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TSCRAP‘LOOKED'FOR ‘
A. BElWEENKAPlANANDHERMAN
First Connecticut Champion Will Get support
fense of Crown
Louis (Kid) Kapian. of Meridcn.
meets Babe Herman. of California
and New York tonight at the East-
crn League baseball path in Water-
bury in defense of his world's
featherweight boxing title. It will
be the first world's championship
held in this state since 'l‘erry Mc-
Govern and Young Corbett met in
Hartford book in 1001 for the same
crown.
First Nutmeg Champion.
“But it will be for more important
to Connecticut and New England
folks than was that battle of :5
years ago for this time. Connecti-
cut’s first tistic champion will be de-
fending his title for the first time
in it ring in his home. That's tho
romantic setting in which Connec-
ticut's “battle’ot‘. tho century" will
be staged.
There's very little more that can
be said' about these youngsters than
i. ' has already been enumerated time
n,
utter time. Kuplan fought his Wily
up through a. long list of fights un-
til finally through the tournament
staged by the New York Boxing
Commission and succeeded to the
throne once occupied by Johnny
Dundee. lie proved his worth to
win‘ his title; he is expected to show
' he is worthy of holding it against.
the advances of his opponent to-
night. - .
, .‘lct Five Times.
Hermon is costly tho-only man in
the geotherwcight ranks today who
has a‘chuncc with Kaplun. and he
certainly has it. good chance with
him. ‘uliicrmun was not picked for
the New York ’l-ourmuucnt but his
post tussles with Kaplnn .prove they
are Evenly matched. They have met
five times before. Each secured the
decision once and three times they
fought draws. So there is little to
choose between them. Both [have
show?) in their training work that
they are. ill. the top form for the
impending battle. They appear
evenly matched in every regard. So
, LIKE l‘A-N’I‘OMIME.
Baseball fans are quick to appre—
cltite.,good pantomime. That is why
Al Schuet and Nick Altrcek are such
a hit.
However. I doubt if Schuct and
A‘titi‘ock ever pulled off a better bit
'of baseball burlesque than it recent
incident at the Yankee stadium.
which featured iluy Schalk of the
Chicago White Sex, Aaron Ward of
the Tanks, and Umpire Tommy Con-
tio'lly.‘
,‘I Was umptring with Connolly at
the time and I never saw a. bit of
pantomime pulled by the two clowns
of baseball that went over any big-
ger than this bit~of unrchearsed
comedy. 1'“ wager some of the fans
present are still getting a kick out
of the , happening.
.Wsltid was the first man up to start
the inning. The first ball pitched
was fOulcd off, The next ball pitch-
.ed was called abull by Umpire Con- '
noliy.‘
‘ b
Catcher Schalk‘ thought it was
Hame Run Hitters in
,_,'_Games Yesterday
ynsrnnnn’s neurons.
Season's
Totla. ‘
Mouse]. Giants 1 is
Snyder, Giants ...... 1 ll
Riotfi‘ Browns . . . . . 1 10
Rowlings, Pirates 1 :
Laurette, Browns ..... t
u
'rrm LEADER. . -
, Aug. 20
~" 1925 1924
Hofifsby, Cardinals .. 33 22
Williams. Brown's 25 Ill
House], Yankees 2.5 B
th,Cubs......24 15
Simihons. Athletics .. 22 , .
’ .r. Robins 21. 25
Bot ey. Cardinals. 19 .111
3'1 , Giants 18 s-
Kelty,,Gisnts 1': 1e
W,Phillles is. a
Rutt,‘Yankees ...... to Q 40
.wn'slu. Pit-am 15 4
iflehblg‘, Yankees .... it, .
Escalation. Browns 13 15
Smith, Senators 13 7
(Mylar. Pirates 13 . 4
Speé‘kcr. .lndluns 12 fl
M .. us. Browns t! 5
Robertson. Browns .. la 2
Brooks. Cubs 13' .
5mg, Browns 11- ‘ it
I")? Robins ...-..11 _8
am Indians it '8
" .thnts ..-... it. s,
Mane, Phillies.. ll" 3‘ ‘
'{l‘lgers ..‘...... it 8
‘ . ‘Phlllles 10 n,
Blades. Cardin-ls ...-1o , s
Gl'lw v Cub! ._”,_._,.19.,. a
dull! gnu... ‘0 X l
WSox.......io ....
flaunts .......}.~.to, .
UE TOTALS To DATE.
1'1“!” ...-.353... 549
.m ......... 447
Z .—
.................. 7.90
5 ‘45" [OUR YEARS. (
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toss smiles:
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0f Record Throng Tonight in Waterbury—-
Says He Is in Good
Shape for Battle in De-
the greatest. bout in Connecticut
ever held in the state is sure.
A 'strong supporting card has al-
so been arranged. 1n the semi-final.
Shiok Leonard and Tracey Fergu-
son, long time rivals will inset with
the state welterweight title at
stake. They are scheduled for 10
rounds. In the eight. round prelim-
inary. Eddie Lord of Waterbury
meets Johnny O‘Keefo of Hartford
while the six round preliminary
brings together Buck Kelly of
Bridgeport and Frankie O'Brien of
Hartford.
Promoter George F. Mulligan is
making arrangements to handle the
larges crowd the: ever attended a
boxing bout in this state. Parking
space for 10.000 cars will be avail-
able on fields adjoining the baseball
park. .
The first bout will start at 8:30
o'clock. .
MERIDEL'. Aug. 27.~—(AP.) Louis
(Kid) lv’nplan featherweight chum-
plon. who defends his title, against
liabe Ilcrmun at the Waterbury
Eastern League ball park tonight
went through a. light workout yes-
terday and at the finish issued the
following statement ‘
“l'm‘in good shape and am go-
ing to win in as short: order as pos-
sible. If l-lcrman beats me. it won’t
be my‘ fault as I have trained hard
and am feeling line. That is all I
can say. I’ll do the rest with my
hands." '
lv'oplan was in it happy mood.
dancing around and showing plenty
of spirit. l-le uppcnreti absolutely
carefree and his attitude spread to
ills nmnugcrs. trainers and on-look-
nrs, whose spirits surged to a high
point.
Meridcu will be practically dc-
sertcd tonight. More fnns than at-
tended the lv'nplundv'rnmcr fight in
Madison Square Garden last Janu-
ary are expected to go to Water-
bury.
goud enough to be a‘strlkc. lie didn't
say a word but stopped in‘front of
the batter, removed ,hls cup and
dusted off the home plate.
_0 O 0
The next pitch was called a strike
but player Word thought it too low.
lie said nothing, but to let. Umpire
Connolly know that he disagreed. he
removed his cup and dusted off the,
pinto.
Sein‘tik's stunt in dusting off the
plate got a fair laugh. Ward‘s act
went over much bigger. The crowd
was enjoying Connoly's apparent dis-
comi‘iturc. ‘
The next pitch was a very bad
ball. high nud‘outsldc. Ward took a
wild swing at it. missing ii: a foot.
Now umpires never use their caps
to clean the home plate but Connolly
sensing the big chance, removed
same and dusted off the plate evet.‘
more carefully than his predecessors.
I D I ' -
The crowd was in an uproargut
the turn of events that gave the um-
pire the upper hand, and even Ward
laughed as he walked to the bench
after striking out.
‘ ' I O Q . 4
'Connolly. dean of the American
League staff, is unusual among um-
pires. Despite the fact that belies
seen 30 years of service. ho'still re.
tains' a. sense of humor that helps
him over many tough spots. ' .
When Ed Walsh. famous White
Sox pitcher. was in his prime. he
gave an umpire a day's work any
time he pitched. Walsh had remark-
able control, could keep his spitball
at the knee throughout the gems. ‘
'The low ball is the tough one for
the umpire. Most of Walsh's pitches
were just strikes or balls by the her-
rowest of margins. .
‘ Walsh was of the opinion that he
threw nothing but strikes. so natur-
ally he was dlspleatied anytime the
umplre ruled any of his efforts a.
ball. ~- v . . -
Well do I recall a game at the old
White Sox park. inmhiohiConnolly,
after having Walsh dispute a. num-
ber of his rulings. stopped the gains.
removetrhis cap. turned to ithe
grandstand. and in a. tone that could
be heard all over the pork. yelled:
I O l w .
"Ladicsand gentlemen: I want to
that Mr. Walsh throws nothing but
strikes.“ That ended the kicking for
the rest of the afternoon.
0 O_ O
FOUR STRIKES. " ’ .
Pitchers often most they are forc-
ed to throw four strikes before
whifflng certain batters. This is due
to alleged blindness on'the part? of
the umpire. ‘
I am inclined to think that Tommy
Connolly is the only- umpire who
knowingly gave a better four strikes.
Washington “has playing at Chica-
go. Malachi Kim-edge was catching
for Washington while Ed Walsh was
pitchin for the White Sex.
Kittr dge wits having" his troubles
making so much as even a. foul off
Walsh. He struck out his first two
up. swinging at every pitch.
0:: his third appearance. he must
have decided to wait out Walsh and
try for a base on balls. Connolly
called the first three pitches strikes.
Klttredge kicked on all of them 1311-.
ticularly the last one. AI‘ he rted
toward the bench, still kicldug. Con-
nolly yelled: » ' ‘
"Come back and have another, hit.
' . strikes" .‘ . ‘ .
apologize to you for not knowing ..
Bluege A Fine Youngster
By BlliliY EVANS
Each year in baseball produces
some outstanding star among the
younger players.
The present season is no excep—
tion to the rule. A number of
youngsters in the American and Na-
tionnl. who for several years have
shown great promise. must now be
rated stars.
I know of no player in the Am-
erican league more entitled to fav-
orable consideration in this respect
than Ossio lllucgo of the world
champions. Washington.
Bluege didn't. reach stardom over-
night. Hiscllmb up theiaddor of
baseball fame has been .a gradual
one.
He looked good in his debut but
had faults that had to be remedied.
By earnest effort and grim deter-
mination he overcame the flaws in
his play. which largely had to do
with his batting.
Bluego came to Washington four
years ago as a shortstop. But
Washington was in need of fl. third
baseman. so he was shifted to that
position.
He immediately gave evidence of
being a great fielder but looked none
too good at the bat and appeared to
be very weak on a curve ball.
This fault caused him to be ship-
pcd‘fito tho Minneapous club of the
American association .for further
seasoning. With that club he bat-
ted bettor than .300. At the close
of the season he reverted to Wash-
ington. .
Coming back to the Nationals in
1923 he b'attcd .245. Lost season his
average was .281, a jump of 36
points. This year he has been a
.300 or better batter since the open-
ing of the season and should show
at least a. 20-point improvement.
No longer is “lllucge a “sucker"
on fl. curve ball. l-le hits the book
a oil as the fast one. Pitchers no
longer regard it as his weakness.
Bluego. a brilliant fielder when he
broke into the majors. now per-
forms nothing short of sensational
around the difficult corner. ‘ ‘
There are no bad bounds for him.
own an
treat”...
through him. He is without an
equal in handling balls hit down the
line, unless it be Bill Knmm of the
White lion: '
in other words. l‘tlucgc is green
personified in the field. The great
Lajoie in his palmtost days had
nothing an illness in making hard
chances look easy. For that reason
he. falls to get much of the applause
llls throwing arm is a marvel of
accuracy. No third baseman in
either major league can get the ball
away from seemingly impossible po-
sitions as he docs.
lllucgo is not yet L'ii years of age
and looks good for from seven to
to years of active service. When
hr- finally passes out, his name is
destined to go down with the great-
(sccond game).
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Albany. 10; Hartford, 4.
Bridgeport, ti; l’ittslleld. 4.
Worcester. 6; Springfield. 3.
New Haven. 3: Waterbury. 0 (first
game). New Haven. 10; Waterbury.
1 (second game). '
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Pittsburgh at Boston.
St. Louis at Brooklyn.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Cincinnati at New York.
v
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston at Detroit.
New York at Chicago.
'Washlngton at St. Louis.
Only games scheduled.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Jersey City at Basic. .
Providence at Toronto.
Baltimore at Syracuse.
Reading at Rochester.
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Albany at Hartford.
Pittsfield at Bridgeport.
Springfield at Worcester.
Waterbury at New Haven. ., ..
tern like you chodld‘imno'wedfour »
Door-t Of an maladies .
_ AN om) BALL n:
‘ FIGHT TO PAY
TAX 0F $8,000
HARTFORD. Aug. M's—(AP).
State Athletic Commissioner The-
unis E. Donahue reported to a con-
ference of state and federal tax of-
ficials yesterday that and federal tax
officials yesterday that the gate re-
ceipts for the IIermnn-liaplnn fea-
therweight championship fight at
Waterbury tonight are estimated to
reach $40,000 in the event of favor-
able weather. .
Of that amount the federal
and
' state governments will take approx-
imately $8.000 in taxes and Inter-
nal Revenue Collector Eaton will
assess the “5.000 guaranteed to
Kapinn. a Connecticut men. addi-
tionally. under the personal income
tax. An attendance of 20.000 is fig-
ured on and Chief Field Deputy
‘ Federal Collector W. Ellery Allyn
will be at the Arena with a. picked
squad of 12 revenue men to protect
the government's interests.
The conference was held in Col-
lector Eaton's office at the call of
Colonel Eaton. State Tax Commis-
- sioncr Blodgctt was invited to ate
tr-nd. His department. will . collect
$2.000 interest: the receipts reach.
$40,000. and the stats athletic coins
X
It. is a. rarity for a ball to be hit that is due him. out third suckers of all time.
visutiot . ,5
'6‘ Ross Young Out of I'U
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JUIJS Game for Season AN DIN
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NATIONAL LEAGUE. r new ‘ 0“"; A“: “"4“”- ‘
.Oss \oung, New lork Ginnis‘ . . .- -. . ..
I’illeursh. 13: Boston. 0. right fielder. sustained a free. NAHUM‘L LEM'lE'
Brooklyn; 4.: St. Louis. 2.’ ture of the right hand in two W- L- I'm.
Philadelphia. 1:. Chicago. 3‘ pllntl‘cs when hit by a 1ball pitch. Pittsburgh . ..... T'.‘ Ito .610
' 't x ' » - . .
New York. (3: Wilt-innuti. 5 (first 0‘ 22‘ Pf“ lionohuc, itcds .tMH' ‘\““' 3"”; ~- ---t - '- 7" 53 $50
. . ' ci. llif'htilly and probably Will not . . .
game).- tincinnati. 3: how lork. 1 be able to play again this season ‘ Incmnntl ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' M r"; '533
tsccond game). it become known today. llrooklyn . - . . - ' - - .. I" ill -437
3 It was it double blow for :-~‘t. Louis flit til _.»i80
‘ , , . , . . .'oung who also was notified to- . —
..\. . . 'lllllt‘l 1...... .. .
‘ ll “RA“ l‘b‘hl L day that he had been fined $100 5 1 m “ml ‘3 t ) '“9
Detroit. 10; Boston. 2. by John A. llcydlcr. president of lt‘hicngo ..... ...... in HR J43
Chicago. 1: New York, 0. the National Hague. for precipi- lloston ‘ """""" ' ‘ 54 “3 "‘39
St. Louis, ll: Wnflhingmn. 8. ‘. toting a row with llonohue otter . . ‘
Cleveland. 8; Philadelphia. 1. ‘ ”in" 1‘“ by ”m ball (“M “““-‘“"ii AMERICAN l'“'.‘“‘ P"
a.._..._... his injury. At that time. however. \ l i ' “ ' I" P0"
.. ,. .V . . ,. .. . J. the (inmate) was not apparent. "ii-"l ngton ' - . ' . - - 7“ “H .033
Vlhl‘l..lth.;\'ll01\.\li ].J‘:“ILL' ltouolmo mm "m “1"”st as l‘hilmlclphlii 7. H .827
byt‘ucuse. a: Jersey til). i. ‘ he was not held responsible (m. (‘hicngo . . ti? in”. .549
Rochester. 8; Providence. .1, i the disturbance. "‘ Louis .. ' ' - - - . ' ' “3 3R -531
Ituffaloflw; loading. 3. . l‘lctroit ...... on 60 .500
‘ ll 4 ( . l_ (lowland .. .. . 58 07 .464
Tommi). it. Tia l mom “Hil- an York in no .115
g amc). Toronto. 4; Baltimore, 1 loston ....... . . 3.3 so 292
INTERNATIONAL liltIAGl‘E.
\i'. L. Pct.
Baltimore ........ . M‘ 4!! .642
'l‘oronto ........... Ml .‘xti .397
Rochester 73 till .537
Runlo t‘uil Tl .493
Reading ...... M 7:: .471
Jersey City 0‘: In .140
Syracuse Gl K0 .133
Providence ........ 51 iii .378
EASTERN LEAGUE. *
\i’. 1.. Pet.
\l'ntrobury . . . . . .. 73 fill .580
Hartford 08 at: .549
New Huvcn ....... 07 5:) .532
Bridgeport (35 0:! .512
Springbok] ......... (i3 03 .5th
Worcester ........ 61 64 .488
Albany 59 (.5 .478
Plttsl‘ieid 46 ’ 80 .364
GREGG RELEASED.
WASHINGTON. Aug. _27.-—(AP.)
Release of the veteran pitcher,
Gregg. to New Orleans, of the
Southern Association as part pay-
ment for Buddy Myer. shortstop.
was announced yesterday by Stan-
ley Harris, Washington manager.
mission will take another
while the Federal government's
share will be 84,000. George Mulli-
gan and Edward Curlcy..of Water-
bury, promoters of the fight were
also present at the conference.
M —' dictators":
Port. W“2.T°n5' boasts onto:- the oddest baseball teams on record in the Steins Printers in club
made up (1 lemma batters and fieldors. It is I member of the amateur league of that. city. According
bnmthohouallphil 3000‘ .
bread 0' wllmfiir. too. despite the age-old lost. abbot. "lefties" being
$2.000, .
1mm inn
0Nl.Y.lN.-»DAVlS
inns Now
S p a i it Is Eliminated
While Australians
Have Chancefor the
Finals ‘
BROOKLINE. Mass, Aug. 27.—
(AP). One Australian threat and
three American combinations enter-
ed the semi-final round of the na-
tional doubles championships on the
turf courts of the Longwood Cricket
club yesterday. The quarter final
matches saw the passing of Spain‘s
v.
lone threat. the elimination of the.
national singles champion and his
youthful understudy. and the defeat
of the sensational Texas combina-
tion of White and 'l‘halhcimer in
addition to the elimination of the
new team of Williamsvand Lott of
Chicago.
The Australianf. Gerald Patter-
son and Joint B. Hawkes. elevated
themselves to the semi-final bracket
by defeating Lott and Williams in a
furious live set» match. after losing
the‘ first two sets to their youthful
rivals. 8-8. 4-6, 33-3. 6—2. 6-3.
William M. Johnston ’and Clar-
ence J. Griffin of San Francisco. the
veteran team of the tournament
gained a similar ranking by defeat-
ing William ’1‘. ’l‘ildcn. 2nd. national
singles champion. and Sandy Wein-
cr. of Philadelphia. in another stub-
bornly contested five-set exhibition.
7-9. 6-1. 6-7. 6-4. 6-1.
" Champions Score.
The defending champions. Robert
G. and llowurd (J. Kinsey. of San
li‘rnnclsco. took thrt‘e hours and 15
minutes to reach the semi-finals
bracket. winning it listless exhibition
from Lewis N. White and Louis L.
-'l‘halhoimcr. of Texas. who yester-
day tesaed in the tricolor of France
into the discard. 7-5. 10-8. 4-6. 2-6.
0-2.
Vincent. Richards. of Yonkers, N.
Y., and ll. Norris Williams. 2nd, of
Philadelphia. eliminated the Span-
iards. Manuel Alonso and Eduardo
lt‘lftqucr. in a four sctflcontcst, 6-1.
4-8. 6-2, 6-3.
As a result. of the matches
Johnston and Griffin meet the Aus-
tralians tomorrow in the first of the
semi-final battles. The second semi.
final 'botwcen lliclisrds and Wil-
liams and the Kinsey brothers has
been programmed for Friday after-
noon with the finals on Saturday.
(Jitters Continue.
Play in the other four tourna-
mmtn, held in conjunction with the
national doubles was well under
way yesterday. The national veter-
uns' doubles championship pro-
gressed to the semi-final round.
with Samuel Hardy and Walter L.
l'atc of New York. defending cham-
pions facing .l. 'i‘. Bailey and Claude
Butlin. of iloston. in the upper half
of the bracket. ‘ C).ll'. Rockwell and
(l. l". Wales, of Benton. face A. Wal-
lis Myrrs and Julian S. i\iyrlck. New
York. in the. lower half. .
Second round matches of tho
Longwood women‘s single tourna-
mcnt wont through the. second
round according to Hoyle, although
Mrs. J. D. L‘orbicre, of Brookllnc.
gave MISs Joan Fry. of England. a.
scare before the English woman
took the thatch. 6-4. 1-6. 8-6.
The national mixed doubles
championship tournament started
with no upsets recorded in the six
first round matches completed. al-
though fqur of the teams with for-
eign representatives aboard. wore
eliminated. All the seeded combi-
nations come through safely.
G. E. and Karl S. Pfaffmnn. of
Boston. reached the semi-final
round of the national father and
son doubles championships and will
oppose the winner of the Hill and
Hill vs. Weld and Weld match in
the upper half of the draw. J. E.
I). and Arnold W. Jones, of Pravd-
deuce, R. Invaro semi-finalists in the
lower bracket and will play the win-
ner of the N. W. Niles. Sr.. and Jr..
vs. George Stadcl and son match for
the right to enter the finals.
.lNSlDE GOLF ‘
By CHESTER HORTON
“Golf's most successful lonelier.”
says “Chick” Evans. .
Maker of 61 43011 champions.
1
While the tendency in the address
is to have the hands low rather than
high the player
must be on watch
that. he doesn't
fall into the error
hands too far
down. The sketch
pictures how'thls
can be overdone.
Reaching too far
down with the
hands during the
address ' causes
we arms to
straighten out too
much while at the
some time it pulls
the body over in-
lo' too much
stoop. Power is
lost when there is
. too much stoop.
however much you may feel. when
stooped away ever.” titiat you are go-
ing to bit harder. Tho’hard hits or:
lglnate through“ freedom of bodiy ac-
tlon and the stOop. as shown in the
sketch. does not encourage frcea
dom. ,
(Copyright John F. nmt Co.)
(Copyright, Chester Horton. 1924—-
reproduction in any form strictly
prohibited.)
vrzsnm't SEMPLE nE-Enusrs
Vcsley Semple of Novak place
. re-enllsted in the U. s. Army
three years. He leaves Saturday
Fortress Munroe. ylrginia.
he will attend, artillery
I .
ore
ti-
'matchos. . . . Mr. O’Goofty wonders
of dropping the'
units unit BAlTllNG '
FEARFlll. , SlillliP MAY on :v
Old Hoodoo Continues
to iii—aim McKechnie’
Men Battle for Every Game—Lost‘7-Gan’1
Lead to Giants in l
921 and Were Knocke
Out of Second Place in 1922
NEW YORK, Aug. 27.—-(AP.)
Apparently the Pittsburgh Pirates
have come to the conclusion that if
opportunity doesn't answer their
knocks.‘the only thing to do is bust
in the door. Pennants. they pro-
bably have reasoned this year after
a succession of reverses. are not
won by standing on ceremony.
By adopting this process of logic.
the Buccaneers Just now seem to
have a double locked hold on the
top in the National league. They
have a. lead of such substantial pro-
portions that it will take something
of t; baseball miracle 'to dislodge
them in the month or so of com-
paigning .that remains.
Holding lad.
But this lead isn't the main thing
prompting the conviction that the
golden jubilee pennant of‘the Na-
tional league will fly over Forbes
field. Biggcr' leads than the Pirates
now enjoy have been wiped away in
the past. It‘s the manner in which
the club has gained and held it that
strengthens the confidence in Pitts-
burgh‘s ultimate triumph.
Pittsburgh has been a. front-rank
contender now for five years in a
row. Since 1921 the Pirates have
been a popular pre-season choice.
But the club, in spite of fine mat-
erial and apParently every asset that
goes toward winning pennants. has
failed to come through. It has had
a. distressing habit of cracking at
vital stages of the last four cam-
paigns. Whether it has been lack
of fighting spirit or aggressiveness,
us some critics claim, it remains a
fact that Pittsburgh has "blown"
more good pennant opportunities
than any other similarly equipped
outfit.
Last in 1921. '
In 1921. for instance. the Pirates
forfeited o. seven-game lead late in
the season. breaking into full re-
treat as they faced the Giants in the
crucial test. and dropped five games
in a row. Again, in 1922, after I
sensational spurt upward. the club
slipped and lost even its hold on
second place to the Reds in the gn-
at'drive. Managers were shifted
that season, with Bill 'McKechnle
replacing George Gibson. but this
did not seem to change the team's
ill-luck.
The season of 1923 was much the
some story. while last year fighting
once more for the lead, the Pirates
wilted when they came to grips with
Brooklyn and New York in the final
stages of a sensational'tlree-cornsr-
Jyoti
llarry Greb fractured two
ribs
while speeding to a. fight. thereby
differing from most
fracture
from one.
fighters who
speed ' laws getting away
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Though badly battered up. the sur-
geons say Greb will be just as good
a tighter as he ever was. . . This
will be good news for everybody ex-
cept Mickey Walker.
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A committee on “playing strategy"
has been named to help the'Amcri-
can tennis team in the Davis Cup
if'thls is anything like a sponge-car.
rying second at a prime fight.
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BILL JOHNSON BANKS SECOND
'ro BILL TILDEN ON THIS
man's CUP TEAM. . . . THAT’S
\vusnn JOHNSON USUALLY
ItANKS WHENEVER TILDEN IS
IN THE IMMEDIATE vxcmrrr.
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Barry Wills expects to land in
New York the first week in Septua-
ber. . . . We suppose he has given
up all expectations of over landing
on‘ Dempsey.
‘
.We are sorry Leo Diegcl gave pub-
lilety to the fact that he once shot a
65 for a. new course record while
playing on one leg. . . . There will
BASE BALL.
{Simplified
By BILLY EVANS
Under what conditions is it im-
possible-for a. run to.scorc from
third base while the team in the
field is executing a. double play that
retires the. side?
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The'~ru.lo relating ‘to the scoring
of runs says that a run shall not
seoreif the runner reaches home on
or during a play in which the third
man be breed out or be put out be-
fore rcaching first base.
Thus it is impossible for a run
to score-on a double play in which
the final out is a. force out or- a play
that retires a runner at first base. .'
For instance. it with the bases
filled the buuman- hits‘ to the third
baseman. who touches that base for
a. force. making the second out of
the inning and then throws to see.
and forcing the runner coming from
first. the runner from third does not
score. even though he crossed the
plate considerably in» advance of
the final out. In this one the third
out. was a force play at second. -
In the some play. if the third
baseman touch third and‘tben elect-
ed to throw to first. retiring the
\situations in which a. run
ed nee. Three defeats in fun
games at the Polo grounds settle
the issue.
But today it is a different tall
The club is out in front new. “it
an advantage gained chiefly at th
expense of its arch-rival. New Yol‘
This time the Buccaneers met th
big test with colors flying by we
loping the‘Giitnts in four out of [it
games.
The Pirates, will have that Sep
tember jinx to overcuiflc~f0r it t
the last month of campaigning in ‘
has witnessed their downfall pp
viously~but apparently there l_
little chance of this liuppcnln 1
again. The confident and winnin
spirit that the team has locked be
fore is carrying it along on th
crest now. ltu fine natural abilit
is being capitalized at last. ‘
Good Trade.
A number of explanations may 1)
offered for this transformation
Manager Bill Mclv'cchnie sums
up in the torso statement that h‘.'
has "the host club in the tongue.
He probably is right. But there iz‘
no doubt that. two other factor
have had their influence. One we
the big trade with the Cubs
Winter that sent the veterans ills ’
nnvitle. Grimm and Cooper to th
Chicago club. and enabled youngc'
talent to fill their places. The othe
is the return of Fred Clarke. pit
of the last Pittsburgh champions i
1909. to a role of adviser to Me
Kochnie.
Clarke, a fine strategist. and lead
or, while not taking away any a
McKeehnie‘s authority ,unqucstion
ably has been of much assistomt
With Babe Adams, veteran
moundstnan. he is the only survive
on the club of the 1909 title hold '
crs. ‘ *.
As a. matter of fact. Adams all
is one of only live surviving re
gulars o [the 1921 outfit. Pitchc 1"
Morrison and Outfielder Barnhar-
Bigbee and Carey are the other i
The club has been almost entirel ."
rebuilt in its five year struggle .1
break through to the top. "J
As it is made up now, the Fire
form one of the most powerful com
binations of modern baseball. it i
unrivalle din speed by no ‘ othc
club in major baseball. It has
brilliant pitching corps and form .
abl array of hitters. It has abund 1
ant 'outh. too, to fire the qualitie
which should keep the club to th
front for some time to come, if th
winning spirit takes a firm enoug
hold. '
now be a. concerted rush on the par
of the duffers to hospitals and th-
husincss of amputating will beeom ;
widespread and general. ’
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You know the summer’s about
over when you hear the bird at th
next desk oils-ring to trade a can
for a set of skid chains.
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B0 M'MIILIN, THE OLD CEX
TER FOOTBALL STAR. l-lAS QUl'l
PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL lift-i
CAUSE IT is TOO Illl‘ZRCI-JNARY .
. . . WE DON'T KNOW WHETH 7
ER BO WANTS US TO LAUGH .i’l
HIM OR WITH HIM.
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Poverty and love are the two chic
causes of suicide, an investigeto
says. . . . A missed third strike
with the bases full and the game it
stake has caused a lot of violcn
deaths among the fans, too.
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The Washington Club without
Marberry would be in much the
,same position of a rescue ship with-
out a life prescrver, or a fireman.
without a. ladder.,
c c o .
Joie Ray is going to don the mil.
lens and become a box ‘fightcr. cu-
eouragcd, no doubt. by the fine suc- .
cess enjoyed by Carpentier. another
noted runner.
had passed over the plate in ad-
vance of the third out. In this case
he crossed the plate on a. play in
which the batsman failed to reach .
first for the final out of the inning.
rendering the run void.
There you have two examples of.
cannot.
score on a double play that retires
the side: one a. play where the final .
out. is a force. the other where the ,
final out is due to the failure of
the batsman to reach first.
In situations where a. double play “i
is made other than described above.
it is possible for a run to score on a
play that retires the side.
‘Kaplan Is 10 to 7
Favorite in Fight
WATERBURY. Aug. 27,—...
(AP). Louis (Kid) Kaplan. of
Meridcn. Conn.. is a 10 to 7 fa.
orite for his fight: tonight in do.
tensed of his featherweight
championship against the chat.
tense of Babe Herman.
The conditions are 15 rounds
to a decision. Herman. a. Call.
fornian. has many supporters
from New York, where he has
been making his home for a year
and where he has been piling up
victories of hard punching.
Ksplan. by his wind mill style,
is expected- to register so many
more punches than Herman the
latter-'5 damaging right hand
blows will be offset.
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batsman. the runner from third
would not score. even though he
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