Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1929, Page 25

| WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1929. PAGE 25 Big Griff-Tiger Tilt Begins Tomorrow : Chicago Fans “Stew” Over Series Sealts. JOHNSON BAND IS EAGER TO OVERHAUL HARRISMEN Well Prepared to Cope With Detroit Qutfit in Set of Four Games—Thomas Hurls Brilliantly as Nationals Overcome Indians, 6 to 2. BY JOWN B. KELLER. LEVELAND, Ohio, August 21.—Through with the Indians in Cleveland for this year- after today's battle on Dunn Field, the Nationals will turn their attention to the Tigers for the next four days. And the four-game set on Navin Field prom- ises to be a stirring tussle, with effort to cut down the team it is the umgoaignln , and the Harris manner to maini the Johnson band making every most eager to head at the end of horde struggling in as determined in the scant advantage it holds at present. As far as pitchers are concerned, the Nationals are well prepared for the Detroit tussling. They have Braxton, Jones, Burke, Thomas and Marberry in trim to fire at the Harrismen. But the Tigers can counter with Uhle, Carroll, Whitehill, Sorrell and Graham. And they also have the left-handed Yde to be reckoned with. With both clubs now hitting well, it is likely all the pitchers mentioned, and then some, will be called into action before the set ends. Regardless of what happens during the remainder of this tour, the Nationals are assured of re- turning home with better than a .500 record for the journeying and at-least an even break for their final swing of the year through | Gosii the Western sector. of these matters were settled sive time, winning, 6 to 2. It was the | o ‘Washington club's eleventh triumph on the trip that is to comprise a score of games and its eighth success in the 16- game schedule for the Western portio: of the swing. Hitting .556 Pace Now. Too bad the Nationals were unable to | Gazane: get under way well until half their season was completed. Of their first 77 engagements of the year they won only 30, playing at a .390 clip. ames played up to today in the second of their season the Nationals have traveled at a .556 pace to win 20. A com| n of the records for their first 36 games of the campaign and the first 36 games of the second half of the annual schedule reveals how greatly the | Fonsec: Nationals have improved. In their April and early May play Johnson's charges won 13 games while losing 23. moved along at a rate no faster th: 361, In their last 36 games they havi been just 191 ts faster. ‘The recent brace of the Washington club has brought a gain of 52 points in the standing and put it in a fair ition to beat out the Detroit clul ‘That is the goal the Na-|min set: for themselves several weeks have a splendid chance to 'y to carry the fight Tigers, for nine more games are to be played with the Harris horde. Following the set in Detroit the ationals will have five games with the ‘Tigers in Washington next month. m ;. In the 36| 1] P— cassesesssuenin oliievuomorion cocococormumnl B noruowmonlt oocorousomasmnd B| comaunnnes0 soso0omneccnsco™ ulesoommmesa coc0omHmuonose? & =39 . jardner in 8 *Batted for B lloway in 91 0 Batted for Washington Cleveland = 2201008 2000000002 . Rice, Myer, Cronin. 5 ase hits—Rice (). Sacri- fices—Myer, . _Double plays—Myer, P S B o o on' b 211 A 5*"Bates 'on balis—Off Bhoftner, 2 off Hol- loway, 3; off Thomas. 1. Struck out—By 2’17 by Holloway, 2: by Thomas. 1. e. 3 in no inning: off off - ner, 8 in 4% innings; off Tho innings; oft Hollow! Hit by’ pitcher—] rke (3. 7 Jamieson); by Holloway (Spencer). Winning T, Thomas; losing pitcher. Shoffner. mpires—Mesars.” Guthrie: and rimeby. T ‘ssme—32 hours and 1 ute. IRECORDSOFGRIFFMEN| AB. ] 8 (3 FHRT 0 gt 4l e =, i 1 HreoescI005ENEo0] BoRuetanzes! ~uiegt-ss.arn.sd it 5 0 8 s .l %fl;,fi # omomuiEoR PSR Sonom_on, 5 ©0000_00uImINHI00s o ad, o oc00e_ooncounonsslinoue, FHEE up Sunidtie ; P o 58l L] 328 ot i o85EZauss] R AT cenapaiosy eEmasserd wEMNZENEEQ o33 <5 P wBslesd Bavi , st one | BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS | ning, and fanning Hauser, who batted for the Cleveland pitcher at the outset of the ninth. The Nationels faced the southpaw slabbing of Milburn Shoffner the first part of the game, and they earned three ff him with five of seven hits first frames. Dur- ended, tapped the right- y and earned a tally off in the seventh. 4 &= Nats Get Twelve Safeties. All told, the Nationals amassed a .t{%s:’n un.:euu. all but four off Shoffner. intentional. Sam Rice was the big of the attack, with two singles and 5‘-'.’3 doubles.in five trips to the plate. ‘The Indians scored right off the reel rgan found Burke for a single to center and continued around the bases for a tally as West let the ball get by. Joe Sewell walked and pulled up at third as Averill singled. A one- baser by drove over the second hit Jamieson Lour passes, two of them g American League. it e Siadeihis, 1. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. in ! g K éésggggffi'g Philadeiphis __.I—1 8/12(10/15/16] 8/14[831341.709 7T 81131101 7114114/601441.611 6i13/—! 51 9111l 81 9I60I al _:|_I15_—||o| K 411 el 8] 8l K 317 6i13] 5I—I101 8150/631.443 61 31 8 41 61 81—I10145/731.385 130 5 41 81 71 61 814078348 WHEN A FELLER THe END oF BY HERBERT W. BARKER, HE two major league races have almost identic ‘situa- with the Philadelphia Ath- letics 12 games in front of their himselt an easy Carl Hubble gave Carlson & great argument in the second game, & triple Hornsby and Wilson's single giving the Cubs the only run of the game in the fourth. the third time in a row by an 8-6 count. Brame was shelled for eight Phils runs in the first three but Petty and Hill held the Quakers there- after. Lou Kou| the seventh, runs, 3 of them on Paul Waner’s Claude Willoughby rushed to the homer. '[ue' SEASON ftened groa ball sl | a0 un puu Corsairs scored 5 EDS A FR! Cubs Gain as They Split Even; Macks Lose as Yanks Triumph on “his day” by 18,000 fans, but né could ‘Yankee as- their 11 . ‘Tom Zachary receis victory of the season, although oppo- Hmmmwmwmemeuomm sevent Burke was knocked out of the box in DEL RAYS TO PLAN FOR GRID CAMPAIGN ball and basket ball campaigns will be made by the Del Ray Athletic Club to- night at its meeting in the new club- house on West Oxford avenue at 8 sports have signified their intentions of per- forming with the Del Rays. J. F. Wilson, suj of public recreation, is an all-day pro- for the field day to be by municipal playgrounds, August 30 th | O Haydon Field. hits walked umph. It was Moss" win. The event wili open at 9:30 o'clock ‘with track events for and girls of Red Lucas pitched the Cincinnati|® Reds to an easy 6-2 over Bos- ton to record his 16th win of the season. Yanks Gain a Game. League the Yankees - 194144188/57/62(63173 1781 —I—1 the a. at St. 5 at Boston at Detroit. Boston at Cleve. (3). 5 National Leaguer YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. , 3-4;_St. Louis, 3-0. Siinnati, o Bostons s, | STANDING OF THE CLUBS. k! E 1M » 1 netted T—1_8110/11114] 7113/13[75(361.676 .55 § - 8i—1 71131 91101 8/11166/461.589 70 71111 6i10/131 9Ie31631.543 | 4131 TI—/11[14}131 71671571.500 LT AL 7110 71— 8} 7 8i511631.447 - 41 71 91 31 81| 8110/49(651.430 1 31 51 6110/—111/47/661.416 -1 6161 71 71 91 61 5I—(48i681.404 —_— PERLICK FIGHTS MEDILL, TAKING LOAYZA'S PLACE CHICAGO, August 21 (#)—Henry e, A Jack Quinn of the A's Crowder Rflnlthd only four hits. Urban Faber, veteran r.gl';'t; INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. ‘Memphie, 3 SOUTH ATLANTIC n:ocu‘nox. Potomac Yard Agents of the Rich- arom#nmu- Colonials at St. Louls, | Midgets, Alexandria Police Devartment tossers are expecting a stiff battle at Balti- Saturday, when they clash with Pollmlnt‘ntmrdu(l i Lyt Y WILL You MISS ME BuDITLY HORNSBY MAKES 4 HITS TO GRAB BIG SIX GLORY By the Assoclated Press. Rogers Hornsby, ace of the right- hand sockers, absorbed about all the glory gathered yesterday by the big six clubbers of the majors. In eight times at bat in the Cubs’ double-header with the Giants the rajah hit safely four times, including a double and triple scored two runs and won one of the games by eountlnf the only score of the contest. Hornsby lifted his nverm_ek two points to an even .360. Feeble sticking caused all the best ex- cept Chuck Klein to lose ground. Klein lddeduane point. Simmons and Ruth £328% 3585e - ] — 82 552 DAY SEMLFINALS INLEGIONTOURNEY =52 President Sees Youngsters Perform—Atlanta and Buffalo Win. 'r}.ng: lnd“:un-lc, 'I;m‘e;‘-l n ni games of e A W:klion eastern finals clash today in the & double-header, and Lisbon and Loulsville, Ky., were to battle in the victdrs will . The winner here will play the champion of the western section at Colo., ly in Sep- But_there Ve | have plenty of the Rancocas presence of the Chief Executive and ctremlmluo '.h:t ceded their con- led principally a e e, players of the al b in tg series took jalo. and Uniontown hoisted the flag, with base ball commission ég gggg;ega ' Yesst ] g g el E.'?fi were five in a row, mostly taps ¢ infielders couldn’t quite reach, or ers. Joyce, the Buffalo flinger, issued walks in the first and wo tallies. settled down and reral the £ e i i ? ki 1 3 g i f 5 1 e g ) » E F | 5 f : E 8 i | i i 1 i g 583 b 558 g8 i | i | i it ot £ g 8 g s 5 1 Eg_ gs i i : i i i ; POLO TEAMS ADVANCE. CHICAGO, August 21 .—~The Mid- e atotorult titie. So0k & dhep o n;:‘x‘mm_ States Polo —BY BRIGGS | SURE;WILL= vi-SPEGGY Y HOPEFL IS SEEN ASATITE RAE Final Feature at Saratoga Has Great Bearing on 2-Year-0ld Honors. BY ORLO L. ROBERTSON, Assoclated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, August .21—The gesiit i old champions and" the Gom- com- ing $100,000 hich s Hopeful at Sara- closing day of the meeting, August 31, it will be one of the finest fields that has ba the spa's leading race in To endeavor to name a le at the present date would be almost impossible, for with the running of each.stake event this year the aspect 8s ta the final standing has changed. Nearly a score of two-year-olds have had_their fling in public opinion only :"uve way to another the next time . juvenils Whitney Has “Inside Track.” Yeb, out of all the scramble, Harry Payne Whitney appears to have the best chance of carrying off the winner’s share of the purse. A pair of great two-year-olds—Boojim and Whichone— will make the light blue colors of Whitney a strong favorite. Boojim, son of John P. Grier of turf fame, been out twice e. backing: - MoKaiamm, from . Mol , from Stable of Harry F. Sin- rd - yesterday, but winner of the Great American at Aque- duct, as his mate. ‘W. R. Coe will present leading candidate, but may also choose to send Big Business, an unreliable, but speedy youngster, to the barrier. Business was out the first part of the week to turn in & surprise victory at odds of 30 to 1. John P. Grier will have two other capable representatives in The Spare from the Sagamore Stable, and Hi-Jack, which will sport the silks of George D. Jack. High won the event last year, defn%_ among others Blue Larkspur, the 3-year-old champion. CHICAGO BOXING SHOW " INDEFINITELY DELAYED , August 21 ().—Promoter been indefinitely tponed of the new Illinois B%:'h Ath- mission 's | terday’s meeting. A I BIG LEAGUE LEADERS | By the Assoclated Press. Natlonal uns—] 'y 3 Runs batted in—Ott, Giants, 117. ‘Hits—O'Doul, 185. , 33. ler, Cube, 31. Pirates, won 16, American. Batting—Foxx, Athletics, .37, Runs—Gehringer, , 106. Runs batted in—Simmons, Athletics, 121, Hits—Manush, Browns, 174, Doubles—Manush, Browns; Heilmann, Tigers, 38. Triples—Fonseca, Indians; Miller, Athletics, 13. Homers—Ruth, Yanks, 33. bases—Gehringer, Stolen A , 30. Pitching—Grove, Athletics, won 18, 3. CALVARY BAPTIST BATLESGASHEN 13-Run Rally Marks Pullman Victory Over Printers in Title Series. Stolen bases—Cuy] - 1:1unm¢z j—Grimes, lost 2. ’ ALVARY BAPTIST, Georgetown Church League champion, and ‘Washington Gas Light, pennant winner of the Industrial League, battle today at Union Station in the week-day league championship series, action starting at 4:30 o'clock. achy fol wi ppene a with the Pullml:n g; the ening League. -run rally figured in a 20-to-5 victory for the Pullmans. It was perhaps the worst beating ever taken by the Typos, whose team has had a long and brilliant ca- reer. That dreadful rally occurred in the eighth inning, and the chief victim was the venerable Heinie Webb, pilot and relief pitcher. Heinie took Roudabush’s place in the eighth and before he could put out anybody the Pullmans had spanked seven of his slants to safe territory. It was awful. It was a contest until the eighth, which the Printers entered two runs behind. They had scored four runs in the first two frames and had every reason to look for easy sailing. But Ed Colliflower, the Pullman pitcher, got the quite at his mercy. He got a lot of help from his catcher, Fee OColliere, who was a steadying influence. Roudabush got off to a brilliant start, but wilted after three innings. ‘They might never have finished that ball if Pullman players hadn't d!l:be% Stepped off the bag to be put_ouf ‘Three thousand spectators saw the queer exhibition. —_—— ons | LORTON PRISONERS LOSE TO POLICEMEN’S TEAM In & game marked by the careful conduct of the defeated players, the ‘Washington policemen’s ball team trim- med the Lorton, Vi Reformatory club yesterday, 6 to 4, at Lorton. Second Baseman Campbell of the police delivered the winning punch with a triple with the bases full. The blue coat shortstop, Hiser, accepted eight consecutive chances. CONSIDER PENNANT AS CUBS' PROPERTY Wrigley Spent $300,000 for New Talent to Make Club a Winner. BY OWEN L. SCOTT. HICAGO, August 21.—So far as Chicago is concerned, the race this year for the National League pennant is all over but the shouting. ‘William Wrigley appears about to achieve his one big ambition as a club owner, and Chicago is all ready fof another emotional spree. The oné present worry of local fans is how to obtain world series tickets. No one here even considers the pos- sibility of another season-end slump such as those that occurred in 1927 and 1928, to bring disaster to the hopes of the hard-hitting Cubs. The re: is Rogers Hornsby—$200,000 secon: sacker—who is proving cheap at the price, so far as Wrigley and Chi are concorned. Then Pittsburgh’s slip- ping tendencies add further certaint§ to the situation. = Do Not Fear Slump. ‘Two years ago at this time the Cubs were out in front of the league with the remnants of a six-game lead. & few days earlier it had looked like & walkaway for the Bruins. Then th§ pitchers broke and the batters lost their eye, with the result that before the end of the season Chicago was trailing in fourth place. It was some< thing of the same story last year. Z This time Hornsby’s hitting is ex< pected to forestall any similar slump. And besides, the Cub pitchers, rather uncertain most of the season, are clicks ing in unison—with Guy Bush setting the pace. Wrigley's investments, as § result, are sure to pan out profitably. ~ ‘The winning Cubs have been a hard outfit to bring together. So many ex- pensive prima donnas—such as Hornss by, Wilson and Cuyler—add color, but create problems, and it has been one of the base ball wonders of the year to see them working together like g bunch of rookies for the good of the team. z Hornsby Cost Big Sum. z At the moment the Cubs are letting it be known, too, that it has not taken much Wrigley gold to assemble the win- ning outfit. Hornsby, at $200,000 cash and players, is considered the me expensive item in base ball. Babe Ruth cost Col. Ruppert about $130,000. Hack Wilson came to the Cubs fr the Giants on a technicality and l:g only $5,000. Guy Bush was bought fop about $1,500. Cuyler cost about $20.% 000, and Charley Grimm came fog about $35,000. It took $30,000 to get English, while McMillan came for thg draft price to play third base. = Thus for about $300,000 worth of new ivory the Cubs got together high-powered aggregation. The records breaking gate receipts of this season have more than paid for the outlay. = A world series with the crowds tha} Chicago would cram in would make the Bruin outfit look cheap at almost ny price. A . INDIANAPOLIS BUYS TWO. BLOOMINGTON, I, August (#)—Pitcher Lee Daney and Catcher Ernest Lorbeer have been sold by the Bloom! club of the Three Eye League, to Indianapolis of the Amer- ican Association. Paddy Reagan, baseman, was released outright. ——sEral . Pitt lost only three foot ball letter m and the freshmen are unusually ends this Sale $6.50 Sports Shoes Also short lines, many good $6.50 tan' and black calf oxfords—imported woven leather sports shoes and “factory samples,” worth double or more sale price! Leave your old shoes to bhe properly “RE- BUILT” by the ° HAHN «+ REPAIR SERVICE Mans’ Shop 14th at G 7th& K 3212 14th