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Burke and Fischer Big Help HIGH STANDING DUE MUCH T LEFTIES Offset Dismal Failures of| Jones and Hadley—Slab Aces Oppose Today. BY JOHN B. KELLER. WO young southpaw slab-| men, Bob Burke and Carl| Fischer, have come through in splendid manner lhis‘ season to keep the Nationals well up in the race. But for the nne‘ efforts of these youthful port-| siders, the Washington club would not be occupying the runner-up berth in the American League it does today. | Between them Burke and Fischer have accounted for 20 victories against 10 defeats in the current campaign. “Their success has gone far toward off- | getting the dismal failures of Sam Jones | and Irving Hadley, right-handers who scored so signally in 1930 for the Na- tionals. ‘ Lest year Jones won 15 games and lost 7. ‘This season he has won 9 and Jost 9. Last year Hadley won 15 games and lost 11. This season he has won | 9 games and lost 8. Not much help | from this pair in the 1931 battling. Fred Marberry, Al Crowder and Lloyd Brown are going along at a pace that might be expected on the basis of their 1930 records. Last year Marberry won 15 and lost 5, Crowder won 18 and lost 16, while Brown won 16 and lost 12. This season Marberry has won 15 and 1ot 4, Crowder has won 15 and lost 10. | Brown's record reads 14 wins and 12| losses. Right consistent pitching, that. The Nationals by winning 11 of their | remaining 17 games would equal their | finish_last year. They have an excel- | lent chance to do so. But they would not be looking forward toward second | place in the race had it not been for | the good work done by their young port-siders while Jones and Hadley skidded. LAY in Griffith Stadium will be re- sumed today, with Nationals and Indians _clashing in the second | &et-to of their three-game series. Fied Marberry is likely to do the flinging for the home side, while Wesley Perrell, ace of the Tribal stafl, is in line for duty for the visitors. i The last time these two were mound oppcnents Marberry had an off-da: and was easily outclassed by the Cleve Jand hurler. S soon as the Nationals manage to clinch the second position, if they are to do so. Walter Masters prob- ably will be given a chance to start a championship season game. Manager Johnson is eager to see what the pitcher signed by the Washington club shortly after his graduation from Penn last June can do when given a_big-time assign- ment. for he had little opportunity to gauge Masters’ ability in the few relief Toles the young fellow filled. Two and a half games ahead of the third-place Yankees now. thanks | to the licking the White Sox hand- ed the New Yorkers vesterday. And that looks & pretty good lead with the finish of the season little more than two weeks away. MERCUR IS REINSTATED | YLehigh Racketer Was Suspended for Amateur Violation. ALLENTOWN, Pa., September 12 (#). | —Fritz Mercur, former Lehigh Uni- versity tennis star, has been reinstated by the Executive Committee of the U. S. L. T. A., according to information received from New York. | Mercur was suspended from amateur tennis ranks more than a year ago for his activity in the insurance business, | which the tennis fathers claimed in- | terfered with his .mateur status. He recently declined an invitation to go on a tour with tennis professionals, ARGENTINE POLOISTS | MAKE TOURNEY BOW| Crack Santa Paula Tcam Tackles Roslyn—Hurricanes, Champs, Easily Win Opener. | By the Associated Press. WESTBURY, N. Y., September 12 ©One of the most formidable contend- ers. Manuel Andrada’s Santa Paula| four from the Argentine, starts its bid | for the national open polo title at In- tornational Field today against Harold E. Talbott’s Roslyn squad. | Santa Paula Is a joint favorite with the Hurricanes, defending champions, for the 1931 crown. The Hurricanes | made an impressive start in defense of their title by walloping Sands Point, | 13 to 9. in the opening game of the championship on Wednesday. | The third game of the championship, next Thursday, will pit_the Hurricanes amains, Lewis Lacey's Hurlingham four of Argentina. On Wednesday the win- Ter of today's match will face Tommy Hitchcock's Greentree team in the other semi-final. The final round will be played next Baturday. Fistic Battles B the Associated Press EAU CLAIRE. Wiz—Mike Dundee, Rock Island, Iil, outpointed Prince | Saunders, Chicago (10); Steve Koran, St. Paul, and Jack Rands, Durand, Wis.. draw (8). BINGHAM. Utah—Manuel Quintero. Tampa, Fla. outpoinied Prankie Dar- ren, Salt Lake City (10). String Helps Lott’s Tennis | Pirates. 190, ENING S St. Paul Outfit Well Balanced 'T. PAUL, Minn, September 12 (CPA)—Fans in American As- sociation cities, especially those in the Twin Cities, have no_hesita- tion in saying that in the St. Paul club this year the association has one of the strongest teams that has ever represented it in the anntal battle with the International Leag ie champions in the little world series St. Paul has one of the best bal + anced teams in class AA base ball leading its league in batting and flelding and possessing a pitching corps that has attracted the at- tention of major league scouts. A strong batting team that has also a dependable pitching staff is har to beat in any pennant race. That's | why St. Paul has shown the way in its “league this season, under the seasoned managerial guidance of Bob Connery. who has been develop- ing good ball players up in the Northwest for many years. LOTT PLAYS VIS FORTENNISCROWN Doeg, Defending Champ, and; Perry, English Ace, Lose | Constructioneers to six hits, dropped & | bunt to start the seventh and went to 6. P.0. TIES SERIES AS FAVORITES FAL Beat Constructioneers, Flops of Sandlot Campaign, to Deadlock Commerce. F the Constructioneers, pre-series favorites, weren't eliminated in the city week-day series before yester- day's game with G. P. O., they are now and that 5-to-4 defeat of the In- dustrial League champs, their third in four tilts, put them down as 1931's prize sandlpt flops. Sandlot followers still are trying to figure out the Constructioneers. On paper they appeared to have & cham- pionship nine—strong hitters, good | pitching and above-average flelding | Today they are out of the running. The Constructioneers had a three- run lead until the sixth inning vester- day. Then Lew Hollis connected for a home run to give G. P. O. run No. 1. But, the Constructioneers came back to make up for that homer and, with dark- | ness falling, things looked gloomy for | 0. G. P. O. But Frank Corkins, who held the | second on Booker's overthrow. Homan singled to score Corkins and Ben Schneider sacrificed. Mosedale got & in U. S. Semi-Finals. By the Associated Press. | OREST HILLS, N. Y.. September 12—The national singles tennis | championship lay today between 19-year-old Ellsworth Vines of Pasadena, Calif., and George M. Lott of Philadelphia, a veteran of the tennis wars, He will be 25 next month. | Lott marched into the final round with a straight-set victory vesterday over the defending champion, John Hope Doeg of Newark, N. J., 7—5. 6—3, 6—0. Vines eliminated the powerful Briton, Frederick J. Perry, 4—6, 3—6, 6—4, 6—3. Lott’s showing has been astounding. He had to stand by in the Davis Cup interzone finals with Great Britain this vear. Young Frank Shields and Sidney Wood carried the singles burden. Lott played only doubles. He has played in the national championship annually since 1924, and never before has gotten further than the semi-finals. In this tournament only Johnny Van Ryn, in the quarter-finals, has been able to win a set from Lott. Vines can point with pride to his achievements this season. Since April he has won seven singles titles, the Houston Invitation, Oja Valley, South- ern California, National Clay Court, California, Longwood Bowl and Sea- bright Invitation tournaments, beating Doeg in the finals of the latter two events. He made his first appearance in the | national championship last year, losing in the first round. LISTS BIG LEAGUERS FOR TOUR OF ORIEN Grove, Simmons, Cochrane and Gehrig Among Fred Lieb's Barnstorm Troupe. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. September 12.—The | makeup of the major league base ball team which will play a series of games in the Orient this Fall has been an- nounced by Fred Lieb. New York sports writer, in charge of the tour. The team members will include Inflelders—Lou Gehrig, Yankees; Frank Frisch, Cardinals: Walter Ma- renville, Braves, and Willie Kamm, In- dians. Outflelders—Al Simmons. Athletics: Tom Oliver, Red Sox, and Frank O'Doul, Robine. Pitchers—Bob Grove, Athletics: Larry French, Pirates, and Bruce Cunning- ham, Braves. Catchers—Mickey Cochrane, Ath- letics, and Herold Rule, Tigers. Utility—George Kelly, Minneapolis, American_Association, and Ralph Shin- ners, Buffalo, International League. ‘Umpire Jack Reardon of the National League will officiate at all games. Major Leaders By the Associated Press American League. Batting—Simmons, Athletics, Ruth, Yankees. .379. .380: Runs batted in—Gehrig, Yankees, | 166: Ruth, Yankees, 146. Hits—Gehrig, Yankees, 193; Yankees, Averiil, Indians, 183. Doubles—Webb, Red Sox, 50: Miller Athletics, Alexander, Tigers, 4: Triples—Johnson, ' Tigers, 18; nolds, White Sox, 14. Home runs—Gehrig, Yankess, Ruth, Yankees, 40. Stclen bases—Chapman, Yankees, 57; | Jehnson, Tigers, 31. Pitching—Grove, _Athletics, lost 3; Marberry, Senators Athletics, won 15, lost 4. National League. | Batting—Klein, ®h 343; Terry, Giants, .342. Runs—Klein, Giants, 109, Runs batted in—Klein, Phillies, 115: Ott. Giants, 103. . Hits—Terry, Giants, Doubles—Adams, Cardinals, 43; Her- | man, Robins, 41. | Triples—Terry, Giants, 17; Herman, Robins? 16. ~ Home runs—Kiein, Phillies, 31; Giants, 28. Stolen_bases—Frisch, Cardinals, Martin, Cardinals: Herman, Robins, 16. Pitching—Haines, Cardinals, won 11, lest 3; Derringer, Cardinals, won 16, lost, 6. Ruth, Rey- 42; lies, Phillies, 117; Terry, L. Waner, ott, On Finger to Urge Him to Do Best and 1o Keep His Temper—Going Strong. BY J. P. ALLEN. EW YORK, September 12 (C.P.A).—All sorts of mas- cots have appeared upon the lawn tennis courts. On vari- ous occasions there has been the hat of Ichiva Kumage, the Japanese wzard of the hook drive. Then big Jim Anderson. the Austral‘an, sport- ed a small plush kangaroo one year. Even so great a personage as Wil- Jiam T. Tilden, 2d, pinned his faith to a “teddy bear” sweater for a time. Now we have the explanation as to why end how Ceorge Martin Lot . of Davis Cup fame is do- ing =0 well in this golden jubilee champ.cnship that is wearing the . turf to a frazzle at Forest Hills. Lott undenably is a tennis player of parts. Still, it is a bit of string that is really guiding tihe tall fel- Jow. who originally hailed from Chi- cago, toward the title. The string is tied about his finger. He admits that it is a magic talisman which continually admonishes him to play for all he has, and most important— “to keep my temper.” There is no question about the effectiveness of that piece of. string. To say that Lott is playing the game of his Lfe is only doing him justice as well as telling the story. ~From the start of the tournament he has performed right up to his class. That is more than can be said of any of the other Americans. | the Monument courts. | Frank life on an error and then Hollis doubled | to score both runners. Harding then hit Hollls home to put G. P. O. into a first-place tie with Commerce. STANDING OF THE TEAMS. Commerce G. P. O. Eidbrooke M. E Constructioneers Games Scheduled. Saks Clothiers vs. Deutefmann’s All- Stars, 3 o'clock Sunday, Arlington. Phoenix A. C. vs. Bolling Field, 3 o'clock today, Phoenix Field. | Phoenix A. C. vs. Auth’s, 3 o‘chx‘k‘ und: Phoenix Field, Chevy Chase vs. Skinker Eagles, 3 o'clcek today, Chevy Chase. | Skinker Eagles vs. St. Mary's Celtics, 3 o'clock Sunday. Alexandria Potomac Distributors vs. All-Stars, 3 o'clock Sunday Ciro's _Italian Village: Rosary, 3 o'clock Sunday, Games Wanted. Gulf Refining Co. Columbia 0549 Swann's Service, for Sunday. Shep- herd 3290. Palisade A. C., for tomorrow. land 3133-J. Isherwood A. C, coln 5233, Yesterday's Results. G. P. O.. 5: Constructioneers, 4 (City week-day series). | “Y™ Flashes, 7; Columbia Heights, 1. Colonials, 6; Swann Service, 3 Washington Athletics, 9-3; Easton, d., 2-4 Arlington | Arlington. vs._ Holy | East Ellipse. | Cleve- for Sunday. Lin- | | TWO NET FINALS LISTED ‘ Semi-Final Also Carded Today in | Filipino Community Tourney. | Final round play in the doubles and mixed doubles and semi-final competi- tion in the singles are carded this afternoon in the Filipino Community tennis championship ~ tournament on | Silva and Erana, who vy tsrda\! downed Rulloda and Domingo, 6-0. 6-2, | will face Zamora and Del Rosario in the doubles final. Mary Burke and Silva_will engage Helen Philpitt and Tomelden in the last round of the mixed doubles. | Tomelden and Zamora and Rulloda and Del Rosario will face in the singles semi-finals. BRUINS BUY SOUTHPAW | Dutch Henry, With White Sox Last Year, Shines With Millers. CHICAGO, September 12 (#).—The Cubs have announced the purchase of (Dutch) Henry, veteran left- handed pitcher, from the Minneapolis club of the American Association. Henry, whose most recent major league “service was with the Chicago White Sox last year, has won 21 games while losing 10 with a sixth-place club. | SLOOPS START RACES. | PORT WASHINGTON. N. Y., Septem- | | ber 12 (#).—The international star class | championships, opening here today | drew a starting field of 26 racing sloops representing six countries. to Griffs | first and | 'were both defeated. Combining 14 hits AR HINGTON THIS. AND THAT. GETTING READY FOR A LITTLE YEARLY TASK ... ANOTHER / ComMEBACHS | A e 7) WORLDS BUSIEST \ BIRO 7, /¢ 0{) NEXT =" WEER FGHT FOR CRUNBS OF A AND CARDS Hot Races on in Both Loops for Secondary Honors. Yanks Hard Hit. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, Jr, Associnied Press Sports Writer MONG the major league clubs which have no chance of getting anywhere in particular a couple of hot races still are going on. Brooklyn and Chicago are arguing as to which shall get the third place cut in the National League money division, but the struggle between Detroit and St. Louis for the top of the American League’s second division is just as close. After exchanging places several times within & short period, Detroit and St. Louis wound up in a tie yesterday when the Tigers were badly bumped by the Boston Red Sox while the Browns had a day off. After losing four games in a row and 12 of their last 13, the Red Sox came back behind Danny Mac- Fayden's unbeatable pitching and shut out Detroit 5 to 0. MacFayden gave only three hits while the Sox bunched their blows off Collier, who made his first start for the Tigers, to do all their scoring in three innings. Robins, Cubs Keep Pace. There was no change in the standing of Brooklyn and Chicago as they each won a game and gained on the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Giants, the second place clubs, which off three Cincinnati pitchers with a | few gift chances to score, the Robins Yesterday’s Stars Br the Associated Press Wally Berger, Braves—Clouted out | five straight hits against Cardinal pitch- ing. Bob Smith, Cubs—Held Phillles to five hits to register fourteenth victory of vear. Mickey Finn, Robins—Collected two doubles and pair of singles against Reds. Larrv French, Pirates—Held Giants to eight hits. drove in winning run with | single in eighth. | Sulliven, Kerr and Blue, White Sox— Completed triple play_against Yankees Danny MacFayden. Red Sox—Blanked Tigers with three hits, 5—0. Minor Leagues International League. Reading. 6: Jersey City, 3. Rochester. 10; Toronto, 5. Newark, 6: Baltimor2, 5. Montreal, 9; Buffalo, 2. Southern Association. Knoxville, 5: Birmingham, 2. Atlanta, 4: New Orleans, 3. Little Rock, 17: Nashville, 6. Chettanosga-Memphis, rain. American Association. Indianapolis, 8: Columbus, 6. ‘Toledo. 12: Louisville, 5. St. Paul, §: Milwaukee, 7. Kansas City, 12; Minneapolis, 11. Pacific Coast League, Sacramento, 5-5: Hollywood, 2-7. Los Ang:les, 7-10: Seattle, 2-2. San Francisco. 16: Oakland, 6. Portland, 12; Missions, 4. Texas League. Shreveport, 9; Fort Worth, 2. Beaumont, 6; Galveston, 5. San Antonio, 4; Houston, 0. Western League. Wichita, 1 klahoma Ci Topeka, 3- . Joseph, 8-2, Des Moines, 16; Omaha, 5. Fueblo, 10; Denver, 5. Eastern League. Richmond, 6; Norfolk, 1. Hartford, 9; Allentown, 6. Bridgeport, 1: New Haven, 0. Springfield, 9; Albany, 3. New York-Pennsylvania League. Harrisburg, 6; Hazleton, 0. Wilkes-Barre, 43; Elmira, 2. | the Yanks, 3 to 1. | had little trouble beating the Cincinnati Reds, 8 10 3. A half game behind, the Cubs came through behind Bob Smith’s five-hit pitching to down the Phillies for the second time in succession, 3 to 1. The Pittsburgh Pirates resumed their pursuit of a first division berth by downing the New York Giants, who had interrupted their winning streak. Larry French outpitched young Bud Parmelee to gain a 3-to-2 decision, bu had to drive in the winning run him- self. After the Glants had tied the score in the eighth, Tony Piet singled and stole second and French brought him home with another single. Braves Beat Cham, + Ben Cantwell and Wally Berger of the Boston Braves proved a bit too | much for the champion Cardinals and Boston won, 6 to 3. Cantwell held St. Louis to 8 hits, while Berger led a 17-hit attack by collecting 5 straight | safeties. Chicago took the heart out of the New York Yankee's chase after a higher place than third in the American | League with a great bit of fielding in the first inning arid went on to down With Babe Ruth at bat in the ‘first, the Sox pulled off a brilliant triple play when Sullivan snatched Ruth’s grounder, tagged Ccmbs, then passed the ball on to Kerr and Blue for outs at second and | first. ’rhbec setback_left the Yanks 21, games behind the idle Wa: n gemes shington Four American League clubs had an | open day in their schedule. Records of Griffs BATTING. - G, 4b, R H. 20 30.Hr.shsb RbFer 66200 47 641 o 540 9 74158 : 47 8 15 e 5 80 103 180 H 6 97 168 awio FwatRES 095 m00 50 ohne: B 13001200913 510 0 o P 3 Smasan 271 | fitd SATURDAY., . £ i My WAy N 7 NEél\' Feet / exegl o W\ “THe SPECTRE SEPTEMBER 12 SPORTS —BY TOM DOERERJ THE MANASSA MAVLERS LEGS N TWOVIEWS . A o RIMO CARNERA S THE MOST PERFECT SPECIE OF THE CONNIVING ERA OF BOXIANG. HE 1S A BUILD LP EXTRAORPINARY i 1154 %ESTL\MG L% City Shoe Finals Listed Wednesday HE first major engagement in the metropolitan horseshoe cham- pionships, sponsored by The Star, will be fought next Wednesday on the courts of the New York Avenue Pla:ground, at New York avenue and First street northwest. At stake will | be the championship of Washington proper. In it will be 14 pitchers who, either as winners or runners-up, have sur- vived neighborhood title play and divisional play-offs. Late today the finals of the Fair- fax County, Va. tournament will be contested on the courts of George C. Thompson. at Falls Church. The title is held by Thompson. The strongest contender is Ed Henry, Thompson's fellow townsman. MITCHELL, YEOMANS DUE FOR NET CLASH District Stars in Same Half of Tourney Being Staged at Wardman Courts. Dooly Mitchell and Eddie Yeomans leading Washington tennis players, who have not met this season. now_are figured almest certain to clash. They were drawn in the same half for the Wardman Park tournament. which is to get under way this afternoon at 2 o'clock on the htel's courts. Yeomans s seeded second and Mitchell fourth. Mitchell will meet Doyle today and Yeomans will take on Phlilips tomor- row. | Eddie Jacobs. No. 1 ranking player !in the Middle Atlantic section, is seeded No. 1 in the Wardman affair. He will not get action until tomorrow, when he faces Muscoe Garnett of this city. Fred Roll, crack Philadelphia racketer, is seeded third. A total of 64 is entered. The Secre- tary of State Stimson Trophy will go to the singles winner An invitation women's tournament will start Monday on the hotel's courts. CRABBE NOT TO BE PRO Swimmer Emphatic in Denying He Will Enter Wrigley Event. SAN FRANCISCO. September 12 () —Buster Crabbe, aquatic star, arriving here from Honolulu to participate in the far Western swimming meet today and Sunday, denied emphaticaily that he had “decided to turn professional.” | “Absolutely not,” he declared. “I was ! surprised when 1 was told my father | had been quoted as saying I was plan- | ning to turn professional and enter the | Wrigley swim.” Homer Standing By the Associated Press. | Home run yesterday—Combs, Yan-| | kees, 1. i leaders—Gehrig, Yankees, 42 | Ruth, Yankees, 40; Klein, Phillies, 31: | Averfll, Indinns, 29; Ott, Giants, | Foxx, Athletics, 27. League _totals—American, 525; 28; Na- | J CALL FOR BENNY LEONARDs COMEBACK, = Lo Sport F ‘ans Getting« Dizzy So Much to Figure Out at This Time of Year. BY TOM IOOT BALL gossip indicates that this pre-season may go down into grid history as the year of the big fear. Among the yards and yards of train- ing camp news and ballyhco emanating from the applejack centers of Maine to the grapejuice bailiwicks of Califor- nia, there is nothing to indicate that a coach in all of this territory feels tough enough to predict he is going to tear things loose t! son. Don't ask me wh would just speculate along with every- body else and mavbe tell you that the coaches have learned that it does not pay. Last year was a big one for promise and threat. A great many teams with nothing more to base it upen than they had 11 men. predicted their year was at hand and watch their smoke, But it turned out in many cases that it was not their year, and these coaches closed up the season wishing they had been out playing hop-scotch with the corner cop instead of telling newspaper- men how tough they were going to be. Local coaches make no effort to con- ceal their apprehension and dread, making victory predictions for the com- ing season. Every mentor your corre- spondent has discussed foot ball pros- pects with has made it clear that he expected to knock nobody off this sea- son. It looks like & scoreless season. gentle- men. ACK DEMPSEY still is popping over the pop-overs or letting them wobble on their under pin- ning. just as the mood, or the training requirements need it. Whether he meets Carnera for ! last big money shot depends on how legs stand up under the pop-over carni- val touring. In the meanwhile, from what I can learn, Dempsey has until September 29 to decide whether he can go through a tussle with the Leaning Tower. With the only other possible drawing card with Carnera, Tommy Loughran, refusing to sign, the last big fight of the conniving era of the sour science, or the first of a mew period of better gates, is up to Dempsey to make. Your correspondent reiterates a pre- vious statement: Dempsey went into his exhibition tour with the sole purpose of testing his legs. If they can stand the gaff Carnera will be met. If they do not he will meet no one but con- clude his tour, count his cash and for- get it. There isn't a_bigger shot in pugilism today than a Dempsey-Carnera tussle and the biggest men in American boxing are working to bring it about. | ROBERT MOSES GROVE, a minor figure in Jast year's world series, may emerge the big spot in the coming blue ribbon chlassic of base ball. That two-day lapse after the second game at the National League rcity, should enable Connie to throw his fire- ball ace into action early and then re- peat before the games are very old. I've had the hunch all along that Grove was going to be allowed to strut Standings in Major Circuits SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 12. 1931. American League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS, | cni 3: New York. 1. Bo: s Detroit. 0. | Other "clubs not scheduled. National League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Pittsburgh. 3; New York. 2. Brookivn. 8: Cincinna 3:Philadelphii i 'st. Louts. 3. Chicage Boston. GTIpVITg | uorUNIsEM Philadelphia T1/1516/1311611419514 | Washinston | 813/13112[11 New_York Cleveland . 416l 6l ¢ 1 154156165/81/81184 GAMES TOMORROW. Cleve. at Washington, i Boston. Chicago & Detroit at New York. | Boston Others not scheduled. Phila. at Chicago. Cineinn _Games L GAMES TODAY. N. Y. at Pittsburgh. New York at Cincl. Bklyn. at Cincinnati. Phila. at St Louis. at & Louls. Boston at Chicago, Others not scheduled. GAMES TOMORROW. , either, because I DOERER. his stuff in the coming title clashes. Connie’s staff of hurlers is small and that two-cay 4 is just the thing by which he can juggle Earnshaw and Grove. However, few of the big shots of base ball pull the hero role in a series. bly it is some minor player who red to play above his head. Some bright boy will peg a ball to tch some player on a deciding play, i one over the meadow fence cacks populated. b. Wagner and other greats of base bell mever scintillated in a series clash. But Babe Adams and George Rohe, rather obscure before the big clash of 1906, beat their way to places on the first page and mediocre players have been doing it ever since. Ebmke and his crippled arm came cut of obscurity two years ago to stun the base ball world It ‘twas ever thus. A CUSTOMER antipathy against X wrestling seems to have set in at points along the grappling At Baltimore the other night the pay- ing patrons arose and bellowed for acticn or money. The words fake and fraud were freely used. New York and Philadelphia mat crowds are dwindling. Which is causing some of the news- paper_cxperts to predict that the sun- set of hippodrome wrestling is about to errive That may be true, and on the other the scarcity of fans may be due e rcarcity of money, too. But er it is wrestling feels the effect and is looking around for a remedy. The cure, however, will not be in further adding of circus stunts and showmanship to the game. Just a little honest money’s-worth wrestling and less grunting might be the panacea. As it now stands wrestling is 95 per cent acting and the remainder mere vaudeville, L0S ANGELES IN FRONT. SAN FRANCISCO, September 12 (A —Official Pacific Coast League stand- ing is as follows: Los Angeles.. San_ Francisco Oakland | Portland Hollywood Seattl Missions . Sacramento ST. PAUL ALL ALONE. CHICAGO. September 12 (#.—The official American Association standing is as follows: ‘Won, 9 Lost. St. Panl. Kansas City Indianapolis Milwaukee . Columbus Minneapolis Louisville Toledo .. NEWARK GAME IN VAN. NEW YORK, September 12 (#).—The official International League standing is as follows: 9 7 6 Newark Rochester .. | Baltimore Toronto . Montreal ... Reading Jorsey City Buffalo ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 12— Bill Rapp. who performed with the St. Mary's Celtics last season. will be se in action against his old teammat when the Skinker Eagles play here. Charley Deuterman has_scheduled a | game for his All Stirs with the Saks | Clothiers for tomorrcw at Arlington | Field. Potomac Food Distributers will go from Washington to Arlington_tcmoi- row to meet the Arlington All Stars. A special meeting of the Hume Spring A. C. has been called for 6 o'clock to- night at the home cf “Boots” Huff to plan for foot ball. a Break for A’s Seen in Series Program CONNIE MIGHT WIN | WITH TWO HURLERS Two-Day Recess Would Make Doubling Up Easy Job for Grove, Earnshaw. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. HICAGO, September 12.— American League partisans believe the Philadelphia Athletics were given a break in the arrangement of world series dates that will just about make the Mackmen a cinch to win over the St. Louis Cardinals. They point out that with the first two games of the series being scheduled for St. Louis and fol- lowed by two open days, Connie Mack may be able to win the series with two pitchers, Lefty Grove and George Earnshaw. Mack unquestionably will open the series with his two big winners and should they be victorious he can come right back with them in Philadelphia | and your series may be phoole. It would shaw, for such an arrangement would | give them three full days of rest and | that's plenty for the rubber-armed work horses. 1In case either Grove or Earn- shaw were beaten in one of their games, Mack still would have Reuben Walberg for the final game in Philadelphia and the -Jeft-handed curve-ball artist has been good news to few teams this sea- son. MERICAN Leaguers cannot see how the Cards can beat the Mackmen and therein they differ from Gab- by Street, the old sergeant of the St. Louis Grenadiers. The proponents of the Athletics admit that Paul Derringer | makes the Card pitching staff stronger | than it was last year, but if Jess Haines is unable to pitch his best the loss may | about equal the gain. | Of course, the Cards will be in better | physical trim for the coming engage- | ment with the Mackmen than they were {last year. In 1930 the Cards were |forced to make a driving finish to win the pennant and the players were well | fagged from the heat of the September | cempaign when the series started. This year St. Louis has been rolling easy for many weeks and Street has had an op- | portunity to rest his men. The Cards made & good fight against the Athletics last year and this time may offer still more robust opposition to the Philadel- phia claims. | A MERICAN Leaguers want the Macks to win, not only because it would _mean three straight world cham- pianships for the lovable lcader of the Athletics, but also because it would be the fifth straight triumph for the junior league. And that would be something the National League could not forget for some vears Had the series been scheduled to start on Wednesday, September 30—as was expected—there would have bcen only one open day instead of two and play would have been resumei in Pailadel- phia on Saturday. Octrb And { Mack would not have been 23> o come iback with either Grove or Earnshaw. But the writer is told asked for an October 1 opning in or= der that they might have an additional way for their ticket arrangsm-ns. And that request, theorctically at Icast, pla ed right into the hands of Connis M: and his two-man pitching staff of Groy and Earnshaw. POJELLO MEETSVLE>DOUX Maxos and O'Shocker Will Back Up Thursday's Mat Feature. Carl Pojcllo and Jean Le Doux will oppose in the feature match at the next wrestling show to be held next Thurs- day at Griffith Stadium. Pojello is reputed to be the best little man’ in_heavyweight ranks while Le Doux’s main claim to fame is holding George Zaharias, the man mountain, to a 30-minute draw last Wednesday. For the semi-final. Promoter Joe ‘Turner has signed John Maxos and Pat O'Shocker. O'Shocker. who many will remember as the Irishman who fought Billy Bartush almost two hours last Winter, has not wrestled here for almost a year. Three more bouts will be made over the week end. Mat Matches | By the Associated Press. TORONTO. Ontario.—Gino Garibaldl, 216, Ttaly. won by forfeit from Jim Mec- Millen, 213, Chicago (McMillen broke | shoulder after winning first fall in 44:17); George Zaharias. 226. Phila- delphia. threw Don De Laun, 212, Chi- cago, 19:24. 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. EGOTIATIONS have been re- opened for the sale of the Bos- ton_American League club to James R. McAleer, Washington manager, it has been announced. Tom Long. new Washinaton out- ficlder, did well in his d*but when Washington, with Walter Johnsen pitching five-hit ball, trimmed Bos- ton, 7 to 1. Bob Groom or Buck Becker will pitch today for Washington. while Manager Donovan may send Hag- german, a youngster, to the mound for Boston Capt. Dailey and Manager Welsh of the Georgetown University foot ball team arrived in town today to make preparations for the beginning of practice. Advisability of letting Clark Grif- fith go as manager of the Cincin- nati team now is being questioned. ‘The fans only a few wceks ago were clamoring for Griff's scalp, but the Reds since have been playing good ball. Griffith, though, has declared he’s through in Ciney. Hudson Pettit and Milton Clark homed the first and second pigeons in the first race of the voung bird series of the Fastern district flown from Chester, Va. Maryland Agricultural College will be the first school of the Washing- ton group to begin grid practice. ‘The Aggies have many veterans back and expect a good season. Posey, Mudd, Kemp, Morris, Sil- vester, Branham. Duckett and Park- er are among dependables expected to return. There's doubt as to whether Shipley, star 1910 quarter- back, will be back. TODAY, || BASE BALL IS0 AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK Washington vs. Cleveland TICKETS ON SALE AT PARK AT 9:00 AM. | be no hardship on either Grove or Earn-" the Cardinals.