Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1929, Page 35

SPORTS. THE EVENIN D.. C, TUBSDAY, oc TOBER _ 22, 1929. SPORTS:. Tinker, Scouting for National League Champs, Overlooked Home Run Wallops UNDERESTIMATED POWER OF A’s SURPRISES CUBS Macks Only Repgating Old Stunts as They Wallop Long Ones in World Series—Baker Swatted Giants Into Submission in 1911 Classic. BY GEORGE CHADWICK. HEY won't stop talking abou! 15 the fans. Home runs were a big factor in the victory of the Athletics over | teir, New Kensington, Pa. (8). t the world series cf 1929 for many around Philadelphia and Chicago, and in Philly it is ss-up whether the Athletics’ pitchers or the home run clouters have the edge on the volume of win-jamming among | Nugent, the Chicago Cubs, and it is not the first series in which homers have played a big part for or against Connie Mack's boys. Incidentally, the 1929 series is notable for the fact that the first layer to slam a home run in the world championship games under he Brush rules—Joe Tinker, who accomplished the feat in 1907— scouted the Athletics for the Cubs prior to the series. if Joe reported back to Chicago th It is doubtful at the Athletics’ bats were so laden with home run hits as they eventually provéd to be. Tinker, playing for the Cubs in 1910, made his home run off Bill Donovan, pitching for the Detroit ‘Tigers, on the west side ground of Chicago. In the first world series be- tween the Giants and the Athletics, in 1905, not a home run was made by either team. They had pitchers in those days who didn’t intend to let the batters make home runs. Mathewson, McGinnity and Bender were pitchers of much attainment. In 1910 the Athletics played the Cubs in the world series and there was one home run made by Murphy, outfielder for the Athletics. It was batted in the third game and merely added to the 12-5 score that the Athletics ran up ;filnsz their rivals. That year the ladelphia team, playing for the sec- | ond time in a world series, won four ames out of five. In 1905 they lost our out of five, In 1911 the Athletics again played the Giants. Here entered the Athletic home run menace in all of its glory. In the sixth inning of the second game at Philadelphia, with Rube Marquard gltchh’ll for the Giants, Eddie Collins atted a double to left field. Frank Baker went up to bat and Marquard was startled out of his shoes when Baker hit the ball over the right field fence for a home run. It wasn't far from the spot where Mule Haas hit his home run last Monday against Pat Malone. ‘The next day Christy Mathewson, who had a ghost writer, censured Marquard severely for the way in which he had pitched to Baker. Marquard went into the clubroom of the Giants in a tower- ing rage and threatened to place vari- ous embellishments on Mathewson's per- son. Matty was not adorned with them because he was to pitch the next game. In the ninth inning of that game, with one out, one strike and two called balls on Baker, the latter hit a home run against Mathewson into the right field stand of the Polo Grounds. The Ath- Jetics wén the game, 3 to 2. The next morning what Marquard didn’t say about thé pitching of Mathewson was not because the words of the dictionary were too few. Mar- quard also was being “ghosted.” Both players carried memories of that year for some time. Oldring made a home run in this series for the Athletics, but it happened to be in a game won by the Giants and was one of the few home runs wasted by the Athletics in a ‘world series. Schang Crashes Homer. In 1913 Schang batted a home run for the Athletics in a game they were winning_against the Glants hands | down. Merkle hit & home run for New | York in the fourth game, In 1914 the world was withont joy for the Athletics because they lest in four straight games to the Boston Na- tionals. Gowdy hit a home run in the | series for Boston. The Athletics had {o jump to 1929 before they could play | in another world series, The Cubs got a single home run in | the series of 1929. It was made by | | Charlie Grimm and seemed to be lead- ing on to joyful victory. It was in tne second game at Philadelphia, but in the seventh inning of that game the bottom fell cut of the basket of the Cubs’ balloon. Home runs made by the Athletics were many and timely. Foxx swatted one in Chicago and put the Athletics in the lead in the first game. In the scc- ond he swatted another Simmons kept him company. There wasn't any- | thing that looked like a nome run in | the third game. In the fourth Sim- mons belted the left field stand with one. The sun gave one to Haas and | turned a game upside down. Then in the last game Haas hit the ball over the right fleld fence in the ninth in- ning and tied the score. And all this despite the fact that Joe ‘Tinker, the player who made the first home run in a world series scouted the Athletics this season to see what kind of batsmen they were likely to be. He found' out in the world serie: (Copyright, 1929.) ALL-AGE DOG STAKE | IS HALTED BY RAIN| HERNDON, Va, October 22.—Be- | cause of the heavy rain the all-age stake, the concluding event of the Na- tional Capital Field Trial Association competition for hunting dogs, sched- uled today, has been postponed until a favorable morning. Kengla’s Mary Lark, owned by C. H. Alexander of Ware Neck, Va., was the winner in the Members Derby, the opening feature, held yesterday over a course from Chantilly to Centerville. There were 21 entries. Many birds were found, but the dogs were handi- | capped by the humidity. Rap’s Ferris Rex, owned by J. S. Miller of Winchester, was second and | Night Hostess, owned by T. J. O'Dono- hue, of Goshen, N. Y., ‘Walter Johnson, manager of the Washington base ball team, and who | | keeps some of his dogs here, was an | interested follower of yesterday's event. A notable entry in the members’ all- age stake is Pohick Comanche R, an outstanding dog in Eastern field trials circles, and owned by the Rev. J. F. Coolahan, of Frederick, Md. ‘Thomas B. Baldwin of Washington is president of the National Capital Field Trials Association. Henry Mitchell of Herndon is first vice presi- dent; George L. Nicholson of Washing- ton, second vice president, and Ford E. Young of Washington and Bethesda, secretary-treasurer. s DUTCH REG.U.S. PAT. OFF. 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SIOUX CITY, Towa—Tuffy Griffith, Sioux City, Towa, knocked “out Jack Stanley, Texas (2); Millio Milleti, Omaha, Nebr., outpointed Sammy Mar- tin, Kansas Gity (10). | PITTSBURGH, Pa—Willie Davies, Charleroi, Pa., outpointed Franklin | Young, Detroit (10); Johnny Dunn, New Kensinglon, Pa., outpointed Stev: gevehnd (8): Chet Smallwood, | Akron, Ohio, outpointed U. S. Carpen- SAN FRANCISCO.—Jackie Fields. welterweight champion, outpointed | o‘o‘rmg Jones, Akron, Ohio (10), non- | title. LOUISVILLE.—Pee Wee Jarrell, Mis- hawaka, Ind., stopped Larry “Kid" Kaufman, Louisville (9); Young Eiler, Louisville, outpointed Tommie O'Brien, Los Angeles (8). BALTIMORE.—Bud Gorman, Keno- | sha, Wis., knocked out Walter Cobb, | Baltimore (1), FIELDS GIVEN HOT BATILE BY JONES Welter Champion Has Shade in Contest That Keeps Fans in Frenzy. By the Associated Pres: of 10 rounds of as furious fight- ing as has been seen here in recent months, Jackie Fields, day emerged undisputed if mot un- scathed victor over Gorilla Jones, Akron, Ohio, Negro. [ the pair slugged in a frenzy of rights to the jaw and body that had a crowd | of 30,000 in a near state of hysteria here stake. Jones, a dangerous puncher, carried | the fight to the champion in the open- and stamina wore down the Negro i1 | the closing rounds. Fields' margin of | five rounds was decisive, but the Goril- rocked the champion several times with stiff right-hand punches to the jaw, made the victor extend himself to his Just’ before the bout Gig Rooney, Fields' manager, announced in reply to offers for title bouts in Chicago and De- | for $100,000 on 60 days' notice, He | sald he so wired Dick Dunn, promoter | for Olympla Arena, Detroit, who asked Vancouver, British Columbia, either in November or December. Jewish Community Center's amateur | boxing team, which boasts an unde feated slate, will open its season Thu SAN FRANCISCO, October 22.—Out world welterweight champlon, to- From opening gong to closing bell | last night, Fields' title was not at ing_ sessions, but Fields' aggressivens la's stpbborn stand, during which he utmost. troit that Fields would defend his crown | his terms to meet Jimmy McLarnin of WILL ENGAGE MARINES| day night, ‘'when it will entertain_th e | ball career spanned 32 years, was dying | | sald there was virtually no hope for his| C. gym, starting at 8 o'clock. ‘Gen. 'Smedley Butler, commandant at Quantico, may accompany the Marine party in aid of the recruiting campaign | for Teserve companles to be stationed | ere. you risk below the SAFETY the price. money ahead in the end. FOR SALES WASHINGTON 1146 19th ST. N.W. SINGER EXTENDED | 10 CONQUER ABAD Five Jewish Boxers Win as $101,000 Is Raised for Palestine Relief. ¢ the Associated Press. | EW YORK, October 22.—Nearly 20.000 contributors to the Pal- | estine relief fund paid $101.000 to attend bouts at Madison Square Garden last night. And they were repaid with five victories for | Jewish_boys. i Al Singer, lightweight, received some- thing of a sruprise in the final 10-| rounder from Davey Abad, brown-| skinned battler from Panama, whnle‘ clever boxing kept Singer from landing | more than a few solid blows in the | first, eight rounds. Al finally solved the | South American’s style in the closing | rounds to gain a decision. Jack Berg, London's contribution to the card, had more success in the semi- final, winning a whirlwind battle from Bruce Flowers, New York Negro light- weight. It was Berg's third victory over Flowers. i Ruby Goldstein, New York middle- weight, shortened the scheduled 50 rounds of boxing to 43 by stopping Joe Reno of Trenton, N. J., in the third frame of their battle. | Maxie Rosenbloom, light-heavyweight, opened the prgoram with a decisive 10-round_victory over Joe Sekyra of | Dayton, Ohio; and Yale Okun, another light-heavyweight from New York, pounded out a victory over Matt Adgle | of Philadelphia in the second 10- rounder. JOE McGINNITY, IRON MAN OF BASE BALL, IS DYING NEW YORK, October 22 (#).—Death apparently was near today for Joe Mc- Ginnity, famed “iron man” of the Na- tional League a quarter century ago. The 58-year-old pitcher, whose base | Physicians | at his home in Brooklyn. | recovery. McGinnity failed to rally after an | operation August 27 for removal of a tumor. A second tumor has developed; and, in view of the old pitcher's weak- ened condition, sugeons deemed another operation inadvisable, RacingTomorrow at LAUREL; MD. SEVEN RACES DAILY October 4 to October 30 Inclusive Twenty Minutes to Track by Penn May Utilize Smart Line Buck BY SOL METZER. Ever take a line buck apart and look at it? Let's do 80 in order to see what makes iiem go. In the old days foot ball teams depended on sheer power to gain ground through the line. Today there is deception and finesse back of most such suc- cessful plays. Take one of Penn's that Lehigh will have to stop this Saturday. The man-in-motion idea,is the deception. He, back No. 3, comes around behind his own line and after passing cen- ter, swerves a bit to the rear as he goes out apparently to take the de- fensive right end. As he gives ground to the right rear the ball is snapped to No. 1, who plunges straight ahead, following No. 2 through the line, The play works because of the feint of No. 3 to draw the defensive backs to the right and out of the area the buck is to strike. (Copyright, 1929.) HANSON SCORES’VOIF‘ MAT. SEATTLE, October 22 (#).—Charley Hanson, Omaha, Nebr., heavyweight wrestler, defeated Andre Adoree of France here last night. Hanson put Adoree down in _the fourth round with a body heave. The second fall came in the sixth round. LERAN, PHLLES BACKSTOP, KILED Hit by Truck on Baitimore Sidewalk, He Succumbs to Injuries. -~ By the Associated Press. ALTIMORE, October 22.—Walter | Lerian, Philadelphia National League catcher, died today of | injuries received when a motor truck hit him on a sidewalk. John Mooney, a former sandlot base | ball layer in the days when “Peck” was | playing with the St. Martin’s Club, gave | | 2 pintof blood for a transfusion opera- tion. | “Lerian was struck yesterday after- noon. Police said that Charles Lloyd, | driver of the truck, swerved to avoid a | collision with another machine, and ran onto the sidewalk, crushing Lerian against a building,” inflicting_ internal injuries, severe body bruises and break- | ing one’ leg. Lloyd was arrested, as well as August | Meyers, driver of the machine which | Lloyd was avoiding at the time of the {accident. Both were Teleased on their | own recognizance. Lloyd was charged with reckless driving and Meyers with failing to give right of way. “Peck” Lerian went to the Philadel- phia Nationals from the New Haven | Club of the Eastern League in 1928. |~ He caught in 104 games for the | Phillies during the 1929 season and | | batted .222. He began his base ball career 10| years ago with St, Martin's Catholic Club of Baltimore. He signed with the late Jack Dunn, manager of the Balti- more Orioles, when he was 17, ABAD NABBED BY COPS AFTER BATTLING SINGER NEW YORK, October 22 (#).—After his fight with Al Singer at Madison | Square Garden last night David Abad | ! of police of Cleveland for violation of | probation. Cleveland. CIGAR TOBACCOS ARE THE FINEST IN YEARS Special Baltimore & Ohio R. R. traine Leave Union Station ‘Washington at 12:15 P.M. and 12:45 P.M. 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FIGHTER, | WINS BALTIMORE BOUT| BALTIMORE, Md., October 22.—Billy | Edwards, Washington middleweight boxer, scored a technical knockout over | Tiger Sullivan of Baltimore, in the third round of a fight here last night. In the | main bout Bud Gorman of Kenosha, ‘Wis., knocked out Walter Cobb of Bal- | timore, in the first round of a heavy- | weight encounter, TIGERS OUTPLAYED, SAYS COACH ROPER BY W. W. ROPER, Princeton Foot Ball Coach. RINCETON, N. J., October 22— There were few upsets in Satur- day afternoon’s games in the East. Pitt, Yale, California and | Dartmouth won, as I anticipated. | The Army and Harvard battled to a 20-20 tie. I had hoped for a Princeton victory at Ithaca, but on the showing of the two teams Cornell deserved to win. An aggressive, fighting Cornell eleven defeated Princeton at Ithaca. The vic- | tory was well deserved, as I thought Cornell outplayed the Tigers. The Cornell line was a tower of strength on defense, particularly Capt. | Wakeman. Although he sweighs onl: 175 pounds, Wakeman played one of the best games I have ever seen at| tackle. He has an uncanny ability t diagnose where the play was going, frequently caught out plays from be. | hind, and was all over the field. Bar: field, Princeton tackle, was also an out- standing player in the two lines. 1 have never seen a Cornell forward pass defense function as it did against us. and Eddie Wittmer for Princeton were | ouistanding _players. beautifully and kicked his team out of | danger repeatedly. oves the fleld on defense, and early in the’game ran 90 yards for a touchdown after catching a Cornell kick-off. Both teams played hard, clean foot ball, and | I congratul Cornell and Dobie on ! the Ithacans' splendid showing. (Copyright, 1929. by North American News- | aper_Alliance.) Feb. 1. Potomac River near . Make reservations now. hied. “heated cottages with- of “avallable duck blinds. able for week end parties. ._Chappelear. Adams 7354 Stevens in the Cornell backfleld & Wittmer was all @ WARM WEATHER AIDS: WALKER IN TRAINING LOS ANGELES, October 22 (@).—, Summer temperatures today aided irf the training activities of Mickey Walker, middleweight champion, and Ace Hud- kins, challenger, who will meet here in a 10-round title bout October 29. Hudkins, already near peak condi- tion for the battle, mapped out a hard round of training duty despite the fact he already is down to fighting weight, The Nebraska Wildcat figures Me needs the work, no matter at what weight he tips the beam. ‘Walker is alternating at hammering the heavy bag and fast shadow boxing.. ‘The *“Toy Bulldog” went through four rounds vesterday at Soper Ranch in the Ventura foothills. The fight will be the second meeting, of the champion and challenger, Walker having won a close decision on their previous meeting. 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