Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1930, Page 73

1dE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. _C. SEPTEMBER 1 ;--Ill,'_fSurviv'es Horseshoe Battle : 33 Wins in 43 Games Put Cards at Top fde vuniies | NETRD CHAMPION DEFEATS KIRCHNER Saunders and Henson Also Win Matches in Finals. Rain Halts Play. «H Your horseshoe editor thought Millard E. Peake, .metropolitan district champion, was on the verge of collapse. was gray in the face, his eyes were glassy, he drooped. “I don’t fee! right,” Marylander admitted, EY, big man, you don't look so good. Sick?” the tall “and I “ reckon these boys'll get me out of the way quick. Got to make a try, though.” And Peake, with a temperature of 102, as was learned subsequently, and a week of illness behind him, set about defending his horseshoe crown yester- day at the Plaza Playground in the grand finale of The Star’s second an- nual metropolitan district tournament. Rain broke up the show early, but not before Peake had set down one of his most formidable rivals in the person of Alexander A. Kirchner, former cham- pion of Northern Virginia, and won the respect of all others not only for his Horseshoe tossing ability but his in- domitable spirit. Competition will be resumed next Wednesday at 4:30 o'clock. A crowd that completely closed in the Plaza’s large pitching layout, which includes five courts, saw yesterday's matches. Playground department bleachers were &c&d on two sides of the plant and ches on the others. Same OI' Peake. Peake defeated Kirchner, 53 to 42 and 51 to 49. He was unable to gather his usual flock of ringers, but in at least one respect he was the same | Peake who a year ago swept to victory | over a field of several thousand pitchers, He was best when defeat seemed in- the second skirmish polished off Walter Kolb, Southern ulryhnd run- ner up, 52 to 16 and 50 It remained for Slundm w give a lnd[e gallery its big thrill. In the sec- tant, East to"i9 When rain naited their %2@ playground department gener- llly, and Bernard McCarty in par- ticular, came in for for the manner in which. yesterday's had charge, IOME of ' the best players in Wash- ington and Virginia will engage in a. five-man team match play today at Barcroft on the courts of Joseph Kirchper, starti) at 1:30 oclock. Harry Saunders will captain the Wash- n team, whose other members be’ Earle Crane, Roy Wilson, Ed ce and Pete McCurdy. Representing Virginia wxll be C. C. Henson, Alex Kirchner, Sam Darnes, Ed Edmonston and Joe Kirchner, cap- THE first horseshoe league in Wash- ington’s history will start' play to- morTow. It is made up of six teams rep- resenting branches of the Treasury De- partment, with Daniel Masterson, chief clerk of the Public Health Service, as | presidentz. The matches will be played | on courts in Potomac Park installed by glic!:ubhe Buildings and Public Parks - | OWE! ~ BEST PITCHER | Beats Field of 16 in Tournament at Goofey Golf Club. Albert, Owens won the weekly horse- shoe pitching tournament this week at the Goofey Golf Club, at Georgia ave- nue and Quincy street northwest. In the finai he defeated William King, who had never played in organ- | ized cnmpeutlon before, 21 to 12. | FORT WORTH IS VICTOR Panthers Conquer Wichita Falls| in Texas League Play-off. PORT WORTH, Tex. September 13 (®)—The Fort Worth Panthers took | the third game of the play-off series for | the Texas League championship from the Wichita Falls Spudders here today by 8 to 7. The Panthers scored one run in the first inning, but the Spudders passed them with three in the fourth. The Spudders threatened in the ninth, but | sounted only once. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. go. 3 Louisville. 1 Minneapolis, 4. Sitwakee, 6! Rancne Cits, 4 SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. leans, 2 Bitmingham, =% c»mv-noon 43 e SRR 108 He/| meral praise | getber =:Q as their daddy always has and Walter pitching, the Bethesda f as many. COUPLE OF CHIPS OFF THE OLD BLOCK Here are shown Eddle Johnson (left) and Walter Johnson, sons of a fairly well known figure in big league base ball. They are as enthusiastic about the &een. With Eddie l'::.ll;‘ duv‘m -e:l:‘d 2 arriors yesterda; up in a tight | 1: by battle with the Acme Printers at Clark Griffith Stadium. ’w.mr. ’Il:lur, yiellled E ;:iy“l:u.rn'y hits, but went down to a 4-to-2 defeat because his mound opponent —Wide World thn: EMINDFUL of the days gone by, when his dad, the greatest pitcher ever to hurl a base ball, Jost so many hunbnnmg games, ‘Walter Johnson, jr., vlwhinll for the Bethesda Warriors against the | Acme Printers in the Grifith Stadium, was defeated 3 to 1, despite the fact that he allowed the Capital City League | 5 champs only four hits. Young Walter's efforts were even| more noteworthy considering that he has done little if any pitching this year since becoming the victim of an unfe tunate automobile accident this BDflM 'in which both legs were fractured. ‘His teamrmates, like those of the old inning, l'lth two runners base through passes, the Printers | ' double steal and both mnnm, & double, which won the | Repa!r “Shop, nhnmp of the Wl B * pitching mlhl‘ ball, often, Renllrm Ifin )loonc had a perfect day at bat, l!t- un; a sl le a hle mnle and home | run 4n four trips to the plate. Wolfe | and Wesley also connected often, comb- | | | ing the opposln( pitchers’ offerings for | three hits apiece. Headlining the local independent :‘ln:.luz l:lr;gmswdly ds a double- eader a ver Spring, bringing to- ke Grubb's 'chnts g it the Blll Clothiers and the Noi TS, first game is to start at 1:30 Walter, Jr.; Yields Only Four Hits, but His Team Bows, 1-3 ‘The Boys’ Elk Band will furnish the music, according to Manager Grubb, while an official dedication of the field will be made. The field, though it is not two years old, ‘will be dedicated anyway, declares Silver sprlnx'l Tex Rickard, “Tris Speakers and King's Palace will clash in a crucial Sport Mart League game this morning at 11 o'clock on the | South Ellipse. A victory for the King's Palace nine will make it 1930 cham- pion, while a win for the Speakers will | necessitate another game hext Sunday for the title, . Army ‘War College tossers close their n this afternoon with a game with Ffl!hln on the latter’s fleld at 3 o’clock. Burroughs A. C. and -the mkvul: team have a nmz this afternoon Rockville whi pmuulpknedmlm George Harrison’s Virginia White Sox will meet the Ballston A. C. at 3 o'clock 's,|on the Balleys Cross Roads diamond. The Sox will be seeking to ‘end its sea- son with a seven-game Winning streak. c-’pnc! Helghts "Junior Order will | play the Woodmen of the World this | afterneon at 3 o'clock on the Triangle diamond. All Junior Order players are to report at the fleld 8t 3 o'clotk. BRUINS BUY AN ORIOLE for Outfielder Barton. BALTIMORE, September 13 (#).— Vince Barton, Baltimore -Oriole out- | fielder, has been sold to the Chicago | | Cubs, it was announced today by George Weiss, general manager of the Inter- national League team. Two players, to be named this Winter, and cash, the 'amount of which was not revealed, are to be received in return, he said. Barton has been batting at 335 clip, has hit 34 doubles, 10 triples and 30 home runs and has-batted in 119 The o’clock, "How Hot N. L. By the Associated Press. them into third place as their and Brooklyn * beating the Bon.on Braves, 8 to tied in games. place in the standing by edging The New York Giants, stopped The standing: Team 8t. Louis Brooklyn Chicago New York . Won Robins, again ‘'were victorious: a margin of two points over the Robins, with w Lost 60 63 runs. He u 21, from Toronto and will ‘report to the Cubs next Bpring. Race Sizes Up Tfl downfall of the Chicago Cubs at the hands of Frank O'Doul and the Phillies yesterday, by a 7-to-5 count, sent rivals, the St. Louis Cardinals The- Cards, by 2, went into first glace holding om they are Brooklyn kept its virtual tie, taking second out the Cincinnati Reds, 4 to 3. by wet grounds, remained four games behind the leaders nnd 31, behind the third-place Cubs. Games To Behind P;:y Pet. 57857 57748 575 .560 Vf HE survivors of a field of nearly 2,000 horseshoe pitchers in the colored tournament sponsored by The Washington Star will meet on the Vermont avenue and U ;nuel courts Tuesday to battle for the | metropolitan district crown. The games | Will get under way at 3:30 oclock. | Beats will be available for spectators. If form means anything a brand of | pitching better than last year will pre- | vall. With David Baylor out of the icture many horseshoe fans are anx- 1‘ ous to see the twirler reknromlhle for the fall of the 1929 shoe king. Baylor | is a master horseshoe pitcher and it is & question what West or any other | tosser can do with him in a series. | Many who saw: Baylor in action last year doubt West's supremacy over the Southeast star, West defeated Baylor, | 50 to 48, in the second round of the Willow Tree divisional play. Not only | did 'West defeat Baylor, but he downed Scott, a pitcher considered second to y's event is to draw ‘l'he four tossers left in m“'&'n'fi‘-'éfl'm o{ Boutham Maryland lnd Nonhem irginia will meet for the l‘A matches will be two out of three games. Washington finals will be played tomorrow General Chairman Ar- Finals of Colored Horseshoe Tourney Slated for Tuesday A capacity crowd at Halls Hill saw | P, Archie Bullock, champion of Halls Hill, defeat Alfred Marshall, Fort Berry holder, in the final of the Northern Virginia play-offs. The scores, 50-39, 36-50 and 50-41, do not indicate the splendid fight put up by Mars| was a brilllantly played match. horseshoe fans, Marshall having de- | | feated Bullock last week for the Arling- | ton County crown. Bullock took the | first game with a flying start, throwing | 18 ringers. The second game was & | thriller, At one stage Bullock was lead- ing, 31 to 15, when Marshall threw 13 consecutive ringers for the lead, which he never relinquished. Stamina was the deciding factor of | the third game. Bullock, standing 6 feet 2 inches, improved as the game | went on, while Marshall weakened with | every pitch. Bullock established an rly lead, and won the game with a ouble ringer. He tossed 20 ringers. ‘The -rnngemenu for the State finals were Jeflect. and the Halls Hill folks fl-o their reputation by the hospi- lity shown to the visif pitchers ,and their followers. Everything was in ‘excellent shape, thanks to the d.lllnnl | efforts of T. W. Hyson lnd Pred W. | Ewell, Halls Hill merchonts. Loty and Ewell are planning to-bring & e delegation of fans to the grand finale Tuesday. THI Maryland State finals will ‘be luxed tomorrow night at Rockville. expecting Two Players and Cash Exchanged Ruth, It | runs—Chapman, b "enris. The victory was a_surprise to the | i ten b MACKS HAVE EASY TIME WITH INDIANS Spurt Early and Take Game, | _ 9 to 2—Grove, However, Relieves Earnshaw. By the Associated Press. LTEXELAN ), Ohxo. sepumber 13. e Athletics spumd eu el.rl ®in ‘the first game two-game series with t.he c!eveln.nd Indians to- day and won, 9 to 2. | Lefty Grove replaced Earnshaw as the | Philadelphia pitcher in the fifth inning, | and_eliminated possibility of the long looked-for pitching duel. tomorrow be- t(,;veen Wesley Ferrell; Cleveland ace, and | rove. Jimmy Foxx's home run in the fourth was a feature of the game. The Indians used three pitchers, Hudlin, Harder and anlonnwm who ‘went ln in the zu%fl[l‘. 1 Bajey,! nrnmn,n Grove:p Snannebial) councamum eu--q-oeop nouseauaps’ 2000~"0~ 0N~ w ! Totals ...40 1 otals TBetted ‘for Goldman in fowrth. tBatted for Harder in seventh. tBatted for Montague in ninth. Philadelphia. @ Cleveland . Rune—Bishop (2), Dykes, Cochrane, Sim- s (2), Foxx (), Haas, Hodapp. Mvatt. Runs batted in—Cochrane (3), Foxx (2), Haas (). Boley, Myatt, Jamieson, Two-buse i Foxx (2), Dykes, Home ‘run—Foxx. !llylfl—flofll D d Hoda) *Bishop '8 P Dotie Ty 3 Foxx. bases— Phi delpm.. 9. Bases on bells Gold Boley. Cleveiand, ¢: —-Off Earn: 8 1 n Aft); off Jablorowski, 4 1n 3 innings: off Harder, 3 in 3 innings. Wild pitch—Earn- shaw. 'Winning pitcher—Earnshaw. _Losij pitcher—Hudlin. _Umpires—Messrs Guthrie and Hildebrand, hour and 55 minutes. Time of game—1 TIGERS DOWN YANKS IN TWO SWATFESTS | First Game Marked by 30 Hits for 56 Bases—Contests End 11 to 10, 9 to 4. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, September 13.—Winning | both ends of today’s double-header, the ‘Tigers made it three straight over the | New York Yankees. Detroit took the first game, 11 to 10, scoring 5 runs in the ninth inning to win a nip-and-tuck slugfest. The secqnd game went six innings to a 9-to-4 decision, being called in the last half of the sixth ‘The game was & llll,!flnl affair, in whlch 30 hits by the two teams went for 56 bases. The l held a 6-run lead for five innings, the Yanks went ahead with 4 runs tn' the sixth and many more in the euhth only to.lose their margin to Detroit's. ninth-inning rally. A wild pitch by Sherid sent Hughes home with the winning score. The Tigers got to Pipgras for 4 hits and 3 runs- in the first inning of the second contest and touched him for 11 hits. The Yanks took a brief lead 'h‘:“thg thl:‘\)lrd. but lost ;t as McManus a home run, and never again threatened. -because o! dnrknau. FIRST New York. ABH.O.A, Combs.rf. o | irmrararotoretrsassatia ) | sooo00mammmmone? ” | soocoonaanoSomms s*Punk. tStone. Totals 2| mommomouonumoneh #3| smonosodaroeSmun Totals ..411 TR XTwo out when winning run scored. *Batted for Dickey in eighth inning. {Ran for Rufing in elshth innine "Batte t1Batte Score by innines TEY w York Betroit” ..l 2 39 a, uum @), g ook, Ohapman. Byre ()" Jorgans: Jonn: Aiexander (2 Bolikck (. DeSautels. ‘l"flfb—-- Uhle. Runs batied i Alexander, Akers |‘| DeSautels, Doliack ’3\. Johhson, Lamerl (1), Chapmas. Lars, Byrd hit —Hughes, fack. Three-base i Chapman_ ~ Home Lazzeri. Byrd. Mo 210 =11 Stol aus Bacrifce. hite ary. A nve Wl tor Lary, to Gehrie: Lary_to Ghapman to Gehrig, Left on bases Detrolt. JYork. '8, “Bases on balls—Of Uhle, off Sullivan, 1: off Wells, of by Holloway: 1 Dlngs; off Hotloway. € in 4 mnlnn, off M. Evoy, 4 in 1% innings: off Uhle. lan. Aitendance 35,000 SECOND GAME. New York. n HOA Combs.rt.. 2 nu;}';‘f Lazze: > o PG - cacuneronO 1b.0 3b. § e c [URPRTR. orovessw~” cmpm . Reese.2b Pipsrs Totals autels,c Bridges,p... | somrooomown: &l noomommona 2l =i =l sl Totals . e i champion and Arlington County title | €7 Chapman, P ander (2, Dol Cl McManus.’ Johnson.” Hughes. ZAlexander. Hughes. Ruth. McMani o an y. Time of ‘Attendance KLEII\IALON'E IS GAINER Herman Holds Average, but Ruth, |& Simmons and Gehrig Drop. By the Associated Press. Of the five big six batsmen to get into action yesterday, only Chuck Klein could register a gain. Klein made two hits in four trips k! the plate and lifted his mark one point to',383. Babe Her- man’s one home run in four times up was just enough to hold his second :“" place average at .392, The other three, Lou Gehrig, Al Simmons and Babe Ruth, made one hit apiece. Simmons and Gehrig, going to 2 bat five and six times respectively, lost two points -pxm ‘while Ruth, who made seven trips to the plate, dropped three. The standing: AR B Terry, Glants . 5l ooscounmanansss s—Off | sents its Fort Wi o#l ¥ Collin; - | Rioriarity and” PHIL RAYMOND, Baltimore welter, who meets Sailor McKenna of this city in one of the three eight-round features of the box- ing show at Fort Washington, Md., to- morrow night. THREE MAIN BOUTS LISTED TOMORROW Extra Seats Provided for Fans At- tending Veterans’ Boxing Show at Fort Washington, Md. A corking good show is in proj tomorrow night when the Pmnh ne Post, Veterans of Foreign Ware, pre- | third program _ a Md. More than 3,500 Washingtorr and Alexandria fight fans jammed their way into_the out- door arena at the Army r, last Mon- day and a czowd of simi is antioipated tomorrow nllht. Mltchmlker Goldie Ahearn has ar- ranged to increase the sea ac- comodations. - Many fans were forced to stand at the last show. but late ar- rivals tomorrow night will find seats. Instead of one main event, there will be three star bouts of eight rounds aplece. Besides, there will be a six- rounder and two Iour-ro\mden, fiivtn: the fans 38 rounds of boxing in “One Shot” Phil Raymond, the sharp- shooting Baltimore " welter, engages Sailor McKenna of this city in one o{ topline bouts. Another brings fo- gether Sylvan Bass, also of Baltimore, and Billy ~Strickler, The third offers Eddie Buell, smart bantam, and Ray Legacy of Fredericks- burg, Va. Clarence Sloat of Baltimore and Tony Cortez of this city. will square off in a six-rounder. “One Shot” Phil Raymond is per- haps the best known of all the uhten on the card, due to his amazing knock- Andy out string. Raymond has kayoed Bowen, Ray Bowen, Arthur Dsbevc Lou Mlyen and Willle Parrish. has outpointed Bobby Garcia llld R‘ Mitchell. in tén-round affairs. e E. on Hall, which. will take Washington and Alexandria fans to the fights, will leave the wharf at Eighth and N streets southwest Mon- day night at 7 o'clock. A round-trip fare of 50 cents w‘lll be ehmpd. BROWNS WIN “TWO GAMES Make It Three Out of Four in Series With Red Sox. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, September 13.—The St. Louis Browns made it three straight ;|from the Boston Red Sox by taking both games of a double-header here to- day, 5 to 4 and 5 to 2. The Red Sox in a valiant effort gar- nered four runs. in the sixth inning, but the Browns, who had five, held .them with an iron hand. In the second encounter Collins hurled the Browns to another win, holding the Red Sox to seven hits and | o8 3 ] > ] Py O O'Rourki Stiles,p. S I Sossoouwsa-pmSmsn Cunssnn roWanomRa0 aowososs eeny: Smallg. Totals. i L, 35102414 Totals. . snon 0 for Rhye in sixi for Warstler A etehth innin. atted for Connolly in minth inning. for Smith in ninth inning. 00000400 04 1103000 x5 i Webb. Miller, Todt. Blue ), Th ase Miller, rke, Melillo and Blue: ‘odt. Left on bll!.—!ollofl. Btruck out— dits Soff Russell 3 innin |whnr~R_uMell Owenl. nd 40 minutes. . AB, :a“a—ua-‘uu: | sa~oovmumand PO a0 0O R [Rre—-l conscroon? Totals. . 32 734 Totals... 20 83710 *Batted for Rhyne in seventh inning. 2888390 el Gainivbnmenal Blue, Metaler, it Mesers. Ove jelsel.” Time “of game—i hour and 40 minuf RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN Q o 2 e =H s Z a 3 covimmeot-SEeTREEEIINIER naa SoccataesmmiinEretoai il [P OPION. o ,44 " cocoo0000000-0unBNonBE-! o e SEEYIBS; e asacem BSIDRERI2RNSVIRE Tt 3253233238 & .. B concamacumata-SennesaasS! Z a Sy R - e 5 SrnSauBBA8.ARREN! 2o coonuwomosonarrBausueosnm; 1y SORDRA BTN i =-3E2RT.IUNI a8 i L iy - == . g58 -8 L s um-- hairman Davis is a lun and some flashy horses! first match will m at ©0a SRR SSBERER: olip o, :alox’jb By the Assoclated Prest EW YORK, September 13.—With | only a short two weeks to | g0, the National League pen- nant race still is in the “toss- up” stage with fours teams that ap- pear to ®have almost equally good chances of winning. The New York Glants may find s four-game deficit too much to make up in their remaining 14 contests, but St. Louis, Brooklyn and Chicago, which stand in that order today, leave little to ehoose among them. two points. Any one of .the four teams may be able to win the required number of games, and it seems probable the series Inext week between St. Louis and Brooklyn and that between &ew York and chlcuo may be the deciding fac- tors. the basis of past perform- ances, me Robins have a distinct ad- vantage over St. Louls, but by winning 20 games of their last 23 the Cards have reduced all such considerations to the realm of useless statistics. Robins Hop Along. Brooklyn also is going at top speed, having won nine straight games without. of a break. The Robins, how- ever, have suffered two setbacks in injuries to players. A few days ago Rube Bressler went out for the season with & broken finger and today Johnny Frederick 'joined him lines with a severely strained muscle. To make up for this, the Robins have a pitching staff in fine order, as their recent series with the Cubs testified, Babe Herman clouting Whole First Division in Race For National League Pennant at a great rate and Glenn wru»m hit- Ain| hl!d when the hits count. Cards now appear to have no ammum:s with injuries. Six pitchers, Haines, Hallahan, Grimes, Johnson, Rhem and Lindsey, are doing fine work, and behind them Frank Frisch is rlsy.ng brilliantly, and Hafey, Bottom-~ ley and Watkins are leading the heavy hitters. Only Brooklyn, and per! Pitts- burgh, are likely to cause much trouble for the Cards. Their other games are agajnst the Phillies md nomn pros- pective easy victims. T winding up against Cincinnati* und st Louis, Brooklyn _spreads its 1ong Boston, P!!Bburlh Phl.hdelphil and | New York, all of whom the Robins have beaten -frequently. Cubs Still Strong. The Chicago Cubs, who dropped from first place to third, have been in trouble for the past week or two, but they- still have a lot of strength and a fighting spirit that may bring them bac! Rogers Hornsby’s Ioss still is one Pat Malone and Charley Root, aces of gxe Cluh mt:und a:‘fl h.lveubeedn show- g signs of slipping recen jue per- haps to overwork. Their other pitch- ers also have been rather weak, and occasional heavy hitting has not atoned for their faults. ‘The Giants, who started to slip Ibonl the same tlme as the Cubs, also fin pitching major difficulty. Wllk&r and Hubbell have been unsteady re- cently and have thrown a heavy bur- den onto Fitzsimmons and Mitchell and the good relief hurlers, Heving and Chaplin, Uke their rivals, the Giants and Cubs- have most of their remaining games against_tfeoretically easy teams of the league, Philadelphia, Boston and Cincinnati occupying most of their time. If either can do well against the other next week, that. team has a good chance of getting back to thg top. Treadway Only | HICAGO, September 13.—Only one of the few players pur- chased by the Natlonals this !C : season and still serving in the minors is likely to come up late this month for possible use in the big show, according to Manager ‘Walter Johnson. He is Treadway, the: inflelder-outfielder bought not so long ago from the Chat- tanooga club, Washington's farm. Johnson thought well of Treadway when he saw the player in action aainst the Nationals in Spring exhibi- tions and wants another look at him before the season ends. So far as the others are concerned, even those out upder option, Johnson is not bothered. He says next Spring when the Nationals assemble at Biloxi for training will be early enough to scan the new talent. AREANGmmfl’s for the Havana exhibition series in which many of the Nationals will participate have about been completed. The players are to assemble at Washington for depart- ure October 6 and will be e t.ed ln Havana four days later. a team of Cuban stars km:ludm' !..uta.\l: and Iflpet. the island battery of will begin October 12. The series wul continue three weeks with four games being played each week. ‘The phyers making the trip are expenses traveling m and ”om the island and during their stay n Hlvml. They also are to be paid he dozen games in which they B.rnnl:iplu ldemero Acosta, former Washing- ton player, uyn he will have a clever bl" club send against the big | leaguers. Bevenl Cubans in addition to Luque and Lopez now in professional base ball in this country will be on Acosta’s club ‘and these will be aided by the best playing talent of the is- land republic. IEVERAL membezs of the Washing- ton club will not b2 permitted to take the trip, according to Joe Judge, first sacker, who is managing the Na- tionals’ end of the affair. It seems President Clark Griffith does not want Sam West, Sam Rice and Sam Jones to go along with the tourists. Grifiith fig- | urss the Sams would be better off rest- Great To Be Inspected Uniil S pring with Alan Newspaper Griff Rookie ing ‘after a hard league season instead of carrying on in exhibitions, 'tis said. ‘West has been bothered much by & spre thro arm recently, while Jones has. had hlu lately with a weakened TIdleness after the league season will be best for these ailing-armed athletes the Washington club physician has- said. The same goes for Rice, whose under- plnning is not so strong as it used to be. Looks as though this trio will have to forego the Cuban jaunt. So may Al Crowder. This pnche'r Griffith has intimated he would like Al to do no ball playing after the season until next Spring. APT JUDGE plans to have most of the Washington club on his team and it will play under the name of Nationals, The infield probably will in- clude Judge, Myer, Hayes and McLeod. Cronin says he will play no exhibitiort base ball after the season and Bluege is not likely to do so. The only Wash- ington outfielder selected is Harris. Manush is to play with'a club that will enter an exhibition series on the Pacific Coast as will Shires. Marberry, Hadley, Brown and Burke will do the pitching and Spencer and Ruel the catching. To complete the outfleld, Judge hopes to get Combs of the Yankees and Rey- | nolds of the White Sox. Reeves of the Red Sox may go as utility infielder. ‘This lot would give Judge a strong | ball club that ought to provide much | good entertainment for the Cuban fans. ROWDER fis slated to take the hill against the White Sox here Sun- day in the third game of the series, ‘The General has been going well lately, although he lost a tough game in St. Louis last Wednesday. However, the Nationals specialized in losing tough games in that town. Al is likely to be opposed by Jim Moore, the recruit from Little Rock. For the Monday engagement ending the annual scrapping with the hfle Sox Manager Johnson plans to take a chance with Jones. In his last three starts ‘the somber squire of Woodsfield of the important Cub difficulties, whila | DI wants to make the trip, but, President | f | was driven from the hill, retiring under 'heavy fire. Jones has rested for a Gould, famous by ALAN GOULD of the Nation's BRAVES! 1914 RUSH RECALLED BY FEAT Sensational Showing Gives’ St. Louis Fans Hope of Seeing Big Series. By the Associated Press. T. LOUIS, September 13.— Thanks to a thundering drive down the stretch that has netted 33 victories in 43 games since August 1, the 8t Louis Cardinals tonight were in first place in the National League. pennant race, although only by a margin of ohe point. The similar terrific drive of the Bos- ton Braves that resulted in their win- g a pennant in the closing months g{ me 1914 season was recalled by tans ere. It was only a month and a_half ago that the Cardinals were down in fourth llce with & Femnme mark of .495. rooklvn was udml the pack with an average of .606, while Chicago was second and New York third. Since then the Redbirds have improved their average 84 percentage points through & sensational spurt, their second this season. In May the team rose from last to first by winning eight- een out of nineteen games. Victims of two disastrous road trips earfier in the season; the St. Louis team lp‘plmntly has thrown off the jinx, inning three out of four from New York on the present Eastern tour and M%theflnlnmeo(thasmufm Faced Every Club. The Cardinals have faced every club in the league since August and the only team that has had an advantage is Chicago, which has won four while Jos- ing three. Cincinnati has been the heaviest loser to Street’s team, ten straight games. Phil.ldelphll has lost the last five games the Red Birds, Pittsburgh has bsen delened in the last two and Brooklyn has dropped four of the last five games. St. Louis has beaten New York in five of the last eight games and Boston has lost. four and won two. Good pitching, heavy hitting and smart pllyln[ by the Redbird infield have all been instrumental in \he Cardinal drive, although steadiness the hurlers probably has played fl:e biggest part in the team’s success. Rhem Leads Hurlers. Flint Rhem’ led the pitchers with seven victories since A 1. Bur- wins, Jess Haines and Jim Lindsey three each and, Al Grabowski and Her- man Bell one each. In the last 43 games Cardinal slug- gers have scored 285 runs, while their opponents have registered 191. Chic Hafey's bat has been a factor in the team’s run making. + Street’s ‘men, harried injuries since the start of the year, are at their full strength on a road trip for the first time this season, ex that Catcher Jim Wilson is out.of game mnpnnnly because of an injured ankle. Despite the rise of the Cardinals, St. Louls fans are not bugin'nf strongly on a world series here. s dozen or returned. esumably the fans are waiting until after the Brooklyn series, to.make their reservations. wc'-k, thou.n and believes the aged arm js ready for another test. ASHINGTON'S week in base ball ..ninth-inning rally gives Na- tionals win over A’s in stirring Sunday wrnn in Wi ‘Whit without battle, .. Bushmi enth and eighth to a tie and have three runners cut down at' the plate...Nationals trim White Sox again Saturda: four wins...two d?telm. and just t safe in second place. ; Connie Mack watching the Athletics perform sports writer, |CONNIE MACK HIS 50 YEARS IN BASE BALL FORTY .FIVE big league campaigns, six world series, among the many colorful and mterestmg events in the account of Connie Mack'’s fifty years in base ball. BEGINS TOMORROW The Shar Capital