Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1929, Page 43

Griff Righthanders JONES, MARBERRY PITCH IN TWIN BILL TOMORROW . & b . Acting Manager Fletcher Expected to Send Sherid and Pipgras to Slab—Ruel Put Out of Game as New Yorkers Rout Nationals, M staged in Griffith Stadium tomorrow afternoon. The pilot's overnight choices for the scraps are the veterans Fred Mar- berry and Sam Jones. Both have done right well against the New Yorkers this season and Johnson holds that with the long rest these itchers have had since last they appeared on the hill they should | e in good trim for the double-header. Acting Manager Art Fletcher of the Yanks, before leaving yester- day for New York, where he and the other members of the club today were to attend the funeral of the late Miller Huggins, made no defi- nite announcement of his mound choices for the Saturday twin sketch, but he may turn to Roy Sherid and George Pipgras for the BY JOHN B. KELLER. ANAGER WALTER JOHNSON plans to send a pair of right- hand hurlers against the Yankees in the double bill to be flinging. Tomorrow's double-header will be the eighth of the year between Yankees and Nationals. In oser twin bills between these clubs dur- ing the campaign, the Yanks twice scored double wins and so| did the Nationals, three of the bargain bills being split. Beaten, 10 to 3, yesterday by the ex- Jeague champions, the Washington club now can do no better than break even with the New York outfit in the annual interclub series. It was the Yankecs' eleventh triumph in 19 starts, and the clubs have but three more tussles scheduled. Contest for Six Rounds. How greatly one decision by an um- | pire can affect a contest was revealed in the opening game of this final series of the year between the New York and Washington clubs. When an apparently good strike was called a ball by Umpire Bick Campbell while Babe Ruth was at bat in the seventh inning what had been a_ keen pitching battle between Irving Hadley and the left-handed Ed ‘Wells quickly developed into a rout of the home pitcher and his club. The contenders went into the seventh with the score 1-all. Hadley previously had yielded five hits and four passes, but had been in little trouble. Wells, also nicked for as many hits and passes, had been in tense situations twice, but had pitched himself out of them. How- ever, Dickey, first up in the Yank sev- enth, combed Hadley for a single, and there were two on when Judge dropped a throw from Ruel, who had picked up Durocher's sacrificial tap. Wells followed with a nifty sacrifice, and when Hadley got in trouble while pitching to Combs it wyas deemed best to walk this batter and fill the bases for a double-play chance. Lary failed to meet the ball, striking out instead. Up to_the plate strode Ruth. Hadley went to a three-and-two count with the Bambino, one of the strikes be- ing the result of ‘a foul and the other 3} being called on the big fellow. Then, with™ all runnérs under way, as two |} were out, Hadley shot one over that|g Tooked only a little less than waist high and seemed to split the plate. ared Ruth had let a third strike go y and that the New York side was | retired. But Umpire Campbell called the pitch & ball. Ruth walked and Dickey was automatically sent over the plate with | L) the run that broke the tie. As soon as the umpire called the ball Ruel whirled about and protested vigorously. For his kick the little catcher was sent out of the game for only the second time in his big league career. ‘That was the end for Hadley and the Nationals. Gehrig, following Ruth, tripled three runs across, and_ Durst singled Gehrig home before hoisted to Goslin for the final out of the round. Five runs had crossed after Hadley had gone to a three-and-two count with the Bable after two were out. Some Other Scores. ‘The Nationals had put over the first run of the game in the fifth with Rige's double and Goslin's triple. The Yan- kees had countered in the sixth with Lary's double and Ruth’s single. They scored more off Lloyd Brown in the eighth and Garland Braxton in the ninth. Two hits and a wild throw by Cronin figured in the eighth-inning run, and -in the final frame the ¥Yanks | 15¢ boosted their hit total for the tilt to 14 by getting to Braxton for four safeties that netted three markers. ‘Wells, too, failed to finish. He was Yeached for a second run in the seventh inning when a hit by Hayes and passes to Jones, batting for Hadley, and Judge crowded the sacks, with none out. Hayes scored after Durst got Rice's hoist. Cro- nin and West doubled at the start of the elgth to give Washington its third « run, then Spencer strolled, and so did ‘Wells. All the home side got off Wilcy Moore~was a single in the ninth to give it nine hits for the day. ‘West made two remarkable catches. In the fourth inning he ran far over and leaped high against the wall of the open stand to drag down Ruth’s scream- ing liner. In the fifth he tore in for a grab of Combs’ low liner and heaved to double Dickey off second base. Judge got a mean whack on the shin ‘when Cronin threw wildly as he tried to complete a double play in the eighth. ‘The blow swept the' first baseman from his feet and the ball solled to right fleld, the error permitting Combs, the batter, to reach third. ‘West had a perfect day at bat. In the second inning he beat out a bunt for a single, in the fourth he drove a safety to center, in the sixth he walked, | ard in the eighth he doubled. A long relay by Cronin of West's re- turn of Durst’s double in the sixth cut down Gehrig, trying to score from first on the hit, at the plate. Cronin, in fairly deep left, had to jump to spear ‘West’s throw, but heaved nicely toward home, and Ruel wheeled just in time to tag Gehrig. Secretary Eynon of the Washington club left yesterday for Chattanooga to ascertain whether the Tennessee city offers a good training site for the Na- tionals next Spring. The secretary may visit other likely training. sites before returning to Washington, President Griffith says. 0’'DOUL LTSSS A POINT; HERMAN AT STSNDSTILL By the Assoclated Press. J Although Frank O’'Doul and Babe Merman each hit .333 on the day yester- | day, O'Doul dropped down a point to .391 as Herman remained stationary at .384 in their race for the batting cham- pionship of the Bix Six and the Na- tional League. O'Doul got two out of six and Herman one out of three, Rogers Hornsby again was idle, but Al Simmons picked up a int with two hits and Jimmy Foxx down ‘a notch with just one safety. Babe Ruth got two out of four, gaining one point. ) 'Doul. Phillies 1 Robins. .. 1 . R, H. Pet. 1 391 384 37 31 It ap- | & Koenig | 5 FOR A STARTER NEW YORK. Coombs, ef Larv. 3b | Ruth, “rf. | Genrig, ib. t, " 1f > ] 2 mwamomwnnnnd £] P ] > | Dick | Duroeher, | wells, p. Moore, b | Totals WASHINGTON. | Judze, 1b. " rf ol ovmrasonsss =l 8| coscoonuwenanay 8 L~ ] w!| soscorosorcona 5| conuaromumn P | cocormonnuason® ol cocoorcowmmmms! | L 8| noocomuwouwanmas® w 05 Totals i hie *Batted for Hadley In seventh inni tBatted for Brown in eighth innin | New York .. 00000151310 Washington 00010110—-3 Runs batted in—Goslin, Ruth (2), Gehrig, (3). Durst, Rice, West, Paschal. Dick Durocher. 'Two-base hits—Rice, Lary. Cr! Three-base hits—Gosl 5 . pSacrifices “Dutocher, Wells, Rice. Double plays—Judge to Cronin, West to Cronin. Wells to Gehrig to Dickes. s—New York, 8: Washington, 11. . Struck v Wells. 5: by Hadley, 2: by Braxton Hits—Off Wells. 8 in 7 innings (none out : off Moore. 1 in 2 innings: off 8 in 7 innings: off Brown. 2 in 1 Braxton. 4 in 1 inning. Winning Losing __pitcher—Hadley, Campbell, Dinneen and t game—32 hours and 13 Umpires— Messrs. Noliin. ~_Time of minutes. g ] o . AB.R. H.2b S AR 3 2 529 81 16€ 35 Sk B Tk Fepesias - | P cavarnorons B SE Bt BECwde35838.822 e 238ass orsasSon! £ canasteetauzEzlse : s osorusomsanoELS gEREEEEY camsatinaiEea L] H T cocesosonumrusSscuuseas! - 0 ] o 5820 E e BEROED oroosoHHHHooBSIsA! ecousaatited w2nman 1834 ] oS- | ~oRERaTR: cobmanniSal By the Assoclated Press. AMERICAN. Batting—Simmons, Athletics, 371, Runs—Gehringer, Tigers, 129. Runs batted in—Simmons, Athletics, xo-im—stmmm, Athletics, 209. Doubles—Manush, Browns, 44. Triples—Combs, Yan! ‘Tigers; Miller, Athleti Sox, 15. Homers—Ruth, Yankees, 46. Stolen bases—Gehringer, Tigers, 26. - Pitching—Grove, Athletics, won 20, lost 5. NATIONAL, Batting—O'Doul, Phillies, .391. Runs—Hornsby, Cubs, 148. Runs batted in—Wilson, Cubs, 152. Hits—O'Doul, Phillies, 235. Doubles—Frederick, Ropins, 52. Triples—L. Waner, Pirates, 19. Homers—Ott, Giants, 42. . Stolen bases—Cuyler, Cubs, 40. Pitching, Bush, Cubs, won 18, lost 6. ENGLE DUE TO HEAD CHATTANOOGA CLUB CHATTANOOGA, Tenn,, September 27 (#)—Joe Engle, scout for the Wash- ington club .of the American League, said here today that a deal for the purchase of the Chattanooga base ball club would be closed shortly. The con- sideration will be approximately $50,000. J. B. Eynon, jr., secretary of the Wash- ington_ club, arrived here yesterday and started an examination of the books of the Chattanooga club. ¢ Engle said he was acting individually in the transaction, and that the Wash- ington club_would not be interested financially. He said he would be presi- dent of the club. HOME RUN STANDING By the Associated Press. (Home Runs Yesterday. Simmons, Athletics . P. Waner, Pirates. Frederick, Robins .. American League Leaders. Ruth, Yankees . | Gehrig, Yankees | Foxx, Athletics | Simmons, Athletics | Alexander, Tigers ‘Wilson, Cul Hornsby, Cubs . O'Doul, Phillies . League_ Totals. | National | American . WASHINGTON, B. C, - The Foening Star FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1929. Features and Classified PAGE 43 to Tackle Yanks : Series Rivals Rated Equal in Left Field | AL St MMONS - To Lead A BYL.WILLIAM J. SHIPMAN. Associated Press Sports Writer. the major league front again ‘was more or léss perfunctory yesterday in the two decisions reached in each circuit. A fifth game, involving the White Sox and the Indians at Cleveland, was postponed on account of rain. Going into battle for the first time since 1917 under leadership other than that of Miller Huggins, the Yankees pounded out a10-to-3 victory over the Senators and entrained early in the evening for New York to attend the funeral of their deceased EEOL The champion Athletics had little dif- ficulty in tummg back the Red Sox in Boston, 5 to 3, far less than the score might indicate. George Earnshaw gave up just four hits in six innings, earning his twenty-third victory, and then gave way to Rube Walberg, who permitted the Red Hose to bunch five drives for three runs in the eighth. the first inning when Al Simmons hit his thirty-second home run with two mates aboard. By running his mark to 23 victorles, Earnshaw broke a tie which had existed between himself and P:lt Malone for the interleague leader- ship. Dazzy Vance once more failed to go 0 7 American League i YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. icago-Cleveland, rain. Philadelpnta, ) Hosion, 3. New York, 10; Wlollh?l'llflgn. 3 STANDING OF THE CLUBS. . Louls. Washington Detroit. Philadelphia S| New York. Cleveland. = Philadelphia 91121171111 76/701.52 112121 691771.473 T 41 9[11110/10/—1 9|14/ 67181.453 -1/ 61 91 41101 7—I11 56190..384 ~T31 61 91111 81 BIT1i—I 55051.367 . 145162168]70/77/81190 95 —|—/ GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Phila. at Boston. New York at Wash. (2). St. Louis at Cleve. Chicago at Detroit. National League YESTBRDAY'S8 RESULTS. Brooklyn, 3; Phi , 12 T o STANDING OF Pittsburgh. New York. Cincinnati. Boston. Chiengo. am I—I 911211511611 710/151941501.653 112/—| 8/13113/11113/14184162.575 110/13/—/13] 711412112181/641.559 1 5 31 91—112/13118/14/74/71.510 LI 51111 41 9|—[13111/14167/80'.456 | 61 911210/ 9/—I11(101671811.453 5] 9/10] 3/11/11/—I141631831.432 17 81 91 81 9| 5/ 8/—I541931.367 Grand total ......e eeen..1,318 150162164171180/81/83 1951 —1—! > PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. San Prancisco. Los Aglleln. % Y Misaions. i"fifln‘s ¥ GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh at 6. L. Bos ion &t Phila. 2" ITH the base ball world still | ‘mourning the death of Milier Jerome Huggins, action along The game was practically decided in | 5 Marines in the Center gym. — Earnshaw Scores 23d Victory Il Major Hurlers the route, and Philadelphia won fits | fourth straight from the Robins by 12 to 3. Lester Sweetland was the winning | pitcher. The victory lifted the Phillies | over the Robins and into fifth place by a margin of half a game. This is the first time since 1917, in the fading days ,of Alex the Great and Pat Moran, that | the Phils have been so high one week | from the finish. The 1917 Phillles were | runners-up td the champion Giants. | _Selph's single in the ninth drove home the winning run for St. Louis in a 2- to-1 victory over Pittsburgh. Paul| Waner's homer in the first half of the | same round had tied the score. Clarence Mitchell and Hal Haid outpitched Jess Petty. The defeat left the Pirates with a margin of only two and one-half games over the Glants in the race for second place. JUDGE TESTIMONIAL TO BE HELD IN 1930 Joe Judge. popular first baseman of the Nationals, will be given a testi- monial by fans early next season, it was decided at a meeting of th= com- mittee pushing the plan held last night at Spalding’s. No decision has been reached as to the form the testimonial will take. Judge will celebrate his fifteenth sea- son in major league base ball and with the Washington team next season and it is because of his capable and faith- ful service that he will be tendered a testimonial. Jim McNamara, Jewish Community Centerd irector of athletics, heads the committe in charge of plans for the testimonial and presided at last night's meeting. Dr. George Sharps, Robe Acorn, James A. Sullivan and Fred Pelzman were others who attended. SRS BOXING MATCH LISTED. Jewish Community *Center boxing team, city team amateur champions for fthe past three vears, will open its sea- son_October 24, entertaining Quantico RiIGGS STEPHENSON- INJURY TO DELAY GOTHAM PAYS LAST RETURN OF GRINM TRIBUTE 10 UG ] Hundreds Pass Bier of the, " «“Mite Manager” of Yankees | T Cubs’ First Sacker Cannot Resume Playing Until Tuesday at Earliest. ’ By the Associated Press. HICAGO, September 27.—Unless hed efles his doctor’s orders, Capt. Charley Grimm will not operate at first base for the Cubs when r}:ey return to ac- tion tomorrow. Grimm's left hand, in which a small ‘bone was fractured more than a month ago at the Polo Grounds, New York, has healed, but the club physician told him every additional day of rest would make him more certain of being in shape for ;,h'g championship series with the Ath- etics. The Cub first basenfan, the only left- hand batsman in the regular line-up, has been gorking in practice, and had planned to re-enter the field of action against the Cincinnati Reds tomorrow. Manager Joe McCarthy listened to the advice of the doctor, however, and de- cided Grimm should lay off until Tues- day, when the Cubs and Reds resume their series at Cjncinnati. It also was decided by the Cub man- ager that Gabby Hartnett will confine his world series activity to pinch bat- ting. Hartnett caught in last Sunday's engagement with the Giants, and got into the exhibition contest at Aurora, 1., Tuesday, and since that time has been unable to lift his afling throwing rt | arm higher than his shoulder. Zack Taylor, who has done most of the catching since he was acquired from Boston in the middle of the season, also will be missed during the first two games of the Cincinnati set. Taylor re- ceived word last night of the death of his father, W. B. Taylor, at Winter ‘Park, Fla., and will be unable to rejoin the club before the opening of the Cin- cinnati part of the serles. Joe Kelley, Ned By the Associated Press. ALTIMORE, September 27.—Mil- ler Huggins’ first two managers in his major league career, to- day told how he broke into the big game to rise until he became the leader of the greatest ball combine in history. They are Joe Kelley and Ned Hanlon, both of whom helped make the old Baltimore Orioles famous in the middle 90's and who still live here. Kelley managed the Cincinnati Reds for four years, 1902 until 1905, and in the Fall of 1903 Huggins came to him from the St. Paul club of the American Association, which then was managed by Mike Kelly. Kelley, one of the “big four” the other three of whom were John Mc- Graw, Willle Keeler and Hughie Jen- nings, of the famed Orioles, was suc- led as manager of the Cincinnati ‘Hanlon and the the Hanlon Tell Hoiw Huggins Started in Game| Kelly, a friend of mine, was managing St. Paul and ury us - to wnm Hi . I think he cost the $4,- 500. Before we closed the deal, however, we had a_scout ar two look him over, and the report 8f his ability was so good that we lost no time in closing.” “It was only natural that Huggins, with his natural base ball ability, should fit into the Cincinnati machine of 1904. I was on first, Huggins on second, Cor- coran on short and Steinfeldt, “later of the famous Cub machine, on third,” Kelley recounted. ‘When Hanlon went to the manager, Kelley went to the outfield. “The former t of the Yankees picked up the finer points of the game as quick as any man I ever saw,” de- clared Hanlon, “and when I left Cincin- nati it ‘was with the feeling that he would be heard from later on in life. I have watched his career with a greal I.nm& and base ball has lost. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. :l'lllm 4; | Kansas City, 6. base. R | in New York. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, September 27— Metropolitan base ball men to- day paid their last tribute to Miller J. Huggins, “mite man- ager” of the New York Yankees. Funeral services for the Yankee chief- tain who died on Wednesday, were ar- rangedf or 2 p.m. in the Church of the Transfiguration, the “Little Church Around the Corner.” Hundreds of close friends, acquain- tances and just ¥plain fans” passed by the mighty little base ball veteran's bier in the mortuary chapel of the church. Arthur Fletcher and Charles O'Leary, coaches, and Babe Ruth, Lew Gehrig, Tony Lazzeri and Earle Combs, were selected as pall-bearers. The Yankees’ American League game with Washing- ton was postponed to allow the play- ers to attend the funeral. Huggins will rest beside his father and mother in Cincinnati. Final ser- vices are to be held in the First Presby- terian Church, Cincinnati, Sunday afternoon. \Members of the immediate family will accompany the body by train to Cin- cinnati as will Charles McManus, rep- resentng the Yankee Club, Bob Con- nery, an intimate of long standing, and a committe from the New York chapter of the Base Ball Writer's Association of America. IRIGGS STEPHENSON GIVEN PARITY WITH AL SIMMONS Rugged Cub and Sturdy Mackman Both Are Power- ful Batsmen and Steady Fielders Likely to Star in Base Ball’s Title Set. Records of Series—Left Fielders. Fielding. i ‘;l'otal Double- c. 9 chances. plays. PC. Al Simmons, Athletics.... 324 18 3 Sa5 0 Tol 991 Riggs Stephenson, Cubs.. 230 6 4 240 3 983 Batting. G. AB. R. H. 2B. 3B. HR. TB. RBIL SB. PC. 136 551 107 203 41 9 31 355 145 3 .368 127 465 88 167 34 5 17 262 102. 9 .359 Player and club. PO. E. Simmons Stephenson ... | WO of the most colorful players in base ball are Riggs Stephen- son of the Chicago Cubs and Al Simmons of the Philadelphia 1 Athletics, who will guard left field for their respective clubs in the coming world series. Both are giants of men, powerful | batters and steady fielders. | which Joe McCarthy and Connie They pack much of the punch with Mack hope to achieve the world Stephenson is a product of Joe McCarthy’s judgment of players. ‘ base ball crown. Cast o 1 along in by the Cleveland Indians as a poor fielder, he was jogging the American Association when McCarthy became manager | of the Cubs. Joe purchased him for the Bruins, and he not only con- \tlnued his powerful batting, but developed into a capable fielder. | Simmons was dubbed impossible |when he came into the American League because of his “water | bucket” stance at the plate, but Connie Mack laughed at the critics, and Simmons became one of the league’s leading batsmen. |~ He was runner-up for the 1928 bat- ting_champlonship, and may win the batting crown this season, to thus be- come the first American League lead- ing batter to play in the series the same year since Ty Cobb led the league | and piayed in the series of 1909. Both Simmons and Stephenson are | right-handed batters and_sluggers_in | every sense of the word. Simmons has { belted out a total of 355 bases this year, his_hits including 41 doubles, 9 triples |and 31 homers. Stephenson, in nine less games has made 34 two-baggers, 5 DOWN T WITH W. O. The Long-Drawn-Out Season. T IS more than likely that the play- ing season for the national pastime will be shortened next vear. At dent of the American League, is very much for it. In fact, he was for it in advance of the present season, which is coming to a somewhat lugu- | brious close. The pennant races were | settled long ago and the other clubs | were just playing out the schedule. At ‘the Yankee Stadium the other day the slim crowd of customers sug- gested the lean days of the old Yankees when Frank Farrell owned that club. At other parks in both circuits the crowds consisted, for the greater part, of base ball writers and homeless per- sons with passes who had no other place to go. Apparently they went to the base ball parks to enjgy the solitude that is found only in ldrge stadia on the days when the customers stay away. Of course, the weather kept many of those who might have gone to the Yankee Stadium from force of habit at home, where they could soak in the steam heat. But the weather is not entirely accountable. If the Yanks had not been crowded out of the top to a mathematical certainty, as the boys call it, there might have been more customers. It is said of Cincinnati that if the Reds lose the first game the customers remain away for the rest of the year, unless it should happen that the Reds should recover in midseason and forge to the top by about five games or be ter. Then some of them may come back. But it"was only once in the his- | tory of the Reds that anything like that | happened, and that miracle was fol- |lowed by the fixing of the world series that resulted. ‘The famine in customers at the Yankee Stadium is backing for the George M. Cohan statement that “New York_loves & winner.” Incidentally, New York (meaning the Island of Man- hattan) has no particular use for a loser, or even for a team in second place. In Brooklyn, a larger borough, they follow their base ball team to the bitter end and get almost as much excitement out of a game between the Giants and the Dodgers as they do out of a world series. Mr. Barnard of the American League talks good sense and good business. He says: “We agreed to the extended schedule before looking into the situa- tion thoroughly. The National League suggested we start later and finish in the matter much thought. We are SOITY NOW. “The 1930 season will be shorter. Even with pos‘tlynned games we will have our schedule finished by the last Sunday in September next year ahd every other year thereafter. There were too many open dates this year. “Base ball fans like a shorter schedule, naturally. No one likes to see meaningless games. Here we have both races over, yet there are Jimmy Foxx, Baby of Series, Should Prove a Lusty Infant BY BRIAN BELL, Assoclated Press Sports Writer. HILADELPHIA, September 27— Jimmy Foxx will be the baby of the 1929 world series, but he may Frove a lusty infant. The Maryland boy who led the American League in batting for months before being dl‘s&llmd by his teammate, Al Simmons, be 22 years of age October 22. His world series check from Commissioner Landis will be available if he wishes to purchase himself a birthday present. Connie Mack almost robbed the cradle to get Foxx. Another great home run hitter, Frank Baker, the old Athletics’ third baseman, now a Maryland farmer, sent him to the Athletics from the Eastern Shore League and there never was a thought that he belonged any- where else. The only difficulty Manager Mack found was in discovering a-place where “Foxxy,” as he calls his could do the most L. third baseman, a the A's, a case of sending a load of coal to Newcastle if there ever was one, for the one thing Mr, Mack did not need was a catcher. The fine, sure hands of Foxx made of the Athletics left his permanent as- signment open. “Foxx gcan play anywhere,” Connie sald at Fort Myers. “It's just a ques- tion of finding where we need him most. First, third, the outfield, it makes no difference to Foxxy.” As usual, the wise old man was right. When the situation adjusted itself final- ly of its own accord Foxxy was on first base, and his work had a great part in the winning of the championship. The youth is not yet a great fielder, but his batting is impressive. He swings from his heels, and he is a threat every time he goes to bat. He gets extra base hits frequently from bad balls that & more conservative hitter would scorn to try to hit. Three times he ,has driven balls over the left-fleld stands at Shibe Park, great blows in any league. Foxx is modest and never uses the personal pronoun “I” When he has anything to say, and these occasions are rare, he speaks of “we,” and in- cludes all the Athletics. “Certainly, we'll hit,” he said, when suggestions were that the Cub pitchers had troubled a lot of good hit- ters in the National League. “We'll take our ‘cuts’ and the hits will follow.” SPORTS BORN AT HARVARD. College athletics had its birth in the United States in 1856 when Harvard first University erected a thouse 6n the for | Charles River, and u%nlud m"nm varsity crew. any rate, Mr. E. B. Barnard, presi- | October and we agreed without giving | P® triples and 17 homers. The Mackman is hitting .368, and the Cub, .359. Sim- mons, in the clean-up position, has bat- |ted in 145 runs, while Stevie, hitting | lower in the batting order, has pounded {in_more than 100. So thcre is little to choose between the men In batting, and their fielding is on a par. Simmons has made only three boots on 345 chances for an average of .991, while Stephenson has erred only four times in 240 oppor- tunities for .983. Both have godd arms, and cover much ground for men of their weight. Stephenson and Simmons are so cap- | able in every department of the game that it is impossible to concede either team an advantags in left field. Both of the men are likely to star in the | series, and it is unlikely that either will disappoint his followers. HE LINE McGEEHAN | nearly two weeks to go. The pen- nant has been won and lost, 50 no- body cares about the games except | from an entertginment standpoint. | We should be teady to play the | world series now.” | T am afraid that when the pennant | races are over the customers do_ not | care much for the base ball games from |an _entertainment standpoint either. | Reliable reporters who were at the Yankee Stadium the other day merely suffered grimly and silently. If they | were being entertained, it was the same | entertainment that is felt when one sits in a dentist’s chair without anes- | thetics. |~ “There is interest in Chicago, where | they turned back $1,200,000 in advance | orders, and in Philadelphia, but it is | anticipatory interest. The customers | merely are marking time until the | world series. The Obvious Remedy. AR be it from me to volunteer to do the thinking for the magnates, but I suppose somebody has to do it. | I_recall that when Col. Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Houston was still a mag- nate Col. Bozeman Bulger, who is by way of being dean of the base ball writers, remarked to him: “Where would you be if you did not have a lot of base ball writers to do your thinking for you?” Col. Huston was | modest _enough to admit that he would | be nowhere in particular so far as the | national pastime was concerned. | . Mr. Barnard, in his own statement, suggests the remedy. He declares that | nobody cared much about base ball | games after the pennant races are | over and that the world series should | be starting now. Why not, thep~have | the base ball season in the big leagues | end automatically the moment both | races are over to what the bovs call | the old mathematical certainty? It is quite improbable that this could happen until very near the end of the time set for the base ball season. With both pennants won, why should the agony be pro- longed? . There are indications enough that interest in the na- tional pastime is considerably on the wane without making the cus- tomers suffer from ennui. Of course, there are the second, | third and fourth clubs to be consid- | ered, for they, too, participate in the & world series swag. But it would be fair enough to them if the season ended automatically with the cinching of both nnants, In addition this would be an eco- nomical measure. When the parks are as vacant as was the Yankee Stadium the other day the overhead Kicks up & deficit that eats into the year's profits. It seems strange that the magnates could not see this obvious improvement themselves. But then magnates are just magnates. Another Unsolved Mystery. N the eve of the Battle of Nothing | Much between Phil Scott and Victorio Campolo, the Tall Tpwer of the Argentine, it was discovered what has been the matter with Campolo, who was unprepared to enter the ring on the first two dates set because of a “misery” in his back, which inca- | pacitated him from taking a count while lying down in the event that such an emergency should arise. Humberto Fugazy has just discov- ered that Campolo has bacteria in his back. Naturally somebody must have put them there. Bacteria would not lodge in Campolo's back of their own volition, and Humberto Fugazy wants to know who put them there. All of the Six Hundred Millionaires are under suspicion. Detectives are at work to learn if any of the Six Hundred maintain bac- teria farms. It is known that Ed Hutton has a stable of fighters. but his friends maintain stoutly that he never has gone in for bacteria. The mystery is a baffling one. If nothing develops before tonight, Mr. Pugazy in- tends to ask Police Commissioner Gro- ver Whalen to turn out his-pack of police dogs on the case. (Copyright, 1929.) HORNSBY WILL RECEIVE ‘MOST VALUABLE’ AWARD CHICAGO, September 27 (#).—Rogers Hornsby will receive a “most valuable player” trophy. The award will be given the Cub baseman by members of the | second | American Boys’ Commonwealth, who, put together their dimes and nickels to purchase a silver plaque. The Rajah was voted the most valu- able player, receiving 319 out of 894 votes. Hack Wilson was second with 1152, with Riges Stephenson, Charlie | Root, Kiki Cuyler, riie Grimm, .’raylor. Woody English and Guy