The evening world. Newspaper, September 28, 1921, Page 18

‘HUGMEN ARE or (9 WRITEWASHED BY FORMER TEAMMATE <= Browns’ Crack Twirler Has orioatba 0 | Old Habit of Blowing Up in Ninth, as He Showed by Holding Locals Safe All .the Way and Cutting Their Lead Over Indians Down to One) and a Half Games. By Robert Boyd. the years of 1916 and 1917 Urban [osnccxee was a member of the Yan- kees, He was released,for, although he Was a promising pitcher, he had a habit of “blowing up” in the last in- ning and losing games that appeared woa. Bince, leaving the Yankees he has defeated them more times in the last few years than they have beaten him. He has corrected his fault of going to pieces in the ninth inning and to- day is one of the ranking pitchers in the major leagues. He proved to be an (nsurmountablo barrier that the Yankees could not weale in their present drive for the American League pennant. Beating ‘Tris Speaker and his World's Cham- pion Indians, to the Hugmen, is an easy task, but beating their Nemesis Shocker ‘5 something beyond the rankees. ‘While the Indians were on their way to Chicago to play the White Sox, Shocker was reducing the pen- nant lead of tWo games over the For- est City champions to one game and halt, Shocker achieved two things yes- terday in his victory over the Yankees. He cut down the lead the , Yankees had on Speakes’s team and ‘tmereased the standing of his own club, the Browns, over Washington, In the heated race between two elubs *he Mound City team hhs a full two game lead on the Senators tu fin- tah ix the money, third place. Defeat was hanging in the atmos- ea of the Polo Grounds when jocker walked out to warm up for the game. His hat tilted rakisly to one side and chewing slippery elm to induce saliva, bis air of confidence cast shadows of defeat long before the start of the game. ‘Warming up, he hurled them over es if he couldn't jose; confidence per- sonified and with a touch of the sub- By Isaac Shuman. RBAN SHOCKER, the jinx! Urboan, the meanest man in the world—treating his old home folks 20, Urban, shaker of prospects, under- | miner of hopes. Urban, Urban, you're a great pitcher! Browns, 2; Yankees, 0. The Yanks dropped a half game of the two game lead over the Indians for the A. L. pennaat. ‘They must now win three out of fyur, They must, ot Harlem will be eniy balf as great a place Oct. 5 as it hopes to be. Urban didn’t set down those Yanks gently. Not a bit of it. He bowled ‘em over and kicked ‘cm. Be held ‘em i nire innings to five tats, four of whivh were measly scratches. He didn’t permit a single Yank to reach second until the ninth, ‘Then he filled the bases, raising high the hopes of tre meagre 12,000, who for the first time during the afternoon permitted themselves tho juxury of great cheering, yelling, blowing of horns and sounding of bells. Jt was another one of these here mow crucial games. The Yanks needed it badly. They'd already dis- tributed circulars announcing they had World's Series tickets for sale. ‘Then what did Urbun do to his old teammates? »\ Exactly, It was a dark day to start with. Urban was scheduled to pitch, so the sky gloomed up. It looked like showers and the Yanke would have welcomed them, ‘They'd have been showers of bless- Handsome Harry Harper of Hack- ensack went into the box. Hod Ellerbe hit the first one to left and was flagged at third. George Sisler swung and the ball hit the sign in front in right centre which reads Triple Service, but the blow did more than that. It aia quadruple service. with two runs to overcome, and it still the first inning, the Yanks, Shocker or no, stepped briskly to the plate and-—stepped briskly to their other business. ‘The Babe lifted what looked good | for No. 59, but by the time Tobin tore to the corner of the right field | stands it belied its looks. was a little shaky (ef ‘om ever @id @ thing to i Sam Notes of Yanks-Browns Game Harry in the escond” and third and Urban was) adamant. He is the hardest guy you ever enw. He pitched as if he had a _per- sonal grievance against every Yank who faced him, And not a single one ime egotist, Shocker's own concep- \tion of conquering the BSlugging Yankees was “easy.” But, always when the Brown apit- ball artist works against the Hug- men there Is something other than hia own great craftiness that guldes him on to viotory. In this, last remaining game with the Browns, it was Harry Harper's unsteadiness in the first Inning. With one out in the first, Ellerbe tripled to home run drive to right. This was all the scoring that the ‘They outplayed the Yankees, and just as the Hugmen ap- peared ‘as if they would score, Mhocker would use a little more} saliva on the ball and the Yankees would be repulsed. The best the Yankees could get was four hits off the Brown twirler, They were so widely scattered that they were useless, The Browns hit Harper safely seven times and threatened to score at several stages of the game. The only real chance the Yanks had of winning the game was In the ninth, Schang singled, Baker, bat- ting for Harper, filed out to Sisler. Miller filed out to Collins, Peck sin- gled to centre. Shocker deliberately passed Ruth on four wide pitch outs, filling the bases. game by flying to Jacobson in centre. The fans protested wildly against the use of the intentional pass, In fact, It spoiled the best chance the Yanktes had of winning the game. Improper as it may seem to the spec- tator, it Is a great asset to a twirler in a predicament, and as long as the rule makers of the national game see | fit to allow it, no one can dispute its value as pitching strategy. The fans, however, called It poor sportsmanship as they filed out of the stadium, for it not only prevented them from seeing Ruth hit but it also prevented them from seeing the Yankees increase their lead over the Indians, while the | latter club were travelling to Chicago to wind up the current season with the White Sox. afternoon. YANKS LOSE GROUND BY PLAYING—GIANTS | | The. Yanks suffered by playing = Postponed game yeaterday, the Giants suffered by idleness—that is, the Pitts burgh Pirates won and gained hi i o Same—because they coulda’t protect themselves. The Yankees lost to the St. Louls Browns and their lead over the Indians was cut to a game and a half, The Yanks have four games more to play— three with Philadelphia, one wilh | Boston, The Indians have four too, wiih | Chicago. | The Yanks can lose # game and «till win, The Indians can’t lose any, They must take four straight from Ohi or they're it, provided the Yanks break even. ‘The Pirates start to-morrow a five- game series with the Cardinals, The Giants have four to play, two with Philadelphia, one with Boston and one with Brooklyn, If they win one of | these the Pirntes must tuke five strnight to tle. If the Giants win two the Pirates will be out of the running no matter what they do. | The official batting records show they never did. Then in the fourth they moped; it last year's income tax. | The solitary southpaw, after two men were down, permitted McManus to hit through McNally. was granted the boon of bale %e) right, his second hit, which | placed Mac on third. Harry Walked Tobin, filling the bases. i But Harry wasn’t altogether out- going. He fanned Bllerbe, who swung | #0 hard his bat went hurtling toward the screen in deepest centre. The spectacle of the flying timber cheered up the home folks and Harry, who thereupon entered earnestly into the role of a wounded gentleman duelling until the seconds thought {t was time for eats, Wally Schang beat out a hot one to Lee as a leader in the sixth, but Harper, trying to sacrifice, lifted a pop fly to Ellerbe, whose ‘throw to Sisler caught Schang off first for a double play. Mike McNally made a heart-warm: ing stop of Jacobson'’s grounder in their horns. They jangled their bells. Then 4 was quiet but Urban again | Eddie Bennett, the world's hardest working mascot, turned all the b: | around, grip ends foremost, in the jelghth, but it didn't work. Urban had his fingers crossed, | ‘Then the ninth. Schang grounded sharply to Sisler, and Shocker, try- jing to cover the bag on the run, fell as he twisted around to catch the throw, Schang was safe and Urban had to call time out. He had fallen on his pitching shoulder, Raker popped popped to Collins, to Sisler, Miller But Urban didn't let up. He pulled his cap lower over his aves as Bagkaer. left and scored on George Bisler's, Browns did during the rest of the| Meuse] ended the | Jone to follow the | percentage of the gross receipts. {Garden on Oct. 7. Jon Ov, | eunty seemed. that Harry was as spent as %* rounds at he opening boxing akow of the Ioe Pal- the seventh and prevented Tobin from scoring from third, The fans begged after the Bix) Stretch almost tearfully. They tooted THE EVENING WORLD, ‘WEDNESDAY, sEPTEMBES 26, ane URBAN SHO SHOCKER GIVES YANKEES’ PENNANT CHANCES SEVERE JOLT; PRIDE TAKETH A TUMBLE Copyright, 1921, by The Press Publishing Co, ee ————— } | THE PATHS OF GLORY *LEao BUT TO—A BUMP SOMETIME S- BY N. LIVE WIRES R. O'HARA. Copyright, 1931, by the Press Publishing Oo, (The New York Evening World), Once in a while we like to tear off a column without mentioning Bave Ruth. Here goes. . Lots of boxers do rope jumping while training, but Johnny Dundee Is the only one that does it in the nee: ° Babe Ruth—(you simply can't help mentioning that boy)—is not a base runner. Babe doesn't have to steal bases any more than a grand larcenist has to pick pockets. In getting $1,000 a day In Cuba this winter, Babe Ruth has only one Billiard matches break into view as the baseball # that solid ivory is n all-year-'round ee complaint. That's that 1921 isn’t a leap year. ~ jon wanes, Proving affair. Willie Hoppe, we suppose, will have his title threatened again this yea:. ofven. . ‘The ball pliyers will jump to their winter jobs soon. BY NOT PLAYING AT ALL. | TR's one thing Willie can always bank on—having his title threatened . ‘Those are the 4ovs that pay such big money the boys become holdouts around next March. Once there was a ball gamer that playing baseball than In any other line. admitted he coul make more money He was signed to a ten-year.contract. CFistic News 333 and Gossip) The State of Wisoncsin ts the latest rule passed by the New York State Boxing Commission |and compel the fighters battling in the main bouts at shows to box for-a ‘Those two good bantamwelzhte, Jack Sharkey, the | Italian battler of the west side, and Jaber Waite of Albany, N. ¥., will be scen in action at the Sammy Berne, sparring partner of Benny Leon- | ard, 18 booked up for three fights, He meets Joo Rtccre at tke Hunts Point 8. C. for twelve rounds 4, his aecond with Eddie Wagond of for eight rounds at the National A. ©. of Philadelphia on Oct. 8 and bis third with Frankle | Pitcher for twelve rounds at the Broadway Ex- | hibition Association Oct, 15, Midget Smith, who has just returned from the West, was matched to-day by Tex Rickard to meet Joo Burman, the good Chicago bantamwelght, They one of the four ten-round boute at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 1. Mike McTigue, who defeated Qus Platts, the English middleweight, at Dyckman Oval on Monday night, will meet Jeff Smith in the main go of elght aco of Milladelphia to-night. McTigue has been substituted for Harry Greb, who injured nis hand tm Uralning. In & telegram recelved by the writer from Mil- waukee to-day Ritchie, Mitcuell of that city saten that he rocetved » double fracture of bis right band im his bout with Ernie Mice, the English batter, }last week. He will be out of the game for two months, ‘The gross recelpte of the show wore | $9,001.80, and Atitchell got $3,100 for mis end. Leonard, the promising bantamwelght of now figuting under the man matched to-day to hieet Lew Angelo of Trenton in tho main bout of wel ids, no deelaion, at he show to be staged by Arena A. © of Trenton ou the night of Oot. 12, Joe McKenna fe the manager of Irving Jampol, the local foutberwelgat who beat Frankie Carr of Jemey City Monday night, McKenna thinks Jampol bas the makings of @ real contender, | Irie Johnny Clayton, the promising bantam | weight of Pentaylvania, who has sus arnved in | town in search of fights with be good lade at | bis weight im thie vicanity, hae placed himeelf under whe managetnent of Kus Semih, Clayton bas won eeveral fights at Un ube in Pennay) vania, Ho i training at Grupp's gymnasium, | Mickey Walker, the crack Newark welterweight, fs well ctiough now to be able to etart training eon, Hie nest bout wall be with Haul Dole, New England wekerweight champion, in Boston in three weeks, Simon Flaherty, matchmaker, of the Queens. berry A. C., of Long Island City, ia now trying to sign up Al. Reich, the hearywelght of this jetty, for bis etar bout in a few weeks, Simon wants to vat Kekt against Lary Willams of Bridgeport, or Charley Weinert of Newark, Reich Knocked out Paul Joumes, the French heary- weight, In one round at the same club, Frankio Edwards, the cast side featherweight, after a/lay off of several weeks vacationing in the mountains in order to allow an old injury to his go to hoal, is ready to tackle any of the feather. weights, preferring Sammy Sieger as @ starter, Pete Herman was ao Glecouraged when the re Jotinny Buff the decision over him at the Gai on inst Friday night that he prometly packed up hie grips and bas gone back to his home at Now Orleans, As a remlt his wanager, Sammy Goldman, was compelled to cancel hia bout at Boston and also with) Abo Goldatein at the Ice Palace of “Philly,” Oct, 12, Dare Shade of California, one of the famous Shade brothers, the great fightem, will meet George Ward, the Elizabeth welterweight, In a ten-round go at a local club Oct. 7, Shade te training et @ local gymnasium with hie two brothers, JACK ZASLOFF WINS FAST BOXING BOUT AT GARDEN. Heavyweights had their innings tn the Metropolitan Association A, A. U, box- ing tournament at Madison Square Garden last night, The best bout in this class, and probably the best of all the bouts that were fought, was the three-rounder between Jack Zasloff and Eddie Kane, two novices, one of whom was registered as unattached, Zasloff got the decision, but it was a close one. as it was rendered by Tom Smith, the ref- eres, after the judges had falled to agree, Sasloft gave his opponent about ht- teen pounds the better of the weights and scored the only knockdown of the fight. He can hit a hard blow ith efther hand and ropped Kane with a left hook to the Jaw just as the bell rang enalng the second round. Kane responded for the third round a bit groxgy but soon shook it off and began mixing it hard with his opponent and got ao even break for the last round When the final bell rang, batting for Harper, threw away two | extra bats and took his stance, | af Peck singled cleanly Excitement! sto centre and Schang took second, | Babe | Urban up and more excitement. softened his hardness with | judgment, The Babe was walked, The bases filled. Meusel, hitter of twenty-odd but regular home runs, up. | The crowd pleaded only for a hit— any kind of a hit; ment of the German indemnity, Yanks needed marks, Meurel popped to Jacobson for the final out. a@ single would | have been as welcome as the pay- | The | RUNS FOR WEEK NATIONAL LEAGUE. The Now York Evening Worldy — an : oe By Thornton Fisher {DOUBLE BILL FOR — CELTICS STARTS OFF’ BASKETBALL SEASON Several Other Local Local Quintets Have Good Contests For..." Start of Season, , ‘The 1921-22 basketball season will be ushered in at Madison Square Garden, Sunday afternoon when the oneineld Celtics, National champions, meet the Brooklyn Five. In the evening on the same courts the Celtics have drawn the famous Powers Brothers team of Passaic, New Jerscy, as opponents. Several other clubs in this city and Brooklyn will also engage in opening games Sunday, and from all indica- , tions the season this year will be the gr atest ever. Only a few short years back bas ketball was considered by many ae - being not worthy of much considera-~ tira, Times have changed, however, in this time and last year the net game took its place as the leading. . indoor winter sport. It was really the phennomenal playing of the Celtics, an aggregation of New York bo¥é, that placed basketball on the high; plane. The local quintet, with the 7lat sis Rogiment Armory as a home court, engaged in over 120 contests, winning, over 100, They met the best seat available throughout the United, States, and without doubt had the.” jargest following of rooters in this country, In one year the team outgrew the oj Soteceh ——— =I > SSS SSS vnsan suocren word = a mRTICULAR. DELIGHT IN STOPPING HIS OLO YANK TEAM MATES= HE MACE THE KING OF Swar FAN AND Go BACK TO THE (N THE LAST JAMMING WITH 2 “OUT AND 2 ON ) Base SHOCKER. DELIGERATELY Osseo 4 GALY ar aurea THAT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED ‘A /S- FOOT POLE TO REACH— WALKING! spacious quarters at the armory and vty Por ‘ss . BAHBING Jim Furey, manager of the local quin- ce tet decided Madison Square Garden = N “s. Po wi the place for future games, Tex -—< ZILIS a) Rickard agreed with Furey and this , © GEORGE SISLER- - ee year the Celtics will hold forth at the STARTED THE FIREWOR) S Fisonnror4 Garden, BY GLOUTING OUT A . é coh SoS Several {nnovations will be experi- .66ER == — ISHER-« eno' mented with to make the Garden an & Ga Uviund Osi tial) ideal basketball court. Glass back- boards will be utilized, which will give.) the spectators opportunity to see ali ‘ fleld baskets. An immense score any HXxtra ote atcnes STANDING OF _ }}»2:4..20 by 30 fect, will also. be, erected and Mifere play of hoot nerd will be posted instantaneous with the lay. A sectional dancing floor will When Golt Pros Battle|(__THE CLUBS _ J) jie) A steptl sense tier x choreally inclined may take advans NATIONAL LEAGUE. tage. . . For the opening contest Nat Hol- | Jock Hutchison, Holder of British Title, One of Five Extra Hole | \°vs.,. 3s 8% £20 Brktyn Mas dar | mae qeill make his Initial appearance i A A ianatil in a Celtic . Winners in Opening Round of Professional Championship at | Bitts’sh. 89 89 80 ward positions, Johnny Beckman, the Inwood. By William Abbott. HEODORE ROOSEVELT once defined golf as merely batting a little pill over a ten-acre lot. If the Scotch pastime only amounted to this every one would be a cham- pion. The real conditions are some- thing like this: Twice around a course like Inwood, where the Professional Golfers’ Association Championship 1s pow being contested, means controll- ing a little ball over seven miles o: tricky landscape with aerial trouble in the form of sea winds increasing the list of obstacles. Usually such a roomy setting is sufficient to decide most golf battles, but the regulation test was not enough yesterday for the opening round. | Five of the sixteen matches went extra holes, Fred McLeod, Cyril Walker and Jimmy West all winning on the thirty-seventh green, Jock Hutchison downing Pat O'Hara on the thirty-ninth, while Charles Mothersole was forced to the fortieth green before winning from young Johnny Farrell. It is seldom any tournament produces so many extra- hole contests. Jock Hutchison, sljpping and skid- ding, only saved himfself by,a spirited finish, Ever since he won the Brit- ish title at St. Andrews last June the Chicago star has been minus his fine putting touch, a delicate stroke that coaxes the bail ‘n when only a few feet away from the cup. The failure to run down short putts, almost elimi- nated Jock in his match with pat O'Hara. At the end of the first rownd Hutchison was one down, his 72 medal score including four missed putts in- side five feet of the target. ! Jock finally squared the account on! the second round when O'Hara fumbled several excellent chances. | Extra holes were necessary. On the first Jock sliced his drive a little, but reached the green With his second, a very neat shot, O'Hara, straight, dropped his mashie within ‘ten feet of the cup, but missed his winning putt, On the second extra hole Hutchison again had to putt the odd, but halved the hole in fours, O'Hara, anxious for distance on che long third, against a stiff wind,| dubbed his drive, the ball only going about 100 yards. ‘To make up the loss Pat used & brassle only to land in a deep sand trap, Hutchison from the fairway also dropped into a trap hole high on the left, but he recovered strongly and gained a stroke on his opponent, who missed a long putt for a half. It was a narrow escape for Hutchison, The best golf of the day was flashed by. Jim Barnes, national title holder, and Walter Hagen, Western champion, On his first journey of the wind swept links Barnes returned a wonderful 68, which included three putts on the seventeenth, the only mis- take of the round. Hagen had a great chance for the same score, but toppad his tee shot on the home hole and made 69, which was also the card of young Gene Sarazen, who only ser- oral years ago was a caddy at Apawamis. Drawn {n opposite sections, Barnes and Hagen loom up as the probable finalists. The rivalry between the two !s as keen as éver and just now both Hagen and Barnes are close to top form, Hagen laughed heart!ly when asked about his rumored retirement from the game. "Say, I'm only twenty. elght now,” sald the former national St.Louis 84 & Sea Boren 3 9 be eh peer of basketball players, ‘will ooou- py the other forward position. Chris Leonard will plas et centre, with Dchnert and Rete! sg |. Smo- lick, Trippe and Barry will @»> 2UDy the side lines. LAST 2 DAYS Thursday and Friday that looks like retirement about it.” The championship at Inwood is the | Bos finals of preliminary tournaments] Gowdy- that were held throughout the coun- try to quallfy thirty-two players for the main tournament. Each section was allowed so many entrants, ac- cording to its number of professionais who held membership in the associa-| ( tion, of Autumn Racing at ————— Sam Lagonia Knock, Out Jack| piladcpiie Srahey geegees PB ert AQUEDUCT Tomashek. eee $ 2-014 1 In a slugging match from start to rea trs ana : Gata Caton Tomorrow (Thurs.) Features ish, Sam Lagonia knocked out Jack GAMES TO-DAY. ¢ * 5 omashek in the twelfth round at thg| Brooklyn at Boston (2 games). Queensboro,A. C. last night. 4 Cineianadt at Chicago. eae Jabex White Easy Winner. Cleopatra Handicap ALBANY, Sept. 28,—Jabez White re- AMERICAN LEAGUE. AND 4 OTHER THRILLING CONTESTS) celyed the decision over Marty Collins] Clubs, W. L. PC.) Clube. ow. L. PO. “_ RACE Ae 2.15 P.M. last night In a one-sided contest. diopped Collins for the count in tenth. and. eleventh rounds, Collins stayed the limit by running and holding. Young Rogers of Schenectady knocked out Joe Riley in the fourth round, i Colletti Scores Three Knockdowns. White N. York 94 55 .631/Boston. 73 75 .493 Clevel'd 93 57 .620/Detroit. 71 80 .470 St.Louis 79 73 620 ppinage 69 91 = Wash'n 76 72 .514/Phila. 95 GAMES YESTERDAY. At Polo Grounds— it. Lown. r Npectal cars reserved Race Trains, Also via a Trolley. 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