Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1929, Page 20

20 SPORTS. _THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY. JULY 6. 1929. SPORTS. 'ROOKIES TO BE SCHOOLED "IN CHAMPIONSHIP, GAMES Material at Hand Will Be Well Tested and Minors' Searched for Talent 1o Replace Failing Veterans. Griffs Beat Dodgers in Exhibition. BY JOHN B. KELLER. ETROIT, Mich., July 6.—There’s little left for those in charge of the Nationals to look forward to other than next year. i Beaten and buffeted about by league rivals since the start of the season, the Washington club is so far below an even break in wins and losses now that only super-base ball would lift it to the .500 point in winning percentage for the campaign, and under that it cannot hope to be a money club. . The big work ahead, so far as those in charge of the Nationals are concerned, is building for the future, not for the remainder of | the 1929 flag fight. What material the club has at hand now that seems likely to prove valuable for later use is to be schooled as thor- oughly as possible in championship tests, and every effort will be made to land other material to replace veterans who this year are fast failing in base ball ability. | BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS I There are on the Nationals’ ros- | ter at present several likely-look- | ing prospects. The schooling of these should not be so dlm::u_lx.f Landing replacements for the fail- | American I,eagu 2 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Cleveland, 11; Chicago, 10. STANDING OF THE , ing veterans is something else. Promising_talent in the minors | not already bound over to some | major league club is quite scarce. | _ This is a problem with which | President Clark Griffith and his lone scout, Joe Engel, will have to wrestle from now until next Feb- | Tuary. Although Manager Walter Johnson is; not ready to admit his club has no chance of getting anywvhere in the present campaign, one look at the league standing is enough to convince even tae most Aardent supporter of the Nationals that 1929 is just a year to be left to itsell from now on. Fifteen games below an even break as they pre- | pared to tackle the Western front for the second time this season, Johnson's charges have little to fight for other| GAMES TODAY. than their jobs. | Wash. at Detrolt. - | Phil: t Chicago. N. Y. at 8¢, Louis. | Boston at Clevelxnd. Nalimmi League. | YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. | Philadelphia, 10; St. Loufs, 9. | CcLUBS. Percentoge GAMES TOMORROW. Wash. at Detrolt. Phils. st Chicaro. N. Y. 'at 8t Lou! Boston at Cleveland. Cause of Failure Mysters. This is indeed a gloomy outlook for a band that came up from the South | | with high hope of success in the bat- tling for the flag. But somewhere be- | tween their final game of the exhibi-| tion series last Sprir.x and their open- | ing scrap in the American league the Nationals lost everything they had in a | base ball way, and have been flounder- | ing helplessly since. One of the finest-looking clubs on the field during the training season. the Washington club now is rated one of the poorest aggregations in the two major circuits. Its hitters have stopped hitting, its pitchers have stopped pitch- ing and its fielders have stopped field- ing. There's no help in it. Who or what is responsible for this startling decline is not easy to figure. It would not be fair (o blame the poor showing of the Nationals on their man- Johnson kunows his base ball, he STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Pittsburgh, Percentage — | start a swatfest. HOW VETERAN HORNSBY CLIMBS AT A RAPID RATE | Has Increased His Batting Average by 30 Points Since June 28. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. 5 Since June 28, Rogers Hornsby has jumped his batting average from .330 to .360. He made a batting average be- tween June 28 and July 5 of .543 and if he had been extended he might have incieased 15 or 20 more points. Never since he has n a major league ball player have there been s0 many managers and players criticising Hornsby as this year.. Jack Hendricks, manager of the Cincinnati team, gave Eastern folks to belleve that Hornsby was not so good. This was depressing news to the friends of Hornsty in New York, who refused to belleve it and | insisted that Hendricks was nerve| shocked. | In eight games in Jupe and July Hornsby made 19 hits and went to bat 35 times. This, too, right in the very heart of the szason when pitchers are vt their best. He was batting against St. Louis and Cincinnatl while this was going on. The St. Louis pitchers seemed helpless. If anyone told Hendricks that A L TURNSTILES * SHAKE OFF RUST | Attendance Million Better| less, he would msenthi:. AT i e ers that by batier ove Than Last Year at This of the best that any batter ever madc | in big league base ball at this season | . Time, Says Barnard. of the year. | By July 4 the pitchers are presumed to be ready to go and if these pitchers faced by Hornsby were not ready it was their own faull. They have had the Associated Press. | plenty of time and their salaries have HICAGO, July 6—Turnsiles at been golng on regularly since the lst American League parks, all but of_April. tusty for three years because 1t is odd that Hornsby should have of Yankee domination of the predicled that he was about ready to pennant race, are clicking | Before he left Chl- | merrily again and the once half-starved | cago for St. Louis, he advised some Of | club treasuries are becoming fat with | his friends that he would step oul|gold | when he arrived at St. Loufs. He did| " Interest in the race this season is 50 | s0 and it he continues to Siep As | keen, President E. S. Barnard of the| bravely s he has for the last week. | junior circuit reports, that despite poor | | the other boys who are counting on winning the individual batting cham- | plonship of the National League in 1929 had better consult their sooth- sayers again. The Cubs are not far enough ad- vanced to say they can win a pennant this year, but they are a lot_advanced over what they were on the Fourth of | July, 1928. Their winning percentage | on the Fourth last year was 553. This | year it 1s .636. To those who preached | that the "addition of a player like Hornsby to the Cubs would make them ! very dangerous. there is great satisfac- | tion in this. To those who, for some reasen, do not seem to like Hornsby, | there is always the solace of saving, “Well, they haven't won it vet." | SHAPIRO INSECTS BUSY. Shapiro A. C. Insects, who were to face Mohawks this afiernoon at 2 Wweather and numerous postponements of Saturday and Sundsy games, the | total attendance may exceed that of 1928 by more than & million. ““The change in leadership has been one of the biggast causes for the inter- est and larger gates” Barnard sald. | “For three seasons, New York was out | in front. This year we find Philadelphia | leading but ‘with New York and St Louis hanging on tenaciously and De- troit also having a chance. | “With Philadelphia playing = away from home for a few weeks starting today, there is an excellent opportunity for both St. Louis and Detroit to nar- row the gap existing between them and the league Jeaders. “A number of promising young play- | |ers also have helped swell the sttend- They are adding color to the nd as they will be the stars of the fans come out to see They are building up ancy sport the future, them in action. HYATTSVILLE PREACHER KEEPS “YOUNG” REV. W. T. BLAKE | Ts 71 years old bul nobody ever would guess it. “Pitching horseshoes keeps me in fettle,” he explains. | Rev. Blake is an entrant in The Star's tournament. WILSON FINED $100, most men half his age. SUSPENDED 3 DAYS By the Associated Press. He's as rugged and chipper as | ‘Nationals® Bosses Turn to Rebuilding : Donaldsons Accept Horseshoe Defi \VEIHMEYER BROTHERS GET RISE OUT OF OLD RIVALS Bowling Foes to Carry on Feud With Horseshoes as . Weapons—Duckpin Stars Belittle Whalen as Barnyard Golfer. E Donaldson brothers are hot after the Veihmeyers again. An inter-family feud that began on the bowling alleys will be carried on with horseshoes as the weapons. “An article in Wednesday's Star about the Veihmeyer brothers entering The Star horseshoe pitching tournament and issuing a challenge to any other quartet or sexiet to a ‘warm-up’ ;n:tch,;‘ writes Linwood E. Donaldson, “was read by us with peculiar nterest. “If you recall the series of broihers’ contests in bowling in 1927 and 1928 you will remember that the Donaldson boys were victors in matches with the Veihmeyers, Cooks and Girards anw if any of EVERAL teams in the District these brothers desire to get even we will accept any sort of challenge they care to issue fcr combat with hoss slippers. ment. In the meantime, if any of the other brothers’ teams crave action they are urged to communicate with the Donaldsons at 3212 Ash street, Mount Rainier, Md., or by phcne at Decatur-6%29.” e 1t may be that the Véltimeyers and nament, entries for which close July 20, with play starting July 29. Neighbor- | hood “tournament¢ will be run off on | playgrounds throughout the city. The the preliminaries they compete in. They Leap Whalen. Many of the bowling stars plan to - S lon B street ]z[mrm;un between Twelve and-One-Half and Thirteenth streets. Some Teams Have Contests | pubiicity given the barnyard goif abil- ity of Jack Whalen, the Convention deluge of challenges. Whalen has en- tered the Maury tournament. for Tomorrow. | “One of those who think they can out- pitch Whalen is_his old teammate on popular Sguto &t the Northoat nx;nvnle. “Whalen may be good,” writes Wal- sandlot diamond group playing |, "up, ¢ - 3 3 . Mr. Horseshoe Editor, I am ; independent ball had games t0- | ;¢ horgeshoe pitcher of the village. drills in preparation for battle | ¢ "o i ury tournament he’ll switch his tomorrow s Gl | entry to another one.” Isherwood A. C. hss listed a game | Another duckpin wizard, young Jack “At least four of the Donaldsons will be in The Star’s tourna- ]Donnlflsons will clash in the big tour- B | entrants have a choice as to which of Y SANDLOTTERS ) P | have it out on the Maury School cou:t Today—~0thers Priming Hall ace, brought forth a veritable the mapleways, Walter Megaw, now & day and others planned vigorous | 1% POTRREOR PSITE T RS Siay n with Indian Head Cardinals tomorrow | Wolstenholme, disdains the company afiernoon on the Phosnix diamond at 3 o'clock. A malch between Ross Council Junior Order tossers and Saks Co. nine, has been arranged for tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock on the East Ellipse. The Ross tossers were to face Diamond Cab- men this afternoon at 3 o'clock on the West Ellipse. Foxall A. C.. which was fo engage | Union Plasterers this afternoon at 3 o'clock on Foxall diamond, divided a double-header Thursday with Cherry- day, winning the first game, 8 to 5, but losing the second, 4 to 5. Georgetown A. C. will meet Phoenix A. C. tomorrow_afternoon at 3 o'clock on Friendship Field, and has booked other sturdy opponents as follows: July 14—Elkridge Country Club, at Elkridge, Md., double-header. of Whalen on the barnyard golf links. A note attached to his entry stated: ome of the bowlers are going in the | Maury tournament, but don't enter me there. Put me in the Phillips play- ground in Brightwood. That's near my home. 1 ean beat all these bowlers, | especially Whalen. In Brightwood | there are some real horseshoe pitchers.” Girls Are Vain, Too. The horseshoe editor has yei io meet | or hear from a bowler of prominence who doesn't readily admit his prowess in the other game. That goes for the | gitls, too. Marie Frere, captain of the | Lucky Strike team, has entered all her playmates and claims she has in tow the champion of the women'’s section of the tournament. Two of the oldest horseshoe pitchers |in this part of the Jand will try their skill in the big tournament, which will | include preliminaries in approximately ager. = - knows the modern sluggine style of GAMES TOMORROV.. | gclock at Eighteenth and Otis streets | their individual followings siready and ~ NEW YORK, July 6.—Lewis (Hack) French's Midset League. July 21 antico Marines at Priend- game just as well as he knew the game 5}“_'}’““" st Brkiva. | northeast, will hook up with Atlanta they should increase in size as the sea- ' Wilson, slugging outfielder of the Chi- | _Joe Cronins vs. Bladensburg, Phoenix | ship 3ifiequu f&'&"’."’&’ mdkfommmtlsmu tml;he 1m55 When it was more a matter of skill than | chicago a Boston P s Crackers tomorrow afternoon ai 1 son gets older . mieic, 1 pm. |/ SUID PR ot Miarys Caltloatabaklex=| nd nearby countes of Marylans brute strength, and he has labored | Brookivn st N. ¥ g o'clock on the same diamond. | 8 | cago Cubs, must pay a fine of $100 Ny - I | and Virginis. 4 earnestly with his players. But John-|———~— = N oo = ; and serve a suspension of three days, CAPITAL CITY LEAGUE. | & s s'6 Cetiniatak ise gl SOU M TE ey S A of Hy- son cannot do their hitting for them, effective today, for his sttempted at- Insect_ Divisto P 4 P e e . he cannot do their pitching for them, | . . HOME RUN STANDING e Tas Kol tn- the. Heds dug. | o, Brockland Bori™Ciubva. Corinthinns, No. | S"000C ¢ 11 Naval Hospital at Priend- | u er.‘wT“:m D. )'Loori;,anl 2635 Twelfth | n e e a0 e eiane 1| (ards, Beaten Again, in Danger | s ot | TS v o i o3 | st Bl |sreet northesst. who s 8T N nsion in R | . be e By the Associated Press. ‘x‘;n‘;"]:”’:l;';‘;“’:gg"‘zd;’: the National Vo3 {lilers va. Sam Wests, No. 8, 3 o'clock. | A:fi‘“:»' 18—St. Mary's Celtic's (field The Star. Loose blanks are being dis- No Dissension in Ranks. Of ( I S d D 3 : ; - , Sl e el | pending). | tributed_today. In Washington they PR s oot it o N >OLN nto Second IVISION Home runs yesterday—Kiein, Phities,| "I agvising Wilson by wire of his| Denarimental (Colorcd). ‘ D s s e plaver or clique -of players with the ‘Whitney, Phillies, 1; Bottomley. m{v‘};lr:r.':g?:} Pryvnsa‘zen;rgvvn\;l:‘;’;nigm & vs. Tressury. la v|§Iv.lngofie;q:rgrksb.'gtlinv:‘-":rgr":.-k lndxin Maryland and Virginia from the M Y . | roact SSORS ERNG LS L SO . 4 5 f v y ¥ et | day. Lem Owen's Pros v chairmen of town and community tour- club creating any dissension within the Cardinals, 1; Hafey, Cardinals, 1: Wat-| have beerf, you were not justified in| oo . jeiststdenl | with the nine representing that place. | naments. A list of the prizes, all io be After dropping the opener, the Wash- | presented by The Star, will be publishe® ranks or attempting to undermine those BY WILLIAM J. CHIPMAN, |ington in Detroit for iwo stirring series. | Wood, White Sox, 1; Falk, Indians, 1. |leaving your base during the game 10 | Heiaws. 3¢ eloc. take the law into your own hands. Mecnanics A. ingtonians won the nightcap, 12 1o 10. | tomorrow. in authcrity. There have been some > " ve. WiL | tew infractions of disciplinary rules, but Associated Press Sports Writer. | The victory gave the Indians an edge of | National League Jeaders—Ott, Giants,| {8e 1h, law Inio Soit o Rabfe, | lestehtor, e Sntiere generally they have been the resuit of UNS were spiked generally along | gay’ Sroace /o | 24; Klein, Phillies, 20; Hafey, Cardinals, | 5 “rio( 3 | g dless A C. va. Plasa AllStars, Plasa Fleld, | 00 boriood rivals will clash tomor- | e v poor judgment rather than of deliberate the bese ball front yesterday as | g 20: Wilson, Cubs. 19: O'Doul, Phillies, | Wilson. Tesenting taunts flung S AR R L o Bighteentn and ous | WORLD MARATHON MARK intent to kick over the traces. | the major league armies moved 3 NIRRTV 16: Jackson, Giants, 16; Bottomley,|by Kolp from the bench, left first base | 9'2/0ad No. &, 3 o'ciocs : peiaod ““mné';.;;'~ when Monroes and T T LU LT e ol position for another series| 21 BASES IN 8 TIMES UP. | Cardinais, 1c. ) | Tush ui s formentor: According | st BRSNS 455 Siate e Co. | e O ite. Sox face at 3 oclock. | BROKEN BY ENGLISHMAN 3 { o tiont 3 erican League leaders—Gehrig, | to Manager Hendricks of the Reds, |, Puuman a. C. vs. Berwyn, Berwyn, Md. | il the second game of a series. fallure of the Nationals. Their pitch- | the Cardinals found time io lose their| Carrollton of the Georgia-Alabama yankees, 21: Simmons, Athletics, 18- | Wilson failed to reach Kolp, but there | 43,8 ¢k, | 0 s luwon the first, 7 10 6. | LONDON, July 6 (#).—H. Payne of i 8s Council Junjor Order vs. Diamond = Monroes n — | Woodford Green, cut nearly two minutes Wesi Eilipse. 3 o clock. TOMORROW. was a general scuffie about ihe bench. Wilson's later action in punching Pete Donohue, Cincinnati pitcher, as they ing staff has been hit by injuries sev-| tenih straight while waiting for the League has a first baseman, Bambino | Ruth, Yankees, 17; Foxx, Athletics, 15; Cabmen, eral times, but even when the pitching | other teams to swing into action. The who is hiiting .440. In eight| Alexander, Tigers. 12; from the world record for the regular jonal Circles were to drill this ot marathon distance of 26 miles, 385 Erzel, - League totals—National, 413; Ameri- | atterncon at 4 o'clock on the Plaza dia- staff was at its peak in physical condi- | champions were accommodated yester: ! tion it was not winning. In other de-!day by nobody but the Phillies, who consecutive times at bat he hit two | partments the club has been remark- ably free from injury. In fact, the Na- tionals have fared better than usual this year in this respect. It may be that the Nationals were playing far above their heads during the exhibition series: that they never reallv were as good as they looked then. They certainly do not make a good club | now. Here and there is a player per- forming in Ane style, but collectively it is the poorest club that has represented | the Capital in major league base ball in a decade. There’s no accounting | obligingly dropped 20 out of 22 to St.. homers, one triple and five two-baggers. | Louls last year. Jess Haines made as if to slip & fast one past Charlie Klein, first Philadel- phia batsman in the ninth joning, after Master Kleln had refused to bite at two wide hooks. The fast one was just to Klein's Jiking, and he drove it high over | the right field wall of Baker Bowl to give the Phils a 10-t0-9 decision, It was his twentieth home run and en- abled him to keep pace with Chick | Hafey of Si. Louls, who picked up his | | own twentieth earlier in the game. | for it. Bottomley and Whitney were muerj can, 302. Grand total, 715. HE HAS MADE GOOD. were rding a train, did not enter into the decision of President Heydler. —BY FEG MURRAY League. FRENCH MIDGET LEAGUE. | Sumosets, vs. Lionels, Priendship Field, 12 | | o'clock. ! | Miller Aztecs vs. Autbs, No. 4 Monument, Lapiiol A. C. vs. Tremonis, No. 3 Monu- ent. | Didie Pig A C. | bure | ‘National Press Hawks, Brentwood rowns Corner v | co. Coll Al ga m 8t. Joseph's, Bladens- Cards - Brentwood Edmonds Art Stone vs. exe Park, Md. mes staet ai 3 o'clock. SENIOR. | Kaufman’s vs. Hartfords, No. 9, 3 o'clock. | Try-Me Aces vs. Miller Furnitute Co., Ni 10. 3 o'clock. mond in preparation for their contes; tomorrow with the Leonardtown, Md., yards today in winning the event in the British Amateur Athletic Association’s nine, at Leonardtown at 3 o'clock. i championship meet. Payne covered the distance in two { bours, 30 minutes, 57 3-5 seconds. The record of 2:32:35 4-5 was set by the great Finn, Hannes Kolehmainen, in the 1920 Olympic games. The time in | the last Olympic marathon, won by El i | Oual of France, was 2:32:57. | B | s, Ferris of the Royal Air Force was | _The manager of the Brentwood | ., ;ngioday in 2:39:30, and E. Leather- [ e e | lend Sution-in-Ashfield, third, in | evening between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. at | Lincoln 3370-W. Bobby Dove is slated to hurl for Vir- ginia White Sox against White Haven A. C. tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock | on the Balleys Cross Roads, Va. dia- mond. | Hess A. C. which was to hook up '24 2'YEAR-OLDS SEEK home run hitters. | The defeat left the Cardinals sagging | & the bottom of the first division, only hree games ahead of an improved e ! with Plaza All-Stars this afternoon et | Bosiontant "vs. Brookland Boys' Club, No, | 3:30 o'clock on the Plaza diamond, is} & "elock. to face La Plata, Md., tossers tomorrow | | afternoon at 3 o'clock at Chapel Point, Grifts' Ral'y Beat Dodgers. | The Nationals won a e: e yesterda; in Olean, N. Y., but it did not count 4 $10,000 CHICAGO STAKE CHICAGO, Julv 6 (#).—A $10,000 their class 3, 1 ocloc E 2 the league running. However, they | Brookiyn team. The reverse marked the covered themselves with glory—and | sixteenth for St. Louis in the last = JUNIOR. o |purse and recognition in mud. too—in beating the Dodgers on | eighteen games. |t e O s fen, SN & P 28 2 =i | awaited 24 2-year-olds in the Post and the soggy field of Bradner Stadium, 8| Although the slugging was wild, | Lansiess vs. Mardteldts. No. 4. 1 o'clock. A game scheduled ioday between | Paddock Stakes todav. Arlington Park’s 10 6. The Brooklyn National Leaguers | Haines was permitted to go the route e e T Ry Takoma Tigers and Clovers has been | third rich event of the first week of its , helped themselves to haif a dozen tallles | for the champions. Burt Shotten di- B bbs va. Potomacs, No. 3, 1 oclock, | cancelled and the latter team, which |meeting. in the first round, but Johnson's char vided his own work among “Sad” Dailey, | Cumnouns vs. Lionels,” Wes. Bilipse, 1| has just reorganized, was to open its| The Le Mar Stock Farm's Morsel was o'clock. season against Miller’ Aztecs this after- | favored to take the five-and-one-hali- battled on to deadlock the game in the sixth, and in the eighth they pounded their way to victory. Home runs by Frederick, Herman and Henline off Irving Hadley befqre he got his bearings had much to do with the Dodgers getting their six-run lead. ‘Thereafter Hadley allowed few hits in the next seven sessions, and when he ‘was in trouble his mates supported him brilliantly. Myles Thomas hurled the last round against Brooklyn and set them down in order. | Washington got ils first six runs off | Kent Greenfleld, who pitched six in- nings. Five were made in ihe fourth, Ruel driving iwo over with a single, and Judge accounting for three with a homer, knocked over the right-fleld stand. Boss singled over the tying run in the fifth. Ballou went to the box for the Dodgers in the seventh, and in his second session Rice doubled, to score two Nationals and bag the game. MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, Milwaukee. 3; Kansas City, 10, Minneapolis. 0: St. Paul. 3. Indianapolis-Loulsvilfe—Wet grounds, INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Reading, 7: Rochester, 6. Newark, 3; Montreal, 6. PACIFIC COAST 1EAGUE. Portland, 4: Los Al " | Pty e, 2 | Seattle, San Francisco, |' Missions, 3; Oakland, 4. } SOUTH ATLANTIC ASSOCIATION. | Asheville, 4: Augusta, 6. Knoxville, 7: Macon, 4. / Gresnville, 9; Spartanbure, 1. Columbia, Charlotte, 0. SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Memphis. 8: Moblle. 7. Chattanoo Nashville, 7. Titte "Rock-RNew Orleans—Called, Tain. FASTERN LEAGUE. N 8 3 Beiecmorio! Hertora: 3 Pittsfield, Aliento 5. Providence-Albany—] THREE-EVE LEAGUR. ' | ‘Bloomington, 18; Peoria, 4. Sume 3} deringne. 5 iney, eld, 8. i”, Evanaville at Decatur—Cal | bing, raim. SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE. Monteomery., 7: Jacksonville, 1. Selma, 3: lum| , 8. Pensacola-Fampa—Rain, WESTERN LEAGUE. 10; Des Moines, 3. "Sictutioma; Git, 4. Pueblo, 3. TEXAS LEAGUE. + Worth, Denver, 5. 4 lmh’. :u-.mt- Falls, 10: reveport. louston &t San Antonio—Rsin. led In third in- Omaha, Wichits. l | | | ges | 2 Des Moines recruit; Phil Collins and Bob McGraw, with McGraw winning. The Cardinals will remain in Phila- | delphia for a full series, and the Cubs will invade the citadel of the Braves today, but the rest of the intersectional openings will be delayed until tomorrow. The Reds, who hold ihe Giants in no awe, will come to the Polo Grounds for iwo games on fhe Sabbaih after a fare- | | well brush with Pittsburgh today, and | the fast-moving Pirates will settle them- selves at Ebbets Field. Brooklyn will entertain at the Polo Grounds today. ‘The trip is particularly important for the Cubs, who have been none too suc- cessful away from Wrigley Field since Joe McCarthy took charge in 1926. The Bruins did have a good record in the East last May, and Chicago supporters hope for another such showing. Any contender which can make two con- quests of enemy territory in a season, and get something near an even break on the third trip, usually has taken toward the National Leagye stretch, Cornelius McGillicuddy moves serenely toward his seventh flag with his two nearest rivals, the Yankees and the Browns, nine &nd one-half games to the rear. The Mackmen open a serles at Chicago today as the Yankees and the Browns begin & fight to see which shall hold second place for the moment. ‘The Indians turned back the White Sox by 11 to 10 in a groggy game at Cleveland yesterday prior to the arrival of Boston in Cleveland and of Wash- BIG LEAGUE LEADERS (Including Games of July 5.) i By the Associatea Pross. NATIONAL. ‘Batting—Herman, Robins, 386, Rumeore, Grants, 11" 1 ts, Stolen bases—Cuyler, Cubs, 23. h'l:l'lchlnl—cflmu, Pirates, won 13, AMERICAN. Batting—Foxx, Athletics, 413, Runs—Gehringer, Tigers, 72. "Runl batted in—Simmons, Athietics, g:' ts—Manush, 116, | !m‘rll'(en, 28, ger, “Tigers, 13. Athletics, won 13, D) = LKk forErty In considering the most promising’ base ball recruits of 1929, don’t over- OF MEMPHIS, WHO 1S ONEVOF_THE."FINDS "OF but a good slugger as well. fielder In 17 consecutive games in May ‘When asked to what he ascribed his truly remarkable betting, the 24- year-old Southern rookie replied, ““Good luck,” and pointed out how, in the early part of the season, most of his drives traveled right at the fleld- ers, while later his socks went beyond their reach. s He does not expect to win the Na~ tional League batting. chnmgo this year, but he does expeet. ‘with an average well over .300. Johuny is 6 feet tall, vnfi 160 is 24 “old ‘and hit 359 - s R 2 AMERICAN LEGION. Walcott vs. Eight and Forty, Plaza, 11 o'clock. Delsno vs. Lincaln, West Ellipse, 1 s ¢ and Porty vs. Georse Washington, Velocl aza. 1 o'clo Viciory va. Spengler, Plaza, 3 o'clock. MIDGET. vs. Meridiars, Kenflworths No. 3, T Tock. o'clock. Corinthians vs. Iroquois, No. 1, 1 o'clock. INDEPENDENT. National Circles vs. Leonardiown, ardtown, Md.. 3 o'clock. Silver ' Spring Giants vs. Kennedy A. Stlver Spri White H Leon- ng, 3 o'clock, Vs, Virginia White Sox. s, Va. 3 o'clock. et Fire vs. erson _ Distri men Bolling Pield, Virginia Highlands, 3 o'clock. Cherrydale vs. Black Sox, Union Park, double-header, 2_o'clock. Cheyy Chase Grays vs. Lanham, Lanham, Md.. 3 o'clock. Avalon Midgels ys. Shabby A. C.. Chevy Chase plaveround. 3 oy 5 &’ Rainier . vs. Lem Owen's Pros. Mount Rainier, 3 o'clock Walther Midgets vs. Alexandria Yankees, Alexandrta, Va. W. Busmen vs. Takoma Tisers, Aslington, V: Hess A. C. K. 0¢ vs. Coleman White Sox, Eighteenth and Otis streets northeast. 3 o'clack. oenix A. vs. Georgetown A, Friendship_Field, xl: . C. : 3 Sndependent A, C. and . va. ndent A, C. o wyn A. Hiser's All-Stars, doubie- header. Riverdale, Md.. 2 o'clock. Addison A. C. vs, Fort Humphreys, Fort 3 o'clock. Humphreys, V. s ‘Capitol Helghts’ Junior Order vs. Foxall 4.58% Pozall dlamond. 3 o'clock. Gouneil ¢ Order vs. Saks Co., East Ellipse, 1 o'elock. GAMES WANTED. Tomorrow—Georgetown Blues (uniimited). West g:n Ddulnendfi snd 6 pm, Opponent must have diamond. T%nwrs'—‘-log‘n (senior). Nally. Lincoln 0430, Want game for Fairlawn Field. “Tomorrow—Paramount = White Sex (un- N ahesaay gt “Eliiavett's (unlimited). Lee. Lincoln 3872-J. Want game for St. o ow Georsetown | (Insects). Poto- m“enlnl’ll between 4 and 5 p.m. Opponents B rrow Anatostis agles (unlimited). Atlantic 3784 between 5:30 and 7 p.m. Wani same for Congress Heights diamond. Tomorrow- A, C. (uni Georgis 2751-J. Opponent must B! mond. CATCHER MUDDY RUEL DETROIT, * July 6—Muddy Ruel, veleran Washington catcher, now is a there yesterday in an exhibition game. Ruel was presented to the post by TR R at Camp Pike, ATk, [ % clock. Bread All-Stars vs: Galesville, Gales: | o'el lock. 12 Plis, onave point, M., | NOW IS A LEGIONNAIRE| | he dtamond No. & at | furlong dash, but Caruso, owned by W. ‘;“’g.';l&f{n“""“me i | R. Coe, E. F. Pritchard'sTannery and dosbat the Montpelier Stables’ Lost Agnes had Dick Doolan, State Department cen- | plenty of backers. Rain last night | {erfield, played bang-up ball as his| made the track heavy, and it was ex- | team won two games from Scaggsville | pected that about half of the overnight at the Maryland town Thursday, 10 to | list would be scratched by post time. | 6, and 4 to 0. Doolan got # homer and AN e SCORES TWO VICTORIES. a triple in the first engagement and made a stellar catch in the nightcap. | Joe Zoelier was another star for State.| FORT HUMPHREYS, Va, July 6. Cronin Insects, whose latest victim | S0rt, Humplress post base ball team | was Langdon Insects, beaten, 4 to 3. are | Thursday. winning the first game, 9 (o { booiing games through Manager|) and the second, ? to 3. The soldiers | Chewning at Adams 8995. hit hard in both tilts while their op- St. Elizabeth's tossers, who were to | Ponents were able to do liftle in a bat- | entertain Miller Furnfiure Co., this | tDE Wway. | afternoon on the St. Elizabeth’s dia- P | mond at 4:30 o'clock, are after a game | Games with nines in their class are |for nmext Wednesday. Call Lee at | sought by Royal Insects. Call Lincoln | Lincoln 3872-J. © L lens. ENTRY BLANK Washington Star Horseshoe Pitching Tournament (Championship of District of Columbia and nearby Maryland and Virginia) Play Starts July 29 Entries Close July 20. Name (print) Address (Print) .....ccevevcescscnsecscssscsssqrascaiosscsne Phone, if any (print) If in Washington, state the playground nearest your hOme......oceceersnseasscscansnnee If in Maryland or Virginia, state town or community fourna- ment in which you desire to participate (PrIDC) ....cceeeeiarieveccsseasensceacacace Entries should be maiea to the Horseshoe Editor of The Star, or delivered to the chalrman of your town or com- munity tournament. 1