Evening Star Newspaper, June 23, 1930, Page 23

.m& i E:lsh of the old White Sox club. Back SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1930. SPORTS. B—-7 ‘Need of Morning Drills for Griffs Seen : Brooklyn Going Strong as Leaders PRACTICE MAY END BLUNDERING PLAYS \Griffs Hurt Recently by Tac- tical Errors—Vanquish Chisox in Final. M unless they buck up quick- ly and acquire the habit of winning more games than they lose. While Manager Walter John- | son has had his club out for a| few forenoon sessions this season, | BY JOHN B. KELLER. ORNING practice for the Nationals may be ordered he has not favored making the| g ractice a daily affair, but with | he Nationals victors in only 7 of their last 21 engagements he| 1% likely to call them out. Despite | the hot weather, too. Too many | tactical blunders have been made recently by the players, and it is| believed the knowledge gained in | drills would prevent the Nationals | repeating these blunders often. | Then, too. it is felt the pitchers of | the Washington club could contribute | more to its attack than they have. Gen. erally the stepping to the plate of a| member of the Nationals' hurling corps | has meant just anotber out this sea-| son. Now Dpitchers are expected to pitch rather than boost batting aver- ages, but_there seems no reason why a | @itcher should not be able to help in the offensive when teammates are on the base path. Yet thus far none of the Washington hurlers has shown he ean bunt well enough to shove along & runner. In fact, almost every National could | well afford to have a few lessons in | bunting. While the club has resorted to the sacrificial tap little this season, preferring rather to follow the hit-and- | Tun system, it is believed the time has | come when the Washington attack must | be diversified. It lacks the element of surprise and the bunt might supply this. IT may be the Nationals’ outfield or- ganization will be changed during <« the current series with the Indians. ®am Rice, veteran gardener, Wwas| whacked twice by pitched balls yester- @day. The first of the whacks was not articularly severe, the ball landing in flm small of Sam’s back. The second, ghough, was on the inside of the left Jeg immediately above the kneecap. It landed while Rice was at bat in the ourth inning and he had to give way Dave Harris after reaching second se. hi no time was lost in treating wb‘:flu, it was feared Sam’s leg ::uld stiffen to such an extent he ould have to remain out of action & y or two. Should this be necessary, arris or Loepp will play in right field hen the opposition uses a right-hand urler and Loepp in -center with Harris right against left-handers. Perhaps a day or so of rest might nefit Rice other than permitting the urt leg to become sound again. Sam, ho led the league at bat so many eeks, has been in something of a ump lately. True, he has been get- but he has not punched as e did up to the middle of A bit of idleness might batting eéye around once g hits, lidly "th s s ore. RRATIC flelding by the l;l'.hl:.\s in the last two games of the series with the White Sox left Washing- fandom commenting on a supposed ump in the club's defense. Many be- eved the Nationals had fallen far be- yw the standard of play afield they pstablished before encountering the $rouble they have in their last 21 es. As a matter of fact, the Na- jonals have averaged fewer errors per during the past 21 games than did in the 37 previous engage- ents, when they were burning up the e. They made 47 errors in the first six weeks of the season when they poared to the top of the league. In ihe three weeks the Nationals have K:f. charged with 26 misplays. Per- ps the making of seven errors in the E‘t two White Sox tilts misled the s. D LISKA is something of a flelding pitcher. In the 14 games in which he has participated the submariner as made seven putouts and 38 assists. Not one error has been charged against im. ‘That's averaging 3.21 chances pocepted per game. But Liska has E:L‘l’?ed but 92 2-3 innings, so for each lock of nine innings he has averaged .37 chances accepted. Super-flelding a pitcher these days. The greatest fielding pitcher was Ed 1907 Wmmcepwd 262 chances. emarkable whén it is considered the ord for chances accepted in a sea- n by a pitcher in the National League but 168. Christy Mathewson made in 1908. But Walsh was in 56 games 1907 and Mathewson in the same jumber in 1908. Pitchers these days jon't work like that. ISKA chucked the route against the ‘White Sox in the series final yes- terday and did well. Though he s inclined to be wild frequently—he sued six passes—he allowed only five | . e Nationals backed his tight slal ing with 13 hits and tucked away the me, 10 to 3. The win gave them an ven break with the White Sox in the t Manager Bush sent three hurlers to Fg firing line and the first two vielded ores. E‘fotm spread over as many innings. The left-handed Bob Welland, ho started, pitched to five batters Fithout getting any one out. Loepp ingled, Rice was hit and Manush filled | by e bases with a nifty bunt. Cronin's alk pushed Loepp across and Shires’ Ingle scored Rice. Hal McKain re- laced Weiland and Myer greeted him v singling. The hit sent over two more ns and a wild chuck by Clancy after had erased Myer, who was caught ving to scramble back to first, let hires tally. With Myer's error, a pass, a single d & sacrifice, the Chisox garnered Fo runs in the second, but the Na- Jjonals came back to score once in the ame frame and in the fourth, after cKain departed with one run over nd ihe bases filled, a hit and a sacri- ce off young Ed Walsh acounted for he last of the home tallying. After the second Liska had but one ! SPLITTING EVEN | _cmicaco. AB. R. H. PO.A. E. Kerr, ss.. o e | Hunnefleld, 4 0 X80P Watwood, cf. #. 908 -3 008 Rewnolds $-0 9.3 L8 Joifey. 1 0 gige Cissell. R T e AL ! Clancy CSNRE et e Ki S5 0. 9 828 Tate. 300 &3 0 0L R g e e ) I 89 8 048 *Metzler | S S o Sae T ) Totals .. 33 3B 3 *Batted for Walsh in ninth inning. AB. R. H. PO. A. E. e W T T 3 43 3 e 35 3o g T e 21,1 8 obm 3 ava & o | Cron $1i3 gk et Shi 5 22313 &8 Mye O O e Bluege, 39 0 3Ny Ruel. I 08 B 108 Liskp. P. Rl A ok e B Totals . .34 10 13 27 14 4 Chicags 02000100 3 Washington 51040000 x—10 uns batted in—Cronin. Shires (4). Myer (3), Clancy, Kamm, Bluege, Tate. Two-base ,' Hunnefiels Bite ble ires. Left on bases—Chicago, 9: Wasi- ingt First base on balls—Off Welland, 1: off McKain. 3; off Liska, 6; off Walsh, 1. Siruck _out—By McKain by Hits—Off Weiland. 3 in pi out_in first); off Waish. 5 in_ 43 innings: off McKain, 3 in 3'» innings. Hit by pitched ball—By Weiland (Rice): by McKain (Rice). Losing pitcher—weiland. _Umpires—Messrs’ Guthrie, Hildebrand and Ormsby. of FIVE YANKEE TRACK STARS SAIL ABROAD By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 23.—Five track and field stars were headed toward Europe and a series of meets abroad today. Aboard the Berengaria, which sailed at midnight, were George Bullwinkle of City College of New York, I C. A, A. A. A 1-mile champion; Pete Bowen of Pittsburgh, crack quar- ter-miler; Steve Anderson of the Uni- versity of Washington, hurdler; Ed Hamm of Georgia Tech, broad jump star, and Tommy Warne of North- western, pole vaulter. The Americans will compete in meets abroad as follows: July 2, Cologne, Germany; 4, Duesseldorf; 8, Duisburg: 9, Berlin; 12, Oslo, Norway; Sweden; 21 and 22, 16, Eskilstuna, 24, ~Helsingfors, nd. Time, Stockholm, Sweden; Finland; 25, Abo, Finla SCHACHT WILL RADIO FOR JOE JUDGE DAY ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23.—Al Schacht, Griffmen’s comedian coach, will give a talk from radio station WJSV* in this city at 6:45 o'clock tonight on the Joe Judge day testimonial to be %l:;n by fans at Griffith Stadium Satur- Hurshman's Store Midgets of this city dropped their sixth straight game in the midget section of the Capital City League with the King’s Palace nine of Washington downing them, 16 to 5. Arlington Juniors lost their first game in the junior section of the Capital City loop. Bethesda A. C. took a 9-to-8 ver- dict from the Arlington nine. Arnold Bus Co. of Ballston made a sorry debut, taking the short end of a 19-to-0 count in a game with the An- napolis Club at Annapolis. Old Dominion Boat Club .won its fourth consecutive triumph on iHaydon Field, copping 5 to 3 from the Southern Railway Shops of this city. A fourth inning offensive netted the winners fcur Tuns, American Legion Post, No. 24, Ameri- can Legion, has organized a base ball team and has issued a defi to Manager Earl Sullivan, leader of the Ciiy Hall tossers. The Legionnaires hope to make n or the Ola Dominion Boat Club. Clinton Knight has been made man- ager of the team, while his roster in- cludes Fred Holt, Louis Hoy, Dick Green, Slim Giles, Merrill Lynch, John Nugent, Doc Pullman, Lucian Jeyton, Doc Ryder, Lawrence Padgett, John Lars Reenstjerna, Jimmy Ludlow, Mel- vin Fones, John Minnigh, Carl Martin, Jake Preston, Gene Simpson, Sidney Weil, Willlam Meeks and Chet Pierce. Holt s captain of the team. K FRENCH INSECT LEAGUE WILL OPEN TOMORROW Play will open tomorrow in the Prench Insect Base Ball League flag race, with all 10 teams scheduled. The card: d. Burroughs vs. Jack Hayes, East El- lipse, 11 _am.; Wonder Boys vs. Joe Cronins, West Ellipse, 11 a.m.; George- town A. C. vs. Northerns, North Ellipse, 11 am.; Samosets vs. Langdon A. C., South Ellipse, 1 p.m.; Corinthians vs. Spud Colemans, South Ellipse, 11 a.m.. RECORDS OF GRIFFS BATTING. £l Rice ... Manugh'87 23 4 Judge West Bluege Gronin yer Loepp Spence; Shires. Jones Ruel . | Brows 83288k ©00000000000mONNNARME muwl osecoumna-nuanli 25! coconananal Radl: 4 ayes . 16 Crowd'r 15 Burke .11 Liska o=.==,°=,=,~.=__.N.n.a°u. stabenessdeiieisaiiatatine Setslesciniemiscanmentl 50000uHORNNUHOsAS | | PITCHING. In'ss Gam.Comp. pitch.start.gam. W.L, | L 19215 10 | | Hadley re | Brown Marbry ‘16 | Thomas 12 51 | Crowder 15 104 | stoore .. "¢ 9 | | | d error by Myer. a hit and two passes ormy inning, the sixth. Then a sec- netted the White Sox one marker. OHNNY KERR, Chicago shortstop, was severely hurt in a collision at the plate with Ruel when trying to ore in the first inning and had to etire after one round in the field. To nake the putout after taking the throw me Myer, the Washington catcher ad to hurl himself at the sliding IChicagoan and Muddy's Byt in the groin. Physicians who ex- mined the injury thought it migh ecp the player out of action for sev- b days. SATURDAY GAME SOUGHT. _ A game for Saturday with an un- Bmited or senior class team having a diamond is sought by the Hyattsville Bouthern,. Methodists. Call Manager Nernon Clarke, at Hyattsville 1672-J, ‘> phone Hyattsville 23-M. American League | RESULTS. e New York, §-2; St. Louis. | Cleveland, 4: Philadelphia, 2. | Detroit, 5-4: Boston, 3-2 (3d game, 6 ins.) STANDING OF THE CLUBS. '0’BRIENS K £ RECORD FOR PAST WEEK All the Angles. EGARDLESS of what sort of fight it may be, terrible or otherwise, terrible or even worse, few fights have brought about as much discussion and as many angles at the Carnera-Godfrey fight in Philadelphia tonight. In the first place the sheer bulk or hulk of the two men—their combined weight being about 510 or 520 pounds— is out of the.ordinary. Then there is all the whispering, the charges and the denials. ‘There are those who believe that Godfred is still the best of the heavy- weights—when he wants to be. There are just as many others who are certain that Godfrey is all through, overfat, ‘00 old and too slow. One camp takes the view that Car- nera couldn’t possibly beat him unless the result was all fixed in advance. An- other camp figures that Carnera can win without being any second wonder. Anyway, the material is there for all the angles and arguments any one can think up. For example, here is a con- tribution from a trained observer who ought to know: About Carnera. EAR SIR—Will some one please tell 'me what they're going to do about this big Carnera? I went to see him against Christner with the private belief and secret hope that the Akron rubber man would bounce him three-quarters of the way back to the banks of the dear old Tiber, but it was all quite different. Christner hit him enough times in the first round to make me believe that dreams do come true, after all, but shucks, it didn't even THE SPORTLIGHT BY GRANTLAND RICE. erase the four or five yards of smile it takes to cover the lower sections of Carnera’s face. Carnera actually boxed, if you can imagine it. He wasn't off toes & second in the 10 or 11 minutes and skipped about quite like Ann Penning- ton on one of her really good nights— well, all right then, perhaps not quite that good—but anyway, he didn't wal- low around like Firpo or Willard or a hippo mired in the muck. Also, Car- nera doesn't employ that flat, brassie swing that Firpo introduced with such success. No, sir. He pokss ‘em straight out and when he decided the customers had their money’s worth he popped Mr. Christner in earnest and the Akron man’s knees started clicking together like the roll of a snare drum. Then a left and right turned out the lights and Christner went into a “deep dream of peace” just like A. B. Adhem, but when he awakened, unlike Abou, he wasn't leading anything. ‘This big Itallan has fought himself into a pretty handy man in the 24- foot districts. Any 200-pounder that takes him on ought to be given his option of a base ball bat or two bare fists. It is possible to learn to fight by fighting, the modern idea to the con- trary, and if this big elephant sticks another dozen set-ups, frame-ups and let-ups under his belt he’ll make those that are capable of thinking think two and even three times before they dip the quill in the ink. Christner kept playing for the jaw and whether some solid smacks in the tummy could force as many “oof’s” per minute out of Carnera as they did out of Willard at Toledo is yet to be de- termined, but they can’t wave him aside Wilson, Berger Trade Home Run Compliments HICAGO, June 323 (#).—The home run battle between Hack Wilson of the Cubs and Walter Berger of the Braves has a courteous tinge. In the five-game series between the two teams, which closed yester- day, there was much cap tipping as one or the other made four-base hits. When Berger hit his homers Hack tipped his cap; when Hack bounced one into the bleachers Berger courtsied, Hack went.one up yesterday, get- ting his twenty-first. PITP’S 1931 ELEVEN TO PLAY ARMY, IOWA PITTSBURGH, Pa, June 23 (P).— University of Pittsburgh’s foot ball team will meet Jowa and the Army in 1931, W. D. Harrison, director of athletics at Pennsylvania, announced today. Both institutions are new to the Panther schedule, Pitt's 1931 eard is complete with the exception of the opening game, to be played with a team of the Pittsburgh district. The schedule: September 26—Open. October 3—Iowa at Towa City. October 10—West Virginia at Pitts- burgh. October 17—Western Reserve at Pitts- burgh. October 24—Notre Dame at South Bend. October 31—Penn State at State Col- lege, Pa. November 7—Carnegie Tech at Pitts- with a light, airv gesture. He's actually lean through the midsection, too. A.B.D. burgh. November 14—Army at Pitt. November 26—Nebraska at Pittsburgh COLUMBIA HEIGHTS CONTINUES STREAK Columbia Heights continues to knock ‘em off in the District section of the Capital City League. Yesterday the Heights boys, who are leading the loop, routed Skinker Eagles, 13 to 1, for their fifth win in as many starts. Bur- roughs A. A. scored the loop’s biggest upset downing Anacostia Eagles, 5 to 2. Army Medicos downed Foxall A. C., 11 to 0, and Aztecs defeated Woodmen of the World, 5 to 4, in other matches. Medicos. In the Virginia unlimited section Bauserman Motor Co. nine is in first place following its 6-4 win over Ball- ston. Team Standl . L. Pet. W, L. Pet. Bauserman. | 4 800 Jefterson .. 4§ 871 Ballston..... 3 2 (800 Cherrydale.. 0 6 000 Woodlawns.. 3 2600 Takoma Tigers, leading the Mont- gomery County unlimited section, added another win, defeating Colonials, 8 to 2. Rockville continued in the thick of the champlonship fight, downing Ken- sington, 7 to 5. Chevy Chase had to hustle to edge out Bethesda in another tilt. Team Standing. W. L. Pet. 3 Bethesd: § 2 714 Colonials. i1 52714 Kensingtor (EEP LEAD IN SENIOR SECTION C. A. O'Briens defeated Anacostia Motor Co. 9 to 7, to hold its lead in Section A of the senior class. Olmsted Grill is still leading in Section B de- spits its 12-8 surprise defeat at the hands of Miller Furniture Co. TEAM STANDING. Rocl Grays. As the result of bowing to Bethesda in a 13-inning 9-8 thriller, Arlingtons lost undisputed session of first place in the junior class and ‘are now tled with Acmes, who defeated Meridians, 11 to 7. TEAM STANDING. W. L. Pet 3'3 800 2 3 400 Lionels $3 80 It 3 3 000 nels. K ar K St'Bteh. . 3 3 600 Kensingtons 0 6 .000 Sergt. Jasper Post is stepping out in front in the American Legion midget class series, having downed Lincoln Post, 15 to 9. TEAM STANDING. J ¥ 51000 spengt Sfioryoe 2 1488, Ehucoin . Geo. Wash., 2 1 (667 Nash . Sam Wests, who drubbed Senators, 8 to 1, are two games in front in the midget section, TEAM STANDING. IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES Last week’s major league records of 9 | games won and lost, runs, hits, errors, ;npponenu' runs and home runs follow: 4 | AMERICAN LEAGUE. W. L R H EORBHR § 1 48 m 4 18 & 4 1 a8 w7 9 4 1 24 ® 5 .18 0 3 230 8 T4 2 3 % -2 i 2 3 1w 7B A 3 9 aT 9 e s 270 17'5e » M % NATIONAL LEAGUE. g 1 2% 3 a0 3 7 4 des TR e 3 3 38 % 4 '% 6 33 B a1z u ¢ 253 33 sy e Gy 3 3 5 36 1511 80 § 3 5 3 oAy o3l % 1.¢ 3 o1 93 4 National League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. New Yerk, 6; Cineinnath, 4. Brooklyn, 's: ' Pittsburgh,’ 6. Boston. 3; Chicago, 2. St. Louls, 12-9; Philadelphia, 3-3. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. FiigEce ‘ Eikiic grEict gz s | & ; Philadelphia ..|—| 5/ 6 7] 5/ 6/ 3] 613 6 51 6 61 6/371211.638 | New York....| 4I—I 2] 4/ 71 5| 4/ 8/34]23).596 71 _8( 51 §|_4/361251.550 -1 71 Bi—| 11 41 21 7] 8341241586 31417 61_5/311261.54¢ 2181 11 3i—1 71 41 7 550 | 21— 5i 1] € 6/29/29/.500 2121 31 31 4i—I 8 21 Boston . 41 31 71— 4 3| 5/26/30].464 -1 2128 3 51— 8] Pittsburgh _...1 3| 4/ 31 5/ 2i— 1| 8135/31(.446 Philadelphia .| 51 2| 31 4] 2| 4/—| 3/23/31 cinnati .| 3) 2/ 21 31 4 4] 4/—23/37).383 ~ Lost .11/25/26/2930/31 337 —I—| | GAMES TODAY. ! cley. at wash. Cle (Two, first 8t 1:30) St at'Phil (two). Detrolt o % Detroit st Boston. i . GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. New York at Cincl. Boston at St. Lous. Bkiyn. at Pittsburgh. Bklyn. at Pittsburgh. Boston at 8t. Louls. N&w at Cinci. Phila, at Chicago. Phils. at Chicago. 0| limited independent champ. second half also. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. O attempt to pick a winner in this District independent cham- plonship series is taking a long chance! While this league is still in its in- fancy, there is no doubt that the strongest six teams in the District and near vicinify are entered and only by the hardest kind of struggle will one of them win the undisputed title of un- Take, for instance, yesterday's game between the Howard A. French A. C. and the Washington Red Sox. True the Frenchies won both games of the double-header, but when one club holds another to scores of 5 to 4 and 6 to 5, there cannot be a whole lot of dif- ference between them. And only the finest kind of pitching such as exhibited by Lefty McIntyre of the Northerns could hold the St. Mary's Celtics to a shutout. Those fans who watched the French- Red Sox tilt at Mount Rainier yester- day were treated to “ms @i’ the cl and most flercely fought battles on local sandlots this season. But for a touch of wildness on the part of Whitey Booker of the Sox, the two teams might have been playing in the first game yet. With the sacks filled and two down in the ninth, Booker threw four straight balls to Gook Taylor, forcing in the winning run. Thrills aplenty were provided fans in the second by way of some fielding that is seldom seen in anything out- side of professional league ball. Wes- ley McDonald was Bill Flester's mound choice in the second and had it not been for French outfleld as well as the infleld, “What & man” McDonald would have been pounded off the lot. As it was, some flashy catches of line drives off the bats of the slugging Sox held them at bay and McDonald managed to eke out a 6-to-5 victory though fal- tering badly near the end. NAVAL HOSPITAL and D. C. Repair Shop, winners of the first half of the Government and Departmental Leagues, respectively, will be in for a real fight if they intend to annex the the defensive work of the (to Early Games Portend Ding-Dong Strife for Independent - Honors Interstate, a team that is capable of beating the best of ’em one day and then looking like the world’s worst club the next, is one team that is pointing for the pennant. Navy Yard, which opens the second half series this afternoon against the Interstaters, may have ended in last place, but it's a safe bet that they'll be playing better ball this series. ITH the Industrial Leaguers al- ready in their second week of the last-half series play, only the Georgetown Church and the Terminal “¥"” Leagues are behind in schedule. The Terminal will open tomorrow, weather permitting, but the Church League will be forced to wait until Thursday at least, as three more games of vital importance are necessary to de- cide the winner. OBBY LYON, crack French A. C. southpaw, is taking quite a beat- ing nowadays because of his “ras- sling” ambitions—in a kidding way, of course. His teammates manage to hold very straight faces when they declare that the masked marvel who will ap- pear in another of Joe Turner's wrestling shows at the Washington Auditorium is none other than Bobby. Emphatically Bob denies this two- faced attempt to deceive the unsuspect- ing public. ANDLOT fans around Eighteenth and Otis streets way think they have the best first baseman in the city in Bud Noyes. Noyes is playing a leading role in the success of the Bur- roughs A. C., which yesterday kept in the Capital City League pennant chase by defeating the Anacostia Eagles, 4 EFTY M is certainly a very elusive fellow! When Lefty started this season he was playing with Express in the Ter- minal League on week days and on Sundays pitched for the French A. C. From Express Mclntyre shifted to Pullman, where his hurling carried that club to the champlonship of the first half. Then from the Frenchies, Lefty changed to the Northern Red Birds, and now he has made up his mind that he wants to play with Express again. ‘What & man! BAUSERMANS BEAT BALLSTON TO LEAD| ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 —Time- ly hitting, coupled with the ability of Bernard McCarty to halt the opponent’s attack at crucial periods of the game, gave Bauserman Motor Co. & 6-to-4 victory over Ballston A. C. before a sizable crowd at Ballston. The triumph broke a first-place deadlock which had existed between the two clubs for the? lead in the Virginia section of the Capi- tal City League. In the other league contest Jefferson District Fire Department moved to within hailing_distance of the leaders by scoring & 7-to-0 decision over the Cherrydale Fire Department at Vir- ginia Highlands. “Lefty” Jones, Jeffer- son pitcher, gave Cherrydale only three scattered hits. Ballston outslugged Bauserman, 14 hits to 13, with Third Baseman Via topping the attack with three hits, one a double, while Johnson, Coppage, Rosenberger and McQuinn each got a pair of bingles. Bowman, Ruding, Har- rison, Baker, Ritnous and Forrest led Miami track here this evening. The racers will go to North Randall, near Cleveland, June 30. RESULTS IN MINORS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. Pet. W. L. Pet. 3 Baltimore.. 41 26 .613 Buffalo... 31 35 .470 Rochester.” 39 28 582 Jersey City 28 37 1431 35 29 547 Newar! 27 38 (415 3732 536 Reading... 36 39 .400 GAMES YESTERDAY. 10:7: Buffalo, 4-5. Reading, 8-6; Rochester, 17-5. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Milwaukee, Loutsville, 7-2. St. 1, 12-8; Toledo, 5:2. Karisas City, 4-13. Columbus, 6-2. Birmingham, '5-10. EASTERN LEAGUE. Mobile, Providence, 12; New Haven, 10. Pittsfield, Hartford, pringfleld, 3-1, Allentown, 3-13. W. L. Pet. New Haven 41 30 577 Sp: 1 563 “H Bridgevore 40 31 563 “Ha: 33 864 Alb: Knight Brothers Are Big Help_ AsW.C.C. Gets Canoe Clean-Up 'ASHINGTON CANOE CLUB today holds two handsome trophies offered by the widow of Charles J. Bell as the result of scoring most points in both the racing and canvas events yes- terday in the first annual Potomac River canoe champlonships held on the Tidal Basin. In both classes Washington won handily. In the racing tests it scored 38 points against 15 for Potomac Boat Club and in the canvas events it hung up 19 points against 6 for Sycamore Island Canoe Club and 1 each for Red Triangle Outing Club and unattached. It was largely through the stellar work of the Knight brothers, Harry and Karl, veteran stalwarts of the club, that Washington trlumphed. Karl de- feated Harry in the one-man double blades racing class. Harry also was beaten in the one-man single blades Suggestions on den behind a blanket and there HILE no two experts will agree on Kzru !:x‘m:bumly will develop your It is important for your success at continue to use it. the arm and wrist. Grip the shoe in stake, The thre Pirst, you grip the shoe and stand Next you that the o] Secor it back (Figure ‘Third, you pitch the shoe by bring- ing the right arm forward and at the same time stepping forward with right foot. ure 3.) The rhythm with which you per- form this motion determines the ac- curacy of your pitch, provided you have properly gaug- ed the distance. horseshoe (fl your frien organized and when you become ways handy. Horseshoe pitching Time was when of pipe. add much to the game. toward each other. | cates the other dimensions of the court. Horseshoes Given Beginners {llustrated for the benefit* child who makes ringers consistently must practice until the pitch is made easily, with the eye judging the dis- tance and directing the movement of llustrated and make ready to pitch. How to Pitch a Horseshoe. 'HE first rule of pitching the horse- shoe is to keep the eye on the nished the shoes and the stakes were crude affairs improvised perha, Now the game has assumed a national popularity and people are playing, more in the city, perhaps, than in the country. Shoes of sturdy drop-forged steel and stakes of the same material, made in style and weight to meet the specifications of the American Horseshoe Pitchers Association, are necessary to play the modern game properly. | Laying Out the Court. | HILE you can merely drive stakes in the ground 40 feet apart and start to Evii'fh' a permanent court of exact dimensions can be laid out easily and How to Pitch ORSESHOE pitching experts can throw ringers when the stake is hid- are some who can make a fair average of ringers when blindfolded. They maintain that the average pitcher could do the same if he practiced long and earnestly. ‘With scores of newcomers expected this year in the second annual tourna- | ment, for the Metropolitan area of Washington, sponsored by The Washington | Star, a few hints on the game at this time may help beginners. How to Hold a Shoe. the best way to hold a horseshoe and own particular grip, two methods are of the neu&l:yle. the game that you adopt one hold and ‘The man, woman or one of the two ways {llustrations will ald you" in assuming the proper position and “following through,” as they say in golf. with feet together, close to the stake. bring the shoe at arm's length and sight it as you would a rifle, so ite stake appears in the center of the shoe. you m the right arm with an easy swiiging motion and bring the at the same time stepping forward with the left foot. V4Y itching court in your back yard or in a vacant lot and you can invite to play at a moment’s notice. Tournaments and clubs can be easily ept at the game you will find opponents al- a universally played game. horseshoe tossing was a barnyard sport. Old Dobbin fur- (Figure 1.) Your step forward must not carry you beyond the box, or more than 3 feet from the stake. The Modern Horse- shoe Game. 'O other game offers a com- bination of sport, skill- and healthful xercise at such cost. You can lay out a from bits ousands of S2 Fuey soreer ‘The illustration shows how an official court should be laid out. Place sec- tions of 2 by 4 and nail together so as to make two 6-foot squares. The stakes should be driven in the ground in the center of these boxes, inclining slightly Fine clay should then be placed around tamped down. This clay should be moistened occasionally. The diagram indi- the stakes and If it is not convenient to install the clay-filled boxes the ground should be spaded up so as to prevent the shoes from bouncing and sliding. 'ROBINS TOP CIRCUIT SINGE END OF MAY ‘Sloppy Fielding Disappears When Cubs Threaten to Oust Them. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR., Associated Press Sports Writer. ONSIDERING the closeness of the rivalry among the National League clubs, the tenure of Brooklyn as leader of the cir- cuit s something really remarkable. The Robins, who caused quite a sur- prise when they first gained the top, have shown the way to their rivals for nearly s month, despite numerous | threats to their security. After vari- ous ups and downs, the Robins took the lead at the end of May and have no;n mr?g dlsvl:ce'd nndc::w e tl w0 G\mn he right on B: - 1yn's heels, had a big chance to assume the lead after Brooklyn had tossed away & few games through careless flelding. But the Robins tightened up and won three contests, while the Cubs failed to stand the strain of pursuit and dropped two and one-half games behind yesterday with a 3-to-2 defeat at the hands of the Boston Braves, while | Brooklyn was downing Pittsburgh, § to 6. ‘The costly Robin errors disappeared suddenly when first place was in danger, while the Robin bats swung into ef- fective action. Brooklyn came from be- hind yesterday, paced by two home runs by Babe Herman and one by Johnny Frederick, to score six runs in the seventh and eighth innings off Larry French, Pirate pitcher, The Cubs made two homers off the delivery of Fred Frankhouse, recent Boston ac- quisition, and one of them was Hack Wilson's twenty-first of the season, but they could not get any other counters, while the Braves’ 10 hits scored a run in each of three different innings. The New York Giants picked up a game on the Cubs, remaining three games behind, by putting on a perform- ance similar to Brooklyn’s. The Giants seemed to feel it necessary to perform in the traditional manner as Cincinnati celebrated Bennie Frey day. They got to Benny in the seventh and eighth gr three runs at a time and took a 6-to-4 decision from the Reds. The St. Louis Cardinals attained a .500 average again by taking two games from Philadelphia. ‘The Cards clouted 33 hits against five Philly pitchers to win by scores of 12 to 3.and 9 to 3. Flint Rhem and Burleigh Grimes, the latter making his first start for St. gnlm. held the Phillies well under con- ol. The Detroit Tigers altered the Amer- ican bufue standing a bit by winn! a pair of games from the ton Sox, 5 to' 3, and 4 to 2. The double triumph while 8t. Louis was dividing a twin bill with the New York Yankees guc the Tigers into fifth place. Detroit ad good pitching and “the breaks,” scoring all of its runs off Milton Gaston in the first game in one inning without earning one. A homer by Gehringer pro:id:d the margin in the short second contest. Yesterday’s Stars By the Associated Press. Babe Herman, Robins—Hit fourteenth and fifteenth homers, each with one on, to help beat Pirates, 9-6. Earl Whitehill and Waite Hoyt, Ti- gers—Allowed 15 hits in two games as Tigers beat Red Sox in double- header. Charley Jamieson, Indians—Collected three doubles against Athletics’ pitching as_Indians broke losing streak. Fred Frankhouse and Ben Cantwell, gave up only seven hits as Braves beat Cubs, 3-2. Art, Shires, Senators—Got three sin- gles, drove in four runs and scored two as Senators trimmed White Sox. Millar (Potomac Boat Olub); no third. Time 63, tandem single blades—Won nd Marc Fore (Washington second, R. F. Acksd and K. ckad (Sycamore Island_Club); third, cl by J. Lesley Canoe Club); D. A Time, 2.08%. Raciug class. fours ingle blades—Won by lub (My] Shorb); third, (W. L. Dunn, B, John! H. A Huber), Time, 3:27%. 1 bladés_-Won by Canoe Club Mayer and iger, Lea , Washington Canoe Lesley, C. Spencer and O. Kann- glesser). "Time, 2:11%. Racing _class, one-man double blades— M.’ Knight (Washington Canoe by K. : H. T. Knight (Washington Canoe Club); third, W, T. uder (Wash- ington Canoe Club). 'Time 8%5. Canvas class, mixed double blades—Won by H. C. Vollmer and Mrs. W. D. Haven: (Washington Canoe Club); ‘second, Nutwell and Mrs. Dubber (Red Triangle Club); third, 9, Kannsiesser and Jo Goldbold). ' Time, racing class by Ern! - | | Rach dy le blades—Won ters. 7 and W. T. Magruder (Washington Canoe ; n_single blades—Won | Club); third, Nutwell and E. Millar (Potomac Ingram and Boetler drove out three |, e, Suts%pOR0 Tae "sont Eib) - sacond, | Bost Cluby. Time, 3:30; hits each for the Jefferson -District g;‘ ;r. émn‘.:m.v(?‘vnhm‘«wahfi‘n‘nzg; %‘::Sé wmkam: ;:J“c",.':e“": fl.‘.‘,“"(‘fi "’.?‘%‘,TS&“ ;1(: toss s rd, H. C. Vollmer ashing W 5 .4 o otk °'|§§§n};°”éfi drives golng | Giibe Fime." 40835, Knight, &, P. Mawson and H. T. Knight): Ipoe. g user and O. | " Canvas , ons-man single blades—Won | second, Potomac Club (Shrob, Nutwell, Willlams were the only Cherrydale [by E. 8. McGuizan \wg‘nh:gnon cmfi- gelm éf'db 'Fv'v Mhnu;’n: nim_'. hw--gmbm;n , R, F. Acka camore 1Is- | Canoe Club (W, nn, B. Johnson. C. F. Sy EERONCINRNIST e DENEEEE 0535 thtrd, O. J. Green Cunattached). | Mayer and H. A Huber): Time. 3133 iy 2 “cliss, tandem single biades_Won | intion Canoe CIR): second. W. D. Havens n lades—Won | ington Canoe Olub): second, W. D. Havens REIELYD I TR, by I T, Knight and K. M. Knight (Wash- | and L. R.® Compton (Washington Canos Bauserman 4 ¥ 5% setterson, . i § 7y | Ineton Canoe Club); second, Nutwell and E. | Club) Ballston .. 3 2 Z% Serrsdais 8 8 0% oodlawr. Kk eacrwcan |SANDLOT TOURISTS | MT. RAINIER TAKES ‘TOLEDO, Ohio, June 23 (#).—Grand jzotmo ons s m—orns| HAVE DIREFUL DAY| COUNTY BALL LEAD rated under giant flood lights at Fort | Leading Washington nines who dis- played their wares on allen flelds yes- terday did not do so “hot.” nion Printers were beaten in a 11-2 game at Richmond by the Waddey nine. Naval Hospital got an even break in a double-header with the Buck Glass Co., at Baltimore, losing the opener, 7 to 13, but coming back to win the sec- ond, 6 to 3. Ballston, Va., tossers went over to Annapolis and took & 19-0 pasting at the hands of the Annapolis club, Other results yesterday: Wreco, 13; Del Ray, 7. Capitol Heights, 16; Hume Spring, 4. Palisades, 6; District Grocery Stores, 5. Saks & C 12; Capitol Helghts Junior Order, Lindbergh Juniors, 7; Hyattsville American Legion, 8. ‘Wonder Boys, 11; Samosets, 0. No{u:,wemrn Cardinals, 3; Sea- gn;x‘;mh, 14; Northwestern Mid- gets, 10. Virginia White Sox, 13; Natlonal Circles, 9. Comet Juniors, 11; Mount Rainiers, 9. Crowder Insects, 11; Yankees, 4. e et TEXAS LEAGUE. -3; 2. n_Antonio. 8-7: Fort Worth, 4-1. Wichita Falls, Beaumont, ‘57, Houston, b-1; Shreveport, 4-8. HYATTS' » Md, June 23— Mount Rainier's nine today is out in front in the championship race in the Prince Georges County section of the | Capital City League unlimited class as the result of its 8—7 victory yesterday over its old foe, Hyattsville, on the Riverdale field. Mount Rainier now has won 5 and lost 1 and Hyattsville has 4 victories and 2 defeats as its record. Erratic work afleld, especially on the part of Ernie Hiser, shortstop, was chiefly _responsible for Hyattsville's downfall. Hiser made four errors, all costly, and bad miscues also were made by several other Hyattsville players. Quigley, for Mount Rainier, and g_t:;{:olé{. for Hyattsville, both pitched itably. Hyattsville and Mount Rainier are all even for the league season so far, each iving defeated the other once. Hy- attsville won a 3—2 game recently. Oddly enough, it was Ernie Hiser who was largely responsible for the Hyatts- ville win, his homer clinching the de- cision. Plerce A. C. Dlamonders have booked | a game with the Beltsville Southern Methodist nine for Saturday afternoon, | at 4 o'clock, in Magruder Park here. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. q c1sco, 1 ; -8, BhAne e Forana, b Braves — Divided pitching _duty and | the Greenley and Bowman (Red Triangle Club). | t; McIntyre Invincible on Mound As Northerns Defeat Celtics BY JACK ALLEN, Staff Correspondent 'of The Star. LEXANDRIA, Va, June 23.—A hustling, hard-working pitch- er, flitting around on the rub- ber like a canary on its perch, mowed down the St. Mary's Cel- tics sluggers and cleared the way for Northern A. C. of Washington to defeat the Green and Gold, 3 to 0, at Baggett's Park for its second triumph in the District independent champion- ship serles. ‘The energetic 1ad in question, “ MecIntyre, held the Celtics to three hi two of the infleld variety, and fanned nine of the locals. Nor did McIntyre stop there, but slugged over one of the Northerns' runs with a single and helped push another runner into scor- ing position with a beautiful sacrifice. Pete Ball, the Celtics’ lanky right- hander, pitched in impressive fashion and with sufficient effectiveness to win any ordinary game. However, McIntyre pitched far better than ordinary ball, and the tall one was ch..rggu ith his first defeat of the year. allowed only six hits, but two were coupled on ;w0 occasions to produce runs, “Tots” Long counted the first run of . | the game when he tripled in the sixth inning and scored two outs later on Jovial Joe Tucci ac- counted for two, driving out a triple and crossing Intyre's single, while his second tally came in the ninth after he walked and was pushed around on McIntyre's sacri~ flfi.‘e. sSnuldLnx‘u single anc. Wolfe's sac- rifice fly. A racing, one-hand stab into the air for a hot liner toward right fleld by Capt. Bill Langford, Celtic second base- man, and two sparkling catches of dis- tant drives by his teammate and left flelder, “Buddy” Zimmerman, cut off il | Northern threats at other. junctures of the game. ‘With_soaring home run drives by Dave Shapiro and Louis Latham play- ing a major part in the proceedings, the Cardinal A. C. whipped St. Mar- tin's A. C. of Washington by a 10-to-5 decision on Haydon Field. Shapiro’s circuit clout after Stover singled gave the Cardinals a substan- tial lead in the opening inning, while Latham’s accounted for three runs in the fifth, coming after Owens walked and McDowell had hit for one base. ‘Washington Rallway & Electric Co. batters slugged the offerings of five Del Ray A. C. pitchers for 16 hits to cop their second game from the locals, 13 to 7, at Edward Duncan Field. Varnell, Keyser, Dean and Robey col- lected 12 of the invaders’ bingles with three apiece. Varnell's total was a single, double and home run, while Robey chipped in two triples and a doutle. Dean and Keyser were con- tent with a trio of singles. Del is booked to play the North- west Cardinals of Washington at 3 o'clock Sunday on Edward Duncan Fleld. Clifton Park A. C. of Wi forfeited to the Colonial A. c.uhl.nnon Magnus W. Bales has been a chairman of the regatta committee which will handle arrangements for the Middle States Regatta Assoclation's shell races here Labor day on the Old Dominion Boat Club’s 1-mile straight- lwalzl course on theed Potomb’ H:ry les Was name F. Ken- nedy to take the place of John M. Reed, who resigned because of press of private business. Kennedy is general chairman of the jubilee program. Cardinal A. C. has a game pendl; with the Church Hill A. ©. ormc:e mond for Sunday. The contest will be played at the State capital if negotia- tions are completed. Hume Springs A. C. d a 6-to-4 decision to the Clplhl%mu A C of Capitol Heights, Md., yesterday aft- ernoon. By the Associated Press. HOME RUNS YESTERDAY. THE LEADERS. Ruth, Yankees, 23; Wilson, Cubs, 21 Berger, Braves, 20; Klein, Phillles, 19 Gehrlg, Yankees, 18; Foxx, Athletics, 17; Herman, Robins, 15. National, 348; American, 261. \n total, 609, o i BIG LEAGUE LEADERS By the Associated Press. Including Games of June 22. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Batt hrane, Athletics, .408. B e e uns 3 . Hits—Hoddap, Indians, 92, ks Doubles — Gehringer, McManus, Ti- R es—0o bs, Yank p m ees; White Sox, 10. s Home runs—Ruth, Yankees, 23, Stolen bases—Rice, Senators, 12. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Batting—Pisher, Cardinals, 416, " Runs, English, Cubs, 61. Runs' batted in—Kiein, Phillles, 73. D“,l-m.s—l(lein. Phillies; Terry, Giants, Doubles—Frisch, Cardinals, 33. 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