Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1929, Page 20

20 S Guess Hitter Now Rare in Base Ball; A’s May Tie Yankees GOOD BATTER OF TODAY AWAITS PITCH HE LIKES Battle of Wits Between Slabman and Man at Plate Unheard of Now—Sam Rice Is Fine Example of Modern Type of BY JOHN B. KELLER. T. LOUIS., August 10.—“Guess hitting is about gone from base ball,” the good batters of the No more does one hear of the batter. In this day of the usuglly doesn’t bother about what simply takes a toehold and come what may In the old days of the national pastime when the shine ball,| licorice ball, spitter and other pitching freaks were ip was more reason for trying to figure what might be eoming up to the plate with the next pitch. The man in the box was much more | favored by the conditions of the But it’s vastly different now. The change of pace employed 80 much by pitchers today has something to do with the disap- Eearance of guess hitting. A guess itter is apt to be thrown off bal- ance easily if hye guesses wrong when the pitcher is mixing the fast ones and floaters. The swing- er, though, who takes his cut at an!_\"thing that looks good, gets re- sults. Imagine a batter trying to guess the! Pitches of sueh boxmen as Lefty Grove. Thomas, Fred Marberry and Waite Moyt, or the deliveries of such able| boxmen as Sam Gray, Walter Miller, Ed Morris and Farl Whitehill. “It can’t Be done,” says Sam Rice. And this veteran of the Nationals has been leeking ever pitching leng enough | to know what he is talking about. | Rice Does Not Gness, | Rice doesn't do any gusssing at the plate. He takes his stance, gets his bat well balanced and watches every pitch 28 carefully as possible frem its start. If it looks good te him, he takes his| swing, and he isn't often fooled. | Of eourse, it doesn't mean that a hit follews every time he connects with a| likable pitch, but Sam rarely misses meeting the ball with his bat when he swings. He strikes out less than any | other of the Nationals, and but two or three times this season has a pitcher thrown a third strike by him. i Buddv Myer, the best hitter among the vounger Nationals, does no guess- ing at the plate. He swings whenever ke thinks the piteh is worth while, and he does pretty well with his batting style. He admits he tried guess hitting at one time, but found it did not get him anywhere as 8 _batter. Ford Sawver. a Boston base hall au- thority, in writing of guess hitting and the strategic battle of pitcher and hat- ter, mentions that Ty Cobb is always spoken of as the most prominent emple of the guess hitter, i Ty Studied Pitehers. | “But as & matter of fact Ty seldom needed to guess” Sawyer writes, ‘He| studied the pitchers to such an extent that he generally knew just what they W(}Yl! go]m& to serve.” e relates an interesting story of how | Ty discovered the Indian i{m held over him by Doe White, the greatest pitcher | Weshington ever sent to the majors. | “Ty faced the great White Sox left- handed six times.” says Sawyer, “and he fanned each time. ‘One evening the members of the two clubs were attend- ing a show, and Ty and Doc met, Ty asked White how he held the various in types of pitches, and the Chies box- | man, unthinking, {llustrated b‘y‘”move- mentz, ‘He never held anv terrors for the Georgia Peach from that day,” declares Sawyer. According to the Boston writer, Max Carev. when he,was plaving regularly, was of the same tvpe as Ty Cobb. He studied the oppenents, and when he left a base in an attempt tn stea] gen- erally he could lay odds that he would lr;ll\': there safely. 8x one year stole 51 bases in 53| tries, but his long lead off the base l:;’ his knowledge of the pitcher's move- ments, as much as his speed of foot, made this remarkable record poseible. BIG LEAGUE LEADERS By the Assoriated Press. National. Batting—Herman. Robins, .413, | Runs—Hornshy, Cube, 105, Runs batted in—Ott, Giants, 111, Hits—Terrv, Giants, 164, | Doubles—TPrederic, Robins, 37, | Triples—L. Waner, Pirates, 15, Homers—Klein, Phillies, 33. Stelen bases—Cuyler. Cubs, 20. Pitehing—Bush, Cubs, won 18, lest 1, | American, Batting—Foxx, Athleties, Kuns—Gehringer, T igers, gy uns batted in—Simmons, Athletics, Hits—Manush, Browns, 165, Doubles—Johnson, Tigers; Browns, 37 | Triples—Miller, Athleties, 13, Homers—Ruth, Yankees, 28. | Stolen bases—Gehringer, Tigers, 17, | ml:n;hln.»—firuve. Athleties, won 17, | .387. Manush, BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS ] '1 American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. &t lous. 9: Chicage. 4. Onixsame sencdumed. * STANDING OF THY CLUBE. | PEfadelpnie New Yor| o] | 1| Philadelniia T8I 3T T 8] 8T A= 91764308 12181 1 4T 4 8T S—31731381 TRO[B4] 8 TOMORROW shington at 8t. L. | ten at Chicago. kl 2t Dertoif. Y. at Cleveland. National League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS, B aretial Shitsderonia, s ; Py ShE e TR TaR e STANDING OF THE cLUBS. Pitts. at Breeklrn. incin. at N. ¥ 18 3 Pitts. at Broekiyn. nein. st N. icage at Bostan. BUCS ARE UNABLE [ | B PORTS. Watchful Swingers. meodern free-swinging game claim. battle of wits between pitcher and lively ball, the man at the plate type of pitch is being served. He | lazes away. vogue, there ! game than the man at the plate. TOGAN ON UBS Return to Winning Ways, but | Chicago Team Refuses to Hit Chute. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR., Assoctated Press Sports Writer. UST how to overtake a ball team | which piles up an impressive | lead and then refuses to lose mere than the minimum number of games is a problem which the greatest minds of hase-ball have never been able te solve. And that is | the question which is puszling the guid- | ing spirite of the Pittsburgh Pirates | and the New York Glants. The pen: hopes of the second and third place teams in the National League must perferce remain very slim | while the Cubs are winning four eut of five games, as thev are doing now. The Pirates slipped just as Chicago: reached the peak of its winning stride and now, instead of being in first place, the beys from the Smoeky City are lan- guishing six and one-half games be- hind the top. They returned to win- nine ways & few dave ago. clipping off three vietories in a row, but before that thev had dropped six out of seven. | while the Cubs were going right along at the rate that has brought them 21 vietories in their last 25 games. | The eurrent series between the Fast- ern and Western teams brings little pros- pect of improvement. The Pirates did | A neat job yesterdar. winning their twelfth game in succession from the St Cardinals. 7 to 6, but the Cubs stopped off in Philadelphia long enough | to smack the Phillles by a 12-to-6 count, then moved on ‘for & series | against the Boston Braves. Meanwhile the Giants, trailing aleng 8 bad third in the standing, gained the slim consolation of the eomplete su- premacy Fred Fitasimmons helds over | Oincinnati. The bulky New. York hurl- | er, who shut eut the Reds four times | 8 row, gained revenge for his four- | hit defeat in his last appearance against J | Cineinanti by hoelding the Reds te the same number of blows, while his mates pounded sut a 7-to-1 vietory. Every man in the Giant line-up contributed to the 15-hit attack on May and Kelp. The American League went threugh ® day of almost eomplete inaction most of the teams were on the way to new scenes af activity."" The 8t. Louis Browns and Chicagn White Sox staged the nnly battle of the day in the voung- er league and it was net mueh in the wav of & serap after the first few: in- nings. the Browns coacting in on 9-to-4 victory. — | FOUR BIG SIX HITTERS | HAVE PROFITABLE DAY By the Associated Press A big hitting afternoon was enjoved vesterday by everv member of the Big | Bix scheduled for action, | Jimmy Foxx. the leadsr. and Babe | Ruth were fdle, but Heinie Manush got three hits and Hornshy, Ott and Paul ‘Waner gat twn saeh. Manush's spree netted him a twn- point gain on the idle Foxx and laft him | only 13 peints behind the Jeader. The | AB 82 i 300 10¢ 381 99 am0 u | 148 agr 188 147 108 i HOME-RUN STANDING ‘ By the Associated Press. Home runs yesterday—Kress, Browns, | | 2; Collins, Browns, 1: Hornshy, Cubs, 1; | Play, as far as it is humanly possible. Stephenson, Cubs, 1. Hogan, Giants, 1 Ameriean League Leaders. | Ruth. Yankees . . 28 Gehrig. Yankees. 26| Foxx. Athletics . 26 Simmons, Athletjes 24| National League Leaders. Klein, Phillies. Wilson, Cubs. ©tt, Glants. Bottemley. Cardinals Hornshy, Gubs... League Totals, - American National .. Grand total .........c000000.. 1,014 MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS AMERICAN ASBOCIATION, ny olis, 6: Indianspolis, 10. ;' Leutsvile. 11. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Montreal, 7: Baltimere. 8 (10 inninys.) uffalo. 4 Newark, 5 Rechester, 5 City. 2. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Los Angeles, 4: Hollywood, 6. Fortiand, 3. Sseramanto, 7. Seattle, 5. Tgnd, 8RR Francisco. 1 Misstons, 8. SOUTH ATLANTIC ASSOCIATION. Ghariotta. 1 Qresnville. o Solumpa, 3: n) Kexvitte. '1: ¥ SOCIATION. Atlants. 8: Chattanees: % o Srean, 3. mflhav;{‘a"ek? 10, WESTERN LEAGUE. I bad 1o . THE EVENING BTAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. SATURDAY; AUGUST 10, 1979 KLEIN, OTT & CO. . GHueK [RLEIN or e Pansies WHO NOT ONL 'y HIT.S HOME RUNS IN 3 CONSECUTNE GAMES, BUTPLSO\ HIT 3 N 3 SUCCESSIVE When Mr. Chuck Klein of the Phoolish Phillies hit five home runs in three successive games on July 15 and 16, and also set & new mod- ern major lea record of three four-base hits in three suceessive times at bat, folks began to figure tihat he stood a good chance of beat- ing the National League record of 43 homers in one season. ‘This record was set by Rogers Hornshy, then with the Cardinals, in 1022. As more home runs made nearly every season in the National League than in the Ameri- ean, it seems fitting that the older efreuit should have as itz season's THES AT BAT.+ #e- O OF “HE GIANTS, WHO R:eo oN:As Lg»ssys ON THE VTl L AGUE RECORD OF 42 HOMERS |N ONE | 1™ THAT TRAVELED record. for an individual. a mark nearer to the American League rec- ord than Hornsby's 42 is to Ruth's 60, Chuck Klein and Mel Otf, the infant prodigy of the Giants, may both pass Hormsby's mark. Espe- cially Klein, if he keeps up his mid- Of eourse, Klein is ying 77 games at home in the Phillies’ bandbox park. Mei Ott is aided. too. by the fact that the right field fence in the Poln Grounds i anly 275 feet 8 inches from home plate. (Tt is 280 feet 6 inches in Baker Pield. Philadel- phia) Both Klein and Ott are —BY FEG MURRAY TS Joy CarLyLe OAKLAND QuTRELDER HIT A BALL ON JuLy A DISTANCE OF, 63 FEET. Metropolitan Newspaper Servics | left-handed batters. Out_in the Pacific Coast League Roy Carlvle of the Oakiand Club established what is rlaimed to be a new long-distance record for driving a base ball. Roy's home run on July 4 cleared the center-fleld fence and landed on top of a house, where it was officially measured at 618 feet. The deepest center fleld in any major league park is in Boston. at the home of the Red_Sox, which measures 503 feet. Babe Ruth's longest sock., and this in an exhij- bition zame in Plorida vears ago, was measured st 587 feet. THE SPORTLIGHT By GRANTLAND RICE OE SEWELL, the Cleveland shortstop. is still short of Deacon Scott’s mark of 1.307 consecu the old Alabama collegian is the iron man of all competiti bama, the home of the Crimson after thiz, Ray Chapman, the Cle tive ball games, but for all that. the iron man of base ball—and ve sport. Sewell went from Ala- Tide, to New Orleans. Shortly veland shortstop. was killed and | Sewell was rushed into the gap. Sewell joined Cleveland in Septem- ence. He was supposed to be ¥ |ber, 1920. He was then a youngster with little professional experi- | ust a gap filler for the time being. | But since that date Sewell has pfnved 1.349 out of tHe last 1,351 games Cleveland has offered to the public, and the only reason he missed | those two days came from a shape-up to hejp plug a leak or check a slump. Sewell has missed only two days in nine years. If this doesn’t make him the iron man of sport you can dig up the fellow who has more iron in his system., Base ball isn't a killing game. but if you don't think it is replete with acci- dents, illness and injuries ask any | manager you may happen to run across, Few hall plavers are able tn figure in every game plaved through one campalgn. If one thing doesn’t hit | ‘em, something else does, A bad arm. a g. A charleyhorse. indigestion, ar maybe the pip arrives to tose them aut of the lineup for a day or a week or a month. Scott and Sewell. two short- stops, have at least been the most du- rable men base ball has ever known. Bhooting for Perfection, OME vears 2go George Duncan made this remark: “I don't believe Bobby Jones will ever win a champion- ship because he is too much of an artist,” “Meaning what?" T asked. “T mean,” replied Duncan, “that he isn't thinking in terms of results, but in terms of approaching perfection in e plays nothing safe. Whatever the k might be. he takes it. He never takes the percentage into account. He might save one stroke or Ioze two, but if the shot is to be pla ftor it.” Norris Williams, the perfect shot, still another example of the same point. Wil liams atill is. I reeall one shot that Jones had at Skokie in 1922, He was neck and neck with Gene Sarazen and John Black, with only a few holes left. His long drive left him only a ghort pitch over a deep .trap te the pin. that in turn was close to another 'Arli back of the green. Jones could have chipped safely to the left for his par 4. He'elected to itch boldly to the pin on a hard, fieen green and have a chance for his 3. The ball barely dribbled down the bank into a trap just a few feet ast the pin and he needed a 6. He Tm the championship by & stroke. Duncan is much along the same line. I saw him ence refuse to lift his ball from easual water, “It can be played here,” he said, “and it makes a more interesting shot. There is good Dbit more to golf than the score.” ing alwaye for An Old Record. HE old Cub record of 1906—118 vie- tories and 36 defeats—will always look safe until some ball club actually beats it. The Athleties still have a mathemati- eal chance to slip by this mark made 23 years ago, but they can't afford many mistakes. You can look at the standing of the elubs and figure just how many more defeats they can afford if there is any intention ef turning in a new set of winning figures for big league base ball. And thers are nearly two months left in which to keep up steam. Loughran and the Heavyweights, BYSTANDER wants to know what chanee . Tommy 'Loughran would have against’ Schmeling or Sharkey in 18 rounds. . There is only a slight chance that either could knock Loughran out, and if they couldn't kmock him eut, how eould they outpoint a much better bexer? Loughran can outbox either Schmeling or Sharkey. He ean’t punch with Bchmeling, bui he has done about as mhh e s vaen a8 Sharkev fight. ading from Sharkev against Heeney, Risko, De Kuh. Christner and Sirib- ling in his last five fights. Sharkey Inoked like a gond puncher against Maloney and Dempsey. In his nther fights against the opponents named he might as well have used a feather duster. Loughran undoubtedly deserves a rraek at the heavyweight erown before any one elce iz awarded the toga. | Maybe one of the nthers ecould beat him. but some one should be asked to prove it. As the ecase stands, vofi haven't heard of any of the heavy- weights clamoring for a chance to pop the Philadelphian over. If he eould pick up a harder wallop he would be elose to a cinch to finizh in front. Even without the wallop he would be an even bet against any of the delegation now hanging around. Loughrah is fast, strong, sma: and skillful. This happens combination that few laugh off. NINES IN DEADLOCK FOR LEAGUE TITLE Calvary Baptist and Grace Episcopal nines today are again tied in the stir- ring battle for the championship in the Georgetown Church Base Ball League. Each has won 14 games and lost 2. The teams will face Monday in a game which is expected to determine the pehnant winner. Calvary drew to terms Grace ,yesterday by scoring over St. Alban's, last year's champien, 5 to 2. The winners put across three runs in the sixth inning to clinch the verdict in the game, which was clfl? after the ame a seventh. Lincoln and = George Washingtor: nines were to clash this afternoon at 3 o'clock on the West Ellipse in the first games of a proposed series of three to determine the champion of the Capitai City League American Legion series, The second contest will be played to- morrow afternoon on the same diamond at 1 o'elock, and should a third game be necessary, it will follow immediately. A champion must be selected by ‘Tuesday night, when the District victor will leave for Philadelphia to en"qe in a regional tournament against title holders of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and West Viry ning team in Philadelphia will com- pete in the Eastern sectiona] tourna- memt to be staged In Clark Griffith Stadium here August 21, 22 and 23. | Lineoln won the first round of play in the Legion series here with George Washington, coming through to victory in the second round. Samosets today boast the insect sec- tion championship of the French Ledgue as the result of a 7.6 12-inning vlctorg ¥uurdly over the Foxx nine. Wallac! or the winners shaded Maxwell of the | losers in a pretty mound battle. Agriculture and G. P. O. nines each has won & game in the rll}'-nfl series for the championship of the Colored Departmental League. Aggies gained 8 s_r-: :’m m};xe‘mrd.ly ::n o;*:n ’thedn:‘nn e deciding game played Mon- the first round and g&.am‘&’wummg with | ja. The win- |in CHICAGO MEN LEAD - BOXING IN ILLINOIS Soldier, Banker and Big Coal Operator Selected for Commission. e | Br the Associated Press | HICAGO. August 10.—The ad- ministration—and the future —of boxing in Illinois is in| | the hands of three men | whase collective recommenda- | tions were success in military, legal, | eommercial and industrial fields. | The new Tllinois State Athletic Com- | mission. appeinted vesterday by Gov. ilnuk J. Emmerson, is composed of Gen. {John V. Clinnin. soldier and sports en- thusiast, named chairman; George F. Getz. millionaire coal operator. big- game huntér, who, with the late Tex Rickard. promoted the Dempsey-Tun- ney heavyweight championship fight at Soldier Field in 1927, and Frederick | Gardner, vice prezident of the Illinois |Central Bank & Trust Co. All are Chicagoans | They replace Paul Prehn, Sam Luzzo and Al Mann, whose resignations were requested by Gov. Emmerson two | | weeks ago. | | The new chairman, Gen. Clinnin, has an insight into bexing affairs built upon participation. He formerly held the middleweight and heavyweight | central A. A. U. boxing championships. and served as president of the organi- zation. | He saw service in three war: He | commanded the 130th Infants uring | was active in France. In the last war | Gen. Clinnin was awarded the Distin- guished Service Medal, after twice be- ing cited for bravery by Gen. Pershing. He was at Santiago during the Spanish- American War, and was quick to offer | his & ervices during the last treuble| with Mexico. Getz long has been deeply interested in boxing, his interest taking active | form in his association with Tex Rick- | ard ip the promotion of the Dempsey- | Tunney fight, which set a new record for attendance and receipts. He re-| cently has been in charge of the annual pelice games here. The third member, Gardener, is an | amateur sport enthusiast and a golfer | of considerable ability. . He managed | the national open golf tournament at Olympia Fields last year and was one | of, the organizers of the Chicago Ath- | letic Association, of which he has been \a director for the past six years. “I1 had insisted,” Gov. Emmerson de- '(‘llr!d. "that the commissioners be well |known business men, and 1 am sure | we have them in our group. We are, | extremely fortunate to have secured this trio, who will bring new confidence for_boxing in Illinois.” Gen. Clinnin said that all rules will be strictly enforced. “In accepting the position of chairman of the commission |1 am determined to enforce every rule the book,” he eaid. “Gov. Emmer- {son has assured me that he will back {the commission in everything we do. Every rule will be adhered to and there will be no elasticity in any clause.” Getz said he accepted the appoint. ment with the understanding that there would be no outside interference, and predicted that harmeny among the members of the commission would make | its work easy and its administration of 2 high order. ‘The new commissien will assume of- fice Monday. FIGHTS WAY TO EDUCATION, Earning $10,000 in the ring while going to school is the achievement of | Eddie Mack, Denver lightweight. He, recently received a bachelor of philos-, ephy degree from Regis College. He is now pre g to study law at Loyols Chicagan | through with the fight. | cold. C {let-like to a bazeman SCHMELING 1S DUE FOR BIG MONEY GO Passing Up Sharkey Blttle‘ Means His Manager Has Better Chance. N 5| chance t5 gather in $100,000 for his charge, Max Schmeling, in a comtest with Jack Sharkey unless Jacobs had assurance- that he ecould | possibly do better with some other pro- moter, . Jacobs infers as much by saving that he is willing to string along with Jack Dempsey until the lacter talke with some of his Midwest and Western friends, who would be prepared to put up the money and promote a eontest. BY JOHN J. ROMANO. EW YORK, August 10.—It is not reasonable to assume that Joe Jacobs willfully passed up Dempsey has taken out s matchmak- men: er's license in Chicago and possibly | figures on shooting the German fighter | in with Otte von Porat or Tuffy Grif- | fith in the Windy City. | Then again there i= the poseibill that Dempsey would use Schmeling at Agua Callente, Mexico, with nene oth- er than himself in the npposite corner. This view is not far fetched by any means. There is a suspicion that Dempser would like te erawl through | the ropes against a slow-moving fel- | low, and a glance over Maxie's record | shows that he has been knocked out four times, | These are only speculations. Jacobs has_listened to some one’s pretty talk | or he would not have taken the un- alterable stand he has. And Jacobs can be fooled. Several vears ago Joe worked himzelf into the good graces of Mike McTigue when the Celt was light- heavyweight champion. Jacebs took McTigue down to Atlanta te fight Young Stribling, and to make matters | doubly sure brought his ewn referee | down with him, The fans all know what happened. McTigue is supposed to have had his cholee of b2ing strung up to a well thickened tree or going No decision was given until after the ehampion’s party was on their wav home, and, of course. the decision was a draw. Jacob: has been fooled before. It | mav be that he was tricked by prefty promises and will be the Ieft out in CKEY S HALED A5 BUDDIG AR Yank Rookie Catcher Called Comer by Moriarty. Like Old-Timers. D BY GEORGE MORIARTY, Big League Umpire ATCHER BILL DICKEY ic the newest star of the New York Yankees. The home fans aec- knowledge him as such by generous applause when he to the plate. }‘ ! Young Dickey is a eatcher who strikes the eve pecause of his smooth way nf handling pitchers. He iz § feet, tall and doesn't carrr an ounce of superflons weight. Besides - being 2 smashing batsman, Dickey has a throwing arm which it not the lsast of hiz assetz After the ball zings into hit mitt he springs erect 2nd shootz the pellet bul Regardless o to date. Dickey I | his brief career known as the Yankee's head 1nan be- hind the bat. and he has yet to give the impression that he needs anv hel advice in the busy business of bac] stopping. Like Old Timers. Often a great young catcher in the making seems to reflect the work of a particular old star behind the plate. In this respect Dickey shapes up like a combination of Johnny Kling and Lou Criger. two stalwarts of the old davs. | Both were tall and slim, and accom- plished great things with little effart. Dickey can do all Kling and Criger did | jong ago. and this ineludes the essenfial of thinking between pitches. Mare- over, the Yankee's rookie can wield a bludgeon with a deadliness foreign to Kling and Criger. Manager Huggins of the Yankees is enthusiastic about Dickey. “He’s coming fast,” said Huggins, “and I'm not sur- rised, 1 liked him s soon az I saw im throw a ball and swing a bat.” ! The Yankees' boss ean well afford to pay tribute to his new backstop. For the Jast five years Hui has wished fervently for such a rookie. A find of the Dickey type rounds out a catching staff for at Jeast six years. i , Leaving Huggins at the bench. I en-| countered Manager Lena Blackburne on the field. The White Sox pilot pointed at Dickey and remarked, ‘‘There is about the greatest catcher since Ray | Schalk.” Blackburne culled Dickey | the Werld War, an organization which | from the sand lots in the South a feW | cabin John Junior years ago. Attracted hy Wild Throw. “It was in 1925, as manager o Rock, that I first saw Blackburne. “Little Rock had no Sun- day base ball. so one Sunday 1 went to | Hot_Springs to watch a semi-pro game. “Dickey was eatching, but strange to 1 paid no attention to him until 1 saw him cut loose with a wild throw. | And what a wild throw it was! There was a runner on first, and in trving to snap him off the bag Dickey threw over the first-baseman's head like a | shot. The ball hit the right-field fence on a bound, and then I began to like | Dickey. I saw a catcher with an arm of steel and great possibilities.” After the game Blackburne signed Dickey to an agreement drawn on the | back of an Elk's membership card, the only available pnter, The young catcher Jjoined Little Rock and finished the sea- son. The following vear he was farmed out, and he again played with Little Rock in 1927 and 1928. He went with the Yankees in the Pall of 1928. Dickey being compared favorably with | y Cochrane, spark-plug backstop | of the powerful Philadelphia Athletics. (Copyright, 1928. br North American News- paper Alliance.) KENSINGTON WILL PLAY IN MONTGOMERY SERIES With the entrance of the Kensington | National Guard nine in the series sight | teams, the desired number, are now lined up for play in the Montgomery County unlimited class championship | base ball competition which will open | S vai masting to perfect detatls of mee the series will be held next Wednesday night at 8 o'clock at the home of Gar- rett Waters, 6903 Fifth street. > UMP IN HOSPITAL. PITTSBURGH, August 10 (&).— John L. (Beans) Reardon, Natienal League umpire, is under observation in-a local hospitsl. He may be forced to unds an operstion for appendi- citls, Reardon, route from Cincinnat! to New York, stop- ped off here, . Alexandria 1818 SPORTS, SANDLOT ALMANAC. RESTLYS. Lessue. GEORGETOWN CHURCH. Grace Episcopsl, 5; St. Alban's, 3 FRENCH. Inseet Seetion. COLORED DEPARTMENTAL. Anliulmnl, 6; G. P. O, 5 (championship play-off series) Game INDEPENDENT. "L:'::':‘n JFoevees, st hder Bove' Club. 0. Cromms, 10 aZiees,"s T ERE et T GAMES SCHEDULED, " TODAY. League. CAPITAL CITY. Ameriean Legion Series. Lineoln vs, Geerge Lipss (Brst of play-o® s 3 oclock.. ° Mary's Celtie ingten, Wegt El- s for league title). Inseet Seetion. Eastern All-Stars, West El- | Al b Czuk Gallaghers, West Ellipse, am Wests awarded forfeit over Mila: TOMORROW. Uslimite jpationel Press Cards vs. Auths, North El- Edmonds va. Brewn's Corner, No. 1, Monu- u'ennn-uun Hawks vs. Dix's Pigs, Bladens- Bt. Joseph, Pla Aztecs awardeq forfel! (Al 'games 3 o'clock.) Senfer. Kaufmans vs. Roamers, No. 4, 1 o'elock. Hartfords vs. Try-me Acer, No. 4, 11 o cloc Brookland Bova' Club vs. Miller Purniture, No '3, 1 o'cloek e Montrose awarded forfeit over Bostonians. Jus ngles vs. O'Brie "Copbe 2. Lio o'elock. Potom .. e t over Capitol Ne._18, 1 oclock. , West Ellipse, 11 Murphy-Ames, No, 1, 1 o'cloek. Calhouns vs. Vie's Sport Shop, Ne. 9, 1 e'clock. Ameriean Legion Beries, Lincoln vs. George Washington, West ¥i- dpse (1wo games 1f necessary to deeide lsague titie), 1 ana 3 o clock Inseet Seetio Brocklend Georgetown, Monument 5 o8 Club mond Ne. 3, 11 o'elock. INDEPENDENT. TODAY. Liberty A Red Sox, 2 o'cleck;: Li v A C.vs Johnny A. C.. 4 e clock, Cla: Griffith Stagium. Liberts A. eld da Ku Kiux Kian vs. Navy Yard, Seamen Gunners Field. 3 o'clock 1on " Plastersrs Takema oc! 8. i Tigers. taville All- elock. vs. Petworth-Yorkes, Plasa ans vs. Hwi Plaza ta: Pield, 3 o elock D.'C. Pelice Alexandria Police, gett's Field, Alexandra, 3 o clock Phoenix A C. vs. Anacostia Eagles, Eagles’ ie) Chevs Chase Grass vs. Hess A. C., Chevy Cnase Plavsrouns 3 o diock TOMORROW, n vs Suver Spring o'cloek 67U 8t Mary's Celtics, et drie. 3 o clock flerson Distriet Firemen ve. Kensingto: 7o Department, Virmnia Highiands, Arlin ton, Fizemen ve. McLean A. C.. Me- . Va3 ac Chevy Chase Grass, weloe Giants. n 3 o~ eenth and Ot northeast. 3 a'ciock Hess A. C. va. Virginia White Sox, Bailers Cross Roads. Va.. 3 aclock. A. B. & W. Busmen vs. Union Printers. 3 a'cloel agles ve., Bilver Moon A. C. Shady Oak A. C. vs. Eastern A. A.. Shady ek, Md. 3 o'elock Georgetown A Priendship Field. 3 Washington Bl double-he; Cerinthian Miduets vs. Hrattsvilie Ameri- ean Legion; Bouth Ellipse. i o'cle Hume Spring vs. State Department. Hume Spring. Va. Phoenix A. €. vs. Blkridge, Eikridge, Md., double-header Peiworth-Yorkes vs. Cherrvdale, Ballston, Va. 3 oeln Unien Plasterers v Beagss- a1 Circles v aniceville, Me- eaniesville. Md,, 3 Md. 2 Monroe A € vs. Maval oclock Woodburn 2:30 x v Union ' Park, Sea e Taurel vs. © rel, o'cloek. Cabin John Jumior Order < €. Cabin John. M4 3 nclaek PRINCE GPORGES TITLE SERIES, TOMORROW Clintan A €. ve. Heattaville All-Stare at Riverdale. Rowie Motor Co. va. Berwsn A. C. at Berwrn ham A C. vs. Mount Rainier st Mount ! Heights Junier Order vs letic Club at Seat Pleass: | double-headers. ~ starting Mars- 1:30 lend A Al at o'elock. GAME WANTED, TOMORROW. C. of Alexandria (unlimited) or 181 Virginia A KENNEDYS PREPARE FOR CELTIC CLASH Ted Ofte's hustling veung Kennedy A. C. base ball team iz priming for a diamond battle tomorrow with the strong S8t. Mary's Celtics at Baggett's Field. Alexandris. The contest is ex- pected to prove.one of the sternest of the season for the Kennedvs, The Cel- tiex recently have twice defeated the strong Georgetown A. C. nine. George Francis, who has won his last 12 starts, or Bob Lyons will pitch for Kennedys, while Lefty Hamilton is ex- pected to take the firing line for the Celtics. Pop Kremb's Liberty A. C. has carded a game with the Rockville nine for to- morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock on the high sehool diamond in that town. A game has been arranged between Order and Monroe A. O. teams for tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock on the Cabin John field. Fd- | gar Higgins, manager of the Johnny | team, it listing opponents at Bradley 203-F-21, address Cabin John. National Circles will meet a sturdy foe tomorrow in the Mechanicsville nine to be engaged on the Marvlanders' fleld, at 3 o'clock. The teams fought 12 in- | nings in their last meeting before the Circles won. In a game at Laurel tomorrow the nine representing that town will play host to the Colmar Manor Club at 3 o'clock. TWO A. A. LOOP STANDINGS. NEW YORK, August 10 (#).—The cf- ficial standing of the International League, including yesterday's games, follows: Wan. [ Rochester Toronto . Baltimors Reading .. Montreal ", Buffalo .. Newar, a8 Jersey City. 111l 7 3 CHICAGO, August 10 (#).—Ofcial American Association standing, ineludé ing yesterday’s game: Kangas City. 8i. Paul .. Minneapolie Indianapolis Loutsville . 58 38 887 31 ] lask Milwauk Toledo . By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK,—8id T¢ , New York, Emory , Philadel- ERIE, Pa.—Jol wen on foul frem burg (3). MILWAUKEE.—Dave Maier, Milwau- g Phillips, Pitts- Mellow, Detroit, | > Games Won_ Mark CAN LOSE ONLY 15 AND EQUAL RECORD New Yorkers Had 110 Wins and 44 Losses in 1927 A. L. Flag Race. N the American League in 1927 and Jost 44. That i3 the record fer that eircuit. The assertion has been mede that Cincinnati did as well in 1919. That is mot true. Cincinnati lost 44 games in 1912 but won 96, and the schedule | was 140 games instead of 154—to the unspeakable misery of all major league owners who found too late that they had pulled a bone. There 15 speculation now a8 to whether the Athletics this year ecan equal the record that the Vankees made in 1927, 1If the Athletics had been stronger in their double-headers they would have been sure to equal it and better it. but, like too many teams that are strung out for the pennant, | they chop their double-headers in two. | That would be very dicastrous for them if the race were close. A real cham- | plonship teapy wins its double-headers | and makes 1ife easy for itself. Munst Set Faster Paee. ‘The Athletics can lose only 15 games to make their record of this year as gnod as that of the Yankees in 1927, and that means not more than abeut | two defeats a week from now until the | erd of the season. They do net seem to be good enough to do it. Thev should *in the pennant handily with the lead ther have now. because they are twn weeks ahead of any other team in the race, and two weeks means that ther will be lolling along comfortably by September 15 if they maintain their | present pace. There it no apparent reason whr they should nnt do so. They may get cold feet between now and the end of September, but it doesn’t seem prob- able. Serious phrsical injury might put them back. but serious injury is which no team is 1 it may think that it has inrured itself The 110 victories of the Yankees are a high-water mark in the Ameri- can League. Pittsburgh did as well as that in the Nationa] Leagus in 1909, but the total record for vietsries in the National League is held by Chi- cago with its 116 games won ‘in 1906. That wasn't such a great achieve- ment as it may seem to be, because Cubs caught an awful weak National League that vear. The o team that had been looked upon as seriously threatening when the race started was the Giants, but the New York team disintegrated before it had become a threat. Matty Ill That Year, That was the rear in whith Matty was {ll. Bresnahan got hit in the head, Donlin and McGann broke bones, and other members of the team fell over horseshoes and forgot to pick them up. Chicago crowed a lot ahout ita win- nings. but a team with any stremgth whatever could have won the Nationel League race that yvear. When the Giants slumped all of the league | slumped with them | . Comparisons are made in National League records which are met sound. Those who try to make comparisons en victories and defeats must remember that the National League in {ts early | years did net plar 154 games in a season. The rities were too small get out crowds for 154 games, and rs' salaries were so many han thev are now that t was elephantine in size. and eatchers plaved then for $1,300 as against $15.000 now and were glad to gt a job. WATER SHOW TOMORROW A program of rance sailing races, out- board motor boat contests, shell boat races, a8 decorated canoe parade and exhibition novelty canoe events will mark the program tomorrow when the | two-day regatta of Potomac Boat Club | comes to an end. The program will start at 1030 a.m | This afternoon the national cham- pionships nf the Middle States Canoe Racing . Association were to be staged as the npening feature of the regatta which marks the sixtieth anniversity »f the organization of the Potomae Glub. Today's events were t start at 2 a'clock. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW TYDEK, August 8—The Yankees won 110 games in COLLEvGiA';l POUNDS OUT 12 CONSECUTIVE HITS SEATTLE, Wash., August 10 (P.— Ned Nelson, second baseman fer the iniversity base ball club in the local community league pounded out 12 eon- secutive hits, including a home run and one triple, in four games this Summer. Last Spring he was on the freshman nine of the University of Washington. Nelson declined an offer from the Chicago White Sox thiz season pre- ferring to continue his studies. After | he is graduated, Nelson intends to | answer base ball's eall. | CARPENTERS GIVEN ASSIST IN SOUTHERNERS’ HOMERS | NASHVILLE, Tenn. August 10 (®)— One sidelight on the lively ball question can be gathered from the averages. | Pool and Minor of the Nashville | Unls eollectively have hit 30 home rurs this vear. Most of t homers were hit at Sulphur Dell where the right fisld fence is 50 close that an erdinary fiy | ball 3= good for four bases. Much of the hop-in the rabbit ball Wwas put there by carpenters whe build the fences around the parks. | TEMPLE HAS MATERIAL i FOR ATHLETIC TEAM | ! Heinie Miller, one of foot ball's great | est stars, and now a success as : 'y oid gradually is bringing Temple University 7 of Philadelphia to a place in the sun. In four years Temple has come from nowhere to prominence, Temple has 15,000 students and 9,000 of them are in varsity or imtramural 5'1‘_}19'.1&1. % emple dedicated a new stadium year and n will be ready to mlu-ui.tf WRIGLEY “OFF" MOBILE. | | CHICAGO, August 10 (#).—William | Wriglev, owner of the Chicage Oubs, has spiked reports he intended purehase ing the Mobile. Ala., club of the South- ;’m Ae;cru":\n.h We're not mmfi" e said. “We have two miner clube now. Thats plentyo T C8ue STRIKES OUT 23 IN GAME. Jerry Parsons’ claim to pif fame ! is 23 strikeouts in & rem:flm | game. He pitched in a semi-pro game at San Bernadino, Calif, which his team won, 21 to 7. | TORONTO SPFORT CENTER. Toronto, Canada, which has given | many femous names to the world of kee, knocksd out Mitz Minikel, Milwau~ | sport, has 261 tennis courts, 93 base bell kee' (4). SAN FRANCISCO.—Santisgo Zorilla, Panams, ou ted “Dynamite” Joe Murpby, an, ] diamonds, 41 foot ball flelds, 10 ericket fields, 5 1s crosse grounds, 151 Imv!::s guu, 87 hockey cushions, 58 zinks