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¢ Toe Il ing Sfar WASHINGTON, D. 'C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1929.- PAGE 47 Huggins, Yankee Pilot, “Killed in Action”: Series Contenders Strong at Short ENGLISH EQUAL OF BOLEY DEATH IS DECLARED DUE TO HIS BASE BALL ZEAL Sapped of Strength by Efforts Devoted to Flag Bat- tle, Physician Says—A. L. Games Tomorrow Called Off as a Tribute. RY WILLIAM J. CHIPMAN, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, September 26 (#).— If casualty lists were issued in base ball, we should see on: this morning reading some- thing like this: “Killed in action—Miller J. Huggin: ‘The mighty midget of the Yankees lies dead when, on the word of Dr. Edward King, his physician, he might be alive if the stamina he devoted to the losing pennant battle of his ball team had been hoarded for the benefit of his own physical well-being. Taxed more and more by each succeeding base ball campaign. the miniature com- mander of the Ruppert rifies was drained of strength when he entered St. Vincent's Hospital last Friday, and was easy prey for the toxins which ended his life at 3:16 o'clock yesterday afternoon. All base ball will pay tribute to him at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. when his funeral will be held at the Church | of the Transfiguration, the Little Church Around the Corner. The limited space will be far overtaxed by the base hall host which will be present to pay | respect to the Yankee manager. After services here, the remains will ‘be placed aboard a train for Cincinnati, where Huggins will be buried on Sunday beside his father and his mother. The services in New York will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. J. E. Price, pastor of the Washington Heights Methodist Episcopal Church, and those in Cincin- nati by a minister from the Walnut Hills Presbyterian Church. Games Are Canceled. F. 8. Barnard, president of the Amer- fcan League, canceled the schedule of that circuit for tomorrow as soon as he learned of the plans for the funeral, It was discovered later that the only con- test on the card was the Yankee-Sen- ator engagement at Washington. The | cancellation of this game will enable all club owners from as far east as Boston and as far west as Cleveland and De- troit to be present at the funeral. The National League probably will pay its respect to the man who won eight straight games from its clubs in the last two world series by observing a minute of prayer before the start of the games tomorrow. These are at Philadel- phia and St. Louis. After playing in Washington today the Yankees will entrain for New York and will not return to the Capital to resume: the series until Saturday. The lavers will attend the funeral in a Chief among the mourners at Hug- gins’ bier will be Col. Jacob Ruppert, owner of the Yankees, and Edward G. W, business manager. Men of the world, In the widest sense, surprised at nothing and affected by few events, these two friends of Huggins were visi- bly shaken by the news-every one had been expecting since, just before noon when it became known that the little Miller had fallen into a coma. The owner of the Yankees, many times a millionaire, always wanted a winning ball team more than anything else his money could buy, and he stood in awe 'of the magic with which Hug- gins brought him pennants. To Jacob Ruppert, base ball wars were real and the commander of his forces was a super general, Always Avoided Limelight. 8ix pennants in eight years and three world championships can hardly be kept a secret, but the retiring nature of Huggins, with not a trace of show- manship in it, perhaps would have had it s0. Hug always fell back from the limelight in favor of his players, in favor of Babe Ruth, the super-star whom the little manager fined $5,000 for insubordination, and against whom the fine stuck until remitted by Hug- gins himself after he had won all his points in his battle against the home- run king. It took that row to cement the friendship of Ruth and Huggins, of all grief-striken Yankees Ruth was the most severely shaken. Huggins’ death was caused by com- plications after erysipelas and influ- enza, the direct cause being the in- ability of medical science to check the rise of infection in his blood after the spread of toxins from a boil under his left eye. Four blood transfusions failed to halt the advance of the poisons. ‘Toward the end Huggins was unable to recognize his sister, Myrtle Huggins, with whom he made his home here and in St. Petersburg; his brother and sis. ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hu, gins of St. Petersburg:| Robert J. Con- nery, a life-long friend, and Col. Rup- pert and Mr. Barrow. ‘The base ball wizard was 49 years old, & native of Cincinnati. He had been surprisingly successful in Florida real estate and was reputed to be worth about $250,000. Although a graduate of the University of California Law School and & member of the bar in Ohio, he is be- lieved to have died without having drawn a will. . HOFFMAN CLOTHIERS’ FIVE CHANGES NAME ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 26.— Hoffman Clothiers, runners-up to the Old Dominion Boat Club last Winter for the Alexandria unlimited basket ball title, will play under the name of the Knight's Store Five this season. Edward Harlowe will continue as ad- visor, while a meeting will be held shortly to name a coach and manager. 8t.. Mary’s Celtics have obtained a lease for the use of Schuyler’s Hall in the 1000 block of King street for its basket ball games this Winter and g:&an ns to convert the hall into a et ball court will be started imme- diately. s 3 A valusble lufuhmon is “Bueck” Freeman, who is playing center field on the base ball team. C. V. Tompkins of the Episcopal High has turned the coaching job at the Maroon and Black institution over to “Bick” Cardwell, former Vi _captain and tackle in '27, who will serve as head coach the remainder of the season. Tompkins: will devote his time exclu- sively to drilling the indoor trackmen. St. Mary’s Celtics have postponed their game with the Mohawks in Wash- n October 13. It will be resched- uled for a later E. V. Weems and Col. Pipes reached the third of the Belle Haven Country Club’s Belle Haven bowl tour- ney yesterday, the former defeating C. C. Carlin, jr., 5 and 4, and the latter beat D. F. Cowan 2 up. Virginia A. C.”girdmen will drill to- night at 7 oclock at King and streets. BY WALTER TRUMBULL. ILLER HUGGINS left this world's fleld of play yesterday and not only his friends, but base ball will miss him. Through a good deal of early opposition and eriticism, he came gamely on to prove himself a fine judge and great leader of men. This has been a year when sport hes lost several of its most efficient repre- sentatives.. *Tex Rickard, James Rowe, sr, Sam Hildreth and Miller Huggins. ali have gone within a space of nine months. Rowe, Hildreth and Rickard were older men, but. Huggins appeared to have decades of usefulness ahead of him. He was only 49. Long before Huggins came to manage the Yankees, in 1917, to win with them six pennants and three world’s series. he was & }fllyer of note. Breaking into the big leagues with Cincinnati, in 1904, he went to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1909, and it was there that he got his first meanagerial experience. ‘Wen Fame As Player. But is was as a second baseman that he first won fame. A great student of batters and a -splendid fielder, Huggins could cover a lot of ground and was great on making double plays. At bat. he was one of the hardest hitters for a pitcher to work on who ever stood at a plate, Standing about five feet four inches, there wasn't any too much room between his shoulders and his knees anyhow and in addition he had an eye like e s h{l';vh You :1&-':, find Huggins after any ba s, ‘When %oul‘\ns first took hold of the Yankees, some of them thought he was too small for the job. He soon demon- strated that he could, if the occasion warranted it, be just as tough as A man seven feet tall. After a few bouts in which he scored technical knockouts. he had no further trouble and I do not believe that ‘any ‘leader ended by in- spiring more confidence and loyalty. Huggins had both a college and law school education and his mind was keen and clear. - He was a good deal of a psychologist. When we talked of the chances of the Yankees in Florida this Spring Huggins said: | “I have a good team this season, but | what it will do is all a matter of dis- | position. ¥ou can't inspire or drive a | team which has won the flag often | enough to make it an old story as you can a team with an ambition yet to be | realized. “Another thing is that all parts of a machine do not wear the same. It may run smoothly, but that may be because the strong parts are carrying the part which has grown weak, and it does not become noticeable until it breaks. “For the sake of spirit and for the sake of replacing any worn parts one at a time, so as to bulld your machine over gradually and always keep it run- ning at ‘top speed, I like to add some- thing each year—make perhaps one small change; keep the machine oiled. “The trouble is that experience counts, and it is hard to tell just when a new part which is not worn in is better than a part which has begun to weaken, but still is doing pretty well. You can't afford to rebuild all at once. You have to stop the machine entirely | to do that.” Always Wanted to Win. Huggins, like all players of the old school, hated to lose. It hurt him to run any place except first. “It might be better for the American League and base ball in general if some other club took a turn at winning,” he said to me, “but I am going to win by 20 games if I can. It is my job to lead the Yankees to the flag. The others start from the same place and they must_look out for themselves.” A fine, game, brainy little man, Mil- ler Huggins, with a heart and spirit bigger than his body. He played the game and it can {1l afford to lose him. (Copyright, 1929, by North American News- paper Alliance.) “SATURDAY” ROLLERS WILL MEET TONIGHT — A meeting will be held tonight to make final arrangements for launching the Saturday Night Duckpin League at Convention Hall. Eight teams so far have entered the league and others will be welcomed. A. W. Hagerman has been elected president of the loop, with Bernard Hazel, jr., vice president, and Charles Miller “secretary-treasurer and official scorer. Competition in the East Washington Church Bowling League, which opened its eighth season Tuesday night, prom- ises to prove interesting. Douglas Me- morial was the pennant winner in the last campaign. . Comprising the loop are teams rep- resenting Anacostia M. E., Brookland Baptist, Centennial Baptist, Douglas Memorial, Eastern Presbyterian, Ep- worth M. E., Fifth Baptist, First Breth- ren, Ingram Memorial, Keller, Lincoln Road M. E., Ninth Street Christian, Second Baptist, United Brethren and Waugh Churches. Hyattsville duckpinners last night at Lucky Strike took the measure of the Meyer Davis quint by three pins in the District League. Hyattsville totaled 533 pins to- 530 for Meyer Davis. It was first appearance of the subur- ban team in the loop. SAM CRANE, EX-GRIFF, CONVICTED OF MURDER HARRISBURG, Pa.,, September. 26 (®)—8amuel (Red) Crane, former major and minor league infielder, was convicted of second-degree murder last night in’ connection with the slaying of his erstwhile sweetheart, Della Lyter, whom he ‘shot and killed on the night of August 3. The verdict was returned by a jury of four women and eight men after slightly more than two hours of de- liberation. The verdict automatically carries a penitentiary sentence of from 10 to 20 years. BABE'S :625 MARK RECORD. The .625 average piled up by Babe Ruth in the 1928 m?l“- stands as the played four games or more in nual classic. greatest mark for any player who ever the an- Fs Ewwoop - ENGLISH- - e . i BY PAUL R. MICKELSON, Associated Press Bports Writer. HICAGO, September 26 (#).—Joe McCarthy's hustling Cublets have read so much of the near infallibility of their world series opponents, the Philadelphia Atheltics, that they are crackling with curiosity. Hack Wilson, the distinguished Penn- sylvanis Dutchman, who specializes in home runs, is eager to see if he can slap one or more of Lefty Grove's. portside slants out of the park. Kiki Cuyler, who has pilfered 40 bases so far this season, Cochrane. Guy Bush, leading pitcher of the Heydler circuit, who gets a greater thrill out of a base hit for himself than a strikeout, wants to prove he is a danger- ous man with & bat. (He got five hits last, season). ball is the best in both leagues. “Murderers’ row,” composed of Roger Hornsby, Cuyler,” Wilson and Riggs Stephenson, wants a chance to prove it can slaughter the best pitching in the American League as completely as in the National, Stephenson wants to come up to bat with the bases choked and determine whether he can ‘swoop 'em all in.” Not one of the Cubs.plan to seek personal glory at the expense of team unison, they insist, but they all want I BIG LEAGUE STATISTIC'S‘I . American League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. 8t. Louls, 3: Detroit, 2. New York. 11: Boston, 10 (11 innings). Chicage. 7; Cleveland, 9. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. 44 £ ¢4 H 25ds3s HIIM!\%I—J"IHIHU!III!I)Il.llml“l.anfl New York . 81 8/14/1011316]17]_86162/.56" Oleveland _...1 TH4l—| 7114/1113/13 78681.5” 10 91 9/—I 91121171111 76701.5 I F Louts. Philadelphia jew York. Cleveland. ashington. st. W l4sie3ie8! GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW Chicago at Cleveland. New York at Wash. Phils_ at Boston. New York at Wash. Nafion;]— League STANDING OF THE CLUBS. | o n. Lost. Percentage. Cinelnnatt. | Boston. Philadeiphia Wor Pittsburgh. S| New Yor) 45 1H 6izea .../ OI13[18[16'1710115194'501.653 131 §13113(11113/141841611.5670 10T New York....10y 131 7114/131131811641.859 1.507 ONLY ONE FOUR-RUN HOMER. Only one -player ever hit a series home run with the bases full Elmer Smith did it for Cleveland in Lee | the and 1920 series, betyeen the Indians ‘Brooklyn. Boston_ 1541031367 wants to test the | famed throwing arm of Catcher Mickey | | workout at Wrigley Field. | team it sounds like a fairy sto ts to see if his speed ns. T i e | my pitching, Tl be tossing them fast Cub Swaiters Eager to Take .Crack at Macks’ Mound Stars get & chance to prove their special- ities would be possible by them in the American League, which holds the edge on their circuit in gaining world's champlonships. Each can be noticed any time study- ing Athletic records for this season. Each has his opponent closely analyzed, except for Hack Wilson, who “likes to u¥h'em -dnnthey come d;km eht Cub e pu ever-ready-to- ul centerfielder, is polishing up & new wil- low Yor the fray, and whether he slams homers or whiffs, he is certain to pro- vide thrills for the thrill-seeking world series crowd. . 're ready for those fellows right Hack said between puffs in a “T've read and heard so much about their nlen 'm now, interested to know if it's all true.” “Hope I can do a lot of batting,” Bush said. “HMack Wilson kids me about my hitting, but who knows but what 1 may drive in some ru Don't worry about and sure. “My speed ball is all set to go,” Malone explained. “While I don't work for strikeouts altogether, I'll harvest a crop of them, I think.” : “And .lAnh w.l.m,s a chance to swoop runners in,” Stevie, the pride of Alabama, & “And I never felt better in m:; Cuyler responded. “All season I have heard I couldn’t steal as many bases in the American League as I have in the National. But I'll be after free ones.” “Murderers’ row” has a combined average of .305, as compared to a .332 mark held by the Yankees’ clean-up group in 1928, . FAIRLAWN JUNIORS CLAIM CITY TITLE Fairlawn Juniors claim the city sand- lot base ball title in their clla:yu the result of defeating Vic's Sport Shop, Capital, City junior champs, and othe) lmfi nines in their division. ing of Myerhoffer was' largely responsible for Fairlawns’ success. He ‘on 12 games and lost none and itched a no-hit, n Thorne hzlu“ d the x‘t:hln: o . lown the cat - tion, with-Nalley at first base, Dml & second, Benner and Beall at short- .jlop and Manager Harold Ricker at third base. Dwedney held forth in left field, with C. Plumb in center and with E. Plumb, Thorne and Gibson alter- nately -playing right. Gibson also did some pitching. as did Charles Bray. Frank - Small, jr..h backed - the "?i-y Pl run lanning Tn the" sentor sestion” of . the Gapitel | from City League. A banquet for the Fair- lawn nine is planned next momth. Coleman White and St. Elizabeth’s Hospital nines are to face on the lat- ter's diamend Saturday at 3:30.0'clock. Ramblers are after a game for Sun- day with an unlimited class nine. Manager Vermillion at West 0323, A game for Sunday afterncon with lrl; unuméud division nine is wanted by Che! hase Grays. Arrangements mty'yht made by cal Clevelany' 5462 Foxall and National Press Building Cards will meet on the Foxall diamond Sunday at 3 o'clock to decide duit road district title.” Each team so far this season has defeated the other e m&':x'if "be played -u':f single men's played, ing at 1 o'clock. 3 life,” | Pirates SHORTSTOPPING THE WORLD SERIES WILL BE UP TO THIS TRIO JOHN BPoLey- IN HOME RUN RACE |Hits Two to Get Within One of New Yorker, Who Is Leading With 42, | By the Associated Press. ITH the base ball world mourning the death of Mil- ler Huggins, there was little zest to the games yesterday, i and a home run shower at Baker Bowl was the most noteworthy haj . Chuck Klein hit two of these, and not only pulled up to within one.of Melvin Ott and the National League record of 42, but also became the fourth National Leaguer in 54 years to pass the 40 mark. Frank O'Doul hit his thirty-first and Donald Hurst his thirtieth. Sigman, the Philadelphia recruit, and Herman of Brooklyn also cleared the fence. Hurst's drive followed Klein's fortieth in the ninth round of the first game. enabling the Phils to win by 10 to 9. The second game was a Philadelphia victory by 8 to 5, pulling the Baker boys up to with- in half-a game of the ffth-place Robins. Johnny Frederick doubled in the last game, running his string of two-baggers to 52, two more than the modern high mark set last year by Paul Waner of the Pirates. Ed Delehanty of the Phil- lies made the all-time record of 56 two- base hits in 1899. | 8 to 4 at the Polo Grounds, climbing to within three games of the second-place s. Each of these clubs will fall one contest short of its allowed 154, leaving the Giants only eight games in which to gain four, something of a tas] ‘The Cardinals whitewashed the Re: by 8 to 0 in the remaining National League game, the Cubs and the Pirates having .another open date on their schedule. o ‘Tony Lasseri’s triple and Lou Gehrig's sacrifice fly enabled the Yankees to pull out the decision at Boston by 11 to 10 in the eleventh inning. The Yankees were visibly affected by news of their manager’s death, but pulled themselves together in time to earn the victory which clinched second place for them. Glenn Myatt’s home run with two on in the ninth enabled Cleveland to nose out’ Chicago by 9 to 7, and the Browns shaded Detroit by 3 to 2 in remaining American League games. The Athletics and the Senators were idle. SCHULTE BEING TREATED AS COLLISION AFTERMATH ST. LOUIS, September 26 (#).—Fred Schulte, -Brownie outfielder, has turned to St. Louis for med! ment as the result of head pains. Ap- glcnnny the result of his collision with einie Manush at Sportsman Park on August 21. ' He was unconscious minutes after the accident. Jim_ Line , new Houston, with & victory and de- feat in two starts this Fall, has gone to his Baton Rouge, La., home, after an appendicitis attack. > —_— FIGHT LAST NIGHT. By the Associated Press. MONTREAL.—Al Foreman, Canada, stopped Johnny Dundee, New York (10). | MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS | X A-u&lgm ASSOOIATION. i ';"%.‘flf‘ruu.')::. (Second Indianppolis, 0 peils, 3. PACIFIC. COAST LEAGUE. BT iy Tas gneees 7 Loty o \ | | | | | KLEIN CROWDS 0TT By the Associated Preas. National. Batting=—O'Doul, Phillies, .392. Runs—Hornsby, Cubs, 148, H!,.lnn batted in—Wilson, Cubs, 152. , Robins, 52. Triples—L. Waner, Pirates, 19. Homers—Ott, Giants, 42. Stolen iyler, Cubs, 40. Pitching—Bush, Cubs, won 18, lost 6. Ameriean. gumn(—simmom Athleties, .370. uns—Gehringer, Tigers, 129. Runs batted g—slmmom, Athletics, 147, Hits—Simmons, Athletics, 207. Doubles—Manush, Browns, 44. Triples—Combs, Yanks: Gehringer, ’gcx.em‘:s Miller, Athletics; Searritt, Homers—Ruth, Yanks, 46. ‘Tigers, Stolen bues——oehrl:;sfl. I l:lt‘zmnl——dmve, Athletics, won 20, lost 5. 0’DOUL GETS FOUR HITS AND PICKS UP A POINT By the Associated Press. Activity in the Big Six yesterda again_was limited to Frank O s Babe Herman and Babe Ruth, with the rest enjoying another open date. O'Doul got four out of nine, gaining one point to .392, and Herman got only two hits, losing one point. His average now is .384, eight points behind O’Doul. Ruth got one out of five and dropped one point. The standing: Q'Doul. Philli Robi: The Glants defeated the Braves by | Bimmio: 26. | 6— 5o | Series bem;ownducwd by, the War De- 384 | partment Polo Association. AFIELD AND Versatile Jim Dykes, Eligil HITS BETTER ble for Job Although Due to Play Third, Lacks Cub’s Defensive Class, but Packs a Far Superior Punch. Records of Rival Shortstops. FIELDING. John Boley, Athletics. Elwood English, Cubs. Jimmy Dykes, Athletic: . 115 Total Double BATTING. A.B. 375 566 Dykes. . English.. . Boley...... AMATEUR AND PRO | NET STARS “EVEN" Kozeluh, in Picking “First| Ten,” Says They Are “Feeft-Feeft.” 36 BY TED VOSBURGH, Assoctated Press Sports Writer. OREST HILLS, N. Y., September 26 (A).—If the rid’'s 10 best amateur tennis players were pitted against the 10 foremost professionals in a series of matches, the result would be ‘“feeft- feeft,” thinks Karel Kozeluh, the great little Czechoslovakian pro, who stands today in the quarter-final round of the national professional championship singles. The “Wizard of Prague,” who has seen all the leading members of both groups in action and has played or practiced against most of them, went on to name in order for the Associated Press the men whom he considers ‘entitled to places in the two “first 10s” as follows: Amateur. 1—Cochet. France. 3—La Coste, France. 3—Tilden, United States. 4—Borotra, France. 5—Hunter, United States. 6—Lott, United States. 7—Doeg, United States. 8—Morphurgo, Italy. 9—Boussus, France. 10—Austin, England. Professional. 1—Richards, Unlfitz.d States, or Ko- 3—Albert Burke, England. 4—Najuch, Germany. 5—Ramillon, France. 6—Snodgrass, United States. 7—Plaa, France. 8—Howard Kinsey, United States. 9—Joset Kozeluh, Czechoslovakia. 10—Richter, Germany. Kozeluh declined to take No. 1 place for himself, preferring to await the result of the present tournament, in which he and Vincent Richards, the defending champion, are favored to meet in the final, as they did last year. Richards already has reached the semi-finals with the aid of a first-round bye. having defeated the veteran Phila- delphia chop-stroke master, Wallace F. Johnson, yesterday by scores of 6—3 6—1, 6—2, Kozeluh, around behind, trimmed Phil Bagby of Kansas City by 6—I1, A third player on Kozeluh's list of the 10 best . Howard Kinsey of San Francisco, likewise won in straight sets, -and, like Richards, has gained the semi- final round with the aid of a bye. The chubby, bespectacled and eye-shaded master of the famous “Kinsey loop drive” downed Edwin Faulkner, tall, spare Philadelphian. at 6—4, 6—2, 6—1, in the quarter-finals. WAR WHITES PLAYING 3D CAVALRY POLOISTS Third Cavalry and War Department Whites were to clash this afternoon at 4 o'clock on the Potomac Park oval in another polo match of the low-goal R. H. 71 121 31 5 13 201 70 126 161 26 4 %z 17 7 2B. 3B. HR.T.B. RB.L S.sl. 1 198 44 12 2 109 45 1 IMMY DYKES of the Philadelphia Athletics unquestionably is one of the most versatile players ever in the major leagues. He can play any infield or outfield posi- tion, with satisfaction guaranteed, and do a good job of battin, while filling any one of seven places. 3 Starting with the Athletics during their lean years, Dykes has been one of Connie Mack’s greatest helps in the 1 climb to the pennant and has saved the day many times by his ability to sub any place on the field. ‘This season Dykes has played short. third and second, but most of his 11 games have been at the short-fleld post. He will most. likely appear in the world series at third, but it is within reason that he may be over near: second, for Connie Mack may try to get the most hitting strength into the game against the clever Cub pitchers. As a shortstop Dykes is batting 39 points better than Elwood English, the Cub juvenile, and 61 ahead of John Boley. his teammate. For 2 short. chunky fellow, Dykes hits tremendously hard, and has made 31 doubles, 5 triples and 13 home runs and batted in runs. He is not nearly the fielder Eng- lish has shown himself to be, but ca- pable enough. 2 English is the youngest member 6of the Chicago team and in time will be a great shortstop. He is batting .2 and is not a distance hitter, but he fast as a streak and has manipulated 93 double plays, which is better than the combined work of Boley and Dykes in that department. English has battec first or second in the Cub line-up all season and has reached base often. H- it a timely hitter and dangerous in 2 pinch. John Boley, who for two years ha- been the Mackmen's regular shortsto] has been troubled with injuries mucl of the season and has been in only 8" games. Boley's forte is flelding anc he is a clever glove artist, who top- both English and Dykes on the fleld There are few shortstops capable of cov- ering more ground than Boley when h- is right, and he is another dangerou- and timely hitter of the Jack Barry and Everett Scott type. Should Boley be fit he will start the series. and Mack wil! be sure of steady work at the important shortstop position. There is little gained in comparisan of the Cub and Mackian shortstops Boley is as good a fielder as English. but not quite so strong at bat. Dyke- cannot handle balls with the young Cub, but has outhit him over the sea- son. Oddly enough, Dykes has made 20" total bases on his 121 hits during 111 games. to English’s collection of 198 or 161 hits in 134 games. But neither Con- nie Mack nor Joe McCarthy is worried about his shortstop and expects to be well protected there during the series. |WEIL OBTAIN.S CONTROL OF THE CINCINNATI CLUB CINCINNATI, September 26 (P).— Sidney Weil, wealthy young Cincinnati business man, has announced that h has obtained enough shares in the Cin- cinnati Base Ball Club to assure hi control. Within a few weeks he wil: became a director and, it is assumed. will be elected to the presidency. Weii said he. believed the Reds would be » paying venture, but said his first though* would be to build up a winning team as_rapidly as possible. Weil made no statement regarding - | probable choice for the job of manager vaeant after October 6 by reason of th resignation of Jack Hendricks, effectiv on that date. e BIRMINGHAM WINS FIRST. 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