Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1929, Page 27

L) The Foening WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, WASHINGTON, D. C., 1929. Only Hitters Now Needed, Says Johnson : Horseshoe Layouts in Parks Sought MODERN GAME DEMANDS , —BY BRIGGS || AUTHORITIES BESIEGED PUNCH BUT NOT NOODLE 77 BY “BARNYARD GOLFERS” ”’/7”///’///////// i i D222/ 2777272700/ Present Slam-Bang Base Ball Does Not Need Really Convenient Places Needed for Midday Practice and Good Players Who Know “Inside” Stuff. for Tournaments—Only 11 Days Left to Manager of Griffs Thinks Few Worth While. Enter Star Competition. < ball, says Walter Johnson, boss of the Nationals. If he can hit the ball, the player does not need to bother about the fine points of the game, according to Sir Walter, who insists the modern slam-bang style of play has made thinking unnecessary in the na- tional pastime. Says Walter: “Give-me two or three pitchers who have control ONE MEMBERSHIP. VS. REGULAR MEMBERSHIP. "1 SAW You Take Six ouUT of THAT LAST TRAP--WHAT Do “bou THINK 1 AM-BLIND' "M o U | TELL You- You LOST The LAST Two HOLES AND WE WERE ALL EVEN P To THEN AND YOU KNOW - STOP YouR CRABBIN'" BY JOHN B. KELLER. LEVELAND, Ohio, July 10.—A ball player can be a good - -ball player these dnys without knowing anything of “lmlde base E horseshoe gm:heu of Washingtor are “on the neck” of Col. U. 8. Grant, chief of public buildings and public parks, to establish barnyard golf layouts near some of the tennis courts. Winfree Johnson, sports boss of the Public Welfare As- sociation, too, has been besieged ‘The game is on the boom. With 11 dflys remaining to enter The Washington Star’s tourna- ment for the championship of the metropolitan district, including 18 counties of Maryland and Virginia, regulation equipment and places to play are in great demand. Many of the Government folk desire a workout at lunch time. and are pitchers, not mere throwers; back them with a flock of fellows who can sock the ball, and I'll glve you a ball club that would win a lot of games.” And he adds: If they can hit, they don't have to do much fielding. They field. may let in many runs by poor fi many runs if they swing from the Walter contends that no team | can get anywhere in base ball nowadays unless it has tremen- | dous hitting power. “There are too many clubs driv- ing over flocks of runs now to be | F9&%, Gosl beaten by a club that has to dg pend upon its defense almost alt« gether for success. In base ball, as in other athletic pastimes, the game has so changed that the best defense is a powerful of-/| " is how Johnson sums up the | ens situation. “There are very fe'v good ball pla’ers in the majors these days.” Johnson de- | clares. those who know how to field. how and where to throw the ball when they get hold of it, and how to get the most out of their batting. Can Bunt and Drive. “The good ball plaver in attack can bunt as well as drive the ball. He can chop as well as swing freely. Afield, if he is an infielder, he can pivot well | ¥ in double plays, nlav slow rollers with precision - instead of charging them madly, and get the ball away fast. he is an outfielder, he can judge fly balls well. play grounders as well as an infielder, and throw to the bases with some intelligence,” says Walter. “Catchers, to be good catchers, must not only be capable receivers, but also have the knack of holding runners to bases, which makes necessary the pos. session of good arms. As to pitchers,” Johnson contends. “no pitcher can be a | good pitzher unless, first of all, he has (fln!rol After that he must be able to size® up batters quickly, learn to pitch to their weaknesses. and try to give them nothing good to swing against. “These are my ideas of good ball players, and I'll say there are few of them to be found now. Nobody seems to bother whether a ball player is good or not if onlv he can smack the ball.” is the way Walter considers the mod- ern game. “Why, the big leagues to- day are full of plavers that major ciubs of 10 years and more ago would “By good ball players I mean | If | O “I don’t care whether they can elding, but they’ll also knock over | heels in the present batting style.” i l Braxton! Take a Bow! I WASHINGTON. B ] Bl uvuswwssrn® 2| vussnsssc =9 8l conmmunmtd | Braxton, » Totals DETROIT L] 0 | Gen Fothergill, cccsescer® ul cosssnarald | ommrSomw: S &l wununouen? &l vacamsusce? | vl owssconso® ol cossssssa™ »l orosornoo o commmmmnE 2 01000002 1805888801 tted in_Gehringer. West., Two- base hits E Ricer Genringer, Gosin | base " hit—Myer. ' _Stolen "John e, "Sacrifices—Braxion. Cronin. plays—Cronin to Myer to Judge: Bluege to Myer to Judge. Left on bases “Washingon. Carroll, 1 o Braxton. 1. Struck out—By Braxton. 1 Umpires. Mesirs. Owens;' Van ‘arafisn and eisel Time of game—i hour and 37 min- Totals . Washington | not have thought of having aroun | They don't know any real base ball they're just fence busters. Most Pitchers Mere Throwers. “And most of the pitchers are terri- | ble to see. They're nothing more than | throwers, the most of them,” Walter avers. “They come up from the minors | knowing little, and they don’t seem to | care whether they learn in the majors. Control seems to be something they | don't think of at all. They're simply awful! “Yes, sir/ good ball players are mighty scarce now, and it's mainly because they |aren't needed so much in the slam- bane game. If a fellow can hit the ball, he can get by most anywhere in the business. He doesn't have to be good fielder, just a hitter,” says W lt;;r. “And all the clubs will be after | m.” Braxton Hurls Fine Game to Hold LEVELAND, Ju'- 10.—After Carland Braxton took his se- vere drubbing from the Ath- letics when he went to the re- lief of Irving Hadley in Wash- jngton on June 18, Manager Wal- ter Johnson decided the left-hander, who only last year was the most effec- tive hurler in the American League, was not to be depended upon to score suc- | cesses for the Nationals this season. And Braxton, too, was ouite depressed after taking the ~unishment handed him by the A's. He really thought he had lost his yllchlng Cunning . But Garland did -’ve up. He had & few turns at relie: work without doing 80 well, yet he stuck to his guns. And yesterday, just three weeks to the day since he was well pounded by the A's, Braxton went to-the hill as a starter. He demonstrated beyond doubt that he still has pitching ability. He hurled the Nationals by a 2-to-1 victory over _{,hz ‘Tigers to give his club an even reak for the four-game series in De- troit, and allowed the Tigers nothing more than four safeties and one base on balls. Two of the safeties were made by Charley Gehringer, one a double and the other a single. The others to hit Braxton were Bob Fothergill and Heinle Schuble. Each smote a single. These hits were spread over four of the nine rounds the Tigers batted. Roy John- son got the lone pgss the Nationals’ southpaw issued, and it paved the way to the Tigers’ one run. Johnson walked at the outset of the first frame, stole second before Harry Rice fanned, snd tallied as Gehringer socked a double. No More Past First. Gehringer got as far as third base when Fothergill was thrown out, but from that time on not a Tiger passed the initial Station. Gehringer, who opened the fourth frame with a single, ‘was caught with Dale Alexander in a| side-retiring double play, and in the seventh Fothergill, after singling. was nipped with Alexander in a two-ply killing that ended the inning. Schuble’s single in the eighth came after two were out, and the round was over when Owen Carroll hoisted to Goose Goslin. The Nationals were up against good glwhlnl. too. They were held ta eight its and one pass by Carroll. Bu3 once one of the three errors the Tigers ygade helped the Washington crew to a ly. and at another time they bunched %wo safeties to score. Sam Rice started he Nationals their victory when e doubled with ~-- gone in the first frame. Goslin's out moved Sam to the far corner, from where he tallied as I RECORD OF GRIFFMEN I Batting. H. 2530 HR.6.SBRBI. 9718 B2 5. 488200 IO 5ot o ermousoaTesuTons) HEE s omosssooNmaILEania k! =3 i 74 iy 2 e e RSNaRERRERE2852T! BEN5E PORAREREE 1 T s isisi S 2t & e,.......m.—..... SRESEE coso~corsemanuuancavowal .-u-om...-z'::HEE‘d-S!a:a osscs00008m~ousrnouRaS : 83! . wBaeReSEy § H £ SEBBANTEER T (ocoscsomonmiunouosvont " waBetnRey Tigers to 4 Hits Schuble fumbled Buddy Myer’s grounder. rousing triple, and crossed with the big marker of the game as Sam West fol- lowed with a single. cr in Fine Torm. At other times Carroll was in fine | form. as the total of eight Nationals| | left on the runway attests. Banner fielding plays were made by Myer and Bluege in the second inning. | {Buddy darted back of second base for a one-hand stop of Hargrave's hot one and flagged his man. Bluege followed | with a great stop of Schuble's grounder and & lightning throw to get the batter. Outside of their four hits, the Tigers knocked but four pitches to the out- field. Two went to Goslin, one to Rice and one to West. Goslin had a tough time at bat. After grounding to Gehringer the first time up, the Goose socked hard oncs in the third and fifth innings, but each time right at a Tiger player. He got hold of one in the ellhth however, and almost knockéd down P'othel’lfll wlth s single to right, Johnson made a fine throw after catching Sam Rice’s liner in the sev- enth to double Joe Cronin at the plate. Joe had tried to get home from third after the catch, but found Hargrave waiting with the ball, American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. ‘Washingts Chl 'Washington. Chicago. Percentage Boston. | Philadelphia New York. st. Louis. Cleveland. Won. Lost. Philadelphia . |—I 71 3 41 41161 6/141541201.730 New York ..., 5i—| 91 4I_1i_61_7/14146137.,630 Bt. Louis 11731101 91 3115 5/45301.600 Detroit_. . 31731 61—1 91_6] 8| 61411381519 Cleveland_....| 21 41 5| 8i—I 4l 81 6/37137,.500 Washington ..1 21 6| 31 4| 3i—I 4| 6128/44).389. Chicago. 5101 21 61 81 3i—I 4i28/611.354 2] 51 31 31 31 61 31—1231551.205 120127/30138137 44151 (56 1—i—1 GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW Wash. at Cleveland. Wagh. at Cleveland. Lost.. National League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. g0, 2. clnclrgl,ltl. 5. rnu-gcmnh. 4 (10 innings). STANDING OF THE CLUBS. §§.§ Pittsburgh I-—' .I 4111) 71 31 4110147126164 Chicago, BI—1 31111 61 41 6] 71441261.639 New_ York....| 3 4/—I 41 6131 9] 6/45(331.584 2041 31—1 51 71 4114130137,.507 2[ 0110/ 1/—I 30 8 5/33/401.452 -1 3131 ST 41 6—Ii1l 31321421.432 11 41 71 31 9/ 5i—1 3131146.408 7141 41 31 11 3] 4—126/471.356 126126/32/37140142146147 —I—| GAMES TOMORROW. Chicago. New York. n.nltl. Pittsbureh, Philadelphia | ] H AR LT Brooklyn . Philedelphia TODAY. Myer opened the fourth round with s | i omem'fi'ffi 3 Soston. Gleatorst New Yok cm.n n Touls' st Brookiva. St Louis Tnareh at Phila. New . U BIG STIFF DO You F’IE'.AH To JHSlHUATE- THAT—- Some get it. In fact, several tournaments have been run off in spare time at midday by at least one club of horseshoe flingers whose members toil for Uncle Sam. It has been pointed out to the Public Buildings and Public Parks Commission | leaders that horseshoe courts would | pay for themselves, the same as munici- pal golf, tennis and swimming pools. Plenty of space is avallable, it is a simple matter to lay out courts and equipment is inexpensive. The retail | cost of I set of four shoes and two stakes is $3.50. No additional ticket- taker salaries would be necessary if the horseshoe courts were placed near the tennis layouts. Playgrounds Department Busy. In the meantime, the playground de- | partment is bending effort to meet the demand caused by a revival of the sport that was universally popular before the gas wagon made life easier for the | horse. } Every playground in the city will be the scene of a neighborhood cham- | | plonship totrnament, starting July 29. l These will be preliminaries in the play | for the Metropolitan District title. Ap- proximately 200 communities and towns |in Wlshmtnn and nearby Virginia and | eryllnd 1l participate. County and | State honors will be at stake along the way to the grand finale in Washington in which the champions of this city and the territory in Maryland and Virginia embraced will have it out YANKS GAIN TWO GAMES IN SERIES Capture Three Out of Four| in St. Louis as Chisox Batter Mackmen. BY WILLIAM J. CHTPMAN. Associated Press Sports Writer. UST when it seemed that Connie | Mack was headed for open coun- | try where even his rear-guard would be safe from any Yankee t, the Athletics began ab- larbin[ taps on_the chin from the humble White Sox. The champion | ‘Yankees Yervel’sfly chose the exact moment of Mr. Mack's greatest distress | to launch & series of ralds upon the Browns. The Hugmen won three out of four St. Louis as the Macks dropped three out of four in Chicago, and by this gesture sheared two full games from the Athletic lead in one brief series, The Macks were out front this mom@‘ with & margin of seven and | one-half games. The Philadelphia host still has little to worry about, but soon may have plenty unless the brakes can be applied. | Yanks Use Three Hurlers. The Yanks had to call on three of their first-string pitchers to shade the Browns by 8 to 7 in the getaway game at St. Louis yesterday, but Herb Pen- nock had enough stuff to register a troublesome third out in the ninth and the champions were saved. The Hug- men are winning & lot of their games by the hairline decision of one run, but | the important fact is that they are winning them. These one-run victories often can mean the difference between |, first place and the ucflnd division in the course of a Babe Ruth pmvlded the Yankee margin yesterday with his eighteenth home run and a triple. The homer was registered at the expense of Wally Stewart in the fourth with none out/ and nobody on ‘The Yanks fol- lowed up the Babes blow with_three more runs to lead by 5 to 0. Heinie Manush’s homer in the fifth helped the | home team to tie, but the Yankees won the game all over again in the uiventh 'h!ch Ruth started with his trigle. 3 Then in he ninth, witd Hoyt in ‘the box as a successor to the Messrs. Wells and Zachary, the Browng again became troublesome. 'y one run_in, the bases filled and two out when Pen- nock took the reigns. Schang got an infleld single, but Ferrell ded into a force-out at third, endi ‘The Athletics’ reverse at. was brought about by a double (hflnre-—the Mackmen at bat and Jack - in th box. Urban Faber held the, zl- phians to eight hits to win by 6 to 4. ‘Washington shaded Detroit by.2 to 1,/ but the Boston-Cleveland game was rained out. Pirates Gain Ground., ‘The Pirates gained a bit of breath- ing space for themselves by dropping the Robins, 3 to 1, at Ebbets Fleld as the Braves draped the Cubs on the | Topes, 6 to 2, for the Second time in three games.. These ‘two results in- creased the lead of .the Pirates to one and one-half games, but the Giants the eighth, and on Lloyd Waner's yn scored in the | sixth on a eircuit blow by Delphage Bissonette. Ben Cantwell stopped the Cubs with five hits, and Joe McCarthy's svva EE%E | 24; Bottomley, | Cardinals, 21; 9. | BIG LEAGUE AVERAGES I Ey the Associated Press. American. Batting—Foxx, Athletics, 401. Runs—Gehringer, Tigers, 76. Runs batted ln41mmons, ‘Athletics, | 85. Hits—Manush, Browns, 122, Doubles—Gehringer, Tigers, 29; John- | son, Tigers, 29. ‘Triples—Miller, Athletics, 10. Homers—Gehrig, Yanks, 22. Stolen bases—Gehringer, Tigers; Cis- | sell, White Sox, 13. Pitching—Grove, Athletics, lost 2. won 14, National. Batting—Herman, Robins, .393. Rans—Ott, ‘Giants, 80. Runs batted in—Bottomley, Cards, 89. | Hits—Terry, Giants, 120, Doubles—Hafey, Cards, 26. Triples—L. Waner, Pirates, 12. Homers—Ott, Giants, 24. Stolen bases—Cuyler, Cubs, 24. : !:lt‘chinl—-crlmel, Pirates, won 14, ost 1. | HOME RUN STANDING | B the Assoclated Press. Home runs yesterday—Kelly, Reds, 2; Bottomley, Cardinals, 2; Ruth, Yankees, Manush, Browns, 1; Cohen, G(nm Bissonnette, Robins, 1; L. Waner, Pirates, 1; O'Doul, Phillies, 1. National League leaders—Oit, Giants Cardinals, 22; Hafey, Klein, Phillies, 21; , Cubs, 1 American League leaders—Gehrig, Yankees, 22; Simmons, Athletics, 1 Ruth, Yankees, 18; Foxx, Athletics, 1 | Alexander, Tigers, 13. League totals—National, 444; Amer- ican, 316; grand total, 760, 'MARINES WILL PLAY ST. MARY’S CELTICS' ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10—St. Mary's Celtics will meet one of the strongest diamond combinations in the East, Sunday, when they entertain the Quantico All-Marines, conquerors of Wil- many college nines this’ season, in an | engagement at ‘Baggett’s Park, at 3| by 12 to o'clock, It is expected that “Lefty” Hamilton | Field of R. M. S. J. Theimer of the losers, got four bingles | or Douglas Hewitt, also a southpaw, will twirl for the Oel'.lc«! Alexandria Police De Depm-ment expects to make a strong bid for the champlon- ship of this immediate area, acording to Manager Lawrence E. Padgett. ‘With the strongest team in its history, the local force is planning to book games with the Washington, Norfolk and Bal- timore departments in an attempt to win thestitle. A game already is sched- uled with the Richmond, Va. Police for this city on July 20. Columbia Engine Co. will take part in two contests over the week end, meeting the Eastern A. A. of Washington here Saturday on Haydon Fleld and the Gaithersburg, Md, Independents Sunday on the same diamond. Clovers defeated the Cubs 1 to 0 in a midget section, Alexandria Municipal Playgrounds Base Ball League game. fi"Penn granted the losers but thres went into first ‘Transfer Department U5 | place in'the Richmond, Frederlciaburg & Potomac Railroad Co. T-t0-6 League yester- day with a over the , | Trainmen in a game on Eppa Hunton Del Ray A. C. has booked the Naval Hospital nine for a game Sunday on gd'cll!dkmnun Field in Potomac at o’clocl recre-um meets at the nmnmw noo 'n-e meet will include ncu and dlvl.l\s for boys, J.F. wuwn :upenntendent of puhm: is ‘planning to 32 contests men, . girls. arrangements b for a mmlclpnl MMEL Ellett - Cabell, auum«m has nnmed captain of the Columbia In[lne Co. team for the week. DRISCOLL LIKES SPORTS. At the ‘age of 33 -Paddy Driscoll, mous Northwestern star, is still” play- In( !not ball, basket ball and base ball And he has no iny wnuon ‘of quitting sny time soon. e 'lll'l:!l LEAGUE. | | | TOUGH FOE LISTED BY MOUNT RAINIER 12; To Entertain Takoma Tigers I Sunday—Independent and League Nines Busy. OUNT RAINIER'S crack ball ' team will meet a formidable | foe Sunday at Mount Rainier in the Takoma Tigers' Club, with sction starting 4t 3| " o'clock. Both teams have been mowing down unlimited class and semi-pro op- ition with facility, the koma rs having recently defeated the | Homewood Athletic Club, a_high rank- semi-pro Baltimore outfit. fly, Ehlers or Pope will be on the firing line for the Tigers and Mount Rainier will rely on Frank Wapie, Lefty Waters or Frank Corkins. Tonight the Mount Rainier players will meet at the residence of James Dewhurst, 3534 Thirty-fifth street, Mount Rainier. Urgent business is on tap. Superstitious members of -the Senator | and Eastern teams in the Prench In- | sect League today probably have oppos- ing views of the luck bearing peculiari- ties of the number “13.” It brought | fortune to the Senators and misfortune to the Easterns. The Senators won a ‘13-inning battle, 2 to 1, all runs being scored in the final. It was largely a contest of pitchers. McDonald let the Easterners down with two hits and fanned 19 and Pearce for the. vanquished yielded four bingles and struck out 14. Another brilliant pitcher was Pohl, of the Webcos, who shut out the Wests, 4 to 0, fanned 12 and allowed 3 hits. The Shapiros scored a run in the ninth to trim the Nehis, 9 to 8, and the | Hess team duplicated this achievement | in winning from the Ruels by the same | score. Potomac Yards won a _thriller from the R. M. S. team in the Terminal Morning League. Five runs were scored in the mm inning to gain the victory 11. Root, at second base, had a perfect day at bat with five hits. hit three doubles and in five times up. With darkness approaching the Na- | al Hospital team got busy and scored | two tallies with nobody out, to end a battle with Treasury in the mental League, score, 6 to 5. In a Terminal R. R. Y. M. C. A. League game, the Express team got over a knockout sock in the second mnlng when six runs were scored, final count being 8 to 4. Georgetown A. C. will go the Elk- ridge Sunday for & double header with the undefeated Elkridge Country Club, semi-pro champion of Maryland for the last two year, Lefty McIntire, Lefty Tripp and Babe Clapper are the George- town pitching hopefuls. Presidents - of _the dustrial, Terminal Evening and Termi- nal Morning Leagues will meet at the ‘Terminal R. R. Y. M. C. A. tonight at 8:30 o'clock to make arrangements for the week-day league chnnplomgl!? gl:y-ofl ta) start August 19. Rules E. H. Goelz, who directed last year's successful series, again will supervise the games. All contests will take place on the Terminal field. Teams must file the names ol their players before next Sun- will be permitted to him. Prizes are being solicited. foremost teams will be rewarded as will many individuals. CADIII.ACS WANT GAME. ashington Cadillac base ballers are nmr a game for tomorrow with an un- linjited class ‘nine. -Cadillacs ‘have a diamond. ‘The team also is seeking contests for Sundays with out-of-town teams after next Sunday. Call Decatu 3900 and ask for Lamar, EASTERN A. A. TO MEET. Manager h'renoe of the Eastern Athletic Associal Jhas called a meet- ing for 8 oelock tonight at m Ten- nessee 'avenue northeast. YE LEAGUE. mn"fllo,l. Depart- | Departmental, | Government, Georgetown Church, In- | © Sandlot Almanac RESULTS. League. ygrepnment. Lesgue—G. P. 0., 10 vay Southern Terunn-l Morning League—Potomac Yards, R. M. 8, 13 Frénch Insect League. Webcos, 4 West. 0 Shaptro. 5. togs, 3 3 + Ruels, GAMES TODAY. | _Industrial : League—Chestnut Farms { Thompson's Dairy. Departmental League—Bureau vs. Agricul- ‘Government League_Interstate v, Navy Terminel R. R. Y. A. Leagus—Pull- man va. Terminsi Fost Ofice | yderminal Morning Leagus—U. Om.. Divi- League—G. F; O. v GAMES WANTED. Unlimited—Cherrydale, for Sunday; phone Clgrendon $46 between 4 and 6 p m. Unlimited Marvland A. C.. for Sunday; u:rlmu*w“mnnon Cadillac, for to- morrow; Dhone Manager Lamar, Decatur Miggets_Acalon, for, Saturday and Sun- day; JManager Albert Herder, Cleve- land o4s &n between 6 and 7 Brentwood Hawks. Sunday at Brentwood braneh 11: Manager Ellison, Main 75, juring d: FRENCH LEAGUE SCHEDULE. Midget Division. TODAY. . Samosets, diamond No. 4, neeled) ruem e ‘Samosets, Phoenix Pield, at Hess, ve. Cotorea Department | Treasury. 5 5 ! PRIDA 5 | Poxx ve. Tris Speakers, rlnu-n. 5 o'clock. | Insect Division. TOMORROW. ‘Webcos vs. Ruels. South Ellipse. 1 o'clock. | Senators vs. Nehis, South Elipse, 1i clock. ‘:lmul vs. Wonder Boys Club, West Ellipse, locl | !l%:wlm v Sam Wests, West Ellipse, 1 o'clocl | carrras ciry LEAGUE scmeDULE. Unlimited. SUNDAY. Auths vs. Dixie Pigs. Bladensburg. Milier Astecs vs, Press Cards, West Ellipse. St._Joseph A. C. vs. Edmonds Art Stor Co.; Plaza. 'rumonu ve. Browns Corner, No. 4 Monu- | me “Alil games start at 3 o'clock s’ Awarded tortelt over . | Brentacod Capital A. C. Senfor. SATURDAY. |4 3 0¢ | : SUNDAY. Hartfords vs. Montrose. No. 3, 1 o'clock. Bostonians vs. Kaufmans, No.'3, 3 o'clock. Jowmers vs. Miller Purniture,’ No. 5, oclock. Junior. SUNDAY. | O'Briens vs. Langlevs. Plaza. 1 o'clock. Ty Cobbs vs. Lionels, No. 10. 3 o'clock. o Fatomacs Murphy-Ames,” No. 4. 'clock. corxnthhnn vs. Calhouns, West Ellipse, 1 | "I"n:l t Shop awarded forfeit over Mard- American Legion. SUNDAY. Yltory va. Waleott, No. 8, 11 o'clock. Delano vs. Victory. o Geor Washington V. Spengiers N6, 4, n| | ©'Eiehi and 40 vs. Lincoln, No. 10, 1 o'clock. INSECT. SATURDA _Clyde Milans vs. Sam Wests, No. 4, 11 _Brookland Boys' Club ve. Lionels, No. 4, 1 Corinthian-Gallagher, postponed. SUNDAY. Eastern All-Sta Georgetown. Eilipse, 11 o'clock. {145 MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS —_— AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Toledo, Lous Columb Minnen, St. Paul fl;lfi oon'r mG“ Seeramento, 3. Oakland, 2. Portiand, 3 Missions, 7. Siarianbure, 3 Autusis, 5. UTHERN LEAGUE. } Jacksonvilie, 1. ;A5 Febeacoin, 30 "‘fioe\"" New 0088, 16; xunmu. ot Saly Fames schedul | Bruokllvid Boys' Club vs. Try-Me Aces, No. | 1] west | N.LLIVELYBALL" DUETOBE CURBED S inal Y. M. C. A. League—Express, 8 | “Sombody Will Be Killed” if| | It Isn’t, in Opinion of ‘ Manager Bush. i BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. HE gathering evidence is that, in B lfl‘“ of all official nrowsut\o}:: P. W to the contrary, League ball or ai least the Na- tional League sphere is | than ever before. Also, the indications are that something will be done about it. 1f not, “somebody will get killed,” in m opinion_of Donie Bush, the Pirate manager. Or as other critics believe, the riot or slugging will continue to make many games a farce. It is no secret, as a matter of fact,| that some of the big outbursts of hltflns in the older circuit recently have given the club owners as well as the fans a headache. Four games one day last week produced & total of 108 hits, an average of 27 per game. In another contest, the St. Louis Cardinals ran up | 28 hits ad 28 runs, including two 10- run frames. | ""At St. Louis, a screen, erected in right | | field, has cut off a percentage of pop-fly | | home runs, but Baker Bowl and the | Polo Grounds continue to be the happy hunting grounds for the sluggers of the National League. Having experienced no falling off in | ttendance or gate receipts that can be | | attributed gels"nlybl‘:l th:“r‘ud l';i!fln‘: the magnates probably go slow mlkln;.:‘ny changes that will make the | ball less lively. Nevertheless the rabbit | ball is on trial. the decision of the golf authorities and | ‘make larger and lighter. | Golf “pros” ex] the new sphere, which will be officlal after January 1. | 1931, to stop some of the tendency of players to “swing from the heels” efforts to get distance at the expense of accurancy. Most any teeing ground testifies to the development in recent vears of the habit of trying to “kill” golf's r!bblt ball. |CUBS AND PHILS ONLY 5| N. L. CLUBS THAT DRAW | Attendance in the National League shows a decrease in business over last year in alarming ‘proportions. Attendance has been low in Cincin- nati, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Brooklyn; | New York and Boston. | The Cubs are drawing well, as they have for three years under Joe Mc- | as the exception. llveller Base ball club owners might !ollowl Carthy. The Phillies are showing an increase Y A playground is convenient to every neighborhood, and ' hundreds of folks | who haven't played the grand old game | since boyhood days are entering “just | for the fun of it.” They are more than welcome. More fun and sport than | glory is the big idea behind this tourna- ment. The burden of your horseshoe editor is lightened by numerous com- mendations for helping to bring back a sport that hardly can be equaled for enjoyment and health building and lack of expense. | Blanks Are Distributed. | _An_entry blank is printed daily in The Star, but 4,000 loose blanks were | sent yesterday to chairmen of tourna- | ments in Maryland and Virginia along | with several thousand rules booklets for distribution. The playgrounds here will | be supplied shortly. | _Every man and woman who cares to mix in the whirl of fun and competi- tion is urged to fill out a blank and send it either to the horseshoe editor | or to the chairman of the local tourna- | ment. Those who have missed previous announcements and desire any other in- formation are urged to communicate by mail or phone with the horseshoe | ;gé':r of The Star, phone National | There will be no cost to any entrant, | games will be played after suppertime when there is a luil in the lives of most | people, and The Star will furnish ali the numerous prizes. ALL BIG SIX MEMBERS LOSE POINTS IN HITTING | By the Associated Press. | . Babe Ruth furnished the bfll punch !in the big six yesterday with his eight- eenth home run and a triple !n me at- tempts against St. Louis pitching. The Babe easily represented the margin | which prevented the Yankees from los- | ing. All the remaining members of the i big six yielded ground yvesterday, Foxx | and Paul Waner being the only other | sluggers to hit safely. They got one hit | apiece. THE STANDING. | Foxx. Athletics & 15 by, C\l 10 k) I & L a-nm. INTERNATIONAL LOOP HAS MANY VETERANS Tris Speaker, playing his twenty- fourth year in base ball, and surrounded by veterans to keeg him company in the Newark club, is laughing at the critiecs who said he ran an old man's home. Speaker does have some ancients scattered over his four departments of play. but he doesn’t have a corner on | the market. A survey of the Internatiomal fleld | makes possible an. all-ancients team something like this: | PITCHERS. anki Bease | Walter Leverenz. Toronto % Jim Bagby. Newark | Jess Barnes. Buffalo. | ¥rea Cormbe, Batim Al Mamaux, Newar CATCHERS. Steve O'Neill. Toront Harry Lake, Readins. INFIELDERS. Ed Onslow (first base). Newar) % Walter Pipp (utili B Gz vy, Baitimore. Ed o . Jacobson, Newark. TERMINAL MORNING LOOP IS HAVING GOOD SEASON An unusually successful season is be- |ing enjoyed by the morning loop of the Terminal_Railroad Department, Y. M. ‘ A, Base Ball Leagu Yards, present leader; Capital Traction, | Washington Terminal and Union Car- men all are in the running in the flag Tace. Quality of play in the loop this year represents a marked improvement over past seasons. Union Carmen and Capital Traction new teams to e. Jersey azds and Pennsyl-ania Raiiroad, which tumpe!.?d in 1928, are not represented. ENTRY | Name (print). Phone, it any (print). ment in which you desire to participate Entries should be munity ‘The Star, or delivered to the chairman of your ti - e , OF e c! an own or com- BLANK Washington Star Horseshoe Pitching Tournament (Championship of District of Columb: Maryland and Virginia) Entries Close July 20. Play Sterts July 29 and nearby Address (print) ccceeersscsssssssscsccssisciscociictncecceee If In Washington, state the playground nearest your home.. If in Maryland or Virginia, state town or community tourna- OrANL) :..coeoeeracocccesnciossosioraodsess the Horseshoe ldlm of