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| ATFASTPACE O Show in Four-Game Series Here—Nationals Sweep Set With Chisox. BY JOHN B. KELLER. | HIS was a day of idleness for | the Nationals,* the game) originally scheduled with| the Indians having been THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Alexandria Legion Nine In Regional Title Tilt ALEXANDRIA, Va., August 15— The junior team of Alexandria American Legion Post was to mect the Gastonia, N. C., Posi at Gastonia today in the final game of the Southern round in the Nation-wide Legion series following its 24-to-4 triumph over Memphis, Tenn., in the semi-finals yesterday. The winner will meet the cham- plon of the Northern division at Charlottesville, Va., within the next two weeks for the Eastern cham- pionship. BALTIMORE BOXERS FACE D. C. FIGHTERS played as part,of last Saturday’'s twin bill, but tomorrow. action is to be resumed at Griffith Stadium. | Bucky Harris will lead his Tigers into Washington for a four-game | Angelo in the semi-final of the Front | series and as the Harris hopefuls are striving to wrest fourth place, | the last money position in the race, from the Cleveland club they may be expected to show | plenty of fight in.the tussling | with the Johnson band. While the Nationals have licked the ‘Tigers nine times in 15 starts, the De- | troit bunch is not to be regarded a set- up these days. For a month the Tigers have been playing base ball of a first- | division brand. They have registered | 19 victories against 13 defeats. Over | the same stretch of days the Nationals played to a record of only 17 wins against 16 losses. The game tomorrow is likely to bring into opposition on the pitching hill Sam Jones of the Nationals and Waite Hoyt of the Tigers. According to the Wash- ington pitching plans the somber squire of Woodsfield will go to the box. As| Harris has been employing Hoyt, Sor-| Tell, Whitehill and Uhle in rotation| during_his club’s splurge Hoyt looks | the Tiger pick. Whitehill ~pitched | against and beat the Yankees yester- | day and Uhle was likely to face the New Yorkers today. | ICTORY for the Nationals tomor- | row would raise their season total | of wins to 71, the number of games | bagged in the entire campaign last year. | Their seventieth victory of the season was 5col yesterday in the final of the series with the White Sox. The Nationals had to battle desperately, though, for their fifth successive | triumph. Twice the White Sox were in command of the situation, but a seventh-inning rally that netted two tallies put the Nationals over as 5-to-4 victors. ‘The win gave the Nationals a sweep of the short series and assured them of an even break at least in their sea- son set with the White Sox. They now have defeated Bush's bunch 11 times and lost it but 7 times, with 4 more games to played in Chicago next month. ECIL CARAWAY, lengthy left-hand- er, on the hill for the White Sox, was stingy with hits outside the two Washington scoring innings. He yielded 10 safeties and 7 were clustered in the brace of frames in which the Nationals dented the plate. Garaway also ve five walks, two purposely. ‘The first of the intentional passes did the Nationals no good, but the second ‘was mixed with hits in the scoring seventh that got the Nationals the game. ‘The White Sox collected 10 safeties, too, off two of the three home hurlers used. Carl Fiscl opened fire ~for , but - Carl, gave only three passes, was too to be He lasted until the fifth, though, when a drive from Fothergill's bat so bruised a shin he had to retire. Ad Liska, who relieved, let the visitors get ahead in the seventh, but after ‘Washington had regained the lead | pitched well until he had disposed of | the first two batters up in the ninth. | ‘Then he was reached for two singles | and gave way to Al Crowder. Crowder eeded to get two strikes | on Bob Fothe and the latter after | fouling off several pitches waved vainly to end the tussle. JOLLEY started the White Sox to thelr first two runs. He opened the |13 second inning with a double, moved | up to third after Harris bagged Cissell's | hoist, watched Clancy thrown out, then tallied as Mulleavy singled. The big| fellow began the fourth frame with a| single, but it looked as though he would | get nowhere when Cissell fanned and Clancy skied to Manush. Mulleavy walked, however, and Tate's one-baser put_Jolley over. ‘Then the Nationals brushed this |, Chicago lead aside. Manush opened the home fourth with a bunted single | and checked in at third when Cronin | doubled. Harris’ long fly to Watwood | scored Manush and moved Cronin to then Kuhel tripled. |i! er sent over the run | bal Nationals in front. Eloole went the lead, though, in the fifth, Pischer walked Kerr as a starter and after the Chicago runner swiped second. Fothergill's single off Fischer's shin put the pitcher out of commission and Kerr on third, Kerr crossed as Jolley, first to face Liska, forced out the rotund lll. Caraway’s double and Kerr's | single in the seventh put the White Sox in front again, but their advantage did not last long, Rice singled at the outset of the home | half of the frame, only to be forced out | | We ‘Watwood popped to Kuhel|'s Joe Trambera, Baltimore ringster, will strive to accomplish one of two aims when he clashes with Frankie De Line Posl, Veterans of Foreign Wars, fight card at Fort Washington, Md. Monday night. De Angelo, who has engaged in more than 100 fights, not only has never e e ot Pl hias mever beeh | over three runs to win the game, 4 to 1. floored. Trambera seeks a kayo an failing in that, of course will try to win | | otherwise. Joe Emallwood of this city and Joe | Pinazzo of Baltimore are booked for the REFEREE IS RAZZED AT WRESTLING SHOW Almost everything possible hlppened“ in Joe Turner's weekly-wrestling show | at the Auditorium last night which was witnessed by one of ghe largest turnouts of the year and Zaro Agha, the 156-year-old ‘Turk. ' Announcer Jimmy Lake introduced Zaro, who was given a_big hand. Milo Steinborn squeezed Moose Nor- deck so hard it was all over in eight minutes. Frank Brunowitz was dis- qualified after 15 minutes for slug- ging George .Calza. 3 The referce was booed and bellig- erent fans swarmed around the ring when the official declared Chief White Feather victor over Dr. Frank Wilson. The Injun had a_headlock on the doctor and Referee Turbeyville slapped his back in notification of triumph. At that moment, however, Dr. Wiison turned over his opponent and the crowd thought the bout should have been continued. Billy Bartusch, former masked mar- vel. applied a fiying headlock to beat Mike Romano in 34!, minutes. Tom Long-and Len Wagner wrestled to a draw in a 15-minute curtain raiser. = DEATH OF CARLSON HIT CUBS HARD, SAYS PILOT CHICAGO, August 15 (#).—Manager Joe McCarthy believes his Cubs would have had their second straight National League championship cinched some time since had it not been for the death of Pitcher Hal Carlson early in the season. “It was a blow from which the team hasn't yet recovered,” McCarthy said yesterday. “Had Hal lived we would have had the pennant won by this time. When I needed a game, I just had to tell him ‘go in today and get this one.’"” l SOX SOCKED AGAIN I 7 CHICAGO. Kerr, 2b.. ] £ R S e e " > [N B ormmmonm) ol ccscscasas! H » 5| cawococoacer? 5l eronnsccon® > ® ‘WASHINGTON. 2. T Ortore ORIl Liska, 'p. Crowder, B. Totals | omraanomuoss ol coosonconmnosd al orosssuson ol cocosccsscss Fl o 5l oo o’ hicago ....i.. 0 1 0 1 Washington 003 Runs batted in—Mulleayy, Kunel @), Bluege (2), 10 04 02 0 x5 Tate, Harrls, Kerr. Two- ) Bluege (2), Har- al . B; out—By Caraway, 5 by Pi der, 1. Hits—Off Fische off 'Liska, 5 in 4’4 innings: off Crowder, 0 fnning. Winning pitcher—Liska. Umpires —Messrs Dinneen, Nallin and 'Campbell. Time of game—2 hours and 15 minutes. RECORDS OF GRIFFS BATTING. 2.3 6 1; scher, 4 5 in - g * | League. ‘ The lone bright spot for the North- CALVARY BAPTISTS TAKELOOP HONDRS Berger Returns to Line-up and His Timely Hits Decide Issue. It's a good thing—for Calvary Bap- tist—that Bozie Berger returned to the | line-up _yesterday, for that game be- tween Calvary and West Washington might be going on yet. Berger, who has been Studiously oc- cupied at the University of Maryland most of the Summer, came back just in time to win the play-off series for Calvary, giving it the championship of the Georgetown Church League. Harold Hodges and Judy Forrest, op- osing pitchers, hooked up in a real | battle—an_innovation in the Church But though Hodges had the | better of it in the matter of hits al- lowed, Berger came through with two of the five Calvary bingles and drove The first of Bozie's wallops was a home run in the second inning, which scored Harwood, who had walked. Then, to make sure, he singled Pete Ball across in the final frame. With the Georgetown Church League crown settled, only the Government League now is awaited. This will not be decided earlier than Tuesday, for, start- ing next week, Navy Yard and Naval Hospital begin their play-off series. Now that the city series has been moved back to Thursday, it is hoped that all winners will be decided before that time, Buck Grier's Northern Red Birds went to Culpeper yesterday to play the boys of that town, but might as well | have played an ail-star District team | here. Culpeper, which was beaten pre- viously by the Birds, was out for re- venge, and got it, \but somehow the home fans couldn’t enjoy it much, for seven of the nine players were out- siders. Tke Dreifus, Art Ludlow, Jack Mat- tingly, Lattin, Eddie Collifiower, Charley Doffiemeyer and Water Beall opposed Grier's#ggregation. _Beall, former local sandlotter and ex-Yankee, outpitched | Lefty McIntyre, allowing the Birds only 5 hits, while the alleged Culpeper team gathered 8 bingles to win, 6 to 2. erns was a lusty home run by Willie Wolfe. This wallop came with Spauld- ing on base. The flying Skinker Eagles claimed a forfeit over the D. C. Firemen yesterday when the Smoke-Eaters decided to quit in the fourth inning after trailing, 11 to 3. Wesley McDonald was doing the pitching for the Eagles at tho tinme and the Firemen were able to get only 4 hits, though one was a homer by Revi- elle Jones, former Business High athlete. ‘The Skinkers play the Red Sox to- morrow on the Eagle fleld, and Sunday travel to Fredericksburg to play the Elks. Washington Police are to travel to the Lawton Reformatory today to meet that team in the first of a three-game series. 'The Firemen, who will oppose Arthur C. “Dazzy” Vance, who has pitched for a dozen or more differ- ent ball clubs and who was, for & while, the highest priced pitcher in the majors, has yet to realize his greatest desire and pitch in a world series. ‘With the Brooklyn team at or near the top for a couple of months now, it looks as though the Brook- lyn strike-out artist may yet achieve his biggest ambition. The Dodgers nearly got in in 1924 (some fans thought they would because of the fact that Brooklyn had also won in 1916 and 1920), but the best they could do was second. And, as they have finished sixth every year, ex- cept 1924, since 1921, when they were fifth, it would be a bit of & treat to some others I could {nentlon besides the great Dazzler. This is Vance's ninth . straight year with Brooklyn. He is now 37 years old and requires five or six days’ rest at least between pitching assignments. And, if you ask me, saving him to whip the Giants, as ®. C, FRIDAY, T e STRINE HNG FAS PEEN ARDU! A LONG TME NOw, BUT NEVER YET HAS HASTHE ONE BIG SHOT 2 _HE MOST DESIRES. Wi 1920 ece DATZT VIANCE, PICHING IN A WORLD SERES ATLAST ? the Brooklyn manager did during & series with the Cardinals early in July, didn’t help the Dodgers any— especially as the Giants trimmed Lil' Arthur en they met him the morning o ly 4. . But you've got to admit that when the big redhead from Flatbush is right, he sure is a man’s pitcher! That fast ball of his is a corker, whether or not it is aided by the flapping, tattered sleeve the pitcher affects, or the clay he puts on his glove and which is brought up from the South each Spring and sprinkled liberally around the hurler’s mound at Ebbet's Field. Back in 1924, when he was voted the most valuable player in his ledgue, Dazzy won 28 games and lost only 6. He has led the older circuit seven years in suc- cession in most strike-outs, and fanned 483 batters in 1924 and 1925, his two best years. It was in '24, too, that he struck out seven Cubs in & row, and in '25 he allowed only one hit in two consecutive games. ‘Yes, indeed, it would be swell to see this great pitcher iIn a world series at last. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR., Assoclated Press Sports Writer. NLESS today's final elash of the “decisive” series between the' cops next mol the dose. Columbia Heights, lum! ights, man and can be reached 5500. day, a few good games are on fap. Lotumbia: Heights and D. C. R Shop have & grudge to settle this noon at 5 o'clock on mth, defeated Lawton, and the local coppers are out % repeat . is after games with R, Nmflwrn:‘lnd Pull- Providing rain doesn't visit ngain to- -?’m- the North Ellipse. l ] Brooklyn and Chicago finally brings something like a de- cision, it looks as if their race for the National League pennant might con- tinue indefinitely, or, at least, until they meet again in September, Despite the big margin they hold over the Robins in their season’s play, the Cubs 8i* have not been able to get far ahead in the three games of their current series, | on account of rain, but will continue Cotumbia Heights is leading the Capital City League, while the Repairmen are Departmental League champions. All French Insect League games | scheduled for yesterday were called off on the original schedule today—five games to be played. The Georgetown-Samoset game on the Bouth Ellipse at 11 o'clock is ex- Chicago has won two clashes and went one full game ahead yesterday, as Pat Malone pitched a fine game for a 5-to-1 Cub triumph. But still the big advantage for the Bruins is that the difference is in the losing column, where Brooklyn is two games to the bad. The future schedules show little possibility of a “break” for either team. The Cubs, held in check to some | pected to be the big attraction. An interesting game between the Wonder Boys and Spud Coleman’s Te- vamped team 'is on the books for to- morrow at the Silver Spring fleld. Pearson;, for least two weeks. jured in the Majestic Radio game, He's out for the rest of the season. Skinker Eagles have lost their pep- | y catcher, Jimmy 4 Pearson, who was in- nursing tgrn ligaments in his shoulder. The D. C. Firemen were dealt a se- rious blow when Sammy Haas, stellar outfielder, broke a leg in a recent game. degree through the second game, were completely superior yesterday as Ma- lone stopped the thunder of Brooklyn’s big bats. They went out ahead in the very first inning and did all their scor- ing in the first three to win without much difficulty, Bill Clark, Brooklyn's southpaw ace, lasted less than two in- nings, and_ Clise Dudley could not check the Cub slugging until the dam- is | age had been done. Malone, his speed ball working at its best clip, gave the Robins only three hits in the first six innings and had a shut-out in hand until two were out in the ninth, when a Cub let-up let the only Brooklyn run Jacross the plate. With four teams kepi idle by rain at Phoenix A. C. will travel to Damascus, Va., Sunday to play the rubber game with the team of that place. Phoenix players will meet at the club house Sunday at 12:30 o'clock. Army Medicos and Palisades fought to a seven-inning tie yesterday on the Barracks fleld. The score was b to 6. Olmsted Grill was handed an 8-to-4 beating by the Tile Setters yesterday. Hefiin, who hit two home runs, led the Roadmers to a 5-t0-3 win over the Southerns. and wet grounds, the National League| as a whole made little progress yester~ day. The St. Louis Cardinals and Bos- ton Braves divided & close double- header that was principally notable for the appearance of some of the league's older pifchers, Socks Seibold lost a tough struggle in the first game, as the Cards put on & two-run rally in the ninth to win, 4 to 3. Although outhit, 11-9, in the second old Tom Zachary outlasted Bur- leigh Grimes and held St. Louis to six hits, while the Braves pulled out a 3-to~ 2 trilumph. The Card winning streak went to six games before it was broken Hot Race for Nationai League Flag May Go On Indefinitely while his mates collected 20, reaching their peak in the fifth when they tal- led six times. ‘Whitehill won his tenth successive game, setting a major league record for the season he beat the New York Yankees, 5 to 1, on a seven hit and 11 strikeout pitching performance. - Elias Funk's triple with the bases full in the fifth gave the Tigers most of their runs. Durham, pitching in a lesser cause, turned in the best hurling job of the day. He shut out the St. Louis Browns with four singles and without a free t'l;p to first to give Boston a 3-to-0 vic- T y. Washington beat Chicago, 5 to 4. As New York and Philadelphia both lost the Senators gained a full game on their only important rivals. SANDLOT G RIDDERS TALK Plans for a night foot ball league of leading sandlot clubs will be discussed tonight in & meeting at the Post at 8 o'clock. The Apache, Mohawk, St. Mary's Celtics and Northern teams are chiefly concerned. If a league is formed a strong eleven from Baltimore probably would be asked to compete. Comiskey, 70, Has Been In Base Ball 54 Years CHICAGO, August 15 (#).—Charles A. Comiskey, the old Roman of the base ball wars, today looked back on 70 years of life and 54 years of the national game. At _his Summer home at Eagle River, Wis, Comiskey celebrated his seventieth * birthday _anniversary with his son, J. Louis Comiskey; the latter's wife and their two children, hopeful that his youthful Chicago ‘White Sox would give him & vic- tory over the world champion Phila~ delphia Athletics at Philadelphia. The old Roman, the only majos league club owner to reach his tion from the ranks of the players, has spent most of the last several years in Wisconsin because of poor health, but has maintained an eager interest in base ball affairs, The Sox have done little since the AUGUST 15, event. NIGHT LEAGUE TONIGHT | 1930. ROSEDALE AVENGES MERMAIDS' DEFEAT Boys’ Team Takes Measure of Georgetown in Pool Meet, 85 to 69. Y way of getting even for the defeat inflicted on -their girls’ team the other ddy, the Rose- dale Playground boys’ swim- ming team defeated Georgetown, 85 to 69, in the annual East-West meet con- ducted by the playground department at Rosedale. Rosedale will have custo- dy for a year of the Tennyson-Chapin Trophy. It was an exciting affair from start to finish and included 15 events. Johnny Molyneaux of Georgetown and Teddy Lawrence, captain of the Rosedale team, supplied several thrills. In the 115-pound 25-yard free-style race Molyneaux nosed out H. Kent for first place. He came back as anchor man on the 115-pound relay team with a° spunky performance that brought victory to the -Gegrgetowners. He (!werclme a 3-yard lead to win by a foot. Buscher Upset Victim. In another relay Teddy Lawrence and Lawrence Buscher, anchor men, started on even terms and Busher was figured to win easily. Teddy won by a few inches for the biggest upset of the met. Buscher is a President Cup race entrant. He tralled Teddy again in the unlimited 25-yard free-style Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, superin- tendent of playgrounds, presented the championship trophy to Capt. Law- rence and lauded him and his fellow team members. The summary: 70-POUND CLASS. ..28-yard free style—Won by Albert Green- Walt (R); second, J. Norris (G); third, D. O'Connor” (R). 100-yard reiay—Won by Georgetown (R. Burroughs, M. Norris, M. Gelfeldt, J. Gavin); second, Rosedale. 90 rd free style_Won by Brosonan (R): 4 (R): third, J. Forney (G ent on by (R): second, P. Wilson (R); third, W. Col- ns’ (G). 100-yard relay—Won by Rosedale (Broso- nan, Kent, Mvers, Leonard); second, Georse- own. 115-POUND CLASS. 25-yard free style—Won by Johnny neaux (G): second, H. Kent (R); thi Davidson (G). 25-yard back stroke—Won by (R): second, H. Brown (G); thir ins’ @), 25-yard breast stroke—Won ring_(R): second, H. Burroughs W. Simons (R) 100-yard relay—Won by Georgetown Burroughs, D. Hebb, J. Davidson, J. M neaux); second, Rosedale. B UNLIMITED CLASS. 25.yard free style—Won by T. Lawrence { ¥ :’::'cnndf L. “Buscher (G); third, J. Mil- ox ) 95-yaid breast stroke—Won by F. War- ner 18T tond, 3" Huehes (ab) third, N, 5 Vard back _strokeWon by P. Couper ard back _stroke—Won 3 e thira, C. Balley second, J. Branzel (G); ‘Won by Rosedale (Oouper, wrence); second, George: Moly- rd, J. B._Sacrey d; W, ol by B. Der- @ third, . oly: BEGINNERS' RACE. 10-yard free style—Won r. :gi:,:eeonu. %, *Cray (&% Vel RESULTS IN MINORS. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Buffalo, 4, Newark, 4. Stastull J. Poole AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Louleville. 6; Minneapolis, 8. Toledo, A ‘o] - Columbta, 2. Indianapolis, SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION., Memphis, 5-2: Chattanooga, 1- Atlanta. 8: Mobile: Little Rock, 5; Nashville Birmingham, 4; New Orl SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Columbia, 3; Charlotte, 0. Augustd. '13; Asheville,"0. Greenviile, 7; Macon, 1. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Angeles, Hollywood, '13; Se Portland, 5; San WESTERN LEAGUE. Okjahoma City, 11; Omaha, 6. Withits, 9; Pueblo, 0. THREE-I LEAGUE. Decatur, 10-3; Peoria. 2-2. Springtield. 5; Danville, 0. ooming Evanevi Repentant W hite Sox Hurler Acts Too Late CHICAGO, August 15 (#).—Young Victor Frazier, White' Sox right- handed pitching prospect, today was on his way back to Dallas, Tex., to continue his leisure until next Feb- ruary. Prazier, who was purchased from the Dallas League club last Fall, de- serted the Sox after the Spring training season, but later experienced a change of heart. He came to Chi- cago to see about reinstatement, but learned his application was useless because he falled to file it before August 1. The pitcher was regarded as a fine prospect by Manager Donie Bush, but for some reason decided he didn’t want to leave Texas. Sol Dreyfuss, president of the Dallas club, talked him out of that notion and he will have another chance to try for a major league berth in 1931, LUQUE DUE TO PITCH AGAINST CUBS TODAY By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 15/—Uncle Wil- bert Robinson, mmnr of the Brook- lyn Robins, long ago decided that southpaws would not do against the Cubs, and having verified this opinion yesterday, had Senor Adolfo Luque as his selection for the final game of the “crucial” series ay. better judgment, Uncle Against his Wilbert yesterday sent out William tson Clark, his premiex left-] inst the National League cham- lons, with the result that Clark was tted from the box and Brooklyn suf- fered a 5-to-1 setback and today was a game and percentage points out of first, place. Perce Lay Malone gave only eight hits, and none of them did any good until the Cubs let up in the ninth and virtually gave the Robins their sin- gle tally. Manager, Joe McCarthy today had Charlie Root, his veteran right-hander, and young Malcolm Moss, the south- paw who has won five straight, as his possibllities today. Regardless of the outcome of today's engagement, Brooklyn will leave Chi- cago in second place. A victory would place the Flatbush clan within percent- age points of the Cubs, but no more than that. WILSON FINDS SMITH OF BRAVES EASY MEAT CHICAGO, August 15 (#)—In col- lecting 40 home runs so far this season Hack Wilson of the Cubs has found Pitcher Bob Smith of Boston to be his favorite server. ‘Wilson has picked on Smith for four of his homers, while other members of the Braves' pitching staff have suf- fered enough to make their total con- . | tribution eight for the season. Next to Smith, the Dempsey of the dugouts likes Wild Bill Hallahan of St. Louis, who has thrown him three home run balls. Dazzy Vance and Ray Phelps of Brooklyn, Claude Willoughby and Phil Collins of the Phillies and Tiny Chaplin of the Giants all have been rocked twice by Hack’s home run bat. Fifteen of Wilson’s league - leading collection have been scored on foreign diamonds. ARMY FOUR DEFEATED. POINT JUDITH, R. I, August 15 (®). grin Valley defeated the Fort Bragg riders, 10 to 6, in the fourth event for the 12-goal polo championship. Chisox Offer Orioles $75,000 for Joe Hauser By the Associated Press. An offer by Charles Comiskey, owner of the Chicago White Sox, to purchase Joe Hauser, slugging first baseman of the Baltimore Interna- tional League team, for $75,000 cash was announced here yesterday by Lou C. Barbour, secretary of the Chicago team. - Barbour sald the White Sox had been negotiating for Hauser for nearly two weeks and that Comiskey was willlng to add John “Bud” Clancy, Sox first baseman, to the large cash payment if the deal could be_closed. Hayger, /who is 30 years old, is leading al organized base ball in slamming out home runs, adding two more to his total yesterday to bring his total to 54, six behind Babe Ruth’s all-time record of 60. Hauser has made nine homers in the last six days. SPHERES AR USED * LONG AS POSSIBLE More Than 50 Per, Cent Are Lost in Stands—White Sox Prodigal. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. HICAGO, August 15.—With base balls costing the two major leagues approxi- mately $160,000 per season, it is small wonder club owners are intent upon reducing the waste of the great American horsehide. The use of base balls has been most prodigal during the last five years, reaching the point where players were accustomed to toss out a ball whenever it suited their fancies. In an_effort to reduce the waste in base balls the American League this year is keeping & detailed record of the number used in each game and the figures for the first part of the season are very interesting. Balls Not Wasted, American League umpires are handed the four dozen balls obligatory for the home team to supply before the start of each game, The umpire in chief then takes a portion of the supply and puts it in the box near the plate, while the others are locked in a leather bag and removed only as needed and by the umpire.* In that way,the balls left over from one game are available for the next, instead of being wasted, as was the case in previous years, No balls can be thrown out of an American League game until after they have been inspected by one of the um- pires. A player may be dissatisfled with the ball in play; suspect it of being scuffed or wingy; but his opinion must be approved by the umpire before a new sphere is put into play. At the start of the season E. S. Barnard, president of the American League, issued a bulle- tin to players. ordering them to keep balls in play as long as possible and it is being well obeyed. Records for the early part of the American League season show that the tremendous waste in base balls does not | come from home runs hit out of parks nor from balls scuffed or scarred in play. The waste comes from balls hit into the stands, and since the American League clubs no longer make & serious effort to retrieve those captured by -fans, any ball hit into the seats is count- ed as lost. Fifty Per Cent Lost. In the first 240 games played by American League clubs—30 in each city —a total of 6306 balls was used. Of those, 3,574, or mbre than 50 per cent, were lost in the stands. The games averaged 26 balls, of which less than balf were lost or discarded: because of ‘The greatest number of balls used during the 30 games mentioned was in the Chicago White Sox Park. A total of 945 was necessary in the Sox games, and of those 562 were lost in the huge stands that are double-decked afound almost the entire playing field. In & single game at Comiskey Park 24 were hit into the stands and smallest number used during game period in any one park was 662 lnduu( those 414 disappeared into the seats. Since the minimum number of-base balls used by any American League club in 1920~ was 550 dozen and the maximum 750 dozen the item of sup- plying these important sinews for our national game is rather a costly one and the magnates cannot be blamed for wanting to practice a bit of economy. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK.—Jose Santa, Portugal, knocked out Al Sherring, Boston (3). Morgan, Seattle, “Wildcat” Carter, SEATTLE.—Tom outpointed Leslie Everett (6). LONDIS WINS ON MAT. NEW ORLEANS, August 15 (#).—Jim Londos, recognized in some States as world’ heavyweight wrestling champion, won two straight falls from Gino Gari- baldi last night. Londos weighed 198 and Garibaldi 208. Never before such Low Prices on U.S. e B Sm Brooke Grubb's Silver Spring Giants | and the Columbia Heights Business | Men play a double-header Sunday at Silver Spring First game at 2 o'clock. 4 @1l YESTERDAY’S STARS. 34 | By the Associated Press. 2401 Pat_Malone, Cubs—Held Robins to | “300 | eight hits as Cubs Tetained league lead- ership. = Wes Ferrell, Indians—-Won his twen- 3% | tieth game of vear, holding Athletics to 000 | seven hits. 200 | Earl Whitehill, Tigers—Set new sea- | 9% | gon’s record by winning tenth straight | game, | Femzzr==—l Base Ball . 3 Final Score Browns down with four hits. Star Branch Agencies listed below are prepared to give you final score of the base ball game each week-day and Sunday that Washington plays. 1919 team was wrecked in the world series scandal, but this year Comis- key engaged Donie Bush as manager and started to build again, Bush has made wholesale revisions in the club, largely in the way of getting young players to develop for the future, and Comiskey already is looking forward to next.season and l:ehld for at least a first division rth. when Manush attempted to sacrifice. | ji Again Cronin doubled to send Manush | to third, so Caraway intentionally | M¥er. walked Harrls, hoping to set the stage |Shires. 64 189 for a double play with filled bases. | Sp'ac'r 69 234 Kerr only managed to knock down |Hertis.77 206 3 Kuhel's rap, howefer, and could do 1o | ‘Giia: s 4 more than toss to Mulleavy to get| Haves..27 78 Harris, 50 Manush went over with the | Rucl.. 37 111 tying marker. Bluege's one-baser sent | Brown 28 Cronin across with the big run of the | Burke .18 game. | crow'r.2e | Jones... ANAGER JOHNSON attended the | Hofesi 7 game, but was not in uniform. | Gherty 2 ...He viewed the#roceedings from the | ¥ >che 8 grandstand. ..May be out with the club egain tomorrow...If not, Capt. Judge will continue to direct play...Hoping |, to get more power in attack, Judge sent | Jones ...2 Hurls instead of West into _action, |Hadley . playing Harris in right and Rice in|Pio%® - center...When White Sox threatemed | Crowder..29 to make ‘trouble in the ninth, though, |Burks ..18 ' Hasris was lifted, Rice switched to right and West sent into center. .. Pischer got 5 masty bruise when hit by Fothergil's the fifth...Shin will be black | and blue some time...Bluege snapped out of a long batting slump to collect two doubles and a single...Two of the hits did much to put the Nationals ESZRSS in the second game. ‘Three pitchers, Wes Ferrell, Ear! Whitehill and Eddie Durbam, provided the festures of the American ague's day. Ferrell won his twentieth victo of the season as Cleveland came bac from five straight defeats to pound out a15-to-0 triumph over the Philadelphia Athletics. It also was the first game the Indians have won in Philadelphia this season. Ferrell gave seven hits, TIRES aReRRED . we conooucnousonunalaogue=] cosucsrusnnehns! o oo aBuBSElE-eIBY! OO e RN ONB A DO, oIk concoescososousNUNBB OB cecsccsosssonsmnilansoak| down / PITCHING. In'gs Gam Comi 0. pitch.start. 151%° 20 g, < B sontastEaE osuBaBEEE: o oo 8. SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE. Jacksonville, 2. Selma, 9; Montgomery, 1. Pensacola, These Prices i A price reduction on U. S. Royals is really sensational news, for these tires far outclassed competition at their former prices. Now you can buy one of the finest tires built by the world’s largest producer of rubber at substantial savings. Come in today and end your tire troubles. Influence the Big Swing to U. S. 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