Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1929, Page 10

FRED WILL PITCH OPENER : OF LAST WESTERN JAUNT Nationals Play Browns Tomorrow in First of 16 Games on Trip—Manager Johnson Promises Lots of Work for Brown and Burke. RY JOHN B. KELLER. N THE WAY TO ST. LOUIS, August 9.—During the next 16 days the Nationals will pay their respects to the Western group of the American League. Each of the four teams in the group is to be encountered in four games. The Browns, White Sox, Indians: and Tigers will be played in the order men- tioned. The series in St. Louis is scheduled to get under way tomor- row afternoon. For the opening tilt of the Nationals’ last tour through the ‘Western sector this season Fred Marberry is likely to draw the pitch- ing assignment. Although still a trifle under normal weight Fred declares he feels as strong as ever now that he has rid himself of*| the tonsil affection that had him out of action for several days, and is ‘raring to start a game again. hurling against the Browns this when the Nationals were West last, pitching an exceptionally strong game against them. He held the, over a 12-inning route in scoring his victory. Fred's return to health ought to mean a great help to the Wash- ington club. It has been going along for a week with only four able starting pitchers, Garland Braxton, Bob Burke, Myles Thomas | j,acsHINGTON. and Lloyd Brown. And for the slam-bang base ball cf today, four are not enough. But with Mar- berry ready to take take his turn the Nationals should fare right well in the West. According to Manager Walter John- fon, the club's young left-handers, Burke and Brown, are to get & deal of | work during the tour. pitched in improved form lately and | apparently are ready for regular starts. | Brown particularly has gained in slab| g strength of late. His performance| against the Tigers in Washington the | first of the week was of high order, and | , Yesterday in Boston Lloyd did_remark- | ably well against the Red Sox. He granted the Carrigan crew but six hits, spread over five innings, and was_re-| lieved by Marberry in the ninth inning| after one was out only because Man-| ager Johnson, with the Red Sox in a position to win the game with a hit, wanted more speed on the hill thanAl Brown has. Had Excellent Control. Tt was not because the left-hander| showed any sign of distress. Brown's control was excellent. He issued but two passes, and neither figured in the| Boston run making. Three of the hits off him, though, were of the extra-base| variety, and two of the long clouts accounted for the tallying. The first was a triple, made by Russell Scarritt after one was out in the first inning. Williams followed Scarritt’s blow with a long hoist to West, which got the marker acr The other damaging lock-sock was a homer, driven over the left-field barrier by Bill Regan at the g outset of the second session. And that | finished the Red Sox for the day so Gosl far as plate-denting was concerned. They got another hit, a single, in the second inning, but during the next six rounds they got only two safeties—a double by Scarritt with two gone in the sixth and a single by Regan with one| W out in the seventh. The Nationals waited until the third inning to start hammering their way| to a 3_to 2 victory over their former | teammate, Milton Gaston. Milton had them at his mercy in the first two frames, striking out three of them. But “they nicked him for two hits and a run in round three, and thereafter pecked | away at his delivery until they had| amassed nine safeties for the game. | A Hayes Begins With Hit. Cronin had become Gaston's fifth strike-out victim at the outset of the third inning before the attack started. | L Hayes began it with a single to right | ~and Brown walked. Hayes moved up as Judge forced out Brown, and was tallied by a squeeze play, with Rice do- ing the bunting. Sam’s bunt toward third base was so good that he got a single from it. The Nationals deadlocked the fray in the fifth inning, which Cronin opened with a one-baser. Joe went to second as Hayes was retired. Then Brown fanned. Judge, though, singled the run | over. A boot by Rhyne gave Rice a| life, and there were Nationals on third and second base after Gaston made a wild- pitch. But Goslin’s best was a | grotnder to Todt. It was a steal of second base by Tate which helped greatly toward the tally- ing of the winning run in the sixth inning. Two were out when Benny singled his way to the base path, and! he lost little time in dusting to the| middle station. Cronin came through with a single to left, and Tate raced home, getting in just ahead of Scar- Titt's heave. Cronin, though, threatened to spill| the works when he fumbled Scarritt's roller after one was out in the Red Sox ninth. Following the error, batted for Williams and sent Scarritt | to third with a single. It was then Marberry relieved Brown. Barrett, first to face Fred, looped the ball to short left, and it looked as though it might land for a hit, but Goslin .tore in for a shoe-top catch and winged the sphere to the plate, turning Scarritt back to thifd. Rothrock, running for Ruffing, stole second. This did the Sox no good, though, for Regan popped to Cronin, Three out of four for the Nationals since leaving home, and a series sweep to their credit, even though it was only a two-game set., Hayes played a nifty game around the third sack. He had_five chances and handled all well. His catch of Gasfon's foul near the Washington dug:ut in the eighth was particularly | 8ood. ] p Better bunting is being done by the Natfonals these days. Rice's tap in the third was a peach, and both West and Brown put down neat sacrifices later. It ¥as not so long ago that the Na- tionals were woefully weakgat this style of §ttack. ‘Tate showed plenty of snap in the| thrgwing arm. Four of the Red Sox | set wout to pilfer second base and only | onejsucceeded. Bob Reeves, erstwhile National, broke intd the Red Sox lise-up in the ninth inning, going to second base. He had one? chance, grabbing Rice's grounder ands throwing for the last out of the inntg. Bob is not playing regularly because of a badly brufsed thumb. éBlG LEAGUE LEADERS By fhe Associated Press. a - American. Hbtting—Foxx, Athletics, .387. Runhs—Gehringer, Tigers, 98. ., Runs batted in—Simmons, letigs, 113. Hits—Manush, Browns, 162. gubles—Johnson, ‘Tigers, 87. iples—Miller, Athletics, 12. mers—Ruth, Yanks, 28. len bases—Gehringer, Tigers, 17. Pitching—Grove, Athletics, won 17, 105(:2‘ Yo - National. Hatting—Herman, Robins, .413. s—Hornsby, Cubs, 102. ns batted in—Ott, Giants, 111. Ath- Terry, Glants, 163. .« Ooubles—Frederick, Robins, 37, Twiples—L. Waner, Pirates, 15. Homers—Klein, Phillies, 33. 1‘ Marberr. | Totais . Both have | BhY Ruffing | Marberry has done much good year. He beat them in St. Louis m to a dozen hits and two tallies l HITS WON AGAIN | > 2 omssnwanma® ] Rice, Myer, Wes 0 Cronin, ss. aves.’ 3b. Brown, corumormanl H wlcommmossss® ~l sssnas0000! wormuwsacmaald | brommruososon® &l scuaumnoss? 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Hadley Savidge os00000noNmanadosssusRS! 2099000 000u—uaBODLE W) curuuarBnia Pitching. o] il £ o e 1@ oBSalktesnn P 3 3 53 ASassaenscotson ~BESINEREQ REaReR & Q cavusnuied oSI223R2: e:u——-uuhqg H22235 eruusaavnd olmananma | BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS American League, YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. ‘Washington, 3; Boston. 2. 2 (first game, York, 6; Philadelphia, 4. Cleveland, '6; 'Detroit, 9. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. leveland. Percentage | 91101121161 8i14/77/301.720 112] 41 81 7/121141631381.624 1 21— 91101 61161 815550 | 91 5i—| 9110/ 8] 91551501.524 3151 6111—] 81 8110151/541.486 -1 21 71 9i 41 5i—I 7|_842/60.412 -1 61 31 41 8] 61 7—| 9142163400 -7 31 51 61 41 41 6] 5I—311731; -130/38150150/54160163173 T|Phitagetohta a| New York. Philadelphia b St. Louls Cleveland ool GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMOR! St. Louls at Chicago. Washington at n_at Chic Phila. at Detr N. Y. at Clevelsnd, National League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Pittsburgh, 5: St. Louls, 1. Only game scheduled. - STANDING OF THE CLUBS. fladelphia. Louis. Brooklyn. d g o [ £ 3 & 1111121 7 9/12167132|.677 7112]_8110] 8| 8161139/.610 = ! 91131581471.553 2] 61—110/14] 7110.63/511.510 32| 41101 5I—1 8! 8| 7144150].427 41 71 6l 3| 8 .1 51 8171 71 9l -1 31 61 3| 4] 6] 7111|—I401611.396 -132(39147/51/59159161(61}—'—| ew York. Cincinnatl. Boston. ls| Pittsburgh. N = (i 4l Pittsbureh New York - 8t Louts Brooklyn incinnat! Boston .. Philadelphia Lost .. | GAMES TOMORROW., at Brooklyn. GAMES TODAY. St. L. at Pittsburgh. Cincinnati at N. Y. Chicago at Phiia. ‘ HOME-RUN STANDING | By the Assoclated Press. Home runs yesterday—Bartel, Pirates; Byrd, Yanks; Haas, Athletics; Cissell, White Sox; Reynolds, White Sox; Alex- ander, Tigers; Rice, Tigers; Averill, In- dians; Falk, Indians; Regan, Red Sox, 1 each. American League Leaders. Ruth, Yankees . Gehrig, Yankees. Foxx, Athletics Simmons, Athletics Nnuntl League Leaders. Klein, Phillies. . Wilson, Cubs. 572 OF ONE GAME .(He RETIRED T SiE 6 ITTLE RED _ RIDING Hood," if she had been a base 'ball _writer, would, of course, have had & copy of “The Little Red Book,” (American _Sports Publishing Co., New York City) and then she would no longer be called “Little Red” but “Well-read,” instead. The expres- sion “one for the book,” used by base ball writers when an unusual or record-breaking game or incident oc- curs, gave the Litile Red Book its name, and this writer is glad to give that most interesting little vol- ume credit for the following, as well as many- other, base ball statistics and anecdotes. AN ON 9 ATCHED BALLS IN . ONE INNING)) Nineteen games in & row! That's a lot to win, and even a lot more to lose! Rube Marquard, hailed as the “$11,000 Lemon,” when McGraw bought him, turned out to be the prize winner of all time in 1912, when, between April 11 and July 3, he won 19 consecutive games for the Glants. His winning streak was stopped eventually by Jimmy Laven- der of the Cubs. Now for 19 consecutive games lost. Jack Nabors of the Philadelphia Athletics, achieved that doubtful honor in 1916, between May 9 and September 28, and gave Connje Mack many a gray hair in so doing. In : : 5 2 WON I9STRAGHT FOR MSGRAW IN 19)2... Metropolitan Newspaper Service aiy_ two seasons, if memory does not fal], Nabors won one game and lost 24! And while we're on the subject of losing games, consider the case of Milt Gaston, who now pitches to his brother Alex, for the Boston Red Sox. As a member of the St. Louis Browns, in 1927, Milt had- quite a streak of wildness in the first inning of the second game of September 20. He made three wild pitches in that frame, and Bishop, Dykes and French of the Athletics, each scored from third on badly-aimed heaves. Fi Marberry of the Senators, established an unusual record in 1925, when Washington won its Miet GAsToN MADE 3 WILD PIR - IN ONE_INNING ,IN 1927, AND A RUNNER SCORED, ON EACH PrTcH ! ] OARO, second pennant, by pitching in 55 games, none of them complete. “Oh, what a relief pitcher!” Manager Bucky Harris used to call him. Rube Waddell, called by many ex- perts the greatest (and most er- ratic) of ‘all pitchers, established | many records, but one of his most unusual feats was in hisWery first game for Connie Mack, on the first of July, 1902. In three innings, the third, sixth and ninth, Rube retired | the same three hatters, Gilbert, Howell and Cronin,don strikes, He retired the side on nine pitched balls in one inning, and only 27 men faced him during the game! YANKEES POSITION VASTLY DIFFERENT Were 8 Games in Front at This Time in 1928, Now Trail by 10 1-2. BY WILLIAM J. CHIPMAN, Associated Press Sports Writer. HE Yankees are on their way West for their final invasion, possessors of whatever satisfac- tion may be gleaned from hav- | ing taken two out of three from the leaders while themselves languish- ing almost a dozen games to the rear. ‘The 6-to-4 victory of the champions in Philadelphia yesterday carried with it the edge in the three-game series and | reduced the margin of the Mackmen | to a mere 10'. games. But still there are some Yankee fans who cling to a hope that the Macks may repeat a last lap. The Yankees of last season, overdue two years for a slump, were about eight games out front at this period of the race, and then ran into a batting de- cline of serious proportions, supple- mented by the failure of Herbert Pen- nock to win another victory until long after the 1929 race had been started. The Yankees did blow the rest of | their lead, but they recovered in time to crush the Athletics three times in that memorable four-game series on the banks of the Harlem last September. ‘The one faint gleam of real Yankee hope seems to be in the fact that Con- nie Marck’s first-line pitchers do show signs of fatigue. But what of Huggins' tossers? Hoyt, out of the game with blood-poisoning; Pennock, sulll yncer- tain; Pipgras, strong games in succession. Pitted against George Walberg in the get-away game at Philadelphia yester- Herb Pennock so toyed with what at one time was a 6-to-1 lead that Wilcy Moore was called from the bull pen with none out in the fifth. Mule Haas had just hit a homer and Cochrane had singled. Wilcy, pitching five official in- nings, allowed just one hit, and in the National League would have received credit for the victory. The American League rules, however, require a start- % pitcher to. go only four innings to ninth inning rally for four runs enabled Detroit to nose out the Indians at Cleveland by 9 to 6 and so to pre- vent Peckinpaugh'’s ambitious boys from stepping irto third place. The Browns obligingly lost two games to the White Sox at Chicago by scores of 5 to 4 and 6 to 2 and fell back into a tie with Cleveland for third, even in the face of the Indian defeat. ‘Washington again nosed out the Red ?m;o at Fenway Park. The score was 2. ‘The only action along the National League front again took place at Pitts- burgh, where the Pirates won over the Cardinals by 5 fo 1 behind Ervin Brame's three-hit pitching. The game was notable chiefly for the failure of Grover Cleveland Alexander to register his 373d National League victory, which would have bettered the league record now shared by Qld Pete and the late Christy Mathewsbn. A poor throw by Gilbert in the fourth paved the way 1:1\‘ four Pirate runs, which wrecked old ex. LIBERTY A. C. TO HOLD FIELD DAY TOMORROW Pop Kremb's Liberty Athletic Club has_completed plans for its ninth a 436 Grand total ..... ceeseass 1,008 . PIERCE A, C..SEEKS FOE. Plerce A. C. is after a game for Sun- day with an unlimited or senior class bese ball team. Ci Stolen b ler, Cubs, 29. Fitching—] ubs, won 15, lost 1. ‘all Jack Willlams at 6 and 7 p.m. nual field day tomorrow afternoon at Cla: Grifith Stadium, starting at 1 o'clock. Various contests, open to all, with prizes going to the -winner, will open the m. At 2 o'clock the Liberty nine will meet the Red Sox club in a unable to pitch two" ent. :‘E;‘r‘entwoofl Hawks vs. Dix'e Pigs, Bladens- | H ur Sandlotters’ Almanac RESULTS. League. INDUSTRIAL. inston Gas Light Co. 14; Big Print | W Shop, 1. GEORGETOWN CHURCH. “! Calyary Baptist, 6; West Washington Bap- s, 0. TERMINAL. Pullman, 10: Potomac Yards, 3 (deciding game of the Terminal League championship play-oft series.) CAPITAL CITY. American Legion Series. George wunlxg.len. Vietory, 8. FRENCH. jeet Section. Corinthia Shapiros, COLORED DEPARTMENTAL. 6:; Agriculture, les for league ti INDEPENDENT. 15; Diamond Cab Co., 4. 4; Union Printer, 3 G. P. play-off GAMES SCHEDULED, L. Thompson's Dairy vs. Chestnut Parms FRENCH. Midget Sect! Samosets vs. Foxx, South TOMORROW. CAPITAL CITY. American Legion Series. Lincoln vs, George Washington, West El- lipse (first of play-off series for league title). Ingect Seetl Sorinthians vs. Eastern All-Stars, West se, 11 o'clock. ?finanm Vs. Gallaghers, West Eilipss, 1 ©'Sam Wests awarded forfeit over Milans. SUNDAY. Unlimited. Cards vs. Auths, North El- Brown's Corner, No. 1, Monu-~ ipse, 3 o'clock. “[femonts vs. 8t. Joseph, Plazs. Miller Aztecs awarded forfeit over Capitol. (All games 3 o'clock.) Kaufmans vs. Roamers, No. o Hartfords vs. Try-me Aces, No. "clock. :'csgxsufiunal Boys' Club vs. Miller Furniture, Mohtrose awarded forfelt over Bostonians. Junler. fens, No. 10, 1 o'cloek. ljn elr.’)lu? 10, :%"floflk No.\l, 1 3 fop, No. 3, 1 lock. . 4 11 Lincoln George Washington, West El- uipse (two games if necessary Lo decide league u,nz:. 11 and 1 o'clock. Insect Section. * Brookland ‘Boys’ Club vs. Georgetown, Monument diamond No. 3, 11 o'clock. INDEPENDENT. TODAY. Pirate Insects vs. Takoms Peewees, Zoo diamond, 1:30 o'clock. \ TOMORROW. Liberty A. C. vs. Red 8Box, 3 o'clock; Lib- AT s goniny A. o 4,0'clock, CIaTK Grifith Stadium, Liberty A. C, fleld dav. Ku Klux Kisn vs. Navy Yard, Seamen Gunners Pield, 3 o'clock. ashingion Collesians’ vs. Hyattsville All- e, 3 o'cloek. e Avl‘lfl:in vs. Petworth-Yorkes, Plaza leld, 3 o'clocl Police vs. Alexandria Police, Bag- d, Al , 3 o'cl . A n Y macostia Easles, Easles’ Clievy: Chase Grays v. Navy Yard, Chevy Chase Plavground, 3 o'cl lan, vs. Sllver Spring Giants, o'cl 3 District Piremen vs. Kensington ‘Department, Virsinia ~Hishlands, 3 tigton_Piremen vs. McLean A. C. Mc- Lean, Va., 3 o'clock. Crevs Ghase Fleyetoind: 3 o'Ciock. ied herwoods va. Coleman White Sox, Eight- ortheast, 3 o'clock. ‘White Sox, o leman Batleys gett's Fiel Phoenix eflerson e ‘elock, \COt llh:evl. Silver Moon A. C., ore. \ Shady Oak A. O. vs. Easters A. A., Shady base ball game, which will be followed by a contest between the Libertys and Johnny A. C. . s oakMa. 3 wdtoek T % ve. Woodbgrn Hawks. double-header, Union Park,® .30 oclock. Corinthian Midgets vs. Hyattsville Ameri- can Legion, South Ellipse, 1 o' Hume 8pring vs. State Spring. Vi Phoenix A. C. vs. Elkridge, Elkridge, Md., double-header. Petworth-Yorkes vs. Cherrydale, Ballston, lock. 3ol TITLE SERIES. SUNDAY. Glinton A. . vs. Hyattsville All-Stars at Riverdale. Bowie Motor Co. vs. Berwyn A. C., at A. C. vs. Mount Rainier at Mount pitol Heights Junior Order 1and Athletic Club at Seat Pleasant. (ALl double-headers, starting at o'clock.) GAMES WANTED. —Miller Aztecs (unlimited), Lincoln 4. Tomorow—Rockville A. C. (unlimiteds), ille 231 during day or Rockville 274 :;i; day_Medicos (eewees), Georsls 1360. ztecs _(insects), Springman, Prankiin 1242-W vetween 7 and 8 pm. FOXX HOLDS HIS OWN BY MAKING LONE HIT By the Associated Press. Jimmy Foxx remained stationary at -387 in the big six lead by getting one hit in two official times at bat against the Yankees yesterday, but Heinle Man- ush picked up 4 points to .372 by pound- ing Chicago pitching for four out of four in the second game after getting only one safe hit in five attempts in the opener. Ruth got one hit, as did Paul Waner, who returned to active duty, but Ott and Hornsby were not scheduled to play. i 03 3 Giant °: o % . | MNoR LEAGUE xr.suus'l AMERICAN A!locl‘flo"._ Columbus, 7. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Baltimore, 5. Reading, 4. & Gity, 1. . PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Seattle, 6-1; Oakland, 9-4. Angeles, 14; Hollywood, 1. an Francisco, 3 Poruand. 7 Sacramento, 3. - fewark, i Jersey le Rock, 3. his, 2 (12 innings). SOUTH ATLANTIC ASSOCIATION. —_— WESTERN LEAGUE. Omas, 1 5! Be Motnés, O Lr'\':fio. Pilear U3 wicnitas & TEXAS LEAGUE. BLUE RIDGE LEAGUE. Frederick, 6; Chambersburg. 4. artinsburg, 9; Waynesboro, b. anover, 4; erstown, 3. MIDATLANTIC LEAGUE. ing, 1. g e~ o'clock. | Department, Hume | LEAGUE FITLE GOES - T0 GAS LIGHT NINE ‘Will Represent Industrial Loop in Series for D. C. | Championship. ASHINGTON GAS LIGHT | CO. will represent the In- dustrial League in the week- « day base ball leagues cham- | pionship series opening Au- ! gust 19. The gas boys clinched this privilege as the result of their 14-1 vic- | tory over Big Print Shop yesterday. League officials had agreed that the team having the best percentage today would represent the league in the week- | day title pl | Yesterday’s win was the second de- cisive trimming handed Big Pring Shop | by the Gas Co. this week and just| about puts the league flag in, the bag for the latter. | Calvary bapust nine, which again went to the front yesterday in George- town Church League as the result of | a 6-0 win over West Washington Bap- tist, will face Grace Episcopal Monda: in a game which is expected to just about settle the league title. These teams fought to a 4-4 tie last Monday. Cal- vary now has won 14 games and lost 2, | while Grace has won 13 and dropped 2. | Davidson, pitching for Calvary yes- terday, allowed West Washington bats- men just 4 hits. Defeating Potomac Yards, 10 to 3, Pullman nine established its suprema- ey in the Terminal Base Ball League. It was the deciding game of a series. Pull- ‘man won the Terminal Evening League championship and Potomac Yards was the victor in the morning circuit. George Washington nine will meet Lincoln Post tossers in the first game of a series of three to determine the Capital City League American Legion series champion$hip tomorrow” after- noon at 3 o'clock on the East Ellipse. The teams will face again Sunday at 11 o'clock, and if necessary will play a third game at 1 o'clock, also on the East Ellipse. Lincoln_tossers were to driil this evening at 5 o'clock on the East ipse. EUP%'S win over Victory Post yester- day gave George Washington the right to meet Lincoln, winner of first half honors, for the league championship. The series winner will represent this city in the regional championship tour- nament next week in Philadelphia. Corinthians edged out a 6-5 victory over Shapiros in the French Insect League. In the opening game of a series of three to determine the Colored Depart- mental League title, G. P. O. was a 6-4 victor over Agriculture. G. P. O. won the first half championship and Agriculture was the winner in the final series. SUNDAY SCHOOL TEAMS MEET IN CRUCIAL GAME HYATTSVILLE, Md, August 9.— Hyattsville Methodists and Sgvage Methodists are to meet in, a_crucial E‘me tomorrow afternoon in the Tri- ity Sunday School Base Ball League at Savage. Play will start at' 3 o'clock. teams are in a neck-and-neck bat- tle for the flag, and a defedt for either Would ‘be a body blow to its pennant aspirations. Vernon Clark" probably will start on the mound for the Hyatts- ville team, with Wade Robey behind the bat. Trinity and Centenary Church teams are to meet at Laurel in another. league game. Henry Hiser’s Hyattsville All-Stars will play host to (.hil W Col- tomorrow Park at 3 o'clock. McCARTHY SHOWS CLASS - IN ROSEDALE PLAY-OFE Myers, Pixton, Whittlesey, Skinner, Fort, David, Quantrille Among Stars in Divisional Meets - Woman’s Tournament Under Way. ASHINGTON'S horseshoe pitchers are down to serious effort today in the Metropolitan tournament conducted by The Star. - The “have-a-lotta-fun” spirit that marked the pre- 8 liminaries has given way to the grimness of determined combat. It stands out in the face of every contestant. The Metropolitan crown, hazy in the distance when many hun- dreds started in quest of it, now looms clearly above the horizon. Onlé/ a handful of those who entered the race remain for the steep grade. : Opening matches in the divisional play-offs failed to produce a distinct upset. The cream is coming rapidly to the top. Over at Rosedale, where the | Barnes (Truesdale). 21 to 3 and 21 to 11. play-off included the winners and | Hol:(:flloxyi ates Reed) Bt to 3 and a1 "o‘ X3 Pixton ¢Phillips) defeated E. | turned yesterday. runners-up of five preliminaries, | the iron-middled Irishman, Harry | McCarthy, once famed as a money | bowler, sent up his stock with a | brilliant performance against | Prank Curtis of Kenilworth. In all | but a few innings McCarthy threw | at least one ringer, and only once was he far from the peg. He won by 21 to 6 and 21 to 4. The Plaza’s favored star, John (Bow | Wow) Myers, got over a tough spot by | beating young Winter Moore of Pea- body, 21 to 17 and 21 to 16. A gloomy | witness of this victory was Murray Johnson, rated in the beginning as a leading contender for the big title, who was vanquished in the Plaza prelimi- | nary by the then hardly considered yers, Pixton, Whittiesey Rivals. | In the Towa avenue division, the Brightwood _expert, N. A. Pixton, put the bee on E. W. Cooper of Barnard, 21 to 10 and 21 to 10. His most feared rival is C. E. Whittlesey of Takoma who defeated H. E. Barnes of Truesdale, 21 to 3 and 21 to 11. An outstanding player in the New York avenue division was A. Skinner of Happy Hollow, who eliminated Herman Franke, the New York avenue prelimi- | nary winner, 21 to 8 and 21 to 3, and then took the scalp of J. B. Klein of Cooke, 21 to 5, 13 to 21 and 21 to 10. .| Another double victor was Charles A Fort of Fairbrother, who trimmed | Horn of Van Ness, 21 to 15 and 21 to| 4, and Robey of Garfleld, 21 to 7 and | 21 to 6. | Hubbard Quantrille of Buchanan, in defeating H. W. Ritter, Congress Heights, in the Virginia avenue division, | pitched 16 ringers in three games. | ‘Tom David, the Montrose champ, who | has been throwing ringers in streaks, | dropped the first game to Robert Buz- | zard of Cleveland Park, 19 to .21, but turned the tables completely in taking | the last two, 21 to 10 and 21 to 2. | These were the noteworthy matches yesterday. | Girls Start Tossing. | The girls' championship tournament opened with five matches on the Plaza Playground. This, by the way, is the first horseshoe-pitching tournament un- der official rules ever held by the fair ones here. It was quite obvious they got a kick out of it. The results follow: | , Margaret Harrison defeated Pearl Statler, G Owens defeated E. Whitney, 21 to 7. Clara Wise defeated Grace Taylor. 21 to 13 nor Clubb defeated Anna Conner, 21 t0.15. | "m;u-m Clubb defeated Pegey Lynch, 21 | to_1 Foliowing are the results of the men's divi- sional play-offs: ROSEDALE DIVISION. Joe Vermillion (Rosedale) defeated Morris 21 to 8 21 to 5. Danter (Maury), 5 Harry McCarthy (Rosedale) defested Prank .21 to 6 and 21 o0 4. Roy_ Ruppert (Kenilworth) defeated Wil- liam, 3. Harding (Benning), 21 to 13 and 21 |10 Frank Adams (Maury) defeated F. N. Nichols (Bennings), 21 to 10 and 21 to 13 GEORGETOWN DIVISION. Tom David (Montrose) defeated Robert Buzzard (Cleveland Park), 19 to 21, 21 to 10 and 21 t Ands Cullivan (Chevy Chase), 21 to Q Tallmadge (Fillmore) defeated Leo 11 and 21 to I Robert Davidson (Georgetown) defeated George Keiler (Gallimer), 21 to 4 and 21 10 8. NEW YORK AVENUE DIVISION. | A. Bkinner (Happy Hollow) defeated Her- man Franke (New York Avenue), 21 to 8 and 2'to | A Skinner (Happy Hollow) defeated J. B Kiein (Cooke), 21 {0 5, 13 to 21 and 31 to 10. 10WA AVENTE DIVISION. B. Prye (Iowa Avenue) defeated R, C. War- ner (Walter Reed), 21 to 7 and 21 io 1. C. E. Whittlesey' (Takoma) defeated H. E. | N. A Cooper (Bainard), 21 to 10 and 21 to 10, GARFIELD DIVISION. ckson (Hoover) defeated Morgal (Gar- field). 21 10 20 and 21 to 20. Fort (Fairbrother) defeated Horn (Van Ness). 21 to 15 and 21 to 4. Hayes (Hoover) defeated Gaum (Van Ness), 2110 3 and 21 to 4. ort (Fairbrother! defeated Robey (Ga. field), 21 to 7 and 21 to i ":lGAl\'flIA AVENUE DIVISION. JoEdward Anderson (Buchanan) defeated Tazior Congress Heighls), 21 t0 6, 13 t0 31 Ja eld i PLAZA DIVISION. Myers sPlaza) defeate roore (Peabody), 21 to 17 and 21 1o To " M While the play-offs were getting un- der way several preliminaries were being finished. Their winners and runners- up are to report to the directors of key playgrounds today and will be paired for first-round play. Results of preliminaries follow: Kenilworth Plasground. 5, TTAPK Curtis defeated Morris Bensons % defeated Richard Brown Rov Ruppert defeat, o7 Ruppert deteated Frank Curtis, 50—80, Chevy Chase Plarground. Cullinane defeated Clark. 1821, 3..—1% :CUjlinane defeated Bmith, 31—15, 16—81, Leo P. Cullinane, champion. Columbis Heights Plareround. C.\oHATTiS defeated B. Yynard, 31—1% B Cameron defeated O. Harris, 21—12, Harris, champion. In the meantime numerous winners and runners-up of out-of-town prelimi- naries are marking time awaiting the finish of late tournaments. Dates and places for county play-offs are being arranged. In a field of 5, originally 35, George F. Hooven yesterday pitched himself to t championship of Lyon Park, Va: The last snatches were participated in by P. F. Taylor, P. F. Little, E. H: Farrar, Clifton Stoneburner and Hooven. Taylor lost to Hooven, 21—16; Little to Farrar, 21—13, and Stoneburn- er to Hooven, 21 to 3. In the final Hooven trimmed Farrar, 21—15. Roy’ Ruppert ) A wow of a battle was fought yes- terday in the Beltsville, Md., tqurna- ment, with R. Stanearf, & southpaw, overcoming A. Kerns, 19 to 21, 21 to 12 and 21 to 19. Kerns threw 26 ring= ers and Staneart got 15. Other Beltsville results follow: ;l;holrxnsmfi dehl@fdd"r.' }‘!qlinl, N8, earns o1 7 B aefented GO g . 1921, 21--18; F. feated J. Smith. 2115, —3 r'i feated P. Mnanfls. 21, 21. Only 10 survive of the big fleld that started at Mount Rainier. Chairman George Bakersmith announces the fol- | lowing pairings: TODAY. 5:30—G. G. Miller vs. W. W. Ware, P. Bau- man vs. E. T. Plummer. MONDAY. 5:30—W. W. James vs. W, N. Mahafiy vs. J. 6—J. Plummer vs. winner of mateh be- tween G. Mowatt and J. N. Merkle. Chairman Bakersmith sald he would default any player who failed to show on scheduled time. Lester Robinson and G. H. Franklin will have it out this evening at 6 o'clock in a semi-final at Hyattsville. and the t!‘\'hmn"ri will take on Merle Heilman for e title. . Colored Horseshoe Pitchers - Start Divisional Play-Offs IVISIONAL play-offs in the col- | ored section of the Metropoli- tan horseshoe tournament here will start today, with matches listed at four key playgrounds. n will start at 5:30 o'clock. e winners and runners-up of pre- liminaries, will battle on the Howard, Willow Tree, Deanwood and Rose Park playgrounds, each being the key ground of a division. Pairings will be made by the play- ground directors. All of the qualifiers are requested to report before 5:20, if pessible. Several preliminary winners were re- Results follow: BRUCE PLAYGROUND. VHliam Burnett defeated Northern Irbey, D Act! illiam Burnett, champion. ROSE PARK PLAYGROUND. . Logan defeated H. Lowery, 21- . Butler defeated E. Brown, 21- Frazier defeated W Fleming defeated W. Red oean, T, 21 d C. Frazier, Fleming, champion. MAGRUDER PLAYGROUND. 2,705¢Ph Simpson defeated Wheatley Glaze, Duffie Blocker defeated Wheatley Glaze, | 7104 Blocker defeated Joseph Simpson, | Blocker, champion. SMOTHERS PLAYGROUND. William Hawkins defeated George Kettler, William Hawkins, champion. 6th and L Sts. S.E. Davis Baylor, champion. Chairman Cab Bones, at Rockville, Md., announces his tournament is in full swing. Thirty-two entrants got under way yesterday, with a large gal- lery on hand to Toot. for favorites. Cab expeets some real battles before the local champion is established, but was reluctant to say he will be troublesome himself. Taan HHHQ%00T A thrilling contest was staged at Gar- net-Patterson playground between John T. Mathews and John Q. Hanks. Both are the clean-ringing type. Hanks came out on top in the deciding game, 21 to 19, winning the ‘playground title. i John Hyson is the Shaw playground champion, winning from E. G. Tap- pings, 50 to 41. Both are members the Rareback Horseshoe Club. ‘William Burnett is the Bruce School champion. He defeated N. Irby in the final. Osborne Mowery is the ruler at Willow Tree playground. Much is ex- pected of Mowery in the divisional play- offs. Willow. Tree fans are staunch be- hind him. In the Howard division play-off John Hyson is Wil of ‘The finals at Brentwood will be bee tween brothers. Felix Tilghman defeate ed Samuel Williams in the semi-finals, 23—6, 19—21, 23—10. Felix will meet his brother, Bernard. for the Brentwood | title today at 5:30 o'clock. It looms as & battle royal. ISHERWOODS AFTER 6TH WIN IN A ROW Isherwoods will be after their sixth stralght when they face Coleman White Sox tossers on the diamond at Eigh- teenth and Otis streets northeast, Sun- day at 3 o'clock. Phoenix A. C. will meet Anacostia Eagles on the Eagles' field tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock and Sunday will travel to Elkridge. Md., to face the nine there in a double-header. Hume Spring, Va., tossers have booked a game for Sunday afternoon with the State Department nine at Hume Spring. John Quinn, pitcher, has been added to the Virginia White Sox roster and Sherman Johnson, infielder, and Eddie Coppage, outficlder, have returned to the team. The Sox will play host to Hess A. C. on the Baileys Cross Roads, Va., dlamond Sunday at 3 o'clock. Because of their decision to enter the Montgomery County series Chevy Chase Grays have canceled their Sunday games for the remainder of this month. Petworth-Yorkes did all their scoring in the last two innings to nose out Union Printers, 4 to 3 District of _Columbia_Policemen hit hard to drub Diamond Cabmen, 15 to 4. A big sixth inning enabled Plaza All- S!Bl‘s’ to score over Central All-Stars, 6 to 3. Hyattsville Horseshoe Final Tonight Is on Tap’ HYATTSVILLE, Md., August 9.— Hyattsville's horseshoe - pitching champion will be crowned tonight. Lester Robinson and G. H. Frank- lin will hoop up at 6 o'clock in a . +semi~final match and the winner will clash with Merle Heilman for the title. Both matches will be at 50 ints. wum— the championship tilt the Hyattsville champ will meet another star in an exhibition. In last night’s matches Robinson defeated Oscar K. Hiser, 50 to 42, and Louis Norris, 50 to 23. In a paired with 8. Thomas and fiu?.muwhmmmm three-cornered match Hellman mads 50 points while Franklin was getting 27 and Robinson