Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1929, Page 29

WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, The Foening Sta JUNE 25, 1929. Classified Ads: PAGE 29 Griffmen Outpoint Yankees in Every Way During Their Battling This Season CHAMPS AND HOMER KING DO NOT DAUNT NATIONALS Johnson’s Charges Outscore, Outswat and Outfield Huggins’ Club in Eight Ruth Well Checked by Griff Pitchers. BY JOHN B. KELLER. N the current two-game series here the Yankees might make mincemeat of the Nationals, but only by playin me than they have played against the local forces this season. slorld champions and a home-run king certainly haven't terror- ized the Johnson band to date. been in conflict with the Yanks tl both contests of the set at hand to pull up on even terms with their opponents for the season. The Nationals shaded the Yanks in all departments of play in the eight engagements between the clubs up to today. They have eg more hits, scored more runs and made fewer errors than the New Yorkers in winnlng five of the eight tussels. bang The Yanks got the jump on first two games played, but the latter jammed two defeats down the throats of Huggins’' gang in a double-header in New York on May 22 to make the standing 50-50. And after bugglng the first tilt of a series of four starting in Griffith Stadium May 28 were licked three times in a row. The Nationals have been & great help to.the Athletics, virtually | < putting them in first place by drop{)lng 13 of 14 games to them. But they have been something of | a curse to the Yankees this year. games. The Johi the New York pitchers for 100 hits, while the Hugmen gleaned just 76 off | the Washington pitchers. Afield the ‘Yankees made Misplays ;::r“d against the Nationals totaled . Only One Homer by Ruth. More Naw_York than Wi m Ruppert's stadium. Tony Lazseri one here, and Babe ld | ager of the nuplul Club, attributes 's | season to the fact that a group of ex- Sox ll.ll murdly. and , | July 14 tt Del ‘Ray, also has been ar- Games Played to Date. a much stronger So successful have the Nationals hat the latter would have to bag Johnson's charges by taking the the New Yorkers FOXX AND WANER EACH GET PAIR OF SAFETIES By the Associated Press. The three members of the big six who gy get into action yesterday turn- ed in'good hitting jobs, Jimmy Foxx and Paul Waner each hit twice in four times at bat, while Rogers Hornsby got one hit. The 500 average for the day did Foxx little good, lifting his mark only to .405. Waner rose from .332 to .335. Hornsby lost & little ground, going from .342 to .341. Frank O'Doul, the other member scheduled to play yesterday, was stopped by rain -tm ‘the Phillies- Braves game had gone three innings. ‘The standing: Foxx. Athletics 9'Doul. Philli Hornsby, Cubs R, 53 55 5 52 B Pt % 408 234 226 233 WONDER WHAT A MICROPHONE THINKS ABOUT? Tris 1S onen SAMPLE OF THETTHINGS | HAVE To PUT.LP WITH, THIS BIRD IS SINGING HE THINKS - ' NEUER HE'S HEARD WORSE - HERE'S A LITTLE LADY SINGING SOME - THING ABOUT A LITTLE GARDEN FAIR - SHE'S FUNNY To Loow AT—, HAD GARLIC - PHooY- HERE'S A GUY wWHO IS TELLING AN FAGER AUDIENCE ALL ABOUT AFFAIRS OF THE WORLD AND THE &L\JT\OM oF ALL OUR. ILLS. rec HoMNEST- MO FooLING= SHE'S TELUNG FAR WoOMEN Tua USE OF BEAUTY CREAMS - BET THERE'S AM AUFUL HUSTLE OF DIA;I_R'FJRNING I RABIO HomE: . Wan Genrie. Fankees 209 55 67 Ruth, Yankees .. 156 37 A BAsSo PRoFUNDO AND HE'S A LONG - WINDED BASY - WHAT A BoRE -~ TS Thing S LIKE THIS THAT MAKES ONE DESFONDRENT R @ Tris KINDLY OLD CORMORANT (S GIVING THE KIDDIES A BeD TiME STorY |T'S JUST AS WELL THew CAN'T SEE HIM OR THEY'D LIE AWAKE ALL NIGHT —BY BRIGGS SHE'S TeLLING Fouk ABOUT GooD THINGS T EAT AND SHE LoOKS HALF STARVED- {LUL BET IF SHE SAW HALF THE THINGS SHE TaLk S ABoUT, SHE'D BURST RIGHT oUT 1N T WHAT A NEAUACHE'— (WHAT A LIFe ! WHAT TH ~ Naval Hospital Nine Is Cutting Big Swath in Sandlot Circles| AVAL HOSPITAL'S base ball team, which has won 25 games in as many starts this season, looms as one of the best sand- lot combinations in this area. Eleven of the team's wins have been rql.lul'ed in the Departmental League, in which Navy boys won the first serles -Mthe phed in the two in d° Swede Johnson, from- the cham- m;nuumpu.s.s.mm«pembl 4 | independent games. and an encounter with St. it " A. Wright, man- the improved showing of his club this perienced players from various naval posts has been added. A full-fledged physician, Dr. Whaling Hicks, is the outstanding phyer of the team. Dr. Hicks, who holds forth at second base, completed his inumeihln diti .Vune 30, but ‘every effort is being p him at the hospital so he can l-y hlll with the team. Dr. Hicks formerly was a professiondl performer with Oklahoma City in the Western League. He is a crack player in every department. Bob Roberts, captain of the team, who can play both at first and second base and formerly was a the call over the pariially ey member of the champlonship Navy nine in"the Cal al Zone, is another Juminary. For dely Robins This Season BY HERBERT W. BARKER, Associated Press Sports Writer. P they could play the Giants every day, Uncle Wilbert Robinson’s Brooklyn Dodgers would be lead- £ S Spl e e place, only & hop, step and jump out of the cellar, ‘However tough the Giants may be for the rest of the league, they’re only “cousins” to rs, who beat their Mlnhlttln rivals yesterday, 5 to | 2, for the second straight day, the fourth time in their four last meetings and the eighth time out of 13 games this season. | Just when it seems that John Me- | Graw’s hirelings are about to go some- where, the Dodgers come along and decide the Giants have gone far enough. Yesterday's conllm saw William ‘Watson Clark and “Jug-Handle” J Morrison limit the Giants to six hits. 'hlfih the wind carried into the l'l‘Ind~ ln flw eighth, however, Clark weak- ened and Morrison was summoned to the rescue. He got out of a bad hole and held the Giants hitless for the rest ihe game. ‘The Robins bunched eight of their ten hits off Karl Hubbell, Jack Scott Carl Mays, in three innings for all their runs. tting star ton Red Sox, to 4. A double phy\ with the bases full saved the day for | the Mackmen in the ninth inning and enabled Rommel to chalk up his sev- enth straight triumph without a defeat. Although idle, the ‘Yankees regained undisputed possession of second place when the St. Louis Browns, with whom they had been tied, a decision to Cleveland, 10 to 4. Crowder and Ogden were found for 12 hits, includ- ing four home runs, two of them by Earl Averill. Miller, Indian southpaw, kept the Brown batters in subjection except in the seventh, when all the St. Louis runs were At Detroit the Tigers ded Paber | and Dugen for 13 hits and scored an | easy 13-to-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Emil Yde, fdrmer Pirate southpaw, gave the Sox 10 hits, but tightened up in the pinches. | MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS AMERICAN ABSOCIATION. 8t Paul, 14; Louisville. Slinnesolls. 4% lndl-nnr“m 2 Milwaukee, 12; Tolédo, INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Toronto. 1: Newark (Only wamie schedul New Or] uonnu-mr e Roc) SOUTH ATLANTIC gharlotte, 14; Columbl HREE-EYE LEAGUE. Al sainps unplayed, rain. i L i §& o i i i g H i ? s 5 4 i lunu LEAG! YI New Haven. bany, 7 (10 innings). RS oTner samies seneduled) gmu‘lA LEAGUE. bOro, Kinston y i | came here from Guantanamo Bay Sta- tion, Cuba. Lewis, a ‘rmduc'. of )nre ten | Island, another thir Cievernnd Ch Pete Ingram, right-hander from the West Coast, who had a trial with. llh- sion of the Pacific Coast League, is the ace of the mound corps, though Lefty Crews, who is an erstwhile lnember of the U. S. S. Wright team, nationa] fleet champion, is plenty good. ‘T. B. King, a right-hander d note, | has joined the team, having come from | Mare Island Hospital, at San Francisco. ‘Willie Howk, from the Naval 'l‘rll.n- ing Station at Hampton Roads, Va. club’s _catchers and both are highly capable. Jimmy King, another product of the | U. 8. S. Rice, is the regular first-sack. er, though A. Hamilton of the Navy | Department is used in some of 'h:l Garland Miller, who hails from the Pharmacists’ Mate School at Hampton | Roads, Va, plays shortstop, while Shorty Pliler holds forth at third base. Pliler, who can also just arrived. He has a good uwuu» tion, but so far has not had a ¢thance to show his wares. A. Shuster, Bob Luckie and Rumbold from the U. 8. S..Dobbin, U. 8. 8. Mayflower and the receiving lhip Reina Mercedes, at Anl'llpn“.! Tes) tively, and E. Wilkerson are outflel rts, Johnson, Pliler and . Miller are leading hitters of the team in ad- on to Dr. Hicks. Manager Wright says that hll :lub tion every day, !m\er game or practicing, and on hand for the games nld uldam misses a practice. This constant work is another vital factor in the success, he believes. TRIBE BUYS McDONALD _FROM BURLINGTON CLUB BURLINGTON, Iowa, June 25 (#).— The Cleveland Indians have purchased John McDonald, pitching ace of the team'’s "Burlington club of the Mississippi Val- | ley League, for delivery next season. The purchase price was said to have > SicDonatd, who 1s playi lcDonaid, who playing his first | year of professional base ball, leads the valley circuit in strikeouwts, ‘with 68 in 10 games. .| BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Ehiladeiphis. : Bosto ton/ 4. troit, 13; Chicaxo, Cl!v!llnfl 10: 8t. Louis. 4. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Y. ot Washington. N. Y. at Washington. at 8. Louis. Cleveland at St. Louis. icago at nnmn Ghicako at Detroit. National L League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. 5: New York, 2. w Yok, 3 4 n-Philadelphin. (calied third, rain). STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Pittsburgh. " GAMEN TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW Phils. at Boston. Phila. g Brookisn stlr¥. < Brookion sk . through Man: ‘ 1515 or 'at Cleveland 1705. LEAGUE MAY DECIDE ON A SECOND SERIES A second crack at the junior cham- pionship of the Capital City League may be given teams now hopelessly out of the race, in which the Vic Sport Shop and Lionel teams are tied for first place without having been defeated. ‘The nine teams in the section will | meet tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the 'playground office at the District Bulldlnl and it is likely they will de- eide to play a second series, with the winner meeting the champion of lhe first for the city title. h'l‘h proposal has found * menl vor. e Hicks Holladge, 13 years old, is the latest sandlotter to pitch & no-hit game. Performing with the Eastern All-Star | Insects, he humbled the Ace team, 17 | He was given perfect fielding Fourteen times the Aces Gas Light ' Co. and ‘Thompson’s Dairy clash today on the South Ellipse at 5:15 o'clock in a post- poned Industrial League game. , The Gas team leads for the first series championship, with eight victories and, two defeats. Thompson's Dairy has a chance to overtake the leaders. Should the Dairymen win both of two post- poned contests with the Gasmen a tie lor first place would result and a play- off be hel |d MIDGETS SEEK ACTION. St. Thomas Midgets of the July Holy Name Base Ball League are scheduling either practice or regular games for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nager oello st Adems The team has the use of the Friendship Field on these days. By the Associated Press. ‘When Douthit goes after ‘them he gets them. . 'l'hlll what they say in St. Louls about the Cardinals’ great little unur ‘fielder, who is out ahead of most of the major league center gardeners again this year. Douthit’ has been a central figure in the id delenll'e play the Red during their remark- able showing of the last four yun. The first 2 player make 100 hits 1928, Douthit l\n- hed the season with' more assists and putouts combined than any out- fielder in efltl‘\ler’:tuue. He is "3'1; ering them as_regularly year and again is hel ‘those cele- . brated Cardinals & close pen- T Basque even when he walks on his shoulders, which he does much more grace- fully 2&“{1‘» walking on his feet. the mlllhnflres ing, DOWN THE LINE WITH W. O. McGEEHAN. - Appraising Senor Uzcudun. HE impending Battle of What Is It, involving l Herr Max Schmeling, is what the boys ber of material in the heavyweight division today. Uzcudun, as a candidate for the heavyweight championship, would have Senor Paulino Uzcudun and id call the tip-off on the cali- A few years ago Senor excited much unseemly levity. But the boys have ceased to laugh at the start Senor Uzcudun seemed to be the logical successor of Joe Grim, the ancient Iron Man, whose boast was that nobody could knock him horizontal for 10 seconds, Senor Uscudun, whose fighting stance is modeled after that of the Mdler crab, exposes only an area of skull 2 inches cushion of mattress hair, consequently Senor vm uncnmdaus as was Joe Grim. mll‘e and tected by a almost as m« Tender ‘The boxing commission frowns on the n‘umon that his opponent be u- lowed to use a hammer on the exposed portion grounds that the hammer might fly off the handle and hit one of the 600 of Benor Uscudun, probably on ‘The record of the bounding Basque, outside of the fact that he is the most _impressive shoulder walker in the ring today, is pot particularly im- pressive. At his first showing he was outpointed by Thomas Heeney, which fact the boxing commission’s judges confirmed by giving the decision to Uzcudun. Much is made of the fact that Uzcudun kndcked out the erstwhile Black Menace, Harry Wills, the Senegambian stevedore. But.then Wills was the most overrated fighter of any color that ever bullt up a fortune and a reputation by making up as a menace. Against George Godfrey, the Black Shadow of Leiperville, who is a more sub- dued but more menacing menace, the Basque did not do so well. him the piano-mover’'s grip, and in many ways annoyed him not a little. When Godfrey is desirous of annoying them, which is infrequen e fight in which Uscudun looked best is one which is chalked That was when he was hl".l.lnl Ovila _Chapdelaine, Jack Delaney. indeed. him. better known visible punch first used by Harry Wills against Kid Norfolk.) In the bout with Chapdelaine, Senor Un:udun was_ slay t'erlnt an with blo to the Th.eu were well lbova the belt and 'WHAT HE GOES AFTER -] CHANCES IN 1928/ nant race in the National League. Last yur Douthit, whose full lor Lee Douthit, ac- cepted u'l ances. This was 131 more chmee: than was credited to fl:l‘"comh king of e outfiel Taylor had 547 putouts and 10 closest competitor for AmMoNg N%hfll] League outfielders was 'aner, :’;t'tlburih fiash, “who cl against as the French Godfrey_gave t, hé can be very annoy- Chapdelaine was gasping like a gold fish out of the bowl by the kitten. ally Uzcudun landed one in the exact middle of the Prench - nadian. Chapdelaine bent double and his eyes showed white. The referee ruled that the punch was foul to the great astonishment of all present. And the most astonished and relieved person in the house was M. Chapdelaine, who could not have lasted another round. ‘This fight came immediately after the one in which Dempsey dropped Jack Sharkey or Josef Paul Cukoschay with two foul punches which the nmee ml'hi hl'e allowed if Will Duffy, Mr. Dempsey’s second, had not menaced him with & threatening forefinger. It had been the referee leaning the wrong way in the Uzcudun-Delaney thing. Uzcudun lost, according to the records, but this was his best fight and showed that he is a very tough customer. In s Long Fight. IOME of the experts insist that if ‘Uzcudun were fighting under the old 25 to 45 round rules he might have been huvymlunt champion some time ago, if he could have gotten the matches. This might be, but 15 rounds are all that any State law allows in these days of the softening up of the manly art or! modified murder. Come 'n think of it Bllflln( Nelson mllhl never have been heard of if he had_st career in these days. As I ml\l mm the battler could not even nt warmed up in 15 rounds. He e interesting only after his op: Eonem had huered m face out of tll uman semblane ‘Then the opponent would begin to wonder what use it was to batter the Durable Dane, as they called him. It seemed only to freshen him up and make him all the more aggres-- sive. As the opponent tired, Nelson became more and more active. Nel- son’s. opponents lves or rendered themselves so exhausted that they were réady to be knocked out at the convenience of Nelson. Prohtfle that hl:eh:’o this Nelson er to hlt and when Wne'nt lands on exposed of reinforced wncreu skull, he is than Hlel{ to break his hand. But unfortunately the 15-round lmit is certain to cramp the style of Senor Uzeudun as it has done in most of his the best contenders we have, which is the only excuse for the meeting. They Cannot Lose. six hundred mfllb'l'!lllfl are mn:t as depressed over this one as ere immediately before the 'nmney! “battle of “the Uscudun-Scvhmeling _ thing . no deficit. Tlx:‘ml lifted the 25 per cent because the show will “MURDERERS, ROW” OF YANKEES FADES Big Reason Why Team Is Not in Better Position in Pennant Chase. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. 174 URDERERS' ROW,” that famous line-up of heavy sluggers whose bats pushed Miller Huggins and his |’ Yankees into the seats of the mighty in base ball, is dwindling as Father Time takes his toll. It is the big reason why the Yankees are not on their way to their fourth pennant. Although it has been hard to convince Mr. Fan that this is the case, yet perforce he is coming to realize that the King of Swat and his minions can no longer whang out the hits as thty did. » Not Certain of Ruth. ‘The Ruthian home run, once accepted as'a matter of course, has now become an event of conmtulniom ‘Two years ago it was said that Babe Ruth could not miss. Now everybody smiles hope- fully and helpfully every time he does get a clout for the whole route. Another Murderers’ Row is in the making. When Connie Mack's team wants runs, it turns to George Haas, Gordon Coghrane, Al Simmons, Jimmy Foxx and Ed Miller to bat them out and to Jimmy Dykes to clean up the situation. - Mack put Jack Boley back to play short, but Dykes was too good at the bat to let out of the game, so he p\lt him at third to take Sam Hale's place. In the past Lou Gehrig and Babz Ruth have won games for the Yankees and erally made themselves heroes” of the local diamonds, but so far this year that pair of willow weild- ers have proved no more useful to their team than have Foxx and Sim- mons to the Athletics. And Cochrane is also helping the Athletics. He is kl:eplng up his stride this year in fine shape. Lazzeri Comes Through, the, COURAGE OF MACKS NOW UNQUESTIONED 1(:onnie’s 15-Year.Struggle to Build Flag Winner Seems Near Success. BY GEORGE MORIARTY, Big League Umplire. HE much-heralded ~five-game series between the Yankees and Philadelphia Athletics is stored away on the shelf of base ball history, but the echoes of those memonble battles have yet to die away. Thos: games were not merely pla —they were fought “tooth and nail”— and chin, to be exact. The Athletics invaded the Yankee Stadium with a fire they have never before exhibited. While the series ended without showing a sweeping in the percentage column for team, it abounded with scintillating plays and thrills. The serles demonstrated perceptibly two outstanding facts: That Donnh Mack has welded together a truly grea ball team which seems to rull.n m punch, and that the Yankees are put: ting up a gallant battle to keep from being driven off their cham p throne. Although the Yankees have always been credited with the highest quality of courage, the punch-trading gameness of the Athletics cannot be questioned after the glamourous series. This series showed that Herb Pen- nock has not yet regained his old form. Manager Huggins gamely started him in the opening contest, with the hope of using him as a relief pitcher before the series was over, but Pennock was unable to check the murderous Mack- men, The fact that T left Heimach in the box till seven runs were made off him accentuates the hck of Yankee pltch.ln nngr on the other hand, R*in jeekey and B “"‘;";’m"m"‘, whlch to ey ouf assignments. However, I believe that Lefty Grove's seven-hit undisturbed manner l.fl Connie ‘The big saviour for the Yankees has |, . the case. ‘The Ymkeu did not Dflt ewl:h into their 8§ training games. ' . Batting practice _suffered, !IIMIY over-confidence, although it cannot be said that Miller xumu did not know what threatened his world's champion team. ul“”owfllbepverymlrnlr the camp of the Yankees for the re- newal of contracts, I HOME RUN STANDING I By the Associated Press. Home Runs Yesterday. Averill, Indians, 2; J. Sewell, Indians, O'Doul, Phillies.. American League Leaders. Grand total.. 5!5 BIG LEAGUE LEADERS | By the Associated Press. National. mm—o‘no& Phillies, .385. Runs batted in—Ott, Giants, 74. Hits—Terry, Giants, 96. Doubles—Hafey, Cards, 21. Triples—L. Waner, Plntec 11 l-lomen—ou Giants, 2 tolen bases—OCuyler. cu 20. g—Grimes, Pirates; won, 11; American. Batting—Foxx, Athletics, 405. hringer, Runs—Ge! Tigers, H.Ilnl batted in—simmons, Mmeuea its—Gehr! ) T 95. nm:m—.yzn" i ”s ! ; Secarritt, Homers—Gehrig, Ya Stolen hnes—muer Acmmes Geh- ringer, Tigers, 1 Pitching — lmnmel. Athletics; 7; lost, 0. HARTNETT TO PAY VISIT TO BONESETTER REESE CHICAGO, June 25 (#).—Still seek- ing a cure for the ailment which has uenlm out of action this season, Hartnett, Cub catcher, today was tghvult Bonesetter Reese at Youngstown, 1‘re-|mnt of his arm, which became In‘ season, has results, and removal tlllad to help Hartnett. the fighters, the managers theflre'n"'mhemw ‘won, two doubles. 'Xothlshkenmhmflmw hu typec pmmnt In disposition and hlrep!lflufmsold wnunl;‘wnmc&nhl ALEXANDRIA TEAIS FORM MUNY LEAGUE lerald, White Sox, St. Mary’s. lndnu. Clover Midgets. Four cups are offered, two in each section. The. schedules will be played in halves, with the winner of each half receiving a trophy. Earl Cronin, formerly St. Marys cemu and st. John’s College star, named ball coach of the lawn Juniors on the Fairlawn field ln Anacostia, July Tl. be held at No. 4 engine house tonight at 8 o'clock. “Proceeds from the contest will go into the fund being ledfl- zens! committee tur Mrs. McClary and her five. children, survivors of Police znu:. Ohnml; gccplg; ‘who vutnnr- wl e performance of duty last Thursday. Coloniél Juniors defeated the Faff- lawn Juniors, 9 to 7, here yesterday. Arthur Wingfield outfielder, has been named captain of the Columbia Mnn Company nine (or the current week. Navajoe A. gained a 5-to-: - cision over m:u Bclary co y:t::q‘.; Hume!prlnlA.c pulmledoflr.hg Fort Myer Cavalrymen, 16 to 4. Sandlot Almanac Departmenta u-n.-m"“!-‘n . A.,,-. “8albted Departmental olasue—Treasurs “_’mhl&o—'fllfilflm Gas Light "T:.rllll ! Y M. C. A, League—Ex- Goveriment Learue—Navy Yard va. Union Gln' 'WANTED. Wednesda: Thomes Midiets bere pricha ohone Adams 13i§ or Clevelan: iy ‘4 “doub Building’ c-mnu- rington; phonie Ol "%’Iif‘ Sundare—saxs - cumtimifea) {Eeme L‘h_%,* fi ene oW, auly % same speciatly s A -a.'-'%_.,_.u.a;h