The evening world. Newspaper, September 5, 1922, Page 20

eee -MORVICH WILL — ep ——- Latest Defeat Proves That Derby Winners to Big Things Don’t Goon Unseasonable Training for Early Stakes Has Spoiled Most of Them. By Vincent Treanor. ACING history seems to be *- Peating Itself in the ca Benjamin Block's two-y: ohampion Morvich. Like most Ke tucky Derby winners the colt ap Parently is destined to finish his @areer among the most ordinary horses, unless he « retired to savy some of the lustre attached to his name. Immediately after yesterday's race, Mr, Block stated Morvich would not be seen under colors again this season ‘The horse will be retired and given @ good rest. He will come back to the races again next year and Mr Block thinks he will win many an- other race, Morvich was beaten again yester- @ay under conditions which seemed most favorable to him, He finished outside the money In a@ four-horse race, much to the disappointment of Owner Block, Trainer Burlew und « crowd of holiday racegoers who backed him. ‘The unbeaten two-year-old used to revel in mud and he also had the wood habit of dashing away from the barrier out into a long lead. At times he could come from behind and win off. Yesterday he had none of his old-time spirit at the start. Instea he was propping himself back from the webbing as it flew up. It must be admitted that Morvich had a speedy Miss to catch In Care- ful, but he couldn't begin to get near ber, In the first quarter of a mile tho chase apparently disheartened him and he dropped back almost out of contention, Of course alibis are forthcoming for nearly every occasion, and it may be that Morvich's propping at the barricr ruined his racing chances right there, but still if he had the old-time wavs with him he might at least have run up to Careful and matched his speed with hera. This, however, he couldn't or wouldn't do. Derby winners, with few exceptions, the most notable being Omar Khayyan and Exterminator, have amounted to little after running in the Kentucky clasic. The race requires such an early Preparation that trainers with good horges are beginning to pass up the event, with an eye to the future. It takes an extraordinarily good three-year-old to stgnd the long, un- seagonable grind in being fitted for the ateke, and few get over it. Mor- RITCHIE THREATENS TO PULL COME-BACK BAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept. 5.— ‘Wille Ritchie, who was lightweight champion of the world from 1912 to 1914, le to re-enter the ring this fall, according to word fram Del Monte, Cal., where the former title holder 1s playing in the California State golf tournament. Ritehle will go East carly next month, according to present plans, to place hin wclf under the wing of some New Yor! promoter. ‘Binoe his retirement several years ago, Ritehie, whose name in private life is Geary Steffens, has been in the tire here and has been keeping tm condition by playing golf won the title from Ad Wolkast, and He fost it to Freddie Welsh, who was un- | di erowned by Benny Leonard. ee 8ST, PAUL PRACTICALLY CLINCHES A. A. PENNANT ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 5.—With the American Association pennant pra ically qlinched, St. Paul went into the peventh game of its series with Min- Heapolis here to-day, 14 2 games ahead of the Millers and 15 games whead of Indianapolis and Milwaukee. Bt. Paul has $1 games left to play, five of which are with the Millers, In order to nose out the Saints, Minnca. polis must win all of its 40 remaining contests while the league leaders take only 15. Negotiations probably will be started @oon to arrange for the minor leag @hamplonahip series with Baltimore International League leaders. ‘Total Fee Ouitert. Hoodiand. .. v4 jobert Jones, Atlanta... Oyril J, Talley, England rid im ZExvozeE Y i Dyer, Upper Montclair M, Llere, Greenwich ims tmore . © F Welle, Barton F In the play-off of the last three plac a. M. Well eliminated, Among to qualify were: ‘M, Wells, Enst Liverpool..#2 80—162 Valley..78 84-162 Armour, Westchester _THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1922,” uf Morvich vich appears to bo the latest example, Stakes like the Derby and the Preakness too are run tuo early tn the r to be of any value a8 a teat or of any benefit to the breeding industry. y are att ve principally for the y value and the pre which m as gone with victory in the past, but time Is proving to owners and trainers | that the glory in connection with sych | races Ia becoming too short-lived to make them worin while. The New Orleans racing authorities are making a bold attempt to raise the tone of the sport conducted during the winter on the Crescent City | tracks. John Dymond, President; | Ben C. Casanas, Vice President, and R. S. Eddy jr,, General Manager, of the Southern Association, have been in town some time hoping to gain the Jockey Club's consent to supervise their racing. The Jockey Club would be doing a big thing for New Orleans if {t agreed to do so, Ruddy Ensor rode Hereafter to an easy victory In the opening event, was second on Ducks and Drakes in the third race and was third on Trevelyan. | A few more days like that and Buc THOSE WHO QUALIFIED IN AMATEUR TOURNEY ron Buxton were hose who failed will acquire some needed confidence and encouragement, Sunday's Best got a lot of myster- fous support tn the last race, She was all tangled up as the barrier went up, but couldn't run any after that. It was supposed that she would fly in the mud, Peter Brown must be put down as | a quitter was played by some of the smartest among the rainy day | crowd. He had his usual flash of | early speed, but Prima Donna going along with him made him stop before | he reached the final elghth. Copyr Sa ee _ NOT BE SEEN UNDER COLORS AGAIN THIS YEAR | ight 1922 (New York Evening World) by Preas Publishing Co. RIGHT IY OUR OWN HE ONLY GIF THE "WATER DIONT EFFECTS |CHANPION LYNCH ALMOST KNOCKS Fogcow Long Vacation Planned By the Schedule Makers For the Yankees Is Off * means one day off anyway. Washington will drop in for battle on Friday and Saturday. So, you see, the long vacation planned by the schedule makers has been pretty well mussed up. We are going to have a lot of baseball. Nothing but more rain and possible backfire from the cripples can prevent our Yanks from fattening while the Browns grind their teeth and tackle tough pickings. It's the first real soft spot the Yanks have dropped in all year. In spite of the dig taken Into his bankroll by the loss of the Labor Day crowd Colonel Huston, the first of the magnates to swim ashore, broke Into a broad grin at news of Mr. Barrow's astuteness. “What we lose out of the vest," he pointed out, ‘goes into Joe Bush's arm—and {t's worth money, Samuel P. Jones also will be well rested. In fact, the Sunday and Monday lay-off has put us just right for this final potshot before going westward,"’ “But suppose the Red Sox should turn on you and drop a ton of bricks right in the middle of all ‘these plans?"" we inquired, killjoy-like, Might do tt—they might," he agreed, “but if the Red Sox have come up that strong they'll also’ be strong enough to help us trim the Browns, You know We are not sup- posed to lick the whole west single- handed," Though Miller Huggins had not Leen rescued from the surging billows of the outfeld at that time the Colonel'a remarks would indicate that the Yanks intend to shoot Joe Bush and Sam Jones at the Red Sox to-day. Arranged for Red Sox to Stay and Play Double Headeer To-Day aid Single Game To-Morrow. By Bozeman Bulger. UT for the foresight of the sched - ule makers in leaving Sept. 5, 6 and 7 open to the mercies of astute business managers, the ele- ments might have delivered a masterly strike for the St. Loula Browns, With just a few days left to the Yanks for picking on cripples, the Labor Day washout loomed up like a real calam- In addition to thinning the bank- roll of the Colonels, the Champs were facing a week of idleness. Cripples were about to make good their es- cape. Then Ed Barrow took a look at the schedule, particularly the blank holes in it. “Labor Day means little to the average New Yorker,” Mr, Barrow sald to Hughey Duff: 0, if you've got nothing else to do, why not stay over and make It a big show Tues- ay “We've really got nothing to do un- til Thursday," admitted Mr, Duffy. “Of course We had intended having @ look at the races, but"'—— Mr. Barrow picked up the telephone and put her in high for long distance. Here's what happened: The Athletics agreed to call off thetr engagement just made with us for Wednesday and lump it in with their regular game on Sunday for a double- header, The fans may thus give the Yanks a real old fashioned send-off. The American League season in New York, you know, closes Sept. 10. ‘That game being out of the way the Red Sox agreed to stay over and play @ single game on Wednesday in addition to the doubleheader to-day There is nothing that can be done bout Thursday as the Red Sox play Athletics in Boston that day, That And while this after-the-flood con- was feeling around for suggestions. The job is a tough one. The name of the sel to be placed on a m name to be added each y mitte of baseball write: ar, A com- stions, the ballots being secret e player getting the gr af points wins the honor Ume it ra League? contest, as yet. ieA felder or base rr to seloct a man wh greatest general Kov¢ are barred, out Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker, would have got # lot of votes. heard four names mentione Schang, Beott and Pipp. at Lowell, Braeburn. MH Auguatus, Maytieid Raymond J Daly, Flosamoo L 1, Brodin, ‘Detroit nit the league. Scott most certainly } ference was at {ts height in dropped Mr, Hanna, of the committee that is to select the most useful player in the American League for this season, He d player ts nument that 1s being erected in Washington, a new one from ach city--has been appointed to the choice, They vote on their test num- iis Ought to give the fans a Ittle something to think about tie next s. For instance, what player do you regard as the most yal- vable to his team in the American The National League has no best hitter t# not necessarily the man; nor is the best pitcher, or pner, The idea is work ja of the the man whose rounds in his favor the spectators thought he should have been given the verdict, personality as well as playing has inspired the whole club to better ef- forts, Playing managers, of course, tunately this lets hey It is pretty hard to pick one man out of the Yanks. So far I have —Bush, Bush has won twenty-two games, which must be regarded as consider- able inspiration, Wallie Schang has been an Insptration to pitchers, to the whole club, Not only that, but he has been one of the best pinehhitters in 4 built up morale by his beautirul work at short He bas pepped up the whole glub. |jjaschall To-day, do The Pennant Dash . GAMES LEAD. Yankees ...... 1|Giants .. GAMES TO PLAY. Yankees Browns . Yanks win 17 of remaining games the Browns cannot afford to drop five out of their 21 games, so that the Hugmen must only maintain a .608 pace, while the Browns play .761 ball, Giants win 14 of remaining games the Cardinals, Cubs and Pirates, who are just now in a three-cornered battle for second place, must play over .700 per cent. ball, while the Giants fall to a .600 pace. LIVE WIRES By Neal R. O’ Hara. Western politicians have for years declared that New England is the vatl- end of the United States. The major league standings prove it. . . * Every summer the Cards and Browns are pennant contenders, And every fall they play for the champton- ship of St. Louts. Despite that home runs are com- mon, it 1s true that they're also pra- ferred, es ee ‘The Cubs have a chance this season for the rst time since Frank re- signed. eee Bill Tilden's service certainly is there, Bill serves @ column and a half a day to all his syndicate suo- scribers, eee Experts that claimed the Giants would crack under the strain are right. The Glants are cracking base- hits every day in the week, oe . An all-New York World's Series will keep the players in Manhattan and the ticket scalpers right on Broad- way, as usual, . Braves Field, Boston, can seat more persons than any park in the world, and it's got the empties to prove It. AL NORTON EARNS DRAW WITH NATE SIEGEL ROY, Sept. 5.—Al Norton, the crack Yonkers welterweight, who hasn't boxed for four months, returned to the ring here and fought m sensational twelyn- round draw with Nate Siegel, the New star, who recently stopped athens HOME RUN LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE, Hornsby, St. Louis..., Williams, Philadelphia Kelly, New York..... Meusel, New Yor Lee, Philadelphia AMERICAN LEAGUE, Walker, Philadelphia Wilhams, St. Louis Ruth, New York Heilmann, Detroit Miller, Philadelphia —~ le header 18 Norton had most of the and & majority of st gma Lid Pe tkayt, —Ohleage at Cinoinnatl, [Records Prove Bancroft & | able Than Yanks, By Robert Boyd. bat. Time and again {t wan assorted that Everett |rmer Red Sox Captain, Scott of the Yankees was a better shortstop than Davey Bancroft of the|two players. the premier shortstop of to-day. The two clubs, n another world's series classic, pro- viding they both carne home in front ana boy, Scotty, was outhitting and teams clashed again tn the fall. The offictal figures ot the American hitting .272, He never was a great the big show Scott has amassed the} #tch him,’ said Nehf, following record; 1918 1919... has batted as follows: his hands on it."* 1915. « 254 | 1919. 272 Roger Peckinpaugh, with 1916. 212 | 1920. .299 | Yankees last fall outplayed Bancroft 1917 + 243° | 1921. 319 Jin the world's series. Scotty may 1918... Hitting is one of the potent factors of | the captaia of the Giants, baseball, Any one th n the Giants’ winnings this season as! iered Mitchell's men. HERE’S HOW NATIONAL LEAGUE, Pitts’h. 72 68 554 ie 71 88 .550 | Ph + 45 80 360) Detroit 69 64 .519| Phil, StL | ? Cin'ati, 71 69 46, Boston. 44 83 346) Chic'go 66 55, .504| Boston. 50 77 394 GAMES YESTERDAY, GAMES YESTERDAY. MORNING GAMES: MORNING GAMES. St. Louis, 6; Pittsburgh 3, ig Cincinnati, 4; Chicago, 3. AFTERNOON GAMES. Philadelphia, 6; Brooklyn, 4 (first), Philadelphia, 7; Brooklyn, 6 (16 in-| St- Louis, 12; Cleveland, 1. St. Lo nings (sevond), Chicago, 6; Detroit, 3, Pittsburgh, 6; St. Louis, 5. Philadelphia, 0; Wachington 4 (first), Cincinnati, 5; Chicago, 0. Washington, 2; Philadelphia, 0 .2d), New York-Boston, (Both games post- |New York vs. Boston. (Both games poned. .) postponed.) GAMES TO-DAY New York at Boston (2 games). Brooklyn at Philadelphia (2 games). Clevelard at 8t, Loule. Detroit at Chioage Better Shortstop Than OUT PAL MOG E New York Rival---Scott | Contrary to Expert's Opinion | ny other player on McGraw’s team aa He bats both right and left handed | Giant’s Star Is More Valu- | He ts without a doubt the best lead- off man in the National League and is a fast and heady base runner. Scotty has had a poor season at the Miller Huggins has been forced to take him out to let | BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 6. Ja pinch hitter bat for him. RECENT statement by a promi-|Elmer Sm’ has joined the club he A nent baseball writer, in which|has been baiting quite often for the CITY, Ind., Sept 5.—Joe | stew York Velodrome, oh, world's bantamwe! Mt char pion, | Broadway Pal Moore, th ten-round no-di Memphis chall cision contest Moore was all but knocked out fn the floored | and ¢ He also was} twice for counts of nin. dropped in the third round but did not ch had the better of the Arst and] eq Willy Applehan: his thind ith a. short riEht-| SEER SMITH SCORES ‘s|” EASY WIN OVER CLARKE bad dim In flelding we believe that Bancroft excels. Scotty is the steadier of the | He 1s more consistent Hants, has created quite a stir among|and throws with greater accuracy. jthose interested in ascertaining who Is] Bancroft appears to be slightly faster than Scott. He is a careless thrower, but most of his poor throws comparison was made while rating the] to Kelly, and there have been many Yankees and the] this season, have been after he had Giants, and their respective strength| Made a spectacular atop of a hard grounder, Bancroft goes after balls that no Inflelder in the country would go after and makes them look easy. in the present National and American] Scotty, Maranville and Charley Hol- League races, locher, the other closest g aed _| Shortstops make balls appear difficult Tt was alleged that the genial Tndl-Jinat Bancroft would handle with simple ease. Thus, Bancroft de- outflelding Bancroft and would have a|tracts much from ha brilliancy and decided edge over the latter if the two| the others show tu better advantage. Another thing that ranks Bancroft ahead of any other shortstop in either Knees in the hand punch to the chin. in @ second, alr with gloves In the sec thirty punches while culty connecting with ele ‘The fourth round was f Movre had w rly even, but! clev twice In this round. Lynch continued to score points in the | night defeated Marcel Thomas, the ighth and ninth, as Moore was boxing | French welterwelght, tm the fourth YESTERDAY’S SPORTS---THAT’S ALL - - - By Thornton Fisher SHf|PIUPNF BEATS. ~ FLAMINGO FOUR -—INPOLOMATCH Stoddard and Webb Stars of Game, Their Team Win- ning by 10 to 4. RUMSON, N. ¥,, Sept. 6.—Handicaps and friendship were thrown to the winds when play for the open polo ehampton- ship of Amer nd that means in this case the world—began yesterday at the Rumson Country Club, One match was bitterly contested to a clenr-cut decta- fon and another had to be postponed because of rain as a beginning ef what promises to be a week of most exciting polo. The crack Shelburne four won e dee cisive victory from the tenacious Flemins woes by 10 goals to 4 {n the morning match to-day, As the final bell rang, bringing the game to an end, rain began to fall and continued in such an Inces+ sant downpour during the afternoon that the match scheduled to begin at 4 o'clock between Orange County and the All-Ireland combination hud to be post- pon The match between the Orange and the Green will be played off at 11 o'clock to-day, so that the week's { ‘play will be in no red with by the postpone- » Meadow Brook and Eastoott 8 will be set against each other at 4 o'clock In the afternoon, The line-up follows Bhoitarne Position «Bast 2 Gootey -.. Prinee Cy. Webb ike; total, on; total, 4 121 0 1-10 D112 me nes. Umpire Timekveper Oriando Plant is not disheartened Memphis Bantam Is Dropped |v two) fesent setharis: te: aa nae Three Times by the New York Boxer. bad decisions rendered against him. | The Italian sprint star hopes to shake | off nis streal of hard luck for his big | return match rice with Alf Goullet, at | two-thirds of a mile, to-night at the h Street and Next in Importance 1s the return meeting between three of the greatest followers of motor pace in the world, Vincent Madonna, the Italfan; Clarence Carm: former American champion, apman, thrice American’ will meet in a twenty= race, the trio allotting wo laps to George Colum- Brask Anderson and four tile holder, Th mile handles distances of batto, three TULSA, Sept. 5.—Jeff Smith, the ver Bayonne middleweight, had Jackie vantage In the fifth! Clarke of Allentown In @ bed way te and sixth asa result of his flashy box- He cut Lynch's mouth tn the sixth Lynch kept trying to lan® short right- hand punches, and Moore backed tuto | Vict the ropes to keep out of danger, | Lynch knocked Moore down twice In the seventh round, the bell saving the Memphis challenger from a knockout, Moore's seconds worked frantically >v him during the minute's rest and Moo: came out for the elghth dazed and fatrly the last two rounds of thetr twelve- | round bout here. Smith won all the way and had no trouble securing the The promoters here are trying to secure Harry Greb or Johnny Wilson for Smith, who has never lost a bout here. Tea Moore took a count of nine| LONDON, Sept, 6.—Ted “Kid Lewta, | former wetlerweight champion, last round. the American or National League ts and National Leagues show Bancroft] his ability to play the batters in the to be an intinitely better hitter than] infield as Tris Speaker does in the Yankee contemporary. Scotty 1s outfield, While tn St, Louis on the is Agate ¥ 'liast Western trip with the World's Champions Arthur Nehf told us that hitter as long as he has been In the| Banny’s ability to play batters was major leagues. Since he broke into| nothing short of marvelous. walk to a certain part of the infield after McGraw has given the pitcher +221 | the signal on the hall to throw. knows from McGraw’s signals every | 1920....., .269 | hall that is being thrown and when | 1921....., .262 the batter hits around him you will To-day Bancroft is hitting .888,]observe that he is very near the ball During his sojourn in the majors he} and does not have to move far to put (Bpectal to The Evening Worl PHILADELPHIA, games to-day with the Phillies and to-morrow and Robins will have only two more with their easiest pickings of the scea- Brooklyn left » 265 | this fall if the two New York clubs This makes Bancroft, contrary to] Meet again, This, however, does not assertions, a better hitter than Scotty,|™ake either shortstop greater than son, both of which will be p it out-hits an- The Giants and Boston Braves will other the way Bancroft has Scott,|clash here to-day in the double- must be carefully reckoned with. Ban-| header that was postponed yesterday croft has been one of the most im-]on aecount of rain. Jesse portant guns in the great relentless|und Bill Ryan will be the New York attack of the World's Champions, He] pitchers and John Watson and Rube has played almost as important a part] Marquard will be on the mound for ay for a ‘Labor Day dou- ble-header they not overconfl- their winning percentage accomplishing dropped the first game by 6 to 4 in nine innings and the second by 7 to 6} or 4 That made four]! they in sixteen innings. victories for the Phillies in the seven teen games the Robins have THEY STAND XATIONA ET AMERICAN LEAGUE. . . . PO. i A w. PO. N.York 76 50 .603 |chic'go 70 59 542) N.York Ye er 608 Cleve'd 66 iy -500 "klyn 64 66 492] St.Lo'is 79 54 594) Wash'n 60 71 458 rele e tide the After what the Robins : four out of | Harry Shriver looked like a sur . the fans need | Winer when he had a i not be surprised at anything that goes [0% Lee Meag wrong with the dope was in a position|{9 the fifth and continued slipping wrday where he had to send sec the this season, Robbie could not turned against him end of the race did in the we five from the Chicago, 3; Detroit, 2 (10 innings). 10; Cleveland, 3, AFTERNOON GAMES, Phillies because his regulars were One regular due for the doubl- | disappointment t@ shriv y yJehut out the entice Hants last| With three hits, They get nine off Friday in the eighth inning of a ten-] Pim yesterd. inning game, which Cadore saved for|by Henline, was knocked out by Sherrod yesterday in the first haf the sixth inning of the second game’ fielded wall. Robins Play Two More With Phillies To-Day Brooklyn Team Hopes to] for @ home run by Hen!ine and a two Avenge Double Defeat of Holiday. bagger by Peters. Henline's homer into the left fleld bleachers came when Lee hatt taken two bases on a wild throw by Johnson and tt was fatal, Smith followed Mamaux, who retired when Ruether had bat for him in Two|the sixth. The Dodgers had @ load of three at the time the Phillies came to bat for the sixth, but the two runs on Lee's lite and Henline's error cut the lead to one run which was squared when the Phillies scored on Decatur ayed in} in the ninth Robins came} Decatur had a merry battle trom the sixth to the sixteenth inning with Pete Behan, a rookie right hander who was recalled by the Philadelphia to} club from London, Ontario, in the Michigwn-Ontario League The Phil- lies made seven hits of Decatur in the first nine innings he pitched after he relieved George Smith at the end sth, und they made three in & row in the tenth inning of Decatur's term. That bunch consisted 4] of 4 double in the sixteenth inning of the game by Behan after two were out and sing by Wrightstone and Rapp that han and made him winner of own ¢H fof 3too ows in the fifth inning me, but he began to sip f the tirs until the Mhillies bunched three alts ind a base on balls for mhree runs in t [the elzhth. His defeat a severe r, who had his your y, including a home rum a triple by Wrightatone and two doubles. Clarenee Mitehell The man to pitch the second game] returned to the Brooklyn lineup at Shorry| first base yesterday after being out the Phillies Jumped on|since tho lattor part of July with @ third|bad ankle, He did not get a hit, bus