The evening world. Newspaper, September 19, 1922, Page 22

‘HITT. SQUARES ACCOUNTS WITH ST. LOUIS FANS BY WINNING DECIDING GAME ‘New York Outfielder and Pop-Bottle Victim Makes Hit That Practi- ’ cally Gives Hugmen An- other Pennant. THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1922. | AF By Bozeman Bulger. DETROIT, Gept. 19. HE Yanks fight the Tigers to-day, but after what they have been 2 through for three days any ordinury scrap will be like shooting cay pistols at a picnic, They look on this asa rest area, Though dated Detroit, this, in fact, is being written on a fast-flying express train out of St. Louis, which was held for nearly an hour to en- able our hungry, smiling and perspiring athletes to escape the havoc they had wrought in the home of the Browns. Their brows are still beaded as ~{f in a poker sweat. Across the aisle from me sits a little tow-headed fe) low, his forehead still swathed in a bandage. ‘Say, Whitey,” the bellowing voice of Babe Ruth calls to him, “I ‘reckon that wasn't the old cat's collar button, eh? Your bean hurt now?" “Naw, never did hurt much,” said Whitey, blushing. “I'll say that on felt good, though. Oh, boy!” “And if you had not caught that one on the button I'd have died,’ added Joe Bush, looking up from a pinochle hand, “What was it, a curve?” An elderly woman passenger made her way timidly through the car. She spotted the white bandage, Witt Is Stilt Wearing Bandage. “Oh, this is Mr. Witt, you poor boy. It was just retribution.’ “I'll say it was, haw, haw. haw,” razzed the other players as Whitey, Mlushing to his cars escaped to the dining car, There again the bandage was observed. All the passengers carried ®porting extras and wanted to say a kind word to Witt. He was the hero, the wounded soldier, the individual victor of a campaign the like of which baseball will not see again soon, Whitey rebelled at the sympathy. He wanted to hear them talk about that ninth-inning hit, though, the one long poke that broke the heart of all St. Louis, Whitey liked what the strange woman said about retribution, but he didn’t want the players to know that he felt that way. lt really was fetribution, and it was more of drama than the most observant of athletec realized. We got the back wash of it in the stand. Witt’s single in that ninth inning when all seemed lost was exactly as if #ome one had heaved a pail ef ice water on a red hot stove. I do not cxag- ‘werate. I could not. After thirty-two years of waiting St, Louis fans had the golden apple ‘™ their grasp. They roared at the feel of it, If the hated Yanks could be ‘disposed of their dreams would come true. Taunts were hurled at the New York weiters, some of which were not fit for print. When Whitey Witt “cume to bat with the bases full and two runs needed to win they forgot to wpplaud him, forgot their regret that two days before he had been lying on hig face in the outfield knocked unconscious by a pop bottle. On Sunday the whole town had sot of petted him. No Sympathy for Witt in Final. “Knock the bandage off his head," some forgetful fellow back. of ds yelled $ Bang!" Whitey caught the ball squarely on the nose. It was a clean line single to centre, Two runs skimmed ove: the pan, St. Louis was licked. . After all, they had been dreaming dreams—just dreams, They had soaked Whitey on the head with a pop bottle, but he, with a baseball bat, had broken the heat of alf St. Louis and the Southwest It was downright tragic. The faces of those about us blanched. The loudest-mouthed went mute. A woman sitting near me turned deathly pale and stared for several seconds. ‘‘It is terrible!"’ she finally sobbed, Dozens ef them broke down and cried. From then until the finish not another sound was heard throughout the great throng, Whitey had stabbed them to the vitals, Even when the Browns came back for their last half there was ro encouragement. Even the players bad been broken in spirit. In twenty-five years of baseball the veterans of the scribes and coaches hud never seen anything like this. For a moment we almost felt a pity that ‘puch hopes had been shattered, It was too tragic to be funny. ~ Jacobson, who hit The last ball, a grounder to McNally, quit abruptly, seclining to run out the hit. He dogged it. The Yanks may go ahead now and trim up the Tigers and the Indians fo taste, but they will never win a ball game that meant so much as the Teart-breaker of St. Lout "Yes," said Witt, sheepishly, at the dining table, “if retribution is the Word that's what it is, I handed it back to 'em."' Fans Thought Browns Sure Thing. ‘The beginning of the downfall of the Browns was an overindulgence tn ategy by Lee Fohl. He overplayed his hand. Too much science is bad for inyone, and Lee now suffers the effects of strategic indigestion. Young Dixie Davis had been pitching masterful ball, so masterful that he was a full length ahead of Bullet Joe Bush, the wizard of both leagues. It was thi ‘nth inging and thesBrowns were a run in the lead. There was nothing t iope of a butting rally, The guns of our murderers’ row had been stully spiked, Already the great crowd had begun to celebrate, Boys, anxious to br tifst in the line of triumphal march, were squeexing past the ropes on to the playing field. The mounted police were vainly trying to hold them back ‘The grass was covered with thrown straw hula, “Then—"Whang!" Wallic caught one on the button and whipped it back at Davis #0 hot thi in't hold the pill, It went for a single. A passed ball sent Schany tg second. The Browns gathered in the middle of the diamond as a com ipiltee of the whole j._ To (he amazement of the spectators Fohl ordered Davia out and sent ‘n WAGoit, who has a reputation for strikipg out batters in a pinch, Before , though, Miller Hugging had sent Elmer Smith in to bat for Ward in the hope of getting a home run. With the change of pitchers Huggins with ‘opw Smith and sent in MeNally,'a right-hander, On the first ball pitched We Nally Severeid threw to third, but too late, Both runners were e. 4 of striking out Scott as the strategy t led for, Pructt itn from yesterday, pitched four balls wide of the plate and the bases wore Wed. Joe Bush forced out one, leaving the bases still full Pohl withdrew Pruett and sent Shocker to the rescue. More strategy Gh the second ball pitched Whitey Witt sent home his stab of retribution Hullet Joe Bush with this chance Jumped on the enemy with all his meht. Even Sisler failed to hit the ball out of the diamond, and his lone ptins vcore for forty-one games went down in the crash that kille We hurried for taxicabs, being allowed to pass through the great gapping eipwd without has a murmur. The town was still stunned as ou siting train pulled ont for Detroit, Probably they picked at the covers 1gpt mir fi Wellow New Yorkers, let me tell you, that was a ball game. : ’ HERE’S HOW THEY STAND NATIONAL LEAGUE, : we Pe Wo MiYork 86 55 610|Chic'go 75 66 Pukts'h. 81 62 565 Br’klyn 69 73 St.Lo'is 78 63 553 | Phila.. 51 98 Gin'ati. 77 66 539 Boston, 47 91 GAMES YESTERDAY. New York, 7; Cincinnati, 2. age, 4; Brooklyn, 3. sburgh, 11) Philadelphia, 3 (tet). iladelphia, 6; Pittebyrgh, 2 (2d) Louis, 6; Boston, 4. GAMES TO-DAY. gh at Philadel; > ‘St. Loule at AMERICAN LEAGUE. L. Pe i|Cleve'd, 71 73 499 .Lo'l 87 Ga 200! Weet'n es 70 ane Detroit. 77 69 528 Phila,. 69 83 415 Chie'ge 73 72 503 Boston. 67 86 .399 GAMES YESTERDAY, New York, 3; 8t. Louis, 2. Chicago, 7) Boston, 0. Detroit, 11) Washington, 5. Philadelphia, 4; Cleveland, 3, GAMES TO-DAY. New York at Detroit, Washington at St, Louis. Boston at Cleveland, Philadelphia at Ghioago, 484 -367 341 ‘THE YANK FAN GETS News FReom THE WEST. TONIGHT MikE O'DOWD aND Char? @) hapa 3 JROSENEERC ONIF- HOUNDS BY oe Cagn& Bor Bop pe sr gor HAs | cae Y FoR a pow Op SIBERIAN BAU PpoPost $ AN IDEA TO MAKE IT Complex FoR RECORDS OF PROBABLE WORLD SERIES PLAYERS ‘ NO. 1—THE FIRST BASEMEN 1922 RECORDS. Sisler. Pipp Kelly. Grimm. Sale hits 175 181 165 BUNS: cicacene 5 88 128 of Katting average 380 B84 202 Fielding chances 156515441846 Errors...... eee 18 u 10 Fielding average eee 998 998 992 Double plays .. 4 108 91 Stolen bases ...... é u 4 (Above averages Include games played Sept. 15.) 1921 RECORDS. Sisler. Pipp. Kelly. Grimm. Bale DIG nc. csconae 216 4 181 154 Batting average 871 296 308 24 Fielding chances 1885 1619 1685 1598 Fielding ayerage ........ -. 098 900 990 04 LIFETIME BATTING AVERAGE, Sisler. Pipp. Kelly. Grimm, Years in majors...... ..... 8 8 4 4 Average cesses «- BOS 278 200 278 WORLD'S SERIES RECORDS. Pipp. Keily. Batting +154 238 Fielding. . . 1000 1000 By Ed Van Every. World's Series first base play, no matter which clubs clash in the 1922 fall classic, should find the honors on the American League side ‘of the ar- gument. And if George’ Sisler of the rowns breaks into this particular se- ries—there {sn't any argument orge ts not alone the peer of pres- day guardians of the getaway but ts also considerable of a ent station, all team all by his lonesome. Next to Sisler, however, the other Amert- can I ue entry, Wally Pipp, is now monopolizing the limelight among the first Jadividu kere. y it might be argued that jeorge Kelly is the stronger hitter and Chatley Grimm the more brilllant lielder. Hatting records may be taken to prove that Kelly is batting a few points better than Pipp this season, has smacked the bal} at a twent point higher mark over thelr major lougue years, and in their only World's Series appearance Jast fall the willow wielding honors were de- cidedly with George, but both falling below expectation On the question of flelding many baseball sharps will tell you that from an unbiased point of view Charley Grimm does his stuff better around first than any one in his Hne since the Hal Chase, Some claim he To the Grimm admirers we would answer that Kelly ler and Pipp have all taken part in more double plays than Grimm, that the Pitts- burgh boy really has but a slight ad- vantage In flelding chances in the old average on last season's showing and is not quite holding bis ewn on. thé cold figures this season Kelly is really a far more efficient first base. man in every way than generally edited, but Ppp just now is playing the greatest game of his career and Is not Ukely to stop his dizzy pace if he gots in the big baseball show. To the Kelly supporters, while we are not ignoring the fact that next to Hornsby, Kelly drove in the most runs last season and seems to be holding his own and may be a little bit more in the battle of bats with Pipp, it ts significant that ‘‘Woolworth’’ ts bat- ting sixth in the batting order while Wally is in fourth place In other words, Kolly, despite his good looking batting average, has been dropped from the clean-up posi- tion by no less a keen and tnterested observer than his manager, John Mc- Graw. On the other hand Wally Pipp has been hitting of late with such per. sistent frequency in the pinches that he has been advanced over no less a batsman than Bob Meusel, as the other half of the Yankee plitcher- wrecking combination (Ruth being, of course, the other 50 per cent.). It seems on the whole pretty safe to argue that Pipp, next to Sisler, means the most in the coming World's Series on the important point of at- tack, PLANS COMPLETED FOR BIG POLO TEST Arrangements have been completed for the International polo matches between the Meadow Brook “Big Four’ and the champion Argentine Polo Federation on es JOHNSON THE PENNANT DASH. GAMES LEAD. GlantS.eereeee 6 Yankees.e.see 115 GAMES TO PLAY, Glants. +18 Yankees +10 Pirates... Browns, -9 IF Giants win seven games it would be Pirates to capture the pennant even if they won every one of the games they have still to play. The coming series between New York and Pitts- burgh which starts to-morrow should practically settle the race. Yanks by taking the sertes from the Browns have a distinct advantage as they have one more game to play than the St. Louls combination, and if that should result in a victory the Browns will be compelled to pick up two full games which, with only nine more to play, is no easy matter. Uf the Hugmen play only .500 ball from now on the Browns will be compelled to take seven more games and play at a .777 pace. of their remaining impossible for the YI Big Series Opens YANKS | LOOK UPON TIGERS’ pete AS SORT OF REST PERIOD rs THE SPORT SHEET Copyright, 1993 (The New York Evening World), by Press Publishing Company. By Thornton Fisher FLOYD JOHNSON YI WT THRO THE Heine wrooos Faris FAPERS @opy, THE WorLDs GREATEST MIS PLOYERL BILL TIEN WINS THE aeD |G OFTHE CUP: Monn E shep-ws Here, We Hope, . Two Weeks From To-Morrow Two weeks from to-morrow the first game of the World's Series will get under way with the Polo Grounds presumably the scene of the ove: This important game of the 1922’ diamond classic. a] tter was decided by the toss of a coin yesterday at a meeting of major league officials held in Chicago, with the toss going te the will start the seri a private Polo Grounds affair, with a to indicate which club with resumption of the series In New 8 the home team, tween the Yankeee and the Giants it will, of course, be National League; which consequently change of home to travelling uniforms “at home.” Anyway, the firt tvo games will be in New York without much doubt, and if a trip to St. Louis is ne day, Oct. 6, will be taken up in travelling, with games abroad O: sary Fri- , Band 9 York If necessary 01 Tuesday, Oct. 10. In case of a tie, a coin will be again tossed to decide the home team. Prices for this Fistic News and Gossip By John Pollock Two clubs are scheduled to hold bouts to-night. At Ebbets Field Dave Rosenberg and Mike O'Dowd will clash in the feature bout of fifteen rounds, The Pioneer Club, on East 24th Street, will reopen under the management of Jim Huckley, and Nate Siegel, the New England wel- terweight champion, and Italian Joe Gans will clash in the main eyent. Sid Marks, the Canadian lightwoteht cham plon, whe fighta Joe Tipitis, tie Lhliadeipht tornado, next ‘Thurs Surf Ave A. A. Coney tnlat the Quaker Cit feta Won Siplitz anh Fett, and ki bie, team to be played on International Field chmaker John Marrow of the Ninth at Westbury, Long Island, on Oct. 4 @aturcay. t pee and 7. Drawings for the Waterbury ast side. an on Cup games bring Argentine and the] will meet Simm Gandy of Meadow Brook Freeacoters together on] the feature pout for ty . h the op , Sept, 27, while the] 1x8 foot Shelburne fours will clash | wii) \ mh tin on the felto Sept. 28, The] bout for eis’ Gnal mateh ts Sept. 80, and will be between the win- ners of the first two encounters. ranged with tho more evenly balanced go that the four teams, all of thom of about thirty-goal handicap rating, shoul) provide one of the greatest match play tournaments of the season, CHANCE FOR JOHNSTON TO SQUARE ACCOUNTS WITH TILDEN SATURDAY The two Bills—"Big Bill," Na- tional champion, and “Little Bill," his greatest rival, clash for the twelfth time Saturday jn the East-West matches at the West Bide Tennis Club, Forest Hills. Johnston is captain and No. 1 men on the Western team, and Tilden plays No. 1 for the East. ‘The matches will be played on the courts used for the Davis Cup series, The Tilden-Johnston feud stands alx to 5 in the former's favor, so the Californian has @ chance to aquare accounts. heduled for Saturday, The two American teams have been re-ar- {dea of making them Ray Pryel, the (Pa) Hahiweight mateh in thle w ight Phil Rosenberg. t aatcstenoing, Ti flywoight, one of te unt Commonwealth Sporting ( day night. Bari Raird, who at Praent ts boxing {n the nin i ing for the near future th Brooklyn 44 from the ‘started to get himaelt ‘only heen boxing five yon beaten, He has we twenty-one of ther is now under the mana n, Naht toh Hast side boxing Fane have mn new ta ii hg. bantam sight ra pe BAT Bid haw won Be ‘| players on the team, and at times he "jon a new lease of life. will be $1 to $6. Brooklyn Fans Regret Passing of ‘Sherry’ Smith Big Left-Hander Is Sent to Cleveland at Waiver Price. By Joseph Gordon. OT since the passing of George Burns from the Mne-up of the Glants has the trade or sale of a player been so keenly felt by the fans of Greater New York as the dis- posal by the Brooklyn Nationals of Sherrod Smith, affectionately known as “Sherry.” Smith was claimed by the Cleve- land Indians at the regular waiver price and is to report to that club at once, The Indians were the only team in the major leagues that de- the services of the big teft- hander. The announcement of Sherry's de- partuve from the Robins came as ao surprise to followers of Left-handers are scarce ar- © days, and the Robins are supplied than any of the other teams, ‘Dutch’ Ruether ts the only left-hander left on their staff, with the exception of Clarence Mitch- ell, whom Robble is trying to develop nto a first baseman, Smith was one of the most popu sired ticles: the hy, better i got some very excellent pitching out 1 his system, He joined the Robins in 1915 and proceeded to make good at once, In his first year with the Robins -he won twelve games and lost eight for a percentage of .636, His antics on the coaching lines, where Manager Robinson often sent him because of his thorough knowl- edge of baseball, never failed to get 2 augh out of the crowd, He was liked by every one. President Ebbets made it a point to all in newspaper men after the an- nouncement of the waiver had been made, and eulogized Sherry by say- ing that not in all his baseball ex- perience has he ever met a player pleasanter to deal with than Smith, The owner of the Brooklyns said further that the probabilities are that with new surroundings and new faces end a new outlook, Smith may take All the play- ers expressed their regret at Sherry's leparture, Smith had nothing to say when ucstioned about the release, He took the whole thing as a matter of course, ‘The Robing dropped their final kame with the Cubs at Ebbets Field Lu bantam of not thin two weeks, yesterday after getting off to a fino start. Dassy, Vance pitched | re markably good game, striking out 2 good many of the dangerous Cubs and getting out-of several bad holes. But the big, red-headed flinger weak- ened in the ninth and allowed the Cubs to walk off with the honors. For once the Robins gave him good support. Two Chicago pitchers were hatteret off the hill, but the third, Virgil Cheeves, held.them safely and made the lead his team had given him do the trick. The Robins threatened to tle the score in thei~ half of the ninth, but the much abused Virgil, whose last name most of the customers try hard to mispronounce, tightened up and retired the side Three straight hits off Vance In the ninth did the work for the Cubs. Hack Miller, a newcomer named Adams, who is playing second base fer Chicago, and Farrell each hit safely, filling the bases. A single by Statz and a sacrifice fly did the rest. The score was 4 to 3, JACKSON, HERMAN AND SNYDER WIN BATTLES PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 19.—Fighting in the same form that made him one of the leading contenvers for the Hght- weight championship, Willie Jackson, York Nghtweight, his superiority over in a fast sensational New clearly demonstrted Harry Kid Brown of this city eight-round contest at the Olympia A. A here Inst night before a crowd that packed the club to the doors, Brown, with victo! to his credit over Johnny Dundee, Fal Moran, Jimmy Hanlon and @ score of ot met his Yorker, who Taking the ‘ead his rights and master in the speedy N never let him get se ‘trom the opening gong, lefts to the Jaw ani body keeping the Philadelphia’ boy on the defensive throughout the eight rounds. In another feature bout of elght rounds, Willie Herman, Hehtwelght tender from Paterscn, N. J., gave Joc Kid Murray such a beating that Referee Frank O'Brten stor the contest in the sixth round to save Murray from further punishment. Making his first appearance tn Phila Lew yer of New York knocked out Al Wills of this city In the sixth round with @ terrific right hook to the Jaw, a INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. A ne Balto, 114 £6 .695 WwW. L. PC. Toro'to 75 84 .472 Rooh’r 101 61 622 "g 69 90 434 Buffalo *94 68 [30 | Syrac’e 60101 ..73 J. City, 81 81 500 New'rk 51110 317 GAMES YESTERDAY. Jersey City, 7) Newark, 6, Baltimore, 3; Reading, 3 us Innings; called account derkni Toronto, 2) Rochescer, 1 ch Innihga). GAMES ‘TO-DAY, (No games scheduled.) SHOWS SOMETHING IN BROOKLYN BOUT hla Coast Heavyweight Give Promising Performance in Knocking Out Williams. -OYD JOHNSON may be auitea Ways from taking a crack at Jack Dempsey and his heavyweight title, but {t will probably take con- siderable of a fighter to knock Mr. Johnson off before his ambitions realized. From what Floyd displayed in his nine round K. ©. of Larry Williams at the Broadway Exhibition Association, Brooklyn, Iast evening, this product of the four-round boxing game of the Coast “has something.” He has the size and the health for one thing, is In fact a powerfully set up young fellow of twenty-two and looks Ike he might get along in the fighting game, for he handles his 198 pounds of fighting beef with consider- able ability and agility. Not only does he step around pretty well but he “shoots’’ a neat straight left, takes a punch without losing his head—in fact he Shows about everything one sould expect of a big boy who !s only, fighting about two years. With some perfection in defense, the rough ed; smoothed off and proper nurst: floyd Johnson is Ukely to amount to something. Johnson comes east with @ reputa~ tion that may not mean much in this vicinity aside from knocking a toad off the feet of the fat Willle Meehan for a decision. but last night's affair was his fourth knockout while in our midst and number four was at th expense of a rough trial-horse, Larry Willams. Williams has fought most of the big fellows like Brennan and Miske, and previously to last night had been stopped only by Tom Gib- bons and Kid Norfolk, Possible Johnson did not finish Williams tn a particularly workman- like manner and to some it might have seemed that the Coast boy's punch is not as deadly as it might be. However, Williams’ experience makes iim a hard man to hit right. Larry knows how to pull with the punches and has an tron jaw. On top of this it was claimed that Johnson hurt his right hand tn the first round. Th writer made it a point to examine Johnson's hand afte the fight and said mauler was found to be in bed shape sure enough. However, his left was all Johnson needed with him last night and he sure fed ¥t to Larry Williams a-plenty, In the fifth round Williams put cve, a right hand full on the “‘button’’ i Johnson went right about his business of lefthanding his man as though nothing much had happened and we then decided that we liked Floyd not a little Several times from the fourth round on It looked like Williams was through for the night but Larry managed to keep his feet until the ninth round when he went down for the nine cour” from a left clip to the Jaw and a fer seconds later was dropped again in @. sitting position with another left and stayed sitting. This round lasted two minutes and fifteen seconds, Jack Kearns, Dempsey’s manager, was an interested observer of the pro~ ceedings and acted like a man who had hopes of business picking up. ee MALONE ‘CLAIMS DOWNF.Y “DOPED” BOXING GLOVES ©., Sept. 19.—Jock Ma- Paul middiewetght, last night COLUMBUS lone, St. won the judge's decision over Bryan Downey, Cleveland, In a twelve-round bout. When Malone's left eye became » In the tweltth he protested that hing had been placed on Downey's out was halted and after gloves: an examination and considerable wran+ sling the boxera were ordered to pro- ceed According to a number of persons a the ringside, Downey's cheat bathed with liquid taken from a smal The bottle and some of its con said to be in the hands of ® rof the Boxing Commission iy Dunn, manager of Downey mment on the affalr Boxlng Commlssion wil jal Investigation of the 1 determined yet sport writers, Mal host of elght rounds, Ti edge in three and one was even Whether nduct nn off r has not cording had th had the to GIANTS LOOK SURE, YANKS GAIN GROUND in the Once again the chances are favor of New York having World's Series all to iteelt, In the American ague, the Yankees are now one and @ halt kamesx in front of the St. Louls Browns with ten to play. The Browne mn thelr nine remainto; the Yankees are losing five out of ten to win the pennant, If the Yankees win slx out of their Inst ten games, St. Loule must take eight out of nine tw capture the In ti al League, the Gtante are now six full eames trent ‘They have thirteen games to play to eleven for Pittsburgh, If New York wins seven ont of ( thirteen, the pennant will be sate even If the Pirates win eleven