made his letter in track with the discus. | Refusing to attend the Chicago track meet, caused him to be soundly panned, | but when he started making a mark | with the Travelers his critics became his strongest boosters. | The shortstop who has meant so much to the local club this season prob- ably will become known as the “country | boy” when he joins the Griffmen, for | he is just a well built, husky, sandy- | haired boy—*a second Travis Jackson,” | some say, around Arkansas. McLeod plays the game every minute and fans about as often as he hits, but when he does hit it usually is for exira bases . Manager Jack Steele and President | JTMMIE McLEOD. Edgar Allen of Little Rock liked the | who has “gone up” from Arkansas in way ‘he handled himself on the dia- | manv vears. mond from the outset, and. despite his| With the exception of one year in youth snd inexperience, counted him as | semi-professional base ball in the “bush a regular before the first week of Bpring | leagues of Arkansas,” McLeod has had practice was ended. no more experience in base ball than R i e i iy e b e s i olurilices o morts. Ot B T T oy aiohed [ this way by 1a Fegasded.as “Just & t DOWNT of Columbia is only I no longer may be exc Dr. Haefner attacks one o American game, which is that a and, if allowed to live, and to the national game in parti i Dr. Haefner makes the startli on the intellect, an wrong trail. The iconocla studying 1,100 pup! “The data presen support a theory of relation betwe | eral intelligence. In dealing w' | the shape of head. Intellectual di: variations.” Reports of the research are sketchy and incomplete. We are not told how | many left-handers were discovered | among the 1,100 Brooklyn children held under observation by Dr. Haefner. I suppose that the proportion may be about the same that it is in professional base ball, and whatever that may be the idea seems to be that there are too y. | ™5 e tradision that left-handers in base | ball are a bit goofy probably antedated Rube Waddell, the most eccentric of all | the athletes employed in the national | pastime. Mr. Waddell constantly was deserting his team on the road to enroll | with various fire departments. He loved | | to wear & helmet and ride with the en- gines. But despite his eccentricities Mr. | Waddell was a most efcient pitcher when he condescended to pitch. Some attempt was made to refute the tradition by harping on the eccentrici- | ties of Mr. Bugs Raymond, who, while he | pitched with the right hand, was almost | s eccentric as Mr. Waddell. The theory was advanced that a base ball player did not have to be left-handed to be eccentric. | But the evidence is against the left-handers. There was Rube Mar- quard, whose right name was Rich- ard Le Marquis Marquard. The monicker was offered in evidence that he was a trifle off balance. An- other indication was that Mr. Mar- quard was released from Brooklyn on the charge of scalping world series tickets. An athlete of balanced in- tellect would have known that ticket scalping is the exclusive privilege of the magnates. Mr. Babe Ruth, though he perhaps is the greatest base ball player of all time, has certain eccentricities which are asso- ciated with left-handedness. It is true Mr. Ruth's peccadillos have made hun- dreds of thousands of dollars for the national pastime, but not so many for Mr. Ruth. The theory is that if he were right-hanfied he might have a longer bank roll. Mr. Lou Gehrig, another |left-hander, is a serious fisherman, ac- cording to Mr. Fred Fletcher. And psychologists will testify that a serious | fisherman is more or less goofy, | An Intricate Prohlem. ELT-HANDEDNESS is almost im- possible to cure, according to the investigation. Dr. Haefner writes: is the question as to whether nat- nralle preferred hand ought te be nter- . WITH W. O. F the report on the research work carried on by Dr. Ralph Haefner half authentic, pnrer‘n.s ;i)ho drown or chloro- 'm their children for showing tendencies - used on t,F\e ground of justifiable infanticide. f the best established traditions of the great 11 left-handers are defective upstairs, 2: are bound to become burdens in reaching for the hash or an qu d that squirrels follow! st of Columbia bases his assertion after ils of public school 10, in Brooklyn. He reports: ted in the study offer no evidence of any sort t0 | ott, Glants ness is no better criterion to us than would be the BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Philadeiphia, T. : ey derg ETANDING OF THE CLUBE. NATS ARE WINNING FLAG—FOR THEA'S New York. (Cleveland. Washington [ |Philadelpnia. 3 L] I 2 8 o 31 31 41 4713 51 840113188 31— 6 41 11 31 7/ 9133311604 11— 71 71 3] 8 5321331582 - 31 31 5/—I 4] 4 6/ 6311301 <131 41 31 SI—| 41 41 4126137 1161 31 21 31— 41 212033 — 4121137 Philadelphia New_York St._Touis .. Detroit_. eland hington GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORR Chicago at 8t. Louis. Chicago at 8t Louix | Detroit at Cleveland. Detroit at Cleveland Boston at New York Boston at Washington National League. YESTERDAY'S REEULTS. Philadelohia, 4 Boston Brook) ston, 2. . New York. 7-8. 12 st Louis, 6. i 2: Pittburgh, 1 Percentage 5151 4734 St_Louis ... Pittsburgh Chicago New York Philadeiphia 4 4131120 61 2128124 22121120124 127130 GAMEA TODAY. GAMYS TOMORROW. 8t. Louis at Chicago. Pitts. at Cineinnat) &t Louls at !!:hér.:l‘o rooklyn at Boston. Brooklyn at Boston. hila. New York at Phila. New Yosk at MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS I AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Milwaukee, 4. Columbus, 0. &t Paul, 4: Indianapolis, 3 Minneapolis—Louisville (rain). (2 games today.) INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Rochester, 19, Newark, 7 Toronto, 4: Jersey City. 8. Montreal, 4; Reading, PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Hollvwood, §; Los Angeles, 4 Oakland, 2: Seattle, 1 Missions, 3: 8an Franeisco, 15. Sacramento—Portland (rain). TEXAS LE, ont. 8 Waco, 9! Houston, 8 t Worth, 4 AGUE. Wichita Pal Shreveport, San Antonio, 9; For THREE EYE LEAGUE. Peoria, 9.-9: Terre Haute, 4—8. Quiney. 0; Danville, 3 nsville, 8 Bloomington. 5. 3 ur 10 (16 innings). : Eva Springfeld, 9. Deca; SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION FINALS. 00ga, 3: New Orleans, i1 Mobile, 4 Atiants, Memehis. 6, Birmingham—Little Rock, (wet grounds). SOUTH! LEAGUE. Columbus, #; Seima. 5. Jackson: Pensacols 1 (11 innings) Tampa—Mentgomery (rain). ”!A!!'I;E;N LEAGUE. Albans. 11, Bridgeport. Providence, 3. Springfeld, 4 Alfentown. 13 Hartford, New Haven—Pittafield PIEDMON High Point. & Durham, 3 Greensboro, 11 Winsten Henderson, 8. Salisbury. SOUTH ATLANTIC. 7" Macon, & Eoonee Spsrtanbure 4 (10 inniney). Balem. 10. i haedie, 12: Augusta &olambia. & Gresnvilie, 4 HE LINE McGEZHAN. favor the left hand to themselves cular. ng declaration that the hand used tcurve has no influence whatever ing left-handers are on the en type of hand behavior and gen- ith questions of mental status, handed- color of hair and related to manual fered with. That this is being done in flerences are not Macks 13th Win in 14 Games With Griffs Suggests the Need of a Law. BY WILLIAM J. CHIPMAN, Associated Press Sports Writer. ERHAPS there ought to be a law, but even that might do little good. is difficult to believe that mere statute on the | books could protect the Na- tionals from the Athletics It happened again yesterday in full view of a hardy band of Capital fans— |13 victories for the Mackmen in 14 starts against Walter Johnson's If this is carried far enough. it 3 | easily mean the margin by which th | Athletics defeat the Yankees, presuming always that they do defeat the Yanke The score of this latest outrag against Clark Griffith's peace of mind was 7 to 6, and Washington threatened | to the very last to pull it out. The | home forces did have the satisfaction | of seeing Robert M. Grove, star left- | hander of the American League, making |an undignified exit after the second inning, but Rube Walberg was in there | when the pay-off took place. The cus- | tomary parade of Washington pitchers marched through the box, headed by Hadley. | A's Gain Half 2’ Game. | The victory netted the Athletics a gain of half a game over the Yankees, who now trail by eight full games again. | The champions got no_better than an | even break against the Red Sox, despite | the presence of Babe Ruth in the flesh —on the bench. Freddy Heimach ex- | ercised his customary spell over ths | nese in the opener to win by 9 o 0, but Pipgras. Zachary and Sherid shot | the “chutes in the nightcap, which Boston won 7 to 4 Lou Gehrig got ihs eighteenth home run in the opener, holding his tie with Hafey of the Cardinals, who broke out with a round trip blow Chicago. { Other teams in the American League | were idle. | Inspired no doubt by the loose con- duct of the Braves who brazenly took twa l-run decisions from the Cardi- | nals at St. Louis on Sunday. The roar- | ing Robins hit the warpath at a most inopportune moment, for the Giants, | Not satisfied with winning the first | game by 8 to 7, the Flatbush flock came right back in the second to win sy 7 to | & on home runs by Rube Bressler and | Babe Herman in the eighth and the | ninth, respectively. | The first game witnessed the rout of both Larry Benton and Dazzy Vance, John Morrison did a fair job of finish ing for the Robins, but the Giant pitch- ing remained indifferent. Melvin Ott hit his fitfteenth homer, and Bill Terry also hit for the circuit. Bill got 3 out of 10 in the two games, lifting his average to .400 and himself to the league leadership. The Giants were not the only con« | tending team to-run inte trouble yester- day. Rev. Lucas outpitched Irvin Brame at Cincinnati to shade Pitts- burgh by 2 to 1, and the Cubs thumped {the Cardinals by 13 to 6 at Chicago as | Hack Wilson hit two homers. This (round of results left the Cardinals holding s three-point lead and their | heads. The Pirates were second, three points ahead of the Cubs. Sherift Blake pitched for the Cubs for six and one-third innings. but had to have help at the finish from Guy ush. Haid, Bell and Holland were the St. Louls victims. Bottomley and Gel- bert jeined the home-run party given by _Hack Wilson and Hafey. The 4 to 2 victory of the Phillies over | the Braves was notable chiefly for the | seventeenth home run of Mr. Charles the slugging outfielder of the Philadelphia team. Lester Sweetland | pitched smart ball against Ben Cant- well and Leverett. | I HOME RUN STANDING ! By the Associated Press. Home runs yesterday—Wilson, Cubs, Hafey, inals, Bottomley, Cardinals. 1; Gelbert, Cardinals, 1 | Klein, Phillies, 1; Ott, Giants, 1; Terry, | Giants, 1; Bressler, Robins, 1; Herman, | Robins. 1. Gehrig, Yankees, 1: Wil- liams, Red Sox, 1. Todt, Red Sox, 1 | National League Leaders. 1)-1110\‘. Cardinals. | Klein. Phillies any ackson, _Giants O'Doul, ' Phillies | Wilson, Cubs | American League Leaders. Gehrig. Yankees ... Simmons. Athletics the case of approximately two-thirds of Foxx, Athletics . | been proved. ‘The general continuance |of the left hand seems not to be af- | fected by the change. In fact, the evi- | dence points to a strengthening of that dominance.” This makes it hard on parents whose children start to show left- handed tendencies. Only heroic measures can be expected to accom-~ plish the bringing of the child to the normal. They can have the left hand amputated at the wrist. This might or might not be considered more humane than drowning the left-handed child. 3 | The doctor ought to go farther With | his investigation and ascertain—if ‘it is possible to do so by collecting the | vital statistics—whether or not left- | handedness is hereditary. If it is, much | suffering might be obviated by prohibit- {ing the marriage of left-handed per- |sons. In this manner left-handedness | might be stamped out of the human | Tace in one generation. Or all the left- of the a left- handed colony, the inmates of which never would be allowed to visit the mainland. This not only would be hu- mane, but would furnish an opportunity for the victims of left-handedness to demonstrate that it is not the affliction it seems. “Crass Materialism.” | NE indignant reader points out that the grasping base ball magnates are snatching good ivory from the col- lege campus. Apparently there is no limit to the rapacity of a magnate. Mr. Carlo Stone writes: “The onsweep of crass materialism is further evidenced by the rance of headlines such as the follox “Mur- hy of Fordham Ineligible to Pitch ) Boston College, Signed by ‘Nekola of Holy Cross Signed by the Yanks' Thus it appears tha | college players are being lured from their alma maters by greedy base ball potentates who would not scorn to de- prive a boy of his education to keep the turnstiles turning. “A few years Aago the colleges threatened ta boveott professional foot ball because a number of foot ball plavers had been wls‘:.ned ‘h;m their colleges by prom! of fat Professional foot ball ey meoieg e 2, and o mile that’ Al the left-handed children already has Ruth, Yankees .. League Totals, National American Grind total FOXX FAILS TO CLOUT AND DROPS BELOW .400 By the Associated Press Although the Athletics preserved their charm over the Washington club, Jimmy Foxx had no hand in it, so far as safe hits were concerned, and his average slumped under .400 for the first time in weeks. Foxx rested at .36 | after five hitless attempts, and Frank O'Doul, his rival on the other Phila- elphia team, gained two points to .390 by getting two out of four against Bos= on Rogers Hornsby went hitless and dropped below Ruth into fiftn place with .320. The atanding Pet Foxx. Athletics | ©%Ban1.” Phillles | P. Waner. Pirate: | Ruth. Yankees. . | Hornabs s Gehris, Yankees a college player could not join its ranks until after the graduation of his class. “Why can't professional base ball, through the medium of the sage Judge Landis, adopt a similar rule> The case of Nekola is particularly pathetic. This lad, & junior at Holy Cross, turned down numerous offers on being graduated from high school in order to obtain an education. But, alas! he has forsaken his fl?ut for knowledge in order to take up the universal pursuit of lucre, Esau has sold his birthright!” Tt is hard to get very indignant over all this during the hot weather. I just |read that young Mr. Nekola got a $17, 000 advance for signing with the Yanks, | which is more than he might have r | ceived for selling bands for three yea Mr. Loup Gehrig. who was an indifferent student at Columbia (which might be no bar to succeas), is doing better than the average college graduate financially ag a professional base ball player, and in- dications are that he will be doing even better when his present contract is ug get good prices for 4