Evening Star Newspaper, July 1, 1930, Page 33

}- -— Sports News The T ening Starf SUNDAY MORFING EDITION W. ASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1930. PAGE C-—1 S CANT HIT, HAS SIGN ON NATS THIS YEAR Getting Game From Browns Usually Task—Marberry’s Bunt Ends Battle. KELLER. BY JOHN NE of the great mysteries of the current base ball season is why the Browns, well dewn in the second division, have been so difficult for the Nationals, right in the thick of the pennant fight, to trim. It doesn’t seem right. This St. Louis club is not blessed with a lot of consistently good pitching, it does not set the world afire afield and it is the weakest batting aggrega- tion in the American League. Yet it has defeated the Nationals six times in nine starts and is the only club that has the edge over the Johnson band for the season. Now the Nationals generally take the feld against the Browns with six or seven hitters of the .300 class in the line-up and they take it usually with pretty good pitching, too. On the other hand, the Browns haven't a lot of con- sistently good mitching as ‘“mentioned beforc and but one regular clubbing in the 300 class. What's their power over the Nationals? According to unofficial figures, the season batting marks of the Browns - from the top 6f their line-up down thaough the catchers are: BRie, first hase, .230; Badgro, center field, .196; Goslin, left fleld,, 277; Kress, shortstop, ,:277; Gullic, right field, 215: Melillo, secend base, .313; O'Rourke, third base, .253; Ferrell, catcher, .283; Manion catcher, .206. * McNeely, occasionally used in the out- fleld, has “oatted for only .250 and Schulte, who was in the outfield in the eries the Natioals had with the | Browns, was hitting for only .268.| Manush was not batting so heavily | when he was with the Browns here in | May and that was the only series he played against Washington. The best hittizg regular pitcher St. Jouis-has is Walter Stewart, with an ‘average of 216. Chad Kimsey has & much higher | erage, but he does most of his bat- | ting in emergencies. Here's a club with a grand batting average of .250. The Nationads are hit- | ting for .289. These are unofficial fig- | ures up to today. ®A fifth-place team | last year. the Nationals beat the Browns | 13 times in 22 starts. Always around the top this *year, they Lyve been trimmed six times in nine starts. Try | to figure it. - HAT a tBugh tussle the Nationals | had yesterday getting that 2-to- game from_ti® Erof Super- pitching Isy Fred MarbePry as well as an | eitoreby Red Kress and some final- inning fancy stiatégvgin which Ma Whrry waz the biggest factor, were need- ed to sce the win, for geoige Rlac® | lrolder did a neat.bit of pitchin® for the'| St. Louis crew. » Matberry hurled a splond#i game, vielding but fous safeties®spread cyer | threé¢ inhings and two passez Ohly once did the Browns $ave as fhany as two runners on at one time. That was | in the eighth. when Sammy Hale, who | has supplanfed Frank O'Rourke at third, opened the round with a Fexas leaguer to center and Lu Blue, after two were out, drew a pass. Fred then tightened, and Badgro's best was a| Thoist to Dave Harris in right. Oscar Is in Our Mids! ME Fo. INNING O DEAT ®HE Wammncin, Newsmsner Pester Sares. fon HE time was Saturdav, May the hero—Oscar Melillo, the Wop with the Scandinavian ninth inning of the game between the Browns and the White Sox and tut of a St. Louis run driven in by McNeely. Crowder and Faber were lowed five hits. Two were out and Melillo perched on third. ®ed Faber, left in the majors, prepared to moisten the ball, when suddenly ening dashing toward home’ plate from third. Faber shot the ball to lillo had successfully stolen home to win the ball games3 to 2. counts, even in thest days of the lively ball and 18-to-12 games. Cer- they are important cogs the team’s defense and often on attack, Feg Murray Hughie Critz, for instance. He bat- ted a mere .247 last season and has hit better than 300 only once in his major league career. Yet his addition to the Giants made the New York infleld the best in the National League. So, too, Oscar Melillo, another 5 foot 8 inch second baseman. He batted .206 last sea- son, the nearest to the charmed .300 circle he ever has come. Y.t the year before he Had hit a mere .189 and k's major league average for four seasons with St. Louls is .255. However, the Brownies seem quite coutent with their second baseman, He is # fine fielder. excelling in dou- ble-play work with Kress,®and his speed and daring on the bases often come in quite handy, as in the game told about in the first paragraph. Melillo is almost 28 years old and is a native Chicagoan, like Freddie Lindstrcm. He started professional base ball in 1920 with Mifwaukee, and was farmed to Winnipeg for & couple of seasons as an outfielder. He played for Milwaukee in '22, 23, '24 and '25 in the outfield and a second, and was sold to St. Louis for the 1026 season for cash and players. L3 AANAAA 31, the place St. Louis, and first name. It was the last of the the score was tied at two-all by vir- the pitching rivals. Each had al- * one of the few spit ball pitchers there was a streak of human light- the catcher, but little Oscar Me- Hitting isn't the oply thing that in infielders can't hit much, but too, because of their speed. Take BY FRANCIS E. STAN. Maybe Terminal's a good team and maybe it is not; Maybe ‘Puliman’s the best team now around the lot. & But when vou try to remk ‘em on things that they have done. Dont count the game yesterday, for it must have been the sun. Tommy Shea is the official scorer of the Terminal League—and & working one at that. But yesterday was hot—too hot for a man to work lke Kress was the only Brown to pass| second base and he completed the cir- | cuit_for his side’s lone tally. First up in the fifth, Kress lofted a foul toward | the Washington dugout. Joe Judge tore | aiter it. but stopped when another step | would have put him under the ball., Joe's not to blame, for another step | might also have tumbled him into the ! dugout. Then Kress lofted the ball into | the open stand back of left field for a | homer. Outside of the eighth inning, already | mentioned. but five batters other than | Kress reached first base. Cronin’s fumble put Blue on at the start of the game, but Goslin forced Lu for the sec~ ond out and was caught trying to steal. The Goose singled with two gone in the fourth, but was too daring with his lead off the sack, and Marberry's third throw to Judge nipped the run- ner. O’Rourke doubled with two out in the fifth, and Badgro walked with two out in the sixth. ‘What a game Fred pitched! It was his third win in a row and his seventh of the season. He evidently is in form once more aftef being an uncertamnty for so long. FF Blaeholder the Nationals got but eight hits and three passes, and one of the passes was intentional, It figured strongly in the Nationals’ victory, though. The pass was given to Sam Rice, who picked up Roy Spen- cer's bat in the ninth to get info his first game since Friday. Judge and Bluege were on third and second bascs by virtue of a single and a double, re- spectively, made after one was out when: Blaeholder purposely tossed four wide ones to Rice. Up to the plaie strode Marberry, and down the first-base line he bunted the first pitch to him. With the squeeze on, Judge was almost across the plate when Fred tapped she ball, and as Blaeholder, who flelded the bunt, made no effort to throw to first, the ‘Wdshington pitcher went on to his sce- ond hit ~{ the game. Cronifl started the sirst Vyashington tally when L~ opened the second iffning v vanced Joe, thza Judge got «a single with a® ground®r that Kress chacked back of secqgnd base. ‘The hs, of course, sers. Cronin to third, and he scored when Kj2ss tosyed wildly past Blue. ANAGER JOHNSON. has Crowder and Hadley t§ finish the series with the Browns. owdgr was to §o this afternoon, with Hadley 1n iine . with a single. Harris' retirement ad-| ilecided Tommy did. Washington Terminal and Pullman, champs of the first half of the Terminal “Y" League, were to play a ball game, but something happened—sunstroke, perhaps. Which made it il the harder fce Shea Some sort of record must have been broken when the two teams, noted for their fielding ability, walked off the diamond after some two and a half hours of error and run making. When the perspiring, tired and thoroughly de- feated Shea closed his score book, the error column, usually sparsely popula ed, showed a grand total of 22 miscues. And that wasn’'t even counting thos made by the umpires. Shakespeare wrote the “Comedy of Errors,” but it took the Washington TermMnal stock company, supported by the Pullman players, to produce it, in the base ball version'anyway. In ring- ing up the mass of fumbled grounders, dropped fiies and wild throws the End- pointers were far superior to their con- temporaries, for they kicked in with 14 mla)lc:u as against Pullman’s measly E ‘Walter Raines played the role of lead- ing man. He made six errors at short- stop, while Charley Dofflemeyer, the usually dependable backstop, Helped matters (for Pullman) with four atrocities and a passed ball. For Pullman,. Booker took the booby prize, making a trio of bobbles. All in all it was one hectic game and no one was happier when the fifty- fourth putout was made than Tommy Shea. The final score was: Pullman, 16 runs; Terminal, 9 runs; Termin 14 errors; Pullman, 8 errors. ‘What an afternoon! Pullman, last Saturday, engaged ‘he Pullman team from Philadelphia and swamped the visitors, 22 to 2. Accord- ing to reports, the Philly Pufimans were about on a par with the Terminal tegm of yesterday. As a result of this over- whelming victory over the Quakers. the locals earned the chance to go to Chi- cago to meet the Windy City Pullmans. The date for this %ip has not been upon. Naval “Hospital, winners of the, first half of the Government League, to have b'een all washed up when Pete —_— Scorer Shea Badiy Overworked, As “Comedy of Errors” Is Staged WON IN THE NINTH, | Ingram, mound ace, was injured, ac- cording to some sandlot prognosticators. | But so far they are limping along in| the lead with the pitching staff of | Crews, Sams and Munson functioning in good style. ‘The Sailors dogned G. P. O. yester- day to continue their drive for the second half pennant. West Washington Baptist got off to a flying start in its series with Grace Episcopal for the championship of the first half of the Georgetown Church League. A victory today for West Washington will spell finis to the first halt race and will start the Sunday School Leaguers off on their quest for | the second half flag tomorrow. PITCHER MAHALIC HURLS NO-HIT, NO-RUN CONTEST Steve Mahalic, Capital Traction Co. pitcher, attained the goal of all hurl- ers yésterday when he held Union Car- men hitless and runless in a 10-0 game in the Terminal Y Morning Base Ball | League, Capital Traction, after winning the league’s first-half title, is now hot after second-half honors. 22 i TAKE SIXTH STRAIGHT. G. A. P. A, Insects won their sixth straight, blanking Columbian A. C., 15 to 0. Billy Chipouras was the win- ning pitcher. The victors are booking at Metropolitan 3929 between 4 and HOT BATILES DUE IN JULY 4 GAMES Flock of Highly Attractive Tilts Listed—Some Nines in Need of Rivals. ANDLOT diamonders of the Dis- trict area are preparing to cele- brate the Fourth of July with plenty of hot action. A flock of highly attractive games al- ready have been listed and various other teams are keen after competition. One of the brightest tilts booked is that which will bring together the stal- wart Columbia Heights team, a leader in the championship race in the Dis- trict section of the Capital City League unlimited class and the Silver Spring Giants on the Sflver Spring diamond at 2:30 o'clock. This St. Elizabeth's Hospital team sure craves its action. It wil meet Argyle A. C. tomorrow, Olmsted Grill Thirsday and Northesst Hilltops Pri- ay. Isherwood A. C. nine, which has won the last six games, will travel to Bryan- town, Md., Sunday to face the home team there. Isherwoods want to com- lete their August schedule. They ave a diamond. Call Lincoln 5233 between 6 and 7 p.m. Charles Deuterman wants to book a game for Friday to be played either at Annapolis or Fredericksburg, and is aft- er a game for Sunday for the Arlington, Va., diamond. Call Clarendon 1280-W-2 after 7 p.m. 2 District Grocery Stores Woodmen of America, 18 to 3. Monroe A. C. is after a_game with a fast unlimited nine for Friday. Call walloped Ruth Has Great Chance For New Homer Record NEW YORK, July 1 (CP.A)—If Babe Ruth continues to knock out home runs at the present rate, he will create a new worid record. In 1927 Ruth rolled up a total of 60 four-baggers, high-water mark for the major leagues. The big fellow ‘made No. 30 in yesterday’s game with the Chicago ite Sox in the Sta- dium. It was the Yankees' sixty- seventh American League game and, including today's event, they still are scheduled for 87. So Ruth, be- fore the season has reached the half- way date, is leading the pack with exactly half as many four-masters as_he poled three years ago. Ruth’s long-distance slugging is not surprising in view of the big league records to date. Early today the National League was credited with 378 home runs and the Amer- ican League with 309, a total of 687. Before the end of this week 700 homers will have been batted over fences and into stands, with every reason to believe that another rec- ord will be written into the history of the game next Fall. Last year the major league play- ers pounded the apple for 1,350 home runs. Unless there is a sudden let- down, the totals will exceed 1,500 when the pennant races end on Sep- tember 28. YANKS AND ROBINS EACH ADD A PLAYER By the Associated Press NEW YORK, July 1.—Both Wilbert Robinson of the Brooklyn Robins and Bob Shawkey of the New York Yankees have dug into the bankroll to strengthen their clubs for the dash down the major league home stretch. Robinson announced yesterday that the Robins had purchased Ike Boone, slugging outflelder from the Mission Club of the Pacific Coast League, for immediate delivery. Boone, who was up with the Boston Red Sox a few seasons ago, is expected to fill in a bad hole in left field for the Robins. ~With Babe Herman in MACKS, CUBS AGAIN and Robins Are Doing Chasing Now. By the Associated Press. HE Fourth of July is the unoffi- cial date for naming the win- ners of the major league pen- nants, but already the 1930 race resembles the 1929 chase, with the Ath- letics out in front in the junior circuit and the Cubs setting a hot pace in the Heydler division. If history repeats itself the youn men managed by Cornelius McGillicud- dy and the McCarthy-inspired team again will battle for base ball’s premier honor, for on July 4, 1929, the Ath- letics' were leading the American League and the Cubs showing the way in_the National. In contrast, however, to last year's campaign, the Mackmen are striving to pull away from the Yankees and Senators, whereas in 1929 the St. Louis Browns were runners-up at this stage of the race, with New York in third place. The world champions failed again yesterday to gain ground on their rivals, although rallying in the eighth to de- feat Detroit, 3 to 1. Eddie Rommel, whose chief asset has been as a relief hurler, had his knuckle "ball working to perfection, letting the Tigers down with seven hits, but the victory only served to put another game in the “won” column for the Athletics. The Yankees kept pace with the champions by staging one of their fre- quent slugfests, during which Babe Ruth hit his thirtieth home run of the month of June. The Babe now is 12 games and 12 days ahead of his 1927 record, when he cracked out 60 four- base hits. ‘The White Sox were the victims of | R. Moore, Decatur 2436, between 4 and | right fleld and Johnny Frederick in cen- the Yankees wrath, losing, 15 to 4. 8 pm. Chevy Chase Mascots came through with an 8-5 victory over Prlendsmp. Insects. Hyattsville tossers will engage in a practice game Thursday evening at 6 o'clock on the Riverdale field in prep- | aration for its league game Sunday with | Dixie Pigs. Marberry Peewees downed the Good | Humors, 15 to 10. The winners are| booking at Georgia 2012. | Games ‘are wanted- by these teams: Manhattan A. C., for Saturday, John- | ny_Wade, Lincoln 6198 after 6 p.m. Phoenix A. C., Priday and Sunday, out-df-town opponents, C. L. Risler, | 240 Tenth street southeast, phone Lin- coln 8433-J. Comet Juniors, PFriday, out-of-town team, Manager May, Lincoln 3275. Army Medicos, Wednesdays and Sat- urdays, unlimited nents. Have diamond. Georgia 1000, branch 168. Columbian Insects, North 1600. Montrose Peewees, Adams 8941. Sam West Insects, Manager Ray-| mond, Columbia 4529. Fairlawn Juniors, Lincoln 6944. Mount Rainier Juniors, Bellman, Hyattsville 1043 between 6 and 8 p.m. Chevy Chase Grays, Saturday games, have own diamond, Manager Valenza, Cleveland 5462. Rockville A. A, Saturday - games, Manager Cole, Rockville 231. Mohawks, Dingler, Columbia 0549 aft- er 6 p.m. i District Grocery Stores, " out-of-town opposition, C. W. Dennison, 43§ Jeffer- son streét. - Vienna Firemen, challenge Diserict | uniimited teams, Phelps, National 3376 during day. Argyles, want ualimited opponents, Adams 2455. Yankee Insects, Sunday game, have field. District 8628. Ethos, want games with junior teams, ‘Watson, District 9790. Bethesda Juriors, want double-header | for Friday, Horace Gingell, Bradley 80 | after 6 p.m.; Lindberghs challenged. YESTERDAY’S STARS By the Associajed Press. Fred Marberry, Senators—Let Browns down with four hits and drove in win- ning run in ninth. - Lance Richbourg, Braves — Singled witn bases filled in eighth to drife in tying apll 1lnn£na runs against Pirates. Sheriff Blake, Cubs—Stopped Gilants with nine hits angl beat them, 10-3. Babe Ruth, Yankees—Hit single, dou- ble and thirtleth homer, drove in three runs and scored three as Yanks trim- med White Sox. Jimmy Foxx, Athletics—Tripled with 6 pm. two on in eighth to beat Tigers, 3-1. Robbie Rates Bucs, Cards, With Full Power, Above Cubs, Giants regulars back in the line-up, S the Chicago Cubs, Uncle Robbie said main in the pennant scramble all season. “I've been hearing and reading =raick aooner or later,” Robinson said, “but the fellows who are picking us to flop better watch their own teams. The Brookiyn ball club has strength in every department and the mere division laet year has no bearing on our. present outlook.” Robinson blieves Ike Boone, whose purchase from the Mission team of the Pacific Coast League Was annol added reserve hitting power. Boone, hitters in the coast league. T. LOUIS, July 1 (#).—The Cardinals and Pirates, with all of their Giants and the Cubs, in the opinion of Wilbert Robinson, Brooklyn manager, whose team opens a series with the Cardinals today. Although the Robins have yielded the National League leadership to Standings in Major Leagues “probably are stronger” than the he was confident his club would re- for many weeks that we're due to fact that we finished in the second unced yesterday, will give the Robins an outfielder, is one of the leading National League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. it 3 Brooklyn-8t. Lo in: Biher chubs’ nor. séneduled. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. for the final . @ . although Rice. vent!| ST. LOUIS. AB. R. H. PO. A. % oto bat in a pinch.yesterday he may® -ak | Blie. 16, 34 838 a day,or two bglore jeturnipg to his | Gosling If. 4.0.1"8 0 O task in the mcza ..; .. says ne fleeds | Kress L g B = . a few more steaks to restore his strengsh $ 59 8 8 » American League . .,0ld Man Jones,had a fine work- our] 0°°1..0 8.0 * YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. put Jesterday. during- batting iu.mfi Hale. 3b Tgel 0 178 o :h el il apd declares h;l:‘“ hatraady o stu 388183« Chicago, 4. against the Ya t‘:?y . . Spen- s = {ladelp] it, 1. cer caught wéh yesterday déspite & split 30 1 4038 -7 1 to * thumb on his. right hand . . . and B T o Avn| - RRG IR P %‘.fln't be uysed . . Shir's Az’ 'E' g' Pi' I:zl"g g L 2 _the catching department by k6 4 3 recels in batting practice amd warm- $3 1701 .lngu})plfl:.hm.A‘nobmkfarthe "’-’vx 37 3 fair fans Friday . . . Ladies’ day is v Tt Y out becatise i¢ talls on a holiday. * 3.0 .8:3:1 'g . £ . =~ % 000 B., o0 HOME RUN STANDING i By the Alsoctated Press. 2838884 . _ Home runs yesterday—Ruth, Yankeées, - 1; Hartnett, Cubs, 1; Ott, Gimnts, 1) [bese b os Rk Semuent Boersy: pieo Bodapp, Indians, 15~ Kress, Browns, 1. Stolen. 40} “The leaders—Ruth, ~Yankees, = 30: =2 Wilsoft, Cubs, 22; , Braves, 22; Fire?| GAMES TODAY. TOMORROW Foxx, Athletics, 22: Gehrig, 8t. L. L. “W‘ Leagun tota's— American. o) + Jonal, 378; total; 687. 3 0 at Y go. " fRmtan m:%?wfi. af at Cincinnat night games. ter, Robinson hopes to round out his fly-chasing staff with the addition of Boone, who led the coast league in bat- ting last year with an average of .407. He has hit around .440 in more than 70_games this year. The Yankees, seeking _addition: pitching strength, secured Ken Hollo- way. veteran right hander of the Cleve- land Indians, on waivers. With the Detroit Tigers for years, Holloway and Jackie Tavener went to the Indians in the trade that put George Detroit unflorm.p Sy CUBS PROVE POISON TO DODGERS™-HOPES BY WALTER TRUMBULL, . If Brooklyn doesn't win the National Yr.eu'ue pennant ‘his year the Robins n blame it all on the Chi That Chicago team agreeswith iz Wilbert Robinson's men just like green apples agree with a weak digestion. The Cubs ure not so hot against New York, but one little growl out of them and the Brooklyn Hunters climb a tree.. Chicago is, so far, the only,club which has the edge on the ith Uncle With the exception of one inning, the {lowly Sox could do nothing with the | offerings of George Pipgras, while the | Yanks put together four consecutive | clusters of three runs each. The Washington Senators also kept in the midst of the American League scramble, maintaining their place with | the Yanks, two games back of the Ath- | lesics, in defeating the St. Louis Browns, 12 to 1. A five-run rally off “Bull” Durham in the eighth gave the Indians an 8-to-3 verdict over the Red Sox. Belve Reane started and finished his first game for Cleveland, holding the Sox to eight hits. ‘With the Robins idle because of wet grounds at St. Louis, the Cubs took advantage of the situation to increase thelr lead in the National League to one and one-half games as they de- feated the Giants, 10 to 3. The victory | was the Cubs’ twelfth triumph in 14 starts. An eight-run attack that drove Genewich to the showers proved the downfall of the Giants, Thereafter the Cubs coastéd.-along back of Blake's con- | sistent pitching. . Gabby Hartnett con- | nected with his seventeenth home run, | while Melvin Ott got his sixteenth. | In the only other National League | game "the Boston Braves managed to eke out a 6-to-5 victory over the Pirates. Lloyd Waner, who .has been recovering from an operation, made his first aj pearance of the seasori in the Pitts- ARE SETTING PACE & Only Difference Is That Griffs :m season and the fifteenth during the | Louis Club No Bargain for Griffs : Major League Races Now Similar to 1929 | Occar s in Our Midst. _ —By Feg Muray RECORDS OF GRIFFS BATTING. . AB. R, H.2b.3b HR.6H.SB.] 246609716 7 1 411 203387010 7 4 4 4 2710339321 5 4 6 5 35 212 30010 248448210 3 1 7 6 233 34 7412 2 214 T 252637921 3 6 5 8 1914468 8 6 5 3 1 24 761522 6 1 1 1 2 14 1571844 6 1 1 5 2 26 lo11327 6 1 0 2 0 7 1181130 1 4 0 1 0 7 254 20 5 5 00000 3 : 11 927 4 1 0 2 1 14 243 { 3 3 720000 1 194 3 36 00000 2 167 12 3210000 1 167 40 3 430000 2 .100 10 2 2 00000 0 .09 00000000 0 000 00000000 0 .00 PITCHING. In’ .Comp, | G. H rt.gam. W.L. 11 28 11 18 39 e 83 8 60 17 15 63 8 5 6 2 15 77 43 21 95'% 11 6 6 3 .16 87 38 51 88 14 6 6 3 19102 22 26 33 = % 7 4 . 14111 28 40 983 12 4 7 6 12 51 13 10 35 o % & L Crowder 17 123 40 50 120 15 10 7 8 A. A VOTING TODAY ON SPLIT SEASON Louisville, Leader, Appears as Only Foe—Night Play to Be Discussed. By the Associated Press HICAGO, July 1.—Interest in American Association base ball fortunes today shifted from the playing fields to a room in a | Chicago hotel where club owners of |the circuit went into a huddle with President Thomas J. Hickey to consider a split season. An unofficial canvass of the owners BRENNER OF CELTICS | IS IMPROVED PLAYER ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 1.—Bussy Brenner, hustling young shortstop of the St:Mary’s Celtics, is an example of what the proper kind of confidence can | accomplish, Under the insistent urging of his | teammates, Brenner has been trans- formed from the type of batter who fights himself at the plate into one of the most confident willow swingers on the sandlots. A sudden batting spree has been the result of his self-assurance and from the lowly mark of .100 he has jumped his average to .326 in his last five games. His manager, Charley Corbett, thinks Bussy the most improved performer in unlimited ranks this season. He also is fielding in fine style. | | An epidemic of injuries has struck the Celtics. _Capt. Bill Langford, second bas> man; Outfielder Joe Hamilton and both catchers, Russell Kidwell and Charley Sheffie, are suffering from ail- ments. | Meanwhile Art Ludlow, third base- | man, has been sent behind the plate. | | prse, Sam De Vaughan, Cardinal A. C. | manager, has booked Capitol Heights A. C. at’Capitol Heights, Md., Sunday. A business meeting of the club has been | called by President Sylvester A. Breen |for tonight at 8 o'clock. Bill Herring yesterday accomplished what no other member of Belle Haven | Country Club has succeeded in doing in | the three years of the club's organiza- | tion—equal the club course par of 35 | strokes. Herring was playing in a four- some with Dr. J. T. Ashton, C. C. Carlin, jr._ and John B. Gordon. | supt. s. 8. Brooks of the Washington | division of the Southern Railway Co., | was to toss out the first ball when | Southern Shopmen and Clerks tangle in | Baggett’s Park at 5 o'clock. | | | tors over Hunters' Station in a double- | header Sunday, will seek additional dia- | mond laurels Friday, when they enter- | tain" the Clover A. C. on the Colonial | Field at 3 ciclock. A business session of the Del Ray A.C.is to be held tonight at 8 o'clock. MONROE A. C. TO DRILL. Monroe A. C. diamonders will drill | Paul, Bill Hammond's Colonial A. C.. Vie- |, showed that seven out of eight were in favor of splitting the championship season, the sole opposing owner being W. F. Knebelkamp of the league-lead- ing Louisville Colonels. His opposition was natural as the Colonels have such a wide margin in the current race that he does not like to risk loss of the second half and a chance to represent the American Association in the an- nual “little world series.” If the split season is voted, the sec- ond half will open July 7. President Hickey said he believed no new sched- ule would be framed for the second season, if voted; July 7 marks the half- way mark of the full season’s schedule and the teams would play it out, although starting from scratch in the won and lost column. All double- headers of the first half would auto- matically be dropped so as to give all teams an equal schedule. The player limit would not be af- fected, Hickey said. At present no team is permitted to carry-more than 20 players until September 1 when the limit is increased to 25. If voted, it will mark the first time in the American Association's history that a split season has been held. lubs sponsoring the division believe it will increase not only the interest, but give some of the late starters like St. Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Kansas City and Toledo a chance to better themselves financially. It is no secret that the league was hard hit last year financially and any proposal promising to stretch the rubber band about the |league bankroll is welcomed. Night base ball probably will come in for discussion today. President Hickey is a keen enthusiast for noc- turnal games since he viewed those at Indianapolis. By the Associated Press. American League. Batting—Cochrane, Athletics, .400. Runs-—Ruth, Yankees, 90. Runs batted in—Gehrig, Yankees, 85. Hits—Hodapp, Indians, 104, Doubles—McManus, Tigers, 25, Triples—Combs, Yankees, 12. Home runs—Ruth, Yankees, 30. Stolen bases—Rice, Senators, 12, National League. Batting—O'Doul. Phillies, .401. Runs—Cuyler, Cubs, 69 Runs batted in—Klein, Phillies, 7. Hits—Klein, Phillies; Terry, Giants, 103. Doubles—Frisch, Cardinals, 24. ‘Triples—Cuyler, Cubs, 11. Robins in the winning and I games played. . RO _Many persons seem to befleve that Bfooklyn has a terrific batting punch and nothing else. The Robins have plenty. Wright is the best shortstop in the game, for all-around value, and Lopez is the best young catcher who has shown up in a numnber of years. Hermgn has developed into a good general ball player. Brooklyn has lot of talent. . - = You must hand it to those Chicago Cubs. Hornsby is no light loss to0 any club and their pitching staff wds pretty weil shot early in the season, but Chicago has just kept on playing ball. New York has been getting bet- ter pitching and is traveling fast. in spite of dropping a game now and then. DAMASCUS TEAM HALTS - KENSINGTON HOWITZERS DAMASCUS, Md., July 1.—The Damascus ball team is set up over its easy 21-4 win yesterday against the Kensington Howitzers. It was the sol- diers’ first defeat this season, Watkins, Hyatt, Snapp, King, Wire and Barber soaked homers for the win- ners. Waters hit one for the circuit for the losers, RESULTS IN MINORS. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. % Yesterday's Results. fewark. 12: Reading, 11 (10 innings) Baltimore, 13; Jej 8. ' Rochester: 6: Montreas; 3. Toronto, 6: Buffalo. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Kansas City. 8: 3 Milwaukee. 7 o;‘}?.'fim?,.," 2. Min; 1: Loutsviile. polis, 1 St. Paul, 7; Indianapol! Standing of the Clubs. % 3 T6a con 4139 386 Tna's mbus. Toledo. ... 30 33 542 Min'apolis. 31 39 443 Kas, Gity.. 34 33 493 Milwaukee 28 44 380 SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Atlanta. 5: Moblle. 3. Littie Rock, 8. Memphis, 10; PACIFIC ‘COAST LEAGUE. No games scheduled. anding of the w. t . 48 35 578 Holl . 48 38 38 Himomed . 46 30 541 Seattls 45 40 520 Por rtiand. TEXAS LEAGUE. Worth. 4; Dallas, 2. 10: Beaumont, 7. 0. night game, Only games scheduled. PIEDMONT LEAGUE. Durham, 11; Winston-Salem, 8. Greensbora."s; Ralelgh, 8. High Point, 12; SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Selma, 9: Jacksonville, 2. Columbus, ‘3; Pensacoia, WESTERN LEAGUE. Pueblo, 5: St. Joseph, 4. , 8: oma’ City, 4. Wichits-Omaha and Topek: burgh line-up. He failed to hit in two omuclll times at bat, but made two put- outs. NECKWEAR - Regular $1.00 Ties 69c Regular $1.50 Ties Handmade and Silk Lined $1.15 Regular $2.00 Ties $1.95 Pajamas Plain and Fancy Broadcloth $1.55 Linen Knickers Reg. $295 $2.15 Sport Shoes Black or Tan and White Leeds Straw Hats Milans and Leghorns Regularly $2.50 to $5 $1.95 tomorrow evening at 6 o'clock at | Eighteenth and Otis streets northeast. Members of the team as well as new | candidates are asked to be on hand. «==don’t forget!—— elebrate Now By Taking Advantage of These A Selected Group of CAMELOT Tropical Worsted 2.PC. SUITS ‘Were $22.50 and 525 A Carefully Chosen Group of CAMELOT 3-PC. Tropical Worsted SUITS Were 335.... Still a Good Selection of Camelot & “G G G” SUITS 188 1 1382 Home runs—Wilson, Cubs; Braves, 22. Stolen bases—Cuyler, Cubs, 17. Berger, 75 75 WeSuggest: —For your Holiday sports outfit—a tan cout with flannel trousers harmonizing or in con- trast. For your hat— one of the very new BURTON - TAYLGOR Summer - weight flannel crush hats. THE SMART - EST I'IAT IN TOWN. For your footwear— you'll select a pair of the very smart ANKLE- FASHIONED oxfords made by NUNN BUSH.