Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1931, Page 55

Base Ball, Boxing he Sunduy St SPORTS SECTION Tennis and Golf Part 5—4 Pages WASHINGTON, D. €, SUNDAY MORNING, SE PTEMBER 1, AL Heavier Go 2 ° LD WEIGHT ADDED TO PILL NOW USED Designation cf 1.62 Ounc: and 1.€8-Inch Pellet Is | Victory for Duffers. i‘ BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. HE new larger and lighter golf ball, adopted for official play by the United States Golf Association on Janu- jary 1 last, is tc be replaced on April 1, 1932, by another sphere of the same size as the present official ball, but seven-hundredths of an ounce heavier in weight. The new ball will weigh 162 ounces, as against the 1.55-cunce weight of he present ball and will be the same size as the present sphere, Inamely 1.68 inches in diameter. The official announcem~nt of the doption of the new ball is to be made omorrow from headquariers of the nited States Golf Association in New york. The Implements and Ball Com- ittee of the association met in Chi- ago during the amateur championship with representatives of tie Golf Manu- ftacturers’ Association and ennounced 0 them that bacaus> of insistent pub- flic demand and gemera! dissatisfaction ith the presont 155%1.68 ball the soclation will rewise its golf ball pecifications to the degrez of permit ing a ball of the same siz: and slightly heavier in weigat. Thus the doom of he new largs: and lighter golf ball is ealed by e very organization which brought % into being afier eshaustive tests_ extending over fivs vears. And hus tne prayers of thousands of duf- fers are answered, for the preseni pficial ball—weighing 1.55 ounces and easuring 1.68 inches i < et with a stor ut the countr olf Associatien will announce its omorrow on the basis of publi~ det or a revision of golf ball standar Effective April 1, 1¢ The_new ball bocome eflective for official pley on Aprii 1. 1932, lready manu. urers have begun rhanging their machin; to produce t and within a fow v the new h.62%1.68 ball will beccme available for urcha By setting so far ahead the effe Hate for mandatory use of the ne phere the associ: manu- facturers will be = ce their inventories of the ; re 2 b> in a position to move right ahead n production of the now ball without evere 1oss on their investment in the resent ball, but the manufacturers view the ttep as one that will cost hem many thousands of dollars One large manufacturer of golf balls as informed me fhat golf ball sales hfter September 15 are negligible in omparison with those during the arlier playing season and that bloat>d nventories can hardly be reduced By pril 1 of next year. If John J. Pub- ic goes for the new sphere the moment t 1S put on the m . es he did for he present ball many m t became the official ba.l for hanutacturers who are overstoc, huantities ot the present ball will be holding the bag—and no misiak News of the adoption of a new golf will K3 X <4 hough Bealen, Charest Beaten | In Tennis Final OREST HILLS, Long Island, N. Y., Septombcr 12.—irederick C. Baggs of New York City, nationai doubles veteran chempion, added | ths veterans' singles tit'e to his Jist of achisvements by defeating the est of Washington, D. C., 6—2, 6—4. In the second round Charest de- featod Robert H. S v, 6—2, 6—1, and reach>d the quarter final round taking the measute of Ralph P. Spooner, 6—2, 6—2. F. R. Leighton in the quart'r final round was Char- est’s next vistim, who was elimited by the sccres of 6—4 and 6—2, and reached the finals by conquering Henry Bassford. N°w York, defend- ing champlon, 7 =5 GROVE WINS 29TH: If Ball For Officia | champion of 1929, Clarence M. Char- ‘ | | g EX R X g NATIONALS ASSIST - TRIBE T0 74 WIN | Poor Pitching and Sloppy Fielding Help Ferrell Record | Twenticth Victory. BY DENMAN THOMPSON, Sports Editor. The Star. | BOUT the only consolation| A gained by the 4.000-odd fans who braved heat and hu- midity to swelter through the 7-to-4 setback the Nationals absorbed from Cleveland's Indians A'S, BROWNS SPLIT Southpaw Yields One Hit in Last Seven Innings—Hoyt Quick Vietim. By the Associated Press f HILADELPHIA, September 12— The Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Browns, meeting for the last time this season, divided a double-header today The champlons, featuring Lefty Grove in his twenty-ninth victory of the season, won the first game, 3 to 2. St. Louis mace a 10-to-2 romp of the closing combat ) Grove held .ie Browns to six hits and in the last seven innings permitted oniy one hit. Jim Moore won the game with a triple in the sixth inning The Westerners pounded Hoyt for four runs in the.first inning of the second game and continued their slug- ging aga.nst Mahaffey, pi'ing up a lead of 7-2 in four innings ess hit 2 home run with none on in the third in: TR 2 weorsmimsawd Totals Louis ana 39 minutes. SECOND GAME. Phila. A MeNair2p | x o > St L Al hulte.et.. [T -] sommrSorona Srnw-imnon0 [ o ss000mornomom Totals ...381627 1 pall, of the same size but heavier than § e present official sphere, will be hailed vith delight by many thousands of golf- rs throughout the country. To the first 10 anking amateurs and to most of the & ros the new ball will make little dif- erence, for & scrutiny of the scores ade in tournaments during the past eason by the top-notch golfers of the and show little, if any. difference in eir scoring capabilities with the pres- nt 1,55x1.68 ball against the old .62x1.62 ball, which was the official ball or piay prior to January 1. 1931 Halled as Boon to Duffers. But to the duffer. who found that he claimed good qualities of the present phere were more then offset by its lack f distance and the tantalizing manner h which it has flipped around the edge f countless golf cups since its official doption, the new 1 t ball will | ome as & boon. Even thouzh this busi- | hess of difference of p hew and old golf balls r of theveht and is 1 nysical the du vill have a sop to his injured feel ngs the fact that the new oficial phere will be the same weight s his 1d and beloved 1.62 goif ball. And ee hough it pops up out ¢f the hole with he same ease he present official all, he will console himself with the hought that the present ball probably vould hove done worse. | There {5 no doubt the present ball is harder ball to handle in the wind and n the putting greens than 62x1.62 sphere. But in the hands of he expert it has vielded itself to the ame efficient scoring as the old sphere. frhe duffer counters with the truthful tatement that of all the three or four illion golfers in this country a very mall percentoge of them ave in the xpert class, and he will view the an- houncen 1.62 s a victory for him. Which in all fair- ess it is. Inasmuch Hemocrat najor part onsider it a fe: ball wili be an nevertheless s the game of g is a which the 1 re men who at to break 90, the new ment for John J. puffer. e ha 1t it about him- 1f by the very and insistence bt his pleas that something be done to help him s-ore bettor and gqt more en- wment ot of the game fof which he pays—and pays. Protests Deluged U. S. G. A, Since the adontion of the present 551,68 sphere the United States Golf ssociation has literally beer d-luged | vith pleas for a return to the old ball. rom every quarter th pleas have ome—many thousands ~of them. fagazines have orzanized campaigns esigned to bring about a change and ewspapers have inveizhed ed y nd in their news columns about th~ ublic demand for a revision of golf all standards. The new golf ball—of tha 1.62 waight nd the 1.68 size is the answer of the . S. G. A. to the reiierated pleas. t us hope that some day soon we ¢ill be satisfied with the golf ba'l and standard that is a real standard for olf balls finally may b> adopted. v clear the mind of those befuddled olfers who may not be able to find | neen_and Campbell. 4 -G Bengough, L on Dbases Stolen 2. | this frame. i Umpires—Messrs. Owens. nd. Time of ame DYE IS HOCKEY PILOT. CHICAGO, September 12 (4).—Babe Dye of Toronto has been appointed manager of the Chicago Shamrocks of the American Hockey Association. SATURDAY AGAIN VELAND. A on £l £ b1 o Sworomoe—? ove Monta Forrell, ]| PSCTRGRY =l ososcssex 5! orrwonnme UScuGHRR e GEo T D] SRR Totals & ] o S amwom s09355-ronoo-T 4! socmrcun: Fischer. *Bolton | sonos! el s0omonmrouson> a ol s0005umtmmom! wls0505m0000-a ] ] ning o 167 0 04 Monta- s; Le 10 3 ofi Br, cr! 1 Ferre o Jones toher mp McGowar. Din- and 3 m.nutes. thefr way through the intricacies of weight and size. this explanation is offered: The old ball, in use for sev- ral years prior to January 1, 1931, wes 1.62 ounces in weight and 1.62 inches in size, smalier and heavier than the present sphere. The golf ball now in | ofiicin] use is 1.55 ounces in weight and | 1.6§ in size. The new ball will be 1.62 | onnces in weight and 1.63 inches in lie cfficial announccment will state that the new bali must not cxzezd 1.62 ounces in weight end must not be smallir than 1.68 inches in diameter, which will mean that the manufac- turers, not wishing to eyceed the weight and size dimensions, will pro- duce a ball weighing about 1.60 or 1.61 ounces and 1.69 inches. # Srs 1 Time of game—2 hours | | yesterday was the fact no ground was lost in the struggle for second place. Because of the inability of [the Yankees to do better than | stage an overtime draw with the| White Sox after dropping the | opener of a double-header to Chi- | cago's challengers, Walter John- | son’s outfit remain=d two and one- | | half games ahead of Ruth, Gehrig | & Co. | | with Wes Ferrcll, who t has so effectively combined hitting with pitching, ass:gned to oppose Sam Jones, the outlook was none too bright for the Griffs, but the fact Pilot Peck's box ace was able to register his twen- tieth triumph of the campaign was due more to the shortcomings of his op- ponents than to any prowess he dis- played, either on the hill or at bat. Forrell Fans Four Times. Ferrell. in the course,of 2 hours and 3 minutes of battling yi&d-d t healthy total of mine ing three for extra d on every one of feties, nce. and fanned rips to the from start tor grade of o of his four support they S czived. Jones failed through the Re s massed a lead they never relinquished Hadley was a distinct improvement and whiffed a half dczen of the enemy before compelled to retire with a sote arm at the end of the fifth, but he suffered from reprehensible backing. as did Marberry, who took his place. € caped being scored on d but cne frome, the last All of the Griff regulars, with the exception of West, on the job again after a week of idleness enforced by a lame arm, broke into the hit column, but they failed to do it at the most effective junctures, as the 10 Griffs stranded on the runway atiest. Jones Kayoed in Opener. A combination of wildness and in- cffectiveness on the part of Jones en- abled the Indians to vault into a sub- stantial lead right at the outset, a total of four Tribal tallies being regis- tered before the hastily summoned Hadley could get tke side out. After walking Hale. who was forced by Por- ter, Averill thumped just out of reach of Rice in deep left for two sacks and the first i another prompt's Morgan rapped to smik drilled intc d to third on the midway and center for a force play Hodapp's safet tallied when Jo uncorked pitch to Sewell. After wal Iatter, Jones gave way to Hadley. who { premptly was solved for a shot to right oy Montague that tallied Hodapp. Fer- | rell then succumbed on strikes to end the rally. | Joe Kuhel was on the producing end es. % | of an onslaugit that netted a brace of | Griffithian markers in the fag end of ] After Mver lined a double against the rightfield barrier to start with, Rice dribb'ed to Ferrell and West was killed off when Averill made a fine catch of his short fly. but both Cronin and Harris arew free tickets to crowd |the corners, and Kuhel delivered two | of them by bounding a safety between Morgan and Hodapp. Kuhel, in the fourth, again figured prominently on attack. with the result that the Griffs notched their third run, This time it was a triple he walloped | | to the leftfield wall to start the stanza. | Jo2 knew betier than to try and score ‘\\'hen Bluege lofted to Averill in short center, but had no trouble reaching | the pan while Montague was tossing out Spencer. | Then the Errors Start, After setting the Indians down order for two frames Hadley was reached for & double by Sewell in the fourth that was wasted, but a blow of similar proportions by Averfll in the following frame developed into a tally | when the usually rcliable Spencer made oz of his infrefuent errors. Averill set sail for the far corner on the fourth | ball pitched to Morgan and when Roy's strong heave carried far and wide past Bluege the runner continued to the counting block. Singles by Rice and Cronin. followed | | by a pass to Harris that filled the bases | | led to nothing in the fifth when Kuhel | popped. but the Griffmen succeeded in putting over their fourth and final tally in the succeeding chapter. Blurge and | Spencer achieved singles and the foy Hold Ed, is seasom = K3 £ THE GOLF DUFFER U.5.G.A. DECISION LOOKS 10 THE GALFERS TODAY — /1'0 TAKE IMAGINATION 10 DISTINGU A THE BALLS AND /N THE MEANWHILE ¥ O LSWOR Play Decreed By e On Yanks: You < > % SCORES. kTTA HOP 1 BoY, N OLD DUFF FEELS TOUGH, Now / TH| VINES SR s THE DUFFER Wikl NOT — UNTIL THE BALLWALKS To THE CUP EATING ACHEESE SANOWICH ! A HANDSOME, YOUNG NATIVE 50N, P056EsSOR 0F MANY TITLES, TAKES HIS BIGGEST. A Glutton fo r Punishment George K. Phan Always Ready to Take Tt on Chin. BY TOM EEP happy with Horbert, But old Georg Phan ha been showing his teeth in joy under threat, for so long he's vears ahead of Mr. Hoover's plea to be pleasant about the matter. Yessir, colonel, step right up and flip the fin of George K. Phan. the sports customer. That boy is the world en- durance champion. He has been taking it on his chin so long his beard is stunted. When a tree sitter ankles off his perch like his an- cesters, or an around-tke-world fiver alights in vour back yard, they win the respect and ad- miration of a grateful world But when George walks into the em- porium with his two ringside seats tucked in his vest the assembled populace knows immediately that the champ sucker of the universe has arrived and is still lcading. Tree sitters came and went, but George is still buying good seats for bad shows. An cir altitude record- seeker must come down, if only to change shirts. But our hero is still up there. He went up buying tickets to see Alexander on h's carn val tour seeking worlds to con- quer: he went higher when hippo- drome wrestling came into vogue, and he took another leap when Carnera gave us a new knd of boz- ing. That baby will never come down until they take his wallet away. George is Faith, Hope and Charity. mer, after advancing on & neat sacri- Those promotorial beezarks hope he fice by Marberry, tallied on Myer's long< never awakens, have faith in his inno- fly to Vosmik. | cence and will see that his donations The Indians got this one back in the | go to the right boys | seventh when Averill walked, sprinte | to third on Morgan's safety :ml{‘ r?:(‘g‘ in efter West got under Vosmik's drive | { In deep center, and added another in | the elghth when Hodapp, on second. | by virtue of his safety, and Sewell's | sacrifice, moved up & motch when | | Bluege failed to negotiate Montegue's | roller and scored when Rice missed his | | stab to picl up the ball. A triple by Harris in the seventh wasted end a threatened rally in the eighth, when two Griffs graced s, was snuffed by Hale's exhibition | of fancy foul snaring. By the Associnted Precs. Jome runs yesterday—Kress, Browns, pPhone 31 Grube, White Sox, 1; Lazzeri, Yan- kees. 1. | The leaders—Gehrig, Yankees, 4 Ruth, Yankees, 40; Klein, Phillies, 3 Foxx, Athletics, 27. League totals—American, tional, 462; WDL/DW was ' Hi b5 ! the Ma i Averill, Indians, 20; Otl, Glants, 28! Pischer 42 180 Criwd’ That baby, George, is the only man Records of Griffs BATTING. @0 _auba 2as. oot ummcnBolunuens. 68 13 1 2. » TR S +5- %1 =P8 - = @ a*eSalnsL828E orca—macmeisole comrcumsscivons 308 oo 59 ] @ 23338220 e. d'r 40 223 9 235 51 138 26 185 1 s | sticking around a long, long while. DOERE 1t with two chins. When the pro- ] get through massaging ene of them he turns the other and asks them to keep up the good work He is th original Quaker with the other check. He has promised to stay up there in | the air until the Braves and Phils win | !a pennant. When the wres- tlers see him head- ing in their direc- tion, they know next week's laundry is safe and it will be chicken for din- ner. And when they explain to him how the title was lost, they know that, with a little persuasion, he will be back with his twin brothers and a palr of cousins. Old Grorge has made up his mind that he is going to see this thing through if he has s gives us_light T proves George's to wait until Con- ber and wine. hat intentions of | For years our nero has watched the boxing and wrestling business getting no better fast. Those pro- moters have tweaked his mose, kicked his shins and yanked away his shinplasters quicker than Gar Wood let the Englishman break the | starting line, | When they thought that he was go- ing to quit cn them and turn sensible, | he fooled 'em and came back for more. | | Every time they bounce him on the | chin with glee he brings back another | addict on the following week ' ‘l Slip him a phoney sports show he will be back next week to see if he was reliably informed. If he was he| will be back for the third show to en- | able the promoters to garner enough money to put on the fourth episode. If Mr. Hoover wants some one to laugh with him, or to laugh at, we ac- cept the nomination for George K. Phan, the sports customer, the world's endurance champlon and still out for more honors, WOMEN IN SPEED RACES Three Take Part in Outboard Meet in Which Swayer Leads. MIDDLETON, Conn., September 12 (#).—Paul Sawyer of Pocono Lake, Pa., outstanding performer in the Eastern | divisional outboard motor boat races jon the Connecticut River here today ; won the championships in B and D classes, division 1. His victories | make him eligible for placement in one of the two classes in the national races at Oakland, Calif., next month. Three women participated in the events, Mrs. Sue Mahoney of | 1, champlonship with 725 points: Hilda Mueller of Bay City, Mich.,, who came in third in the class A, division 2, races, and Alice Hallewell of Flushing, U.S. G.A. Beginning Next Spring K DR | here today while trying to qualify | sands who saw Gleason's orange racer | | No. 23 streaking ahead at 80 miles an | | hour careen over to one side near the New | g L. | York, who won the class A, division —3 ng Vines Wins U.S. Tennis Crown SES 10 EGHTS BY BEATG LOT 19-Year-0ld Star Compared to Tilden After Taking Four-Set Thriller. BY GAYLE TALBOT, | Associated Press Sports Wr | OREST HILLS, N. Y., Septem- ber 12.—There was none 1 left tonight to dispute the American supremacy of Ells- | worth Vines, jr., 19-year-old Uni- versity of Southern California | sophomore, in the world of lawn | tennis. ‘The last of his rivals fell today | when George Lott, jr., Philadel- phia’s Davis Cup star, went down | before the Coast sensation's magic | racquet in four thrill-packed sets at Forest Hills, 7—9, 6—3, 9—7, —BY TOM DOERER BUODY, THEY = WILL FIND s FAULT WITH You, Too/ = Y A DUFF Now TAINKS THE NEW BALL WILL SOLVE ALL OF HIS PROBLEMS S | ! er. LOOIKC WHOS HOLDINGI THE BAG! HEH! HEH/ Y !, thousand spectators set up & v roar as the Pasadena stripling, car 2go was ranked only No. 8 country ted his way to the heights. cm, if ever, has the famed center minute siruggle, with Vines forced come from behind after dropping the long_d and then spurting to win five straight games in the final set and ¢ e battle after it appeared certain i uld go another set. It was in every respect, a COrker. Plays Superb Tennis. When the two weary athletes dragged themselves from the court the experts were comparing Vines to Big Bill Tilden who witnessed the mat from the press marque. In the depth and speed of his drives today, as well as in his court strategy and fighting heart. they said he was the equal of the former champion 1n his prime, Within an hour of the mgtch Vines was aboard a fast train for the coast to take up his studi Vines. who alo hoids the national and numerous club won on his tour of the East this Summer. is the youngest player to win the national championship in the pres- centul He will be 20 next Su youths, Oliver Campbell end won back in the 80s and when they lacked several months of Vines' present age, but tennis n was not quite what it is oday. The lanky, good-natured youmgster ucceeds John Hope Doeg of Nerark, I J. as champ Doeg lost his chance of Tepeat. esterday when he was defezted by Lott in a listless three- set match. Makes 65 Placements. In beating Lott today, Vines ran up an a'most unheard of total of 65 place- sents. compared to 24 credited to the Philadelphia insurance broker. Forc- ing the play all the way and repeatedly maneuvering Loit out of position, he brought his blazing forehand and back- hand into play to run up his remark- le He was especially impressive eached the net and did things T return. When he om any angle, they re- 7/i00 oz «_/, HEAVIER. 755 MOUNTAIN LABORED AND LOOK./ SPEED PLOT DIES GRLS’ NET TILES AS WIFE WATCHES 60 T0 CALFORNA Gleason Crushed Under Car Ruby Bis'hop Takes Singles, Trying to Qualify for Alice Marble and Bonnie | Syracuse Race. Miller Win Doubles. 5 a recapitulation of the 2 the grand total of 1 8¢ cements, outs, nets and cot > 1 1es won a total of 176 points in the four sets, compared to 162 for Lott. Griffithian Gab | Final of the season with Peck's fourth placers today. the Browns opening s ‘!hrev‘-gnme stand here tomorrow. Kuhel. although not one of the chosen_pecple, started off as if to cele- brate Rosh Hashanah yesterday with telling bingles his first two times up, but his celebration ended prematurely. Hadley whiffed four of the first six aliens to face him. belicing the fact he had a lame flipper which caused his retirement after the fifth. B the Assoclated Press. HILADELPHIA, September 12— California was victorious in By the Associated Pri YRACUSE. N. Y., September 12.— | Jimmy Gleason of Philadelphia, Pa., who participated in automo- | both divisions as the girls' na- bile races in many parts of the | tional singles and doubles tennis country for 15 years, was Killed on the | cramplonships were decided today. Isce fiadk &t the State File CIoufe'] In be bisgest surpsise of the tour- the 100-mile championship of the |nament, which startsd Monday with 50 | American Automobile Association. Earl entries in the singles representing many Younger of Asbury Park, N. J.. his me- | gateq Ruby Bishop of Pasadena, Calif., | chanle, was seriously injured as he hurtled from the car over a cement UPSEt the top seeded star, Alice Marble wall into the midst of spectators, five | bf San Francisco, 6—1, 6—4. to gain the of whom were less serlously hWit. | title left undefended by Sarah Palfrey Mrs. Gleason was among the thou- | op ooiine “yac. Teavtteh Hnamty Got Skck Sike s Unable to win the singles crown, Miss | €UP- | Marble later paired with Bonnie Miller. | | junior girl champion of Los Angeles. to | | win the doubles. They defeated the New York combination, 14-year-old Millicent Hirsch, Evander Child's High | School_student, and Carolyne Roberts, |New Rochelle High graduate, 4—6, | 6—1, 6—2, in the finale. Manush was an_absentee. nursing & right arm injured in a collision with Jimmy Foxx in the game at Philadel- phia Wednesday, in which the A's first- sacker suffered a sprained ankle. The hurt_interferes with Heinie’s grip_on the bat and as West's ailing wing has Rice eppeared to misjudge the stur- diness of Averill's clout in the first i ning, with the result that it sailed be- yond Sam’'s outstretched fingers for two bases. Had this catch been made the Redskins would have been blanked instead of ringing the bell four times. West was the victim in the opener of a swell catch by Averill, who raced far in for & shoestring catch of a lazy, fly ! and followed it with a perfect peg that held Myer glued to third. Sewell was felled by a wicked wallop on the right leg when Kuhel fouled ons in the fifth, but gamely continued with his chores after taking time out. Hale crashed into the concrete bar- rier in front of the box seats and nearly took & header over the rail in grabbing Bolton's little fly in the eighth. He | hurt his leg. but courageously went after | another foul from the bat of Myer, who {ollowed, and executed & one-hand catch although colliding with Sewell in the process. Emboldened by Averill's theft of third in round 5, Porter essaved the stunt in the ninth, but was killed off, Bluege | cleverly putting the ball on the runner | after grabbing Spencer's peg with one | fin. grandstand, hurtle 10 feet into the air after crashing into the cement wall. She collapsed when she learned he had been crushed to death under the car. Younger Wwas flung over the wall like' a stone from a catapault. Gleason, who started his career with Tommy Milton and Jimmy Murphy, who was killed on the same track sev- eral years ago. had circled the track once in his car and had just gone in to try for the qualifying mile when the accident occurred. HEIGHTS NINES TO PLAY. Congress Heights base ball nine will play Capitol Heights at 3 o'clock today | on the Congress Heights diamond. Standings in Major Circuits SUN American League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. leveland, 7: Washington. 4. Shiladeinh 3158 Louls, 210, Chicaco, & i 513 (second rkpess) (1 (nnings). AY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1931, National League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Pittsburgh, 5: N Ch’:c‘n“-ui ‘.Fl'?l‘]makll'x?,l' 1. 2 Cazo. 5, a2, 88 Latis.*; Boston. 0. i inins e darkp e inning tie. g Boston, 1: Detroit, 0 oK 49N & £ BARONS FAR IN FRONT. | MEMPHIS, Tenn, September 12 (). —The officizl standing of the Southern | Base Ball Association, including games "8l 8116169/711.493 | of Friday, is as follows 1101 861179436 | _ Team. Wdn. Lost. 818/ 9/11)10'—!10/60:80..429 | Birmingham e 54 41 5112/ 611/ [9/—I52189. 369 | Little Rock 1.79180189/—'—|__ | Memphis = Chattanooga. 111113110/731681.518 GAMES TODAY. New York at Cinel Phila. at St. Louis. Boston t _ Chil Phils; &Phers Mt scheduted. Brookl GAMES TOMORROW. L. at Washington. o GAMES TOMORROW. Boston at_Chicago, Y. at Cincinnail. at . Louis. yn at Pitts. GAMES TODAY. Shrort et Hew York, %"‘m olt at New York. icage at Boston. troit at New York. Sthersnot scheduied., Clev. at Phila. ). Knoxville . Nashville